(湖南省衡陽八中2008屆高三最后一次模擬考試)

We may look at the world around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever we’ve become used to suddenly disappears.  36  , for example, the neatly-dressed woman I  37  to see---or look at---on my way to work each morning.

For three years, no matter  38   the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8:00 am. On  39   days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves. Summertime  40  out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses.   41  , she was an ordinary working woman. Of course, I­  42   all this only after she was seen no more. It was then that I realized how  43   I expected to see her each morning. You might say I  44  her.

 “Did she have an accident? Something  45  ?” I thought to myself about her  46  . Now that she was gone, I felt I had  47   her. I began to realize that part of our  48  life probably includes such chance meetings with familiar  49  : the milkman you see at dawn, the woman who  50  walks her dog along the street every morning, the twin brothers you see at the library. Such people are  51   markers in our lives. They add weight to our  52  of place and belonging.

Think about it.   53  , while walking to work, we mark where we are by   54   a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though   55 , person?

36.A.Make             B. Take                  C. Give                 D. Have

37.A.happened       B. wanted              C. used                  D. tried

38.A.what              B. how                  C. which               D. when

39.A.sunny            B. rainy                  C. cloudy               D. snowy

40.A.took              B. brought              C. carried              D. turned

41.A.Clearly          B. Particularly         C. Luckily              D. Especially

42.A.believed         B. expressed           C. remembered       D. wondered

43.A.long              B. often                 C. soon                 D. much

44.A.respected      B. missed               C. praised              D. admired

45.A.better             B. worse                C. more                 D. less

46.A.disappearance B. appearance         C. misfortune         D. fortune

47.A.forgotten        B. lost                    C. known              D. hurt

48.A.happy            B. enjoyable      C. frequent             D. daily

49.A.friends      B. strangers            C. tourists              D. guests

50.A.regularly        B. actually              C. hardly               D. probably

51.A.common       B. pleasant             C. important           D. faithful

52.A.choice           B. knowledge         C. decision             D. sense

53.A.Because         B. If                      C. Although            D. However

54.A.keeping         B. changing            C. passing              D. mentioning

55.A.unnamed       B. unforgettable      C. unbelievable       D. unreal

 (河南省開封市2008屆第四次模擬考試)

I believe in my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid,   36   I dreamed of becoming a doctor.

My mother was a   37   . Through her work, she observed that   38   people spent a lot more time  39   than they did watch television. She  40   that my brother and I could only watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and   41__ written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and under-line the important   42  . Years later we realized her marks were only a   43   My mother was a illiterate (文盲). Although we had no money, between the covers of those books, I could go anywhere, do anything and be   44__

When I entered high school I was an A-student,   45   not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang about with the guys. I went from being an A—student then to a B--student then to a C-student, but I didn't   46  . I was cool.

    One night my mother came home from working her multiple jobs and I   47   about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, "Okay, I will give you all the money I make this week by scrubbing floors and   48   bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With everything left over, you can have all that you want." I was very   49   with that arrangement but   50   I got through allocating (分配) money, there was nothing left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a  51   over our heads and any kind of food on the table, much less to buy clothes. I also   52   that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere. Success   53   intellectual preparation. I went back to my studies and became an A—student   54  , and eventually I fulfilled my dream and I became a   55__.

