My mother was a responsible teacher and she retired. So I decided to give her one of my old computers to help her pass the time. She had a little bit of computer    36   , so I just set it up for her and let her    37    with it on her own.

As time went on, I    38    the computer was hardly touched. She said she didn’t know    39    to use it. I decided to teach her. I sat and   40    everything and she seemed OK with what I said. Unfortunately, my sister called me at that moment   41    we talked on the phone for an hour. Then when I saw her again, she was sitting in front of the computer, looking quite    42   . The screen saver (屏幕保护) had appeared and she didn’t know how to    43    it off. She had tried    44    every key and it didn’t work. I told her, “Just   45    the mouse a little.” What I meant was that she just needed to move the mouse around to    46    the computer up. What she did was to    47    the mouse and start shaking it around in mid-air until the    48    went completely black. I couldn’t help laughing because of her funny    49   . The more I laughed the    50    she got.

She thought that I was a (n)    51   teacher and she decided to figure the thing out herself. Well, at least I helped her overcome her   52    of breaking something and encouraged her to    53    a little.

About a week later, I found a home-made    54    card with a mouse on the front making a funny face   55    to my door. It said, “Thanks for the computer lessons. Love, Mom.”

36. A. history          B. theory             C. technology     D. experience

37. A. watch           B. play                C. train              D. part

38. A. thought         B.realized      C.confirmed   D. ignored

39. A. why             B. when              C.how        D.where                      

40. A. retold            B. discussed        C. described       D. explained

41. A. because        B. but              C. and                D. since      

42. A. relaxed          B. discouraged     C. interested       D. amused

43. A. get           B. break              C. cut                D. turn

44. A. feeling          B. hitting             C. changing        D. removing

45. A. hang             B. shake              C. rub                D. pull

46. A. wake            B. clean               C. bring             D. take

47. A. put up           B. cut off            C. put away        D. pick up

48. A. screen          B. curtain            C. cover             D. window

49. A. gesture        B. movement       C. action            D. expression

50. A. angrier          B. calmer            C. ruder             D. better

51. A. respectful      B. humorous        C. careful          D. impatient

52. A. sadness         B. pressure          C. fear               D. depression

53. A. approach       B. observe           C. experiment     D. respond

54. A. birthday        B. inviting            C. shopping        D. greeting

55. A. appeared       B. printed           C. stuck             D. combined

Day after day Mary Feldman saw teens stand about outside her office at the King Street Palace, an entertainment enter in Charleston. She knew they attended a nearby middle school and were   1  from class again.

Feldman believed that if someone didn’t   2  out to these teenagers, they would soon lose all   3  in school. So one afternoon she went outside to  4  with them.

“I asked what   5  them,” she says, “Their responses were always the   6  :music, art and sports.” The 42- year – old business woman   7  a music program would be a great way to keep   8  kids interested in learning.

Local businesses came to her   13  . In four months they’d donated about ＄15,000—  14  to bring in Billy Branch, a great blues harmonica（乐器）player, who had   15  a similar program in Chicago schools. During Branch’s three week after school class in Charleston,  16  listened to music and learned to write and perform the blues   17 . “We needed skilled musicians who wanted to   18  the traditional younger people,” Feldman says.

The next year Feldman increased the numbers of blues. Now   19  5,000 middle and elementary school students in a dozen cities  20  the country take part in it.

1．A．separating             B．telling                  C．hearing                D．Escaping

2．A．come                    B．get                      C．pick                    D．reach

3．A．interest                 B．happiness            C．trust                   D．strength

4．A．play                      B．compare              C．speak                  D．meet

5．A．reminds                B．excites                C．satisfies               D．impresses

6．A．various                 B．same                   C．clear                   D．right

7．A．knew                    B．thought               C．realized               D．said

8．A．bored                    B．funny                  C．disappointed        D．surprised

9．A．plan                      B．promise               C．thought               D．help

10．A．music                 B．musicians            C．sports                 D．businessmen

11．A．took                    B．suggested            C．liked                   D．hated

