18、_______, he is famous for writing blogs．

A．As he is a teacher                               B．A teacher as he is

C．A teacher although he is                          D．Teacher as he is

17、He successfully passed the exam and was _____to his ideal university．

A．received         B．admitted          C．permitted            D．moved

16、With the reform of educational system, the teachers_____ school I worked before have greatly changed their way of teaching．

A．in whose            B．whose       C．in which             D．which

15、I hadn't intended to get much from the business I ran the first year, while it_____ so well

A．went out       B．carried out         C．made out          D．turned out

14、We got to the airport early,_____ missing our flight．

A． in case of         B． instead of          C． for fear of          D．in search of

13、The stories of rescuing trapped strangers in the earthquake highlight the huge efforts_______ by Haitians themselves, as well as aid workers from around the world．

A．to be made          B．being made       C．having made           D．to have made

12、I wondered_____ that made him so upset．

A．how it was             B．which did it          C．what it was         D．who did it

11、They have made_______ a rule________ in the room．

A．this; not to smoke                                                                    B．it; smoking

C．it; to not smoke                                      D．it; not to smoke

10、My hearing is getting worse every day and I fear by the time I'm twenty-one I will be fully deaf．It scares me very much．

Being deaf affects me  1  you might think．I've met some people who have    2   at me because I have "ignored" them．But in  3  fact．I didn't hear them．In school I often get told off （责骂）for  4   too loud, when in reality I don't realize it because I can't hear myself well．It makes me feel really  5  ．I also can't participate in a lot of  6  , like canoeing or cross-country, because it's windy outside and this may affect my ears．I hate having to use these   7   and I often feel like   8   really gets me , so sometimes I feel a little bit lonely．

     I get questions all the time,   9   "Why are you deaf?" and "What's that thing in your ear?" Even my friends don't 100% understand．Today, one of them said to me．“So what's going to happen when you go  10   deaf?” It really got to me．What will happen when I go fully deaf? Will I have a   11   life? I don't think I will．

Looking back  12   my childhood, I would say it was pretty much non-existent．It was full of hospital  13   and operations for grommets （devices that let the ear breathe）- and to make it  14   I had eye problems as well! I am the only one in my whole family who has any medical   15   .

When I was a child．I   16   to wear my hearing aids．This wasn't because they made my ears sweaty（出汗的） like the doctors thought,   17  because I was ashamed of them．Funnily enough, it was a big computer store that helped me overcome this because a woman behind the  18   had her hair cut short to  19  her hearing aids．She helped me  20  my self-confidence and now I realize it's okay that I wear them．

1．A．no more than       B． more than         C．no less than        D．less than

2．A．shouted           B．glanced            C．laughed          D．looked

3．A．false              B．ideal               C．real             D．actual

4．A．telling              B．saying             C．speaking         D．working

5．A．experienced         B．excited            C．ashamed       D．astonished

6．A．jobs              B．activities            C．travels           D．situations

7．A．expressions         B．comments        C．remarks         D．excuses

8．A．everybody         B．nobody           C．somebody      D．everyone

9．A．like               B．as                C．as for            D．for

10．A．totally            B．perfectly           C．exactly           D．largely

11．A．common        B．usual             C．normal          D．formal

12．A．of               B．with              C．in              D．on

13．A．arguments        B．agreements         C．statements        D．appointments

14．A．more             B．less               C．worse         D．better

15．A．troubles          B．problems          C．questions         D．illnesses

16．A．refused          B．decided            C．failed            D．chose

17．A．and              B．but               C．yet               D．but also

18．A．screen           B．time              C．account           D．counter

19．A．show in           B． show out         C．show off          D．show up

20．A．hold up         B．build up          C．break up       D．bring up

9、When it comes to friends, I desire those who will share my happiness, who possess wings of their own and who will fly with me．I seek friends whose qualities illuminate（照亮）me and train me up for love．It is for these people that I reserve the glowing hours, too good not to share．

    When I was in the eighth grade, I had a friend．We were shy and "too serious" about our studies when it was becoming fashionable with our classmates to learn acceptable social behaviors．We said little at school, but she would come to my house and we would sit down with pencils and paper, and one of us would say: “Let’s start with a train whistle today. ” We would sit quietly together and write separate poems or stories that grew out of a train whistle．Then we would read them aloud．At the end of that school year, we, too, were changing into social creatures and the stories and poems stopped．

When I lived for a time in London, I had a friend．He was in despair（失望）and I was in despair．But our friendship was based on the idea in each of us that we would be sorry later if we did not explore this great city because we had felt bad at the time．We met every Sunday for five weeks and found many excellent things．We walked until our despairs disappeared and then we parted．We gave London to each other．

For almost four years I have had remarkable friend whose imagination illuminates mine．We write long letters in which we often discover our strangest selves．Each of us appears, sometimes in a funny way, in the other's dreams．She and I agree that, at certain times, we seem to be parts of the same mind．In my most interesting moments．I often think: "Yes, I must tell．．．．"We have never met．

It is such comforting companions I wish to keep．One bright hour with their kind is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist, who will only fill up the healing（愈合的） silence necessary to those darkest moments in which I would rather be my own best friend．

1．In Paragraph 3, "We gave London to each other" probably means_   ___

     A．our exploration of London was a memorable gift to both of us

     B．we were unwilling to tear ourselves away from London

     C．our unpleasant feeling about London disappeared

     D．we parted with each other in London

2．According to Paragraph 4, the author and her friend_______.

       A．call each other regularly                   B．have similar personalities

       C．enjoy writing to each other                D．love to discover new things

3．In the darkest moments, the author would prefer to_______.

     A．seek professional help                      B．be left alone

     C．stay with her best friend                     D．break the silence

4．What is the best title for the passage?

     A．Unforgettable Experiences                  B．Remarkable Imagination

     C．Lifelong Friendship                       D．Noble Companions