2013重庆三峡名校联考英语试题及答案(4)

　　36. A. sit B. ride C. sleep D. hide

　　37. A. loses B. pays C. costs D. benefits

　　38. A. job B. unit C. family D. chance

　　39. A. pilot B. policeman C. stranger D. friend

　　40. A. promise B. plan C. request D. deal

　　41. A. safe B. quiet C. kind D. strong

　　42. A. charge B. punish C. carry D. want

　　43. A. up B. down C. in D. out

　　44. A. deeds B. tricks C. flights D. attractions

　　45. A. climbed B. flew C. landed D. stopped

　　46. A. failed B. didn’t C. forgot D. moved

　　47. A. walked B. ran C. fell D. looked

　　B

　　In our life， we will have a lot of time to feel low. If there’s one thing that ruins us， which 48 us from doing what we’re 49 capable of and prevents us from achieving our dreams， it is fear of 50 。

　　Many of us go through our lives never knowing what we could have done and what has often been heard is that if only we hadn’t given up our 51 。

　　What if you had given up on 52 to talk， walk， read， ride a bike， or any other achievements before you were even five years old？ How 53 would your life have turned out if you’d given up instead of 54 with them？

　　Now， how different has your life been because of the goals you gave up？ Because you were afraid that you would fail， how many experiences and opportunities have you 55 out on because you couldn’t get past that invisible barrier of fear！？

　　48. A. increases B. stops C. inspires D. helps

　　49. A. truly B. hardly C. honestly D. easily

　　50. A. death B. trouble C. sorrow D. failure

　　51. A. plans B. jobs C. dreams D. lives

　　52. A. trying B. learning C. practicing D. studying

　　53. A. strange B. poor C. successful D. different

　　54. A. playing B. covering C. sticking D. moving

　　55. A. missed B. picked C. taken D. looked

　　四、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

　　阅读下列短文，从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。

　　A

　　That summer I drank every day， everywhere I went. I had a bottle in my drawer next to me and a bottle next to my bed. I never did another drug， but I drank so much that my family finally asked a priest for help. My father gave me a bottle of medicine for alcoholism that produces unpleasant symptoms when users drink alcohol. I drank while taking it， which made me very sick. And I still drank.

　　When the priest came， he said， “Jimmy， doctors said that with your diseases and the amount of drinking you’re doing， you’d be lucky to live another six months. So your choice is either to stop drinking and live or to continue drinking and die within six months.”