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“Good night, Yammine.”
“Good night, Chief,” I reply.
The cell door __36__ and I hear Chief's keys clinking as other doors clang shut further down the row. I step into my little cell and sit down. I glance up at the window, covered in mesh(铁网),and think to myself, “This isn't a life, it's just a(n) __37__.”
Being __38__ makes me feel as though I'm being buried alive. I am a puppet(木偶) with people __39__ strings so that I eat, sleep and wake when they want me to.
I lie on my bed as night __40__ and think the same thoughts __41__. I think about how it all went so wrong, and imagine how I will __42__ for all the time I've lost.
Every day I live the same routine and nothing changes except the people. Prisoners depart for other prisons, or get __43__. Others __44__ from different prisons, or fresh from custody. It's a __45__ revolving(旋转) door.
When I committed my __46__, I was a lost young boy, but now I am __47__. Walking around the yard, I would notice my fellow prisoners reading books and writing letters to friends and family, which upset me as my __48__ at school was limited.
I longed for the day when I'd be able to sit in the sun, enjoying a cup of coffee and reading a newspaper or book __49__ my choice. I also longed to write letters to my friends and family, sharing my thoughts and feelings.
I decided not to waste my time inside and, __50__, make the most of all the resources available to me. I started to learn and was __51__ to realize my dream.
Now, after five years' persistence, heartache and hard work, I have __52__ my goal. Having __53__ a course as a reading adviser, I can now help others to read and write. And I have even started a creative writing workshop at Junee Correctional Centre. Learning to read and write at a highter level has given me the inner strength to present myself in a more __54__ manner.
And the day I've dreamed about has come true: I now enjoy my cup of coffee with a book in my other hand. Learning to read and write has changed my life and this article is my first piece of “proper” writing, and it won't be my __55__.
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阅读下面对话,掌握其大意,并根据所给首字母的提示,在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式,使对话通顺。(每小题一分,共10分)
A:Excuse me, sir, but I’m writing a report on what people prefer to do on holiday. Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?
B:No, not at all. Please go (76) a_______.
A:How often do you go on holiday?
B:I generally have two weeks’ holiday a year.
A:And what do you prefer to do when you are on holiday?
B:Well, I don’t usually visit my family. We live quite (77) c_____ and I can see them any time. But I do like to visit museums, (78) e__________ if there is a special exhibition on. I don’t like to stay at home, though my parents do. (79)I________, I prefer to get away from the city and just (80) e________ the peace of the country. You know, just sit under a tree, listen to the birds in the morning, or maybe go walking over the hills.
A:Have you ever (81) t_________ abroad?
B:No, I haven’t .It’s too (82) e__________ for me. But my wife loves to visit the coast, so if the (83) w_________ is good we often go swimming in the sea, or maybe just lie on the (84) b________ and bathe in the sun.
A:OK. Well, thank you very much for your time.
B:You are (85) w_________.
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Every time I passed boys who were playing basketball, I stopped to silently watch them. I really envied them. But as a girl, I once thought that I could 36 play basketball.
I like playing basketball though I'm not good at it. I've had a basketball 37 I was a child. At first, I could play freely because no one 38 when I was just a kid. But as I grew up it seemed harder and harder for me to enjoy basketball.
At school, it was always the boys who played basketball during PE classes. The girls were 39 allowed to play volleyball or badminton.
My parents did not 40 me play basketball at home. “Basketball is not fit for girls,” they said. 41 I went to play basketball with my friends, boys 42 at me on the court as if I were an alien.
I was feeling 43 and had lost hope of playing basketball. 44 , something changed the first day of high school. I made some friends who also enjoyed playing basketball. They 45 me to get back on the court.
One of them told me with a smile, “Go your own 46 , let others talk.” This girl would always play basketball with me. Even the boy who sat next to me in class talked about 47 with me almost every day.
I was inspired by them. Confidence and passion 48 to my heart. I am ready to stand up and play. I will play as well as I can, 49 for me, even the sky is boundless (无垠的).
Basketball has become an important part of my 50 . I am interested in it. I watch matches and enjoy playing almost every day. Through basketball, not only do I feel happy and confident, but also 51 a lot.
I've heard the NBA star Tracy McGrady say, “Nothing is impossible.” It is from an advertisement on TV. I have 52 to realize that life is just like playing basketball. You should have an 53 . After that, just be confident and 54 going. Never give up and you'll make it sooner or later.
I love the motto of the NBA. It can 55 my strong feelings for basketball, “I love this game!”
A. ever | B. often | C. never | D. always |
A. when | B. before | C. after | D. since |
A. struggled | B. eared | C. enjoyed | D. joined |
A. only | B. almost | C. hardly | D. not |
A. encourage | B. agree | C. let | D. permit |
A. Still | B. Yet | C. Just | D. Even |
A. looked | B. glared | C. glanced | D. stared |
A. up | B. down | C. excited | D. satisfied |
A. Unluckily | B. Naturally | C. Unexpectedly | D. Clearly |
A. encouraged | B. forbade | C. ensured | D. explored |
A. effort | B. way | C. business | D. direction |
A. basketball | B. sports | C. interests | D. dreams |
A. stuck | B. referred | C. turned | D. returned |
A. but | B. though | C. and | D. however |
A. wish | B. life | C. work | D. study |
A. experience | B. grow | C. learn | D. play |
A. come | B. turned | C. refused | D. happened |
A. idea | B. aim | C. opinion | D. effort |
A, insist | B. remain | C. keep | D. last |
A. inform | B. express | C. ignore | D. connect |
阅读下面对话,掌握其大意,并根据所给首字母的提示,在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式,使对话通顺。
A:Excuse me, sir, but I’m writing a report on what people prefer to do on holiday. Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?
B:No, not at all. Please go (76)a_______.
A:How often do you go on holiday?
B:I generally have two weeks’ holiday a year.
A:And what do you prefer to do when you are on holiday?
B:Well, I don’t usually visit my family. We live quite(77) c_____ and I can see them any time. But I do like to visit museums, (78)e__________ if there is a special exhibition on. I don’t like to stay at home, though my parents do. (79)I________, I prefer to get away from the city and just (80)e________ the peace of the country. You know, just sit under a tree, listen to the birds in the morning, or maybe go walking over the hills.
A:Have you ever (81)t_________ abroad?
B:No, I haven’t .It’s too (82)e__________ for me. But my wife loves to visit the coast, so if the (83)w_________ is good we often go swimming in the sea, or maybe just lie on the (84)b________ and bathe in the sun.
A:OK. Well, thank you very much for your time.
B:You are (85)w_________.
查看习题详情和答案>>I’m Monty Don. Though I’m a host and writer now, I had an unhappy study experience actually. I changed 21 many times.
I first went to school at five. None of my teachers or classmates liked me, because I always gave them a lot of 22 . I once put a worm in a girl's pocket. When I was seven, I was asked to 23 the school. Then I was sent off to a boarding school. I missed my 24 very much at first; I didn't want to leave once I returned home. Later I met a very 25 teacher, who cared for me and helped me with study. He was also the 26 person to encourage me to act and write. At 13, I moved to Malvern College, but I was kicked out at 15 for 27 school rules. Then I went to another school where I failed my English A level. In fact, I didn't like studying.
I finally 28 that life shouldn't be like this. So I retook the 29 and got an A grade. And more 30 , I made a decision: to go to college, so I began to 31 for the entrance exam. I 32 passed the exam and went to Cambridge to read English. I met my wife there and I was 33 I made that decision, otherwise I wouldn't have had a happy family. Looking back on what I've 34 , I come to know that if you devote yourself to it, nothing is 35 .
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