36. A. where                  B. which                      C. when                    D. who 

37. A.woman  servant     B. teacher                    C. worker                 D. nurse

38. A.healthy                B. successful               C. powerful               D. clever                 

39. A.searching              B. reading                    C. working                D. training               

40. A.  ordered               B. insisted                    C. suggested              D. announced          

41. A.hand in                 B. turn over                 C. pick up          D. write down                

42. A.titles                     B. ideas                       C. books                   D. parts

43. A.game                     B. trick                       C. pleasure                D. task  

44. A.anybody                B. nobody                    C. somebody             D. everybody           

45. A.and                       B. so                           C. but                       D. or    

46. A.know                    B. care                        C. face                      D. stop 

47. A.thought                 B. chatted                    C. complained            D. worried              

48. A.repairing               B. cleaning                  C. rubbing                 D. watching            

49. A.encouraged           B. puzzled                   C. moved                   D. pleased               

50. A.as soon as             B. if                            C. once                     D. since                  

51. A. wall                     B. house                      C. window                D. roof 

52. A. realized                B. imagined                 C. believed                 D. noticed               

53. A. suited                   B. required                  C. made                     D. matched             

54. A. even                     B. forever                    C. before                   D. again

55. A. professor             B. expert                      C. doctor                  D. boss 

 (2009年蘇、錫、常、鎮(zhèn)四市高三教學情況調查(二))

A couple of days ago, my sister Liz and I spoke about Dad, and we decided to get him a little something together for Father’s Day. we talked about times when we were ---36--- up and how Mom and Dad used to play the “good cop, bad cop” thing on us. Dad has been a person of few words since we were ---37---. He raised us more by ---38--- than anything else. When he spoke, though, we listened, and he was always mysterious and difficult to understand. There was always a(n) ---39--- meaning that I never got, but Liz always ---40--- to decipher（破解）him. By the time I got to high school, I had wanted a whole bunch of skateboard gear（裝備） and I ---41--- I was too old to ask money from my parents so I worked a burger joint. One day, I was really angry about annoying burgers. I came home huffing and puffing（氣喘吁吁）. Dad saw me and asked me what was the ---42---. I told him that I was fed up with annoying burgers. He said that we all have to ---43--- somewhere, that we may know it now, but  the skills we learn even in a burger joint might come I handy later in life. “Who knows, you might end up having to run a ---44 or even own one when you grow up,” said Dad. The ---45--- me down and I kept what he said in mind, even though I didn’t agree with it.

       A couple of years later, when I got to college, I worked in a restaurant. During one of the really ---46--- days that we had, we  were short on kitchen staff. Our customers were getting impatient and the ---47--- were getting delayed. we were sure any minute something terrible would ---48--- out. I couldn’t stand the ---49--- anymore, so I rolled up my sleeves, got myself a hair net and helped out in the hot kitchen. We caught up the with the orders ---50---. The owner saw what I did and called me over around ---51--- time. He said he was very ---52--- . He raised my salary and made me the assistant manager even though I could only go part-time. That was ---53--- I realized that what my dad said to me all those years before was absolutely true.

       I’ve never forgotten what my dad said that. And whenever I have to do something that require new skills, no matter how small or ---54--- it seems, I have a new perspective（看法）that it might help me later on or even right now and I just don’t know it. Experience is everything and it ---55—a lot when you take lessons from it. That’s my life philosophy.

36. A. getting                B. going                C. growing            D. coming

37. A. schoolboys          B. kids                  C. adults                D. graduates

38. A. instruction           B. example             C. order                D. inspiration

39. A. obvious               B. unclear              C. reasonable         D. hidden

40. A. failed                  B. refused              C. tried                  D. managed

41. A. imagined             B. promised           C. figured              D. suggested

42. A. experience           B. matter               C. event                D. accident

43. A. start                   B. work                 C. stay                  D. leave

44. A. restaurant            B. hospital             C. school               D. plant

45. A. calmed                B. settled               C. let                     D. put

46. A. exciting               B. worrying           C. busy                 D. happy

47. A. meetings             B. parties               C. menus               D. orders

48. A. break                  B. show                C. go                    D. set

49. A. quarrel                B. laziness             C. relaxation          D. tension

50. A. eventually            B. regularly            C. obviously          D. thankfully

51. A. breakfast             B. lunch                C. opening             D. closing

52. A. influenced           B. interested           C. inspired             D. impressed

53. A. when                  B. why                  C. whether            D. where

54. A. important            B. impressive         C. interesting         D. insignificant

55. A. works                 B. counts               C. shows               D. benefits

 (甘肅省靜寧一中高三第二次模擬考試)

