温馨提示：手机用户请点击下方“原网页”或“电脑版”进行查看本文，效果最佳！ 37________ Perhaps that is why Lawrence Bell remarked, “A man who cannot bother to do little things for others are unlikely to become a good leader.”
l 38________
Rare is the effective leader who didn’t learn to become a good follower first. That is why a leadership institution such as the United States Military Academy teaches its officers to become effective followers first.
l Work with excellence.
No one respects and follows mediocrity（平庸）. Leaders who earn the right to lead give their all to what they do. They bring into play not only their skills and talents, but also great passion and hard work. 39________
l Give your power away.
What makes leadership so special is that you become a better leader by sharing whatever power you have, not by saving it all for yourself. 40________ If you use your power to empower others, your leadership will extend far beyond your grasp.
A. Become a good follower first.
B. You are meant to be a river, not a pool.
C. They lead in order to serve other people.
D. Leaders help people to reach their potential.
E. Leadership isn’t learned or earned in a moment.
F. Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less.
G. They perform on the highest level of which they are capable.
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
We are unique family, two white parents adopting a brown son and a black daughter both with special needs. When we go out together we stand out.
This was one of those tiring days. We were ready to go home from shopping, hurried and 41_______. My husband was pushing the cart as fast as he could to leave the store before the situation got 42_______. Sweat was 43_______ on my forehead, caused in part by my embarrassment, but 44_______ from running through Trader Joe’s with 18-pound Arsema fastened to my chest and Mareto screaming behind me. I felt like a hot mess.
I rushed to get to the car．45_______ hoping that no one was looking at us too closely, when a voice behind me 46_______ my steps. “Ma’am!” She called out. I stopped and 47_______ to find a young woman, with a bright smile 48_______ her face, running toward me. Recognizing her shirt, l realized that she 49_______ in the store and assumed I must have dropped something. I looked at her, 50_______ my tears，waiting. “I just wanted you to have this bouquet…” and I looked down to see the flowers in her hands．She explained., “I was 51_______ as a baby and it has been a wonderful thing．We need more 52_______ like yours．”I stared at her，shocked. Didn’t she see that I was a failure as a mother, 53_______ able to keep the family together? I just want to hide far away from the 54_______ stares. As she handed me the flowers I managed to 55_______ out a thank you. She 56_______ my shoulder，and then walked back into the store.
My steps were much slower 57_______ I headed to the car with tears. On a day when I hoped no one noticed us, she did．But she didn’t see what I assumed 58_______ was seeing．She saw beauty，hope and love. I wish I had thought to get her name，could go back and tell her，two years later，what her 59_______ continues to mean to me today. To the beautiful young woman…thank you from the bottom of my heart. You are a 60_______．
41．A. delighted B. amazed       C. discouraged      D. inspired
42．A. worse B. dangerous    C. normal     D. better
43．A. growing    B. forming        C. moving      D. disappearing
44．A. mostly     B. practically   C. nearly     D. previously
45．A. excitedly B. frightenedly    C. sincerely     D. cautiously
46．A. accelerated    B. followed   C. slowed     D. adjusted
47．A. turned    B. attempted        C. hesitated     D. continued
48．A. climbing    B. covering        C. twisting     D. shadowing
49．A. lived   B. passed          C. played   D. worked
50．A. holding back   B. bringing in      C. putting away     D. squeezing out
51．A. delivered    B. educated       C. adopted     D. abandoned
52．A. friends    B. families     C. customers      D. neighbours
53．A. joyfully    B. merely      C. desperately     D. barely
54．A. curious     B. friendly         C. envious     D. helpless
55．A. make    B. figure     C. take      D. choke
56．A. struck    B. patted          C. shook      D. touched
57．A. after    B. before         C. as     D. because
58．A. anyone    B. no one          C. someone      D. everyone
59．A. rudeness    B. request        C. wisdom D. gift
60．A. failure    B. treasure         C. guide      D. beauty 高考英语模拟试题库  http://www.17xuexiba.com/yy/