I have never learned as much math in my life as I did 1ast year.It was because of Ms.Pam__1__
I truly understood what I was learning.It might not seem __2__a big deal to some, but to me it is.I have
never met a woman so caring and so determined to teach her __3__.
I never really wanted to work for good __4__ in math class.I never knew how to study math and
never understood some of the concepts.I can remember trying to sneak out of the classroom __5__
Ms.Pam caught me and yelled across the__6__, "Lauren, are you coming to extra help during lunch?"
It was a nightmare…she would always __7__me with one foot out of the door, it never __8__.Even
then I just thought of it as a thing I had to do.It was funny to see how everyone would be in her room
during lunch and then again after schoo1.She would__9__everyone to come every day, just so we
could do our homework in __10__.
Many of the students thought of her as a bit of nag, but __11__ they knew that she was right and
__12__for it.Many of her tests were hard at first, but as the year progressed, so did I. I knew that it
was because of her.
Even outside class, she was __13__as ever.She always wanted to know what was going on in my
(and everyone else"s)life, and she was always looking out for everyone"s best interest.
Ms.Pam is a sweet woman with a sense of __14__that you just have to laugh at.When exams were
approaching, she was more concerned than ever about everyone doing well.Many of her precious
students __15__ high, and so she __16__the same from us.Day after day there were students in the
classroom__17__problems.When it was time for our big test, I knew I was ready.I walked out of that
test with my head__18__.I knew that I was a__19__and Ms.Pam had made me that way.I appreciated
all the hard work that she put into helping me and my fellow students.I knew that I would __20__her. |
( )1. A. how
( )2. A. as
( )3. A. students
( )4. A. grades
( )5. A. while
( )6. A. seat
( )7. A. see
( )8. A. succeeded
( )9. A. forbid
( )10. A. peace
( )11. A. inside
( )12. A. praised
( )13. A. frightened
( )14. A. duty
( )15. A. jumped
( )16. A. expected
( )17. A. previewing
( )18. A. high
( )19. A. failure
( )20. A. hate | B. what
B. 1ike
B. children
B. salary
B. until
B. classroom
B. help
B. stopped
B. 1et
B. confusion
B. outside
B. scolded
B. caring
B. time
B. grew
B. received
B. reviewing
B. hanging
B. student
B. miss | C. why
C. so
C. classmates
C. 1ife
C. before
C. yard
C. catch
C. worked
C. encourage
C. surprise
C. almost
C. blamed
C. hard
C. foolishness
C. scored
C. wished
C. learning
C. low
C. success
C. forget | D. that
D. as if
D. family
D. subjects
D. unless
D. kitchen
D. beat
D. failed
D. hope
D. home
D. hardly
D. respected
D. right
D. humour
D. drank
D. hoped
D. making
D. down
D. hero
D. meet | | 完形填空 | If you have ever been discouraged because of failure,please read on.For often,achieving what you
__1__ to do is not the important thing.Let me explain.
Two brothers decided to dig a __2__ hole behind their house.As they were working,a couple of
older boys stopped by to __3__.
"What are you doing?" asked one of the visitors.
"We plan to dig a hole all the way through the earth!" one of the brothers __4__ excitedly.
The older boys began to laugh,__5__ the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the
earth was __6__.After a long __7__,one of the diggers picked up a jar full of spiders,worms and a
wide variety of insects.He __8__ the lid and showed the wonderful contents to the scoffing (嘲笑的)
__9__.
Then he said quietly and __10__,"Even if we don"t dig all the way through the earth,look what we
have found along the way!"
Their __11__ was far too ambitious,but it did __12__ them to dig.And that is what a goal is for-to
cause us to move in the __13__ we have chosen; __14__,to set us to digging!
But not every goal will be fully __15__.Not every job will end successfully.Not every relationship
will endure.Not every hope will come to pass.Not every love will last.Not every endeavor will be
completed.Not every dream will be __16__.
But when you __17__ your aim,perhaps you can say,"Yes,__18__ look at what I found along the
way! Look at the wonderful things which have come into my life because I tried to do something!"