It’s hard being an astronaut’s son. I   21  , everybody expects you to be special or   22  , and I’m just an average student, and I’m average, too, when it   23  basketball, football, soccer, and baseball.
     I often wonder   24  my father ever had a son like me. I mean he’s so  25  and so good at everything. So I used to dream about doing something spectacular(不平常的) to   26  my father and make him  27   me.
     In one class, my teacher  28   a Father’s Day essay contest for us and the winners’ essays would be read in front of all the parents and students. After school I walked home,   29   my father, who I would write about in my essay.
     He sat with me in the   30   when I was a little kid and had a nightmare. He   31   me with a new puppy at my eighth birthday party. He sat and tried to   32   death to me when Grandpa Bob died. To me, he wasn’t a world-famous astronaut, just my dad.
    I wrote about all these  33  in my essay.

One of our neighbors said, “I   34  you’ll win the contest, David. You're the only one in town who could write about being the son of an astronaut.” I  35  .

I hadn’t shown anyone the essay, but now I almost hoped I wouldn’t win. I didn’t want to win just  36  my father was an astronaut.

I won the second prize. When I finished reading my essay, the   37   applauded. I saw my father blowing his nose. I went back to my seat.
    Dad nodded to me,  38  his throat, and put his hand on my shoulder. “Son, this is the   39  moment of my life,” he said.
    It was the proudest moment of my life, too. Maybe I’ll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but just then, it was   40  just to be my father’s son.

21. A. mean            B. say                    C. know                  D. believe

22. A. strange            B. honest                 C. perfect                D. formal

23. A. refers to         B. relates with             C. talks about          D. comes to

24. A. why             B. how                   C. whether                D. when

25. A. normal                B. funny                  C. special                 D. unique

26. A. shock            B. influence              C. attract            D. impress

27. A. proud of          B. interested in             C. satisfied with        D. ashamed of

28. A. reported          B. announced              C. claimed           D. warned

29. A. caring about       B. worrying about     C. thinking about        D. complaining about

30. A. silence          B. threat                  C. horror                 D. dark 

31. A. pleased            B. astonished               C. supported            D. encouraged

32. A. describe         B. explain                  C. declare                 D. remark

33. A. experiments        B. incidents              C. details            D.memories

34. A. wish              B. guess                  C. bet                    D. promise

35. A. smiled              B. nodded                 C. doubted             D. shrugged（聳肩）

36. A. because         B. if                      C. while                  D. as

37. A. parents        B. audience                  C. students                  D. teachers

38. A. cleaned             B. blew                   C. cleared                 D. opened

39. A. best           B. proudest                C. finest                  D. greatest

40. A. natural           B. ambitious                C. important             D. enough

 (浙江省2008學年第二學期溫州中學高三三�？荚�)

Today I am known for my voice. Perhaps the greatest honor came when I was asked to read The  New Testament（《新約全書》）on tape .

       But it  21  a long time to believe such good things could happen to me. When I was a child, I stuttered（結巴）so badly that I was completely   22  to speak in public.

         23   when I was 14, Professor Donald Crouch came to my school. He was a retired college professor. English was his favorite subject and   24  was his deepest love. He held a book of poems as if it were a crystal,    25   pages as if uncovering treasures. When he heard that our school was teaching Shakespeare and other classics, he felt   26  for not being a part of our school sooner.

       When he  27 that I not only loved poetry but was  28  it, we became closer. There was, however, one   29  -- Professor Crouch could not stand the  30  that I refused to read my poems to the class.

       “Jim, poetry is   31  to be read aloud,” he said. “You should be able to speak those beautiful words.” I shook my head and  32  .

       One day he   33  me .

       After handing in a poem, I waited for his  34  . It didn’t come. Instead one day as the students had gathered together, he   35  me , “Jim, I don’t think you wrote this poem.”

       I stared at him in disbelief. “Why,” I started,   36  flooding me. “of course I did !” “Well, then,” he said, “you’ve got to prove it by getting up and reciting it from   37  .”

