阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Armed with two over-packed suitcases, we arrived at the airport just in time for my flight. As I watched her unload my luggage, I could see the ___36___ in her eyes. One last hug and a final good-bye, and I would be on my way to a new life ___37____. “You'd better go or you'll miss your flight,”she said.
“I'll __38_____ you,”I replied , and with those words I __39___. By the time I reached the customs I was __40__. While boarding the plane I was still crying. I did not have the ___41__ to put my bag in the overhead locker, so I put it on the empty seat next to mine.
Born barely fifteen months __42___, we not only looked alike, we were alike. We both had that same mix of ___43___ and fear of all things unknown to us. One sunny summer day I was playing outside when she came ___44___ to me and said, “Want to come to the attic(阁楼)?”The answer was always “___45__”. We were frightened of the attic but also ___46_____ by its smells and sounds. Together we would flight many spiders and battle through the numerous boxes __47_____ we found what we needed.
The plane shook ___48___ and my bag fell on the floor. My aspirin, hairbrush and some other things were __49___ on the floor. I __50_____ over to gather them up when I saw a (an) ___51___ little book in the middle of my belongings. It was a diary.
Immediately I __52___ my sister's handwriting. “Hi Sis. What a day it has been today. You let me know that you are moving abroad...”Only __53___ did I realize that my sister had been ___54___ a diary for the past month.
I read about my sister's coming and going during the flight. Even though a large ocean ____55___ us, at some point it felt like she was actually there.
A．honesty B．concern C．sadness D．satisfaction
A．abroad B．home C．again D．along
A．remember B．remind C．miss D．think of
A．was cut B．was off C．left off D．left away
A．smiling B．sneezing C．sighing D．sobbing
A．courage B．energy C．idea D．spirit
A．before B．after C．between D．apart
A．curiosity B．anxiety C．sympathy D．worry
A．about B．across C．down D．up
A．No B．Yes C．Sorry D．Certain
A．surprised B．bored C．attracted D．interested
A．until B．unless C．though D．since
A．hardly B．slightly C．weakly D．heavily
A．spread B．thrown C．dropped D．pushed
A．turned B．went C．bent D．looked
A．familiar B．unfamiliar C．important D．unimportant
A．knew B．saw C．observed D．recognised
A．when B．that C．then D．this
A．keeping B．writing C．using D．making
A．faced B．separated C．surrounded D．blocked
My parents were busy and usually asked little about school except "how was your day," and "have you finished your homework". It wouldn't have 36 , but I was having a problem keeping my marks up. I knew I needed help, but I wondered how to asking for it.
My teachers had given me three weeks to improve they would call my parents to the school for a parent-teacher conference. After thinking about the problem for some time, I finally decided I had to tell them about my myself. I came home from school and instead of waiting for my mom to get home to cook dinner, I decided to cook myself. I everything well, so all they had to do was walk in and sit down.
As I had never cooked dinner before, you can imagine how surprised they were when they arrived home. I didn't explain much then. I told them that I thought we would never have enough time to have a talk I cooked dinner.
That night we sat as a family and really talked. We talked about my grades as I apologized for not telling them sooner that I needed help. That night we came together as a real family.
My parents later to hire a tutorto help me in the evenings after school. The tutor _ to be really helpful. My grades improved and to my great joy, I pass the tenth grade. Something else came out of such a simple situation. We learned to listen and understand. My family learned to .
I made a of cooking dinner at least once a week after that night. It gave my mom a break and our family a chance to hear what was going on in everyone's life.
A．minded B．mattered C．remembered D．considered
A．set out B．get down C．go about D．speak out
A．before B．or C．after D．and
A．choice B．decision C．trouble D．promise
A．decorated B．arranged C．bought D．cleaned
A．naturally B．proudly C．nervously D．simply
A．if B．even though C．unless D．as long as
A．tried B．managed C．failed D．led
A．happened B．seemed C．proved D．sounded
A．would B．must C．had D．did
A．share B．accept C．express D．communicate
A．record B．change C．point D．sign
Brothers Robert and Lemon grew up in a black neighborhood in Richmond, California. Both boys were in school and got mostly A’s on their report cards through primary school. But from a working-class family, the two growing boys often stole to satisfy their when there was not enough food at home.
