許多國際場合都使用英語做為溝通媒介。中國作為發展中國家也在大力普及英語教育，英語在大學聯考中的比重也與語文持平，希望同學們好好複習英語。
Cloze 3[2015·重慶，A]題材：學校生活 詞數：179
When Joe was about to start school， all signs pointed to success. Yet things turned out to be quite__1__。 The fourth grade even found him at the___2__ of the class. Joe struggled day and night，but it did not__3__-until one stormy afternoon.
On that afternoon，__4__the math teacher started to introduce difficult concepts，dark clouds covered the sky， and the storm set in. Hard though she tried to make the kids __5__， the thunder won the battle for their attention. No one___6__the concepts. Except for Joe. He understood them and answered all the questions correctly. The teacher patted him on the back， and told him to go around to the others and explain how he had managed it.___7__by his newfound success， Joe moved quickly throughout the room. Soon math time was followed by the time for__8__。 All children naturally drew__9__pictures on such a day. Except for Joe.
Since then，Joe started__10__。 Though he never made it to the top，his math teacher was always__11__ and curious about the change: Why had that stormy day changed Joe?
On the day Joe graduated， he presented the teacher with his most __12__ possession-the picture of a bright yellow sun. On the picture Joe had written: This is the day I __13__ my brightness.
1. A. unfair B. boring
C. disappointing D. dangerous
2. A. center B. top
C. beginning D. bottom
3. A. happen B. work
C. finish D. last
4. A. until B. since
C. because D. as
5. A. concentrate B. change
C. hide D. sit
6. A. challenged B. grasped
C. doubted D. admitted
7. A. Relieved B. Surprised
C. Encouraged D. Puzzled
8. A. class B. sports
C. art D. tea
9. A. great B. dark
C. different D. strange
10. A. improving B. painting
C. recovering D. studying
11. A. worried B. Amazed C. friendly D. cautious
12. A. familiar B. Expensive C. admirable D. precious
13. A. woke up to B. put up withC. got on with D. looked down upon
Cloze 2[2013·北京]題材：個人情況與日常活動 詞數：370
A Leap(跳躍)to Honor
Leaping on a narrow balance beam (平衡木) is not easy. But Lola Walter， a 13-year-old gymnast， is an expert at it.
To perfect her skills， Lola___1__for four hours a day， five days a week. At the state championships in March， she finished seventh out of 16 girls.
That‘s especially impressive，___2__ she is legally blind， born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift(移動) constantly. She often sees double and can‘t___3__how far away things are.
When she was little， her mom___4__ that even though she couldn‘t see__5__， she was fearless. So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three. She loved the___6__right away and gymnastics became her favorite.
Though learning gymnastics has been more___7__for her than for some of her teammates， she has never quit. She doesn‘t let her__8__stop her from doing anything that she wants to.
She likes the determination it takes to do the sport. Her biggest __9__ is the balance beam. Because she has double vision， she often sees two beams. She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine. Sometimes she even closes her eyes. "You have to___10__ your mind that it‘ll take you where you want to go，” says Lola.
To be a top-level gymnast， one must be brave. The beam is probably the most __11__for anyone because it‘s four inches wide. At the state competition， Lola didn‘t fall__12__ the beam. In fact， she got an 8.1 out of 10-her highest score yet.
Lola doesn‘t want to be__13__ differently from the other girls on her team. At competitions， the judges don‘t know about her vision __14__。 She doesn‘t tell them， because she doesn‘t think they need to know. Her mom is amazed by her__15__ attitude.
Lola never thinks about___16__。 She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics. Her__17__ is to reach level 9. She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she‘s learned to other kids__18__she grows up.
Lola is___19__ of all her hard work and success. She says it‘s helped her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics too. Her___20__for others is“just believe in yourself.”
1. A. runs B. teaches
C. trains D. dances
2. A. since B. unless
