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It was in the past two years that Aaron Segura was always sinking at West Mesa High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The 16?year?old student was __1__ in golf, but his __2__ was another matter. Aaron was “just walking through the chapters hard” in courses like chemistry, his grades were low, and he was __3__ to dropping out. It was not that Aaron didn't have __4__; it simply didn't exist in his large, impersonal public high school.
Then his mother heard about Albuquerque's Charter Vocational High School(特立职业高中), a place where students __5__ plenty of one?on?one attention. Something else __6__ Aaron even more. His one strong goal was to go into __7__, and Charter Vocational had just the thing for him: an architectural CAD(computer?aided drafting) program.
Aaron __8__ the school at the beginning of his junior year. For the first time, he __9__ himself excited about learning. By the following summer, he had got a(n) __10__ as a draftsman for an architectural firm. His plan was to __11__ drafting professionally after he graduated.
If Aaron has anyone to thank for his __12__ of the fortune, it was Danny Moon, a long?time industrial arts teacher. Moon __13__ a vocational apprenticeship(学徒) program in the mid?1990s, __14__ the Albuquerque school district couldn't pay for any longer.
But two years later, in 2000, Moon's phone rang. The state had recently __15__ a charter school law, and a district official wondered if Moon might be __16__ in opening a vocational charter school. An easy __17__. With this sort of instruction, Moon knew he could __18__ students like Aaron,who might have a __19__ time in traditional high schools. He'd also be filling an increasing __20__ across New Mexico for skilled labor.
1.A.average B.excellent C.curious D.different
2.A.ability B.ideal C.study D.mission
3.A.certain B.close C.cautious D.eager
4.A.ambition B.energy C.courage D.experience
5.A.pay B.gain C.draw D.bring
6.A.appealed B.attracted C.employed D.comforted
7.A.firm B.golf C.chemistry D.architecture
8.A.applied B.attended C.qualified D.admitted
9.A.recognized B.enjoyed C.found D.devoted
10.A.job B.condition C.situation D.occasion
11.A.pick up B.make up C.take up D.set up
12.A.change B.progress C.effort D.achievement
13.A.realized B.ran C.discovered D.offered
14.A.since B.until C.though D.after
15.A.passed B.made C.proved D.appeared
16.A.crazy B.fond C.interested D.aware
17.A.direction B.answer C.promise D.success
18.A.create B.worry C.regret D.target
19.A.royal B.tough C.free D.short
20.A.demand B.form C.order D.satisfaction
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When high school started, Becky and I became best friends. We __1__ many interests and quickly became inseparable. When high school ended, we both cried __2__ we would attend different colleges in the fall.
Our first term of university life was __3__. We had a huge telephone bill and our e-mails were incredibly long. In the second term I found some new friends with whom I felt very _4__. These were friends with whom I could be myself and __5__ out my feelings. I was eager to share my new friends with Becky.
When Becky finally visited me at my school, we were excited. She __6__ a toy bear to me as a present and told me about her college life. However, something unexpected happened when I __7__ her to my new friends. Her eyes grew dark and I could see the __8__ within them. My new friends tried to share their friendship, but Becky seemed __9__ to accept it. I didn’t understand _ 10__ the people I loved most couldn’t love each other.
Becky left. I knew she was not happy. I thought long about what had happened. After many unanswered questions, I understood that she was __11__. She saw me with my new friends and __12__ that we no longer shared the same experiences. She saw all the fun I was having __13__ her and wished she could be a part of it. She wished she could be in their __14__.
I wrote a letter to Becky __15__ she’s always my best friend. I told her everyone had friends from home and friends from school, and all the friends were indeed life’s greatest __16__. Becky wrote me back soon. She was in __17__ and felt sorry about what she had done.
I think Becky and I both learn an important lesson from it. __18__ can influence our friendship and change the experiences we’ve shared. We are now walking on two different paths of __19__. While new friends are special and exciting, old friends are always there, __20__ to share their heart and soul, no matter how far apart.
1. A. showed B. developed C. protected D. shared
2. A. because B. unless C. although D. while
3. A. modern B. peaceful C. hard D. normal
4. A. anxious B. comfortable C. familiar D. strange
5. A. figure B. make C. pour D. hold
6. A. brought B. returned C. donated D. recommended
7. A. admitted B. introduced C. mentioned D. referred
8. A. concern B. doubt C. curiosity D. hurt
9. A. ashamed B. cautious C. unwilling D. calm
10. A. how B. why C. that D. whether
11. A. aggressive B. discouraged C. proud D. jealous
12. A. regretted B. argued C. promised D. proved
13. A. for B. from C. without D. across
14. A. expectation B. position C. reception D. relation
15. A. recognizing B. predicting C. assuming D. explaining
16. A. gift B. spirit C. achievement D. sign
17. A. sympathy B. agreement C. surprise D. confusion
18. A. Nothing B. Anything C. Something D. Everything
19. A. success B. happiness C. research D. life
20. A. choosing B. planning C. waiting D. demanding
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