       By then the other students had settled at their desks. With knees shaking, I walked up to the front. For a moment I stood there,  38  . Then I began, and kept going. I recited my poem all the way   39  !

       Afterwards, Professor Crouch encouraged me to read other writers’ poetry before the public. I discovered I did have a (n)  40  and found my classmates actually looked forward to hearing me recite.

21．A．lasted                  B．took                    C．cost                    D．wasted

22．A．impatient             B．unlikely               C．unable                 D．impossible

23．A．But                     B．Then                   C．Besides               D．However

24．A．archaeology         B．art                      C．architecture         D．poetry

25．A．drawing              B．turning                C．writing                D．finding

26．A．regretful              B．thankful               C．relieved               D．annoyed

27．A．decided               B．recognized           C．learned                D．proved

28．A．reading                B．reciting                C．publishing            D．writing

29．A．difficulty             B．promise               C．agreement           D．difference

30．A．matter                 B．fact                     C．idea                    D．belief

31．A．said                    B．found                  C．prepared              D．meant

32．A．turned away        B．sat down             C．talked back          D．gave in

33．A．greeted                B．scolded               C．tricked                D．comforted

34．A．help                    B．idea                     C．reward               D．comment

35．A．challenged           B．attacked              C．noticed                D．told

36．A．pride                   B．anger                  C．excitement           D．joy

37．A．heart                   B．beginning             C．mind                   D．memory

38．A．terrified               B．disappointed         C．breathless            D．aimless

39．A．down                  B．up                       C．around                D．through

40．A．voice                  B．sound                  C．appearance          D．interest

 (銀川一中2009屆高三年級第三次模擬考試)

Just as you imagine, studying in new environment is difficult. Though I had___36___ a preparation for my study in the United Kingdom, I___37____met many difficulties when I arrived in Britain. These difficulties ___38____ almost every side of your life, including language, daily ___39___, feelings and study.

____40___ the fact that I have studied English for quite a long time, I was well ____41___ to learn that the British people speak seemingly ___42____ English from what I have learned at home. When I picked up my luggage in the airport, I ___43____a long crack on my suitcase. Anxious and a little bit angry, I rushed to a man in uniform and told him my suitcase was ____44____. With a smile on his face, he seemed to be explaining something to me. But I was totally puzzled by what he was saying. ____45____, the suitcase was still OK to use. I managed to pull it to the train station.

   To my surprise, after more than two hours, there was still not a ___46____train coming into the station. Finally, I was told that all trains had been cancelled that day due to the ____47____of the railway workers who were demanding a pay rise.

   After a good deal of bother, I finally reached Liverpool. ____48____, I found it even harder to understand the local English. I even ___49____whether the local people were really speaking English. ____50____, they could hardly understand what I was saying though I had tried my best to pronounce right. I could never really ___51____ how to be the place I supposed to go____52____ they told me the way. However, the good thing is that most British people are friendly and eager to help. They usually____53____me to the bus stop where I could take the bus to the places I wanted to go.

   It takes time to be used to the local accent. What I want to emphasized here is that you should hold on to talk with the local people even if there are difficulties in ____54____. Before you go anywhere, write down the ____55____. Remember a dictionary around you could also be helpful.

36. A. made             B. kept           C. got                    D. set

37. A. even                 B. still               C. yet                    D. almost

38. A. contain               B. mean            C. cover                 D. reach

39.   A. matters              B. events            C. business              D. troubles

40. A. Except                   B. Though       C. Despite                D. Besides

41.   A. satisfied              B. shocked         C. glad                   D. worried

42. A. advanced           B. strange         C. same                  D. different

43. A. watched              B. recognized       C. found                 D. knew

44   A. robbed              B. broken          C. destroyed              D. lost

45.   A. All right               B. Not at all        C. Never mind           D. No problem

46.   A. single                 B. only           C. alone                D. just

47.   A. fight                  B. strike            C. break                 D. march

48.   A. Luckily                B. Unfortunately     C. Honestly.              D. Personally

49.   A. guessed               B. puzzled         C. doubted               D. considered

50. A. However             B. Similarly         C. Even so               D. Therefore

51.   A. take out               B. figure out       C. give out               D. bring out

52.   A. even if              B. as if           C. only if                D. when

53.   A. took                 B. pointed         C. sent                 D. showed

54.   A. communication      B. touch         C. understanding         D. greeting

55.   A. direction             B. number          C. address               D. route

 (江西省景德鎮(zhèn)市2009屆高三第三次模擬考試)

