A 25-five-year student from Hubei was admitted into Tsinghua University, China’ most famous university, after an eight-year ___21___．Li Jun comes from a small village of Hubei Province．He first ____22____ going to college in year 2000 ___23__he was admitted by a local school after __24___ from a secondary technical school at 17．As a ___25___ art student, he passed the exam again the next year but __26_____ school due to economic pressure in September 2002．Life seemed ___27___ but Li didn’t give in．He earned a _28_____ by working part-time in Wuhan’s art rooms and tutoring students．But he never lost sight of his lifelong dream of __29___ the Academy of Arts & Design of Tsinghua University．Li __30____ the college entrance examination for five continuous years from 2003．____31___, he missed making the cut one mark last year．

       In 2008, his fifth try, Li’s efforts ___32_____．He finished the qualifying exam in his province and was finally admitted as a sculpture major in Tsinghua University．Every year, Li took art __33___ in Beijing and took exams from December to March．He then took cultural courses in his school till June．The rest of the year he spent on __34____ work．Li said he hadn’t ____35___any money from his family since he graduated from the technical secondary school．Li said the reason he maintained for eight years was that he wanted to change his __36_____ through knowledge．

       _____37___ by his contribution, Li Jun’s university __38____ him 9,000 yuan out of his tution fees of 11,450 yuan．An eight-year struggle may have come to an end for Li Jun, but a new ___39__ has now begun．Li said he would not worry about repaying loans at present．He wants to study well and __40___ more scholarships．

A．research     B．struggle            C．service              D．expectation

A．talked of           B．told of             C．dreamt of          D．knew of

A．where        B．when             C．that               D．since

A．learning     B．separating         C．dating               D．graduating

A．gifted        B．surprised           C．interested          D．easy-going

A．went on with B．watched out for      C．dropped out of        D．looked forward to

A．unfair        B．happy               C．practical           D．busy 

A．value         B．respect              C．freedom           D．living

A．entering     B．visiting             C．supporting               D．pursing

A．turned to     B．applied for           C．called for           D．adapted to

A．Instead     B．At times           C．However           D．Besides

A．took off      B．paid off            C．gave off            D．sent off

A．ways        B．programmes         C．success             D．courses

A．full-time     B．part-time          C．out-of door          D．all

A．asked for     B．looked for         C．prayed for         D．waited for

A．plan         B．ideal              C．fate               D．opinion

A．Encouraged B．Influenced               C．Accused            D．Impressed

A．funded     B．gave                C．paid              D．cost

A．challenge     B．life                C．case               D．relationship

A．spend       B．win               C．care               D．use

A certain student passed all his examinations. Then he went to college to  16  his studies. There he wrote down his  17  for a course (课程) in English, but after the first  18  , he didn’t go to it any more.
The English lecturer  19  this student was always absent (缺席的) and thought he had  20  another course, so he was   21  when he saw the boy’s name on the list of students who wanted to take the English  22  at the end of this year.
The lecturer had  23  a difficult paper, which followed his  24  closely, and he was eager (热切的) to see  25  this student would answer the questions. He  26  the boy’s answers would be very bad, but when they  27  him and he examined them  28  , he was able to find only one small mistake in them. As this surprised him greatly, he  29  the paper repeatedly but still couldn’t find more than one mistake, so he  30  for the student to question him about it.
When he came and sat down, the lecturer asked him, “I  31  you came to my first lecture and you’ve been absent from all the others. But I’ve examined your  32  carefully and I’ve found only one small mistake in it. I’m curious (好奇的) to know your  33  .”
“I’m very  34  about that mistake,” answered the student. “After the examination, I 35  what I should have done. I would not have made that mistake if I had not been confused by your first lecture.”
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A certain student passed all his examinations. Then he went to college to  21  his studies. There he wrote down his  22 for a course in English, but after the first 23 , he didn’t go to it any more.
The English lecturer 24_this student was always absent (缺席的) and thought he had  25_to another course, so he was  26  when he saw the boy’s name on the list of students who wanted to take the English  27at the end of this year.
The lecturer had  28 a difficult paper, which followed his  29 closely, and he was eager (热切的) to see  30 this student would answer the questions. He  31__the boy’s answers would be very bad, but when they  32 him and he examined them  33 , he was able to find only one small mistake in them. As this surprised him greatly, he  34 the paper repeatedly but still couldn’t find more than one mistake, so he  35 for the student to question him about it.
When he came and sat down, the lecturer asked him, “I  36 you came to my first lecture and you’ve been absent from all the others. But I’ve examined your  37 carefully and I’ve found only one small mistake in it. I’m curious (好奇的) to know your  38 .”
“I’m very  39  about that mistake,” answered the student. “After the examination, I  40  what I should have done. I would not have made that mistake if I had not been confused by your first lecture.” 

A year ago I paid no attention to English idioms,  21  my teacher said again and again that it was important．
One day, I happened to __ 22 _ an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to  __23  ．As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner shook his head, saying, “You don’t say! You don’t say!”  I was  24 ___ , I thought, perhaps this is not a __ 25 __ topic．Well, I’d __ 26 change the topic．So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall?  _27 _ the way, have you ever __28__ there?” “Certainly, everyone back home will __29 __ me if I leave China without seeing __30 ．It was great．” I said, “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world． It is a place of  31 ．” Soon I was interrupted again by his words, “ __ 32  !” I couldn’t  _33 __ asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t ask you to do __34__ ”, he answered, gently surprised．
I said, “Didn’t you say ‘You don’t say’?”
Hearing this, the Englishman _ 35__  to tears．He began to __ 36___ ,“‘You don’t say actually means ‘really?’．It is an  _37__  of surprise．Perhaps you don’t pay attention __38___ English idioms．”
Then I knew I had made a fool of __39__ ．Since then I have been more  ___50__  with idioms．

A little boy was visiting his grandparents on their farm. He was given a slingshot(弹弓）to   21 in the woods. He practiced and practiced but could never   22  the target. Becoming somewhat   23 , he headed back for dinner.
As he was returning, he saw Grandma’s   24 duck. Without thinking, he shot his slingshot, hit the duck right   25 the head and killed it. He was shocked and sad. Quickly, he   26 the dead duck in the wood pile, only to see his   27 watching. Sally had seen it all, but she said nothing.
After   28 that day, Grandma said, “Sally, you wash the dishes.” But Sally said, “Grandma, Johnny told me that he wanted to   29 in the kitchen today, didn't you, Johnny?” And then she   30 to him, “Remember, the duck?” Then Johnny did the dishes.
Later, Grandpa asked if the children wanted to __31__ fishing, and Grandma said, “I’m sorry but I __32__ Sally to help me make supper.” But Sally smiled and said, “Well, that’s all right. Johnny told me he wanted to __33__.” And she whispered again, “Remember, the   34  ?” So Sally went fishing and Johnny   35 at home.
After several days, Johnny finally couldn't   36 it any longer. He went to Grandma and   37 that he had killed her pet duck and asked for her   38 .
Hearing this, Grandma knelt down, gave him a hug, and said, “Sweetheart, I know. You see, I was standing at the   39 and saw the whole thing from the house. And because I   40 you, I forgive you, but I was just wondering how long you would let Sally make you her slave.”