Every country had its heroes. The heroes are the people that nation and especially the young people 21_____ . If you get a list of the 22 _____of a nation, it will tell you the potential (潜力）of the nation.
If today in America ’ you ask the high school students to list their heroes their 23____ would probably divide into three groups. rHie first group of heroes would be the rock stars—the people 24 _____with rock music. There is no doubt that such people do have talent (天才）but one 25_____ if one should hold up rock stars as model. The rock stars too often are mixed with drugs and their personal life isnot all that — 26 ____ . The rock stars are rich and wear the latest fashion styles (时装）.However oneshould 27 _____more in a hero than such things as 28______ and fine clothes.
A second type of heroes for the American youth are sports stars. Again you have a person who has a great talent in one area_ 29 _____. However, too often the personal life of the sports star is a bit 30_____. Too frequently drugs and drinking are a part of 31_____ of the sports stars.
A third group of heroes are TV or movie stars. These people may have lots of 32___ ，talent and are quite handsome. However ’ the personal life of too many actors is quite sad and should not be held up as a 33____ for young people.
Today，the rock stars，the sportsmen and the actors 34____ have become the models of the youth in America. Really,do you hear a young person say that his 35____ is a doctor, a teacher or a scientist? These people are not 36____ and do not wear fashionable clothes. However, they are 37____ people who work hard to make the world a better place for everyone.
What is really sad is that the young try to 38____ their heroes. They like to wear the same clothes as theirs, if the heroes of today for the American youth are 39 ____only to rock stars, sportsmen and actors, the future does not look too 40_____ .
A．dislike B．admire C．hate D．satisfy
A．doctors B．soldiers C．teachers D．heroes
A．choice B．conclusion C．answer D．questions
A．interested B．connected C．excited D．pleased
A．wants B．hopes C．wonders D．expects
A．bad B．simple C．silent D．good
A．gather B．spend C．put D．be after
A．paper B．money C．food D．book
A．sports B．music C．movie D．teaching
A．regular B．disorder C．happy D．hard
A．sports B．life C．clothes D．talent
A．teaching B．running C．acting D．pretending
A．model B．example C．lessor D．education
A．both B．each C．all D．none
A．parent B．husband C．wife D．hero
A．rich B．poor C．healthy D．kind
A．stupid B．talented C．terrible D．weak
A．persuade B．praise C．remember D．follow
A．enough B．limited C．powerful D．great
A．bright B．usual C．necessary D．important
I truly feel that my mother led me here, to Morzaine, and to my future as happy wife and business woman. When Mum ____ in October 2007, I was a cook. In December that year while I was working for a wedding, a pearl necklace Mum had left me ____. I was distraught(忧心如焚的). Some days later, I was ____ that a guy who was working with us that day “could probably have made a fortune ___ the necklace he found.” ____， he returned it. Hearing how I'd ____Mum for six months before her death, he said，” Christmas is going to be ___ —why not go out to the Alps for a couple of weeks？”
I come to Morzaine，a small，friendly village in the Alps and ____ fell in love with it. What was ____ to be a stopgap (权宜之计) trip turned into a new life. I kept travelling between London and here and felt ____ than I had in months.In December 2008, I was ____ as a hotel manager and moved here full time.
A month later, I met Paul, who was traveling here. We fell in love. In the beginning, I didn't want to discuss ____， because the sadness of losing Mum ____ felt great. Paul understood that and never __49__ me but, by summer, we got married. A year later, we used his saving, and the money from the sale of Mom's house, to build our own ____.
We want to give our guests a ____ feeling, so each room is themed(以……为主题) around memories from our lives. There are also style to remind me of Mom —a tiny chair which ___ be in her bedroom is set in one room.
We are having a wonderful life Mum ____ naturally part of it, ____ there's no way we would be here if it wasn't for the ____ she gave me. I know she's here in spirit, keeping an eye on us.
A．died B．came C．returned D．visited
A．burned B．disappeared C．broke D．dropped
A．shown B．comforted C．persuaded D．told
A．hiding B．stealing C．selling D．wearing
A．Luckily B．Naturally C．Surely D．Hopefully
A．nursed B．cured C．missed D．guarded
A．long B．hard C．merry D．free
A．suddenly B．finally C．nearly D．immediately
A．said B．proved C．supposed D．judged
A．smarter B．higher C．firmer D．lighter
A．honoured B．hired C．regarded D．trained
A．travel B．business C．children D．marriage
A．recently B．once C．still D．firstly
A．left B．pushed C．surprised D．interrupted
A．hotel B．restaurant C．home D．shop
A．homely B．lively C．motherly D．friendly
A．ought to B．used to C．might D．could
A．takes B．keeps C．looks D．feels
A．unless B．while C．because D．though
A．money B．chair C．house D．necklace
When Dave was eighteen, he bought a secondhand car for 200 so that he could travel to and from work more__ than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but then it got so old, and it was costing him____much in repairs that he decided that he had better ____it.
He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly____to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so___of them had any desire to buy it. Dave's friend Sam saw that he was ____ when they met one evening, and said, “What's____， Dave？”
Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper? You may ___more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement！” Thinking that Sam's____was sensible(合理的)，he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read “For sale: small car，____ very little petrol, only two owners. Bargain at 50.”
For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no ____.But then on Saturday evening he had an enquiry(询问)．A man rang up and said he would like to___ him about the car. “All right，” Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be____or not. “Fine，” the man said, “and I'll____ my wife. We intend to go for a ride in it to ____ it.”
