I got a guitar for my birthday, and since then I have been struggling. It’s kind of sad. To be honest, it is how many problems are caused by such little things in the life of a teenager .It has awakened another side of myself me. And it couldn’t have happened at a worse time.
I’m a senior, I’m going to soon and I know what college I’m going to. And now I have to deal with this little voice in my head constantly me that I’m going to be a rock star, not a scientist.
A few weeks ago I was given the simple task of writing a short story. I sat down to a beautiful work of fiction that would my teacher and classmates. To be honest, this is an area I generally feel very in. I really enjoy it and such writing tasks used to take the amount of time.
So I was to write my story, and across the room lay my beautiful birthday present. “Once upon a time,” I wrote. Then I stopped, in my chair, and stared for a moment at the . Its dark red paint was and I could see my reflection in its perfect surface. And then my reflection started dancing and singing. I wasn’t , but it sure was. I’d follow its . So I seized my guitar and plucked (拨动) a string. I sat rocking with my guitar until late the night. I was sure I was preparing for the much more efficiently now that I wasn’t spending time writing stories.
Needless to say, no story was written, and many arose in my mind. Since then, I have constantly asked, “Am I for not wanting to do my work anymore?” More importantly, , I’ve learned I really am going to be a rock star.
A．interesting B．exciting C．disappointing D．surprising
A．within B．with C．before D．beyond
A．work B．write C．graduate D．retire
A．teaching B．advising C．reminding D．fooling
A．actually B．seemingly C．obviously D．partly
A．plan B．create C．carry D．continue
A．frustrate B．amuse C．astonish D．admire
A．happy B．rich C．fortunate D．strong
A．least B． most C． largest D．best
A．trying B．helping C．refusing D．learning
A．seated B．edited C．turned D．digested
A．paper B．instrument C．floor D．desk
A．running B．shining C．deepening D．fading
A．playing B．dreaming C．moving D．repeating
A．lead B．music C．speed D．rule
A．of B．at C．for D．into
A．university B．life C．future D．exam
A．doubts B．fears C．discussions D．problems
A．curious B．clever C．normal D．alone
A．therefore B．though C．otherwise D．even
From the time I was seven, I had a dream of becoming a member of the Students Union. I always 1__ my school leaders for taking responsibility for all of us. So I dreamed of being a leader.
Years flew by, and soon I was able to take part in the elections, 2 I would win. But the reality struck that I hadn't had a chance. I wasn't pretty. Girls across the school hardly knew me. I just did not have what it __3 to win a school election. I was 4 ___ .
As I cried in my room that evening, I 5 took a deep breath and decided I wouldn't stop dreaming. I decided that I would 6 for elections again in my final year at school—and I would win.
I recognized that my 7 had a lot of things in their favor(有利). What were the points that would work in ___8___ favor? I had good grades, and I was friendly and helpful. And my biggest 9 was the faith(信念) I had. I would not allow my plain appearance to hold me __10____ from putting my best foot forward. That evening, I 11 my election plans a whole year ahead of time.
I realized that girls would have to get to know me and recognize that I had the ability to 12 them. I loved making friends and I liked being helpful, 13 __ I decided that perhaps I could use these qualities to work to my advantage. In order to learn how to present a great election 14 __ , I also attended a course on effective public speaking.
The day after the election, when the principal announced I won the second highest number of votes, the students 15 .That joy on the faces of all my friends showed me that my victory was 16 theirs.
Suddenly, I realized that I had 17 much more than I had dreamed of. I had made many new friends and had helped people 18 the way. I had won the 19 and love of my school-mates and they knew me as somebody who would stand by them. I was able to put a smile on their faces and 20 their day.