Each of us fails from time to time. If we are wise， we accept these failures as a 　36　 part of the learning process. But all too often as parents and teachers we disallow this 　37　 right to our children.

When I see a child 　38　 to this kind of pressure， I think of Donnie.

Donnie was my youngest third grader. His 　39　 of failure kept him from classroom games that other children enjoyed. He 　40　 answered questions—he might be wrong.

I tried my best to build his 　41　. But nothing changed until midterm， when Mary Anne， a student teacher， was assigned(安排) to our classroom.

She was young and pretty， and she loved children. My pupils， Donnie included， 　42　 her.

One morning， we were working math problems at the chalkboard. Donnie had 　43　 the problems with painstaking neatness. Pleased with his progress， I 　44　 the children with Mary Anne and went for art materials. When I returned， Donnie was in 　45　. He'd missed the third problem.

My student teacher looked at me in despair. Suddenly her face 　46　. From the desk we shared， she got a container filled with pencils.

“Look， Donnie，” she said， kneeling beside him and gently 　47　 the tear­stained face from his arms. “I've got something to 　48　 you.” She removed the pencils， one at a time， and placed them on his desk.

“See these 　49　， Donnie，” she continued. “They belong to Mrs Lindstrom and me. See how the erasers are 　50　？ That's because we make mistakes too. But we erase the mistakes and try again. That's what you 　51　 learn to do， too.”

She kissed him and stood up. “Here，” she said， “I'll leave one of these pencils on 　52　 desk so you'll remember that everybody makes mistakes， 　53　 teachers.” Donnie looked up with love in his eyes and a smile.

The pencil became Donnie's 　54　 possession. That， together with Mary Anne's frequent encouragement， gradually 　55　 him that it's all right to make mistakes—as long as you erase them and try again.

36.A.small                    B. basic                        C. necessary                 D. large

37.A.correct                 B. same                        C. important                 D. natural

38.A.suffering               B. object                       C. fall                           D. subject

39.A.fear                      B. lesson                      C. chance                            D. sense

40.A.always                  B. often                        C. never                       D. seldom

41.A.self­protection       B. self­improvement      C. self­confidence         D. self­learning

42.A.respected                     B. disliked                     C. avoided                    D. mined

43.A.worked out           B. copied                      C. gone over                 D. leaned

44.A.left                       B. offered                     C. missed                            D. parted

45.A.surprise                B. astonishment             C. anger                       D. tears

46.A.darkened               B. brightened                C. pulled                       D. loosened

47.A.lifting                   B. picking                     C. holding                     D. pushing

48.A.help                      B. show                       C. reward                            D. promise

49.A.pencils                  B. mistakes                   C. marks                      D. containers

50.A.used                     B. built                         C. worn                       D. damaged

51.A.may                            B. must                        C. will                          D. can

52.A.my                       B. someone's                C. the teacher's             D. your

53.A.still                       B. also                          C. even                        D. not

54.A.prized                   B. own                         C. kept                         D. expected

55.A.warned                 B. informed                  C. persuaded                 D. reminded

 (江蘇省徐州市2009屆高三第三次調研考試)

I had my first job at the age of thirteen，when a friend of my mother who owned a bookshop hired me for six hours a week to help her in the shop．I was very     36   to earn my own pocket money and my parents never interfered with    37    I spent it，even when I was spending it foolishly．They    38    that by earning money，spending it，and learning from my mistakes，I would become more     39    and responsible about how to handle work，    40 with others，and money．

