This is a part from US President Barack Obama’s speech on May 14 at Bamard College in New York.
… My last piece of advice – this is simple, but perhaps most important: 36. Nothing worthwhile is easy. No one of achievement has avoided failure – sometimes catastrophic failures. But they keep at it. They learn from mistakes. They don’t 37.
When I first arrived on this 38, I was with little money, fewer options. But it was here that I tried to find my place in this world. I knew I wanted to make a difference, but it was 39 how in fact I’d go about it. But I wanted to do my part to 40 a better world.
So even as I worked after graduation in a few 41 jobs here in New York, even as I went from motley (魚龍混雜的)apartment to motley apartment, I 42.
… And I wish I could say that this perseverance came from some innate (天生的)toughness in me. But the truth is, it was 43. I got it from 44 the people who raised me. I grew up as the son of a single mom who struggled to put herself through 45 and make ends meet. She had a marriage that fell apart; 46 went on food stamps at one point to help us 47. But she didn’t quit. And she earned her degree, and made sure that 48 scholarships and hard work, my sister and I earned 49.
And 50, I met a woman who was assigned to advise me on my first summer job at a law firm. And she gave me such good advice that I married her. And Michelle and I gave everything we had to balance our careers and a 51 family. We made that marriage work.
… So 52 it’s starting a business, or running for office, or 53 an amazing family, remember that making your 54  on the world is hard. It takes patience. It takes commitment. It comes with plenty of 55 and it comes with plenty of failures.

小題1:	A．compete B．persevere C．struggle D．preservation

小題2:	A．rest B．decline C．quit D．regret

小題3:	A．campus B．downtown C．farm D．country

小題4:	A．confident B．uncertain C．a(chǎn)mbitious D．proud

小題5:	A．shape B．instruct C．organize D．lead

小題6:	A．a(chǎn)mazing B．disturbing C．meaningful D．unsatisfactory

小題7:	A．reached out B．put out C．gave out D．made out

小題8:	A．presented B．structured C．learned D．created

小題9:	A．copying B．detecting C．persuading D．watching

小題10:

A．life B．work C．school D．business

小題11:

A．yet B．even C．still D．a(chǎn)lso

小題12:

A．get by B．come by C．get along D．come along

小題13:

A．during B．through C．a(chǎn)cross D．over

小題14:

A．mine B．us C．ours D．hers

小題15:

A．for the time being B．long before C．up to now D．later on

小題16:

A．young B．poor C．weak D．strong

小題17:

A．a(chǎn)s if B．if C．whether D．unless

小題18:

A．rising B．raising C．a(chǎn)rousing D．a(chǎn)rising

小題19:

A．view B．stay C．remark D．mark

小題20:

A．goals B．a(chǎn)dvantages C．shortcomings D．setbacks

Cheating happens a lot in our city. It can be hard to know who is really in   1  and who is trying to take advantage of other people's    2  .
Recently, I was finishing my work at home    3  the dog barked letting me know that   4  was at the gate. I rushed to see who it was and there I saw a   5  weak woman in her late fifties. I said to her, "May I ask you what you   6 ?" She   7  , "Hello, my name is Mary. My husband and I live in the slum nearby. We earn our living   8  working at construction sites. A few days ago my   9  tripped on the stairs while
  10  a heavy load. He is   11  hurt and hasn't been able to  12 for the past five days, so we have no food. Now he is at home in bed with a high fever. Please help me! I need to take my husband to a doctor!"
"Oh!" I said. "Please  13  here." I went into the room. I felt really bad about her  14  but--- Was she telling me the   15  or trying to cheat me out of my money?
Finally, I   16 to help her. But first I said a simple prayer, "Dear Lord, you know  17  I earn my pennies, so please make sure that my hard earned money helps those who  18 need it. Amen." I went out with a fifty note and
  19 it to her. The moment she got the money she broke down in tears. She took my hand and said, "May god bless you, my dear! Thank you so much!"
I was so   20 , and turned back to my work smiling.

