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During my high school years, the most important thing was what I was wearing to the Friday night dance and who I was taking. Although college was talked about, it was the least of my worries.

When I was graduating eighth grade and starting high school, my older brother was graduating twelfth grade and going onto college. For my graduation, he gave me a card in which he wrote, “Enjoy your four years…, they go by fast.” I remember not believe him then, but looking back…, he was right. Those four years shaped who I was as a person, pushed me to my limit and encouraged me to become an adult.

However, I was so completely absorbed in my junior and senior years of high school, that when someone spoke of college I brushed it off. I wasn't ready to leave my comfort zone of having all of my closest friends together and knowing what every single day was going to be like . Studying was something I did only AFTER I nailed my half-time dance performance. I knew my parents wanted me to go to college, so I told them I would go to commuity college (社区学院)and I didn’t worry about my SAT（美国大学入学考试）scores.

When my senior year passed and everyone graduated and went off to their own college ,I started to wish I had done the same. My friends were living away, meeting new people, discovering new places, and I was living at home and driving to and from class every day. It seemed exactly like high school. I hated it! I thought college was supposed to be different! Why didn’t I take more time to research colleges and do the same? I ended up loving college and wishing I had four years to enjoy the campus(大学校园)atmosphere instead of two.

My advice to anyone thinking about attending college is to think about it very seriously and look into all of your choices well ahead of time. Now I have graduate and I am working full time and I would do anything to go back to my high school days for a second chance!

1.Why didn’t the author worry about his SAT scores?

A．He wanted to go to community college.

B．He had a gift for dance.

C．He was well prepared for the exam.

D．He believed his brother would help him.

2.When in high school, the author .

A．drove to and from class every day

B．buried himself in his study all the time

C．enjoyed talking about future college life

D．lived in the school except on holidays

3.What did the author’s brother mean by “Enjoy your four years…, they go by fast.”?

A．He wished the author to have more dance.

B．He advised the author to value the years.

C．He encouraged the author to leave his comfort zone.

D．He suggested the author aim at a community college.

4.Talking of his high school years, the author feels .

A．regretful B．lonely C．angry D．pleased

Robby was 11 years old when his mother dropped him off for his first piano lesson. I 36 that students begin at an earlier age, which I explained to Robby, but Robby said that it had been his mother’s 37 to hear him play the piano. So I took him as a student.

Hard 38 Robby tried, he lacked the basic sense of music. However, he persisted, and at the end of each weekly 39 , he always said, “My mom’s going to hear me play some day.” But it seemed 40 . He just did not have any gift for music.

I only knew his mother from a distance as she dropped Robby 41 or waited in her old car to 42 him up. She always 43 and smiled but never visited my class. Then one day Robby 44 coming to our lessons. He telephoned me and said his mother was 45 .

Several weeks later I was preparing my students for the upcoming recital(独奏会) 46 Robby came and asked me if he could be in the recital. “Miss Hondorf ... I’ve just got to 47 !” he insisted. I agreed.

The night for the recital came. The high school gymnasium was 48 with parents, friends and relatives. The recital went off well. Finally Robby came up on stage. I was 49 when he announced that he had chosen Mozart’s Concerto(协奏曲) No. 21 in C Major. I was not 50 what I heard next. His fingers were light on the keys. He played so 51 that everyone 52 to applaud him. In tears I ran up on 53 . “Oh, Robby! How did you do it?”

“Well, Miss Hondorf ... I kept on 54 at home. Remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, _55 she had cancer and passed away this morning. And well ... she was born deaf, so tonight was the first time she ever heard me play ...”

1.

A．prefer

B．imagine

C．suppose

D．wish

2.

A．plan

B．belief

C．need

D．dream

3.

A．although

B．while

C．as

D．if

4.

A．conference

B．lesson

C．test

D．show

5.

A．successful

B．senseless

C．wonderful

D．hopeless

6.

A．on

B．in

C．off

D．away

7.

A．pick

B．put

C．take

D．hold

8.

A．waved

B．sang

C．jumped

D．left

9.

A．finished

B．broke

C．stopped

D．continued

10.

A．tired

B．sick

C．deaf

D．unhappy

11.

A．as

B．since

C．while

D．when

12.

A．succeed

B．learn

C．play

D．listen

13.

A．seated

B．filled

C．surrounded

D．mixed

14.

A．surprised

B．certain

C．disappointed

D．angry

15.

A．pleased with	B．interested in
C．eager for	D．prepared for

16.

