When I was twelve years old, my family were the first black people to move into an all-white part of Grand Rapids, Michigan．Many of our new __36 weren’t very welcoming．Some of the neighbors said __37 that we should return where we came __38 ．Some students sometimes threw stones at me or drove me home from __39 ．
Most of my teachers __40 took no notice of me, but not Dorothy Bean, my history teacher．Miss Bean was angry at how badly I was being __41 ,but she didn’t say this to me．Miss Bean __42 her respect for me by teaching me just like __43 else．Instead of being unnoticed, I was given a __24 to show that I was smart．Miss Bean was the first teacher who ever made me __45? myself．She insisted on knowing what I thought about difficult questions．__46 Thomas Jefferson (美国总统名) right to buy Louisiana (地名) from France? __47 ? She expected me to have an opinion and to be able to __48 it．Miss Bean was teaching me that thinking for yourself was the real key __49 education．
One day, when I was not paying attention in class, Miss Bean suddenly __50 an eraser at me．Unbelievably, the eraser hit me right on the hand and __51 my pencil flying．The whole class was __52 at first, then started laughing．This incident became famous in the school and,__53 it happened to me, the students wanted to get to __54 me and I was no longer neglected(忽视)．So that's the story of how Dorothy Bean made me her target, and __55 I became just another kid in school．
36．A．friends B．schoolmates C. teachers D．neighbors
37．A．kindly B．surprisingly C. angrily D．happily
38．A．to B．from C．for D．in
39．A．school B．street C. office D．downtown
40．A．hardly B．simply C．never D．only
41．A．taught B．considered C. welcomed D．treated
42．A．kept B．expected C. showed D．refused
43．A．anyone B．anywhere C someone D．wherever
44．A．question B．chance C．test D．place
45．A．worry about B．look about C．work for D．think for
46．A．Did B．Does C．Was D．Is
47．A．How B．Where C．When D．Why
48．A．answer B．answer for C．reply D．reply for
49．A．of B．to C．with D．about
50．A．aimed B．threw C．passed D．found
51．A．made B．left C．caught D．cut
52．A．excited B．frightened C moved D．shocked
53．A．so B．then C because D．whether
54．A．ask B．know C praise D．understand
55．A．how B．what C．where D．when
15. -I’d like to invite you to dinner this Saturday, Mr. Smith, 201
- .
A．Oh, no. Let’s not B．I’d rather stay at home
C．I’m very sorry, but I have other plans D．Oh, no. That’ll be too much trouble
14. With no one to _______ in such a frightening situation, she felt very helpless.
A. turn to B. turn on C. turn off D. turn over
13. Nothing _________ after the terrible fire caused by the careless doorkeeper.
A. left B. continued C. kept D. remained
12. –Is that the small town you often refer to？
-Right, just the one ____ you know I used to work for years.
A. that B. which C. where D. what
11. I was too young to understand why, __________ there had been no bombs then.
A. except for B. except when C. except that D. besides
10. Not until midnight ________ home after the experiment.
A. did he go back B. he went back
C. does he go back D. when he went
9. With more forest being destroyed, huge quantities of good earth ________ each year.
A. is washing away B. is being washed away
C. are washing away D. are being washed away
8. I’m not the person to recommend how the job__________.
A. be done B. is done C. done D. should do
7. Usually Mr. Jones eats _________ that his wife eats. It’s not surprising that he’s overweight.
A. twice the amount B. the amount twice
C. the twice amount D. twice as much amount