Alice's friends can’t understand why she joined a dating a gency．
She has a good job 1 a personal assistant with a television news agency, her own house, and a full social life, 2 she, a 29-year-old woman who has a degree in English Literature, is so 3 with British 4 that she joined the English Rose dating agency to get in 5 with single American males．
“English men are usually maerialiste and have 6 imagination,”she says．
“I have 7 years being bored by men who never do anything exciting．”
“I’m almost 30 now and I would really love to find a husband and have 8 ．I’d like to live in London for six months of the year and in the State for 9 six months．”
In her search for the perfect man, Alice once 10 anadvertisement in a magazine for 11 people and had 400 replies．
But she says：“I only 12 one or two of them．Most of the others sounded very 13 ．”
Alicc joined English Rose about 18 months 14 and has met 5men 15 then, She says：“I 16 that American men are more romantic and thoughtful than British men．I rang 17 in the States, and afterwards he sent me 200 dollars to 18 the call．”
“I’ve met five so far but I’m looking for someone very 19 , I’d like to find a caring, well 20 , non-smoking,．animal-lover with a professional job and a sense of adventure．”
Time is very important in our lives．It 1 our everybody moments．However, time never had any 2 in my life until I received a watch from my father that organized my life and made me more 3 ．
It’s round in the center with two silver bands that go around my wrist．And all of it is made of silver．This 4 tells me the importance of time in my life．
I received this 5 on a gray-sky day．I had to go to the airport at 9∶00 am to 6 up my uncle Ali and take him to my father’s house 7 , I was late because I was 8 out with my friends．Later on that day, around 11∶00 am, I 9 my uncle, but I was very 10 for him．He had 11 the airport and taken a taxi to my father’s house．
I got to my father’s house at 2∶00 pm on the same day and looking at my angry father’s face I felt 12 of myself at that moment．After I said hi to my 13 father and tired uncle, my father asked me to sit next to him where he handed me this watch as a gift from him．Then he said,“Essa, did you have 14 with your friends today?”I answered,“Yes, father, and I’m sorry about not picking up my uncle Ali．”He said,“What you 15 was not very nice and you should be sorry for your 16 ．”I was ashamed and said,“Father, I’ll never do it again, I promise．”He said,“I hope today you learned something important, and this watch will be a 17 for you．”He told me to take this watch and use it as an organizer of my 18 ．
I learned a very important lesson from my father：to 19 time and never be late to get someone．This watch is 20 to me, not because of its price, but because of the lesson that I learned from it．
(1)
[ ]
A．
appreciates
B．
organizes
C．
orders
D．
explains
(2)
[ ]
A．
importance
B．
similarity
C．
necessity
D．
interest
(3)
[ ]
A．
confident
B．
independent
C．
efficient
D．
responsible
(4)
[ ]
A．
object
B．
belonging
C．
matter
D．
stranger
(5)
[ ]
A．
card
B．
letter
C．
gift
D．
thing
(6)
[ ]
A．
call
B．
pick
C．
put
D．
bring
(7)
[ ]
A．
Otherwise
B．
Fortunately
C．
However
D．
Hopefully
(8)
[ ]
A．
going
B．
hanging
C．
standing
D．
leaving
(9)
[ ]
A．
forgot
B．
remembered
C．
saw
D．
visited
(10)
[ ]
A．
anxious
B．
nervous
C．
early
D．
late
(11)
[ ]
A．
reached
B．
recognized
C．
left
D．
found
(12)
[ ]
A．
ashamed
B．
frightened
C．
disappointed
D．
shy
(13)
[ ]
A．
kind
B．
happy
C．
angry
D．
doubtful
(14)
[ ]
A．
pleasure
B．
fun
C．
appointment
D．
quarrels
(15)
[ ]
A．
said
B．
did
C．
thought
D．
forgot
(16)
[ ]
A．
ideas
B．
words
C．
actions
D．
promises
(17)
[ ]
A．
wonder
B．
hope
C．
requirement
D．
reminder
(18)
[ ]
A．
life
B．
day
C．
way
D．
thought
(19)
[ ]
A．
waste
B．
respect
C．
neglect
D．
enjoy
(20)
[ ]
A．
useful
B．
necessary
C．
different
D．
important
完形填空
