6．A.open B．lock
C．push D．shut
7．A.silently B．comfortably
C．tightly D．casually
8．A.declared B．concluded
C．found D．mentioned
9．A.pictures B．maps
C．tapes D．books
10．A.service B．gift
C．invitation D．advice
11．A.Actually B．Obviously
C．Gradually D．Suddenly
12．A.chance B．secret
C．story D．ride
13．A.whispered B．argued
C．sighed D．replied
14．A.decided B．promised
C．happened D．hesitated
15．A.careful B．proud
C．afraid D．curious
16．A.early B．rapidly
C．cautiously D．well
17．A.driver B．director
C．client D．speaker
18．A.Besides B．Therefore
C．However D．Perhaps
19．A.against B．within
C．over D．beyond
20．A.method B．experience
C．lesson D．standard
【解题导语】本文主要讲述了一名出租车司机给作者上了一堂关于如何达到客户满意和期望的课。
【难句分析】One thing I know for sure，to be good in my business I just have to meet the expectations of my passengers.
分析：本句是一个复合句。I know for sure是定语从句。
译文：有一件事我可以肯定，那就是想要做好生意，我就必须要满足我的乘客的期望。
【核心词汇】corporate adj.公司的client n．客户
precious adj.珍贵的extra adj.额外的
1．B根据空后的“thousands of dollars to give this kind of training to corporate directors and staff.It cost me only a $12”可知，励志演讲家的培训是要收费的。charge表示“收费”，符合语境。
2．A根据文章第一句“A taxi driver taught me a lesson in customer satisfaction and expectations”可知，出租车司机收作者12美元。
3．B根据第二段第二句的“Time was precious and my __4__ included a quick around-trip from and back to the airport”可知，作者当时是乘飞机去的。
4．C根据语境可知，时间很珍贵，作者的计划中包括往返机场的旅程。
5．D根据下文的“the neatly folded Wall Street Journal next to me was for my use”可推知，出租车很干净。
6．A结合“the passenger door for me”可推知，司机赶快跑过来给作者开车门。
7．B根据语境可推知，该司机注重乘客的满意度，所以他一定确保作者乘坐舒适。
8．D根据语境可推知，司机向乘客提醒有杂志可看。mention“提到”。
9．C根据空后的“asked me what type of music I would enjoy”可推知，司机给作者拿出几盘音乐磁带让他选择。
10．A根据空后的“I was receiving”可推知，作者对出租车司机提供的服务非常吃惊，不敢相信。receive the service“接受服务”。
11．B由空后的“You must have a __12__ to share”以及语境可推知，显而易见，作者认为出租车司机为自己的工作自豪。
12．C根据空后的“to share”以及语境可推知，此处表示有故事分享。
13．D根据语境可知，司机回应了作者的推断。
14．A根据空前的“I was tired of thinking”可推知，司机决定行动起来，找到生活中合适的位置而不是一味地想想。
15．B根据第三段第二句的“you take great pride in your work”可推知，司机想做到最好并为自己的工作自豪。
16．D根据语境可推知，司机想把工作做好。
17．A根据语境可知，他决定转行当一名司机。
18．C根据语境可知，上下文表示逻辑上的转折关系，故用However“然而”。
19．D根据文章最后一句“Go an extra mile when providing any
C．find D．drop
6．A.method B．experience
C．lesson D．manner
7．A.broken B．put
C．settled D．lay
8．A.courage B．ambition
C．belief D．power
9．A.firmly B．simply
C．fairly D．slightly
10．A.stops B．helps
C．finds D．gives
11．A.despite B．besides
C．without D．unlike
12．A.description B．existence
C．accusation D．recognition
13．A.intelligence B．incident
C．trouble D．determination
14．A.chair B．baseball
C．game D．design
15．A.urged B．blamed
C．greeted D．teased
16．A.goals B．words
C．images D．ideas
17．A.valuable B．reasonable
C．impossible D．unbearable
18．A.discovered B．equipped
C．formed D．invented
19．A.limitations B．advantages
C．puzzles D．personalities
20．A.sense B．progress
C．mistakes D．decisions
【解题导语】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章主要讲述了“我”在四岁的时候失去了视力，但通过一件小事，“我”学会了自信，并逐渐取得进步的过程。
【核心词汇】tragedy悲剧imperfection缺点
on the average一般来说roughly粗略地
1．C考查副词。“我”四岁时失去视力，现在已经三十二岁了。由此可推知，此处表示“我”粗略地记得，故选C。roughly“粗
略地，大致上”。
2．B考查连词。根据语境可知，上下文之间是转折关系，故选B。
3．A考查动词。“我”想到如果“我”没有失明“我”可能不会像现在这样热爱生活。It occurs to sb.that...为固定句型，意为“某人想到……”。
4．D考查介词。“我”父母以及老师看到了“我”内在的一些东西，他们让“我”想要与失明作斗争。根据语境可知，此处应选D。
5．B考查动词。参见上题解析。fight against...“与……作斗争”。
6．C考查名词。“我”学到的最困难的一课(lesson)就是要相信“我”自己。
7．A考查动词。如果“我”做不到那样的话，“我”可能已经精神崩溃了。break down“(在健康或精神等方面)垮掉”。
8．C考查名词。根据上文中的“to believe in myself”可知，此处应选C项与上文相照应。
9．B考查副词。“我”说的信心并不仅仅(simply)指帮助(helps)“我”走下陌生楼梯的自信。
10．B考查动词。参见上题解析。
11．A考查介词。尽管“我”是一个不完美的人，但是“我”是一个积极的人。despite“尽管”，符合语境。
12．D考查名词。“我”花了很多年才认识到这一点。A项意为“描述”；B项意为“存在”；C项意为“控告”；D项意为“认识”。
13．B考查名词。这从一件小事开始。A项意为“智慧”；B 项意为“小事”；C项意为“麻烦”；D项意为“决心”。
14．B考查名词。根据下文中的“a new kind of baseball”可知，此处指棒球。
15．A考查动词。根据语境可知，此处指他一直在敦促“我”。urge“强烈要求，敦促”。
16．B考查名词。他所说的话(words)印在“我”的脑海中，故选B。
