高中英语完型填空

It was the district sports meet. My foot still hadn’t healed(痊愈) from a(n) ___36___ injury. I had___37___ whether or not I should attend the meet. But there I was, ___38___for the 3,000-meter run.
“Ready…set…” The gun popped and we were off. The other girls rushed ___39___ me. I felt ___40___ as I fell farther and farther behind.
“Hooray!” shouted the crowd. It was the loudest___41___ I had ever heard at a meet. The first-place runner was two laps（圈）ahead of me when she crossed the finish line.
“Maybe I should___42___, I thought as I moved on. ___43___, I decided to keep going. During the last two laps, I ran ___44___ and decided not to ___45___in track next year. It wouldn’t be worth it, ___46___my foot did heal.
When I finished, I heard a cheer--___47___ than the one I’d heard earlier. I turned around and___48___, the boys were preparing for their race. “They must be cheering for the boys. ”
I was leaving ___49___ several girls came up to me. “Wow, you’ve got courage!” one of them told me.
“Courage? I just ___50___a race!” I thought.
“I would have given up on the first lap,” said another girl. “We were cheering for you. Did you hear us?”
Suddenly I regained___51___. I decided to ___52___ track next year. I realized strength and courage aren’t always ___53___ in medals and victories, but in the ___54___we overcome(战胜). The strongest people are not always the people who win, ___55___ the people who don’t give up when they lose.
36. A. slighter B. worse  C. earlier D. heavier
37. A. expected      B. supposed    C. imagined    D. doubted
38. A. late      B. eager  C. ready  D. thirsty
39. A. from behind B. ahead of     C. next to       D. close to
40. A. ashamed      B. astonished  C. excited       D. frightened
41. A. cheer    B. shout  C. cry     D. noise
42. A. slow down   B. drop out     C. go on  D. speed up
43. A. Therefore     B. Otherwise   C. Besides      D. However
44. A. with delight B. with fear    C. in pain       D. in advance
45. A. play     B. arrive  C. race    D. attend
46. A. even if  B. only if       C. unless D. until
47. A. weaker B. longer C. lower  D. louder
48. A. well enough B. sure enough       C. surprisingly enough   D. strangely enough
49. A. while    B. when  C. as       D. since
50. A. finished       B. won    C. passed D. lost
51. A. cheer    B. hope   C. interest       D. experience
52. A. hold on B. turn to       C. begin with  D. stick with
53. A. measured     B. praised       C. tested  D. increased
54. A. sadness B. struggles    C. diseases      D. tiredness
55. A. or B. nor     C. and     D. but

Tracy Wong is a well-known Chinese-American writer. But her writing ___36___ was something she picked up by herself. After her first ___37___, teaching disabled children, she became a part-time writer for IBM. ___38___, writing stories was simply a ___39___ interest. Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher(出版商). ___40___, they immediately suggested that she put them together to make a single one long ___41___ and paid Tracy a $50,000 advance. “A pretty money,” said the publisher, “for ___42___ writer. ”
___43___ Tracy’s characters(人物) are interesting, her stories sometimes ___44___ readers uneasy: those about the supernatural. “My mother believed I could ___45___ the afterlife world,” she told a close friend. “She used to have me speak with my grandmother, who died many years ago. ”
“Can I? I don’t think I can,” Tracy said with a laugh. “But I do have ___46___when things come to me ___47___. ” Once, she was wondering how to complete a ___48___ set in ancient(古代的) China. ___49___the doorbell rang. It was a FedEx delivery man, with a copy of a book on Chinese ___50___. It came without her having ___51___it.
Though she has published 10 books, Tracy has remained ___52___ by her fame. She lives in the same ___53___ ___ she lived 27 years ago — although in a more comfortable home. There
s more room for ___54___in her life ’t just ___55___.
36. A. skill     B. experience  C. practice      D. method
37. A. duty     B. effort  C. job     D. task
38. A. Instead B. Normally   C. Certainly    D. Then
39. A. general B. deep   C. personal     D. lively
40. A. Interested     B. Anxiously   C. Seriously    D. Encouraged
41. A. film     B. story   C. program     D. article
42. A. a foreign      B. a popular    C. an unusual  D. an unknown
43. A. Now that     B. Even though     C. Just because       D. Except that
44. A. find      B. turn    C. leave   D. hold
45. A. make up      B. connect with      C. control       D. explain
46. A. events   B. chances      C. feelings      D. moments
47. A. for no reason       B. from a distance        C. by accident D. as gifts
48. A. description   B. pointing     C. scene  D. talk
49. A. Surprisingly B. Suddenly    C. Expectedly D. Fortunately
50. A. cooking       B. history       C. play    D. medicine
51. A. known  B. sent    C. realized      D. ordered
52. A. unchanged   B. excited       C. determined D. unmoved
53. A. life       B. city     C. house  D. way
54. A. success B. work   C. joy     D. variety
55. A. writing B. reporting    C. luck    D. fun

