阅读下面短文 ,掌握其大意 ,然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项中 ,选出最佳选项。

Preparing for tomorrow

       Sixth-grade schoolteacher Ms.Shelton believed in readiness.Students remembered how she walked in on the first day of class and began writing words of eighth-grade on the    36    .They quickly protested that the words were not on their    37     and they couldn’t learn them.

       Their teacher insisted that the students could and would learn these    38    .She said that she would teach them something that should be given.Ms.Shelton    39     by saying that one of the students in the classroom could go on to    40    , maybe even be president someday, and she wanted to prepare them for that day.

       Ms.Shelton spoke those words many years ago.  41     did she know that someday one of her students—Jesse Jackson—would take them    42    .She believed that if they were well prepared, they could    43    high goals.

       Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “People only see what they are    44     to see.” If that’s true, then it is also    45     that they only become what they are prepared to become.And many things in life are just about getting ready.

       “I want to be doing something more    46     with my life than what I am doing now,” a young man once said to me.He    47     what he was doing was just not that important.Other people have said things to me such as, “I only    48     I had a meaningful relationship.” And, “I’d really like to get a better job, but I just don’t see    49    .”

       You fill in the blanks.What is it you would like to    50     that isn’t happening? Perhaps the answer is that you are not yet    51    .Maybe you need more time to prepare before you are truly ready for that which you    52    .

       Think of today as another chance to   53    yourself for the exciting future you are looking for.Today is not wasted.If you desire more from    54    , then you can use today as training.For you will experience only what you are prepared to    55    .Something wonderful can happen.And you can use today to get ready for tomorrow.

A.desk      B.wall  C.chalkboard       D.door

A.duty      B.desk  C.mind D.level

A.words    B.grammars C.pronunciations  D.sentences

A.started   B.ended       C.warned     D.reminded

A.greatness       B.wealth      C.honor              D.failure

A.Seldom  B.Little C.Hardly      D.Totally

A.nervously      B.eagerly     C.seriously   D.simply

A.keep      B.have  C.set     D.achieve

A.prepared       B.forced      C.attracted   D.tempted

A.proper   B.exact C.legal  D.true

A.difficult B.significant C.pleasant    D.interesting

A.boasted  B.behaved    C.felt    D looked

A.wish      B.expect      C.hope  D.imagine

A.what      B.when C.why  D.how

A.survive  B.happen     C.gain  D.win

A.adventurous   B.active       C.ready D.intelligent

A.concern  B.arrange     C.adore D.desire

A.prepare  B.enjoy C.imagine    D.conduct

A.history   B.nature       C.life    D.marriage

A.suffer    B.experience       C.struggle    D.work

A gentle breeze blew through Jennifer’s hair. The golden red sun was setting. She was on the beach, looking up at the fiery (火红的) ball. She was amazed by its color, deep red in the middle, softly fading into yellow. She could hear nothing but the waves and the seagulls flying up above in the sky.

The atmosphere relaxed her. After all she had been through, this was what she needed. “It’s getting late,” she thought, “I must go home. My parents will be wondering where I am.”

She wondered how her parents would react, when she got home after the three days she was missing. She kept on walking, directing herself where she spent every summer holiday. The road was deserted. She walked slowly and silently. Just in a few hundred meters she would have been safe in her house.

It was really getting dark now. The sun had set a few minutes before and it was getting cold too. She wished she had her favorite sweater on: it kept her really warm. She imagined having it with her. This thought disappeared when she finally saw her front door. It seemed different. Nobody had taken care of the outside garden for a few days. She was shocked: her father was usually so strict about keeping everything clean and tidy, and now... It all seemed deserted. She couldn’t understand what was going on.

    She entered the house. First, she went into the kitchen where she saw a note written by her father. It said: “Dear Ellen, there is some coffee ready. I went looking.” Ellen was her mother but — where was she? On the right side of the hallway was her parents’ room. She went in. Then she saw her. Her mother, lying on the bed, was sleeping. Her face looked so tired, as if she hadn’t slept for days. She was really pale. Jennifer would have wanted to wake her up but she looked too tired. So Jennifer just fell asleep beside her. When Jennifer woke up, something was different... she wasn’t in her mother’s room and she wasn’t wearing the old clothes she ran away in. She was in her cozy bed in her pajamas (睡衣).

It felt so good being back home. Suddenly she heard a voice, “Are you feeling better now, dear? You know you got us very, very scared.”

The writer describes the beautiful sunset to show Jennifer’s ______.

   A. love of the natural beauty               B. desire of getting back home         

C. intention of becoming independent        D. depression of being alone

What does the underlined phrase “This thought” most probably mean?

A. The idea of going back home.            

B. Her anxiety about her parents.

C. The feeling of being warm in her favorite sweater.

D. The feeling of getting back home safely.

Her father didn’t take care of the garden because ______.

   A. he was busy looking for her

B. he had to look after his wife

C. he was not strict with his job

D. he no longer enjoyed working in the garden

What can we infer from this passage?

A. In fact Jennifer’s mother had been sick for several days.

B. When she found the garden deserted, she realized she was wrong.

C. As Jennifer walked towards home, she became increasingly scared.

D. Having experienced a lot outside, Jennifer felt home was safest for her.

短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误,对标有题号的每一行作出判断:如无错误,在该行右边横线上画一个(√);如果有错误(每行只有一个错误),则按下列情况改正:

此句多一个词:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉,在该行右边横线上写出该词,并也用斜线划掉。

此句缺一个词:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此句错一个词:在错的词下划一横线,在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

Several years before, Mrs. Green was a famous musician who taught        

         

the music at a college, and many of her students succeeded in their                       

business. Live with her husband at home now, Mrs. Green, in common         

         

as some old people, finds her memory is failing. Sometimes she forgets                 

what she has done or will do, that often gets her in trouble. Mr. Green                   

noticed it and persuaded her into see a famous doctor who lives                         

in the capital. He bought two tickets to London and then                                

asked her to put it into her handbag while she was playing                             

piano. When they reached the airport the next morning, the old                         

woman said,“ If only I have brought my piano. I’ve left the tickets on it.”                 

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