小題1:	A．need B．case C．use D．Control

小題2:A. braveness      B. kindness      C. interest         D envy

小題3:	A．since B．until C．when D．a(chǎn)fter

小題4:	A．somebody B．a(chǎn)nybody C．everybody D．nobody

小題5:	A．popular B．proud C．poor D．busy

小題6:	A．want B．notice C．enjoy D．recognise

小題7:	A．refused B．expressed C．showed D．replied

小題8:	A．by B．to C．in D．for

小題9:	A．son B．father C．brother D．husband

小題10:

A．gathering B．dropping C．carrying D．choosing

小題11:

A．hardly B．badly C．probably D．a(chǎn)ctually

小題12:

A．work B．drive C．remove D．operate

小題13:

A．stop B．rest C．come D．wait

小題14:

A．solution B．situation C．a(chǎn)ction D．position

小題15:

A．hope B．news C．truth D．result

小題16:

A．decided B．a(chǎn)greed C．tried D．expected

小題17:

A．when B．whether C．how D．what

小題18:

A．only B．naturally C．really D．formally

小題19:

A．handed B．put C．reminded D．ordered

小題20:

A．worried B．moved C．tired D．frightened

My First Job
Jay Leno is a very famous TV host in NBC．He started his talk show titled The Jay Lena Show in September 2009．It was a very popular TV programm in America．Here is the story of his first job．
I gained a very strong work concept from my parents, both of whom lived through a hard period of time-the Great Depression           （大蕭條）．They couldn't ___36___ people who didn't work regularly．I once told my mom that Sylvester Stallone was getting $12 million for ten weeks of work．"What's he going to do the rest of the _37__?" she asked．
I took my first job at Wilmington Ford near my homerown of Andover, Massachusetts, when I was 16．I worked until five or six o'clock on school days and __38____ 12-hour days during the summer as a prepper（擦洗汽車的小工）．This meant washing and polishing the new cars, and making sure the paper floor mats were in __39__．Another responsibility was taking off the hubcaps (車輪轂蓋） at night, so they wouldn't get stolen, and    40   them the next day．This was    41    work because we had about seven acres of   42 One day, carrying an armful of hubcaps    43   a corner, I almost __44__ our new general manager．Scared, I dropped them all．He __45 me on the spot．
I was too ashamed to tell my parents．Every day for about two weeks, I stayed __46  until evening．Then I would go home and say I had a ．__47___ day at work．
Trying to make a last    48   ,  I wrote a letter to Henry Ford II and told him what happened．I said that we were a reliable Ford family and that when I was old enough, I was going to buy a Mustang． __49__ the owner of the dealership(經(jīng)營店） called．"I don't know who you know in Detroit．" he said．"but if you want your job back, you've  50 it.”
Later, during college, I wanted to work at a Roils-Royce dealership, but the owner said there were no openings．So 1 started washing cars there anyway．When the ___51__ noticed me, I said I was working until he _52__ me．He did．And the second day, I started to work there as a sales clerk．
It   53   persistence (堅持） to succeed．Attitude    54_ matters．I have never thought I was better than anyone else, but I have always believed I couldn't be _ 55  ．

小題1:	A．see B．know C．understand D．love

小題2:	A．day B．month C．week D．year

小題3:	A．put in B．took up C．gave out D．stuck to

小題4:	A．place B．need C．shape D．fashion

小題5:	A．changing B．selling C．replacing D．cleaning

小題6:	A．hard B．normal C．regular D．plain

小題7:	A．mats B．cars C．a(chǎn)reas D．floors

小題8:	A．a(chǎn)t B．in C．beyond D．a(chǎn)round

小題9:	A．broke into B．looked across C．crashed into D．came across

小題10:

A．fired B．left C．punished D．forgot

小題11:

A．calm B．busy C．still D．a(chǎn)lone

小題12:

A．stressful B．relaxing C．bad D．great

小題13:

A．effort B．change C．dialogue D．decision

小題14:

A．Gradually B．Eventually C．Temporarily D．Hopefully

小題15:

A．reached B．passed C．got D．caught

小題16:

A．prepper B．owner C．clerk D．customer

小題17:

A．helped B．tired C．hired D．called

小題18:

A．makes B．shows C．carries D．takes

小題19:

A．a(chǎn)lso B．even C．never D．ever

小題20:

A．followed B．scolded C．defeated D．interrupted

Lightning flashed through the darkness over Donald Lubeck’s bedroom skylight. The 80-year-old retired worker was shaken by a blast of thunder. It was 11 p.m. The storm had moved directly over his two-story wood home in the rural town of Belchertown, Massachusetts. Then he heard the smoke alarm beeping. Lubeck padded down the stairs barefoot and opened the door to the basement, and flames exploded out.
Lubeck fled back upstairs to call 911 from his bedroom, but the phone didn’t work. Lubeck realized he was trapped. “I started panicking,” he says.
His daughter and young granddaughters, who lived with him, were away for the night. No one will even know I’m home, he thought. His house was three miles off the main road and so well hidden by pines that Lubeck knew calling for help would be fruitless.
Up a hill about a third of a mile away lived Lubeck’s closest neighbors, Jeremie Wentworth and his wife. Wentworth had been lying down, listening to the radio when it occurred to him that the sound was more like a smoke detector. He jumped out of bed, grabbed a cordless phone and a flashlight, and headed down the hillside toward the noise.
He dialed 911. “Is anyone there?” he called out as he approached the house. Wentworth knew that Lubeck lived in the house.
Then he heard, “Help me! I’m trapped!” coming from the balcony off Lubeck’s bedroom.
“I ran in and yelled,‘Don, where are you?’ Then I had to run outside to catch my breath.”
After one more attempt inside the house, he gave up and circled around back. But there was no way to get to him. “I shined the flashlight into the woods next to an old shed and noticed a ladder,” says Wentworth. He dragged it over to the balcony and pulled Lubeck down just as the second floor of the house collapsed.
Wentworth and Lubeck don’t run into each other regularly, but Lubeck now knows that if he ever needs help, Wentworth will be there.
Lubeck still chokes up when he tells the story. “I was alone,” he says. “Then I heard the most beautiful sound in my life. It was Jeremie.”
小題1:According to the text, Lubeck___________.

A．stayed calm in the fire	B．couldn’t find a safe way out
C．lived on the first floor	D．called for help in the fire

小題2:How did Wentworth help Lubeck escape?

A．He called 911.

B．He went upstairs and took Lubeck out.

C．He put out the fire.

D．He used a ladder and pulled Lubeck down.

小題3:Which of the following factors was not mentioned in the text that almost cost Lubeck’s life?

A．He was living in his wood home alone that night.

B．The storm was too heavy and the fire was too fierce.

C．He lived far from the main road and was surrounded by pines.

D．He was too frightened to escape from the danger.

小題4:What does the text mainly talk about?

A．A near neighbour is better than a distant cousin.

B．A good way to get a narrow escape.

C．God helps those who help themselves.

D．Blood is thicker than water.

Cameron thought of himself as merely organized. He certainly did not consider that he took great pains over anything, he did just enough to get it right. Exactly right, of course, for as he was fond of telling his staff, "if it's not exactly right, it's wrong". Occasionally a worker might be sad on hearing these words, because it meant another hour or so of going over the same bit of work, correcting the mistakes which Cameron had patiently pointed out. And doing the corrections exactly right of course.
Strangely enough, his department had the reputation for performing the highest quality work in the company, and it was seen, and not only by those who worked in the department, as a sort of elite (出類拔萃) unit. Those programmes that had to work first time, straight out of the box, Cameron's men got those. "It's mission (任務(wù)) critical—give it to Cameron" was almost a catch-phrase with his team.
It helped that Cameron was not merely particular about things. He wanted things done just so, not because of a personal taste, but because he had discovered through patient experimentation that this was the best way for it to be done.
In Cameron's dictionary, "Take as long as you want" meant that you could work on your task not just in office hours, but that evening, and late into the early hours of the following morning if you so desired. But the project had to be in by its completion date, and yes, done exactly right. Or you did it again.
But he would always be regarded, and not least by himself, as someone who had failed to meet requirements, one of those who just couldn't cut it. You had to face it, if you were not working for Cameron, you were second best. So when word got out that Cameron had messed up, big time, the news was greeted with a mixture of sympathy, and entire relief that this perfection too was human.
小題1:Cameron was a___________.

A．software programmer	B．a(chǎn) chief scientist
C．quality controller	D．head of department

小題2:"Mission-critical" work was given to Cameron because___________.