I played a racquetball game against my cousin Ed last week. It was one of the most ___1___ and tiring games I’ve ever had. When Ed first phoned and ___2___ we play, I laughed quietly, figuring on an ___3___ victory. After all, Ed’s idea of ___4___ has always been nothing more ___5___ than lifting a fork to his mouth. ___6___ I can remember, Ed’s been the least physically fit member in the family, and ___7___ proud of himself. His big stomach has always ballooned out between his T-shirt and trousers. Although the family often ___8___ about that, Ed refused to buy a ___9___ T-shirt or to lose weight. So when Ed ___10___ for our game not only with the bottom of his shirt gathered inside his trousers but also with a stomach you could hardly ___11___, I was so surprised that I was ___12___. My cousin must have made an effort to get himself into shape. ___13___, at the point in our game when I’d have predicted(预计) the score to be about 9 to 1 in my favor, it was ___14___ 7 to 9 — and Ed was ___15___. The sudden realization was painful. We ___16___ to play like two mad men. When the score was 16 up, I was having serious ___17___ about staying alive until 21 years old, let alone ___18___ that many points. When the game finally ended, both of us were lying flat on our backs, too tired to ___19___. In a way, I think we both won: I the game, but cousin Ed my ___20___.
1. A. encouraging   B. hopeless     C. surprising   D. regular
2. A. declared B. mentioned  C. persuaded   D. suggested
3. A. unforgettable B. unexpected C. easy    D. early
4. A. exercise  B. preparation C. joy     D. fitness
5. A. time-saving   B. comfortable       C. suitable      D. effort-making
6. A. As soon as     B. As long as  C. When  D. Since
7. A. strangely       B. personally  C. reasonably  D. eagerly
8. A. cared     B. forgot C. quarreled    D. joked
9. A. clean      B. larger  C. straight      D. darker
10. A. set out  B. got ready    C. arrived       D. returned
11. A. notice   B. admire       C. believe       D. measure
12. A. nervous       B. curious       C. careless      D. speechless
13. A. After all      B. As a result  C. Above all   D. At last
14. A. mistakenly   B. then    C. instead       D. naturally
15. A. leading B. coming      C. waiting      D. counting
16. A. pretended    B. stopped      C. continued   D. decided
17. A. thoughts      B. doubts C. situations    D. problems
18. A. scoring B. completing C. receiving    D. keeping
19. A. play     B. start    C. sleep   D. move
20. A. friendship    B. respect       C. support      D. favor

Andy was still traveling in Spain when he realized he had to confirm (确认) his flight home with the airline company (航空公司). He was visiting Spain in order to ___1___ his Spanish. When he was speaking to people ___2___ he had no ___3___ understanding what they said. ___4___, when he was speaking on the phone, he ___5___ had a problem. Andy ___6___ the airline. And the clerk confirmed that his plane was leaving at nine o’clock three days from that day. She ___7___ told Andy to be at the airport two hours ___8___ in order to check in his luggage and get a seat.
Since he was ___9___ in three days, Andy didn’t ___10___ any time. He visited as many places as he could. He thought that it would probably be a while before he had enough money again. He wished he could ___11___ and spend a year in Spain.
Too ___12___, the final day arrived. Andy left early for the airport to arrive two hours before take-off. He hated to ___13___. He went to the clerk to ___14___ his ticket. The clerk looked at the ticket with ___15___. “Why, sir, but your flight was at nine o’clock in the morning, and ___16___ it is eight in the evening.” “But I confirmed my flight,” ___17___ Andy. “Will I have to pay for another ticket?”
“No, sir. However, the next flight out will be three days from now.”
Andy’s ___18___ of shock turned to one of ___19___ as he realized that now he could continue his ___20___.
1. A. prepare  B. improve     C. enjoy  D. learn
2. A. slowly    B. in public    C. in person    D. carefully
3. A. difficulty       B. idea    C. mistake      D. interest
4. A. Instead   B. Therefore   C. Meanwhile D. However
5. A. even      B. just     C. still     D. seldom
6. A. called     B. liked   C. trusted       D. asked
7. A. again     B. also    C. only    D. once
8. A. before    B. earlier C. later    D. after
9. A. moving  B. returning    C. staying       D. leaving
10. A. take     B. have   C. lose    D. find
11. A. wait     B. go home     C. stop    D. come back
12. A. shortly B. quickly      C. badly  D. early
13. A. speak   B. go      C. rush    D. delay
14. A. buy      B. present       C. order  D. provide
15. A. astonishment B. patience    C. respect       D. delight
16. A. maybe  B. so       C. here    D. now
17. A. insisted B. apologized  C. replied       D. demanded
18. A. experience   B. expression  C. look    D. face
19. A. pleasure       B. comfort      C. sadness       D. hopelessness
20. A. plan     B. flight  C. journey      D. vacation