Time brought about differences between the two brothers. By the end of the freshman year at Kennedy High School, Lemon had received three F’s on his report card. the school only allowed three failures over four years, one more F and Lemon would be kicked out of school. That’s when he made up his mind to . He wanted to be whatever a man could hope to be. His decision to change took him in an entirely different from his brother Robert and became a Deputy District Attorney in Los Angeles.
What became of What became of Robert? He changing his unproductive behavior. He changing his unproductive behavior. After high school he joined the army. Then after his duty he returned to his hometown, he continued his pattern of anti-social behavior --- stealing to himself and forming a growing drug habit. At 42 he died from AIDS.
This story reminds us that what we become is determined by the we make. That’s what the saying “change…or be changed” is all about. Lemon changed from an underachiever to an honor student who took action towards his life and finally his dreams. His brother Robert, , was changed by poverty, illegal drugs and finally a deadly disease. The is, “Either way, you pay!” But the price that Robert paid for refusing to change was much than the price that Lemon paid for seeking to change.
A．ill-mannered B．well-behaved C．warm-hearted D．absent-minded
A．fear B．supply C．hunger D．interest
A．Because B．Unless C．When D．Although
A．entirely B．exactly C．truly D．surely
A．change B．leave C．quarrel D．entertain
A．communication B．expression C．organization D．direction
A．continued B．started C．refused D．represented
A．where B．what C．when D．which
A．devote B．support C．express D．protect
A．chances B．promises C．choices D．achievements
A．cautious B．modest C．energetic D．active
A．followed B．broke C．achieved D．struggled
A．in return B．on the contrary C．in summary D．in charge
A．approach B．fortune C．agreement D．truth
A．higher B．lower C．larger D．smaller
A little boy would come to school early each day to start the fire and warm the classroom with an old-fashioned coal stove before his teacher and his classmates arrived. One morning they to find the schoolhouse in flames. They dragged the boy out of the building and took him to the nearby hospital.
The semi-conscious boy heard the doctor talking to his mother. The doctor told his mother that her son would surely die—which was for the , really—for the terrible fire had the lower half of his body completely.
But the brave boy didn't want to die. He made up his mind that he would survive. , to the amazement of the physician, he did . He again heard the doctor and his mother speaking quietly. The mother was told that he was to be a lifetime cripple (瘸子) with no use at all of his lower limbs. Once more the brave boy made up his mind. He would not be a cripple. He would walk. But from the waist down, he had no motor ability.
Finally he was from the hospital. Every day his mother massage (按摩) his little legs, but there was no feeling. Yet his 41 that he would walk was as as ever. One sunny day his mother him out into the yard to get some fresh air. This day, sitting there, he threw himself from the chair, pulled himself across the grass, his legs behind him. With great , he raised himself up on the fence. Then he began dragging himself along the . He started to do this every day he footed a smooth path all around the yard beside the fence.
At last, he did the ability to stand up, then to walk, and then to run.
This determined young man, who was not to survive, who would surely never walk, who could never hope to run—Dr. Glenn Cunningham, ran the world's fastest mile!
A．rushed B．got C．arrived D．intended
A．scared B．brave C．determined D．unconscious
A．worst B．best C．least D．most
A．damaged B．influenced C．disturbed D．removed
A．Besides B．Somehow C．Though D．However
A．recover B．survive C．insist D．remain
A．sure B．ready C．willing D．upset
A．strangely B．importantly C．gradually D．unfortunately
A．freed B．sent C．protected D．avoided
A．could B．would C．must D．should
A．determination B．confidence C．courage D．attention
A．wonderful B．clear C．strong D．meaningful
A．pushed B．wheeled C．drove D．persuaded
A．instead of B．because of C．despite of D．regardless of
A．raising B．dragging C．holding D．hiding
A．challenge B．strength C．pleasure D．effort
A．yard B．grass C．chair D．fence
A．until B．since C．when D．after
A．prepare B．develop C．discover D．improve
A．encouraged B．required C．expected D．attempted
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A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s , she said she would go. This would be the time that his classmates and teacher his mother and he felt of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar(疤痕)that nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed(尴尬)and himself from everyone. He did, however, get within of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.
