College is a big deal for American students as well as for Chinese students. During the college __41__， some parents become extremely worried. This may only __42__ the pressure.
Before I applied to the college, I told my parents I would get everything __43__ out. If I needed any help, I promised that I would ask them.
As it __44_ out, I had no problem putting everything together on my __45__， including my resume(履历) and a basic outline of my activities in high school. The __46__ part where I asked for my parents' advice was the essays. In writing and revising the essays, I needed feedback(反馈) from an audience. As my parents know me better than __47__ else, they were __48__for the job.
The essays are extremely important in college admissions. In a competitive pool of applicants, the test scores and activities, as well as the recommendations are all going to be very __49__. The essays are the one area in which students can make themselves stand __50__. Essays don't have to be big and complicated. I wrote three essays, all __51__ on small matters and using simple sentences. The admission officers have to read hundreds of essays a day; they are already __52__ of SAT vocabularies and long sentences. __53__， a straightforward writing style is refreshing to their eyes as well as their minds. Essays were the key to my success in the admission game. I just wrote about what I wanted to say, not what I thought the admission officers __54__ to hear.
In my main narrative－style __55__， I told the story of my American journey at the age of 14. During that time, I was not bogged down(陷入) by trying to fit into a new __56__； instead, I looked up to Mother Teresa for guidance and strength. I found my new __57__ and grew to love the name Teresa and the memories it held.
In my two minor essays, I __58__ the major events of my life, why I loved writing and why my dad is the person who has the greatest influence on me. Both provided details of my character. The essay about writing, which is titled, “I Shall Not Live in Vain” (__59__ by an Emily Dickinson poem), earned a lot of praise.
It is __60__ I really looked into my heart and thought deeply in order to reach my answers.
A．application B．admission C．competition D．preparation
A．come about B．bring about C．lead to D．add to
A．straight B．direct C．correct D．wrong
A．put B．turned C．found D．went
A．own B．timetable C．schedule D．way
A．next B．first C．only D．exact
A．someone B．no one C．everyone D．anyone
A．wrong B．perfect C．unwilling D．ready
A．similar B．difficult C．familiar D．challenging
A．up B．by C．for D．out
A．writing B．turning C．focusing D．working
A．fond B．tired C．proud D．afraid
A．However B．Yet C．Therefore D．Instead
A．had better B．feel like C．would rather D．would like
A．passage B．advice C．essay D．answer
A．environment B．family C．party D．atmosphere
A．name B．self C．sense D．plan
A．conducted B．explained C．remembered D．experienced
A．read B．inspired C．told D．written
A．as B．since C．for D．because
A mother and daughter living in my community are two of the most unfriendly people I have ever come across in my life. They are totally , mixing with nobody. As they drive past neighbors they keep their eyes looking away and make no sign of . The only fame they have is making a nuisance (讨厌的人) of themselves to the local police station by music played too loud, dogs barking more than once a day and any other petty (琐碎的) little .
On moving into this neighborhood, I was of these two but decided I would make up my own mind. This proved quite a to me as more than once either the mother or the daughter would knock on my door and blast (猛烈抨击) me with some or other. I answered politely and made sure I as they went past my place and also made the effort now and then to make a kind about their garden or pets.
Time passed and in October, as part of the Kindness Rock Give, Maureen and I decided to place a kindness rock in their garden. Their remained unchanged, however, and I continued to be as friendly as possible. During the Easter give, we decided once again to these two unhappy ladies to our list and a packet of cookies on their gate. Imagine my when two days later they at my gate and jokingly said they were hanging their Christmas stocking on their gate, and they brought me a bunch of flowers!
So, my fellow gifters, do not on your random gifts of kindness. You may never know just what this to others, nor how many broken or hearted people you may just change a simple act of kindness.
A．protected B．depressed C．separated D．equipped
A．enthusiasm B．acknowledgement C．excitement D．entertainment
A．discussing B．requesting C．reporting D．rejecting
A．events B．issues C．incidents D．affairs
A．accused B．warned C．reminded D．convinced
A．challenge B．project C．task D．matter
A．quarrels B．opinions C．explanations D．complaints
A．seldom B．never C．always D．sometimes
A．waved B．stared C．noticed D．laughed
A．difference B．account C．gesture D．remark
A．smile B．attitude C．decision D．anger
A．add B．recommend C．reduced D．drove
A．shared B．took C．left D．fixed
A．interest B．anxiety C．surprise D．doubt
A．whispered B．stopped C．shouted D．wandered
A．imagining B．intending C．considering D．approaching
A．take in B．take up C．give in D．give up
A．refers B．means C．relates D．contributes
A．kind B．light C．hard D．warm
A．on B．over C．by D．with
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The Town of Pressure and the Town of Pleasure were neighbors but had nothing in common. Residents built walls to______ influence from the other town.