What is intelligence(智力) anyway? When I was in the army I ___1___ an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against ___2___ of 100, scored 160.
I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not ___3___ have scored more than 80. ___4___, when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him and he always ___5___ it.
Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man ___6___ questions for some intelligence tests. By every one of them I’d prove myself a ___7___. In a world where I have to work with my ___8___ I’d do poorly.
Consider my auto-repair man ___9___. He had a habit of telling ___10___. One time he said,
“Doc, a deaf-and-dumb (聋哑) man ___11___ some nails. Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made ___12___ movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He ___13___ his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk ___14___ him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the ___15___ man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors (剪刀). ___16___ do you suppose he asked for them?” I lifted my right hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers. He burst out laughing and said, “Why, you fool, he used his ___17___ and asked for them. I’ve been ___18___ that on all my customers today, but I knew ___19___ I’d catch you.” ”Why is that?” I asked. “Because you are so goddamned educated, Doc. I knew you couldn’t be very ___20___.”
And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.
1. A. failed     B. wrote  C. received     D. chose
2. A. an average     B. a total C. an exam     D. a number
3. A. always   B. possibly     C. certainly     D. frequently
4. A. Then      B. Thus   C. Therefore   D. Yet
5. A. fixed      B. checked      C. drove  D. changed
6. A. answered       B. practiced    C. designed     D. tried
7. A. teacher   B. doctor C. winner       D. fool
8. A. brains    B. effort  C. hands  D. attention
9. A. again     B. as usual      C. too     D. as well
10. A. lies      B. jokes   C. news   D. tales
11. A. bought  B. tested  C. found  D. needed
12. A. cutting B. hammering C. waving       D. circling
13. A. nodded B. raised  C. shook  D. turned
14. A. brought       B. packed       C. sent    D. sold
15. A. clever   B. other   C. right   D. next
16. A. What    B. How   C. Who   D. Which
17. A. imagination B. hand   C. voice  D. information
18. A. trying   B. proving      C. practicing   D. examining
19. A. for sure       B. at once       C. in fact D. right now
20. A. clear    B. silly    C. slow   D. smart

Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble-free area.
When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping, he doesn’t ___1___ drive to a store and back home. He always looks ___2___ up and down the streets of his neighborhood. He looks for anything ___3___ such as strange cars, loud noises, ___4___ windows, or people gathering on street corners.
Tim ___5___ to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville, Indians, USA. The neighborhood watch group ___6___ on the third Wednesday of every month. That’s ___7___ Tim gets together with about ten of his neighbors to discuss community ___8___. Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police ___9___ their homes, streets, and families safe.
Tina Stedman, president of ___10___ neighborhood watch group, agrees with Tim. “People seem to think that crime (犯罪) happens to other people but not ___11___ them. Well, it’s never happened to me.” She said, “But I don’t think anyone has the ___12___ to steal from other people or to make them feel ___13___ sitting in their own homes.”
Alex, a member of the group, said that all the neighbors ___14___ out for one another. “We ___15___ each other’s homes. We keep watch on the neighborhood at night and on weekends. Usually a ___16___ of four or five of us goes out together. If something doesn’t look right, then we call the ___17___. For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for ___18___, or someone destroying property (财产), we report to the police.”
Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups ___19___ a lot in keeping crime down. Her husband Jim agrees, “Police are good people, but they can’t do ___20___.”
1. A. yet  B. still     C. just     D. rather
2. A. carefully       B. clearly       C. nervously   D. coldly
3. A familiar   B. unusual      C. expensive   D. interesting
4. A. curtained       B. open   C. old     D. broken
5. A. attends   B. belongs      C. goes    D. turns
6. A. meets     B. quarrels      C. sings   D. searches
7. A. where    B. why    C. when  D. how
8. A. politics   B. wealth C. health D. safety
9. A. keep      B. hold    C. let      D. protect
10. A. its B. his      C. their   D. your
11. A. round   B. on      C. about  D. to
12. A. right    B. chance       C. courage      D. mind
13. A. unlucky       B. unsafe C. disappointed     D. discouraged
14. A. set       B. let      C. hold    D. look
15. A. care     B. enter   C. watch  D. manage
16. A. group   B. set      C. number      D. crowd
17. A. judges  B. police C. firemen      D. doctors
18. A. work    B. burden       C. service       D. trouble
19. A. produce       B. find    C. get      D. help
20. A. anything      B. everything  C. harm   D. wrong