A．bad

B．hard

C．differently

D．well

17.

A．raised

B．rose

C．lifted

D．left

18.

A．platform

B．stairs

C．stage

D．floor

19.

A．practising

B．listening

C．training

D．performing

20.

A．luckily

B．therefore

C．however

D．actually

Eddie’s father used to say he’d spent so many years by the ocean, breathing seawater. Now, away from that ocean, in the hospital bed, his body began to look like a beached fish. His condition went from fair to stable and from stable to serious. Friends went from saying, “He’ll be home in a day,” to “He’ll be home in a week ” In his father’s absence, Eddie helped out at the pier(码头), working evenings after his taxi job.

When Eddie was a teenager, if he ever complained or seemed bored with the pier, his father would shout, “What ? This isn’t good enough for you?” And later, when he’d suggested Eddie take a job there after high school, Eddie almost laughed, and his father again said, “What? This isn’t good enough for you?” And before Eddie went to war, when he’d talked of marrying Marguerite and becoming an engineer, his father said, “What? This isn’t good enough for you?”

And now, regardless of all that, here he was, at the pier, doing his father’s labor.

Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. It is not until much later, as the heart weakens, that children understand their stories, and all their accomplishments sit on top of the stories of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones, beneath the waters of their lives.

Finally, one night, at his mother’s urging, Eddie visited the hospital. He entered the room slowly. His father, who for years had refused to speak to Eddie, now lacked the strength to even try.

“Don’t sweat it, kid,” the other workers told him. “Your old man will pull through. He’s the toughest man we’ve ever seen.”

When the news came that his father had died, Eddie felt the emptiest kind of anger, the kind that circles in its cage.

In the weeks that followed, Eddie’s mother lived in a confused state. She spoke to her husband as if he were still there. She yelled at him to turn down the radio. She cooked enough food for two. One night, when Eddie offered to help with the dishes, she said. “Your father will put them away.” Eddie put a hand on her shoulder. “Ma,” he said, softly, “Dad’s gone.”

“Gone where?”

1. In Paragraph 4, the writer indicates that .

A．Children like moving away from them parents

B．Children often feel regretful because they leave their parents

C．Children wouldn’t have achieved so much without their parents’ support

D．Children can never understand how much their parents have devoted to them

2. The underlined sentence probably means “ ”.

A．Don’t give it up B．Don’t worry about it

C．Don’t let him down D．Don’t touch it

3. Which of the following shows the right order of the story?

a．Eddie’s father died.

b．Eddie worked as a taxi driver.

c．Eddie married Marguerite.

d．Eddie was bored with his father’s job.

A．bacd B．dcab C．bcda D．dcba

4. From the last part of the passage, we learn that .

A．Eddie’s mother liked to listen to the radio

B．Eddie often helped his mother wash the dishes

C．Eddie and his wife lived in his mother’s apartment

D．Eddie’s mother missed her husband so much that she was at a loss

One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company. He 36 the first interview; the director did the last interview.

The director asked, “Did you obtain any scholarships in school?” The young man answered, “ 37 .”

“Who paid the school fees for you?”

“My father passed away 38 I was born, so my mother paid them all.”

“What did your mother do?”

“A laundry woman.”

The director 39 the youth to show his hands. They were smooth and perfect. The director asked, “Have you ever 40 your mother wash the clothes?” The youth answered, “ 41 . My mother always wanted me to study and read more books. 42 , she can wash clothes faster than me.”

The director said, “Please go and clean your mother’s hands, and then see me tomorrow.”

The youth felt his 43 of getting the job high. When he went back, he happily asked his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt 44 but happy with mixed feelings.

The youth cleaned his mother’s hands 45 . He cried as he did that. It was the first time he had 46 his mother’s wrinkled hands with so many bruises (伤痕) on them. Some bruises were so painful that his mother 47 when they were cleaned. Only by then did he realize it was this pair of hands that assisted him 48 his academic years.

After finishing cleaning his mother’s 49 hands, the youth quietly washed all the 50 clothes for his mother. That night, they talked for a very long time.

The next morning, the director noticed the youth’s swollen 51 and asked, “Can you tell me what you have done and 52 in your house?”

The youth answered, “I cleaned my mother’s hands and also finished washing all the remaining clothes. I know now what 53 is. Without mother, there would not have been my success today.”

The director said, “This is what I am looking for 54 a manager. I want to hire a person who can value the help of others and who knows the 55 of others. You are hired.”