The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, ____ to wait there for the people who had____ his advertisement. Even Dave had to ____that the car really looked like a wreck(残骸)．Then, soon after he had got the car as clean____ it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Dave's car and then said, “Have you reported this ____ to us yet, sir？”
A．directly B．safely C．properly D．easily
A．so B．such C．very D．too
A．keep B．repair C．sell D．throw
A．anxious B．lucky C．ashamed D．generous
A．some B．neither C．none D．most
A．delighted B．upset C．calm D．astonished
A．on B．up C．it D．that
A．learn B．miss C．get D．find
A．message B．advice C．request D．description
A．uses B．loses C．has D．spends
A．doubt B．help C．trouble D．answer
A．tell B．see C．agree D．call
A．exact B．suitable C．early D．late
A．follow B．meet C．bring D．introduce
A．recognize B．gain C．admire D．test
A．happening B．meaning C．turning D．failing
A．read B．inserted C．answered D．placed
A．forget B．show C．disagree D．admit
A．as B．that C．so D．such
A．bargain B．sale C．accident D．result
The young woman entered the pool where an injured dolphin(海豚) was swimming.Despite her fear, she felt strong wearing her new leg.
In her second grade.Maja ____ her cousin，Jasmina.After Jasmina's death，Maja swore she would honor the little girl by ___ with a dolphin, an animal that both girls ____. “ Jasmina never got the chance to do it.” says Maja, now 32, “so I ____ that someday I'd do it for her.”
In high school, Maja was ____ about sports.She even planned to become an athlete.____， in 1993, during the civil war in her home country, a bomb ____ her left leg.
After two years' ____ in the U．S., Maja received her first artificial (人造的)leg, but ____ it didn't fit well, walking for Maja was very painful. ____， she managed to graduate from a local high school.Then after receiving a ____ from Saint Francis University, she got a job at an insurance firm and ____ started her own company.
To relax, Maja ____ often watch the dolphins play at an aquarium(水族馆)near her home.A young dolphin, Winter, who had lost its tail, caught her ____. One day, Maja happened to see trainers ____ Winter with a hightech tail.When they were done, Winter swam freely in the water.Maja was ____.She managed to find the inventors of Winter's tail.Within ten days, she had a new leg which freed her of the ____ that had troubled her for almost 16 years.
Now Maja was ready to keep her ____.She went to the aquarium, lowered herself into the pool and held out a hand to Winter, who approached ____， then swam away.After a few minutes, the dolphin let Maja ____ its back. Finally, the two began to swim around the pool together.
A．lost B．visited C．rescued D．left
A．talking B．living C．swimming D．surfing
A．adored B．adopted C．possessed D．purchased
A．pretended B．decided C．preferred D．agreed
A．positive B．enthusiastic C．particular D．curious
A．Undoubtedly B．Surprisingly C．Strangely D．Unfortunately
A．took away B．took over C．cut down D．cut out
A．study B．operation C．treatment D．experiment
A．until B．because C．although D．if
A．Otherwise B．Therefore C．Besides D．However
A．scholarship B．degree C．prize D．notice
A．gradually B．actually C．eventually D．naturally
A．might B．should C．could D．would
A．eye B．leg C．nose D．hand
A．decorating B．guiding C．marking D．fitting
A．inspired B．puzzled C．shocked D．amused
A．worry B．sadness C．pain D．fear
A．appointment B．promise C．record D．habit
A．blindly B．angrily C．gratefully D．cautiously
A．strike B．cover C．touch D．wipe
I once worked in a charter school(特许公立学校)．There students with serious problems were put in ___ .So when the year ended in May，only ____students sitting in the classes had been there since the doors____ in August.
Chad was one of them.He started out in my first semester ___ class.He had taken the course twice already ____ earning a credit(学分)，which was ____ at the school.He was too excited at times but fairly bright，and he never ____ a day of school during the first semester.Chad earned credit for first semester Spanish and moved on to the second.
I noticed a huge ____ in him when he returned from Christmas vacation.He was quieter and worked harder.I was ____ by his big improvement.Towards the end of the spring semester，Chad missed several weeks of school.When he returned.He told me he was soon being sent to “yearround school”．
I ____ the “yearround school” was prison.I was _____ to learn that he had broken into someone's house.____ I wanted to give him an award，some teachers said，“You should give the award to someone else.” I considered it.____ in the end I decided to ____ Chad only on what he had done in my class.
Chad's sentencing had been delayed, and he ____ to school that day.He ___ reacted when I gave him an award for Most Improved.He hugged me ____ and said，“Thank you.Now I have___to show my mom.”
Chad didn't finish second semester Spanish，and he never got ____ for the course.But I'd like to think that ____ made a difference in his life.
A．sea B．town C．village D．prison
A．a few B．many C．plenty of D．few
A．started B．closed C．opened D．broke
A．English B．Chinese C．Spanish D．Japanese
A．with B．without C．on D．for
A．special B．usual C．average D．common
A．ignored B．missed C．spent D．wasted
A．change B．fear C．trouble D．concern
A．confirmed B．puzzled C．prevented D．impressed
A．invented B．recognized C．discovered D．realized
A．shocked B．pleased C．frightened D．terrified
A．Before B．Until C．Unless D．When
A．Then B．But C．Thus D．Even
A．reward B．determine C．judge D．defend
A．made it B．got it C．went it D．caught it
A．excitedly B．slowly C．normally D．hardly
A．loosely B．tightly C．unwillingly D．narrowly
A．everything B．anything C．something D．nothing
A．credit B．honour C．support D．bond
A．incident B．award C．sentence D．hug
—Mr Wang was caught in a snowstorm yesterday.
—I have known that，and_______his new car was completely destroyed.
A．hopefully B．fortunately C．thankfully D．unfortunately