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.

The most   1thing during my long summer holiday last year, of course is my trip __2__England．This was my first time to go abroad, so it really made me   3.

At first，I went to Shakespeare's   4．It was the house   5Shakespeare was born and   6his early years．  7sitting room, hallway, bedrooms, and kitchen were furnished （布置） in sixteenth-century    8．I also went to see the Shakespeare Exhibition．It showed Shakespeare's life and career in both Stratford and London.

I really enjoyed this nice trip to England,   9I learnt a lot．I'm very happy that I could visit such an interesting   10．I want to go there again in the future.

11A．unforgettable          B．unexpected         C．fashionable         D．famous

12A．at                     B．for               C．on                D．to

13A．excited                B．disappointed       C．exciting             D．disappointing

14A．school               B．birthplace         C．room               D．home

15A．who                 B．that                C．when              D．where

16A．paid                   B．spent               C．cost               D．took

17A．It's                    B．Its                 C．It had              D．It was

18A．style                  B．site                C．shape              D．shade

19A．for which            B．which              C．from which        D．in which

20A．place                  B．town               C．country            D．summer

B.

When I was a boy,  every holiday that I had seemed wonderful．In those days the sun seemed to shine always brightly   1.the water was always warm．Sometimes we left the beach and walked in the country,   2.ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees．There were   3.in one’s pockets or good places where one could   4.ice creams．Each day seemed a lifetime.

Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good   5.is much the same as it was．I   6.like the sun and warm sand and the sound of waves beating the rocks．I no longer wish to   7.any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets．  8., I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.

Sometimes I   9.what my ideal holiday will be like when I am old．All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about   10.who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves sick of too many ice creams.

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

12.A．exploring            B．examining          C．repairing         D．measuring

13.A．sweets             B．sand              C．ice-creams       D．money

14.A．make               B．sell                 C．buy               D．offer

15.A．house              B．holiday             C．garden            D．tide

16.A．hardly              B．almost               C．still               D．perhaps

17.A．destroy             B．fix                 C．use               D．build

18.A．But                B．However           C．Otherwise        D．Besides

19.A．wonder            B．feel                  C．understand        D．believe

20.A．children            B．boys                 C．girls              D．grown-ups

She spent 25 dollars on the watch chain.It means ___.

A. she paid 25 dollars on the watch chain   B. the watch chain cost her 25 dollars

C. it took her 25 dollars buying the watch chain  D. she bought the watch chain of 25 dollars

Bob______nearly two hours doing his work yesterday.

   A.spent                  B.took                         C.paid                         D.cost

I bought a new dictionary and it ______me $.