I grew up in a small town and the main entertainment was Friday night high school football. It was just a sleepy little town where parents wanted to raise their children away from 36_ and danger of a big city, and where teenagers like me _37_ leaving to find something bigger and better.
All that 38 _ one summer night. My friend Lisa, Kim and Tyler held a party for my eighteenth birthday at Lisa’s house. As they kept _39_ alcohol to me, I was pretty drunk. I asked Tyler to take me home. With some 40 _ , we made it out to his car and drove home. News came next morning. Kim, my friend 41__ we were five years old, was killed in a car accident. That night after Tyler and I left, Kim, who was _42__ more drunk than me, got into her car and 43_ towards the highway to go home, She was driving on the wrong side of the road and never saw the truck coming. The driver didn’t see her _44_ to avoid the car. They hit head on. Kim died immediately, and the driver was thrown 45_ the truck windshield(挡风玻璃)and died a week later.
Whenever I 46_ back on that day, I can’t help thinking that it was my 47 to drink so much that night, otherwise things would be different. I know Kim 48_ the choice to drink and drive that night , but a part of me will always feel 49 _for what happened.
I may not change the 50_ with my story, but I do hope that I can make people 51 the responsibility that they have to themselves and others by 52 it. Don’t ever think that your choices are yours __53 .Every choice is like a stone dropped into 54 water-each ripple(波纹)represents someone who your choice 55 . That’s quite an influence, isn’t it?
A．death B．fashion C．crime D．challenge
A．succeeded in B．dreamed of C．applied for D．approved of
A．happened B．continued C．changed D．remained
A．sending B．delivering C．taking D．handing
A．pleasure B．difficulty C．hope D．method
A．before B．until C．when D．since
A．constantly B．frequently C．clearly D．equally
A．headed B．walked C．pushed D．fled
A．in trouble B．in time C．in danger D．in place
A．above B．below C．into D．through
A．turn B．hold C．right D．get
A．desire B．fault C．right D．chance
A．faced B．avoided C．regretted D．made
A．responsible B．disappointed C．embarrassed D．sensitive
A．town B．party C．world D．environment
A．explain B．escape C．limit D．realize
A．remembering B．sharing C．declaring D．stopping
A．alone B．finally C．apart D．perhaps
A．affects B．inspires C．attracts D．benefits
It was a cold winter's night when I stopped for gas on my way home from work．I was tired and had a slight 21 ．
I worked in a 22 doctor's office and this was one of those days when the unexpected happened, making the schedule run 23 than usual．It seemed I was going to be late 24 home and my husband, being the 25 person, would be ready to pronounce me late once again． Maybe 26 I hurried, I could still make it home．
I was heading inside to 27 for my gas when I noticed an older couple at the counter, I heard them asking for 28 to the local hospital．It was the same hospital that I had just 29 a few minutes ago．
The young man at the counter was trying to be 30 in explaining how to get there, with two other people making 31 ．One of them was 32 trying to give them a whole different route back．It was then that I walked over to the couple and said, "Would you like to follow me to the 33 ?"
A look of 34 crossed the woman's face．
"I'm going right by there," I said, which wasn't a（ an） 35 since I had just made up my mind to do 36 that．
I got in my car and began the journey back．I was trying to watch to be sure they were right 37 me．I took only fifteen minutes to get there as rush hour traffic was beginning to 38 ．I felt better than I had all day and my headache was 39 gone．
Later, as I arrived home, my husband teased, "So you aren't ever late any more．"
"Sometimes it's 40 to be late," I said, happy inside my heart．
A．cold B．fever C．stomachache D．headache
A．foreign B．regular C．busy D．noisy
A．earlier B．later C．easier D．simpler
A．getting B．cooking C．calling D．working
A．lazy B．punctual C．generous D．careful
A．as B．since C．while D．it
A．pay B．change C．wait D．search
A．opinions B．trouble C．directions D．money
A．reached B．visited C．called D．left
A．skilled B．helpful C．experienced D．active
A．comments B．promises C．surveys D．offers
A．only B．still C．even D．ever
A．station B．office C．hospital D．hotel
A．panic B．relief C．sadness D．peace
A．duty B．fact C．reason D．lie
A．partly B．properly C．exactly D．perfectly
A．across B．before C．beside D．behind
A．go up B．die down C．speed up D．turn down
A．nearly B．hardly C．possibly D．luckily
A．possible B．special C．good D．safe
In 1971, readers around the world were astonished by some photographs which appeared in newspapers. Hidden deep in the rainforest
s of an island in the Philippines, was an ethnic (种族的) 36 called the Tasaday. Not until that moment did anyone have any 37 of these people. They didn’t have an agricultural economy; they hun
ted animals and 38 fruit from the plants in the rainforest. They carried tools made of
stone, lived in 39 and wore clothes made of leaves. Unknown until 1971, they 40 became world famous. After that, there were TV 41 and books about them; people said their simple lives showed that human beings could be good and kind if they were not 42 by modern life. Then after 1974 the region was closed by the government and the world 43 about them.
