Question

I know that it's hard to devote enough time to class and to social efforts. But, I wanted to succeed in both. I knew this would be a but didn't realize how much until classes began.

I on well with the other girls who lived in my dorm（宿舍）. Often, _______ finishing my homework before it was to hand in, I went upstairs and had ice cream with my neighbor. I finished it the next day between classes. But I knew it wasn't very good and the I received showed my lack of . I realized that I needed to find some sort of .

So, the next day I created a that would my time up between going to class, doing homework, and relaxing. It seemed like a good idea, ____ I was only able to it for a few days. A schedule like that had too much ____ .

So I tried another plan. This one lists and common sense. Each week I made a list of I had to get done during that week and by which day I had to have it done. Then, the list of things I had to get done, I made a list of things I could do if I had the time.

This is the I have used since then. Now, I have started my senior year and I feel time is . Scheduling my time has become more challenging, but I continue to do it.

My cousins, who are now in college, tell me that there are a lot of books to read by yourself and many different things to do, with various people and organizations. So I'm __ that I've learned to balance things and it has helped me for what is to come after graduation.

1.A. disasterB. troubleC. challengeD. competition

2.A. kept B. gotC. tookD. caught

3.A. as well as B. in order toC. not onlyD. instead of

4.A. point B. lateC. readyD. time

5.A. seldom B. alwaysC. hardlyD. never

6.A. grade B. rankC. degreeD. title

7.A. intelligence B. confidenceC. exerciseD. effort

8.A. changeB. skillC. balance D. improvement

9.A. form B. methodC. timetable D. system

10.A. average B. divide C. arrangeD. organize

11.A. and B. butC. soD. then

12.A. accept B. collectC. followD. insist

13.A. influenceB. pressure C. questionD. doubt

14.A. provided B. neededC. formedD. included

15.A. everything B. somethingC. nothingD. anything

16.A. amongB. underC. fromD. with

17.A. method B. skillC. experienceD. way

18.A. important B. valuableC. limitedD. up

19.A. convinced B. gladC. sureD. ungrateful

20.A. prepare B. enableC. practiseD. equip

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.C

9.C

10.B

11.B

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.A

18.C

19.B

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：文章大意：文章介绍了作者自己在学习中通过自身的努力，学会了自己安排日程计划，从而平衡了自己的学校与休息。

1.A. disaster灾难；B. trouble困难；C. challenge挑战；D. competition竞争。我知道这将会一次挑战。根据后面的but didn't realize how much until classes began.提示可得出答案。选C

2.get on well with与……相处得好。我跟我宿舍里的其他女孩相处得很好。选B

3.短语辨析。A. as well as也；B. in order to为了；C. not only不仅；D. instead of而不是。通常，该交作业时而不是去完成它。选D

4.短语的固定搭配。这里考查固定短语搭配：it’s time to do sth.是该做……的时候了。这里指：是该交作业的时候了。选D

5.副词。A. seldom很少；B. always总是；C. hardly几乎不；D. never从不。我总是在第二天课间完成作业。选B

6.名词。A. grade分数；B. rank排名；C. degree程度；D. title标题。但我知道那并不好，我得到的分数显示了缺少努力。选A

7.名词。A. intelligence智力；B. confidence自信；C. exercise练习；D. effort努力。这里指我得到的分数显示了缺少努力。选D

8.A. change改变；B. skill技巧；C. balance平衡；D. improvement改善。我意识到我需要某种平衡。选C

9.名词。根据后句that would my time up between going to class, doing homework, and relaxing.可知答案。因此，我制定了一个时间表。选C

10.动词。A. average均分；B. divide划分；C. arrange安排；D. organize组织。我将我的时候划分成上课，做作业和休息。选B

11.连词。根据前面的It seemed like a good idea可知，前后句为转折关系，不用转折词but。看起来是一个好主意，但我只能按照它做了几天。选 B

12.动词。A. accept接受；B. collect收集；C. follow按照；D. insist坚持。这里指但我只能按照它做了几天。选C

13.A. influence影响；B. pressure压力；C. question问题；D. doubt怀疑。像那样的日程安排表，我有太多的压力。选B

14.动词。A. provided提供；B. needed需要；C. formed形成；D. included包括。这份计划包括列表和常识。选D

15.A. everything一切；B. something一些东西；C. nothing什么也没有；D. anything任何事情。每个星期，我一周所不得不做的一切。选A

16.介词。A. among在……当中；B. under在……下；C. from从……；D. with随着。在一串我不得不完成的列表下面。选B

17.名词。A. method方法，途径；B. skill技巧；C. experience经历；D. way方法。这里指这就是我自从那以后我一直使用的方法。选A

18.形容词。A. important重要的；B. valuable有价值的；C. limited有限的；D. up向上的。我感觉到时间是有限的。选C

19.形容词。A. convinced信服的；B. glad高兴的；C. sure一定的；D. ungrateful不感激的。所以，我对我学会平衡事情而感到高兴。选B

20.动词。A. prepare准备；B. enable使能够；C. practise练习；D. equip装备。这里考查短语prepare for为……准备。这里指它已经帮助我准备好未来所有的一切。选A

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