As he reached ______ front door, Jack saw ______ strange sight.

A．the, /             B．a, the             C．/, a              D．the, a

_______ an important role in a new movie, Andy has got a chance to become famous.

A．Offer             B．Offered           C．Offering          D．To offer

—You can have a pet dog, but suppose you get bored with it in a few days.________?

--- We won’t, we promise.

A．Then what         B．All right           C．How come         D．So what

—It’s nice. Never before_______ such a special drink!

A．I have had         B．I had             C．have I had         D．had I

You have no idea how she finishen the relay race ______ her foot wounded so much.

A．with              B．when             C．for               D．while

The police officers in our city work hard _____ the rest of us can live a safe life.

A．in case           B．as if              C．in order that       D．only if

They received demands that the work ________ at once.

A．must be done      B．would be done     C．had been done     D．be done

“Now ,”Mrs. Virginia DeView said, smiling, “we are going to discover our professions .”

The class seems to be greatly surprised. Our professions? We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be _36 _. “Yes, you will all be searching for your future  37 . Each of you will have to   38  someone in your field, plus give an oral report.”

Each day in her class, Virginia DeView reminded us about this. Finally, I picked print journalism. This _39_ I had to go to interview a true-blue newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him_40_ able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?”

I shook my head.  “How about some   41_ ?” I shook my head again .

Finally , I thought he realized I was   42 , and I got my first big tip as a  43 : “Never,never go anywhere without a pen and paper. You never know what you’ll run into. ”After a few days, I gave my oral report totally from   44  in class. I got an A on the entire project.

Years later, I was in college looking around for a new career, but with no success. Then I _45 _Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn’t __46__me. They just reminded me how competitive the field was and   47  all my life I had to run away from competition. This was true. But journalism did something to me; it was in my blood. _48__gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was   49 .

For the past 12 years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career, __50 __ stories from murders to airplane crashes and   51  choosing my strongest area.  52 _ I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible wave of memories hit me and I realized that had it not been __53__Virginia DeView, I would not be sitting at that desk.

I get  54  all the time: “How did you pick journalism?”

“Well, you see, there was a teacher…”I just wish I could  55 her.

1.                A．good           B．mad           C．careless  D．curious

2.                A．university       B．family          C．professions    D．life

3.                A．interview       B．find out         C．admire   D．learn from

4.                A．expressed      B．ordered        C．expected D．meant

5.                A．hardly          B．nearly          C．naturally  D．eagerly

6.                A．drink          B．newspapers     C．preparations   D．paper

7.                A．satisfied        B．comfortable     C．terrified  D．sorry

8.                A．student         B．journalist        C．teacher   D．writer

9.                A．research        B．books          C．imagination    D．memory

10.               A．called          B．recognized      C．remembered   D．visited

11.               A．answer         B．promise        C．stop  D．persuade

12.               A．how           B．whether        C．why  D．when

13.               A．It             B．Virginia DeView  C．My parents D．My oral report

14.               A．breaking in      B．getting down    C．falling off  D．going on

15.               A．making up      B．listening to      C．covering   D．writing

16.               A．of course       B．finally          C．doubtfully D．in all

17.               A．When          B．As long as       C．Once D．On condition

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

19.               A．hurt           B．excited         C．disappointed   D．asked

20.               A．respect        B．support        C．thank D．favor

When I was a child, I often dreamed of the time when I could leave home and escape to the city. We lived on a farm, in the winter especially, we were quite cut off from the outside world. As soon as I left school, I packed my bags and moved to the capital. However, I soon discovered that my life has its _______ too.

One big disadvantage is money. It costs so much to go out, not to mention basics like food and housing. Another disadvantage is pollution. I suffer from asthma(哮喘), and  the air is so  that I am afraid to go outside. Then there is the problem of traveling round. Although I have a car, I seldom use it because of the traffic jams. One choice is to go by bicycle, but that can be quite dangerous.

Of course there are advantages. First, there is so much to do in the city, whatever your tastes in culture or entertainment(娱乐活动). Besides, there are wonderful jobs and greater chances of moving to a more important job or position. Finally, if you like shopping, the variety of goods is very surprising --- and , what is more, shops are often only a short walk away.

Is life better then, in the city? Perhaps it is , when you are in your teens(十几岁)or twenties. However, as you get older, and especially if you have small children, the peace of the countryside may seem preferable. I certainly hope to move back there soon.

1.Which of the following words can be put into the blank in the first paragraph?

A．dangers           B．adventures        C．problems          D．fun

2.What was the writer always thinking about when he was a child?

A．Staying on the farm.                     B．Moving to the countryside.

C．Leaving home for the city.                 D．Running away from the school.

3.Which of the following is true about the writer?

A．He is very old now.                      B．He is in good health.

C．He prefers driving a car.                  D．He lives in the city now.

4. In the passage, the writer tries to __________.

A．express his opinions about way of life        B．describe his life in the countryside

C．an interest in the outside world             D．persuade the reader to live in the city

Parents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and are friends. Is this a good thing? Sometimes, when Mr. Ballmer and his 16-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and talk about interests they both enjoy, such as pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his parents when he was a teenager.

“I would never have said to my mom, ‘Hey, the new Weezer album is really great. How do you like it?’” says Ballmer. “There was just a complete gap in taste.”

Music was not the only gulf. From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits.

Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families. Conversations on subjects such as sex and drugs would not have taken place a generation ago. Now they are comfortable and common. And parent—child activities, from shopping to sports, involve a feeling of trust and friendship that can continue into adulthood.

No wonder greeting cards today carry the message, “To my mother, my best friend.”

But family experts warn that the new equality can also result in less respect for parents. “There’s still a lot of strictness and authority on the part of parents out there, but there is a change happening,” says Kerrie, a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College. “In the middle of that change, there is a lot of confusion among parents.”

Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving roles and attitudes. They see the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more democratic(民主的) process that encourages everyone to have a say.

“My parents were on the ‘before’ side of that change, but today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the  ‘after’ side,” explains Mr. Ballmer. “It’s not something easily done by parents these days, because life is more difficult to understand or deal with, but sharing interests does make it more fun to be a parent now.”

1.The underlined word gulf in Para.3 most probably means _________.

A．interest           B．distance           C．difference         D．separation

2.Which of the following shows that the generation gap is disappearing?

A．Parents help their children develop interests in more activities.

B．Parents put more trust in their children’s abilities.

C．Parents and children talk more about sex and drugs.

D．Parents share more interests with their children.

3.The change in today’s parent-child relationship is _________.

A．more confusion among parents

B．new equality between parents and children

C．1ess respect for parents from children

D．more strictness and authority on the part of parents

4.By saying “today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘after’ side.” the author means that today’s parents _________.

A．follow the change

B．can set a limit to the change

C．fail to take the change seriously

D．have much difficulty changing their ideas