1.	A.	qualified	B.	failed	C.	passed	D.	won
2.	A	Nothing	B.	Few	C.	Some	D.	None
3.	A	since	B.	when	C.	although	D.	once
4.	A	requested	B.	persuaded	C.	demanded	D.	begged
5.	A	assisted	B.	had	C.	watched	D.	helped
6.	A	Seldom	B.	Sometimes	C.	Never	D.	Rarely
7.	A	Meanwhile	B.	Besides	C.	However	D.	Somehow
8.	A	chance	B.	luck	C.	desire	D.	idea
9.	A	strange	B.	different	C.	excited	D.	unfamiliar
10.	A	skillfully	B.	shyly	C.	politely	D.	slowly
11.	A	glanced	B.	noticed	C.	accepted	D.	considered
12.	A	shook	B.	shouted	C.	moved	D.	fell
13.	A	during	B.	along	C.	through	D.	with
14.	A	damaged	B.	ruined	C.	broken	D.	wounded
15.	A	worn	B.	used	C.	dirty	D.	dusty
16.	A	hands	B.	eyes	C.	ears	D.	cheeks
17.	A	found	B.	enjoyed	C.	expected	D.	learned
18.	A	appreciation	B.	understanding	C.	regret	D.	sympathy
19.	A	about	B.	of	C.	in	D.	on
20.	A	sufferings	B.	happenings	C.	doings	D.	surroundings

阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。若选择E，请涂AB; 若选择F，请涂CD。

Thomson中学学生Mike、Joseph、Anna、Ian和Susan正在计划下学期各自的选修课程。阅读第46~50题中的各人情况说明和A和F六门选修课的介绍，选出符合各人个性特长的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。

THOMSON HIGH SCHOOL

A

Creative Writing — by Mrs. A. McClellan

Creative writing is a course in which we study and apply the methods used in various forms of fiction writing. Writing is a skill of art in itself. We are guided by Ezra Pound’s opinion: “Make it new.” Creative writing does not only provide us with an opportunity to express ourselves, but also holds our attention to word choice, paragraph development, and other skills useful in writing.

B

Journalism — by Dr. E. Brandt

Journalism is a course for seniors, in which we will cover how to gather, write, and report the news. We will discuss how information is, or can be, organized. This course also aims to develop communication skills required of journalists.

C

A classic is a literary work that has stood the test of time. Generations of readers have turned to classics to discover which is ever-lasting. Through both the works themselves and the people they mirror, we may better be able to see ourselves. In this course, we will read works in both British and American literature. We will write reviews of what we read.

D

Technical Writing — by Mr. J. Allen

What is technical writing? It is the course devoted to improving your communication skills in, for, and through technology. Activities for this course will help you develop communication skills that are necessary for writers and speakers working with technology or in business.

E

Non-fiction — by Dr. M. Tim

The course is a study of non-fiction through reading many different types of non-fiction. The course will also be about the possible changes in journalistic reporting and the sharing of personal stories of various people on various topics such as travel and adventure. We will examine some of the best writing in the world and deal with the techniques used in this text type.

F

World Literature — by Mrs. A. McClellan

World Literature examines the common people found in quality Literature worldwide, from Europe to America, from Asia to Africa, and introduces a variety of cultural background at different points in history. In these worlds, we find not only what is unique to each culture, but what is universal. We are also able to tell what makes a good story, no matter from where or whom the story springs.

1. Mike spent his childhood mostly in his father’s study, where he read novels by British and American writers. Next term he will become a senior student. He thinks it’s time that he read more of their works and learned to write about them.

2.Joseph is good at the language arts, and in his spare time he likes to write short stories. It is his wish that his stories would be printed in local newspapers. So he is thinking of taking a course to develop his writing skills, such as wording and paragraph organization.

3.A lively and caring girl, Anna takes an active part in social activities. She is trying to write reports for newspapers about what she sees and hears. But few of them are accepted because of poor organization of information. She feels the need to improve her writing and communication skills next term.

4. Ian traveled worldwide with his parents when he was very young. Under their influence, he becomes greatly interested in stories of travel and adventure. He hopes to write his own stories in the future. So next term, he will choose a course to study the best writing of this type.

5.Susan comes from China. As a junior back home, she wrote quite a lot of short stories, some of which were published in newspapers. Her parents suggest she read some classics by Asian and Western writers. She thinks it helpful in her writing. So she is going to take a course of this kind next term.

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