He has been called the “missing link”. Half-man, half-beast. He is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world — Mount Everest. He is known as the Abominable Snowman. The ___1___ of Snowman has been around for ___2___. Climbers in the 1920s reported finding marks like those of human feet high up on the side of Mount Everest. The native people said they ___3___ this creature and called it the “Yeti”, and they said that they had ___4___ caught Yetis on two occasions ___5___ none has ever been produced as evidence (证据).
Over the years, the story of the Yetis has ___6___. In 1951, Eric Shipton took photographs of a set of tracks in the snow of Everest. Shipton believed that they were not ___7___ the tracks of a monkey or bear and ___8___ that the Abominable Snowman might really ___9___.
Further efforts have been made to find out about Yetis. But the only things people have ever found were ___10___ footprints. Most believe the footprints are nothing more than ___11___ animal tracks, which had been made ___12___ as they melted(融化) and refroze in the snow. ___13___, in 1964, a Russian scientist said that the Abominable Snowman was ___14___ and was a remaining link with the prehistoric humans. But, ___15___, no evidence has ever ___16___ been produced.
These days, only a few people continue to take the story of the Abominable Snowman ___17___, but if they ever ___18___ catching one, they may face a real ___19___: Would they put it in a ___20___ or give it a room in a hotel?
1. A. event     B. story   C. adventure   D. description
2. A. centuries       B. too long     C. some time  D. many years
3. A. heard from    B. cared for    C. knew of     D. read about
4. A. even      B. hardly C. certainly     D. probably
5. A. as   B. though       C. when  D. until
6. A. developed      B. changed     C. occurred     D. continued
7. A. entirely  B. naturally    C. clearly       D. simply
8. A. found     B. declared     C. felt     D. doubled
9. A. exist      B. escape C. disappear    D. return
10. A. clearer  B. more   C. possible      D. rare
11. A. huge     B. recent C. ordinary     D. frightening
12. A. strange B. large   C. deep   D. rough
13. A. In the end    B. Therefore   C. After all     D. However
14. A. imagined     B. real     C. special       D. familiar
15. A. so B. besides       C. again  D. instead
16. A. rightly  B. actually      C. normally    D. particularly
17. A. lightly  B. jokingly     C. seriously    D. properly
18. A. succeed in    B. insist on     C. depend on  D. join in
19. A. decision       B. situation     C. subject       D. problem
20. A. zoo      B. mountain    C. museum     D. laboratory

People do not analyse every problem they meet. Sometimes they try to remember a solution from the last time they had a ___1___ problem. They often accept the opinion or ideas of other people. Other times they begin to act without ___2___; they try to find a solution by trial and error. ___3___, when all of these methods ___4___, the person with a problem has to start analysing. There are six ___5___ in analysing a problem.
___6___ the person must recognise that there is a problem. For example, Sam’s bicycle is broken, and he cannot ride it to class as he usually does. Sam must ___7___ that there is a problem with his bicycle.
Next the person must ___8___ the problem. Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must know why it does not work. For example, he must ___9___ the parts that are wrong.
Now the person must look for ___10___ that will make the problem clearer and lead to ___11___ solutions. For example, suppose Sam ___12___ that his bike does not work because there is something wrong with the brakes. ___13___, he can look in his bicycle repair book and read about brakes, ___14___ his friends at the bike shop, or look at his brakes carefully.
After ___15___ the problem, the person should have ___16___ suggestions for a possible solution. Take Sam as an example ___17___, his suggestions might be: tighten or loosen the brakes; buy new brakes and change the old ones.
In the end, one ___18___ seems to be the solution ___19___ the problem. Sometimes the ___20___ idea comes quite ___21___ because the thinker suddenly sees something new or sees something in a ___22___ way. Sam, for example, suddenly sees there is a piece of chewing gum (口香糖) stuck to a brake. He ___23___ hits on the solution to his problem: he must ___24___ the brake.
Finally the solution is ___25___. Sam does it and finds his bicycle works perfectly. In short he has solved the problem.
1. A. serious   B. usual   C. similar       D. common
2. A. practice  B. thinking     C. understanding    D. help
3. A. Besides  B. Instead       C. Otherwise   D. However
4. A. fail B. work   C. change       D. develop
5. A. ways      B. conditions  C. stages  D. orders
6. A. First      B. Usually      C. In general   D. Most importantly
7. A. explain   B. prove  C. show   D. see
8. A. judge     B. find    C. describe     D. face
9. A. check     B. determine   C. correct       D. recover
10. A. answers       B. skills   C. explanation D. information
11. A. possible       B. exact   C. real     D. special
12. A. hopes   B. argues C. decides       D. suggests
13. A. In other words    B. Once in a while 
C. First of all  D. At this time
14. A. look for       B. talk to C. agree with  D. depend on
15. A. discussing    B. settling down     C. comparing with  D. studying
16. A. extra    B. enough       C. several       D. countless
17. A. secondly      B. again  C. also    D. alone
18. A. suggestion   B. conclusion  C. decision     D. discovery
19. A. with     B. into    C. for      D. to
20. A. next     B. clear   C. final   D. new
21. A. unexpectedly       B. late     C. clearly       D. often
22. A. simple  B. different     C. quick  D. sudden
23. A. fortunately   B. easily  C. clearly       D. immediately
24. A. clean    B. separate      C. loosen D. remove
25. A. recorded      B. completed  C. tested  D. accepted