In Pressure, ____ struggled to be the very best. When women gave birth, they would ____ to have the baby with the loudest cry. There was violent competition in every aspect of life. Because ______ was the index (指数) of success, people were ____ busy making money, with____ for relaxation. Some young people couldn’t bear the intensity and resorted to drink or drugs to escape.
_____ , over in Pleasure, the motto was “As long as you like it, do it.” People grew up without ____ and____ do anything they liked. Children played computer games day and night. At school, teachers didn’t ____ whether students showed up or not. Workers might sit around the office _____ sipping coffee and doing nothing._____ the lack of regulations, nobody worried about losing their jobs. It was ______ that mattered. No one had the ___ thought of moving forward, either for themselves or for the town. The computers they used were _____ models from Pressure.
Some of the young were addicted to______ because of the meaninglessness of their lives. Then, people in the two towns began asking themselves, “What is ____ for?” But, just before life in the two towns completely ___ , there came a saint – Mr. Reason. He went from door to door, talking with people and giving advice. People in Pressure learnt to be____ with what they had, while people in Pleasure began to make plans. They ___ the walls between them and built a road to connect the two. The towns’ people came to realize the truth—there is no space between Pressure and Pleasure if they don’t go to extremes.
A．connect B．keep out C．go out D．prevent
A．everyone B．anyone C．nobody D．somebody
A．have B．like C．compete D．try
A．health B．joy C．children D．wealth
A．seldom B．always C．hardly D．sometimes
A．much time B．no reason C．many reasons D．no time
A．Meanwhile B．otherwise C．Therefore D．Virtually
A．pleasure B．pressure C．work D．happiness
A．must B．need C．could D．dared
A．know B．find C．recognize D．care
A．in the morning B．in the evening C．all day long D．in the afternoon
A．Thanks to B．Regardless of C．Owe to D．According to
A．money B．time C．pleasure D．pressure
A．strongest B．slightest C．most D．smallest
A．the old B．the new C．the best D．the same
A．books B．work C．money D．drugs
A．pressure B．life C．pleasure D．money
A．improved B．failed C．succeeded D．lived
A．satisfied B．surprised C．patient D．angry
A．built B．put down C．pulled down D．set up
I guess you can say I’m not healthy. I throw up almost everything I , and I have no idea what is going on with my body in the of doing it. I’m 17 years old, and I have been suffering from this for about 6 months. That doesn’t seem like a time, but those 6 months feel like 6 years.
I was never or even close to it. I’ve always been short and in shape, but it me every time to see a really pretty girl because I think, “Why can’t I like that?” Also, the town I live in is full of drugs, , and drinking , and I’ve fallen into all of those. I’m tired of the that I have been living. My parents are in me and practically think I’m a failure. I’m always worried if my trousers are going to me the next day. And on top of that, I’m friends because they think I’ve changed.
Bulimia（暴食症）is a black hole that, you have entered, it is extremely hard to get out. And if you do get out, you are so .
I hope that someday I can say I’ve from this terrible thing, because all I want to do is to live my life and not to have to my weight all the time.
At the point I’m going, I might end up in the , and that is what frightens me most. All I can do is to try and get the I need. However, I know the best help comes from my heart and the actual need within me to this illness.
