His efforts to raise money for his program were in v (徒劳的)because no one showed any intention to take a cent out of their pockets. 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

Tom is a promising student. I am sure that with his________effort, he will make a very successful scientist.

______, Guo Mingyi makes his effort to help those in poverty.

A. Not rich although he is B. In spite of not rich

C. Though not rich D. As he is not rich

单词拼写（共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分）

1.If what you are teaching doesn’t a to your students, they will lose interest in it.

2.The Hope Project is s by wealthy big companies, who hope to advertise their companies or their products.

3.The height of the mountains v from 1000 meters to over 2000 meters.

4.Some students think so many tests every week make them under a lot of s .

5.I behaved badly yesterday and I am a of myself now.

6.The film is a from a novel with the same name.

7.After s the water out of the skirt, she hung it in the sun.

8.He a for this job, but was refused.

9.He worked very hard and e his effort paid off in College Entrance Exam.

10.As we all know, smoking has many harmful e on both smokers and non-smokers.

Some years ago, on a hot summer day in south Florida, a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house. He flew into the water, not realizing that as he swam toward the middle of the lake, an alligator (美洲鳄) was swimming toward the shore.

His father working in the yard saw the two as they got closer and closer together. In utter fear, he ran toward the water, yelling to his son as loudly as he could.

Hearing his voice, the little boy became alarmed and made a U – turn to swim to his father. It was too late. Just as he reached his father, the alligator reached him. From the dock, the father grabbed his little boy by the arms just as the alligator snatched his legs. That began an incredible tug – of – war (拔河) between the two. The alligator was much stronger than the father, but the father was much too passionate to let go. A farmer happened to drive by, took aim and shot the alligator.

Remarkably, the little boy survived. His legs were extremely scarred by the vicious attack of the animal. And, on his arms, were deep scratches where his father’s fingernails dug into his fresh in his effort to hang on to the son he loved.

The newspaper reporter who interviewed the boy asked if he would show his scars. The boy lifted his pant legs. And then, he said to the reporter, “But look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my dad wouldn’t let go.”

You and I can identify with that boy. We have scars, too. No, not from an alligator, but the scars of a painful past. Some of those scars are unsightly and have caused us deep regret. But, some wounds, my friend, are because someone has refused to let go. In the midst of your struggle, someone has been there holding on to you.

If you have the scars of someone’s love on your arms, be very, very grateful. Someone in your life did not and will not ever let you go.

Never judge another person’s scars, because you don’t know how they got them.

1.Which of the following is the most closely related to the underlined word “passionate”?

A. determined B. anxious C. frightened D. courageous

2.When the boy told the newspaper reporter about the scars on his arms, he felt .

A. painful and fearful B. regretful and panic

C. proud and grateful D. excited and thankful