It is in the __19__ that life is lived.And I believe it is joy in the journey,in the end,that truly __20__. | ( )1. A. look forward
( )2. A. wide
( )3. A. watch
( )4. A. whispered
( )5. A. expressing
( )6. A. unnecessary
( )7. A. silence
( )8. A. folded
( )9. A. volunteers
( )10. A. confidently
( )11. A. idea
( )12. A. make
( )13. A. decision
( )14. A. as a result
( )15. A. achieved
( )16. A. predicted
( )17. A. correspond to
( )18. A. but
( )19. A. searching
( )20. A. regards | B. set out
B. deep
B. discuss
B. commented
B. explaining
B. impossible
B. intention
B. covered
B. hunters
B. curiously
B. thought
B. expect
B. feeling
B. in other words
B. absorbed
B. grasped
B. head for
B. so
B. digging
B. proves | C. set about
C. large
C. introduce
C. lectured
C. telling
C. unbelievable
C. recreation
C. removed
C. contributors
C. immediately
C. goal
C. cause
C. chance
C. now and then
C. controlled
C. realized
C. live up to
C. and
C. arranging
C. occurs | D. give in
D. shallow
D. instruct
D. volunteered
D. arguing
D. incorrect
D. imagination
D. deleted
D. visitors
D. strictly
D. belief
D. force
D. direction
D. all the way
D. decided
D. depended
D. fall short of
D. or
D. discovering
D. matters | | 完形填空 | It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas. While most people were__1__
their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to __2__early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to
work. On arrival, he __3__his bike outside the back door as he usually does. After __4__10 hours of
labor, he returned to find his bike__5__.
The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only tool. Trevor used it to get to__6__, putting in
60-hour weeks to __7__ his young family. And the bike was also used to get groceries, __8__us from
having to walk long distances from where we live.
I was so__9__that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our
story. Shortly after that, several people in our area __10__to help. One wonderful stranger__11__
bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up.__12__my husband had a way to get to and from
his job. It really is a (an)__13__that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they
have never met before. People say that a smile can be __14__from one person to another, but acts of
kindness from__15__are even more so. This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because
it__16__our faith in humanity as a whole. And it has __17__us to be more mindful of ways that we, too,
can __18__with others. No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone
__19__. And the results can be__20__. | ( )1. A. cooling down
( )2. A. get up
( )3. A. piled
( )4. A. putting in
( )5. A. broken
( )6. A. study
( )7. A. live
( )8. A. getting
( )9. A. surprised
( )10. A. offered
( )11. A. still
( )12. A. Now and then
( )13. A. honor
( )14. A. thrown
( )15. A. friends
( )16. A. weakened
( )17. A. moved
( )18. A. share
( )19. A. likes
( )20. A. short | B. warming up
B. wake up
B. pushed
B. putting on
B. robbed
B. shop
B. support
B. protecting
B. thrilled
B. supported
B. finally
B. Once in a while
B. pity
B. passed
B. strangers
B. spread
B. forced
B. connect
B. cares
B. promising | C. speeding up
C. turn up
C. parked
C. putting off
C. hidden
C. work
C. serve
C. saving
C. puzzled
C. provided
C. even
C. Once again
C. sympathy
C. sent
C. relatives
C. reduced
C. urged
C. deal
C. worries
C. permanent | D. slowing down
D. rise up
D. paused
D. putting away
D. gone
D. deliver
D. protect
D. allowing
D. sad
D. agreed
D. yet
D. Sooner or later
D. respect
D. got
D. parents
D. strengthened
D. influenced
D. work
D. wonders
D. temporary | | 阅读理解。 | Normally when I pop in to see my parents, my mum bursts out of the house with a big smile. Not
today. "Your brother," she says, "he"s showered twice this afternoon. Does he know how much it costs
to run this house?" Are we limiting water now? I didn"t think the recession(萧条) had got that bad. My
poor brother is a boomerang kid. Like 60 percent of guys immediately after university, he"s back at
home. Graduating ￡15,000 in debt and faced with unpaid internships(实习期) or low wages thanks
to the flooding of the market with graduates, a lot of twentysomethings simply don"t have the necessary
income or parental support to live independently.
Three years after getting their degree, most graduates are still not earning above the average salary.
They have a near 50 percent tax burden, thanks to student loan repayments and council tax on top of
income tax and national insurance. Unless you have parents who can afford to finance what is effectively
a second home for them, returning to the parental nest is often the only affordable option.
The boomerang effect is becoming even more pronounced thanks to the recession. One in four of
those losing their job during the downturn is under 25. Only 13 percent of final-year students have jobs.
Home is the only place many are going: 111,000 16-29 year olds moved back home in 2008, five times
the average of previous years.
Boomeranging is bad news. It poses serious problems for parents" finances. They"ve already
supported their children through university, topping up loans with handouts, averaging ￡12,300 in total,
to keep twentysomethings afloat. Now their retirement savings are being eaten away by continuously
dependent children.
