High school seems bigger. There are 36 kids and it’s a totally new environment. It could be a 37 time for new students, 38 ,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 39 .Of course you might get lost during the first few days 40 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 41 .For example, if you like 42 ,there are many art classes. At the same time, there are 43 classes, which you can’t take in middle school 44 photography and psychology(心理学).There are many new things in high school that make it much more 45 .
In high school, you’re able to join more clubs, play more sports, and take part in more 46 ,and at the same time make new friends with kids with the same 47 as you. Also, these activities can give you a 48 to learn something that you might not have had the opportunity to learn in 49 .
High school is different 50 everyone, but there’s one thing that’s 51 .You’re going to have just as much fun here as you 52 before. But having fun isn’t enough though! You’re 53 so you have to be more responsible. Everything changes when you get 54 ,but the changes aren’t that bad. You 55 worry too much about growing up.
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Mrs. Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and was 21 of the fact that she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished 22 a driving offence (犯规).
Then one day she nearly 23 her record. A police car 24 her, and the policemen in it saw her 25 a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed 26 that she would be punished.
When Mrs. Jones came up to the judge（法官）, he looked at her seriously and said that she was 27 old to drive a car, and that the reason why she had not stopped at the red 28 was most probably that her eyes had become weak 29 old age, so that she had not seen it.
When the judge had finished what he was 30 . Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was 31 and took out her sewing (针线). Without saying a word, she 32 a needle(针) with a very small eye, and threaded it at once.
When she had successfully done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed 33 the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your 34 . I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight.”
The judge took the needle and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. Mrs. Jones’ record 35 unbroken.
A．afraid B．careful C．proud D．full
A．about B．on C．to D．for
A．kept B．won C．missed D．lost
A．watched B．after C．followed D．ran after
A．pass B．go C．run D．rush
A．sure B．Indeed C．certain D．perhaps
A．so B．very C．too D．quite
A．light B．lamp C．sign D．one
A．with B．Because C．for D．of
A．speaking B．saying C．talking D．telling
A．holding B．getting C．carrying D．bringing
A．took B．brought C．picked D．chose
A．both B．all C．neither D．either
A．time B．turn C．chance D．job
A．was B．kept C．seemed D．remained
Megan's Library of Love book drive began in 2006, in memory of a student who passed away. The_ 21__ to send books to a school _22 _was created by Megan's classmates at Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle School as a tribute（悼念）to her.
The project formed out of the desire to23 _Megan, to help our community heal, and to make a _24__ in the life of others. Students have many 25_ of Megan, but the most vivid was her love for her family and the diligent 26__ she gave to her classmates. They combined this with her _27_ for learning and reading to create the Library of Love. This project honors Megan's special qualities. In the _28__of one of her classmates, Megan was, “A good daughter, a good student, a good friend. ”We are all blessed to have been a _29_ of Megan's life.
Every February, on Megan's birthday, fifth graders at Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle School _30 _donations of newly purchased books and send them to a school in need. The “Love books” are truly a __31__ of love meant to _32_ reading and learning. Students earn the money for postage by writing letters to local _33 _.The fifth graders also have the _34_ of labeling every book with a Library of Love sticker（标签）, _35_ the books into categories（类别）, and _36_ all the books for shipping.
In the two years since the Library of Love _37 _began, students have collected over 5000 newly purchased books to send to schools in need. In 2006, 3419 books were sent to St. Bernard's Parish to help _38 their school library after Hurricane Katrina destroyed the community. In 2007, 1613 books were sent to White Mountain School in Alaska, who _39 _their high school in a fire. Students look forward to sending the gift of _40 _to other schools in the future.
A．move B．thought C．idea D．offer
A．in need B．in trouble C．in difficulty D．in pain
A．help B．honor C．keep D．save
A．contribution B．mark C．difference D．start
A．images B．pictures C．stories D．memories
A．effort B．advice C．help D．example
A．interest B．passion C．preference D．determination
A．case B．ideas C．words D．look
A．company B．witness C．part D．friend
A．get B．count C．seek D．collect
A．measure B．force C．gift D．mark
A．push B．reward C．inspire D．connect
A．families B．communities C．factories D．businesses
A．chance B．responsibility C．pleasure D．work
A．dividing B．placing C．sorting D．passing
A．cleaning B．checking C．packing D．examining
A．plan B．organization C．campaign D．project
A．repair B．rebuild C．remove D．restart
A．lost B．ruined C．closed D．escaped
A．comforting B．reading C．encouraging D．writing
We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects （缺陷） that can never be changed．“I’m impatient．” “I’m always behind．” “I always put things 21 !” You’ve surely heard them．Maybe you’ve used them to describe 22 ．
These comments may come from stories about us that have been 23 for years—often from 24 childhood．These stories may have no 25 in fact．But they can set low expectations for us．As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical （操作机械的） skills, and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life．” How did these expectations 26 my development? I was never 27 to work on cars or be around 28 ．When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test．My scores were in the bottom for the entire nation!
Six years later, 29 , I was at California University, working on my doctor’s degree．One of my professors, Dr．Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did well and things I couldn’t do．On the positive side, I 30 down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking．” On the 31 side, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills．”
Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills．I explained my life 32 and told him about my 33 performance on the Army test．Bob then asked, “ 34 is it that you can solve 35 mathematical problems, but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems?”
