High school seems bigger．There are 1 kids and it's a totally new environment．It could be a 2 time for new students, 3 , in fact, it isn't really that bad．
The first day of course is always terrifying, but, then again, the first day of middle school was probably the 4 ．Of course you might get lost during the first few days 5 your classes, but after a while what seems like a large school really isn't．
One thing that's really cool about high school is that there are so many more classes that you can 6 ．For example, if you like 7 , there are many art classes．At the same time, there are 8 classes, which you can't take in middle school 9 photography and psychology(
心理学)．There are many new things in high school that make it much more 10 ．
In high school, you're able to join more clubs, play more sports, and take part in more 11 , and at the same time make new friends with kids with the same 12 as you．Also, these activities can give you a 13 to learn something that you might not have had the opportunity to learn in 14 ．
High school is different 15 everyone, but there's one thing that's 16 ．You're going to have just as much fun here as you 17 before．But having fun isn't enough though! You're 18 so you have to be more responsible．Everything changes when you get 19 , but the changes aren't that bad．You 20 worry too much about growing up．
In my third year as a high school athletics coach, I gave a speech telling students and parents about the benefits of football．I gave the same 1 each year, aimin g at recruiting(招收)new team members．I talked about 2 football wasn't just for 3 athletes and how everyone could 4 from it．This year, a 5 looking couple approached me after my speech．They said their son really wanted to play football．They had tried to 6 him out of it, but he had his heart 7 on joining the team．
When they told me his name, my heart sank．Michael was five feet and ten inches tall and weighed about 108 pounds．He was a 8 boy, the constant target of other kids' jokes, and as far as I knew he had never 9 sports．I knew he would never 10 it through football practice, let 11 as a player．But we told them we could give it a try．
On the opening day of practice, Michael was the first player on the field, we did 30 minutes of warming-up 12 starting a one-mile jog around the track．I 13 my eye on Michael．At 50 yards he fell, and I helped him to his feet．“Michael,”I said,“Why don't you just 14 the mile?”He said in tears that he wanted to run with the others, so I let him go on． 15 he fell, but each time 16 himself up．
The same thing happened every day for weeks, and Michael gained strength both 17 and physically．By the last week of practice, Michael could run the mile without falling, we had 18 only one game that season, 19 the team cheered louder for Michael's run than the victory they had, Afterward, Michael approached me, and I told him how 20 I was of him．
(1)
[ ]
A．
lecture
B．
lesson
C．
training
D．
speech
(2)
[ ]
A．
how
B．
why
C．
whether
D．
that
(3)
[ ]
A．
star
B．
average
C．
ordinary
D．
important
(4)
[ ]
A．
learn
B．
benefit
C．
take
D．
get
(5)
[ ]
A．
worried
B．
worrying
C．
anxious
D．
eager
(6)
[ ]
A．
keep
B．
talk
C．
pull
D．
take
(7)
[ ]
A．
put
B．
set
C．
placed
D．
kept
(8)
[ ]
A．
alone
B．
lonely
C．
tall
D．
strong
(9)
[ ]
A．
attended
B．
participated in
C．
join
D．
take part
(10)
[ ]
A．
get
B．
realize
C．
make
D．
achieve
(11)
[ ]
A．
alone
B．
aside
C．
away
D．
down
(12)
[ ]
A．
before
B．
when
C．
then
D．
until
(13)
[ ]
A．
fixed
B．
put
C．
kept
D．
paid
(14)
[ ]
A．
run
B．
walk
C．
jog
D．
go
(15)
[ ]
A．
Unfortunately
B．
Repeatedly
C．
Secondly
D．
Luckily
(16)
[ ]
A．
stood
B．
picked
C．
struggled
D．
raised
(17)
[ ]
A．
mentally
B．
socially
C．
emotionally
D．
technically
(18)
[ ]
A．
won
B．
defeated
C．
beat
D．
got
(19)
[ ]
A．
yet
B．
however
C．
though
D．
while
(20)
[ ]
A．
pleased
B．
satisfied
C．
proud
D．
ashamed
完形填空。
The film starts out as a normal day at a typical American high school．Friends chat in the dining room and boys play football．
But there's a big surprise when the movie 1 with two students going crazy in the 2 shooting and killing people．
This is“Elephant”．Filmed in just 20 days, it stars real high school kids．American 3 Gus Van Sant had no ready made lines(台词)．The student actors 4 their own dialogue, with Van Sant asking them to base their characters on their own 5 ．
6 it may not sound very high quality, the film won the Palmed' Or(金棕榈奖)for Best Film and the award for Best Director at the Cannes 7 festival in France on May 25．
The film is based on the 8 at a high school in the US, where two boys 9 13 people and then themselves in 1999．
The title of the 10 refers to the old expression about a 11 that's as hard to ignore as an elephant in the house．