My Experience in a Free School
At first I couldn’t believe it! There were no ___1___ in rows; no bells rang; no one had to go to ___2___. Although we all lived 搃n? ___3___ made us go to bed at a certain time; there was no 搇ights out?
The ___4___ thing was that practically all the students went to class, ___5___ very few people stayed up late at night. Only the new people stayed up or ___6___ class. The new ones always went wild ___7___, but this never lasted long. The ___8___ took some getting used to. Our teachers treated us like ___9___; never did we have to ___10___ “stand up”, “sit down”, “speak out”. I don’t ___11___ one student who didn’t try his best.
The subjects were the same as those in ___12___ school, but what a difference in the approach(方式)! For example, in botany(植物学) we had ___13___ classes in the spring or fall, but instead we ___14___ two gardens, a vegetable garden and a flower garden. ___15___ in winter we each studied a few ___16___ things about what we had grown. In math the students built three different kinds of storerooms ?small ones ___17___, but usable. They did this instead of having lessons in the classroom. They really had a ___18___ time too, designing everything, drawing the blueprints, ___19___ the angles(角度) and so on. I didn’t take ___20___. I can’t stand it! Besides, I could do the basic things with numbers. That’s ___21___!
___22___ I think I am a ___23___ person for having gone to the school. I can read and write as well as anyone else my age, and I can think better. That’s probably a real big ___24___ between the free school and regular school ?the amount of ___25___.
1. A. desks     B. lights  C. students      D. buildings
2. A. home     B. bed     C. class   D. work
3. A. anybody B. nobody      C. teachers      D. parents
4. A. sad B. last     C. good   D. strange
5. A. and B. but     C. so       D. yet
6. A. attended B. took    C. missed       D. studied
7. A. from then on B. at first C. once more  D. just then
8. A. freedom B. habit   C. time    D. people
9. A. workers  B. pupils C. gardeners   D. grown-ups
10. A. understand   B. study  C. play    D. say
11. A. hear from    B. feel like     C. think about D. know of
12. A. night    B. regular       C. small  D. real
13. A. all B. short   C. no      D. indoor
14. A. planted B. studied       C. drew   D. toured
15. A. Still     B. Then   C. Yet     D. Next
16. A. wild     B. successful   C. usual   D. particular
17. A. as well B. after a whileC. of course   D. as a result
18. A. funny   B. great   C. convenient  D. thoughtful
19. A. looking out  B. taking out   C. finding out D. figuring out
20. A. math    B. care    C. botany       D. notice
21. A. dull      B. interesting  C. enough       D. dangerous
22. A. On the whole      B. Once again C. Sooner or later   D. After a while
23. A. careful B. better  C. busier D. lovely
24. A. problem      B. chance       C. difference   D. change
25. A. reading B. gardening   C. teaching     D. thinking

