单词拼写 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
1.The great writer _______ （献身） more time to his writing, so he got great success．
2.Alice trusts you．Only you can ___________（劝说） her into giving up the foolish idea.
3.They gave me a __________ （坚定的） look.
4.No one was lucky enough to ______ （逃脱）punishment．
5.In the city, the water pipes in some buildings cracked and ____________（爆裂）.
6.I’m going to the library _________（直接） after the class.
7.He made a ________ （要求） that I should help him .
8.Activities all take place under the ___________（指导） of the an experienced teacher.
9.As far as I am_________ （就……而言）, I am strongly against the plan．
10.What he said is _______ （确切地） what I want to say.
But how could the survivors believe it was 1._________ （nature）? Everywhere they looked 2.__________ （near） everything was destroyed. All of the city’s hospitals, 75% of its factories and buildings and 90% of its homes 3._________ （be） gone. Bricks 4.__________ （cover） the ground like red autumn leaves. No wind, however, could blow 5.______ away. Two dams fell and most of the bridges also fell or were not safe for 6._________ （travel）. The railway tracks were now useless pieces of steel. Tens of thousands of cows would never give milk again. Half a million pigs and millions of chickens were 7._________ （die）. Sand now filled the wells instead 8.__________ water. Then, later that afternoon, another big quake9.________ was almost as strong as the first one shook Tang Shan. Some of the rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins. More buildings fell down. Water, food and electricity were hard 10.__________ （get）. People began to wonder how long the disaster would last.
The other day I was having a meal in an Italian restaurant when I got a phone call from a long lost friend. In my excitement I talked slightly than usual and in Spanish, my mother tongue. A few minutes into the the lady sitting at the table beside mine got up, seemingly , and asked the restaurant worker to find for her another as far away as possible from me. I in my seat out of embarrassment（尴尬）, feeling the to go over and apologize（道歉）.
I looked around and the lady was alone and staring out the window at the table furthest away from me. I was about to stand up when it hit me that she might prefer not to be . Right then I up my plans for a conventional（常规的） apology and decided to conduct an experiment. Seeing those Smile cards in my wallet I took one out. On signing my restaurant check I asked my waiter to charge the lady’s meal to my credit card and her a Smile card instead of her bill.
When I was I told the worker I would be back in a few hours to pick up my credit card and close the bill. I returned later as I promised, excited to learn the of the experiment. To my pleasant surprise, things the best possible way. The restaurant worker happily came up to me, telling me that for many times she had had dinner there before had they seen the old lady smile and laugh like she did receiving the Smile card and the $0 . She thanked the workers they explained that someone else did the job.
To top it off, the worker asked me about the Smile cards so as to conduct their own .
It was an interesting, fun experiment which may hopefully result in many more.
1.A．better B．louder C．more D．faster
2.A．speech B．quarrel C．fight D．call
3.A．tired B．worried C．confused D．annoyed
4.A．chair B．room C．table D．space
5.A．sank B．lay C．took D．got
6.A．urge B．pity C．anger D．force
7.A．heard B．recognized C．found D．told
8.A．attracted B．watched C．disturbed D．noticed
9.A．made B．gave C．developed D．had
10.A．useless B．funny C．ugly D．strange
11.A．slightly B．deliberately C．instantly D．secretly
12.A．hand B．draw C．buy D．drop
13.A．leaving B．starting C．coming D．arriving
14.A．effects B．result C．procedure D．rules
15.A．figured out B．worked out C．turned out D．went out
16.A．ever B．even C．never D．still
17.A．with B．to C．on D．at
18.A．gift B. check C．note D．expense
19.A．even though B．unless C．as though D．because
20.A．businesses B．restaurants C．shops D．experiments
Why have you been so successful in reaching some of your goals, but not others? If you aren’t sure, you are far from being alone in your confusion. In fact, decades of research on achievement suggests that successful people reach their goals not simply because of who they are, but more often because of what they do. 1.
1．Get specific
When you set yourself a goal, try to be as specific as possible. "Lose 5 pounds" is a better goal than "lose some weight" because it gives you a clear idea of what success looks like. 2. Also, think about the specific actions that need to be taken to reach your goal.
2． 3.
Considering how busy most of us are, it's not surprising that we often miss opportunities to act on a goal because we simply fail to notice them. Did you really have no time to work out today? No chance at any point to return that phone call? Achieving your goal means seize these opportunities before they slip through your fingers.
3．Know exactly how far you have left to go
Achieving any goal also requires honest and regular monitoring （监督）of your progress—if not by others, then by you yourself. If you don't know how well you are doing, you can't adjust your behavior accordingly. 4.
It is my hope that you have gained some insight （认识）into all the things you have been doing right all along. Remember: 5. It’s never what you are, but what you do.
A．Wait for opportunities to appear．
B．Seize the moment to act on your goals.
C．Here are things successful people do differently.
D．Next I'll talk about my own experience on how to achieve success.
E．You don't need to become a different person to become a more successful one.
F．Check your progress frequently — weekly, or even daily, depending on the goal.
G．Knowing exactly what you want to achieve keeps you motivated until you get there.
John Milton was born in 1606. His father expected him to enter the church of England, but Milton wanted to be a poet. At twenty-nine Milton set off for a travel on the continent. He traveled in France, Switzerland and Italy, winning the friendship of many artists and scientists, including Galileo, the famous Italian scientist who suffered for his discovery in prison. In 1639, he was planning to go on this journey when the news reached him of the break between the king and Parliament（国会）. Milton returned to England immediately, and put himself into the struggle against the king, for which he had long been prepared. During the Civil war, Milton worked as the spokesman of the revolution. By the beginning of 1652, Milton had become completely blind, yet he didn’t stop fighting. After the Restoration（复辟）, his books were burnt, and he himself avoided being killed because of his blindness.
John Milton was not only a brave revolutionary but also a great poet. His famous poem Paradise Lost（失乐园） was an immediate success. But, for its publication （being published）, Milton received only 18 pounds. He died in 1671.
1.Milton set off for a travel on the continent here “continent” means ________.
A．Asia B．Europe C．America D．Africa
2.What can we learn from the passage?
A．In 1635 Milton made friends with many artists and poets
B．Milton was put in prison for his discovery.
C．Paradise Lost was popular and was a hit at that time.
D．Milton was determined to be a poet because he didn’t like churches.
3.Milton would have been killed if ________________.
A．he had been the spokesman of the revolution
B．his books hadn’t been burnt
C．he hadn’t written the poem Paradise Lost
D．he hadn’t been completely blind
Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station（加油站） about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register（收款台）, I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.
I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.
I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.
Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery（电池） was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership—a shop selling cars—was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.
“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?”I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.
1.The underlined words“took off”in Paragraph 2 mean_________．
A．turned off B．moved off
C．put up D．set up
2.What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?
A．He had it pulled back to the gas station．
B．The couple sent him a business card.
C．The couple offered to help him.
D．He called his friend for help.
3.The battery of the author’s car was dead because ___________．
A．something went wrong with the lights
B．his meeting lasted a whole day
C．he forgot to turn off the lights
D．he drove too long a distance
4.By telling his own experiences, the author tries to show ________．
A．how to write a thank-you letter
B．how to deal with car problems
C．the kind-heartedness of older people
D．the importance of expressing thanks
