Dear Future Me,

Happy 30th birthday! It's me, your 20-year-old  1 . Do you still remember the day when you wrote this e- mail?

The other day, Rachel was having her 30th birthday, and she was  2  out thinking that she had achieved nothing. It  3  me that I should make resolutions about what I want to  4  before my 30th.

This idea got me to   5  my future. Before, my life was   6  with the only theme ---college. Now, looking  7  , there will be people I have to get along with though I may  8  them, and things I have to deal with which I   9   to regard as worthless. The way to  10  is not cold war or stubbornness(固执)  11  compromise and communication.

What I am going to  12  is a society, not a locked classroom. So what are you doing? Do you still lock yourself up when you  13  people around?

I know I am shy and only  14   my attention on study. But I  15  hope that you are not like me, a mind easily affected by the outside world. After years of experience, hopefully you have  16   out of that small world and hold a place of your own.

_17  , there are also things that I don’t want you to change. Are you still the guy who  18  his judgment and has faith in life? Remember: try to find something  19_ in spite of difficulties.

I hope you are the way I want to be. But no matter what you are doing or what your life is like, I’ll always  20  you. Just be happy and healthy. That’s all I asked for.

Yours

Present Me

1．A．brother            B．sister             C．self              D． student

2．A．stressed           B．tired                  C．excited            D． confused

3．A．introduced         B．forced               C．showed              D． reminded

4．A．receive         B．achieve                C．plan               D． learn

5．A．consider          B．dream           C．imagine              D． change

6．A．puzzled             B．signaled        C．marked            D． attached

7．A．back                B．ahead          C．around            D． out

8．A．forget              B．help                C．admire             D． hate

9．A．used              B．need               C．dare               D． have

10．A．get off           B．get through        C．get in              D． get away

11．A．or                B．and              C．but              D． while

12．A．deal              B．treat                C．settle             D． face

13．A．have to do with                                                                 B．have trouble with   

       C．keep in touch with                             D． have fun with

14．A．pay             B．focus          C．attract             D． draw

15．A．sincerely         B．hardly              C．generally             D． finally

16．A．raised            B．lifted            C．risen              D． held

17．A．Therefore      B．Thus              C．Anyhow           D． However

18．A．doubts about     B．believes in        C．lies in             D． lives on

19．A．strange          B．funny             C．cheerful            D． fresh

20．A．encourage      B．protect              C．comfort             D． memorize

A young Scottish lady, like a lot of teens today, got tired of home. The daughter objected to her family’s 　1.　lifestyle and said, “I don’t want your God. I am leaving!” She left home. Before long, she was disappointed and unable to find a job, so she took to the streets to do everything she could to 　2.　. Many years passed by, her father died, her mother grew 　3.　, and the daughter became more and more stubborn in her way of life.

No  4. was made between mother and daughter during these years. The mother, having 　 heard of her daughter’s whereabouts, went to the poor part of the city in 　5.　of her daughter. She stopped at 　6.　of the rescue missions(收容所) with a simple speech. “Would you allow me to 　7.　this picture?” It was a picture of the smiling, gray-haired mother with a handwritten 　8.　at the bottom: “I love you still … come home!”

One day the daughter wandered into a rescue mission for a hot meal. She sat 　9.　listening to the service, all the while letting her 　10.　wander over to the bulletin board. There she saw the picture and thought, could that be my mother?

She couldn’t 　11.　until the service was over. She stood and went to look. It was her mother, and there were those words, “I love you still … come home!”　12.　she stood in front of the picture, she wept. It was too 　13.　to be true.

It was night, but she was so 　14.　by the message that she started walking home.　15.　the time she arrived it was early in the morning. She was afraid and 　16.　her way timidly. As she knocked, the door 　17.　open on its own. She thought someone must broken into the house. Concerned for her mother’s 　18.　, the young girl ran to the bedroom and shook her mother awake and said, “It’s me! It’s me! I’m home!”

The mother couldn’t believe her eyes. They fell into each other’s 　19.　. The daughter said, “I was so worried and thought someone had broken in.” The mother replied gently, “No, dear. From the day you left, that door has never been 　20.　.”

Agatha Christin went out at night. She never  36  the night when she met a   37  many years ago.

That evening, she was going to a birthday party which  38  until 2 o’clock in the morning. Agatha walked in the  39  street alone. Suddenly from the shadow of a dark building a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out  40  her. “Good morning, lady.” the man said in a   41  voice, “I don’t think you wish to  42  here!” “ What do you   43  ?”Agatha asked.

“ Your earrings, take them off!”

Agatha suddenly had a  44  idea. She tried to cover her necklace with the collar of her overcoat while she used  45  hand to take off both of her earrings and then quickly  46  them on the ground.

“  47  them and let me go, “ she said. The robber  48  that girl didn’t like the earrings at all, only trying to  49  the necklace. It would cost  50  , so he said, “ Give me your necklace.”

“ Oh, sir. It’s  51  worth much. Please let me  52  it.”

“Stop rubbish. Quick!”

With shaking hands Agatha took off her necklace. As soon as the robber  53  , she picked up her earrings and ran as fast as she could to one of her friends,

The  54  cost 480 pounds and the necklace the robber had taken  55  cost only six pounds.

