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第二節：完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從16-35各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。
The Price of a Dream
I grew up poor—living with my wonderful mother. We had little money, but plenty of love and attention. I was 16 and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still 17 a dream.
My dream was 18 . By the time I was sixteen, I started playing baseball. I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and 19 anything that moved on the football field.
I was also 20 . My high school coach was John, who not only believed in me, but also taught me 21 to believe in myself. He 22 me the difference between having a dream and remaining true to that dream. One particular 23 with Coach John changed my life forever.
A friend recommended me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket—money for a new bike, new clothes and the 24 of savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to 25 up summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell John I wouldn’t be playing.
When I told John, he was 26 as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” He shouted. “Your 27 days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.” I stood before him with my head 28 , trying to think of the right 29 that would explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his 30 in me.
“How much are you going to make at this job, son?” He asked. “3.5 dollars an hour,” I replied.
“Well,” he asked, “is $ 3.5 an hour the price of a dream?”
That simple question made 31 for me the difference between 32 something at once and having a 33 . I decided myself to play sports that summer and the ___34 year after I finished high school, I was hired by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was 35 a $ 20,000 contract. Finally, I bought my mother the house of my dream!
16. A. happy B. polite C. shy D. honest
17. A. live B. have C. make D. need
18. A. athletics B. music C. business D. money
19. A. kick B. play C. pass D. hit
20. A. right B. popular C. lucky D. honest
21. A. how B. why C. when D. whether
22. A. gave B. taught C. brought D. asked
23. A. accident B. matter C. problem D. experience
24. A. aim B. idea C. start D. purpose
25. A. keep B. end C. give D. pick
26. A. mad B. mournful C. frightened D. shameful
27. A. living B. playing C. working D. dreaming
28. A. moving B. nodding C. shaking D. hanging
29. A. answers B. excuses C. words D. ways
30. A. sadness B. regret C. hopelessness D. disappointment
31. A. direct B. clear C. straight D. bare
32. A. wanting B. changing C. dreaming D. enjoying
33. A. wish B. goal C. score D. desire
34. A. following B. same C. previous D. very
35. A. charged B. got C. offered D. presented
Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials to make the light bulb. When none worked satisfactorily, his assistant 31 , “All our work is in vain. We have learned nothing. ”
Thomas Edison replied very 32 , “Oh, we have come a long way and we have 33 a lot. We now know that there are two thousand materials which we cannot 34 to make a good light bulb. ”
If we learn from our mistakes, then we are 35 . If we learn from someone else’s mistakes, then we are genius. Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines 36 daily and failure is nothing more than a few small 37 repeated daily.
How 38 the above lines are! Success takes 39 . We’ll make mistakes 40 we do things in too much of a hurry. When we do not practice disciplines in life, we don’t build enough confidence to 41 new and challenging tasks which are important and matter in life. Our confidence 42 what we think of ourselves and whether we believe in ourselves. We are all born with exceptional 43 , but only a few really 44 their true potential and make efforts in life and the others just lead a(n) 45 life. Do you want to be exceptional?
Success is a fruit which everyone wants to 46 but it is not found everywhere and no one can 47 it without serious efforts.
Those who want to succeed will find a way; those who don’t will find a(n) 48 !
Success depends upon previous 49 , and without it we will end in failure.
When you are 50 , please enjoy it and give your hand to others who want to accomplish something.
31. A. celebrated B. complained
C. explained D. answered
32. A. confidently B. madly
C. carelessly D. angrily
33. A. remembered B. refused
C. learned D. ordered
34. A. test B. ignore
C. invent D. use
35. A. healthy B. enthusiastic
C. intelligent D. generous
36. A. shown B. prevented
C. recorded D. practiced
37. A. errors B. machines
C. jobs D. steps
38. A. common B. strange
C. familiar D. true
39. A. effect B. time
C. drugs D. roles
40. A. as though B. so that
C. unless D. if
41. A. keep B. attempt
C. give D. see
42. A. depends on B. sets aside
C. turns down D. sets up
43. A. appearances B. experiences
C. qualities D. feelings
44. A. own B. realize
C. provide D. research
45. A. active B. hard
C. rich D. average
46. A. sell B. draw
C. eat D. praise
47. A. achieve B. watch
C. offer D. recognize
48. A. story B. excuse
C. key D. plan
49. A. preparation B. influence
C. life D. generation
50. A. powerful B. wonderful
C. successful D. hopeful
第二節：完形填空(共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分)
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從每題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項。
Mary had her own special kind of joy, and she knew exactly how to spread it around. She lifted children from 31 into laughter, love, and belonging. Each time she found a new 32 for a child, she gave the family one of her little homemade paper roses. It had become a 33 for her, and the families didn't ever forget it.
One evening, Mary was 34 a meeting for adoptive parents. One of the 35 fathers stood up to introduce himself. But before he spoke, he reached into his coat pocket and held up a 36 , red paper rose.
“Twenty years ago today, I felt alone and 37 . I didn't know the talents inside me or what was possible for me.
Then Mary 38 two wonderful people into my life. They taught me what it was like to feel 39 . They not only loved me 40 . They opened a world of 41 that I didn't know existed. My new parents told me, ‘Reach for your dreams!’
I did, and today I'm 42 to be giving that chance to a child who 43 just like me. My mother gave me this little rose. By now, all of you 44 where she got it so long ago.
Mary sent me a new rose just yesterday. And my new rose 45 a new spring, a beautiful new 46 for my own little girl. It 47 me to show her what unconditional love is, and to teach her to reach for her own beautiful dreams.
