【文章內容簡介】 C. failedD. succeeded9. A. Instead ofB. Because ofC. As forD. Across from10. A. alsoB. at leastC. stillD. no longer7．完形填空。 Everyone wants to be successful. But failure is a mon（普通的） thing for us to meet with. 1 , sometimes we fail the exams, sometimes in the sports meet, others 2 but we fail. So 3 everybody meets with the failure in his life. However, different people have different 4 to deal with the failure. Some people lose hope when they fail. They seem to think that it is the 5 of the world. Others don39。t take failure 6 . They seem to think that failure is the first step（步驟） to success. They will keep up and try their best 7 the final success. Now let39。s imagine （猜想） the ends of the two ways. If we are afraid of the failure and always feel 8 , and don39。t try our best to change ourselves, we may meet with more and more failures. But if we are hopeful and brave to face them, and never give up, we will 9 successful and our dreams will e true some day. So, please remember: Life doesn39。t give us the pleasure we want. But if we never give up and 10 do little by little, it will make a big difference. 1. A. For exampleB. All the timeC. At firstD. Of course2. A. lose hopeB. getC. succeedD. accept3. A. neverB. almostC. alwaysD. still4. A. activitiesB. answersC. ideasD. ways5. A. endB. areaC. startD. shock6. A. seriousB. seriouslyC. angryD. angrily7. A. gettingB. getsC. to getD. get8. A. carefulB. upsetC. angryD. happy9. A. beeB. turnC. getD. grow10. A. oftenB. neverC. alwaysD. seldom8．先通讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后從A、B、C、D四個選項中選擇可以填入空白處的最佳答案。 I39。m Dave. I39。m from the west of Ireland. When I finished university, I 1 to leave Ireland to find work. Although I 2 home. I enjoyed living in London for two years. But after that, I felt I needed a 3 . so I bought a ticket to Ecuador ,a country that many of my friends were talking about. Two months later, 4 was in Quito，a beautiful city high up in the mountains. First，I explored（考察）the city. Next，I decided to walk on the Camino Real，the most important Inca road. It was hard work. 5 the views（景色）were really wonderful. During the walk，there were more and more clouds and it was 6 to see. Suddenly I heard some magical Irish music. It 7 me of home. “How could it be?”I just 8 believe it. I thought l was dreaming. The next day, when I came down for breakfast at my hotel. I 9 found out the truth. 10 was practicing Irish music at the hotel garden（花園）. It was an American tourist who was making the magical music of my home!1. A. choseB. forgotC. answeredD. refused2. A. stoodB. builtC. missedD. challenged3. A. reasonB. resultC. predictionD. change4. A. IB. itC. heD. she5. A. orB. butC. ifD. because6. A. hotB. freeC. clearD. difficult7. A. remindedB. talkedC. describedD. heard8. A. mustn39。tB. needn39。tC. couldn39。tD. shouldn39。t9. A. againB. alwaysC. unluckilyD. finally10. A. AnybodyB. SomebodyC. EverybodyD. Nobody9．完形填空 Every student in America likes pop music. They carry small radios 1 earphones（耳機）and listen to music before class, after class and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they 2 on the street. Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the 3 about sports, weather, politics（政治）and activities of American people. Pop music singers 4 much money. They make CDs or tapes which radio stations use in every state. Once the pop singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the money from these tapes es to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, some young people want to 5 him or her. Now singers have bee national stars. There are other kinds of music that are 6 to Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the mon life of Americans. 7 is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys 8 would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about 9 life or the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music. Serious music for the concert halls is called classical music. Music for instruments is called orchestra music（管弦樂）, 10 the symphonies（交響曲）of Beethoven. 1. A. toB. forC. withD. at2. A. driveB. rideC. walkD. run3. A. songsB. newsC. classesD. English4. A. takeB. makeC. meetD. write5. A. meetB. listenC. sendD. give6. A. interestedB. importantC. differentD. surprising7. A. AnotherB. OtherC. OthersD. The other8. A. whatB. whereC. whyD. who9. A. cityB. richC. poorD. country10. A. such asB. look likeC. instead ofD. as far as10．閱讀下面短文, 從短文后所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出能填入相應空白處的最佳選項。 For years I went to school by bus. The first time on the bus. I saw different faces. I greeted them and cold faces 1 smiling faces. As the days went on, we talked like old friends. But it was a pity（遺憾） that I was 2 to set up the same friendship with a quiet girl in the front of the bus. 3 old clothes showed that she didn39。t have much money. She always took a cup of water for the driver. I guessed she was a 4 girl. But why didn39。t she talk with us? Why did she never reply to our friendly greetings? Then, one evening, I got the 5 . I walked to the park near my home and found the girl sitting alone under a tree. I greeted her 6 the same warm smile that I had shown to her