A．remember B．see C．read D．eat
A．experiment B．purpose C．process D．plan
A．accident B．illness C．loss D．punishment
A．free B．meaningful C．bad D．long
A．fat B．rude C．sick D．wrong
A．shocks B．kills C．excites D．encourages
A．always B．sometimes C．also D．even
A．feel B．look C．sound D．taste
A．parties B．matches C．lessons D．lectures
A．dream B．belief C．life D．food
A．pleased B．honest C．interested D．disappointed
A．carry B．support C．fit D．attack
A．blaming B．losing C．visiting D．making
A．once B．although C．unless D．because
A．friendly B．lovely C．busy D．lucky
A．suffered B．returned C．recovered D．separated
A．add to B．worry about C．talk about D．depend on
A．hospital B．school C．house D．station
A．education B．space C．help D．money
A．catch B．spread C．forget D．stop
It was the district sports meet．My foot still hadn’t healed (痊愈) from a(n) _____ injury．I had _____whether or not I should attend the meet．But there I was, _____for the 3,000-meter run．
“Ready … set …” The gun popped and we were off．The other girls rushed _____ me．I felt ___ as I fell farther and farther behind．
“Hooray!” shouted the crowd．It was the loudest _____ I had ever heard at a meet．The first-place runner was two laps (圈) in front of me when she crossed the finishing line．“Maybe I should _____,” I thought as I moved on．_____, I decided to keep going．During the last two laps, I ran _____ and decided not to _____ in track next year．It wouldn’t be worth it, _____ my foot did heal．
When I finished, I heard a cheer _____ than the one I’d heard earlier．I turned around and _____, the boys were preparing for their race．“They must be cheering for the boys．”
I was leaving _____ several girls came up to me．“Wow, you’ve really got courage!” one of them told me．
“Courage? I just _____ 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 _____．I decided to _____ track next year．I realized strength and courage aren’t always _____ in medals and victories, but in the _____ we overcome．The strongest people are not always the people who win, _____ the people who don’t give up when they lose．
A．slighter B．worse C．earlier D．heavier
A．expected B．supposed C．imagined D．doubted
A．late B．eager C．ready D．thirsty
A．from behind B．ahead of C．next to D．close to
A．ashamed B．astonished C．excited D．frightened
A．cheer B．whisper C．cry D．noise
A．slow down B．drop out C．go on D．speed up
A．Therefore B．Otherwise C．Besides D．However
A．with delight B．with fear C．in pain D．in advance
A．keep B．arrive C．race D．attend
A．even if B．only if C．unless D．until
A．weaker B．longer C．lower D．louder
A．well enough B．sure enough C．surprisingly enough D．strangely enough
A．while B．when C．as D．since
A．finished B．won C．passed D．lost
A．cheer B．hope C．interest D．experience
A．hold on B．turn to C．begin with D．stick with
A．measured B．praised C．weakened D．increased
A．sadness B．struggles C．diseases D．tiredness
A．or B．nor C．and D．But
If failure is like a day without the sunshine, I’ll still smile at it, as clouds may be dancing in the sky. Success does not every person, just like the sun doesn’t shine every day.
Do you give up your plan to go hiking because the weather isn’t as good as you had hoped? No, of course not. I would rather go on trying no matter what I and enjoy on the way to my destination (目的地)., failure is like a naughty boy who plays with us on the way to our goals. Not only does he want to us, but he wants to help us become braver. The more we , the braver we’ll be.
If failure is the without the moon, I’ll still smile at it, as stars may twinkle on us still. , we all like the moon, but should we ignore the stars? There is always something more important than . In other words, we shouldn’t only on whether we succeed or fail. In fact, we learn a lot from failure. It is really helpful. The more we learn from failure, the we’ll be.
If failure is a bird without , I’ll still smile at it. Flying isn’t the only thing a bird can do. If we can’t be by the wide blue sky, why don’t we adapting ourselves to the forest through our beautiful singing? Failure us that we should believe in ourselves. We may fail in one area, but we may in another. Maybe we’ll find that we have a talent for something we never knew about before. Who ?
Life is like a box of chocolates, and you know what you’re going to get. Just keep on trying. The process of trying is much more valuable than the .
Smile at and smile at life.
A．meet B．know C．favour D．see
A．even B．still C．too D．just
A．suffer B．hate C．dislike D．fear
A．Generally B．Unluckily C．Actually D．Naturally
A．beat B．change C．test D．frighten
A．laugh B．cry C．play D．smile
A．day B．night C．sky D．place
A．In fact B．Of course C．In deed D．In turn
A．aim B．joy C．success D．work
A．live B．focus C．depend D．base
A．nicer B．healthier C．wiser D．younger
A．legs B．feet C．teeth D．wings
A．received B．accepted C．noticed D．covered
A．try B．begin C．appreciate D．enjoy
A．suggests B．insists C．reminds D．orders
A．forget B．start C．stand D．achieve
A．sees B．knows C．believes D．does
A．never B．already C．usually D．always
A．methods B．success C．victories D．results
A．defeat B．sorrow C．failure D．loss