1.A．minded       B．forgot         C．remembered         D．realized

2.A．friend           B．beggar          C．robber             D．stranger

3.A．stayed        B．ended             C．began                 D．lasted

4.A．wide         B．narrow           C．quiet                  D．busy

5.A．at             B．on               C．in                   D．against

6.A．loud          B．low               C．sharp            D．wild

7.A．come         B．die              C．fight                   D．meet

8.A．do           B．make          C．want                D．ask

9.A．bright      B．foolish            C．funny         D．safe

10.A．her right   B．her left         C．the other              D．another

11.A．handed    B．put              C．passed             D．threw

12.A．Take           B．Accept            C．Collect              D．Pick

13.A．considered B．saw              C．felt                 D．thought

14.A．keep          B．own             C．have                D．guard

15.A．more         B．less            C．cheap                D．expensive

16.A．really        B．usually            C．even                D．not

17.A．wear                B．keep             C．save                       D．have

18.A．ran          B．allowed           C．disappeared        D．agreed

19.A．loss          B．luck               C．jewelry               D．earrings

20.A．away          B．out             C．off                 D．down

The months and years went by. I had been Joe’s apprentice for four years.

   One evening, Joe and I were sitting in the village inn. A stranger came in, a big, tall man, with heavy eyebrows. The man had large, very clean white hands. To my surprise, I recognized the man. I had seen him at Miss Havisham’s many years before. He had frightened me then. He frightened me a little now.

‘I think there is a blacksmith here----name of Joe Gargery,’ the man said in his loud voice.

   ‘That’s me!’ Joe answered. He stood up.

   ‘You have an apprentice, known as Pip,’ the stranger went on. ‘Where is he? ’

   ‘Here!’ I cried, standing beside Joe.

   ‘I wish to speak to you both. I wish to speak to you privately, not here,’ the man said. ‘Perhaps I could go home with you.’

We walked back to the workshop in silence. When we were in the sitting room, the man began to speak.

‘My name is Jaggers,’ he said. ‘I am a lawyer in London, where I am well-known. I have some unusual business with young Pip here. I am speaking for someone else, you understand. A client who doesn’t want to be named. Is that clear?’

Joe and I nodded.

‘I have come to take your apprentice to London,’ the lawyer said to Joe. ‘You won’t stop him from coming I hope?’

‘Stop him? Never! ’ Joe cried.

   ‘Listen, then. I have this message for Pip. He has ---- great expectations!’

   Joe and I looked at each other, too surprised to speak.

   ‘Yes, great expectations’ Mr. Jaggers repeated. ‘Pip will one day be rich, very rich. Pip is to change his way of life at once. He will no longer be a blacksmith. He is to come with me to London. He is to be educated as a gentleman. He will be a man of property.’

   And so, at last, my dream had come true. Miss Havisham----because Mr. Jaggers’ client must be Miss Havisham----had plans for me after all. I would be rich and Estella would love me!

   Mr. Jaggers was speaking again. ‘There are two conditions,’ he said, looking at me. ‘First, you will always be known as Pip. Secondly,’ Mr. Jaggers continued, ‘the name of your benefactor is to be kept secret. One day, that person will speak to you, face to face. Until then, you must not ask any questions. You must never try to find out this person’s name. Do you understand? Speak out!’

   ‘Yes, I understand,’ I answered. ‘My benefactor’s name is to remain a secret.’

   ‘Good,’ Mr. Jaggers said. ‘Now, Pip, you will come into your property when you come of age----when you are twenty-one. Until then, I am your guardian. I have money to pay for your education and to allow you to live as a gentleman. You will have a private teacher. His name is Mr. Matthew Pocket and you will stay at his house.’

   I gave a cry of surprise. Some of Miss Havisham’s relations were called Pocket. Mr. Jaggers raised his eyebrows.

   ‘Do you not want to live with Mr. Pocket? Have you any objection to this arrangement?’ he said severely.

   ‘No, no, none at all,’ I answered quickly.

   ‘Good. Then I will arrange everything,’ Mr. Jaggers went on. ‘Mr. Pocket’s son has rooms in London. I suggest you go there. Now when can you come to London?’

   I looked at Joe.

   ‘At once, if Joe has no objection,’ I said.

   ‘No objection, Pip old chap,’ Joe answered.

   ‘Then you will come in one week’s time,’ Mr. Jaggers said, standing up. ‘You will need new clothes. Here is some money to pay for them. Twenty guineas.’

   He counted the money and put it on the table.

   ‘Well, Joe Gargery, you are saying nothing,’ Mr. Jaggers said to Joe firmly. ‘I have money to give to you too.’

1.The underlined word “apprentice” in paragraph 1 means ____________.

A. a very good friend and companion

B. someone who has no money but is very skilled at their job

C. a young person who is being trained for a particular job

D. a person with no education living with another family

2.The author describes Mr. Jaggers as having ‘large, very clean white hands’ in order to ____________.

A. show how Pip recalls Mr Jaggers

B. provide a description of Mr. Jaggers to the readers only

C. indicate that Mr. Jaggers remains indoors a lot and doesn’t get much sun

D. show Mr Jaggers often washes his hands to rid himself of his own bad deeds as a lawyer

3.At the end of the passage above, Mr. Jaggers says he also has money to give Joe because ____________.

A. he believes he can also help Joe become a gentleman

B. he is repaying money loaned to Joe previously by the benefactor

C. the secret benefactor wants Joe to be his personal blacksmith

D. Joe will have to hire a new worker

4.Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

A. Joe is happy that Pip will go to London.

B. Mr. Jaggers does not want other people to know he is a lawyer.

C. Pip hopes Miss Havisham will help him become a gentleman

D. Pip will become very rich when he comes of age.