A．admired B．remembered C．praised D．believed
A．hoping B．planning C．pretending D．judging
A．offered B．provided C．meant D．took
A．concerned B．upset C．surprised D．angry
A．gradually B．immediately C．suddenly D．impatiently
A．pay B．stand C．speak D．wait
A．competitors B．classmates C．enemies D．schoolmates
A．their B．your C．our D．my
A．problem B．strength C．worry D．dream
A．in B．up C．out D．back
A．began B．discussed C．announced D．challenged
A．reconsider B．accompany C．represent D．support
A．but B．and C．so D．or
A．capsule B．speech C．meeting D．promise
A．nodded B．gathered C．cheered D．cried
A．only B．still C．almost D．also
A．accomplished B．absorbed C．devoted D．developed
A．by B．to C．in D．along
A．announcement B．recognition C．conclusion D．arrangement
A．enlarge B．wish C．brighten D．experience
On a Friday 11 , a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin.The music was 12 , and many people 13 and put some money into the 14 of the young man.
The next night,the young artist took out a large piece of 15 and laid it on the ground.Then he began 16 . The music sounded more pleasant.Some people gathered and they found the 17 on that paper.“Last night,a gentleman put a(n) 18 thing into my hat.Please come to get it back.”When the people saw that, they felt very curious and began to 19 what it could be.After about half an hour, a man 20 there in a hurry and said,“It can’t be true！You ...you ...”
The young violinist asked, “Did you 21 something?”
“Lottery (彩票).”the man answered 22 .
The violinist took out a lottery ticket.“Is it？”he asked.
The man was too 23 to say a word ...George Sang 24 a lottery ticket a few days ago. The awards(奖)opened yesterday and he won $500,000. So lucky and excited did he feel that he 25 50 dollars and put it in the hat when hearing the music. However, the lottery ticket was also thrown into the hat without being noticed. The violinist found the lottery ticket. Thinking that the owner would 26 to look for it, he came back to where he was given the lottery ticket.
Someone asked the violinist 27 he returned the lottery ticket to the man. He said, “ 28 I don’t have much 29 , I live happily; but if I lose 30 I won’t be happy forever.”
A．morning B．night C．afternoon D．noon
A．quiet B．exciting C．beautiful D．familiar
A．passed by B．went away C．slowed down D．speeded up
A．wallet B．box C．bag D．hat
A．paper B．cloth C．glass D．plastic
A．singing B．playing C．working D．waiting
A．poems B．articles C．words D．texts
A．important B．fantastic C．dangerous D．interesting
A．argue B．care C．expect D．guess
A．came B．rushed C．walked D．left
A．get B．find C．forget D．lose
A．quickly B．anxiously C．seriously D．carefully
A．confused B．anxiously C．excited D．surprised
A．bought B．made C．found D．sold
A．handed out B．took out C．hunted for D．picked up
A．forget B．remember C．return D．picked up
A．where B．why C．when D．how
A．Because B．Although C．If D．While
A．money B．food C．time D．luck
A．friendship B．honesty C．hope D．love
A man who knows how to write a personal letter has a very powerful tool. A letter can be enjoyed, read and 36 . It can set up a warm conversation between two people far apart (远离的);it can keep a 37 with very little effort.
I will give 38 .A few years ago my older brother and l were not getting 39 .We had been close as 40 but had grown apart. Our meetings were not 41 ; our conversation was filled with arguments and quarrels: and every effort to clear the air seemed to only 42 our misunderstanding. Then he 43 a small island in the Caribbean and we 44 touch. One day he wrote me a letter. He described his island and its people, told me what he was doing, said how he felt, and encouraged me to 45 . Rereading the letter, I was 46 by its humor（幽默）and clever expressions. These were all qualities for which I had 47 respected my older brother but 48 he no longer had them. I had never known he could write so 49 . And with that one letter we became friends 50 .
It might never have occurred to 51 to write me if he had not been in a place where there were no 52 . For him, writing was a necessity. It also turned out to be the best way for us to get back in touch. Because we live in an age of 53 communication（通讯）, people often 54 that they don’t always have to phone or email. They have a 55 . And that is to write.
