第二节（共5小题；每小题2分， 满分10分）

Things to Remember When You’re Having a Bad Day
Even the hardest days contain lessons that will help you be a better person. Feeling down? Consider these things to remember when you’re having a bad day.
No one promised life would be perfect. 
        16    Don’t base your happiness on meeting every expectations you set for yourself. It is good to be ambitious, but you’ll never be perfect. If you expect otherwise, your life will be filled with disappointments. 
   17    
Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit. Don’t kid yourself into thinking success will come quickly. It isn’t easy to be patient, but anything worth doing requires time.    18    .  
Without hard times, you wouldn’t appreciate the good ones. 
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to give up, that is strength.    19     . It is hard to find much to smile about when you fail, but how else would you improve yourself? If you look at failures as a part of your growing process, you’ll stay positive and follow your goals for as long as it takes. 
It’s OK to cry sometimes. 
Do not apologize for crying. Without this feeling, we are only robots. Don’t be afraid of crying.    20     Instead, it is an acceptable way to let go of your depressed feelings. If you let those feelings build up without release(释放), you’ll have a much harder time dealing with them later.  
A.Don’t get sad if you lose. 
B.It isn’t a sign of weakness. 
C.Success doesn’t happen overnight. 
D.It’s not OK to worry now and then. 
E.Don’t compare your life with others’.
F.Remember: Rome was not built in a day. 
G.If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.    

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

A young manager was driving his new car down a street fast. He thought when he saw something, he would__21__.
As his car __22__, one child appeared, and a__23__ smashed (撞击) into the side door of his car. He pressed the __24__ and drove the car back to __25__ the brick had been thrown.
 He jumped out of the car and__26__ the kid, shouting, "What was that all about and who are you? What on earth are you doing?" He __27__ " That's a new car and that brick you threw would__28__much money. Why did you do it?" 
"Please, mister! I'm sorry. I didn't know what else to do!" __29__  the youngster. "It's my brother ," he said. "He fell out of his __30__. I can't lift him up because he’s hurt and is too __31__for me. "Would you please help me to get him back into his wheelchair?” 
Hearing his words, the angry driver tried to__32__. He followed the boy to find his brother and lifted the young man back into the wheelchair. He took out his handkerchief and wiped the scrapes(擦伤) and cuts, checking to see that__33__ was okay.
 "Thank you, sir!" the __34__ child said. The man then watched the little boy __35__ his brother toward their home. 
It was a long, slow walk back to his car. After that, he __36__ repaired the side door. He kept the dent (凹痕) to __37__ him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your __38__. 
Life whispers in your soul and speaks to your heart. __39__, when you don't have the time to listen, life throws a brick at your head.
It's your __40__ : Listen to the whispers of your soul or wait for the brick ! 
21. A. turn up     B. speed up  C. slow down   D. break down
22. A. stopped    B. passed   C. crashed   D. broke
23. A. bag          B. brick   C. basket  D. glass
24. A. button     B. window   C. chair  D. brake
25. A. where      B. that   C. which  D. what
26. A. grasped    B. kicked  C. dismissed    D. patted
27. A. cut in      B. ran away   C. set out    D. went on
28. A .take        B. cost   C. spend    D. pay
29. A. smiled         B. begged        C. nodded          D. whispered
30. A. horse           B. bike           C. car             D. wheelchair
31. A. special          B. important      C. heavy          D. annoying
32. A. calm down      B. settle down     C. bring down       D. get down
33. A. something       B. anything       C. everything        D. nothing
34. A. naughty         B. frightened     C. grateful          D. brave
35. A. carry           B. push          C. drag            D. pull
36. A. never           B. frequently     C. seldom           D. ever
37. A. remind          B. force         C. convince          D. allow
38. A. impression       B. permission    C. attention         D. instruction
39. A. Meanwhile       B. Sometimes     C. Therefore        D. Moreover
40. A. plan            B. skill           C. goal            D. choice
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