All of us go through some difficult times as we approach teenage years. It's the age when we have to deal with the most in our life. This transition (过渡) from childhood to adulthood is for some, but rough for others. The most important thing about being a teenager is . When we are teenagers, we would get blamed or even punished for anything wrong we do.

It's all not so about being a teenager though. We don't have to have our take us to somewhere we want to go or we couldn't go before. We can have with friends or even alone, which we couldn’t have because we were too to know what pleasure is! It’s a very enjoyable time of life. During this age, we are old enough to what is good for us, and make decisions without others.

But like the saying goes, “All good things must come to an end, but all bad things can continue .” During this period, we are having much for our studies. If we don’t pass, we won't get jobs, and things will take a turn for the . With the present world economy in , we have to do really, really well in our 49 for a job. Adults say that their is the hardest part of life. But I think the transition from a kid to an adult is much than being already an adult. What we do in our teenage years will what we become and how we lead our life in the future.

In conclusion, it is quite that parents put much pressure on an already stressed out teenager. If they realized that, living condition for teenagers would be much better. for the teens ourselves we should get to know what is best for us. What’s more, we should understand the right of life we choose at this age can make us happy for the rest of our existence.

1.A. chances B. changes C. feelings D. expectations

2.A. smooth B. practical C. demanding D. necessary

3.A. knowledge B. independence C. confidence D. responsibility

4.A. easy B. strange C. bad D. interesting

5.A. guides B. partners C. parents D. friends

6.A. fun B. trouble C. relation D. business

7.A. proud B. young C. smart D. mature

8.A. predict B. remember C. imagine D. understand

9.A. guiding B. helping C. inviting D. consulting

10.A. occasionally B. briefly C. forever D. naturally

11.A. pressure B. passion C. motivation D. panic

12.A. better B. worse C. fewer D. more

13.A. decline B. hope C. increase D. debt

14.A. contribution B. education C. application D. qualification

15.A. promotion B. work C. experience D. age

16.A. harder B. happier C. easier D. lighter

17.A. reflect B. confirm C. determine D. identify

18.A. vital B. urgent C. common D. unnecessary

19.A. Or B. Otherwise C. But D. Because

20.A. experience B. way C. condition D. power

A

I left university with a good degree in English Literature, but no sense of what I wanted to do. Over the next six years, I was treading water, just trying to earn an income. I tried journalism, but I didn’t think I was any good, then finance, which I hated. Finally, I got a job as a rights assistant at a famous publisher. I loved working with books, although the job that I did was dull.

I had enough savings to take a year off work, and I decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a novel. Attending a Novel Writing MA course gave me the structure I needed to write my first 55,000 words.

It takes confidence to make a new start — there’s a dark period in-between where you’re neither one thing nor the other. You’re out for dinner and people ask what you do, and you’re too ashamed to say, “Well, I’m writing a novel, but I’m not quite sure if I’m going to get there.” My confidence dived. Believing my novel could not be published ,

I put it aside.

Then I met an agent(代理商)who said I should send my novel out to agents. So, I did and, to my surprise, got some wonderful feedback. I felt a little hope that I might actually become a published writer and, after signing with an agent, I finished the second half of the novel.

The next problem was finding a publisher. After two-and-a-half years of no income, just waiting and wondering, a publisher offered me a book deal — that publisher turned out to be the one I once worked for.

It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luck — of fate, really. When you set out to do something different, there’s no end in sight, so to find myself in a position where I now have my own name on a contract of the publisher — to be a published writer — is unbelievably rewarding.

1.What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean?

A. I was waiting for good fortune.

B. I was trying to find an admirable job.

C. I was being aimless about a suitable job.

D. I was doing several jobs for more pay at a time.

2.The author decided to write a novel ______ .

A. to finish the writing course

B. to realize her own dream

C. to satisfy readers’wish

D. to earn more money

3.How did the writer feel halfway with the novel?

A. Disturbed. B. Ashamed. C. Confident. D. Uncertain.

4.What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph?

A. It pays to stick to one’s goal.

B. Hard work can lead to success.

C. She feels like being unexpectedly lucky.

D. There is no end in sight when starting to do something.

A

A man found a cocoon(茧)of a butterfly.He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as________ it struggled to its body through that little hole.Then it seemed to stop making any________.It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no farther.Then the man decided to help the butterfly,so he took a pair of scissors and cut off the________bit of the cocoon.The butterfly then emerged ________ .But it had a big body and small,shriveled(皱缩的) wings.The man ________ to watch the butterfly because he expected that,at any moment,the wings would ________ and expand to be able to________the body,which would contract in time.________ happened! In fact,the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a big body and shriveled wings.It never was able to fly.

What the man in his ________ and hurry did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the________ required for the butterfly.To ________ the tiny opening were nature’s way of forcing liquid from the body of the butterfly into its wings,so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its ________ from the cocoon.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life.If nature allowed us to go through our life without any obstacles,we would not be as strong as what we could have been.And we could never________

1.A.find B.pull C.drag D.force

2.A.progress B.sense C.change D.fun

3.A.vacant B.left C.additional D.remaining

4.A.closely B.easily C.steadily D.quietly

5.A.paused B.turned C.continued D.urged

6.A.enlarge B.lengthen C.stick D.twist

7.A.wrap B.press C.support D.shelter

8.A.Everything B.All C.Neither D.Something

9.A.regret B.comfort C.favor D.pride

10.A.struggle B.energy C.experience D.help

11.A.look through B.get through C.1ive through D.pull through

12.A.dream B.victory C.purpose D.freedom

13.A.fly B.jump C.walk D.stand

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