What an exciting day it was for Jennifer and Valerie! They had been friends since Grade Three and had   41   many of their high school experience. Now they were driving together to their final high school event. Today was   42   day at Lamar High School. 43 they were close friends, they were different in many ways. Jennifer was a fairly 44 student while Valerie did just enough to get by and was mainly   45   in a good social life.

     “Isn't it   46   that we're all finished?”said Valerie. “I'm really looking forward to having a good time this summer.”

     “ 47   be nice,” Jennifer replied, “I'm afraid I'm going to have to work most of the summer to help pay for my college expenses.”

      Jennifer's parents had only a small   48   and she had made up her mind to have an occupation in which she could afford all the things her   49   could not.

      Valerie,   50  , came from a fairly well-to-do family. She had little desire to work hard for   51   she had always taken for granted.

      “I really don't want to go to college for a while,” she   52  .

      “My uncle runs a restaurant in the Bahamas and he has   53   me to spend a year there as a waitress. That should give me plenty of   54   for the beach.”

      “It seems    55   I'll really be going different ways now”, thought Jennifer.

41. A. learned        B. obtained           C. remembered      D. shared

42. A. exam                  B. sports               C. graduation         D. working

43. A. If                      B. Because            C. Although           D. When

44. A. diligent              B. polite               C. active              D. favorite

45. A. specialized   B. relieved            C. envied               D. interested

46. A. certain               B. great                C. unfortunate        D. annoying

47. A. Can                   B. Shall               C. Must                       D. Need

48. A. income               B. problem            C. family                     D. differance

49. A. teachers       B. parents              C. friends                    D. relatives

50. A. in fact                B. in a way           C. as a result         D. on the other hand

51. A. what                  B. whom               C. that                         D. these

52. A. admitted            B. complained        C. invited                    D. screamed

53. A. helped               B. assured                     C. proposed                 D. promised

54. A. peace         B. work                 C. energy             D. time

55. A. I                       B. we                    C. she                  D. they

It was the beginning of a new term. As a(n)   36  teacher in that school, I didn’t know any of the students. A little girl was   37  at the gate of the classroom. She looked very   38 .
I walked up to her and asked   39  she stood there. But she said   40 . Instead, a boy shouted, “She is from Grade Four, the   41  student in her grade.” I looked at the little girl, who didn’t seem to be the smart kind. I   42  why her teacher asked her to stay in Grade Three. I took her hand and   43  her into the classroom.
“Sit here. Now you are my student and I’m your teacher,” I said. She   44  said nothing, but she burst into tears.
I later learnt that her parents   45  in a car accident, and she had   46  talking to others since then. She learnt very   47 . I gave her respect and never   48  her as I know everybody deserves (值得) respect. I   49  her after school, and she was making   50  little by little. I encouraged her and as   51  went by, she was not as shy as before. At the end of the term, she seemed to have forgotten all her   52 . She was not one of the best students when she left that school,   53  at least, she was not that shy and sad little girl any longer.
In the following   54 , she would send me a card on each Thanksgiving Day. Three days ago, I received a(n)   55  to her wedding. And now, I am at her wedding, and she is smiling brightly.
Everyone deserves respect and everyone can be happy!

【小题1】
A.oldB.newC.goodD.famous
【小题2】
A.smilingB.sittingC.standingD.crying
【小题3】
A.tallB.shyC.beautifulD.kind
【小题4】
A.ifB.whenC.whyD.how
【小题5】
A.somethingB.anythingC.nothingD.everything
【小题6】
A.worstB.shortestC.ugliestD.smartest
【小题7】
A.rememberedB.thoughtC.askedD.understood
【小题8】
A.threwB.pushedC.pulledD.led
【小题9】
A.firstlyB.stillC.surprisinglyD.finally
【小题10】
A.foughtB.disappearedC.metD.died
【小题11】
A.keptB.stoppedC.advisedD.forgot
【小题12】
A.fastB.widelyC.slowlyD.quietly
【小题13】
A.played jokes withB.thought highly ofC.took care ofD.looked down upon
【小题14】
A.helpedB.servedC.choseD.pleased
【小题15】
A.progressB.happinessC.marksD.surprises
【小题16】
A.dreamsB.effortsC.energyD.time
【小题17】
A.joyB.sadnessC.pastD.anger
【小题18】
A.sinceB.becauseC.soD.but
【小题19】
A.hoursB.yearsC.monthsD.days
【小题20】
A.invitation B.cardC.keyD.letter

   For about three years now, I have been writing poetry. It was not until my junior year in high school that I developed an interest, love and skill for writing poetry.

   Back in elementary school, I loved to write stories. I would write stories on post-it notes and anywhere I could. Yet when I had to write a limerick(五行打油诗) for an assignment, I could not wrap my head around poetry. I had a very hard time figuring out how to rhyme words and have the words make sense. I eventually tossed the paper with the attempted limerick in the trash. I did not try my hand at poetry again until several years later.

   Many years later in my freshman year of high school, my English teacher gave my class a poetry project as an assignment. I still remember my limerick assignment and was afraid of doing the poetry project. For the project, we had to analyze a poem and write a response to it. I chose to respond to Robert Frost’s poem Fire and Ice. I also wrote my own poem first. I became really excited when writing the poem.

   Two years later, I started writing poetry as a hobby and for fun. To learn how good or bad my poems were, I handed them in to some magazines and contests. I won second place in the North Carolina Poetry Society’s Sherry Pruitt Award Contest with a poem called The Ocean, and had my two poems published as high merit(优等) poems. I have continued to write poetry, and have even self-published three collections of poetry in both print and e-book formats, which can be found at my store on Lulu.

   Now, I love writing poetry, but I don’t hate writing short stories. I just find it more difficult and not my style of writing, even though I still write short stories occasionally.

1.When the author was a pupil, he ___________.

   A. liked writing stories

   B. was good at writing poetry

   C. could understand poetry well

   D. was often praised by his teacher

2.When given the poetry project in high school, the author was___________.

   A. excited        B. annoyed       C. confident       D. worried

3.The author took up writing poetry as a hobby when he____________.

   A. was in Grade Three in high school

   B. worked as a storekeeper

   C. was in Grade One in high school

   D. was at college

4.How did the author increase his confidence in writing poetry?

   A. He wrote a lot of poems and asked advice from his teacher.

   B. He published three collections of poetry by himself.

   C. He submitted his poems to magazines and contests.

   D. He gave up writing stories and only wrote poetry.

 

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