It was in my high school science class.I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on.

       A   36   came."Nice shirt," I smiled from ear to ear.Then another voice said, "That shirt belonged to my dad.Greg's mother works for my family.We were going to   37   that shirt away, but gave it to her   38 ." I was speechless.I wanted to hide.

       I   39  me shirt in the back of the closet and told my mom what had happened.She then dialed her   40__, "I will no longer work for your family," she told him.That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore; she knew her life's   41   was something greater.

       The next morning she   42   with the personnel manager at the Board of Education.Ke told her that without a proper education she could not teach.So Mom decided to__43__a university.

       After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager.He said, "You are 44    aren't you? I think I have a___45_for you as a teacher's assistant.This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of  46  Mom accepted the opportunity very   47

       For almost five years, as a teacher's assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling   48 .Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal   49   in her classroom.The principal said, "We have watched how you   50   the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard-working   51   over the last five years.We are all in  52  that you should be the teacher of this class."

       My mom spent more than 20 years there.  53   her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year.All of this came about because of the  54   comment made in my classroom that day.Mom showed me how to handle   55__situations and never give up.

A.noise     B.voice      C.sound      D.tune

A- get           B.take           C.carry           D.throw

A.otherwise  B.anyhow          C.instead         D.actually

A.settled    B.pushed      C.stored           D.stuck

A.teacher    B.employer         C.director             D.adviser

A.purpose   B.encouragement  C.achievement  D.victory

A.went      B.met             C.worked          D.stayed

A.visit      B.continue          C.attend         D.prepare

A.serious    B.fortunate        C.careful        D.responsible

A.career    B.duty             C.position         D.part

A.learning  B.judging    C.obeying      D.imagining

A.patiently  B.eagerly          C.successfully    D.skillfully

A.upset        B.frightened    C.guilty         D.ashamed

A.looked up B.went up          C.took up        D.showed up

A.believe   B.protect           C.treat                D.receive

A.spirit   B.intention        C.action         D.attempt

A.discussion B.argument         C.disagreement   D.agreement

A.At       B.During     C.On      D.With

A.worthless  B.thoughtless      C.hopeless       D.helpless

A.challenging B.different        C.dangerous           D.strange

When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951, her mother told her, “Be sure and take a typing course so when this show business thing doesn't work out, you'll have something to rely on.” Mary responded in typical teenage fashion. From that moment on, "the very last thing I ever thought about doing was taking a typing course," she recalls. 

The show business thing worked out, of course. In her career, Mary won many awards. Only recently, when she began to write Growing Up Again, did she regret ignoring her mom, “I don't know how to use a computer,” she admits. 

Unlike her 1995 autobiography(自传), After All, her second book is less about life as an award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病). All the money from the book is intended for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), an organization she serves as international chairman. “I felt there was a need for a book like this,” she says. “I didn't want to lecture, but I wanted other diabetics to know that things get better when we're self-controlled and do our part in managing the disease.” 

But she hasn't always practiced what she teaches. In her book, she describes that awful day, almost 40 years ago, when she received two pieces of life-changing news. First, she had lost the baby she was carrying, and second, tests showed that she had diabetes. In a childlike act, she left the hospital and treated herself to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years would pass before she realized she had to grow up ---again---and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her. Only then did she kick her three-pack-a-day cigarette habit, overcome her addiction to alcohol, and begin to follow a balanced diet. 

Although her disease has affected her eyesight and forced her to the sidelines of the dance floor, she refuses to fall into self-pity. “Everybody on earth can ask, 'why me?' about something or other,” she insists. “It doesn't do any good. No one is immune (免疫的) to heartache, pain, and disappointments. Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. I've come to realize the importance of that as I've grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be.”

1.Why did Mary feel regretful? 

A. She didn't achieve her ambition. 

B. She didn't take care of her mother. 

C. She didn't complete her high school.

D. She didn't follow her mother's advice. 

2.We can know that before 1995, Mary __________.

A. had two books published

B. received many career awards

C. knew how to use a computer

D. supported the JDRF by writing 

3.Mary's second book Growing Up Again is mainly about her__________ . 

A. living with diabetes                    B. successful show business 

C. service for an organization                     D. remembrance of her mother 

4.When Mary received the life-changing news, she_____________ . 

A. lost control of herself                                     B. began a balanced diet 

C. tried to get a treatment                                  D. behaved in an adult way 

5.What can we know from the last paragraph? 

