If I had known them better, I would have mentioned the old story about the lady who waited so long for her ship to come in 27 her pier(长堤) collapsed(倒塌).
Someone once said, \people 28 life in a state of quiet desperation(绝望).\Going through life in a state of \
What it takes is a conscious change in attitude. That's why in my classes at Oregon Coast Community College I've been encouraging students to 29 their dreams, to be passionate about something, (anything!) and above all, to have faith 30 themselves. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
Passage 22
When Beethoven was 28, he began to notice a strange noise in his 21 . As it grew worse, he went to see doctors, and was told that he was going deaf. This was too much for any composer to 22 . Beethoven was in despair; he was sure that he was going to die. He went to the countryside 23 he wrote a long farewell letter to his brothers, describing 24 sad and lonely his deafness made him. He longed to die.
In fact, Beethoven did something braver than dying. He gathered his courage and went on writing music, though he could hear 25 he wrote more and more faintly. He wrote the music for which we remember him best 26 he became deaf. This music was very different from any that had been composed before. 27 the elegant（优雅的） and grand music that earlier composers had written for their wealthy listeners, Beethoven wrote stormy, exciting music which reminds us 28 his troubled and courageous life. His Heroic Symphony（交响曲） and Fifth Symphony both show his courage in struggling with his fate.
In time he went completely deaf, but he wrote more gloriously（辉煌地） than ever, for he could \ 29 this, he often wrote joyful music. Because of his courage and strong 30 , his music has given joy and
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A. succeed A. kept saying A. bigger A. moved A. boring A. when
B. fail C. wonder D. escape
B. went on saying C. minded saying D. avoided saying B. smaller B. stuck B. tiring B. what
C. cheaper
D. more D. terrifying
D. that
A. particular about B. worried about C. popular with D. crazy about
C. taken
D. focused
C. challenging
C. which
A. move through B. go through A. go to A. on
B. go over B. about
C. break through D. bring through
C. go for
D. go down
C. with
D. in
inspiration to millions of people.
21. A. eyes
B. ears B. keep B. what B. so
B. what
C. nose
D. mouth
22. A. understand 23. A. which 24. A. how 25. A. which 26. A. until 28. A. of
C. catch C. where
D. bear
D. when D. very D. all D. later D. from D. in spite of D. strength
C. such C. that
B. after
C. before C. in
27. A. in addition to B. on the contrary C. Instead of D. by comparison
B. about
29. A. in view of B. in relation to C. in regard to 30. A. mind
Passage 23
B. will
C. heart
While I was waiting to enter university, I saw in a newspaper a teaching job wanted at a school about ten miles from where I lived. Being very short of money and wanting to do something useful, I applied, fearing as I did so, that without a degree and with no 21 of teaching my chances of getting the job were 22 .
However, three days later, a letter arrived, calling me to Croydon for a meeting with the headmaster. It was clearly the 23 himself that open the door. He was short and round. \should have to teach all the subjects except art, 24 _ he taught himself. I should have to divide the class into 25 groups and teach them in turn at three different 26 . And I was disappointed at the thought of teaching maths, a subject at which I wasn't very 27 at school. Worse perhaps was the idea of 28 to teach them on Saturday afternoon because most of my friends would be enjoying themselves at that time.
Before I had time to ask about my salary, he got up to his 29 . \meet my wife. She is the one who really 30 this school.\
21. A. material 22. A. nice 23. A. teacher 24. A. which 25. A. one 26. A. classes 27. A. poor 28. A. forcing 29. A. letter
B. experience C. means B. great
C. helpful
B. headmaster B. that B. two
D. books D. slight
D. door-keeper
C. student C. what C. three C. levels
D. good
D. this D. four D. places D. managing
B. subjects B. having
B. interested C. weak B. feet
C. forgetting C. hands
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D. wife
30. A. runs
Passage 24
B. stars C. observes D. likes
Why is setting goals important? Because goals can help you do, be, and experience everything you want in life. 21 just letting life happen to you, goals allow you to make your life happen. Successful people 22 how their life should be and set lots of goals. By setting goals you are 23 your life. It's like having a 24 to show you where you want to go. Think of it this way. There are 25 drivers. One has a destination （目的地） in mind (her goal) which can be found on a map. She can drive straight there without any 26 time or wrong turns. The other driver has no goal or destination or map. She starts off at the same time from the same place as the first driver, 27 she drives aimlessly around, never getting anywhere, just 28 gas. Which driver do you want to be?
Winners in life set goals and follow through on them. They decide what they want in life and then get there by making 29 and setting goals. 30 people just let life happen by accident. Goals aren't difficult to set ad they aren't difficult to reach. It's up to you to find out what your goals really are. You are the one who must decide what to achieve and in what direction to aim your life.
