Steve, a twelve¬-year¬-old boy with alcoholic parents, was failing. Surprisingly, he could read,
yet, ____ his reading skills, Steve had been failing since the first grade. Steve was a
big boy, yet, he went unnoticed… ____ Miss White.
Miss White was a smiling, beautiful, young lady. For the first time in his ____ life, Steve couldn't take his eyes off his teacher; yet, ____ he failed. In the middle of the first term, the entire seventh grade was ____ for basic skills. Steve hurried through his tests, and ____ to dream of other things, as the day passed slowly. One day, Miss White's ____ voice broke into his daydreams. “Steve！” Startled (吓了一跳), he ____ to look at her. “Pay attention！” She began to ____ the test results. “You all did pretty well，” she told the class, “ ____ one boy, and it breaks my ____ to tell you this, but…” She hesitated, pinning Steve to his seat with a sharp ____.“…The smartest boy in the seventh grade is failing my class！”
After that, Steve still ____ do his homework. “Just try it，” Miss White said one day. “Steve!
Please! I care about you！” Wow! Suddenly, Steve got it! Someone cared about him? Someone, so beautiful and perfect, cared about him! Steve went home from school, ____ that afternoon. The following Monday he arrived at school on time, and waited for Miss White to enter the classroom. She walked in, all sparkle and smiles! Immediately, she gave a ____ on the weekend homework. Steve was the first to ____ his paper. With a look of ____， Miss White took his paper. Steve walked back to his desk, his heart beating strongly within his chest. Miss White's face was in total ____ ! Suddenly, her face broke into a bright smile. The smartest boy in the seventh grade had just ____ his first test! From that moment ____ was the same for Steve.
A．in honor of B．in spite of C．in addition to D．in case of
A．to B．before C．until D．upon
A．rich B．young C．fresh D．simple
A．still B．even C．also D．forever
A．observed B．corrected C．selected D．tested
A．struggled B．agreed C．continued D．declared
A．cheerful B．impatient C．enthusiastic D．shy
A．decided B．managed C．turned D．forgot
A．go over B．run over C．turn over D．hand over
A．except for B．due to C．as for D．up to
A．will B．record C．heart D．back
A．pain B．stare C．sense D．contrast
A．wouldn't B．couldn't C．mustn't D．shouldn't
A．embarrassed B．discouraged C．approved D．thoughtful
A．survey B．speech C．report D．quiz
A．give up B．hand in C．turn down D．come across
A．respect B．curiosity C．surprise D．fear
A．victory B．shock C．sadness D．confidence
A．escaped B．taken C．missed D．passed
A．nothing B．something C．anything D．everything
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Today my son Nic and I drove to a town just over from our own. He wanted to watch a ____ for all the hard work he put in this year in school. He was diagnosed with ADHD(多动症)，but ____ to be on the honor roll(光荣榜) for half the school year. I am so incredibly ____ of him！Besides，this child of mine has the most ____ heart and always sends love to others.
We went to the ticket office. We stood in the ____ and waited for our ____.My son looked over and saw a young man in his army uniform. He spotted Nic too and let Nic buy his ticket first when his turn ____.Nic asked me ____ he could give the young man a smile card we made on our own. I nodded my head，so he ____ right up to that man and said “Thank you！” and ____ him the card. I have never ____ two bigger smiles in my life. After we watched the popular game，as we were ____ the football stadium，we walked back through the ticket office. We each had five smile cards left. We just ____ handing them out. I ____ two construction workers who had just gone off work and it was only noon. I will never ____ one of the men's faces. He looked so ____.However，when I just set the ____ before him and said “Have a great day！”，he gave me a warm smile and looked energetic at once. His smile has kept me ____ all day，
This has been one of the ____ and one of the worst days of my life. My son left about an hour ago to ____ his dad，whom I have been divorced from for six months and is now living in a different city，but I know my son and I will remember the happiness of this day，not the sadness!
A．gift B．bargain C．game D．film
A．managed B．remembered C．failed D．dreamt
A．informed B．proud C．aware D．afraid
A．heavy B．weak C．frightening D．loving
A．queue B．dark C．wild D．future
A．freedom B．turn C．guest D．result
A．finished B．came C．waited D．jumped
A．how B．why C．if D．when
A．performed B．climbed C．drove D．marched
A．handed B．bought C．lent D．owed
A．wiped B．returned C．seen D．forced
A．observing B．admiring C．leaving D．introducing
A．started B．minded C．practiced D．regretted
A．trained B．employed C．needed D．chose
A．forget B．recognize C．mention D．require
A．surprised B．tired C．polite D．friendly
A．ticket B．paper C．standard D．card
A．running B．going C．crying D．drinking
A．latest B．coldest C．best D．saddest
A．work for B．laugh at C．argue with D．live with
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Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg，a ____ of about eighty miles. It was late and I was in a hurry. However，if anyone asked me how fast I was ____，I'd say I was not overspeeding. Several times I got ____ behind a slowmoving truck on a narrow road，and I was holding my fists tightly with ____.