A．Cameron's work was error-free	B．Cameron was critical
C．he didn't mind working late	D．he had a good team

小題3:Working for Cameron, people felt that___________.

A．they were part of an elite

B．their mission was critical

C．Cameron was very particular about things

D．Cameron was patient and responsible

小題4:According to the underlined part in Paragraph 5, what is meant by someone “who couldn't cut it” ?

A．He didn’t cut corners.	B．He wasn't good enough.
C．He had the wrong measurements.	D．He was a perfection.

小題5:What can we learn about Cameron?

A．He never got things wrong.

B．He didn’t allow for any mistake.

C．He encouraged work to be done in office hours.

D．He was often misunderstood.

小題6:The attitude of the author towards Cameron is that of being___________.

A．positive	B．sympathetic
C．non-subjective	D．optimistic

I became lame（瘸的）in both legs in my childhood. I can’t stand   36  the support of two sticks. Only in my wheelchair can I “   37  ”.
I still remember the first day at   38 . When I appeared at the door, 39   in the classroom stared（凝視）at me in   40 . My face turned   41 . I couldn’t help  42 back. It was the    43  and sympathy（同情）in their eyes that   44  me doing so. I went shyly towards an unoccupied (空的) seat.
Being lame, I didn’t dare (敢) to   45  in front of my classmates. I was afraid that I might be   46  at. In those days I was very sad to see others walking   47 .
One day, a few students came up to me and asked me to go outside. I was really   48 . They encouraged me with a(n)   49  smile and   50  me in my wheelchair from place to place. I was   51  to them for giving me a chance to see the   52  of our lovely school with my own eyes.
After that we often read, played and talked together. My friends are always   53   to help me. It made me   54  I am handicapped (殘疾的).
Once they asked me, “What is the most beautiful thing in our school?” Without hesitation (猶豫) I said, “It is the   55 . ”

小題1:	A．with B．without C．under D．on

小題2:	A．walk B．run C．sit D．stand

小題3:	A．school B．wheelchair C．home D．hospital

小題4:	A．he B．she C．everyone D．nobody

小題5:	A．thought B．interest C．a(chǎn)nger D．surprise

小題6:	A．red B．brown C．white D．black

小題7:	A．entering B．hiding C．coming D．turning

小題8:	A．feeling B．kindness C．sorrow D．pain

小題9:	A．made B．stopped C．kept D．let

小題10:

A．walk B．study C．practice D．speak

小題11:

A．laughed B．smiled C．stared D．looked

小題12:

A．sadly B．slowly C．happily D．shyly

小題13:

A．brave B．sad C．hurt D．excited

小題14:

A．honest B．friendly C．luckily D．handsome

小題15:

A．pushed B．placed C．drew D．pulled

小題16:

A．satisfied B．sorry C．loyal D．thankful

小題17:

A．signs B．sights C．labs D．students

小題18:

A．ready B．smart C．wise D．unwilling

小題19:

A．forget B．remember C．imagine D．think

小題20:

A．teachers B．schoolyard C．classmates D．friendship

One dark stormy night an elderly couple hurried into a hotel and asked whether they could be  36 for the night." I’m very sorry,” the clerk on night shift said politely, "we are all  37  tonight．  38 ,you
could stay in my room if you don't mind．I’m  39 , so I'll be here．“ The young man gave the sincere advice．
The elderly couple accepted his  40 with gratitude．They apologized for the  41 they had caused him．The next day, the rain stopped and it  42 ．When the old gentleman went to pay his bill, the same clerk said．" The room you and your wife stayed in is not a proper  43  room in this hotel, so you don't need to pay．”
The old gentleman nodded in   44  :  “You are an employee that every boss in the hotel business would dream of．Perhaps someday I’ll build a hotel for you．”The clerk was__45 but, deciding that the
guest must have been  46 , he gave the remark  47 thought．
Two years later, the young man received a registered letter from the old gentleman, in which he 48 the experience of that dark stormy night．The letter also  49 a formal invitation, asking that young man to pay a visit．
At a street comer in Manhattan, the young man met his  50 guest．The old gentleman, pointing
to a magnificent new building__51 over the crossroads, said, "Look, that is the hotel I  52 to build for you．I hope you will  53 it for me．Remember what I said then? Well, I was  54  about it．”
The young man stammered, "But…will there be any  55 ,sir?  Why do you choose me? And who are you?"
“My name is William Aster．”This building was none other than the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, a symbol of supreme status and honor in New York．