Suddenly I realized that I didn’t 36 from some sort of genetic defect．I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to 37 ．At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been 38 my belief that I was mechanically hopeless．And it wasn’t just the Army test, either．I was the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that as long as I kept saying that, it was going to remain true． 39 , if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can do well in almost 40 we choose．
A．away B．off C．up D．down
A．them B．myself C．yourself D．others
A．said B．spoken C．spread D．repeated
A．as long as B．as far back as C．as well as D．as much as
A．basis B．plot C．cause D．meaning
A．lead B．improve C．affect D．change
A．encouraged B．demanded C．hoped D．agreed
A．means B．tools C．facilities D．hammers
A．therefore B．somehow C．instead D．however
A．settled B．turned C．took D．got
A．passive B．active C．negative D．subjective
A．experiences B．trips C．roads D．paths
A．unexpected B．poor C．excellent D．average
A．When B．What C．How D．Why
A．complex B．advanced C．common D．primary
A．arise B．separate C．suffer D．come
A．believe B．suspect C．adopt D．receive
A．weakening B．strengthening C．abandoning D．accepting
A．As a result B．At the same time C．In addition D．On the contrary
A．anything B．something C．nothing D．all
The story of the touchstone(探金石) tells of a man who was told that if he could find the touchstone, its magical powers could give him anything he wanted. It could be found, he was 31 , among the pebbles (卵石) of a beach. All he need to do is 32 a stone.If it feels warm, the magical touchstone is 33 .
The man rushed to the beach without delay. When he 34 a pebble that felt cold, he threw it into the sea. He 35 this practice for weeks. Each pebble felt cold, and each pebble was 36 thrown into the sea..
But one morning, he 37 to take hold of a pebble that felt 38 , unlike the other stones. The man, who had 39 noticed the difference, threw it into the sea. He hadn’t 40 to, but he had formed a habit that can be 41 to break.
Any behavior one 42 is strengthened. Repeated often enough, it becomes a(n) 43 . A Spanish proverb says, “Habits are first cobwebs (蜘蛛网), then cables (钢索).” It works well for 44 habits that first trap us like a cobweb. And if we continue the behavior, the 45 grows stronger and can be as difficult to break as a steel cable. 46 some habits can work in our 47 , such as patterns of our lives, positive attitudes and healthy ways of thinking. We form our habits, then our habits form us 48 .
When it 49 habits, practice may not make perfect. But practice will certainly make permanent. So form the habits you want and let them 50 you into the person you want to be.
A．tricked B．informed C．introduced D．traced
A．look on B．cut into C．knock down D．pick up
A．knew B．showed C．grasped D．grabbed
A．decided B．stopped C．required D．continued
A．immediately B．frequently C．greatly D．happily
A．tried B．decided C．hoped D．happened
A．smooth B．rough C．warm D．cold
A．commonly B．necessarily C．hardly D．quickly
A．designed B．determined C．failed D．meant
A．hard B．easy C．likely D．sure
A．forgets B．shows C．adjusts D．repeats
A．addiction B．instruction C．habit D．regret
A．annoying B．old C．influential D．bad
A．line B．web C．spirit D．feeling
A．Then B．Thus C．But D．Because
A．favor B．memory C．honor D．wish
A．in force B．in addition C．in return D．in vain
A．leads to B．comes to C．belongs to D．points to
A．adjust B．form C．transfer D．shape
To this day,I still remember the first day of classes exactly 30 years ago. I _16_ in Dr Charles E. Offutt’s British literature class，listening to him _17_ what his seniors would learn and get them excited about the journey they would __18__ .I’m the principal(校长) of the school now，but for a few minutes I was back in 1975，__19__ what the future held.
I have been learning from Dr Offutt for 30 of the 51 years he has been teaching at DeMatha. he not only taught me to think，he _20_ me，as much by example as _21__，that it was my moral duty to do so and to serve __22_ .
Neither of us could know how our _23_ would develop over the years. When I first came back to DeMatha to teach English，I worked for Dr Offutt，then the department chair. After several years，I was _24__ department chair，and our relationship changed __25__. I thought that it might be __26__chairing the department，since all of my former English teachers were still there，but Dr Offutt _27__ me throughout. he knew when to give me _28__ about curriculum(课程)，texts and personnel，and when to let me design my own course.
In 1997，I needed his advice about leaving DeMatha to become principal at another school. If he had asked me to stay at DeMatha，I might have. _29_，he encouraged me to seize the new __30_ .
Five years ago,I became the__31_ of DeMatha. Once again, Dr Offutt was there for me,Letting me know that I could__32_ on him as I tried to fill such big shoes.I’ve learned that great teachers have a (an)___33__wealth of lessons to teach __34_ his students don’t know it yet.I know how __35_ they are.I’m still one of them.
A．stood B．sat C．taught D．talked
A．explain B．predict C．speak D．teach
A．keep B．achieve C．choose D．take
A．preparing B．discovering C．wondering D．realizing
A．assisted B．reminded C．advised D．convinced
A．words B．action C．explanation D．models
A．the others B．everyone C．others D．anyone
A．relationship B．position C．situation D．condition
A．pointed B．named C．given D．taken
A．already B．yet C．still D．again
A．foolish B．surprising C．uncertain D．challenging
A．promoted B．accepted C．supported D．welcomed
A．advice B．information C．notice D．thought
A．Otherwise B．Therefore C．Furthermore D．Instead
A．choice B．opportunity C．occupation D．possibility
A．teacher B．principal C．officer D．clerk
A．live B．look C．depend D．take
A．rich B．little C．valuable D．endless
A．Once B．Even if C．Unless D．Until
A．fortunate B．curious C．innocent D．satisfied
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