阅读下面的内容，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的 A 、 B 、 C 三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
I am Jos Andres. My meals will feed an astronaut, my friend Lope-Alegria, whom I met many years ago.
My love for ____1____ was something that happened very early in my life. Slowly but surely. I didn’t think I would work as a ____2____ , but it happens that it has become my job.
My mother and my father were very ____3____ to my development as a cook. I have three brothers, and we would always help in the ____4____ setting the table, taking the dishes to the dishwasher and helping my mom. We got to love cooking because cooking was a ____5____ moment of being together. I only have fun memories of those moments. So it was my parents that interested me in cooking.
Then, as I grew up, I began learning about cook doing very cool things. I was 15 or 16 when I began working in the summer in a seafood ____6____ . For some reason. I found myself in charge of( 负责 ) the kitchen. Not because I was prepared to be the cook, but because the other cooks left. And when there was nobody around, I could ____7____ , but then a future cook would not appear.
I love science fiction, and I always had dreams of what it would be like cooking for a faraway planet. So I began talking to some ____8____ . Lopez-Alegria is one of them, who gave me the ____9____ be a space cook.
Who would have said that a guy like me would be putting a dish into space? This is a big lesson for all of us: It doesn’t matter how impossible your ____10____ is if you work hard, maybe the dream is not as impossible as you think.
1 ． A ． driving B ． cooking C ． flying
2 ． A ． cook B ． driver C ． pilot
3 ． A ． silent B ． important C ． correct
4 ． A ． yard B ． garden C ． kitchen
5 ． A ． hard B ． good C ． dark
6 ． A ． restaurant B ． market C ． store
7 ． A ． take up B ． give up C ． put up
8 ． A ． astronauts B ． scientists C ． writers
9 ． A ． secret B ． prize C ． chance
10 ． A ． difficulty B ． problem C ． dream
B 2 ． A 3 ． B 4 ． C 5 ． B 6 ． A 7 ． B 8 ． A 9 ． C 10 ． C
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，介绍 Jos Andres 是如何实现自己的梦想的。
1 ．句意：我对烹饪的热爱发生在我很小的时候。
driving 开车； cooking 烹饪； flying 飞行。根据 “my development as a cook” 可知，作者热爱烹饪，故选 B 。
2 ．句意：我没想过我会成为一名厨师，但它碰巧成为了我的工作。
cook 厨师； driver 司机； pilot 飞行员。根据 “my development as a cook” 可知，作者是一位厨师，故选 A 。
3 ．句意：我的父母对我成为一名厨师非常重要。
silent 寂静的； important 重要的； correct 正确的。根据 “My mother and my father were very...to my development as a cook. I have three brothers, and we would always help in the...setting the table, taking the dishes to the dishwasher and helping my mom.” 可知，父母对我成为一名厨师非常重要，故选 B 。
4 ．句意：我有三个兄弟，我们总是在厨房帮忙摆桌子，把盘子放到洗碗机里，帮妈妈的忙。
yard 院子； garden 花园； kitchen 厨房。根据 “setting the table, taking the dishes to the dishwasher” 可知，是在厨房帮忙，故选 C 。
5 ．句意：我们爱上了烹饪，因为烹饪是我们在一起的美好时光。
hard 难的； good 好的； dark 黑暗的。根据 “We got to love cooking” 可知，爱上了烹饪，是因为这是好时光，故选 B 。
6 ．句意：我 15 、 16 岁那年夏天开始在一家海鲜餐厅打工。
restaurant 餐厅； market 市场； store 商店。根据 “For some reason. I found myself in charge of( 负责 ) the kitchen.” 可知，是在海鲜餐厅打工，故选 A 。
7 ．句意：当周围没有人时，我可以放弃，但这样一来，未来的厨师就不会出现了。
take up 开始从事； give up 放弃； put up 举起。根据 “but then a future cook would not appear” 可知，作者不会成为厨师的前提是那时放弃了，故选 B 。
8 ．句意：所以我开始和一些宇航员交谈。
astronauts 宇航员； scientists 科学家； writers 作家。根据 “My meals will feed an astronaut, my friend Lope-Alegria” 可知，是宇航员，故选 A 。
9 ．句意：洛佩兹 · 阿莱格里亚就是其中之一，她让我有机会成为一名太空厨师。
secret 秘密； prize 奖品； chance 机会。根据 “Lopez-Alegria is one of them, who gave me the...be a space cook.” 可知， Lopez-Alegria 给了作者成为一名太空厨师的机会，故选 C 。
10 ．句意：如果你努力的话，你的梦想有多不可能都没有关系，也许梦想并没有你想的那么不可能。
difficulty 困难； problem 问题； dream 梦想。根据 “maybe the dream is not as impossible as you think” 可知，此处提到的是梦想，故选 C 。
阅读短文，根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
It’s always challenging to face fear. Here are some ways to help you overcome（克服）it.
Breathing
As we know, breathing can help us relax. If you purposely breathe out longer than you breathe in, your body will calm down. If you start to feel fearful, try this. Take a breath in (to a count of 7 in your mind), and then slowly breathe out (to a count of 11 in your mind). To your surprise, if you do this for a minute or so, you’ll calm down quickly. We call this "7/11 breathing".
Using a different part of your brain
When we feel fearful, it’s harder to think clearly. But if we force ourselves to use the part of thinking brain, this will help to calm us down. The easiest way to do this is with numbers. You can set your own fear from l to 10, 10 being the worst state and 1 being the most relaxed state. When you’re feeling fearful, ask yourself; “Okay, what grade do I get right now? 7 or 5?” Just doing this will reduce fear because it starts the thinking brain. Once I gave a speech to three hundred people and I felt fearful. So I graded myself at 6, and waited for myself to go down to 3 before starting. I took control.
Getting control of your imagination
Imagine seeing yourself in the situation you were scared, but see yourself being calm and things going well. Doing this starts to recondition your mind to more calmly face the coming events which were causing fear.
It seems that overcoming fear is always the first step to finish all you need to do and it will help you devote yourself to what you really want to be and to do. It takes efforts, but it’s worth your try.
| 59． to overcome fear | |||
| Introduction | It’s challenging to face fear in your life. | ||
| Ways | Breathing | To calm down, you can breathe out 60． than you breathe in. You’ll be 61． that you’ve calmed down very quickly if you take 7/11 breathing. | |
| Using a different part of your brain | You can set ten 62． for your own fear with numbers. Grading your state of mind helps 63． the thinking brain and make you 64． fearful. | ||
| Getting control of your imagination | Imagine you’re in a bad 65． but you feel calm and things go well. It can help you feel 66． to face the coming events. | ||
| Conclusion | To finish all you need to do, you must overcome fear 67． It’s worth 68． though it takes efforts. | ||