The film takes a close look at a few hours in the lives of the victims(受害者)and the 12 ．It shows how high school is a different experience for everyone－fun and friendly, or hard and 13 ．
In many ways, the two boys, who carry out the shooting, act like ordinary 14 ．But, there are hints(暗示)of the 15 they feel inside．One of the boys is bullied at school．The other plays violent 16 games．But Van Sant isn't 17 their killings on either bullying or violent video games．In fact, the film doesn't offer any 18 for why school violence happens．
“I didn't want to 19 anything．It's up to the audience to draw its own 20 ,”said the 51-year-old director．
We’ve heard it before－we’ve heard it on the news, from teachers, from parents－children and teenagers today are growing up too fast．There are not too many people that will 1 with that statement．Teenagers are faced with serious problems and decisions at an early 2 ．In fact most teenagers’ daily schedules are as 3 as those of an adult’s．
I have been working since I was thirteen, and always in 4 in which I was working with adults．I have had to learn to think and 5 like an adult to be taken seriously．So, I count myself as one who has grown up too fast．I just graduated from high school, and have recently spent some time reflecting(反思)on the 6 eighteen years-thinking about myself, what I have gained, and what 7 I have yet to achieve．
We are expected to work hard, get excellent 8 , be in a good relationship, and know what we want to do 9 ．The list goes on and on．But the 10 is clear：We live in a society today that is 11 our childhood．We no longer have many years to be careless and fancy-free．We are expected to 12 the strict school rules and to excel(擅长)in everything we do．I’ve known these things for a long time, and knew that they 13 me．But, I never really admitted it until last night, when I learned a 14 lesson, taught to me by my boss where I work．We had finished a job at a remote site．It was about 11∶30 at nig-ht, and we had 15 to his house．We were talking about the 16 he had been making to his home．One of the things he said was “I 17 my basketball hoop(篮圈)．” Then he threw a basketball to me．
I hadn’t 18 a basketball in five years．
We proceeded to shoot hoops for about 40 minutes．Both of us were terribly bad at it, but we spent the whole time 19 away like children．Then I realized something：I am still a child．Oh, the law says I’m an adult．But, we are still really and truly children．We all need to have 20 once in a while．
(1)
[ ]
A．
argue
B．
disagree
C．
satisfy
D．
discuss
(2)
[ ]
A．
age
B．
stage
C．
year
D．
grade
(3)
[ ]
A．
certain
B．
busy
C．
careful
D．
perfect
(4)
[ ]
A．
companies
B．
places
C．
positions
D．
offices
(5)
[ ]
A．
study
B．
speak
C．
work
D．
act
(6)
[ ]
A．
last
B．
other
C．
rest
D．
coming
(7)
[ ]
A．
purposes
B．
success
C．
goals
D．
jobs
(8)
[ ]
A．
textbooks
B．
grades
C．
teachers
D．
schools
(9)
[ ]
A．
in life
B．
in time
C．
for ages
D．
for ever
(10)
[ ]
A．
information
B．
message
C．
notice
D．
idea
(11)
[ ]
A．
ruining
B．
correcting
C．
envying
D．
shortening
(12)
[ ]
A．
respect
B．
accept
C．
learn
D．
follow
(13)
[ ]
A．
inspired
B．
disappointed
C．
affected
D．
frightened
(14)
[ ]
A．
valuable
B．
serious
C．
important
D．
useful
(15)
[ ]
A．
walked
B．
flown back
C．
gone back
D．
driven
(16)
[ ]
A．
furniture
B．
improvements
C．
equipment
D．
arrangements
(17)
[ ]
A．
moved
B．
fixed
C．
sold
D．
broke
(18)
[ ]
A．
played
B．
caught
C．
touched
D．
held
(19)
[ ]
A．
laughing
B．
shouting
C．
running
D．
shooting
(20)
[ ]
A．
a rest
B．
a talk
C．
fun
D．
sports
完形填空：
Sailors long ago were often afraid that if they sailed too far from home they would fall off the 1 of the flat ocean．In the 2 , many people had to trust the words of 3 , for they have no way to gather 4 for themselves．Today, we can fly in airplanes high over the 5 and see the curve(曲线)that proves its roundness．Astronauts flying miles high can send us 6 that support our beliefs．Most people now 7 the fact that the earth is certainly not flat． 8 many of them don’t realize that it’s not exactly 9 either．
A mathematician, Ann Eckels Bailie, used computers to gather information to 10 in planning space flights．
During 11 work of tracking the second US satellite, Vanguard I, she discovered some facts that didn’t 12 to make sense．It appeared that the perigee(or point nearest to the earth)satellite orbit(轨道)measured a different 13 from the northern hemisphere(半球)of our earth than from the 14 hemisphere．At first, she thought these strange 15 were because of some mathematical mistakes．But Bailie wouldn’t 16 the idea that important new information had been 17 ．She and．other scientists discussed the 18 of the earth again and again． 19 research finally proved that Bailie’s 20 finding was correct．
