I grew up poor – living with six brothers, my father and a wonderful mother. We had 36 money and few worldly goods, but plenty of love and attention. I was 37 and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, they could 38 afford a dream.
My dream was to be a 39 .When I was sixteen, I could crush a baseball, throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball. I was also 40 : my high-school coach was Ollie Jarvis, who 41 me the difference between having a dream and showing strong belief. One particular 42 with him changed my life forever.
It was a summer and a friend recommended me for a summer 43 . This meant a chance for my first income—cash for a new bike and new clothes, and the 44 of savings for a house for my mother. The opportunity was attracting, and I wanted to 45 at it.
Then I realized I would have to 46 summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn’t be playing. I was 47 about this.
When I told Coach Jarvis, he was as 48 as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” he said. “Your 49 days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.”
I stood before him with my head 50 , trying to think of how to explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth 51 his disappointment in me.
“How much are you going to make at this job?” he demanded.
“$ 3．25 an hour,” I replied.
“Well, is $ 3.25 an hour the price of a 52 ?” he asked.
That 53 laid bare for me the difference between wanting something right now and having a goal. I devoted myself to 54 that summer, and within the year I was offered a $ 20,000 contract. I signed with the Denver Broncos in 1984 for $ 1.7 million, and bought my mother the 55 of my dreams.
A．some B．little C．no D．much
A．happy B．lovely C．angry D．noisy
A．only B．ever C．still D．almost
A．teacher B．coach C．doctor D．sportsman
A．lucky B．satisfied C．hopeful D．surprised
A．taught B．asked C．told D．trained
A．match B．story C．moment D．incident
A．job B．camp C．holiday D．course
A．cause B．start C．need D．amount
A．stand B．call C．look D．jump
A．take out B．cut off C．put on D．give up
A．excited B．curious C．anxious D．disappointed
A．mad B．puzzled C．regretful D．discouraged
A．working B．playing C．learning D．shining
A．shaking B．hanging C．holding D．nodding
A．feeling B．suffering C．facing D．expressing
A．dream B．game C．chance D．life
A．offer B．price C．question D．order
A．study B．sports C．homework D．business
A．clothes B．bike C．house D．goods
It was in the past two years that Aaron Segura was always sinking at West Mesa High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The16-year-old student was in golf, but his
was anothermatter. Aaron was “just walking through the chapters hard “in courses like chemistry, his grades were low, and he was
todropping out. It was not that Aaron didn't have
； it simplydidn't exist in his large, impersonal public high school.
Then his mother heard about Albuquerque's Charter VocationalHigh School(特立职业高中)，a place where students plenty of one-on-one attention. Something else
Aaron evenmore. His one strong goal was to go into
，and Charter Vocational had just the thing for him ： an architectural CAD ( computer-aided drafting ) program.
Aaron school at the beginning of his junior year. Forthe first time, he
himself excited about learning. By the following summer, he had got a( n)
as a draftsman for an architectural firm. His plan was to
drafting professionally after hegraduated this spring.
If Aaron has anyone to thank for his of the fortune, it wasDanny Moon, a long-time industrial arts teacher. Moon
a vocational apprenticeship (学徒）program in the mid-1990s
the Albuquerque school district couldn't pay for any longer.
But two years later, in 2000，Moon's phone rang. The state hadrecently a charter school law, and a district official wonderedif Moon might be
in opening a vocational charter school. Aneasy
. With this sort of instruction, Moon knew he could
students like Aaron, who might have a
time in traditional high schools. He'd also be filling an increasing
acrossNew Mexico for skilled labor.
A. averageB. excellent C. curiousD. different
A. abilityB. idealC. studyD. mission
A. certainB. closeC. cautiousD. eager
A. ambitionB. energyC. courageD. experience
A. payB. gainC. drawD. bring
A. appealedB. attractedC. employedD. comforted
A. firmB. golfC. chemistryD. architecture
A. appliedB. attendedC. qualifiedD. admitted
A. recognizedB. enjoyedC. foundD. devoted
A. jobB. condition C, situationD. occasion
A. pick upB. make upC. take upD. set up
A. changeB. progressC. effortD. achievement
A. realizedB. ranC. discoveredD. offered
A. sinceB. untilC. thoughD. after
A. passedB. madeC. provedD. appeared
A. crazyB. fondC. interestedD. aware
A. directionB. answerC. promiseD. success
A. createB. worryC. regretD. target
A. royalB. toughC. freeD. short
A. demandB. formC. orderD. satisfaction
Pompeii is an ancient city of southern Italy southeast of Naples. It was by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 2，000years ago. Every year thousands of tourists visit Pompeii. They donot, however, see Pompeii's
.