17．C考查形容词。这给了“我”一个如何实现”我”认为不可能(impossible)的目标的想法。A项意为“有价值的”；B项意为“合情理的”；C项意为“不可能的”；D项意为“无法容忍的”。
18．D考查动词。在盲人学校“我”发明(invented)了一种新的被称之为“地滚球”的棒球。A项意为“发现”；B项意为“配备”；
完形填空提升练(一) 记叙文 A (2017·6浙江) Alia Baker is a librarian in Iraq.Her library used to be a 1 place for all who loved books and liked to share knowledge.They 2 various matters all over the world.When the war was near,Alia was 3 that the fires of war would destroy the books,which are more 4 to her than mountains of gold.The books are in every language — new books,ancient books, 5 a book on the history of Iraq that is seven hundred years old. She had asked the government for 6 to move the books to a 7 place,but they refused.So Alia took matters into her own hands.8 ,she brought books home every night,9 her car late after work.Her friends came to 10 her when the war broke out.Anis who owned a restaurant 11 to hide some books.All through the 12 ,Alia,Anis,his brothers and neighbours took the books from the library,13 them over the seven-foot wall and 14 them in the restaurant.The books stayed hidden as the war15 .Then nine days later,a fire burned the16 to the ground. One day,the bombing stopped and the17 left.But the war was not over yet.Alia knew that if the books were to be safe,they must be 18 again while the city was 19 .So she hired a truck to bring all the books to the houses of frie nds in the suburbs(郊区).Now Alia waited for the war to end and 20 peace and a new library. 1.A.meeting B.working C.personal D.religious 2.A.raised B.handled C.reported D.discussed 3.A.worried B.angry C.doubtful D.curious 4.A.practical B.precious C.reliable D.expensive 5.A.then B.still C.even D.rather 6.A.permission B.confirmation C.explanation https://www.doczj.com/doc/9317992790.html,rmation https://www.doczj.com/doc/9317992790.html,rge B.public C.distant D.safe 8.A.Fortunately B.Surprisingly C.Seriously D.Secretly
最新高考英语完形填空试题(及答案) 一、高中英语完形填空 1．阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处 的最佳选项。 The room in the workhouse where the boys were fed was a large stone hall. At one end the master, in his cook's uniform, and two women served the food. This 1 a bowl of thin soup three times a day, with a piece of bread on Sundays. The boys ate 2 and were always hungry. The bowls never needed 3 . The boys polished them with their spoons until they 4 . After three months of this slow starvation, one of the boys told the others that so hungry was he 5 one night he might eat the 6 sleeping next to him. He had a wild 7 eye, and the other boys 8 him. After a long 9 , they decided that one of them should ask for more food after supper that evening, and Oliver was 10 . The evening arrived: the soup was served, and the bowls were 11 again in a few seconds. Oliver went up to the master, with his bowl in his hand. He felt very 12 , but also 13 with hunger. "Please, sir, I want some more." The master was a fat, healthy man, but he turned very pale. He looked at the little boy in front of him with 14 . Nobody else spoke. "What?" he asked at last, in a 15 voice. "Please, sir," replied Oliver, "I want some more." The master 16 him with the serving spoon, then seized Oliver's arms and 17 for the beadle (执事). The beadle came quickly, heard the terrible news, and immediately ran to tell the board. "He asked for me?" Mr. Limbkins, the fattest board member, asked in 18 . "Is this really true?" 19 , Oliver was led away to be locked up, and a(n) 20 of five pounds was offered to anybody who would take him away and use him for work. (Adapted from Oliver Twist《雾都孤儿》) 1. A. belonged to B. turned to C. accounted for D. consisted of 2. A. nothing B. cleaning C. buying D. something 3. A. washing B. cleaning C. buying D. changing 4. A. finished B. starved C. shone D. slept 5. A. that B. until C. when D. before 6. A. boy B. master C. bowls D. spoons 7. A. big B. bad C. angry D. hungry 8. A. hated B. feared C. believed D. trusted 9. A. quarrel B. bargain C. argument D. discussion 10. A. elected B. chosen C. determined D. recognized 11. A. full B. empty C. broken D. available