Thank you, Mary, for the special little things like roses that 48 our lives together. And thank you for all you've done for me and so many families over the years!”
One brief even can send our spirits soaring or 49 us in quiet to ponder a new beginning. 50 it is also the very small things, like Mary's roses, that tie together the meaningful things.
31.A. poverty B. loneliness C. misery D. suffering
32.A. home B. place C. school D. life
33.A. glory B. favor C. habit D. tradition
34.A. organizing B. planning C. hosting D. attending
35. A. new B. grateful C. kind D. active
36. A. broken B. faded C. treasured D. dried
37.A. tasteless B. powerless C. priceless D. worthless
38.A. directed B. introduced C. brought D. accepted
39.A. loved B. protected C. cared D. cheered
40.A. silently B. continuously C. unintentionally D. unconditionally
41.A. necessities B. possibilities C. beauties D. riches
42.A. eager B. willing C. proud D. lucky
43.A. started out B. came up C. turned out D. grew up
44.A. understand B. guess C. tell D. know
45.A. replaces B. symbolizes C. equals D. creates
46.A. chance B. mystery C. challenge D. beginning
47.A. reminds B. helps C. accompanies D. drives
48.A. fix B. close C. tie D. gather
49.A. cause B. push C. put D. leave
50.A. Yet B. Besides C. Otherwise D. Therefore
A couple of years ago, I went to a lady’s house to buy some vitamins. Upon entering the house, I 31 that there was an electronic keyboard on a stand, leaning 32 the wall. Being a piano music lover and 33 , I asked, if the woman played. She nodded and added that she had been 34 lessons—at age 54! I told her that it was very 35 that she was pursuing （追求） her passion（熱情） to play the piano.
Then she asked me 36 question.
“I have been playing for 8 years now, ” I answered.
“Then you must play a song for me before you leave, ” she 37 . I thought she was joking and I simply smiled. At the end of the deal of the vitamins, she 38 me of our musical “ 39 ”. She then showed me to an old upright piano in the living room, 40 asked me to play a song for her. I thought 41 and decided to play David Lanz’s “Return to the Heart”, since she had so much passion for 42 , and it was my soul-searching song.
I played the song to the best of my ability, and with my emotions 43 into it as possible. She loved it. 44 I was about to step out of the door, I heard a weak voice calling out, “Young man! ”
I turned around. And there was an old lady 45 one little step at a time with the help of another woman. “I wanted to come out to 46 you for the beautiful song that you played. I have been very sick, and it’s very hard for me to 47 my bed, but your music made me feel good, ”she said. With that, she turned around and walked 48 back to her room.
I was deeply 49 by her appreciation and felt a deeper understanding for the song. It served its purpose beautifully, returning to one’s 50 for peace and joy.
31. A. observed B. watched
C. noticed D. caught
32. A. on B. at
C. over D. against
33. A. player B. teacher
C. composer D. starter
34. A. giving B. attending
C. teaching D. reviewing
35. A. interesting B. wonderful
C. moved D. impressive
36. A. another B. a different
C. the same D. other
37. A. advised B. ordered
C. demanded D. requested
38. A. warned B. reminded
C. asked D. required
39. A. course B. task
C. discussion D. deal
40. A. and B. but
C. as a result D. what’s more
41. A. for the moment B. at the moment
C. for a moment D. at a moment
42. A. music B. songs
C. the piano D. vitamins
43. A. dropping B. falling
C. pouring D. running
44. A. Since B. As
C. While D. Because
45. A. taking B. making
C. having D. moving
46. A. thank B. praise
C. admire D. owe
47. A. get on B. get up
C. get off D. get down
48. A. quietly B. calmly
C. happily D. slowly
49. A. shocked B. touched
C. delighted D. disturbed
50. A. world B. heart
C. brains D. dreams
The telephone rang in the police station at
“Just a minute, we’ll come 33 . Please stay there and wait，” answered the policeman.
Within a minute, a police car and an ambulance 34 . Soon they got to the 35 , but only to 36 everything was fine. No collision, no 37 man.
“What a dirty trick！” said the policeman 38 . “We must find out that mischievous（惡作劇的） 39 and.”
They had not been able to say anything about a punishment 40 they heard the whistle of a train: the train was nearing them quickly. All 41 a sudden, a truck appeared. It came fast towards them, too. 42 it was passing the crossing, it suddenly refused to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the people present, the train collided with the truck heavily and struck it 43 meters away.
When Randolph Bruce, the driver was 44 out of the damaged truck, he was 45 hurt just 46 the young woman had foretold on the phone. As he was taken to the 47 in time, he was saved at last.
Later the policemen did 48 they could to find the woman who had telephoned them, but 49 .
It is 50 that a prophecy（預言）should coincide（巧合）with the fact so exactly.
31. A. ambulance | B. truck | C. car | D. bus |
| B. sweet | C. gentle | D. low |
| B. ahead | C. soon | D. later |
| B. set off | C. got there | D. came on |
| C. station | D. crossing | |
| B. find | C. have | D. tell |
| B. trapped | C. frightened | D. killed |
| B. excitedly | C. angrily | D. disappointedly |
| B. policeman | C. woman | D. boy |
| B. since | C. while | D. when |
| B. of | C. by | D. for |
| B. Where | C. That | D. Which |
| B. dozens | C. dozen of | D. dozens of |
| B. helped | C. pushed | D. forced |
| B. clearly | C. hardly | D. badly |
| B. so | C. before | D. for |
| B. market | C. hospital | D. sidewalk |
| B. which | C. however | D. whatever |
| B. worked | C. stopped | D. failed |
| B. surprising | C. satisfied | D. satisfying |
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