Emily was a very big fan of animals when she was a child. As a result, all she ever heard about growing up was "Emily, you should be a  36 _. You're going to be great in that field. That's what you should do.” _37 when she got to the Ohio State University, she took biology, anatomy, and chemistry, and started studying to be a vet.

A Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship(奖学金) allowed her to spend her 38 year studying abroad in Manchester, England. Away from the family and 39 from them, she found herself one day sitting at her desk, surrounded by biology books and staring out the window, when it suddenly hit her: "I'm in total 40 _. I don't want to be a vet!"

 41 she thought back over all the things she'd done in her life and what had made her happy. And then it hit her -- it was all of the youth leadership conferences(会议) that she had volunteered  42  and the communications and leadership courses she had taken as selective courses back at Ohio State.  "How could I have been so 43 ? Here I am in my fourth year at school and just finally realizing I'm on the_ 44 path. I just never took the time to 45  it until now,” she thought.

Inspired by her new 46 , Emily spent the rest of her year in England taking courses in communications and media studies. When 47 to Ohio State, she was eventually able to 48_    the administration(管理部门) to let her create her own program in "leadership studies", _49 it took her 2 years longer to finally graduate. She  50 to become a senior management consultant in leadership training and development for the Pentagon. She  51 founded a drug-prevention organization that conveys(传达) the __52__ "Lead your own life with the skill and the_ 53 to say no."

So, never live someone else's _54  . If you limit your _55 only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want.

36．A. teacher                 B. vet                C. doctor                  D. nurse

37．A. For                       B. But                        C. So                    D. Or 

38．A. final               B. usual                     C. first                      D. past

39．A. promise                B. warning                 C. complaint             D. pressure

40．A. pain                      B. silence                  C. confidence            D. surprise

41．A. Perhaps               B. Instead                  C. Then                  D. Often

42．A. of                          B. at                 C. with                     D. on

43．A. disturbed              B. intelligent                C. ignorant(无知的) D. inspired

44．A. clear                    B. wrong              C. short                     D. wide

45．A. permit                   B. admit              C. accomplish          D. complete

46．A. understanding                                        B. discovery             C. research       D. information  

47．A. relating                 B. referring               C. responding       D. returning 

48．A. prepare                B. convince           C. force                   D. forbid     

49．A. though                                         B. as                                C. if                  D. once

50．A. employed             B. failed                     C. continued         D. retired         

51．A. still                       B. also                      C. again                    D. only

52．A. message                                      B. signal                          C. sign              D. word

53．A. will                        B. chance                 C. fact                       D. pride

54．A. promises               B. dreams            C. requests             D. successes

55．A. smiles                    B. reasons                C. mistakes               D. choices

 (江西省南昌二中2009届高三5月模拟考试D篇)

Once it was possible to define male and female roles easily by the division of the labor. Men worked outside the home and earned the income to support their families, while women cooked the meals and took care of the home and the children. These roles were firmly fixed for most people, and there was not much opportunity for men or women to exchange their roles. But in the middle of 1ast century, men’s and women’s roles were becoming less firmly fixed

In the 1950s, economic and social success was the goal of the typical American. But in the 1960s a new force developed called the counterculture(反传统文化). The people involved in this movement did not value the middle-class American goals. The counterculture presented men and women with new role choices. Taking more interest in childcare, men began to share child-raising tasks with their wives. In fact, some young men and women moved to communal  homes or farms where the economic and childcare responsibilities were shared equally by both sexes. In addition, many Americans did not value the traditional male role of soldier. Some young men refused to be drafted as soldiers to fight in the war in Vietnam.

In terms of numbers, the counterculture was not a very large group of people. But its influence spread to many parts of American society. Working men of all classes began to change their economic and social patterns. Industrial workers and business executives alike cut down on “overtime” work so that they could spend more leisure time with their families. Some doctors, lawyers, and teachers turned away from high paying situations to practice their professions in poorer neighborhoods.

In the 1970s, the feminist movement, or women’s liberation, produced additional economic and social changes. Women of all ages and at all levels of society were entering the work force in greater number. Most of them still took traditional women’s jobs such as public school teaching, nursing, and secretarial work. But some women began to enter traditionally male occupations: police work, banking, dentistry(牙医术), and construction work. Women were asking for equal work.

Today the experts generally agree that important changes are taking place in the roles of men and women. Naturally, there are difficulties in adjusting to these changes.

