题目内容
____ four years since I joined the Army.
A. There was B. There is C. It was D. It is
D
How I Turned to Be Optimistic
I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt's house, and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. We were on the bus then. I was crying, and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning.
I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see-—the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving never to come back was hardly in my head then.
The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism, but the idea did not come to me at once. For the first two years in New York I was really lost—having to study in three schools as a result of family moves. I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother remarried, and things became even more complex for me. Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each other. I was often sad, and saw no end to "the hard times."
My responsibilities in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters, filled out forms, translated at interviews with Immigration officers, took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there, and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives.
From my experiences I have learned one important rule: almost all common troubles eventually go away! Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up, and just wait a little! I believe that my life will turn out all right, even though it will not be that easy.
1.How did the author get to know America?
A． From her relatives. B． From her mother.
C． From books and pictures. D． From radio programs.
2.Upon leaving for America the author felt_______.
A. confused B. excited C. worried D amazed
3.For the first two years in New York, the author _________.
A. often lost her way B. did not think about her future
C. studied in three different schools D got on well with her stepfather
4.What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 4?
A. She worked as a translator. B. She attended a lot of job interviews.
C. She paid telephone bills for her family. D She helped her family with her English.
Mom, Dad, I’m going to college! Can you believe it? I never thought it could happen. 16 middle school and part of high school, I 17 to keep up. I was not a bad student，but I just didn’t understand 18 they were teaching because I have a learning 19. I wanted to show everyone I could graduate and go to 20 . I wanted to make something of myself, and 21 I wasn’t a failure.
22 the time came to choose a college, I wasn’t sure which would be the best for me. I knew I didn’t 23 to go to a big school, which narrowed(缩小) my 24 to a small college which could be 25 for me with a learning disability. I looked in Florida and found three schools. I 26 two, but they just didn’t 27.Then I visited Beacon College. Beacon is mainly for students who have learning disabilities and it has small classes.
The day when I was 28 by Beacon College was the happiest day of my life. I received the call from the school 29 me I was accepted just as I was sitting down for dinner. My family was so 30, and I was ready to pack that night and move to Florida. The expectation of going to college 31 the rest of my senior year.
The closer the time came, the more nervous I became about being in a(n) 32 place. Finally my parents and I packed the car and 33 Florida. After a two-day drive, we arrived.
“Welcome to Beacon College! It is so nice to see you!” I heard 34 from the teachers and students, as we were introduced. I felt so 35 to hear those cheerful voices. I knew I had found a perfect（理想的）school. I had found my home for the next four years.
1. A. During B. Through C. Until D. Under
2.A. struggled B. started C. forgot D. turned
3.A. how B. that C. why D. what
4.A. experience B. advantage C. disability D. habit
5.A. work B. college C. hospital D. home
6. A. believe B. prove C. feel D. imagine
7.A. Because B. After C. When D. Before
8. A. want B. manage C. decide D. refuse
9.A. plans B. decisions C. choices D. purposes
10. A. honorable B. imaginable C. comfortable D. suitable
11. A. expected B. left C. visited D. dreamed
12.A. work B. fit C. match D. satisfy
13. A. asked B. invited C. accepted D. attracted
14.A. telling B. warning C. advising D. reminding
15. A. worried B. surprised C. frightened D. excited
16. A. stopped B. lasted C. saw D. held
17.A. old B. famous C. familiar D. new
18.A. cared for B. looked for C. headed for D. asked for
19.A. day and night B. over and over C. more or less D. less than
20.A. warm B. cold C. sad D. sorry
Computer programmer David Jones makes 35,000 pounds a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a credit card (信用卡). Instead, he has been told to wait another two years, until he is 18.
The 16-year-old boy works for a small firm in Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David’s firm puts two new games on the home market each month.
But David’s biggest headache is what to do with his money. In spite of his salary, made by inventing new programs within a quite short period of time, the bonus payments and profit-sharing (奖金和分红), he cannot drive a car, get some money from a bank to buy a house, or get credit cards.
He lives with his parents in their house in Liverpool, where his father is a bus driver. His firm has to pay ￡150 a month in taxi fares to get him the five miles to work and back every day because David cannot drive.
David got his job with the firm a year after leaving school with six 0-levels and working for a time in a computer shop. “I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs,” he said.
“I suppose 35,000 pounds sounds a lot but actually that’s not good enough. I hope it will come to more than that this year.” He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother 20 pounds a week. But most of his spare time is spent working.
“Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school,” he said. “But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I know what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway.”
David added, “I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement (退休) is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear.”
1.Why is David different from other young people of his age?
A. He earns a very high salary. B. He has not a job.
C. He does not go out much. D. He lives at home with his parents.
2.David’s greatest problem is ____________.
A. making the banks treat him as a grown-up B. inventing computer games
C. spending his salary D. learning to drive
3.He was hired by the firm because ____________.
A. he had worked in a computer shop B. he had written some computer programs
C. he worked very hard D. he had learned to use computers at school
4.He left school after taking six 0-levels because ____________.
A. he did not enjoy school
B. he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help him
C. he was afraid of getting too old to start computing
D. he wanted to earn a lot of money
5.Why does David think he might retire early?
A. One has to be young to write computer programs.
B. He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire.
C. He thinks computer games might not always sell so well.
D. He thinks his firm might go bad.
单词拼写（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
根据下列句子及所给汉字注释或首字母提示，在句子后边的横线上，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空只写一词）
1.We should not judge a person by his __________ 外表）.
2.How did the people __________ （反应）to the latest news?
3.Schools need __________（志愿者）to help children to read.
4.It was said that the little child had been __________（咬）by the fierce dog.
5.Police asked __________（过路人）if they had seen the accident.
6.I like to read books on __________（电子的）music.
7.We may __________（自信地）look forward to the future.
8. Lesinko is quite f_________ with China Central Television. He worked there for 25 years.
9. I don’t like b__________ with the sellers over the price of the goods.
10.The scientist encourages the young to e__________ unknown fields.
11.The hotel bill c__________ every fee, including the broken glass.
12.The doctor p__________ the operation successfully.
13.It is a__________ to the weather forecast that we know there will be a heavy snow in 3 days.
14.Both the Winter and the Summer Olympics are held every four years on a r__________ basis. 15.To be honest, some parents don’t a__________ great importance to their children’s character training.
A. From her relatives. B. From her mother.
C. From books and pictures. D. From radio programs.
A. confused B. excited
C. worried D amazed
C. studied in three different schools D. got on well with her stepfather
A. She worked as a translator.
B. She attended a lot of job interviews.
C. She paid telephone bills for her family.
D She helped her family with her English.
5.The author believes that______.
A. her future will be free from troubles
B. it is difficult to learn to become patient
C. there are more good things than bad things
D. good things will happen if one keeps trying