In 1986, a Swiss journalist, Oswald Iten, decided to visit the Tasaday. The journey 44 thick rainforests and across rivers was hard and dangerous. Mr. Iten was 45 killed by the soldiers, villagers and businessmen who wanted to take the wood from the rainforest. Finally, Mr. Iten 46 and found the caves of the Tasaday 47 . The people were living in nearby huts and they were all 48 jeans and T-shirts, not leaves. He thought that perhaps they were not an ethnic minority 49 .
When he 50 to Switzerland, Mr. Iten wrote about the Tasaday people in the newspapers. He said he thought that they were just ordinary farmers, poor, but not 51 from anyone else. He believed that in 1971, the government told “the Tasaday” to 52 they were native people from thousands of years ago, so that tourists---and money---would start 53 into the region.
One group of experts said that they really were people who had no 54 with modern life before 1971; another group said they were just 55 the part. So who are these people, really? Perhaps we’ll never really be sure.
A．man B．group C．chief D．tradition
A．knowledge B．impression C．doubt D．fear
A．grew B．enjoyed C．collected D．stored
A．huts B．houses C．apartments D．caves
A．certainly B．suddenly C．absolutely D．privately
A．advertisements B．services C．stations D．programs
A．refused B．separated C．spoilt D．conquered
A．forgot B．knew C．talked D．thought
A．around B．through C．over D．along
A．once B．almost C．often D．even
A．arrived B．left C．hid D．began
A．dirty B．valueless C．accessible D．empty
A．making B．selling C．wearing D．designing
A．in all B．at all C．after all D．above all
A．returned B．went C．traveled D．drove
A．agree B．pretend C．admit D．consider
A．looking B．falling C．turning D．pouring
A．contact B．competition C．agreement D．patience
A．learning B．forming C．acting D．missing
In 1971, readers around the world were astonished by some photographs which appeared in newspapers. Hidden deep in the rainforest
s of an island in the Philippines, was an ethnic (种族的) 36 called the Tasaday. Not until that moment did anyone have any 37 of these people. They didn’t have an agricultural economy; they hun
ted animals and 38 fruit from the plants in the rainforest. They carried tools made of
stone, lived in 39 and wore clothes made of leaves. Unknown until 1971, they 40 became world famous. After that, there were TV 41 and books about them; people said their simple lives showed that human beings could be good and kind if they were not 42 by modern life. Then after 1974 the region was closed by the government and the world 43 about them.
In 1986, a Swiss journalist, Oswald Iten, decided to visit the Tasaday. The journey 44 thick rainforests and across rivers was hard and dangerous. Mr. Iten was 45 killed by the soldiers, villagers and businessmen who wanted to take the wood from the rainforest. Finally, Mr. Iten 46 and found the caves of the Tasaday 47 . The people were living in nearby huts and they were all 48 jeans and T-shirts, not leaves. He thought that perhaps they were not an ethnic minority 49 .
When he 50 to Switzerland, Mr. Iten wrote about the Tasaday people in the newspapers. He said he thought that they were just ordinary farmers, poor, but not 51 from anyone else. He believed that in 1971, the government told “the Tasaday” to 52 they were native people from thousands of years ago, so that tourists---and money---would start 53 into the region.
One group of experts said that they really were people who had no 54 with modern life before 1971; another group said they were just 55 the part. So who are these people, really? Perhaps we’ll never really be sure.