Like many American parents，my parents also let my brother and me do things over which they    41    a great deal．When I was sixteen，   42  ，after I finished high school and before I entered    43  ，I wanted to spend the summer months traveling around Europe．My mother was against the idea of my traveling     44   at such a young age，but my father felt that it would be a great    45   for me．In the end，my father won the argument on the condition that I    46   my  traveling to France，my mother’s home，where I had many relatives who could     47    shelter and help if I needed it．

Three years later，when he was eighteen，my brother decided to    48   a year off after his first year in university and   49   through the States and the Caribbean．Again my mother was worried to see my brother leave school，but my father encouraged him and my brother had a fantastic year   50   his way on trains and ships to earn passage to different ports and cities，and  51   many fascinating places and people．

Such experiences are    52    rare children in many countries，but in the US they are fairly   53   ．Most parents start pushing their children at a young age to do small things by themselves．   54   they finish high school，many American kids have already had part-time jobs，traveled around the US or other countries on their own，    55   a university and maybe even decided on their future career．

36．A．anxious                   B．proud                     C．disappointed            D．successful

37．A．how                             B．whether                  C．when                      D．where

38．A．suggested               B．explained                 C．believed                  D．mentioned

39．A．generous                 B．energetic                 C．creative                  D．mature

40．A．relationships            B．operations               C．instructions             D．situations

41．A．panicked                 B．suffered                  C．worried                  D．struggled

42．A．as a result                                   B．in reality                 

C．for example                                 D．on the whole

43．A．university                B．business                  C．politics                   D．market

44．A．along                      B．apart                       C．alone                      D．aboard

45．A．practice                  B．experience               C．performance           D．schedule

46．A．stopped                  B．turned                     C．devoted                  D．limited

47．A．support                   B．equip                      C．provide                   D．take

48．A．send                       B．take                        C．pick                       D．give

49．A．travel                      B．march                     C．explore                   D．push

50．A．finding                    B．working                  C．making                   D．forcing

51．A．challenging                                  B．exploring                

C．inspecting                                   D．discovering

52．A．probably                 B．nearly                     C．merely                    D．slightly

53．A．special                    B．usual                      C．common                 D．ordinary

54．A．At the moment                            B．On the occasion      

C．To the point                                D．By the time

55．A．attended                  B．selected                  C．finished                  D．joined

 (江蘇省南京十三中2009屆高三第三次模擬考試)

In 1982, Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank. He got into a life boat, but his supplies were   36  . His chances of surviving were small.   37   when three fishermen found him 76 days later, he was alive—much   38   than he was when he started, but alive.

His   39   of how he survived is fascinating. His cleverness — how he   40   to catch fish, how he evaporated（蒸發(fā)）sea water to   41   fresh water — is very interesting.

But the thing that   42   my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope seemed lost, and there seemed no   43   in continuing the struggle. He was starved and   44  worn-out. Giving up would have seemed the only possible choice.

When people   45   these kinds of circumstances, they do something with their minds that gives them the courage to keep going. Many people in   46   desperate circumstances   47   in or go mad. Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the courage to carry on   48   difficulties.

“I tell myself I can   49   it,” wrote Callahan in his book. “Compared to what others have been through, I’m fortunate. I tell myself these things over and over,   50   up courage…”

I wrote that down after I read it. It   51   me as something important. And I’ve told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed   52   off or when my problems seemed too terrible. And every time I’ve said it, I have always come back to my   53  .

The truth is, our circumstances are only bad   54   to something better. But others have been through the much worse, that is, in comparison with what others have been through, you’re fortunate. Tell this to yourself over and over again, and it will help you   55   through the rough situations with a little more courage.

