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When an NBA player is young he thinks he can win the championship by himself. It is only later when he has aged and been through many battles
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he learns an important lesson: there is no “I” in “team”.
There is
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better example of the value of teamwork than the Boston Celtics. Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett were all
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on three different teams. Yet, none of them had any titles to show for it.
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last season, they
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to sacrifice money and individual statistics to play together. Garnett and Allen joined Pierce on the Celtics and
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the NBA in the process.
It started in simple ways. Garnett and Allen are two of the most intense athletes in the world. They treat every second of every practice like it is the NBA
42 . If you want to play alongside them then you will have to do the same. So, the young guys on the Celtics started giving their full effort too.
Pierce had been the star of the Celtics for many years. He
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shoot the ball many times a game. But with the addition of Allen and Garnett he shot less and
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on defense. His
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showed the young players that doing what made the team better was the only thing that
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When the Celtics
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and the game was almost over, Garnett, Pierce and Allen would come out of the game. But they wouldn’t just sit on the bench.
48 , they stood and cheered and
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for their teammates. They wanted to support their friends and
50 .
Now, the guys who don’t play know they can still
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the game by cheering so they scream and cheer when Garnet, Allen and Pierce are playing. The Celtics have developed a strong
52 . They are more than just teammates. They are
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The result: the Boston Celtics won the 2008 NBA championship and are considered the favorites to
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the Eastern Conference championship again this year.
There is a saying that
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36. A. that
B. when
C. where
D. which
37. A. not
B. no
C. never
D. seldom
38. A. super stars
B. film stars
C. football stars
D. known persons
39. A. Yet
B. Though
C. Then
D. Finally
40. A. meant
B. planned
C. decided
D. intended
41. A. created
B. changed
C. maintained
D. altered
42. A. championship B. test
C. practice
D. drill
43. A. would
B. used to
C. could
D. need
44. A. focused
B. looked
C. depended
D. relied
45. A. selfishness
B. selflessness
C. heroism
D. male chauvinist
46. A. happened
B. took
C. came
D. mattered
47. A. were winning
B. were failing
C. were going
D. were rising
48. A. However
B. But
C. Though
D. Instead
49. A. shouted
B. laughed
C. screamed
D. neighed
50. A. teammates
B. relatives
C. families
D. audience
51. A. effort
B. afford
C. effect
D. affect
52. A. teamship
B. connection
C. friendship
D.relationship
53. A. friends
B. brothers
C. comrades
D. teammates
54. A. beat
B. defeat
C. knock
D. hit
55. A. writes
B. goes
C. speaks
D. talks
When I was in medical college, I went
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with some of my friends. The
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was summer; therefore, we
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to go to the seaside. After arriving there, we rented a room and left our
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there. We finished lunch and then decided to rent a boat
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the sea and the weather were beautiful.
We started to
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, but about one mile out, the weather suddenly changed.
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the weather was not good, we didn’t want to
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, but finally my friends and I
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that we should go back. We tried to change the boat’s
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, but as soon as we changed it, the oarlock (橹, 桨) broke. Therefore, we were
to turn back. We had to wait for help because we couldn’t do anything.
After seeing the change of the weather, we
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to row, but it was too late. We
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it. The sea changed a lot, the waves got very high, and the boat began to
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like a cradle (摇篮). One of my friends started to cry;
started to feel sick. Three hours passed, and nobody came to help us. We were just praying.
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, after five long hours of waiting, two big boats came to
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us and we
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. If they
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come to get us, we would have crossed the border between Turkey and Greece because the border was very close.
This story is the most exciting story of my life because we could have
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, but luck was with us and we escaped.
2．A. to camp
B. and camped
C. camping
D. on camp
3．A. climate
B. month
C. reason
D. season
4．A. chose
B. selected
C. managed
D. would rather
5．A. things
B. luggage
C. package
D. bags
6．A. if
B. even if
C. because
D. for
7．A. go
B. row
C. sail
D. surf
8．A. As
B. If
C. Although
D. Even if
9．A. give in
B. give up
C. go forward
D. row
10．A. agreed
B. hoped
C. suggested
D. promised
11． A. head
B. direction
C. line
D. way
12．A. unable
B. able
C. delighted
D. sad
13．A. shouldn’t continue
B. couldn’t continue
C. shouldn’t have continued
D. couldn’t have continued
14．A. forgot