A．received B．rewritten C．returned D．reread
A．record B．promise C．friendship D．secret
A．an example B．a lesson C．an experience D．a talk
A．through B．together C．along D．away
A．brothers B．children C．fellows D．classmates
A．normal B．necessary C．pleasant D．possible
A．deepen B．start C．express D．settle
A．toured B．stopped C．reached D．moved to
A．lost B．kept in C．needed D．got in
A．think B．write C．enjoy D．read
A．driven B．beaten C．surprised D．honored
A．never B．seldom C．sometimes D．once
A．realized B．judged C．thought D．expected
A．well B．often C．much D．soon
A．later B．anyhow C．too D．again
A．us B．anyone C．someone D．my brother
A．mail services B．transport services C．phones D．relative
A．poor B．easy C．popular D．busy
A．believe B．decide C．argue D．forget
A． habit B．choice C．method D．plan
He came into the room to shut the windows while we were still in bed and I saw he looked ill. He was shivering, his face was white, and he walked slowly as though it ached to move.
"What's the matter, Schatz?"
"I've got a headache."
"You better go back to bed."
"No. I'm all right."
"You go to bed. I'll see you when I'm dressed."
But when I came downstairs he was dressed, sitting by the fire, looking a very sick and miserable boy of nine years. When I put my hand on his forehead I knew he had a fever.
"You go up to bed," I said, "You're sick."
"I'm all right," he said.
When the doctor came he took the boy's temperature.
"What's is it?" I asked him.
"One hundred and two."
Downstairs, the doctor left three different medicines in different colored capsules（胶囊） with instructions for giving them. One was to bring down the fever, another a purgative(泻药), the third to overcome an acid condition. The germs of influenza（流感）can only exist in an acid condition, he explained. He seemed to know all about influenza and said there was nothing to worry about if the fever did not go above one hundred and four degrees. This was a light epidemic(传染病；传染性的) of flu and there was no danger if you avoided pneumonia（肺炎）.
Back in the room I wrote the boy's temperature down and made a note of the time to give the various capsules.
"Do you want me to read to you?"
"All right. If you want to, " said the boy. His face was very white and there were dark areas under his eyes. He lay still in the bed and seemed very detached（超然的；冷漠的）from what was going on.
I read aloud from Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates（海盗）;but I could see he was not following what I was reading.
"How do you feel, Schatz?" I asked him.
"Just the same, so far," he said.
I sat at the foot of the bed and read to myself while I waited for it to be time to give another capsule. It would have been natural for him to go to sleep, but when I looked up he was looking at the foot of the bed, looking very strangely.
"Why don't you try to sleep? I'll wake you up for the medicine."
"I'd rather stay awake."
After a while he said to me, "You don't have to stay in here with me, Papa, if it bothers you."
"It doesn't bother me."
"No, I mean you don't have to stay if it's going to bother you."
I thought perhaps he was a little lightheaded and after giving him the prescribed capsules at eleven o'clock I went out with my gun and the young hunting dog….I killed two quail(鹌鹑), and missed five, and started back pleased to have found a covey of quail close to the house and happy there were so many left to find on another day.
At the house they said the boy had refused to let anyone come into the room.
"You can't come in," he said. "You mustn't get what I have."
I went up to him and found him in exactly the position I had left him, white-faced, but with the tops of his cheeks flushed（发红）by the fever, staring still, as he had stared, at the foot of the bed.
I took his temperature.
"What is it?"
"Something like a hundred," I said. It was one hundred and two and four tenths.
"It was a hundred and two," he said.
"Who said so?"
"The doctor."
"Your temperature is all right," I said. "It's nothing to worry about."
"I don't worry," he said, "but I can't keep from thinking."
"Don't think," I said. "Just take it easy."
"I'm taking it easy," he said and looked straight ahead, He was evidently holding tight onto himself about something.
"Take this with water."
"Do you think it will do any good?"
"Of course it will."
I sat down and opened the Pirate book and began to read, but I could see he was not following, so I stopped.
"About what time do you think I'm going to die?" he asked.
"What?"
"About how long will it be before I die?"
"You aren't going to die. What's the matter with you? "
"Oh, yes, I am, I heard him say a hundred and two."