36.   A. little                  B. rich                   C. few                  D. enough

37.   A. And                  B. Yet                    C. Still                   D. Thus

38.   A. thinner              B. stronger            C. worse               D. healthier

39.   A. attitude              B. assumption        C. instruction         D. account

40.   A. assisted             B. tended               C. managed           D. intended

41.   A. make                B. absorb               C. select                      D. replace

42.   A. attacked            B. caught               C. froze                 D. cheated

43.   A. need                B. taste                  C. message            D. point

44.   A. firmly               B. completely         C. hardly               D. generally

45.   A. deal                  B. defend               C. survive              D. observe

46.   A. similarly            B. differently          C. gradually           D. commonly

47.   A. pull                   B. take                  C. break                D. give

48.   A. for the lack of    B. in the face of     C. in exchange for  D. as a result of

49.   A. handle               B. carry                 C. follow               D. inspect

50.   A. rolling               B. using                 C. building             D. making

51.   A. defeated            B. recommended    C. introduced         D. struck

52.   A. far                    B. long                  C. ever                  D. even

53.   A. supplies             B. senses               C. ideas                 D. influences

54.   A. related               B. measured           C. contributed        D. compared

55.   A. see                   B. cut                    C. get                    D. think

 (黑龍江省哈三中2009屆高三三模)

One day, a young man was cleaning out his late grandfather’s belongings when he  36  a bright red envelope. Written on the  37  were the words, “To my grandson. ”   38  it was his grandfather’s handwriting, the boy opened the envelope. A letter inside read;

Dear Ronny,

Years ago you  39  to me for help. You said, “Grandpa, how is it that you’ve   40  so much in your life? You’re still full of  41  ,but I’m already  42  of struggling. How can I get that same enthusiasm that you’ve got?”

I didn’t know what to say to you then. But knowing my days are numbered, I figure that I   43  you an answer. So here is what I believe.

I think it has something to   44  with how a person looks at things. I call it “keeping your eyes wide open”.

First, realize that is filled with surprises, but many are good ones. If you don’ keep  45  for them, you’ll miss half the excitement. Expect to be excited  46  ,and you will be.

When you meet with  47  ,welcome them. They’ll leave you wiser, stronger, and more capable than you were the day before. When you make a mistake, be  48  for the things it taught you. Learn to use that lesson to help you reach your goals.

It’s also important to   49  exactly what you want . Then keep your mind focused on it , and be prepared to receive it.

As you grow with the years, you’ll be given bigger shoes to fill. So be ready for endings as well as challenging  50  .

Sometimes we have to be brave enough to move from the familiar to the unfamiliar. Life isn’t just reaching peaks. Part of it is moving from one  51  to the next. If you  52  too long in between, you might be tempted（誘惑）to   53  . Leave the past in the past. Climb the next mountain and enjoy the view.

Most important of all, never give up on yourself. The person that ends up a winner is the one who resolves（決心，決定）to   54  . Give life everything you’ve got, and life will give its best  55  to you.

Love always,

Grandpa

36. A. came out         B. came off               C. came across          D. came down

37. A. front               B. paper                    C. back                     D. cover

38. A. Realizing          B. Learning               C. Regarding             D. Recognizing

39. A. went               B. came                    C. asked                   D. returned

40. A. finished           B. achieved               C. contributed           D. known

41. A. power             B. energy                  C. magic                   D. confidence

42. A. lacking            B. bored                    C. tired                     D. impatient

43. A. have                B. get                       C. make                    D. owe

44. A. connect           B. deal                      C. make                    D. do

45. A. watching         B. looking                 C. finding                  D. preparing

46. A. once in a while B. all the time            C. at once                 D. right now

47. A. successes        B. worries                 C. differences            D. challenges

48. A. sad                 B. eager                    C. grateful                 D. excited

49. A. achieve            B. decide                   C. receive                 D. accept

50. A. shoes              B. difficulties             C. lives                     D. beginnings

51. A. side                 B. road                     C. peak                     D. way

52. A. walk               B. climb                    C. rest                      D. move

53. A. sleep               B. quit                      C. return                   D. continue

54. A. lose                 B. defeat                   C. beat                      D. win

55. A. away               B. out                       C. back                     D. over