At one point along an open highway，I ____ a crossroad with a traffic light. I was alone on the road by now，but as I ____ the light，it turned red and I braked to a stop. I looked left，right and behind me.Nothing. No cars，no suggestion of headlights，but there I sat，waiting for the light to ____，the only human being for at least a mile in any ____.
I started ____ why I refused to run the light. I was not afraid of being ____，because there was obviously no policeman around，and there certainly would have been no ____ in going through it.
Much later that night，after I ____ a group of my friends in Lewisburg and climbed into bed near midnight，the question of why I'd stopped for that light ____ me. I think I stopped because it's part of a contract(合同) we all have with each other. It's not only the ____，but it's an arrangement we have，and we trust each other to ____ it：we don't go through red lights. Like most of us，I'm more likely to be ____ from doing something bad by the social convention that ____ it than by any law against it.
It's amazing that we ever ____ each other to do the right thing，isn't it？And we do，too. Trust is our ____ preference.
I was so ____ of myself for stopping for the red light that night.
A．flight B．distance C．road D．length
A．thinking B．driving C．complaining D．running
A．stopped B．changed C．stuck D．lost
A．horror B．strength C．understanding D．impatience
A．ran off B．came to C．passed by D．left behind
A．passed B．watched C．approached D．found
A．stop B．change C．turn D．die
A．way B．side C．city D．direction
A．wondering B．suspecting C．struggling D．regretting
A．abused B．fined C．injured D．killed
A．danger B．sign C．time D．record
A．met with B．got over C．got rid of D．called back
A．turned out to B．came back to C．referred to D．occurred to
A．virtue B．suggestion C．law D．order
A．honor B．solve C．break D．judge
A．stopped B．protected C．rejected D．frightened
A．speaks of B．stands by C．takes in D．disapproves of
A．suspect B．trust C．teach D．care
A．only B．first C．lucky D．living
A．sorry B．doubtful C．sure D．proud
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“Now，” Mrs.Virginia DeView said，smiling，“we are going to discover our professions.”
The class seemed to be greatly surprised. Our professions？We were only 13 and 14 years old！The teacher must be____.“Yes，you will all be searching for your future____.Each of you will have to____someone in your field，plus give an oral report.”
Each day in her class，Virginia DeView reminded us about this. Finally，I picked print journalism.This____I had to go to interview a trueblue newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him____able to speak. He looked at me and said，“Did you bring a pencil or a pen？”
I shook my head.
“How about some____？”
I shook my head again.
Finally，I thought he realized I was____，and I got my first big tip as a____：“Never，never go anywhere without a pen and paper. You never know what you'll run into.” After a few days，I gave my oral report totally from____in class. I got an A on the entire project.
Years later，I was in college looking around for a new career，but with no success. Then I____Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn't____me.They just reminded me how competitive the field was and____all my life I had to run away from competition. This was true. But journalism did something to me; it was in my blood.____gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was____.
For the past 12 years，I've had the most satisfying reporting career，____stories from murders to airplane crashes and____choosing my strongest area.____I went to pick up my phone one day，an incredible wave of memories hit me and I realized that had it not been____Virginia DeView，I would not be sitting at that desk.
I get____all the time：“How did you pick journalism？”
“Well，you see，there was a teacher...” I just wish I could____her.
A．good B．mad C．careless D．curious
A．university B．family C．professions D．life
A．interview B．find out C．admire D．learn from
A．expressed B．ordered C．expected D．meant
A．hardly B．nearly C．naturally D．eagerly
A．note B．newspapers C．preparations D．paper
A．satisfied B．comfortable C．terrified D．sorry
A．student B．journalist C．teacher D．writer
A．research B．books C．imagination D．memory
A．called B．recognized C．remembered D．visited
A．answer B．promise C．stop D．persuade
A．how B．whether C．why D．when
A．It B．Virginia DeView C．My parents D．My oral report
A．breaking in B．getting down C．falling off D．going on
A．making up B．listening to C．covering D．writing
A．of course B．finally C．doubtfully D．in all
A．When B．As long as C．Once D．On condition
A．for B．with C．of D．to
A．hurt B．excited C．disappointed D．asked
A．respect B．support C．thank D．favor
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Eightyyearold retired tailor，James McKay，spent Saturday night in jail after ____ thirtyyearold Keith Smith over the head ____ his walking stick. McKay's wife，Laurene told us that while McKay is usually a ____ person，he had been ____ to this act of violence by getting wet just once too often.