68．According to the passage, in the past      .

       A．women usually worked outside the home for wages.

       B．men’s and women’s roles were easily exchanged

       C．men’s roles at home was more firmly fixed than women’s

       D．men’s and women’s roles usually were quite separated

69．It could be inferred from the passage that      .

       A．men and women will never share the same goals.

       B．some men will be willing to change their traditional male roles.

       C．most men will be happy to share some of the household responsibilities with their wives.

       D．more American householders are headed by women than ever before.

70．The underlined word “communal” in paragraph 2 means      .

       A．common                 B．individual                  C．separate             D．private

71．The best title for the passage may be      .

       A．Results of Feminist Movement             

       B．New Influence and Americans’ Life

       C．Counterculture and Its Consequence     

       D．Traditional Division of Male and Female Roles

Grown-ups are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practiced ever since. A man who has not had a chance to go swimming for years can still swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water. He can get on a bicycle after many years and still ride away. He can play catch and hit a ball as well as his son. A mother who has not thought about the words for years can teach her daughter the poem that begins "Twinkle, twinkle, little star" or remember the story of Cinderella or Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
One explanation is the law of overlearning, which can be stated as follows: Once we have learned something, additional learning trials(尝试) increase the length of time we will remember it.
In childhood we usually continue to practice such skills as swimming, bicycle riding, and playing baseball long after we have learned them. We continue to listen to and remind ourselves of words such as "Twinkle, twinkle, little star" and childhood tales such as Cinderella and Goldilocks. We not only learn but overlearn.
The multiplication tables(乘法口诀表) are an exception to the general rule that we forget rather quickly the things that we learn in school, because they are another of the things we overlearn in childhood.
The law of overlearning explains why cramming(突击学习)for an examination, though it may result in a passing grade, is not a satisfactory way to learn a college course. By cramming, a student may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examination, but he is likely soon to forget almost everything he learned. A little overlearning, on the other hand, is really necessary for one's future development.
【小题1】What is the main idea of paragraph 1?

Grown-ups are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practiced ever since. A man who has not had a chance to go swimming for years can still swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water. He can get on a bicycle after many years and still ride away. He can play catch and hit a ball as well as his son. A mother who has not thought about the words for years can teach her daughter the poem that begins "Twinkle, twinkle, little star" or remember the story of Cinderella or Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
One explanation is the law of overlearning, which can be stated as follows: Once we have learned something, additional learning trials(尝试) increase the length of time we will remember it.
In childhood we usually continue to practice such skills as swimming, bicycle riding, and playing baseball long after we have learned them. We continue to listen to and remind ourselves of words such as "Twinkle, twinkle, little star" and childhood tales such as Cinderella and Goldilocks. We not only learn but overlearn.
The multiplication tables(乘法口诀表) are an exception to the general rule that we forget rather quickly the things that we learn in school, because they are another of the things we overlearn in childhood.
The law of overlearning explains why cramming(突击学习)for an examination, though it may result in a passing grade, is not a satisfactory way to learn a college course. By cramming, a student may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examination, but he is likely soon to forget almost everything he learned. A little overlearning, on the other hand, is really necessary for one's future development.
【小题1】What is the main idea of paragraph 1?

Grown-ups are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practiced ever since. A man who has not had a chance to go swimming for years can still swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water. He can get on a bicycle after many years and still ride away. He can play catch and hit a ball as well as his son. A mother who has not thought about the words for years can teach her daughter the poem that begins "Twinkle, twinkle, little star" or remember the story of Cinderella or Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
One explanation is the law of overlearning, which can be stated as follows: Once we have learned something, additional learning trials increase the length of time we will remember it.
In childhood we usually continue to practice such skills as swimming, bicycle riding, and playing baseball long after we have learned them. We continue to listen to and remind ourselves of words such as "Twinkle, twinkle, little star" and childhood tales such as Cinderella and Goldilocks. We not only learn but overlearn.
The multiplication tables(乘法口诀表)are an exception to the general rule. that we forget rather quickly the things that we learn in school, because they are another of the things we overlearn in childhood. The law of overlearning explains why cramming (突击学习)for an examination, though it may result in a passing grade, is not a satisfactory way to learn a college course. By cramming, a student may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examination, but he is likely soon to forget almost everything he learned. A little overlearning, on the other hand, is really necessary for one's future development
【小题1】What’s the main idea of Paragraph 1