A．man B．group C．chief D．tradition[
A．knowledge B．impression C．doubt D．fear
A．grew B．enjoyed C．collected D．stored
A．huts B．houses C．apartments D．caves
A．certainly B．suddenly C．absolutely D．privately
A．advertisements B．services C．stations D．programs
A．refused B．separated C．spoilt D．conquered
A．forgot B．knew C．talked D．thought
A．around B．through C．over D．along
A．once B．almost C．often D．even
A．arrived B．left C．hid D．began
A．dirty B．valueless C．accessible D．empty
A．making B．selling C．wearing D．designing
A．in all B．at all C．after all D．above all
A．returned B．went C．traveled D．drove
A．agree B．pretend C．admit D．consider
A．looking B．falling C．turning D．pouring
A．contact B．competition C．agreement D．patience
A．learning B．forming C．acting D．missing
Seven loyal（忠实的）readers came to the Teens Office two weeks ago. They had a wonderful day learning how to make a newspaper. But what 36 made them excited was that they had their say.
“What most _37_ me was when I was saying something, I found all eyes were on me,” said Tang Shining, one of the students. Her friend, Li Chunbei _38_, and felt very glad that when she was talking, the editors（编辑） nodded and _39_ took notes.
Students are happy to see the editors listen to their _40_. You may often _41_about being neglected（忽视） by teachers and parents. _42__ before complaining, please make sure that you have already spoken about your _43_.
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ditionally in China, teachers at school and parents were_44_ the ones to tell teenagers what they should and shouldn’t do. The young are _45_ to doing what they are told, rather than thinking by themselves. But then their ideas would be locked in their brain and not be _46_.
A girl wrote to Teens about her family story. She _47__ to be very sad because her father seldom talked and played with her. After years of consideration, she _48_ decided to write her father a letter, telling him about her sadness. To her _49__, the father _50_, saying that he didn’t realize his mistake. From then on, he really _51_.
Sometimes, we need to let our _52__ be heard, so others can understand our thoughts and feelings.
Don’t be afraid of being _53_ for what you have done. You know it is your _54_ to speak your mind. Even if your suggestions are denied, at least you have tried your best. You will not be left with any _55_.
A．directly B．really C．completely D．immediately
A．disappointed B．frightened C．impressed D．horrified （恐惧）
A．refused B．disagreed C．disliked D．agreed
A．even B．yet C．already D．still
A．speeches B．opinions C．songs D．articles
A．talk B．complain C．write D．speak
A．And B．So C．But D．Instead
A．pleasure B．love C．hatred（憎恨） D．worry
A．seldom B．never C．always D．sometimes
A．used B．reduced C．devoted D．told
A．remembered B．used C．touched D．heard
A．used B．pretended C．seemed D．had
A．sadly B．suddenly C．angrily D．finally
A．sorrow（悲伤） B．disappointment C．surprise D．satisfaction
A．apologized B．smiled C．laughed D．sighed
A．exchanged B．changed C．left D．played
A．voices B．decisions C．suggestions D．secrets
A．praised B．blamed C．beaten D．fined
A．duty B．task C．right D．pleasure
A．regret B．sadness C．trouble
One day, when I was in high school, I saw a kid named Kyle from my class walking home from school with all his books, I thought to myself, “__1___ would anyone bring home all his books for the weekend? He must really be 2___.”As I was walking, I saw several kids running toward him. They ran at him, 3 all his books out of his arms and he fell down in the dirt, His glasses went 4 and landed in the grass.
I ran over to him. 5 I handed him his glasses, he looked at me and said, “Hey, thanks!”
I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived. As it 6 , he lived near me. We talked all the way home. Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.
Kyle was the top student of our class, one of those guys that really found themselves during high school. Therefore he had the 7 to prepare a graduation speech. On the graduation day, I could see that he was 8 .So, I patted him on the back and said, “Hey, big guy, you’ll be 9 !” He looked at me and smiled.
He cleared his throat, and began. “Graduation is a time to 10 those who helped you make it through those tough years. Your parents, your teachers… but mostly your friends, I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best 11 you can give him.”
I just looked at my friend with 12 as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to kill himself over the weekend and was carrying his books home. “Thankfully, nothing happened. My friend 13 me from doing the unspeakable.”
Not until that moment did I realize that you should never underestimate(低估) the 14 of your actions. With one small gesture you can 15a person’s life. For better or for worse.
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