《2025年英语拓展听力与阅读中考特辑》

A successful man said, "Find a dream that makes you crazy." In other words, find a dream that makes you put your effort into 1 it. Do you have such a dream?
A young man didn't know what he was going to do with his 2. One day he was sitting in a park watching a squirrel jump from one high tree to 3. It seemed to aim for a branch so far out of 4 that the jump looked impossible. And sure enough, the squirrel 5. But it landed 6 on a branch several feet lower. Then it just climbed up a little higher and reached the branch it really 7.
An old man sitting near the young man said, "It's 8. I have seen a lot of squirrels jump like that. A lot of them miss, 9 I have never seen one of them get hurt. I guess they just have to 10 it if they don't want to spend their whole life in one tree." Then the young man thought, "If a little squirrel is ready to take a chance, do I have less 11 than a squirrel?" At that moment he decided to take the risk he had been thinking about. And sure enough, he landed safely in a position higher than he 12 thought possible.
Aim for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land 13 the stars. You will still end up higher and better than where you are now. But if you aim for 14, you will regret it sooner or later. So 15 life is short and time goes by so fast, you might as well go for the gold! You only get one life. Don't you want to make it the best?
( ) 1. CA. solving B. making C. realizing D. taking
( ) 2. AA. life B. work C. business D. experience
( ) 3. BA. other B. another C. others D. the other
( ) 4. CA. date B. order C. reach D. sight
( ) 5. DA. shouted B. succeeded C. appeared D. missed
( ) 6. AA. safely B. wisely C. correctly D. lazily
( ) 7. AA. expected B. touched C. rested D. discovered
( ) 8. BA. boring B. funny C. hopeful D. dangerous
( ) 9. CA. and B. so C. but D. or
( )10. BA. design B. risk C. enjoy D. accept
( )11. BA. chance B. courage C. sense D. luck
( )12. BA. never B. ever C. often D. always
( )13. CA. in B. between C. among D. over
( )14. DA. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
( )15. AA. since B. when C. while D. unless

答案： 1. C
2. A
3. B
4. C
5. D
6. A
7. A
8. B
9. C
10. B
11. B
12. B
13. C
14. D
15. A