小題1:	A．put up B．put away C．stay up D．set up

小題2:	A．preserved B．conserved C．booked D．occupied

小題3:	A．Meanwhile B．Moreover C．Otherwise D．However

小題4:	A．on duty B．on display C．on stage D．on hand

小題5:	A．service B．view C．offer D．invitation

小題6:	A．instruction B．consideration C．inconvenience D．interruption

小題7:	A．cleared away B．picked out C．cleaned up D．cleared up

小題8:	A．living B．double C．a(chǎn)dmirable D． luxury

小題9:	A．a(chǎn)ppreciation B．a(chǎn)dmiration C．surprise D．excitement

小題10:

A．excited B．skeptical C．a(chǎn)nnoyed D．respectful

小題11:

A．lacking B．covering C．joking D．cheating

小題12:

A．not more B．no more C．some D．a(chǎn)nother

小題13:

A．described B．stated C．recited D．recalled

小題14:

A．swapped B．included C．a(chǎn)ttached D．a(chǎn)dded

小題15:

A．former B．original C．formal D．primitive

小題16:

A．displaying B．towering C．flying D．climbing

小題17:

A．determined B．promised C．tended D．intended

小題18:

A．get B．keep C．manage D．make

小題19:

A．sensitive B．concerned C．curious D．serious

小題20:

A．scene B．situation C．condition D．occasion

An amazing teacher
Years ago a John Hopkins professor gave a group of graduate students this task: Go to the slums（貧民窟）. Took 200 boys, between the ages of 12 and 16, and 31  their background and environment, then 32  their chances for the future.
The students, after consulting social statistics, talking to the boys, and collecting much data， concluded that 90 percent of the boys would 33  some time in prison.
Twenty-five years later 34  group of graduate students was given the job of 35  the prediction. They went back to the same area. Some of the boys---by then 36 ---were still there, a few had died, some had moved away, but they got in touch with 180 of the 37 200.They found that only four of the group had ever been sent to 38 .
Why was it that these men, who had lived in a breeding place of crime, had such a surprisingly good record? The researchers were 39  told,“Well, there was a teacher…”
They pressed（追問）further, and found that in 75 percent of the cases it was the same woman. The researchers went to this teacher, now living in a home for retired teachers. How had she had this brilliant 40  on that group of children? Could she give them any reason why these boys should have remembered her?
“No,” she said,“No，I really couldn’t.”And then， thinking back 41  the years, she said musingly（沉思地）,42  to herself than to her questioners,“Ｉloved those boys…”

小題1:	A．look into B．make up C．show up D．result in

小題2:	A．control B．a(chǎn)rrange C．desert D．predict

小題3:	A．cost B．spend C．take D．waste

小題4:	A．others B．the other C．a(chǎn)nother D．other

小題5:	A．cursing B．convincing C．a(chǎn)pplying D．testing

小題6:	A．teachers B．students C．men D．professors

小題7:	A．native B．rare C．recorded D．discouraged

小題8:	A．slums B．society C．prison D．school

小題9:	A．continually B．optimistically C．curiously D．officially

小題10:

A．reflection B．harmony C．effect D．existence

小題11:

A．before B．a(chǎn)fter C．in D．over.

小題12:

A．less B．more C．better D．worse

Two years ago my grandmother was going to turn 75. My family discussed what the best way to celebrate was. Should we throw her a party? Should we take her on a trip? We remembered that she had touched so many people's lives, and there were so many people for her to consider. Then someone got the idea that we should include everyone in the celebration by turning it into a tribute(獻禮) to my grandmother.
We secretly sent out letters to the people in Grandmother's address book and asked them to send a letter with a memory that they had shared with her. People sent us letters with poems, stories and pictures. The deep feeling that was shared through the response (回應(yīng)) surprised us. We compiled(編輯)these letters into a memory book and amazed her with it on the morning of her birthday.
The unusual thing about my grandmother's friends was not the number that she had, but the connection they shared. In many ways this book of friendship was the greatest achievement of my grandmother's life.
I believe that developing true friendships is one of the most important things that anyone can do in one's lifetime. It is not a matter of the number of friends one has, but the quality of the bonds. If one has had at least one true friendship before dying, then one can say one has lived a successful life. I have made many friends and I believe I have begun to develop the same types of friendships my grandmother kept up over her lifetime. I only hope that I will be as successful as she has been.
小題1:How did the author's family celebrate Grandmother's birthday ? 