高考完形填空专项训练步步高 抓好三方面●跨好三大步●做好三结合 ------谈完形填空解题技巧中学生在做完形填空题时存在的问题，概括起来有以下三方面： 1.不善于抓文章的主旨大意，并以此为中心展开对整篇文章的推理、判断，导致理解上出现偏差，甚至和文章的中心相悻。 2.容易受定势思维的影响，对文意分析不透，忽视特定语境中知识的运用。 3.对完形填空题怀有厌倦、畏惧心理，以至做题时处于应付状态，做题能力得不到提高。 那么，怎样才能提高做完形填空题的能力呢？我们应从以下三方面入手训练思维能力和解题技巧：抓准主旨、透析文意、理清逻辑。并在做题过程中把这三方面与做完形填空的三大步骤“通读、精读、复读”有机结合，明确每步的思维主攻方向。即抓好三方面，跨好三大步，做好三结合。 一、通读短文抓主旨 一般情况下，完形填空短文都不给标题，不容易把握文章的主题和大意。但短文首句通常不设空格，这就为我们窥视文章全貌提供了一个窗口，而尾句往往是文章的总结、结论或点睛之笔，所以抓住开篇启示作用的首句和总结概括性的尾句是必要的。借助于首尾句给予的启示，克服不良心理的影响，满怀信心，全神贯注，目光越过空格，注意能体现文章大意的关键词句，尽力从整体上理解短文大意，这是逐空填词的重要依据和基础。如果一开始就忙于见空填空，势必无法从整体上把握全文概要，无法形成连贯的思路，只见树木不见森林，理解偏离文章的中心，造成顾，此失彼的错误，甚至影响做题速度。 抓住了文章的主旨大意后，我们围绕主旨大意去阅读、预测、推理、判断，往往会收到事半功倍的效果。尤其是一些干扰性强，容易使人犯想当然错误的选项就会迎刃而解。 二、精读短文析文意 在基本抓住文章的主旨后，应逐句精读短文，逐题分析选项，对特定的语境做深人的理解，克服“定势思维”，根据全文大意和词不离句，句不离文的原则，逐项填空。切不可以单纯的词汇辨析或语法角度去做题，而应以能否恰如其分地表达文意作为选择最佳答案的唯一标准。要吃透文意，理解到位，我们应做到以下几点： 1.从上下文的角度考虑，注意其内在联系。就题论题，断章取义，忽视上下文的信息提示是我们常犯的错误。因此我们在做题时要注重暗含的信息提示，找准突破口，确保文意畅通。 2.从词汇意义及用法、惯用法和搭配的角度去考虑，准确判断。NMET完形填空题中考查词汇意义及用法、惯用法和搭配的题目逐年增多，必须结合上下文把握文意，研读
最新高考英语完形填空练习题(含答案) 一、高中英语完形填空 1．阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出可以填入空 白处的最佳选项。 My cousin is nine years old, a little bit fat and doesn't do really well at school. She is heavily 1 , and thus has developed some resistance and 2 towards adults, who usually don't put high hopes in her. Yesterday we went to an art 3 together. There were paintings from kids with disabilities. My little girl has a 4 eye, for the paintings she liked most were also the best of the show. She voluntarily helped to 5 the chairs and table for a sharing session, painted by herself alongside new friends while I attended the sharing, and also 6 helped me to get my bag from another room, 7 that doesn't happen often at home as she's usually 8 to her iPad. In the afternoon, we went to buy books together. I bought a book written by a mom 9 her journey with her autistic (自闭的) son. On the bus back home, I briefly 10 the book to my cousin, and to my surprise she was 11 interested. She kept asking me to tell more stories about the boy in the book who 12 with small things in life. Even when the subject strayed (偏离) elsewhere, she 13 hearing more about this boy. This is the first time I've seen her so interested in a 14 . Usually when she talks to me she describes events at school and at home without a 15 focus. I'm very 16 that the life of a 17 has found its way into this little girl's heart. I'm very thankful for the 18 of books, for the beauty that my cousin revealed to me, and for the time we had together. I 19 that I can keep seeing clearly the wonderful things in her, so that whenever the not-so-kind world puts her 20 , I can remind her how truly wonderful she has always been. 1. A. abused B. adored C. challenged D. teased 2. A. satisfaction B. dependence C. distrust D. appreciation 3. A. exhibition B. performance C. interview D. course 4. A. curious B. blind C. doubtful D. sharp 5. A. donate B. rent C. arrange D. distribute 6. A. finally B. unwillingly C. cheerfully D. secretly 7. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything 8. A. adjusted B. glued C. admitted D. opposed 9. A. beginning B. advertising C. recording D. taking; 10. A. sent B. lent C. owed D. introduced 11. A. nearly B. hardly C. slightly D. truly 12. A. struggles B. plays C. deals D. lives 13. A. insisted on B. dreamed of C. worried about D. objected to