People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of bells. Four students from Burlington College of Higher Education are in the bell tower of the ___1___ have made up their minds to ___2___ the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest (抗议) against heavy trucks which run ___3___ through the narrow High Street.
“They not only make it ___4___ to sleep at night, but they are ___5___ damage to our houses and shops of historical ___6___,” said John Norris, one of the protesters.
“__7___ we must have these noisy trucks on the roads,” said Jean Lacey, a biology student. “Why don’t they build a new road that goes ___8___ the town? Burlington isn’t much more than a ___9___ village. Its streets were never ___10___ for heavy traffic.”
Harry Fields also studying ___11___ said they wanted to make as much ___12___ as possible to force the ___13___ to realise what every body was having to ___14___. “Most of them don’t ___15___ here anyway,” he said, “They come in for meetings and that, and the Town Hall is soundproof(隔音), ___16___ they probably don’t ___17___ the noise all that much. It’s high time they realized the ___18___.”
The fourth student, Liza Vernum, said she thought the public were ___19___ on their side, and even if they weren’t they soon would be.
___20___ asked if they were ___21___ that the police might come to ___22___ them.
“Not really,” she said, “Actually we are ___23___ bell-ringers. I mean we are assistant bell-ringers for the church. There is no ___24___ against practising.”
I ___25___ the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.
1. A. college   B. village       C. town   D. church
2. A. change   B. repair  C. ring    D. shake
3. A. now and then B. day and night     C. up and down      D. over and over
4. A. terrible   B. difficult     C. uncomfortable   D. unreasonable
5. A. doing     B. raising       C. putting       D. producing
6. A. scene     B. period C. interest       D. sense
7. A. If   B. Although    C. When  D. Unless
8. A. to   B. through      C. over    D. round
9. A. pretty     B. quiet   C. large   D. modern
10. A. tested   B. meant C. kept    D. used
11. A. well     B. hard    C. biology      D. education
12. A. effort   B. time    C. trouble       D. noise
13. A. townspeople B. other students    C. government officials  D. truck drivers
14. A. stand    B. accept C. know  D. share
15. A. shop     B. live     C. come  D. study
16. A. but       B. so       C. or       D. for
17. A. notice   B. mention     C. fear    D. control
18. A. event    B. loss     C. action D. problem
19. A. hardly  B. unwillingly C. mostly       D. usually
20. A. I   B. We     C. She     D. They
21. A. surprised     B. afraid  C. pleased       D. determined
22. A. seize    B. fight   C. search D. stop
23. A. proper  B. experienced       C. hopeful      D. serious
24. A. point    B. cause  C. need   D. law
25. A. left      B. found  C. reached      D. passed

What an exciting day it was for Jennifer and Valerie! They had been friends since Grade Three and had   41  many of their high school experience. Now they were driving together to their final high school event. Today was  42   day at Lamar High School. 43 they were close friends, they were different in many ways. Jennifer was a fairly 44 student while Valerie did just enough to get by and was mainly   45   in a good social life.
“Isn't it  46   that we're all finished?”said Valerie. “I'm really looking forward to having a good time this summer.”
“ 47   be nice,” Jennifer replied, “I'm afraid I'm going to have to work most of the summer to help pay for my college expenses.”
Jennifer's parents had only a small  48   and she had made up her mind to have an occupation in which she could afford all the things her  49   could not.
Valerie,  50  , came from a fairly well-to-do family. She had little desire to work hard for  51  she had always taken for granted.
“I really don't want to go to college for a while,” she   52  .
“My uncle runs a restaurant in the Bahamas and he has  53   me to spend a year there as a waitress. That should give me plenty of   54  for the beach.”
“It seems   55  I'll really be going different ways now”, thought Jennifer.
41. A. learned        B. obtained          C. remembered     D. shared
42. A. exam                  B. sports              C. graduation         D. working
43. A. If                     B. Because           C. Although           D. When
44. A. diligent             B. polite              C. active              D. favorite
45. A. specialized   B. relieved           C. envied               D. interested
46. A. certain              B. great               C. unfortunate        D. annoying
47. A. Can                  B. Shall             C. Must                      D. Need
48. A. income               B. problem            C. family                    D. differance
49. A. teachers       B. parents              C. friends                   D. relatives
50. A. in fact                B. in a way          C. as a result        D. on the other hand
51. A. what                 B. whom               C. that                        D. these
52. A. admitted           B. complained        C. invited                   D. screamed
53. A. helped              B. assured                     C. proposed                D. promised
54. A. peace         B. work                 C. energy             D. time
55. A. I                      B. we                    C. she                  D. they