B. regretted
C. didn’t mind
D. disliked
15． A. move
B. tremble
C. shake
D. swing
16．A. other
B. the other
C. another
D. others
17．A. Fortunately
B. Unfortunately
C. Fortunate
D. Unluckily
18．A. carry
B. bring
C. search
D. rescue
19．A. didn’t drown
B. didn’t die
C. escaped
D. ran away
20．A. didn’t
B. wouldn’t
C. shouldn’t
D. hadn’t
21．A. died
B. survived
C. floated
D. returned
I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye：Queen City Casket Company．“What is it?” I wondered．I 36 it over．There，in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled(手写的) 37 . Immediately my mind traveled
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many years．
I was nine years old, walking down the cold，wet streets of Springfield，with a bag of magazines on my shoulder．On my
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that day．I came to that Company finally, whose owner, Mr. Rader，had always taken me there to ask his workers
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they wanted any magazines．
Shaking off the
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like a wet dog．I entered Mr. Rader's office．After a quick glance ,he
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me over to the fire-place．Noticing the
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in the top of my
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，he said，“Come with me!”，pulling me into his pickup
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．we pulled to a stop before a shoe store．Inside，a salesman
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me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had
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seen．I
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about 10 feet tall when I got up
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them．“We’d like a pair of new socks too．” Mr Rader said．
Back in his office, Mr Rader took out a
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，wrote something on it, and handed it to me．With
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eyes，I read，“Do to others as you would have them do to you．” He said affectionately(深情地)，“Jimmy，I want you to 52I
love
you”．
I said good-bye, and for the first time I
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a flicker of hope that somehow things would be
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．With people like Mr Rader in the world，there was hope，kindness and love，and that would always make a
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A．read
B．thought
C．turned
D．passed
A．address
B．1ist
C．message
D．information
A．forward
B．so
C．ahead
D．back
A．return
B．rounds
C．trip
D．arrival
A．if only
B．how
C．whether
D．why
A．dust
B．sweat
C．tail
D．rain
A．led
B．followed
C．watched
D．carried
A．hole
B．mud
C．water
D．cover
A．magazine
B．shoe
C．sock
D．bag
A．truck
B．factory
C．home
D．store
A．dressed
B．fitted
C．showed
D．comforted
A．ever
B．already
C．never
D．hardly
A．appeared
B．seemed
C．looked
D．felt
A．for
B．with
C．on
D．in
A．pen
B．paper
C．card
D．notebook
A．tearful
B．unbelievable
C．curious.
D．puzzled
A．admit
B．know
C．consider
D．express
A．sensed
B．received
C．lost
D．gained
A．mistaken
B．fight
C．all right
D．possible
A．deal
B．fortune
C．choice
D．difference
’s third child. When I was born, her doctor gently explained to my mother that my left arm was __16__, below the elbow(肘部). Then he gave her some __17__:“Don’t treat her any __18__ from the other girls. Demand more.” And she __19__!
My mother had to work to __20__ our family. There were five girls in our family and we all had to __21__. Once when I was about seven, I came out of the __22__,“Mom, I can’t peel (削……皮) potatoes. I only have one hand. “You get back to peel those potatoes, and don’t ever use that as a(n) __23__ for anything again!” Of course I could peel potatoes with my good hand, while holding them down with my __24__ arm. There was always a __25__ , and Mom knew it, “If you try hard __26__,” she ‘d say, “you can do anything.”
Once in the second grade, our teacher had each of us race across the monkey bars(高低杠). When it was my turn, I __27__ my head. Some kids __28__ . I went home crying. After work the next afternoon, Mom __29__ me back to the school ground. “ Now, __30__ up with your right arm”, she advised. She stood by __31__ I practiced, and she __32__ me when I made progress. I’ll never forget the __33__ time I was crossing the bars. The kids were standing there with their mouths open.
It was the way with everything. When I __34__ I can’t handle things, I see Mom’s smile again. She had the heart to __35__ anything. And she taught me I could, too.
42．A. missing
B. broken
C. diseased
D. short
43．A. warning
B. medicine
C. help
D. advice
44．A. badly
B. differently
C. well
D. normally
45．A. did
B. refused
C. cried
D. was
46．A. care
B. help
C. support
D. feed
47．A. pay attention
B. work out
C. carry out
D. help out
48．A. kitchen
B. bedroom
C. house
D. school
49．A. idea
B. change
C. excuse
D. explanation
50．A. lost
B. other
C. next
D. longer
51．A. chance
B. way
C. time
D. success
52．A. enough
B. too
C. again
D. often
53．A. hurt
B. nodded
C. shook
D. turned
54．A. cheered
B. whispered
C. joked
D. laughed
55．A. drove
B. took
C. sent
D. carried
56．A. pull
B. jump
C. stand
D. rise
57．A. before
B. as
C. after
D. until
58．A. helped
B. raised
C. praised
D. protected
59．A. first
B. last
C. wonderful
D. next
60．A. admit
B. fear
C. find
D. realize
61．A. face
B. teach
C. learn
D. solve
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7．B8．C9．B10．A11．B
12． A13．C14．B15．C16．C
17．A18．D19．C20．D21．A
【解析】略
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23．C
24．D
25．B
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29．A
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试题分析：本文叙述了由于作者天生残疾缺少左胳膊肘以下的部分，作者在小的时候，开始想利用自己残疾的一点放弃做能够做的事情，文中叙述了三件事都是在母亲的帮助和鼓励下做完了正常人能够做到的事情，作者在最后要感谢他的母亲使他变成了坚强的人。
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55．o a place意为“派某人去某地”；carry sb．to意为“携带某人去某地”。故选B。
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57．……以前； after在……之后； until直到。as在此相当于when或while，在我练习的时候，母亲站在一边。此处表示两个动作同时发生，因此排除其他选项。故选B。
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59．First第一的； last最后的； wonderful 极好的； next下一个的。the first time“第一次”；the last time"上一次，最后一次”；the wonderful time"最美好的时光”都不合语境。the next time指自那次以后的下一次；故选D。