2018高考英语完形填空模拟练习题及答案 (48) The sculpture, a plastic bottle of melted ice from Antarctic, was the creation of the American-born artist and writer Wayne Hill. But one light-fingered ，and maybe 1 visitor to the exhibition may have 2 the point that the sculpture was intended to be a strong 3 on the danger of global 4 . The visitor is believed to have 5 the piece 6 considering the danger to the Antarctic icecap. The police have been 7 to look into the mystery of the 8 water bottle, which disappeared at a festival at Dartington Hall in southern Devon. They are not sure if the thief knew the water was 9 of a sculpture and drank it as a 10 or if he 11 it for an ordinary bottle of water. Officers 12 say that someone 13 think the piece was just a/n 14 bottle and threw it away. It was Wayne Hill who brought back two litres of melted ice from the west Antarctic and designed a bottle to 15 it. A notice on the bottle described where the water was from and 16 the words: “Weapon of Mass Destruction”，because of the 17 that melting icecap could bring.
高考英语真题完形填空真题汇总集锦 高考英语全国一卷 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 During my second year at the city college, I was told that the education department was offering a “free” course, called Thinking Chess, for three credits. I 41 the idea of taking the class because, after all, who doesn’t want to 42 a few dollars? More than that, I’d always wanted to learn chess. And, even if I weren’t 43 enough about free credits, news about our 44 was appealing enough to me. He was an international grandmaster, which 45 I would be learning from one of the game’s 46 . I could hardly wait to 47 him. Maurice Ashley was kind and smart, a former graduate returning to teach, and this 48 was no game for him; he meant business. In his introduction, he made it 49 that our credits would be hard-earned. In order to 50 the class, among other criteria, we had to write a paper on how we plan to 51 what we would learn in class to our future professions and, 52 , to our lives. I managed to get an A in that 53 and learned life lessons that have served me well beyond the 54 . Ten years after my chess class with Ashley, I’m still putting to use what he 55 me:“The absolute most important 56 that you learn when you play chess is how to make good 57 . On every single move you have to 58 a situation, process what your opponent (对手) is doing and 59 the best move from among all your options.” These words still ring true today in my 60 as a journalist. 41.A. put forward B. jumped at C. tried out D. turned down 42.A. waste B. earn C. save D. pay 43.A. excited B. worried C. moved D. tired 44.A. title B. competitor C. textbook D. instructor 45.A. urged B. demanded C. held D. meant
完形填空练习 【考点分析】主要考查语法知识、单词拼写能力和逻辑推理能力等，对基础相对薄弱的学生，尤其是英语语法基础相对薄弱的学生有一定的难度。 【复习策略】掌握句子的基本结构 首先，我们必须熟练掌握简单句的基本句型结构： （1）主语+谓语（+宾语+宾补） （2）主语+系动词+表语 其次，我们要充分了解充当各个句子成分的典型词类： （1）充当主语或宾语的典型词类是名词或代词。此外，还有动名词、不定式短语等。 （2）充当谓语的一定是动词。 （3）充当补语或表语的典型词类是形容词。 （4）在名词前作定语的典型词类是形容词或形容词性物主代词。 （5）作状语的典型词类是副词。 再次，我们还要掌握句子的扩展结构：两个或几个简单句之间若不用句号或分号，就必须要用连词，否则，句子的结构就不完整。连词主要有以下四类： （1）用and,but,or,while(而，却)，when（就在这个时候）等构成并列句。用if,unless,before,after,until,although,though,as,since,because,so,so that 等构成含状语从句的复合句（这里要注意区分一下复杂句和复合句，复合句是包含在复杂句这个概念里面的,在下文的基础写作部分有提到）。 （3）用who,which,that,when,where,why等构成含定语从句的复合句。（这里要提醒考生的是往往不给任何提示的空就是填连词或关系词的，但也须结合句子
