（A）
"Ben is trying out for Mr. Zuckerman?" My ears 1 at hearing my name. It was Lindsey, the most popular eighth-grader, looking at the tryout 2 for Charlotte's Web. "What if he ruins the whole play? He's never acted before."
My stomach 3 into a big knot(结). At lunch I told Trevor, my best friend, that I'd join the technical crew 4 .
Before long I remembered everyone's lines when 5 the actors from backstage. But a week before the 6 , Josh, who played Mr. Zuckerman, broke his leg. Mrs. Stevens 7 called the cast together." We may have to 8 or even cancel the play.
Then I heard Trevor's voice. "Ben has 9 all the lines."I nodded and recited Mr. Zuckerman's longest speech. 10 , Mrs. Stevens started me and Lindsey on the first act. It was a(n) 11 .
"Maybe we should put off the show," said Lindsey. But Mrs. Stevens 12 "Let's see how it goes tomorrow."
The next day, she instructed me during lunch. I could tell she was 13 . Not until the second act did I remember what she had taught me. It must have made a 14 because Mrs. Stevens clapped. Even Lindsey looked 15 .
Before the final performance, I 16 in the boys' room. My hands turned cold and 17 . I returned backstage, frozen with 18 . The lights came up. I took a deep breath and walked on. I made it through without 19 a line. As we walked off stage, Lindsey nudged(轻推)me and said," You turned out to be some 20 ." I smiled. "Maybe next year I'll try out for the lead."
1. A. burned B.objected C.appeared D.opened
2. A. negotiation B.schedule C. discussion D. certificate
3. A. ran B. burst C. looked D.tightened
4. A. though B. instead C. otherwise D.too
5. A. considering B.arranging C.observing D. recording
6. A. competition B. performance C. experiment D. lesson
7.A.sensitively B.immediately C. unwillingly D. eventually
8. A. improve B. divide C. postpone D. switch
9. A. written B.copied C.polished D. memorized
10. A. Astonished B. Envious C. Breathless D. Curious
11. A. disaster B. fantasy C. honor D. entertainment
12. A. escaped B.predicted C. rejected D.promised
13. A. thrilled B. disappointed C. concerned D. bored
14. A. mistake B.point C. mess D. difference
15. A. relieved B. interested C. amused D. confused
16. A. woke up B. gave up C. broke up D.threw up
17. A. sweaty B. fragile C. painful D. swollen
18. A. caution B. excitement C. fear D. enthusiasm
ssing B. drawing C. forming D. missing
20. A. leader B. actor C. instructor D. director
（B）
It was a foggy, rainy day. I had no 1 to drive up the 2 mountain road to my daughter Carolyn's house. But she had 3 that I come see something. So here I was， 4 making the journey through fog.
"I'm returning immediately the fog lifts," I 5 when I arrived. "But I need you to drive me to the garage to 6 my car," Carolyn said. "It's just about three minutes."
After ten minutes, I looked at her, 7 ."I thought you said three minutes."She smiled."This is a detour(绕行的路)."Then,we 8 the car,and walked along a path
9 with plants. Gradually peace and silence filled my mind. Before long I gasped(倒抽一口气)in 10 .On the mountain top were rivers of flowers - from the palest white to the deepest lemon to the most 11 red - like a carpet. It looked as though the rainbow 12 down the mountainside.
Who 13 such beauty? How? When? Questions filled my 14 .
As we 15 the center, we saw a sign: Answers to the Questions You Are Asking.-One Woman; One at a Time; Since 1918. I could 16 speak. "She changed the world; I was so 17 ,"I finally said. "She started almost 20 years ago, but she kept at it." The 18 of it wouldn't let me go."Imagine," I said, "if I'd had a(n) 19 and worked at it, just a little bit every day, what might I have 20 ?" Carolyn smiled. "Start tomorrow," she said. "Better yet, start today."
1. A. desire B.ability C. determination D. permission
2. A. damaged B. endless C.winding D.ancient
3. A. commented B. insisted C. foresaw D. permitted
4备战高考. A. gradually B. unwillingly C. dynamically D. deliberately
5. A. agreed B. guaranteed C. mentioned D. announced
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