A．They took her on a trip across the country.

B．They gave her a memory book of friendship.

C．They invited all her friends to her birthday party.

D．They asked all her friends to send her cards.

小題2:When receiving her birthday gift, the author's grandmother probably felt _____. 

A．disappointed and lonely	B．sorry and sad
C．surprised and pleased	D．nervous and excited

小題3:The underlined word “bonds” in the last paragraph probably means________

A．relationships

B．works

C．successes

D．celebrations

小題4:According to the passage, the author probably agrees that _____. 

A．the more friends you have, the better

B．friends are more important than family

C．understanding leads to greater success

D．true friendship is very important to us

小題5:Which of the following words can best describe the author's grandmother ? 

A．Famous

B．Great.

C．Polite

D．Pleasant

Years ago I had the opportunity to meet a girl who strengthened my understanding of the power of belief. She was __36___ the most powerful individual I had ever met. I met Chris for the first time while taking the Dale Carnegie __37___ in California.
Our class had already been going for quite some time when ___38___, supported by metal crutches(拐杖), ___39__ herself in. Chris had cerebral palsy(大腦性麻痹). She had much ___40___ in communicating with others. This was not due to ___41___ of desire, but because most of her twenty-one years of life she had been kept in a room with no more than Elvis records and tapes to __42___ her. No one had taken the time to assist her in developing the ability to ___43___. It was Bonnie, her present caretaker, who ___44___ there was much more to Chris than anyone else could see.
When asked by the instructor what her goal ___45___ the twelve-week course was, Chris struggled to respond and became frustrated and ____46___ in the process. For most of her ___47___ nobody would listen to her. The only way she knew to get someone to ___48___ was through temper outbursts(發(fā)脾氣). With Bonnie as her interpreter, Chris conveyed that her ___49___ was to be able to stand by herself in front of forty-five people and tell us about herself.
On the twelfth week, Chris stood in front of the room and ___50___ with us, in her own words, what her life had been like. It was one of the most beautiful and enlightening experiences I had ever ___51____. Though as a girl who had in many ways been ____52___, she believed that she could ___53___ more in her life and she did. And she also had the love and support of forty-five friends, who, just weeks before, had been ____54___ strangers.
What we all witnessed through Chris’ courage is that life is ____55___ moment by moment, based on our beliefs, which are relevant to both our personal and professional direction and have the power to make our wildest dreams come true.

小題1:	A．luckily B．naturally C．formally D．probably

小題2:	A．break B．course C．house D．chance

小題3:	A．someone B．he C．herself D．she

小題4:	A．ran B．rushed C．dragged D．jumped

小題5:	A．difficulty B．concept C．disagreement D．suggestion

小題6:	A．lack B．need C．notice D．cheer

小題7:	A．impress B．entertain C．calm D．a(chǎn)nnoy

小題8:	A．walk B．pronounce C．communicate D．write

小題9:	A．knew B．a(chǎn)sked C．spoke D．required

小題10:

A．a(chǎn)t B．for C．on D．in

小題11:

A．grateful B．surprised C．a(chǎn)ngry D．noisy

小題12:

A．way B．process C．operation D．life

小題13:

A．watch B．smile C．listen D．understand

小題14:

A．class B．goal C．a(chǎn)bility D．reason

小題15:

A．began B．a(chǎn)greed C．found D．shared

小題16:

A．a(chǎn)rgued B．a(chǎn)ttended C．witnessed D．a(chǎn)ccepted

小題17:

A．found out B．thrown away C．brought up D．held out

小題18:

A．give B．a(chǎn)ccomplish C．spend D．a(chǎn)ccompany

小題19:

A．complete B．necessary C．enough D．typical

小題20:

A．called B．carried C．searched D．created