【正文】 learned nothing.” Thomas Edison replied very __37__， “Oh ， we have e a long way and we have __38__ a now know that there are two thousand materials which we cannot __39__ to make a good light bulb.” If you learn from your mistakes， then you are you learn from someone else’s mistakes ， then you are a is nothing more than a few simple disciplines __41__ daily and failure is nothing more than a few small __42__ repeated daily. How __43__ the above lines are！ Success takes ’ll make mistakes __ 45__ we do things in too much of a we do not practice disciplines in life，we don’t build enough confidence to __ 46__ new and challenging tasks which are important and matter in confidence __47__ what we think of ourselves and whether we believe in are all born with exceptional __48__， but only a few really __49__ their true potentials and make efforts in life and the others just lead a(n) __50__ you want to be exceptional? Success is a fruit which everyone wants to __51__ but it is not found everywhere and no one can __52__ it without serious efforts. Those who want to succeed will find a way； those who don’t will find a(n) __ 53__！ Success depends upon previous __54__， and without it we will end in failure. When you are __55__， please enjoy it and give your hand to others who want to acplish something. 36． A． celebrated B． plained C． explained D． answered 37． A． confidently B． madly C． carelessly D． angrily 38． A． remembered B． refused C． learned D． ordered 39． A． test B． ignore C． invent D． use 40． A． healthy B． enthusiastic C． intelligent D． generous 41． A． shown B． prevented C． recorded D． practiced 42． A． errors B． machines C． jobs D． steps 43． A． mon B． strange C． familiar D． true 44． A． effect B． time C． drugs D． roles 45． A． as though B． so that C． unless D． if 46． A． keep B． attempt C． give D． see 47． A． depends on B． sets aside C． turns down D． sets up 48． A． appearances B． experiences C． qualities D． feelings 49． A． own B． realize C． provide D． research 50． A． active B． hard C． rich D． average 51． A． sell B． draw C． eat D． praise 52． A． achieve B． watch C． offer D． recognize 53． A． story B． excuse C． key D． plan 54． A． preparation B． influence C． life D． generation 55． A． powerful B． wonderful C． successful D． hopeful 第三部分 閱讀理解 (共 20小題；每小題 2分， 滿分 40 分 ) 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項 (A、 B、 C和 D)中，選出最佳選項。 A All over the world people enjoy help to keep people healthy，happy and help them to live longer. Sports change with the play different games in winter and summer. Games and sports often grow out of people’s work and everyday Arabs use horses or camels in much of their everyday life； they use them in their sports， too. Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for ，for example， has spread around the is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers. Some sports or games go back thousands of years， like running or boxing， for example， has a very long basketball and volleyball are rather one is a hundred years old are inventing new sports or games all the time. People from different countries may not be able to understand each other， but after a game they often bee good help to train a person’s learns to fight hard but fight fair， to win without pride and to lose with grace(文雅 )． 56． According to this passage we know that ________. A． people began to play about one hundred years ago B． about 100 years ago people ran or jumped when they played C． basketball has a longer history than volleyball D． not all the games have long history 57． According to this passage， which of the following is NOT true? A． Sports help to train a person’s character. B． People swim only because there are a lot of rivers in their country. C． People from different countries may not be able to understand each other before a game. D． Sports and games can develop the friendship between people all over the world. 58． The writer didn’t tell us in this passage that ________. A． basketball was invented in America B． sports change with the season C． games and sports often grow out of people’s work and everyday activities D． football is played all over the world 59． From this passage we can know that________. A． sports and games are unimportant things that people do B． sports and games should be treated only as amusements C． sports and games are only useful to the old D． none of the above is true B In most towns today， you can see teenagers standing over electronic machines with flashing lights， shooting at spaceships from other plas and dropping bombs on strange machines have names like Space Warrior， Dark Invader and so used to be believed that damage was done only to those strange visitors from outer space， but now it seems that they are striking back. Many teenagers like electronic games so much that they can’t stop spend hours tightly holding the joystick controls and constantly pressing buttons marked “fire” ． They develop pains on their fingers because of the constant play and play so that the pains have no chance to cure rapid wrist movement required to guide the spaceship across the screen causes another problem： The muscles of the wrist and arm bee so inflamed and swollen(充血紅腫的 ) that they press against the condition is what doctors now call “Space Warrior’s Wrist