Once Pompeii was a( n) city of 22，000 people, which
at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, a grass-covered volcano thathad not erupted for centuries, so the people of Pompeii felt
.
In August of AD 79 Mount Vesuvius . The entire top ofthe mountain exploded, and a huge black cloud
into theair. Soon stones and hot ash began to
on Pompeii. When theeruption
two days later, Pompeii was buried under 200 feetof stones and
. Almost all of its people were dead.
In 1861，an Italian scientist named Giuseppe began to Pompeii. Slowly,
，Ginseppe and his men dug. The citylooked almost the same as it had looked in AD. 79. There werestreets and fountains, houses and shops. There was a stadium with20，000 seats. Perhaps the most important of all, there were
objects, which
us a great deal about the
who lived inPompeii. Many glasses and jars has some dark blue colour in thebottom,
we know that the people of Pompeii liked wine. Theyliked
too, metal pans were in every bakery. In one bakerythere were 81 round, flat loaves of bread— a type of bread that isstill
in Italy today.
Ginseppe has died, but his work . One-fourth has not beenuncovered yet. Scientists are still digging, still making discoveries that
tourists to Pompeii.
A. damagedB. destroyedC. rebuiltD. restored
A. peopleB. stadiumsC. streetsD. sites
A. unitedB. busyC. beautifulD. faraway
A. liedB. lainC. layD. laid
A. dangerousB. comfortableC. safeD. satisfied
A. gave outB. broke intoC. took placeD. burst out
A. raisedB. liftedC. stayedD. rose
A. fallB. throwC. landD. touch
A. appearedB. endedC. happenedD. prevented
A. earthB. ashesC. bricksD. tiles
A. uncoverB. discoverC. inventD. save
A. stronglyB. carefullyC. proudlyD. friendly
A. everydayB. valuableC. officialD. rare
A. sayB. speakC. proveD. tell
A. artistsB. businessmenC. peopleD. bakers
A. soB. forC. butD. or
A. coffeeB. foodC. breadD. equipment
A. soldB. existedC. formedD. appeared
A. stopsB. continuesC. completesD. changes
A. inviteB. drawC. selectD. welcome
There are many different ways ofseeing a town for the firsttime. One of them is to walk around it, guide-book hand. Ofcourse, we may with our guide-books the history and developments of a town and get to know them. then, if wetake our time and in a town for a while, we may get to knowit better. When we it as a whole, we begin to have some ，which even the best guide-books do not answer. Why is thetown just this, this shape, this plan, this size? Why do itsstreets in this particular way, and not in any way?
Here even the best guide-book us. One can't find in itthe information about how a town has developed to the appearance. It may not describe the original (最初的） of atown. However, one may get some idea of what it look likeby walking around the town. One can also imagine the townwas first planned and built. Then one can learn more about in whatdirection the town to develop.
What is the of studying towns in this way? For me, it is that one gets a greater depth of pleasure by visiting and seeing a town with one's own eyes. A visit to a town may helpone better understand why it is attractive just reading it in aguide-book.
A．in B．at C．by D．on
A．write B．study C．tell D．remember
A．strange B．similar C．separate D．special
A．But B．Before C．Since D．Until
A．march B．work C．stay D．wait
A．look at B．look after C．look for D．look up
A．ideas B．opinions C．feelings D．questions
A．of B．for C．like D．as
A．open B．run C．begin D．move
A．one B．more C．other D．such
A．helps B．tricks C．fails D．satisfies
A．old B．normal C．first D．present
A．capital B．meaning C．design D．change
A．used to B．seemed to C．had to D．happened to
A．what B．how C．when D．where
A．stops B．appears C．starts D．continues
A．point B．view C．problem D．difficulty
A．nearly B．simply C．generally D．hardly
A．costly B．formal C．group D．personal
A．from B．than C．through D．with
Every Chinese-language textbook starts out with the standardphrases for greeting people, but as an American, I always found myself to speak freely when it came to seeing guests off at thedoor. Just a goodbye would not do, yet that was all I had ever learned from the books. So I would smile and nod, bowing like aJapanese and searching madly for words that would over thevisitor's leaving and make them feel they would be to comeagain. In my unease, I often hid behind the shirts of my Chinesehusband's kindness.