Ali couldn't wait until September．June had been 1 , with all those school-leaving exams to do．He spent July 2 ．The exam results finally arrived in August．He knew he wasn't the most intelligent boy． 3 , it was really important for him to do well．He just wanted to get away from his 4 ．
For Ali, going to university was not a chance to 5 his education as most of students do, 6 a chance to get away from his hometown to 7 new people, to become a totally 8 person．The town he lived in was a very small town．There were a few shops on the main street．There wasn't anywhere for young people to meet, so they spent time walking up and down the main street．Everybody knew 9 else in his town．Ali was 10 eager to leave．He didn't really know what his ambitions were yet, but he was 11 he had them．
His hands 12 as he opened the envelope．He took out the letter, and sighed with 13 ．It was OK．He hadn't done 14 , but his grades were good enough．He had got a place at the University of Rummidge．The course started in 15 ．
When he got off the train at the main station in Rummidge, he felt 16 at last．The whole world was before him．Rummidge wasn't a beautiful place, but that didn't 17 to Ali．He was looking forward to 18 new things．
The University was a short 19 from the city centre．It was much more attractive than the 20 of the city．Rummidge wasn't the oldest university in Britain, nor the most prestigious(有影响力的), but Ali didn't mind．For him, it was a new world, a new start．
(1)
[ ]
A．
sunny
B．
terrible
C．
splendid
D．
scary
(2)
[ ]
A．
playing
B．
reading
C．
sleeping
D．
waiting
(3)
[ ]
A．
Therefore
B．
So
C．
Otherwise
D．
However
(4)
[ ]
A．
parents
B．
school
C．
hometown
D．
classmates
(5)
[ ]
A．
develop
B．
accept
C．
find
D．
study
(6)
[ ]
A．
and
B．
nor
C．
but
D．
or
(7)
[ ]
A．
greet
B．
meet
C．
visit
D．
talk
(8)
[ ]
A．
nice
B．
friendly
C．
handsome
D．
different
(9)
[ ]
A．
anybody
B．
everybody
C．
somebody
D．
nobody
(10)
[ ]
A．
too
B．
not
C．
such
D．
much
(11)
[ ]
A．
happy
B．
proud
C．
sure
D．
curious
(12)
[ ]
A．
trembled
B．
shrank
C．
clapped
D．
withdrew
(13)
[ ]
A．
happiness
B．
relief
C．
exctement
D．
surprise
(14)
[ ]
A．
brilliantly
B．
sincerely
C．
appropriately
D．
independently
(15)
[ ]
A．
July
B．
June
C．
August
D．
September
(16)
[ ]
A．
free
B．
relaxed
C．
delighted
D．
nervous
(17)
[ ]
A．
mind
B．
care
C．
value
D．
matter
(18)
[ ]
A．
assessing
B．
adapting
C．
experiencing
D．
realizing
(19)
[ ]
A．
cut
B．
voyage
C．
distance
D．
flight
(20)
[ ]
A．
another
B．
rest
C．
other
D．
part
完形填空
Ali couldn't wait until September．June had been 1 , with all those school-leaving exams to do．He spent July 2 ．The exam results finally arrived in August．He knew he wasn't the most intelligent boy． 3 , it was really important for him to do well．He just wanted to get away from his 4 ．
For Ali, going to university was not a chance to 5 his education as most of students do, 6 a chance to get away from his hometown to 7 new people, to become a totally 8 person．The town he lived in was a very small town．There were a few shops on the main street．There wasn't anywhere for young people to meet, so they spent time walking up and down the main street．Everybody knew 9 else in his town．Ali was 10 eager to leave．He didn't really know what his ambitions were yet, but he was 11 he had them．
His hands 12 as he opened the envelope．He took out the letter, and sighed with 13 ．It was OK．He hadn't done 14 , but his grades were good enough．He had got a place at the University of Rummidge．The course started in 15 ．
When he got off the train at the main station in Rummidge, he felt 16 at last．The whole world was before him．Rummidge wasn't a beautiful place, but that didn't 17 to Ali．He was looking forward to 18 new things．
The University was a short 19 from the city center．It was much more attractive than the 20 of the city．Rummidge wasn't the oldest university in Britain, nor the most prestigious(有影响力的), but Ali didn't mind．For him, it was a new world, a new start．