结构来分析。） （4）用that,if/whether(是否)，wh-等构成含名词性从句的复合句。 【解题方法】用句子结构分析法巧解语法填空.分析句子的结构对解答语法填空题很有帮助。在解答语法填空题时，分析句子结构可以迅速确定所要填的词语的词类或大致方向，若再结合语境就可以很快得出具体的词语或词形，结合语境方面要特别注意短文的时态和上下文中的一些提示。 【经典例题】阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡上标号的相应位置。 The Internet has become part of young people’s life. ____1____ report shows that 38% of students often use the Internet . Most of them get _____2____ (use) information on the Internet ____3____ use the Internet to help in their studies. But many students don’t use it _____4____ a good way. Some play games too much, some visit websites ____5____ shouldn’t look at. So bad things may happen ____6___ students spen d too much time on the Internet. _____7____ is important for students to use the Internet properly. Now we have a textbook, _____8____ uses many examples to teach students some good ways to use the Internet. It gives useful advice. Some students also make ____9____ on the Internet. But if you want
2018年高考英语真题完形填空真题汇总集锦 2018高考英语全国一卷 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 During my second year at the city college, I was told that the education department was offering a “free”course, called Thinking Chess, for three credits. I 41 the idea of taking the class because, after all, who doesn’t want to 42 a few dollars? More than that, I’d always wanted to learn chess. And, even if I weren’t 43 enough about free credits, news about our 44 was appealing enough to me. He was an international grandmaster, which 45 I would be learning from one of the game’s 46 . I could hardly wait to 47 him. Maurice Ashley was kind and smart, a former graduate returning to teach, and this 48 was no game for him; he meant business. In his introduction, he made it 49 that our credits would be hard-earned. In order to 50 the class, among other criteria, we had to write a paper on how we plan to 51 what we would learn in class to our future professions and, 52 , to our lives. I managed to get an A in that 53 and learned life lessons that have served me well beyond the 54 . Ten years after my chess class with Ashley, I’m still putting to use what he 55 me:“The absolute most important 56 that you learn when you play chess is how to make good 57 . On every single move you have to 58 a situation, process what your opponent (对手) is doing and 59 the best move from among all your options.”These words still ring true today in my 60 as a journalist. 41.A. put forward B. jumped at C. tried out D. turned down 42.A. waste B. earn C. save D. pay 43.A. excited B. worried C. moved D. tired
精选高考英语完形填空专题练习 记叙文 When most of us get a text message on our cell phone from an unknown person, we usually say ＂ sorry, (1) number!＂and move on. But when Dennis Williams (2) a text that clearly wasn’t intended for him, he did something (3) . On March 19, Dennis got a group text (4) him that a couple he didn’t know were at the hospital, waiting for the (5) of a baby. ＂Congratulations! But I think someone was mistaken,＂Dennis (6) . The baby was born and update texts were (7) quickly from the overjoyed grandmother, Teresa. In her (8) , she didn’t seem to realize that she was (9) the baby’s photos with a complete stranger. ＂Well, I don’t (10) you all but I will get there to take pictures with the baby,＂replied Dennis before asking which room the new (11) were in. Much to the family’s surprise, Dennis stuck to his (12) ! He turned up at the hospital (13) gifts for the new mother Lindsey and her baby boy. Lindsey’s husband was totally (14) by the unexpected visit. ＂I don’t think we would have randomly invited him over but we (15) it and the gifts.＂ Teresa (16) a photo of the chance meeting on a social networking website (17) by the touching words: ＂What a (18) this young man was to our family! He was so (19) and kind to do this.