You are near the front line of a battle . Around you shells are exploding ;people are shooting from a house behind you .What are you doing there? You aren’t a soldier .You aren’t  36  carrying a gun .You’re standing in front of a    37  and you’re telling the TV   38 what is happening.
It’s all in a day’s work for a war reporter ,and it can be very    39 .In the first two years of the   40   in former Yugoslavia（前南斯拉夫）,28 reporters and photographers were killed .Hundreds more were    41 . What kind of people put themselves in danger to   42   pictures to our TV screens and   43  to our newspapers? Why do they do it ?
“I think it’s every young journalist’s   44  to be a foreign reporter,” says Michael Nicholson, “that’s   45   you find the excitement .So when the first opportunity comes, you take it    46  it is a war.”
But there are moments of   47  . Jeremy Bowen says, “Yes ,when you’re lying on the ground and bullets （子弹）are flying  48  your ears ,you think: ‘What am I doing here? I’m not going to do this again.’ But that feeling   49  after a while and when the next war starts, you’ll be   50   .”
“None of us believes that we’re going to   51  ,” adds Michael. But he always 52   a lucky charm（护身符）with him .It was given to him by his wife for his first war. It’s a card which says “Take care of yourself.”Does he ever think about dying?“Oh,   53  ,and every time it happens you look to the sky and say to God, ‘If you get me out of this ,I   54   I’ll never do it again.’ You can almost hear God   55  , because you know he doesn’t believe you .”
36．A．simply           B．really                C．merely              D．even
37．A．crowd            B．house               C．battlefield        D．camera
38．A．producers       B．viewers            C．directors          D．actors
39．A．dangerous       B．exciting            C．normal             D．disappointing
40．A．stay               B．fight                  C．war                   D．life
41．A．injured          B．buried              C．defeated               D．saved
42．A．bring             B．show                C．take                    D．make
43．A．scenes            B．passages            C．stories              D．contents
44．A．belief            B．dream                 C．duty                    D．faith
45．A．why              B．what                C．how                   D．where
46．A．even so          B．ever since          C．as if               D．even if
47．A．fear               B．surprise           C．shame              D．sadness
48．A．into               B．around                C．past                D．through
49．A．returns           B．goes                 C．continues         D．occurs
50．A．there              B．away                C．out                  D．home
51．A．leave             B．escape                C．die                  D．remain
52．A．hangs             B．wears                 C．holds               D．carries
53．A．never             B．many times        C．some time              D．seldom
54．A．consider         B．accept              C．promise          D．guess
55．A．whispering     B．laughing             C．screaming        D．crying

A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an  appointment（预约）into the outer  36  of Harvard’s president. But they were  37  by his secretary and kept waiting. For hours, the secretary took no notice of them,  38  that the couple would finally become  39  and go away. But they didn’t. The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though  40  .
A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a  41  face. The lady told him, “We had a son that  42  Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was  43  here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to  44 a memorial（纪念物）to him, somewhere on campus.”
The president wasn’t  45  . Instead, he was shocked. “Madam,” he said, “we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died. If we did, this  46  would look like a cemetery（墓地）,” “Oh, no,” the lady  47  quickly. “We don’t want to put up a statue. We would like to give a  48  to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes and  49  at the couple and then exclaimed, “ A building! Do you have any  50  how much a building costs? We have spent over ＄7,500,000 on the campus building at Harvard.” For a moment the lady was silent. The president was  51  , because he could get rid of them now. Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a  52  ? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded.  53  their offer was turned down. Mr. and Mrs. Stanford traveled to California where they founded the University that bears their  54  , a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer  55  about.
36．A．lab                B．library              C．hall                D．office
37．A．watched         B．stopped              C．followed           D．interviewed
38．A．hoping           B．finding              C．realizing           D．imagining
39．A．surprised        B．disappointed        C．worried            D．troubled
40．A．hopelessly      B．carefully           C．unexpectedly       D．unwillingly
41．A．pleasant          B．funny                C．cold                D．sad
42．A．attended           B．visited             C．studied             D．served
43．A．clever            B．brave                C．proud                D．happy
44．A．set about           B．set up               C．take down            D．take over
45．A．satisfied         B．excited             C．moved              D．ashamed
46．A．house             B．part                C．garden                D．place
47．A．explained         B．expressed          C．refused             D．admitted
48．A．building         B．yard                C．playground         D．square
49．A．laughed          B．shouted            C．glanced                 D．called
50．A．suggestion         B．idea                  C．thought             D．opinion
51．A．bored             B．astonished         C．interested        D．pleased
52．A．department        B．university          C．business                  D．club
53．A．Once             B．While               C．Since               D．Though
54．A．name             B．character                C．picture              D．sign
55．A．talked            B．knew                 C．heard                D．cared

