The worst thing is the headlines. I use the underground almost every day and watch the people travel, their heads  1  in the{r newspapers. The headlines today  2  suicide (自杀) bombers and of horrific attacks that they say  3  by members of our community.

Something on the journey is  4 . I am not  5  anything that would indicate I am a Muslim. I normally do not  6  it is Friday and I am on my way to prayers. 7  I sense an uneasiness in the carriage. People are  8 . No one is speaking and it must be said that no one is being  9  unfriendly towards me. But I think the  10 I get are different. I am being checked out, sized up. It is all a bit uncomfortable.

People are looking around for things and people  11  look suspicious (可疑的). I am doing it a bit 12  and in the coming days, as more claims are made about the people who did this and their aims, that feeling is likely to get  13 . As you look around the  14 , it is difficult to know what people are thinking. Some are  15  thinking “those Muslims come here and look what they do" but they 16  understand we condemn (谴责) this like everyone else.

Whoever did this didn't  17  about who was killed or whether they were Christian or Muslim. They just had no respect 18  human life at all. We all travel around London and we use public transport. We have as much fear as anyone else about  19  in something. But in the coming days, everyone is going to have to work together and keep calm. We will look out for each other and that's how we. will  20  this difficulty.

1. A. buried     B. hung         C. hidden        D. sunk

2. A. tell about      B. talk over      C. think out      D. Speak of

3. A. to carry on      B. were carried out   C. to carry out    D. were carried on

4. A. different    B. difficult     C. easy         D. interesting

5. A. putting on    B. dressing       C. wearing    D. having on

6. A. unless      B. until         C. before        D. after

7. A. However      B. Thus         C. But         D. And

8. A. calm    B. noisy        C. quiet         D. cheerful

9. A. in a way      B. in one way      C. in no way       D. in any way

10. A. looks       B. opinions       C. ideas         D. experiences

11. A. which      B. that      C. who         D. whom

12. A. itself     B. himself        C. myself        D. oneself

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

14. A. carriage     B. bus         C. train         D. taxi

15. A. surely      B. certainly       C. probably       D. hopefully

16. A. have to   B. might        C. are able to     D. may

17. A. ask        B. hear         C. know         D. care

18. A. with      B. of       C. for          D. to

19. A. keeping up    B. being caught up   C. catching up    D. being kept up with

20. A. get away    B. get off       C. get out       D. get through

In the fall of 1985. I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University,  36 a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twenty-one years later I am 37 a bright-eyed dreamer and one  38 quite a different tale to tell.

  My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college at the age of 65. She was the first in our family to  39 that goal. But one year after I started college, she 40 cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to  41 for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait.

  Then I got married with another 42 : building my family with a 43 of adopt and biological children. You can imagine how  44 occupied I became, 45 four boys under the age of 81. Our home was a complete zoo.  46 , I never did make it back to college full-time. 47 I never gave up on the dream , either. I had only one choice: to 48 a way. That meant talking as few as one class each semester.

   The hardest part was feeling  49 about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to quit, But I knew I should set an example for them to 50 through the rest of their lives. In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my college degree!

I am not  51 , just single-minded. It always 52 me that when you’re looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when you’re in the midst of it, it just seems 53 . Everything you want won’t arrive in your life on one day. It’s a  54 . Remember;little steps add up  55 big dreams.

36.A.looking at      B.aiming at       C.focus on       D.relying on

37.A.still           B.already        C.even          D.actually

38.A.about         B.by            C.in            D.with

39.A.miss          B.have          C.reach         D.take

40.A.caught        B.developed      C.found         D.defeated   

41.A.care for        B.look for        C.talk with       D.discuss with

42.A.purpose        B.idea           C.chance        D.dream

43.A.combination     B.connection      C.community     D.committee

44.A.badly         B.fully          C.seriously       D.obviously

45.A.collecting      B.helping        C.raising         D.teaching

46.A.Now surprising  B.Not satisfying   C.Not frightening  D.Not disappointing

47.A.Otherwise      B.Therefore      C.And          D.But

48.A.suggcet        B.push          C.find          D.change

49.A.nervous        B.excited        C.proud         D.guilty

50.A.set           B.follow         C.take          D.make

51.A.famous        B.curious        C.special        D.clever

52.A.struck         B.occurred       C.failed         D.escaped

53.A.terrible        B.great          C.strange        D.normal

54.A.program       B.process        C.competition     D.stage

55.A.make up for     B.live up to       C.make up of     D.add up to

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