Smith lives above the McKays and it appears that not only is he a keen gardener，he is also a ____ collector. Unfortunately for him，the water he sent over his balcony every day ended up on the McKays'，or too often，on the McKays ____.
“For the last fortnight，since Smith moved into the flat above us，we have hardly dared to go to our ____，”said Laurene. She added that it wasn't so much the water falling onto their balcony from Smith watering his plant ____bothered them，it was more the way he cleaned his fish tanks.“We'd be ____ there happily reading our newspapers，when ____ so much water would come from above that we'd be as wet as if we'd ____ with our clothes on！Neither could we get rid of the ____ of fish！”
And on Saturday evening it was just too ____.“It was James's birthday，”explained Laurene，“and I'd made him a birthday cake. The candles were a great sight as you can imagine，but James didn't get to blow them out.”____，Smith emptied one of his larger tanks over his balcony and both the McKays and the cake were wet ____.Rarely had Laurene seen McKay move so fast.“I couldn't ____ him. He was up there in a flash. It was the fastest I'd seen him move since 1964.”
Smith is not going to take things further with the police. He has also promised to change his ____ from now on. And what of James McKay？____ he left the police station，a large crowd of supporters sang him.“Happy Birthday.”“____ the most exciting birthday ____！” said the cheerful old man.“The best since my adolescence I'd say！”
A．hitting B．tapping C．pushing D．touching
A．by B．with C．through D．via
A．quiet B．sensitive C．stubborn D．peaceful
A．accustomed B．driven C．taken D．attracted
A．fish B．seed C．plant D．newspaper
A．themselves B．itself C．herself D．himself
A．bathroom B．balcony C．bedroom D．kitchen
A．which B．what C．that D．whether
A．sitting B．exercising C．sleeping D．eating
A．regularly B．suddenly C．precisely D．unconsciously
A．swum B．watered C．showered D．drowned
A．taste B．smell C．feeling D．sense
A．little B．soon C．late D．much
A．Otherwise B．Besides C．Instead D．Consequently
A．over B．across C．through D．down
A．stop B．blame C．ignore D．stand
A．views B．attitudes C．minds D．ways
A．While B．Since C．Until D．As
A．Sincerely B．Impossibly C．Previously D．Definitely
A．before B．already C．ever D．since
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(2012年湖北荆州毕业班质检)All 34 of my students I taught at Saint Mary's School in Morris，Minnesota were dear to me，but Mark was one in a million. His happy-to-be-alive attitude made even his occasional naughtiness ____.
Mark ____ constantly in class. I had to remind him again and again that talking without permission was ____.What ____ me so much，though，was his sincere response every time I had to ____ him for misbehaving，“Thank you for correcting me，Madam！”I didn't know what to make of it at first，but before long I became ____ hearing it many times a day.
One morning my ____ was growing thin when Mark talked once too often. I ____ Mark，“If you say one more word，I am going to tape your mouth shut！”
It wasn't ten seconds later ____ Chuck blurted out(脱口说出)，“Mark is talking again.”I hadn't asked any of the students to help me ____ Mark，but since I had stated the ____ in front of the class，I had to act on it.
Taking out a roll of masking tape(胶纸带) from the drawer(抽屉) of my desk，I ____ to Mark's desk，____ two pieces of tape and made a big X with them over his ____.I then returned to the ____ of the room.
As I glanced at Mark to see how he was doing，he winked(眨眼) at me naughtily. That he did so funnily！I started ____.The entire class ____ as I walked back to Mark's desk，____ the tape，and shrugged my shoulders. His first ____ were，“Thank you for correcting me，Madam！”
Several years passed until one cold rainy day when my father ____ the news to me that Mark was killed in Vietnam war，I broke down and cried in my heart，“Mark，I would give all the masking tape in the world if only you could talk to me！”
A．attractive B．delightful C．striking D．annoying
A．talked B．argued C．quarreled D．disrupted
A．troublesome B．shameful C．irresponsible D．unacceptable
A．annoyed B．impressed C．puzzled D．delighted
A．punish B．blame C．correct D．scold
A．accustomed to B．unbearable of C．fond of D．curious about
A．warned B．advised C．asked D．frightened
A．then B．when C．after D．until
A．criticize B．report C．watch D．inform
A．opinion B．view C．punishment D．evidence
A．threw B．flew C．walked D．pointed
A．tore off B．put up C．cut into D．took out
A．face B．mouth C．hand D．head
A．back B．center C．front D．entrance
A．screaming B．laughing C．complaining D．criticizing
A．cheered B．protested C．froze D．disturbed
A．stuck B．fastened C．recovered D．removed
A．expectations B．actions C．movements D．words
A．indicated B．broke C．presented D．unfolded