It’s bad for the returning kids too. Ambitious young people will be left frustrated, seeing their
university peers from more wealthy backgrounds excel only because parents" money was there to
support them through the initial period of poverty wages. Those living in rural areas are further
disadvantaged by lack of access to cities where most new jobs are located. Half of all young people
now feel they will not achieve their goals. Research by the Prince"s Trust reveals that one-quarter of
all 16-25 year olds are regularly down or depressed. And depression does not help self-motivation,
the very trait needed to seek out job opportunities. | | 1. In paragraph 1, the mother’s criticizing her son for showering too often shows _________. | A. the price of water has increased
B. she thinks her son is selfish
C. her son is an economic burden
D. she wants to have a shower herself | | 2. What is the boomerang mentioned in the passage? | A. A person earning low income.
B. A person who has heavy tax burden.
C. A youth who cannot get parental support.
D. A youth returning to parents after graduation. | 3. According to the passage, which of the following does NOT contribute to the tax bill of most young
graduates? | A. National insurance.
B. Income tax.
C. Council income.
D. Student loans. | | 4. Who is comparatively most affected by the recession according to the passage? | A. Those who haven’t completed their university studies.
B. Those who are supported through by their parents.
C. Those who can have access to the urban facilities.
D. Those who were born into the well-off families. | | 5. Which is the best title of the passage? | A. Global Recession
B. Boomerang Kids
C. Unemployment Rate
D. Falling Incomes | | 完形填空 | It was Christmas in 1961.I was teaching in a small town where my twentyseven third graders eagerly
__1__ the great day of giftgiving in advance.
Each day the children produced some new __2__ - strings of popcorn, handmade trinkets and
German bell.Through it all she remained alone, __3__ from a distance, seemingly miles away.I wondered
what __4__ happen to this quiet child, once so happy, now suddenly so withdrawn.I hoped the festivities
would __5__ her.But nothing did.The students made the fried marbles and competed with one anther to
bring the __6__ ones.
The day of giftgiving finally came.We cheered over our handiwork as the presents were __7__.All
along, she sat quietly watching.To see her smile, I had made a special bag for her.She opened it so slowly
and carefully.I waited but she __8__.I had not passed through the wall of isolation she had __9__ around
herself.
After school, I sat down in a chair, hardly __10__ of what was happening, when she came to me
with outstretched hands, bearing a small white box, and slightly soiled, __11__ it had been held many
times by __12__, childish hands.She said nothing."For me?" I asked.She didn"t say a word, but __13__
her head.I took the box and cautiously opened it.There inside, glistening green, a fried marble __14__
from a golden chain.Then I looked into that eight－year－old __15__ and saw the question in her dark
brown eyes.In a flash, I knew - she had __16__ it for her mother, who had died just three weeks before
and would never hold her or brush her hair or __17__ her childish joys or sorrows.
I meant it when I whispered, "Oh, Maria, it is so beautiful.Your mother would __18__ it." Neither of
us could stop the __19__.She threw herself into my arms and we wept together.And for that brief
moment, I became her mother, for she had given me the greatest __20__ of all: her trust and love. | ( )1. A. prepared
( )2. A. fancies
( )3. A. seeing
( )4. A. would
( )5. A. attend to
( )6. A. prettiest
( )7. A. transformed
( )8. A. gave away
( )9. A. built
( )10. A. afraid
( )11. A. when
( )12. A. untouched
( )13. A. nodded
( )14. A. protected
( )15. A. face
( )16. A. bought
( )17. A. appreciate
( )18. A. love
( )19. A. laugh
( )20. A. joy | B. reserved
B. impressions
B. playing
B. should
B. appeal to
B. wisest
B. informed
B. threw away
B. adjusted
B. aware
B. while
B. unknown
B. raised
B. hung
B. cheek
B. exchanged
B. enjoy
B. benefit
B. excitement
B. identity | C. expected
C. wonders
C. searching
C. must
C. listen to
C. heaviest
C. exchanged
C. carried away
C. offered
C. content
C. as though
C. unwashed
C. dropped
C. held
C. hair
C. made
C. communicate
C. dislike
C. tears
C. contribution | D. waited
D. possessions
D. watching
D. needed
D. object to
D. naughtiest
D. deserted
D. turned away
D. filled
D. fond
D. even if
D. unpacked
D. turned
D. escaped
D. forehead
D. stole
D. share
D. need
D. description
D. gift |
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