"People don't die with a fever of one hundred and two. That's a silly way to talk."
"I know they do. At school in France the boys told me you can't live with forty-four degrees. I've got a hundred and two."
He had been waiting to die all day, ever since nine o'clock in the morning.
"You poor Schatz," I said. "Poor old Schatz. It's like miles and kilometers. You aren't going to die. That's different thermometer（温度计）. On that thermometer thirty-seven is normal. On this kind it's ninety-eight."
"Are you sure?"
"Absolutely," I said, "It's like miles and kilometers. You know, like how many kilometers we make when we do seventy miles in the car?"
"Oh," he said.
But his gaze at the foot of the bed relaxed slowly. The hold over himself relaxed too, finally, and the next day it was very slack(松驰的) and he cried very easily at little things that were of no importance.
The author writes about the doctor’s visit in order to _____.
A．show the doctor’s knowledge about influenza and its treatment B．show the boy’s illness was quite serious C．create a situation of misunderstanding around which to build a story D．show the father was very much concerned about the boy’s illness
A．the boy’s high temperature B．the father giving the medicine to the boy C．the father staying with the boy D．the boy’s death
A．early in the afternoon B．close to evening C．at noon D．late in the morning
A．he did not want to be a bother to others B．he wanted to recover quickly so that he could go hunting with his father C．he was afraid that he would die if he lost control over himself D．he thought he was going to die and he must show courage in the face of death
A．he couldn’t control his emotions when he finally relaxed B．his father would go out hunting without him if he didn’t cry C．something went wrong with his brain after the fever D．he often complained about unimportant things as a spoiled boy
A．death is something beyond a child’s comprehension B．to be calm and controlled in the face of death is a mark of courage C．misunderstanding can occur even between father and son D．misunderstanding can sometimes lead to an unexpected effect
Jane raced onto the train platform and asked a porter, “Is this the train to Rochester?”
“Yes,” said the porter. “but only the …Hey! Wait.” He was too 21 .Jane had raced off
22 he had finished speaking.
She had just 23 herself in a seat when the train 24 out of the station. Jane got out her book and settled down to read. After about an hour or so, she looked 25 and glanced out of the window. “That’s 26 .” she thought . “the landscape(景色)doesn’t look 27 ,and it should; I’ve 28 this route so many times.” She was getting increasing 29 when the big, red-faced conductor walked up and asked for her 30 .
One glance was enough. He 31 his head in friendly reproach(责备) and said, “Now, young lady, what did you do a fool thing like that for? This is the 32 ticket. You 33 have sat at the back of the train. The Rochester-bound(开往) section was 34 at the last station.
Jane’s face grew red. “I’m sorry,” she said, “I guess I was in too much of a 35 to find out…” “Well,” said the conductor, “don’t `36 . You shouldn’t have been in such a hurry, but I dare say we can 37 you a train going in the right 38 at Syracuse. You’ll be a couple of hours late 39 ,though .”
When Jane finally stepped onto the Rochester platform, her mother 40 up to her . “Oh, Jane, we have been so worried. What on earth happened?”
“Well, Mom,” said Jane, “it’s a long story.”
A．busy B．early C．late D．quick
A．when B．then C．after D．before
A．settled B．took C．made D．gave
A．pushed B．pulled C．left D．started
A．around B．about C．up D．down
A．exciting B．interesting C．strange D．right
A．familiar B．beautiful C．nice D．alike
A．walked B．gone C．followed D．traveled
A．uneasy B．calm C．angry D．unhappy
A．money B．ticket C．book D．name
A．put B．shook C．raised D．nodded
A．wrong B．used C．only D．right
A．would B．must C．should D．could
A．joined B．turned C．connected D．separated
A．hurry B．trouble C．worry D．difficulty
A．sorry B．worry C．hurry D．regret
A．make B．give C．find D．get
A．time B．place C．station D．direction
A．arriving B．leaving C．going D．returning
A．called B．picked C．rushed D．pushed
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