23. The young plants need ________.

　A. taking care of　　　　　　 B. to be taking care of　　　　

　C. to take care of　　　　　　 D. being taken care of

22. He felt guilty about ________ basketball as you are.

A. being as gifting at　　　　　 B. being so gifted for

C. not being as gifted at　　　　 D. not being so gifted for

21. His mother wanted to discourage him ________ his cousin.

　 A. to argue with　　　 B. argue with　　　 C. from arguing with　　 D. argued with

　 　你校同学进行了一场有关高考英语听力测试的讨论。讨论的主题是：高考英语测试中的听力部分该不该取消？请你根据下表中的提示写一篇短文，介绍讨论的情况。

注意：1．文章的起始句已给出。

2．词数：100左右(不包括已给的起始句)。

3．参考词汇：取消-cancel　 国际合作-international cooperation

The students of our school had a discussion about whether listening test in the National Matriculation English Test should be kept or canceled.

M: Julia. You chose not to go to college. Why? Was it about money?

W: Well, I don’t want to sit here and say I was t__76____poor to go to college. But the fact is

t_77_______we didn’t have the money.Though my Mum probably could have made enough somehow. I probably could have worked hard at school and g___78__better grades. So it really------Ididn’t get to go to c__79______.I have wishedto go back to school every other week.It just wasn’t my path.

M: At the time,did you f___80_______like you were missing something?

W: My best friend went off t___81____university and I just remember every time I t____82_____to her it all sounded so fun and so great . And how I was selling tennis shoes and getting on the bus every day to workin town. We both thought the o____83_____person’s life was so much more exciting. I was trying hard to make enough to pay for my own flat every month, and that seems so e___84_______to her, and she’ll talk about s_______85____for finals and going to parties, and I thought　 Gulch is so perfect.

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