Question

      What an exciting day it was for Jennifer and Valerie! They had been friends since Grade Three and had   41   many of their high school experience. Now they were driving together to their final high school event. Today was   42   day at Lamar High School. 43 they were close friends, they were different in many ways. Jennifer was a fairly 44 student while Valerie did just enough to get by and was mainly   45   in a good social life.

     “Isn't it   46   that we're all finished?”said Valerie. “I'm really looking forward to having a good time this summer.”

     “ 47   be nice,” Jennifer replied, “I'm afraid I'm going to have to work most of the summer to help pay for my college expenses.”

      Jennifer's parents had only a small   48   and she had made up her mind to have an occupation in which she could afford all the things her   49   could not.

      Valerie,   50  , came from a fairly well-to-do family. She had little desire to work hard for   51   she had always taken for granted.

      “I really don't want to go to college for a while,” she   52  .

      “My uncle runs a restaurant in the Bahamas and he has   53   me to spend a year there as a waitress. That should give me plenty of   54   for the beach.”

      “It seems    55   I'll really be going different ways now”, thought Jennifer.

41. A. learned        B. obtained           C. remembered      D. shared

42. A. exam                  B. sports               C. graduation         D. working

43. A. If                      B. Because            C. Although           D. When

44. A. diligent              B. polite               C. active              D. favorite

45. A. specialized   B. relieved            C. envied               D. interested

46. A. certain               B. great                C. unfortunate        D. annoying

47. A. Can                   B. Shall               C. Must                       D. Need

48. A. income               B. problem            C. family                     D. differance

49. A. teachers       B. parents              C. friends                    D. relatives

50. A. in fact                B. in a way           C. as a result         D. on the other hand

51. A. what                  B. whom               C. that                         D. these

52. A. admitted            B. complained        C. invited                    D. screamed

53. A. helped               B. assured                     C. proposed                 D. promised

54. A. peace         B. work                 C. energy             D. time

55. A. I                       B. we                    C. she                  D. they

Answer 1

41---55    DCAAD   BCABD   AACDB  

解析:

41．答案：D。解析：Jennifer和Valerie自从三年级就是朋友，所以他们有着共同的中学经历。share的意思是“共同享有”。

42．答案：C。解析：从上下文看，两个学生驱车参加他们中学生活的最后一件事--中学毕业典礼。

43．答案：A。解析：although引导让步状语从句，从下文可知，他们虽然是亲密朋友，却在很多方面有差异。

44．答案：A。解析：从下文看，Jennifer是一个相当用功的学生，而Valerie只是在混日子，勉强毕业。while用作并列连词，意思是“而；然而”，表示转折对比。get by有“勉强混过；侥幸过去”的意思。

45．答案：D。解析：根据空前后的结构和句意，应选D。Valerie不用功，主要对好的社会生活感兴趣。

46．答案：B。解析：我们大家都完成了中学学业，多好啊！great在口语中有“美妙的”的意思。

47．答案：C。解析：能在暑假里尽兴地玩肯定很好。must表示推测时，语气较强，用于肯定句，而can用于否定句和疑问句。

48．答案：A。解析：上文讲到，Jennifer不去游玩，而是打算在暑假的大部分时间打工，以支付上大学的费用。由此推断，她的父母只有很少的收入。

49．答案：B。解析：假期打工为父母分忧，她决心找一份工作，这样就买得起父母不能提供的所有东西。

50答案：D。解析：一方面，Jennifer家境不太好；另一方面，Valerie却来自一个相当富有的家庭。on the other hand常用于二者对比。

51．答案：A。解析：what引导的宾语从句作for的宾语，what在从句中作take … for granted的宾语。

52．答案：A。解析：Valerie实话实说，所以选用admit（承认）。

53．答案：C。解析：她的叔叔已邀她去巴哈马过一年，在他开的饭店里当女招待。

54．答案：D。解析：这份工作会给她提供足够的时间在巴哈马群岛的海滩上游玩。

55．答案：B。解析：听了Valerie的话，Jennifer心中暗想，“看来我们真的要各奔前程了”。