12．A．courage               B．efforts                 C．money                D．level

13．A．sight                   B．way                    C．scene                  D．rescue

14．A．enough                B．sure                    C．about                  D．pleased

15．A．started                B．seen                    C．donated               D．learned

16．A．people                 B．musicians            C．actors                 D．students

17．A．themselves          B．for them              C．all the time           D．by chance

18．A．add up                B．carry out             C．pass on               D．get through

19．A．some                  B．even                    C．rather                  D．just

20．A．outside           B．with              C．across            D．of

Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were final  1  . All the kids had been working hard for some time, reviewing their  2  . If they didn’t pass the exams, they would have to  3  them in September. There were usually a few who  4  , but Jane didn’t want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year, but she was working so hard that her mother  5 her. She went to bed too late. The night before the big day, her mother  6  that she should have an early night and take a sleeping pill. She promised to  7  her up in the morning.

       Jane was to  8  to fall asleep. Her mind kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, the 9   did work. In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the paper, but she couldn’t answer  10  of the questions. Everyone  11  her was writing pages and pages. 12  hard she thought, she couldn’t find anything to write about. From time to time she looked at her    13  .

       Time was running  14  . There was only an hour to  15  . She started one question, wrote two sentences,  16  and tried another. With only half an hour left she wrote  17  two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started  18  . Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she woke up. She was still in bed and it had all been a terrible  19  . A minute later,  20  called her name.

1．A．harvests                B．exams                 C．reports                D．papers

2．A．exercises               B．jobs                    C．books                 D．lessons

3．A．take                      B．write                   C．attend                 D．do

4．A．cheated                 B．succeeded           C．passed                D．failed

5．A．cared for               B．felt proud of        C．worried about      D．thought highly of

6．A．insisted                 B．agreed                 C．promised             D．allowed

7．A．ring                      B．wake                   C．bring                   D．pick

8．A．sad                       B．tired                    C．happy                 D．nervous

9．A．dream                   B．pill                      C．suggestion           D．music

10．A．all                       B．none                   C．any                     D．some

11．A．ahead of              B．behind                 C．in front of           D．around

12．A．Unless                 B．However             C．Though               D．As

13．A．watch                 B．paper                  C．teacher               D．book

14．A．up                      B．down                  C．out                     D．over

15．A．run                     B．leave                   C．remain                D．go

16．A．gave out              B．gave up               C．put off                D．put out

17．A．another               B．more                   C．other                   D．the other

18．A．thinking               B．dreaming             C．crying                 D．writing

19．A．exam                  B．dream                 C．story                   D．night

20．A．her mother         B．her teacher       C．a classmate        D．a friend

　　Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were final 1 . All the kids had been working hard for some time, reviewing their 2 . If they didn't pass the exams, they would have to 3 them in September. There were usually a few who 4 , but Jane didn't want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year, but she was working so hard that her mother 5 her. She went to bed too late. The night before the big day, her mother 6 that she should have an early night and take a sleeping pill. She promised to 7 her up in the morning.

　　Jane was too 8 to fall asleep. Her mind kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, the 9 did work. In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the paper, but she couldn't answer 10 of the questions. Everyone 11 her was writing pages and pages. 12 she thought hard, she couldn't find anything to write about. From time to time she looked at her 13 .

　　Time was running 14 . There was only an hour to 15 . She started one question, wrote two sentences, 16 and tried another. With only half an hour left she wrote 17 two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she stared 18 . Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she woke up. She was still in bed and it had all been a terrible 19 . A minute later, 20 called her name.

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　　Jane was too 8 to fall asleep. Her mind kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, the 9 did work. In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the paper, but she couldn't answer 10 of the questions. Everyone 11 her was writing pages and pages. 12 she thought hard, she couldn't find anything to write about. From time to time she looked at her 13 .

　　Time was running 14 . There was only an hour to 15 . She started one question, wrote two sentences, 16 and tried another. With only half an hour left she wrote 17 two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she stared 18 . Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she woke up. She was still in bed and it had all been a terrible 19 . A minute later, 20 called her name.

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