A. Mary feels pity for herself.      

B. Mary has recovered from her disease. 

C. Mary wants to help others as much as possible. 

D. Mary determines to go back to the dance floor. 

 

"Everything happens for the best." my mother said whenever I felt disappointed. "  36 , and one day something good will happen. Then you'll realize it wouldn't have happened  37  the disappointment you had experienced  38 ." Mother was right,  39  I discovered after graduating from college, I had decided to try for a job  40  radio, then  41  my way up to a sports announcer. I hitchhiked (搭免费车) to Chicago and tried every station, but got  42 . In one studio, a kind lady told me big stations couldn't risk hiring inexperienced persons. "Try your luck in the  43 " she said.

I hitchhiked home to Dixon, Illinois, where there was no radio-announcing jobs. My father said a store wanted a local  44  to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was  45  I had played high school football, I  46 . The job sounded just  47  for me. But l wasn't hired.

My disappointment  48  have shown. "Everything harem for the best." Mother  49 . Then I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer. As I left his office, my disappointment boiled  50 . I asked aloud. "How can a fellow become a sport announcer if he can't get a job in a radio station?"

I was waiting for the  51  when I heard MacArthur calling, "What was that you said about sports? You know something about football?" Then he  52  me before a  53  and asked me to broadcast a(n)  54  game.

On my way home, as I have many times  55 , I thought of my mother's words.

1.                A.Get on         B.Carry on        C.Work on  D.Concentrate on

 

2.                A.in spite of       B.regardless of     C.but for   D.instead of

 

3.                A.previously      B.preciously       C.precisely  D.presently

 

4.                A.it             B.what           C.that  D.as

 

5.                A.in             B.on             C.by   D.from

 

6.                A.feel           B.work           C.find  D.push

 

7.                A.declined        B.accepted        C.reduced  D.received

 

8.                A.city            B.home          C.country   D.town

 

9.                A.salesman       B.athlete         C.shop assistant  D.manager

 

10.               A.in which        B.when          C.where D.how

 

11.               A.appealed       B.refused        C.agreed    D.applied

 

12.               A.right           B.reasonable      C.improper  D.stable

 

13.               A.should         B.must           C.could D.might

 

14.               A.recommended   B.requested      C.reminded  D.required

 

15.               A.above          B.out            C.in    D.over

 

16.               A.lift            B.result          C.response  D.offer

 

17.               A.told           B.stood          C.showed   D.helped

 

18.               A.radio          B.station         C.TV   D.microphone

 

19.               A.live            B.ordinary        C.imaginary  D.fierce

 

20.               A.before         B.since          C.until  D.unless

 

 

阅读理解: 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

Melissa Poe was 9 years old when she began a campaign for a cleaner environment by writing a letter to the then President Bush. Through her own efforts, her letter was reproduced on over 250 donated billboards across the country.

The response to her request for help was so huge that Poe established Kids For A Cleaner Environment (Kids F.A.C.E.) in 1989. There are now 300,000 members of Kids FACE worldwide and is the world's largest youth environmental organization.

Poe has also asked the National Park Service to carry out a "Children's Forest" project in every national park. In 1992, she was invited as one of only six children in the world to speak at the Earth Summit in Brazil as part of the Voices of the Future Program. In 1993, she was given a Caring Award for her efforts by the Caring Institute.

Since the organization started, Kids F.A.C.E. members have distributed and planted over 1 million trees! Ongoing tree-planting projects include Kid's Yards – the creation of backyard wildlife habitats (栖息地) and now Kids F.A.C.E. is involved in the exciting Earth Odyssey, which is a great way to start helping.

"Starting the club turned out to be a way to help people get involved with the environment. Club members started doing things like recycling, picking up litter and planting trees as well as inviting other kids to join their club."

"We try to tell kids that it's not OK to be lazy," she explains. "You need to start being a responsible, environmentally friendly person now, right away, before you become a resource-sucking adult."

1. Kids F.A.C.E is _____.

A. a program to help students with writing

B. a project of litter recycling

C. a campaign launched by President Bush

D. a club of environmental protection

2. What can we learn about Poe?

A. She was awarded a prize in Brazil.

B. She donated billboard across the country.

C. She got positive responses for her efforts

D. She joined the National Park Service.

3. Kid’s Yards is _____.

A. established in a national park.

B. started to protect wildlife

C. a wildlife- raising project

D. an entertainment park for kids.

4. Which of the following can be inferred from the text?

A. Adults are resource-sucking people

B. Poe sought help from a youth organization

C. Kids F.A.C.E members are from the U.S.

D. Kids are urged to save natural resources.

 

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