21. A. Because of 22. A. imagine 24. A. guide 25. A. two 26. A. free 27. A. or
B. Instead of B. discuss B. friend B. such
C. In spite of D. In addition to C. experience D. show
D. sign
D. good D. wasted
D. so
23. A. going on with B. taking control of C. getting along with D. taking advantage of
C. map C. some C. fixed
B. dull B. for
C. but
28. A. thinking of 29. A. plans 30. A. Lucky
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B. using up C. turning off D. paying for B. money
C. friends
D. maps
B. Young
C. Ordinary D. Unsuccessful
Your boss has a bigger vocabulary than you have. That's one good reason 21 he's your boss. This discovery has been made in the word laboratories of the world. Not by theoretical English professors, 22 by practical, hard-headed（精明的） scholars 23 have been searching for the secrets of success.
After a host of（许多） experiments and years of testing they have found out that if your
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vocabulary is limited your chances of success are limited and that one of the easiest and quickest ways to 24 is by consciously building up your knowledge of words.
Your words are your keys for your 25 . And the more words you have 26 your command，the deeper, clearer and more accurate will be your thinking.
A command of English will not only improve the processes of your mind. It will 27 give you assurance; build your self-confidence; lend colour to your personality; increase your popularity. Your vocabulary is you.
If you consciously increase your vocabulary you will unconsciously 28 yourself to a more important station in life, and the new and higher position you have won will, 29 , give you a better opportunity for further 30 your vocabulary. It is a beautiful and successful cycle.
21. A. why 22. A. nor 23. A. whom
B. what B. but B. which
C. which
D. that
D. or D. who
C. instead C. where
24. A. get through B. get over C. get ahead D. get together
D. dreams
D. on D. also
25. A. thoughts B. pictures C. plans 26. A. in
B. at
27. A. too 28. A. rise 29. A. in brief
Passage 26
A. Hi, Sun Yan! What are you busy doing these days? B. I’m busy ___21__ for the Spring Festival. A. What do you mean by the Spring Festival?
B. again B. raise
C. with
C. however C. arise
D. praise
D. in time D. encountering
B. in conclusion C. in turn B. enriching C. encouraging
30. A. enabling
B. Don’t you know about the Spring Festival? It’s ___22___ your Christmas holiday. It’s
___23___ important holiday in China. A. Oh, I see. ___24___ is the holiday? B. About one week long.
A. What do you usually do during the holiday?
B. Lots of things, such as eating and drinking, playing Majiang, going to movies and temple fairs
（庙会）, visiting relatives and friends and so on. In many places people like to set off firecrackers（鞭炮）. It is very interesting. But now it ___25___ in some big cities because it is not safe.
A. Do you eat special food ___26___ the holiday? B. Yes, we eat dumplings.
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A. Do children like the holiday?
B. Sure. Children can have delicious food and wear new clothes. They can also get some money from their parents. A. What is that money for?
B. This money ___27___ to children for good luck by their parents or other senior people.
Children can use the money ___28___ a lot of things for ___29___.
A. That’s very interesting. Thank you for ___30___ me so much about the Spring Festival. B. It’s pleasure. 21. A. prepared 22. A. likes 23. A. more
24. A. How long 26. A. in
B. to prepare B. like B. the most
C. preparing C. liking C. much C. allows C. at
C. gave C. bought C. telling
D. be prepare D. linked D. many D. How quick D. allowed D. with D. given D. buyed D. theirs D. told
B. How often B. isn’t allowed B. for B. gives
C. How soon
25. A. doesn’t allow 27. A. is given 28. A. to buy 29. A. them
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30. A. to tell
B. buying
B. tell
B. themselves C. theirselves
For thousands of years, people thought of glass as something beautiful to look at. Only recently ___21___ come to ___22___ something looked through. Stores ___23___ their goods in large glass windows. Glass bottles and jars ___24___ food and drink allow us ___25___ the contents. Glass ___26___ spectacles, microscopes, telescopes, and ___27___ very useful and necessary objects, ___28___ glasses are used by people who can not see ___29___ or by people who want to protect their eyes ___30___ bright light. 21. A. they 22. A. think it 23. A. protect 24. A. hold 25. A. see
B. do they
C. they have C. think it as C. display
C. that hold
D. have they D. think of it as D. set aside D. that holding
B. think if of B. hide B. held B. to see
C. seeing
D. seen
D. used to making
D. another D. either D. perfected D. beyond
26. A. used to make 27. A. many others 28. A. and
B. is used to make C. is used to making B. many other B. as well B. perfect B. in
C. else C. or
29. A. perfectly 30. A. from
C. perfection C. with
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