＂The post has since gained the (20) of social media users all over the world, receiving more than 184,000 shares and 61,500 likes in just three days. 1. A. unlucky B. secret C. new D. wrong 2. A. received B. translated C. copied D. printed 3. A. reasonable B. special C. necessary D. practical 4. A. convincing B. reminding C. informing D. warning 5. A. wake-up B. recovery C. growth D. arrival 6. A. responded B. interrupted C. predicted D. repeated 7. A. coming in B. setting out C. passing down D. moving around 8. A. opinion B. anxiety C. excitement D. effort 9. A. comparing B. exchanging C. discussing D. sharing 10. A. accept B. know C. believe D. bother 11. A. parents B. doctors C. patients D. visitors 12. A. dream B. promise C. agenda D. principle 13. A. bearing B. collecting C. opening D. making 14. A. discouraged B. relaxed C. astonished D. defeated 15. A. admit B. need C. appreciate D. expect 16. A. found B. selected C. developed D. posted 17. A. confirmed B. simplified C. clarified D. accompanied 18. A. pity B. blessing C. relief D. problem 19. A. smart B. calm C. sweet D. fair 20. A. sympathy B. attention C. control D. trust Two weeks earlier, my son, Ben, had got in touch. He’d moved to England with his mum when he was three and it had been 13 years since I’d (21) seen him. So imagine my (22) when he emailed me saying he wanted to come to visit me. I was (23) ! I arrived early at Byron Bay where we were supposed to (24) . The bay was (25) in sunshine, and there was a group of kayakers around 150m off the shore. Getting a little (26) , I realized one kayak (皮划艇) was in (27) . “Something’s not (28) !” I took off my T-shirt and (29) into the water. I saw there were two instructors on board and a man lying across the middle. He was (30) violently. Linking arms with one of the instructors, I helped (31) the young man out of the water. He was unconscious and as I looked at his face, something (32) to me. Those brown eyes were very (33) . “What’s his name?” I asked the instructor. “Ben,” he replied, and immediately I (34) . That stranger was my son! The instructors called for an ambulance. (35) , after a brief stay in hospital, Ben was well enough to be allowed to (36) and later the family met up for dinner. We chatted about everything and then Ben (37) to me. “I just want to say thank you,” he said. “You (38) my life!” I still can’t believe what a (39) it was. I’m just so glad I was there (40) to help my son. 21. A. also B. often C. even D. last 22. A. delight B. relief C. anger D. worry 23. A. scared B. shocked C. thrilled D. ashamed 24. A. talk B. stay C. meet D. settle 25. A. bathed B. clean C. deep D. formed 26. A. faster B. closer C. heavier D. wiser 27. A. trouble B. advance C. question D. battle 28. A. real B. right C. fair D. fit 29. A. stared B. sank C. dived D. fell 30. A. arguing B. fighting C. shouting D. shaking 31. A. lead B. persuade C. carry D. keep 32. A. happened B. occurred C. applied D. appealed 33. A. sharp B. pleasant C. attractive D. familiar 34. A. agreed B. hesitated C. doubted D. knew 35. A. Fortunately B. Frankly C. Sadly D. Suddenly 36. A. return B. relax C. speak D. leave 37. A. joked B. turned C. listened D. pointed 38. A. created B. honored C. saved D. guided 39. A. coincidence B. change C. pity D. pain 40. A. on board B. in time C. for sure D. on purpose No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own (41) I learned this lesson from a(n) (42) many years ago. I took the head (43) job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program. It was a tradition for the school?s old team to play against the (44) team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn?t even practice to (45) the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, but to my disappointment we were defeated. I couldn?t (46) I had got into such a situation. Thinking hard about it, I came to (47) that my team might not be the number one team in Georgia, but they were (48) me. I had to change my (49) about their ability and potential.