The teacher asked ,“How did you get the scar on your face?”
The mother replied,“ my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was afraid to go in because the fire was ，so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was __ __ senseless (失去知觉) but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She __ __ the burned side of her face. “This scar will be lasting, but to this day, I have never __ ___ what I did.”
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt great from his mother. He held her hand for the rest of the day.
A．comfort B．excitement C．joy D．upset
A．last B．first C．second D．third
A．noticed B．greeted C．met D．accepted
A．grateful B．ashamed C．afraid D．tired
A．covered B．passed C．experienced D．flowed
A．talk about B．go through C．set down D．rely on
A．surprised B．impressed C．excited D．judged
A．in sight of B．by means of C．in view of D．in spite of
A．enjoyed B．protected C．hid D．dressed
A．understanding B．hearing C．packing D．learning
A．officially B．happily C．carefully D．coldly
A．Because B．When C．Since D．Although
A．so B．much C．quite D．too
A．out of control B．out of sight C．in ruins D．in power
A．shocked B．ignored C．knocked D．settled
A．washed B．touched C．swapped D．buried
A．regretted B．forecasted C．considered D．organized
A．teacher B．classmate C．desk D．mother
A．help B．love C．gift D．hope
A．loosely B．gradually C．tightly D．suddenly
Sixth-grade schoolteacher Ms．Shelton believed in readiness．Students remembered how she walked in on the first day of class and began writing words of eighth-grade on the ．They quickly protested that the words were not on their and they couldn’t learn them．
Their teacher insisted that the students could and would learn these ．She said that she would teach them something that should be given．Ms．Shelton by saying that one of the students in the classroom could go on to , maybe even be president someday, and she wanted to prepare them for that day．
Ms．Shelton spoke those words many years ago． did she know that someday one of her students—Jesse Jackson—would take them ．She believed that if they were well prepared, they could high goals．
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “People only see what they are to see．” If that’s true, then it is also that they only become what they are prepared to become．And many things in life are just about getting ready．
“I want to be doing something more with my life than what I am doing now,” a young man once said to me．He what he was doing was just not that important．Other people have said things to me such as, “I only I had a meaningful relationship．” And, “I’d really like to get a better job, but I just don’t see ．”
You fill in the blanks．What is it you would like to that isn’t happening? Perhaps the answer is that you are not yet ．Maybe you need more time to prepare before you are truly ready for the things which you ．
Think of today as another chance to yourself for the exciting future you are looking for．Today is not wasted．If you desire more from , then you can use today as training．For you will experience only what you are prepared to ．Something wonderful can happen．And you can use today to get ready for tomorrow．
A．desk B．wall C．door D．chalkboard
A．duty B．desk C．level D．mind
A．grammars B．words C．pronunciations D．sentences
A．started B．ended C．warned D．reminded
A．greatness B．wealth C．honor D．failure
A．Seldom B．Hardly C．Little D．Totally
A．nervously B．seriously C．eagerly D．simply
A．achieve B．have C．set D．keep
A．prepared B．forced C．attracted D．tempted
A．proper B．exact C．legal D．true
A．difficult B．interesting C．pleasant D．significant
A．boasted B．felt C．behaved D．looked
A．hope B．expect C．wish D．imagine
A．what B．when C．how D．why
A．happen B．survive C．gain D．win
A．adventurous B．active C．ready D．intelligent
A．concern B．arrange C．adore D．desire
A．prepare B．enjoy C．imagine D．conduct
A．history B．nature C．marriage D．life
A．suffer B．experience C．struggle D．work
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