Then finally, listening to others, I began to pick up the phrasesthat relationships and sent people off not only successfullybut also skillfully.
for the Chinese includes a lot of necessary habitualpractice. Although as a ，I'm not expected to observe or evenknow all the rules, I've had to learn the expressions of politenessand at a leaving-taking.
The Chinese feel they see a guest off to the farthestpossible point— down the flight of stairs to the street below or per-haps all the way to the bus stop. I've sometimes waited halfan hour or more for my husband to return from seeing a guest off, he's gone to the bus stop and wailed for the bus to arrive.
That's very well, but when I'm the guest being seen off, my pro-tests are always . My hostess or host, or both, insists on me down the stairs and well on my way, with my repeating " Don't to see me off at the every landing " . If I try to go fast to them from following, they are simply out to the discomfort of having to run after me. Better to accept the inevitable.
Besides, that's going against Chinese ，because haste(doing things quickly) is to be avoided. What do you say when you someone? Not " Farewell or Godspeed(祝福)" ， " Goslowly " . To the Chinese it means " Take care " or " Watch your " ，or some such caution(谨慎），but translated literally(字面意思）it means " Go slowly. "
A．easy B．difficult C．unable D．effective
A．useful B．terrible C．priceless D．proper
A．smooth B．talk C．calm D．take
A．speeded B．broke C．destroyed D．eased
A．Parting B．Leaving C．Separating D．Interviewing
A．wife B．guest C．hostess D．foreigner
A．protest B．refuse C．explain D．state
A．can B．will C．may D．must
A．farthest B．nearest C．easiest D．shortest
A．although B．unless C．if D．since
A．fastest B．first C．next D．last
A．effective B．unnecessary C．useless D．troublesome
A．leading B．seeing C．inviting D．pushing
A．trouble B．have C．decide D．walk
A．protect B．keep C．discourage D．dismiss
A．rule B．custom C．design D．opinion
A．meet with B．talk with C．part from D．call on
A．and B．or C．but D．even
A．foot B．health C．shoe D．step
I work as a volunteer(志愿者）for an organization that helpsthe poor in Haiti. Recently I took my son Barrett there for a week, hoping to him.
Before setting out, I told Barrett this trip would be tiring and . For the first two days, he said almost nothing. I worried thetrip was too for a 17-year-old boy. Then, on day three, as wewere over high rocky mountains, he turned to me andgrinned(咧嘴笑），" Pretty hard. "
After that there was no turning back. A five-year-old girl, wearinga dress several sizes large and broken shoes, followed Barrettaroimd, mesmerized(着迷). He couldn't stop . Later he said ，" I wish I could speak French. " I was —this from aboy who hated and French classes throughout school.
Usually silent, he Gaby, our host, and kept askingquestions about the country and its people. He blossomed (活拨起来).
，the moment that really took breath away occurred in a village deep in the mountains. I was a womanvillager for an article. 135 centimeters tall, she was small in figurebut strong in . Through determination, she had learned toread and write, and to become part of the leadership of the .
Learning her story, Barrett was as as I by this tinywoman's achievements. His eyes were wet and there was a oflove and respect on his face. He had finally understood the importance of my work.
When leaving for home, Barrett even offered to stay as avolunteer. My insides suddenly felt struck. This achieved all I'dexpected. Soon he will celebrate his 18th birthday. He'll be a man.
A．comfort B．please C．attract D．educate
A．rough B．dangerous C．troublesome D．violent
A．little B．much C．fast D．slow
A．moving B．running C．climbing D．looking
A．too B．very C．even D．so
A．joking B．crying C．shouting D．smiling
A．patiently B．regretfully C．lightly D．cheerfully
A．ashamed B．disappointed C．determined D．surprised
A．took up B．went in for C．fought against D．called off
A．befriended B．disregarded C．avoided D．recognized
A．Thus B．Even C．Meanwhile D．However
A．my B．his C．our D．her
A．asking B．interviewing C．arranging D．describing
A．brain B．wish C．will D．health
A．appeared B．struggled C．hesitated D．failed
A．village B．city C．organization D．state
A．pleased B．bored C．puzzled D．touched
A．combination B．Composition C．connection D．satisfaction
A．in B．behind C．out D．away
A．interview B．flight C．article D．trip