James Cleveland Owens(1913～1980)was a great American athlete.In the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin，he achieved 1 fame by winning four gold medals：one each in the 100meter dash，the 200meter dash，the 2 ，and for being part of the 4×100meter relay team. Born in Alabama，Owens was often 3 with what his mother reportedly called “devil’s cold”．Life was hard for the family.The family 4 to Ohio in 1921.There was little 5 in their life，but the move did enable young Owens to 6 public school，where a teacher who didn’t understand his country 7 accidentally wrote down his name as “Jesse” instead of J．C. Owens had to take different jobs in his 8 time.During the period，when he was in the fifth grade，the athletic supervisor asked him to go out for 9 .From a 10 boy he developed into a strong runner. Throughout his life Owens believed that the success of his athletic career 11 from the 12 of Charles Riley，his juniorhigh track coach，who had picked him off the playground and put him on the track team.Since Owens worked in a shoerepair shop after school，Riley 13 Owens to practice before school instead. Owens first came to national 14 when he was a student of East Technical High School in Cleveland，Ohio.He tied the world 15 of 9.4 seconds in the 100yard dash and longjumped 24 feet 9 1/2 inches at the 1933 National High School Championship in Chicago. In 1956 he organized the Junior Olympic Games for youngsters in Chicago，which was active in helping black 16 .With time progressing，his 17 grew worse.He died in 1980 after a lengthy 18 in a hospital.The highest honor，the Congressional Gold Medal，Owens 19 came in 1990.During the 20 ，President Bush called Owens “an Olympic hero and an American hero every day of his life”．
完形训练二 A grandmother who taught herself to drive at the age of 12 is Britain’s oldest driver—with a crashfree record of 82 years. Model driver Muriel Gladwin,94，has not had even the smallest__1__or a single speeding__2__in about eight decades，having traveled more than 600,000 miles. Today，Muriel，a former shopkeeper，told__3__she would be hanging up her driving shoes—to make sure she did not__4__her perfect record. She said, “I’ve driven hundreds of thousands of miles and still have a __5__clean record，so I’m going to quit while I’m ahead.I’m a __6__driver and I’ve never been__7__for careless driving，or made an insurance claim before.I think it’s __8__I always keep my eyes wide open and __9__the rules of the road like glue.If the __10__is 40 miles per hour I drive at 40 mph，and I always make sure I __11__my foot at the ready to brake.” Muriel has loved cars since she was 12 years old，when she went for secret spins(兜风)__12__her parents’ Model T Ford while they were working at their __13__. After __14__school at the age of 14 in 1927，she went into the family business to__15__bread，using their small truck which had a top speed of 30 mph. With years of experience under her belt，she was able to apply for her first__16__in Hereford when aged 17.Since then，there have been no accident__17__a few near misses by other people. “When it__18__to giving up driving，I feel__19__about it but the traffic is so bad these days and people do some stupid things，” Muriel said. A spokeswoman for the Association of British Insurers said, “Mrs Gladwin should be congratulated on a blemishfree(无污点的)record.She__20__be a very careful and responsible driver.” (2010•豫南九校联考) 1．A.damages B．punishments C．accidents D．passengers 2．A.cheque B．note C．bill D．ticket 3．A.why B．how C．when D．where 4．A.break B．create C．dirty D．set 5．A.probably B．completely C．nearly D．hardly 6．A.cheerful B．careful C．skillful D．useful 7．A.punished B．sentenced C．tested D．praised 8．A.because B．however C．so D．since 9．A.refer to B．stick to C．adopt to D．apply to 10．A.boundary B．speed C．limit D．standard 11．A.have B．witness C．undertake D．stay 12．A.with B．by C．in D．at 13．A.bakery B．shoeshop C．carfactory D．expressdelivery 14．A.denying B．removing C．leaving D．stopping 15．A.make B．deliver C．manufacture D．study 16．A.prize B．license C．shop D．trade 17．A.except for B．instead of C．less than D．far from 18．A.gets B．goes C．comes D．arrives 19．A.unhappy B．pleased C．doubtful D．shameful 20．A.can B．must C．need D．would 完形训练三 My life suffered a lot five years ago when my father died of an accident，leaving my mother and two younger brothers alone.At that time，I was in a senior high school.As the __1__son，I had no choice but to __2__of the school and work in a factory.Life went on without any__3__.I didn’t dare to ask for more，just hoping to__4__two younger brothers.However，that’s not an easy thing，for I couldn’t__5__their tuition even if I worked from day to night.The present __6__made me want to have another try，but it seemed__7__，for&