One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant , waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive . Suddenly I    36    that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction ,    37   he knew me . The man had a newspaper     38   in front of him , which he was  __39__   to read , but I could    40    that he was keeping an eye on me . when the waiter brought my     41   the man was clearly puzzled (困惑) by the    42    way in which the waiter and I    43    each other . He seemed even more puzzled as     44   went on and it became     45   that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me . Finally he got up and went into the    46    . When he came out , he paid his bill and    47    without another glance in my direction .
I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had    48    . “Well,” he said , “that man was a detective (侦探) . He    49    you here because he though you were the man he     50   .” “What ?” I said , showing my     51   . The owner continued , “He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man. I   52     say he looked very much like you ! Of course , since we know you , we told him that he had made a     53   .” “Well , it’s really    54    I came to a restaurant where I’m known ,” I said . “   55    , I might have been in trouble .”
36．A．knew              B．understood       C．noticed             D．recognized
37．A．since              B．even if         C．though               D．as if
38．A．flat                 B．open           C．cut                       D．fixed
39．A．hoping           B．thinking            C．pretending         D．continuing
40．A．see                 B．find             C．guess               D．learn
41．A．menu             B．bill             C．paper                 D．food
42．A．direct             B．familiar         C．strange                  D．funny
43．A．chatted with     B．looked at        C．laughed at            D．talked about
44．A．the waiter        B．time            C．I                        D．the dinner
45．A．true                         B．hopeful         C．clear                      D．possible
46．A．restaurant         B．washroom         C．office                  D．kitchen
47．A．left                         B．acted                C．sat down            D．calmed down
48．A．wanted                   B．tried                 C．ordered               D．wished
49．A．met                B．caught              C．followed         D．discovered
50．A．was to beat      B．was dealing with    C．was to meet       D．was looking for
51．A．care                         B．surprise           C．worry             D．regret
52．A．must                        B．can                C．need                D．may
53．A．discovery                 B．mistake            C．decision          D．fortune
54．A．a pity                      B．natural           C．a chance           D．lucky
55．A．Thus                       B．However           C．Otherwise                 D．Therefore

One summer day my father sent me to buy wire for our farm. At 16, I liked 36 better than driving our truck, 37 this time I was not happy. My father had told me I’d have to ask for credit(赊账) at the store.
Sixteen is a 38 age, when a young man wants respect, not charity. It was 1976, and the ugly 39 of racial discrimination was 40 a fact of life. I’d seen my friends ask for credit and then stand, head down, while the store owner 41 whether they were “good for it.” I knew black youths just like me who were 42 like thieves by the store clerk each time they went into a grocery.
My family was 43 . We paid our debts. But before harvest, cash was short. Would the store owner 44 us ?
At Davis’s store, Buck Davis stood behind the cash desk, talking to a farmer. I nodded 45 I passed him on my way to the hardware shelves. When I brought my 46 to the cash desk, I said 47 , “I need to put this on credit.”
The farmer gave me an amused, distrustful 48 . But Buck’s face didn’t change.   “Sure,” he said 49 . “Your daddy is 50 good for it.” He  51 to the other man. “This here is one of James Williams’s sons.”
The farmer nodded in a neighborly 52 . I was filled with pride. James William’s son.  Those three words had opened a door to an adult’s respect and trust.
That day I discovered that the good name my parents had  53 brought our whole family the respect of our neighbors. Everyone knew what to 54 from a Williams: a decent person who kept his word and respected himself 55 much to do wrong.
36. A. something                B. nothing           C. anything                 D. everything
37. A. and                   B. so                   C. but                  D. for
38. A. prideful            B. wonderful               C. respectful               D. colorful
39. A. intention           B. shadow            C. habit               D. faith
40. A. thus                  B. just                 C. still                 D. ever
41. A. guessed             B. suspected         C. questioned       D. figured
42. A. watched            B. caught             C. dismissed         D. accused
43. A. generous           B. honest             C. friendly           D. modest
44. A. blame               B. excuse             C. charge             D. trust
45. A. until                 B. as                   C. once                D. since
46. A. purchases          B. sales                C. orders             D. favorites
47. A. casually            B. confidently      C. cheerfully        D. carefully
48. A. look                        B. stare                C. response          D. comment
49. A. patiently           B. eagerly            C. easily              D. proudly
50. A generally            B. never              C. sometimes       D. always
51. A. pointed             B. replied            C. turned             D introduced
52. A. sense                       B. way                       C. degree             D. mood
53. A. earned              B. deserved          C. given              D. used
54. A. receive              B. expect             C. collect             D. require
55. A. very                        B. so                   C. how                D. Too