As a teaching student, I was sent on my first practice at a high school．During my practice, I realized high school hadn't changed since I was there and still an awful place of Cliques（派系）．
Jess, a Year 8 student, always respected her classmates, the lack of respect she usually received in return．Kids constantly laughed at her behind her back．As a teacher, your instinct（本能） is to students like Jess, but you soon realize that there's only so much you can actually do．
Tyson was at the end of the scale（等级）．A handsome Year 12 student, and always surrounded by mates, it was clear that he was a confident and popular young man．
When Jess asked to perform a solo act （独唱）in the school talent show, I to allow her to take the stage, fearing that she might face teasing．However, I knew that it would be unfair to say no on these grounds, so her name made it onto the list of ．
The day of the show, the whole school in the auditorium（礼堂）．Shortly after the acts began, it was Jess's ．Smiling, she stepped onto stage．The music started and, to my horror, she the first line of the song．She became confused , sang in the wrong key and forgot her lyrics （歌词）．As she struggled through the song, kids whispered and laughed．
Jess looked and was about to give up when the sound of somebody clapping along to the of the song began to rise above the crowd．It was Tyson．
He was clapping proudly and urged his friends to join in and, surprisingly, they did．
Slowly, from Tyson's group to the rest of Year 12, finally throughout the auditorium, the claps spread．
The smile on Jess's face that day is one that I'll never forget．Tyson changed my life by restoring my in the goodness of youth．
A．excitedly B．disappointedly C．gratefully D．curiously
A．in spite of B．owing to C．Apart from D．In addition to
A．dislike B．praise C．forgive D．protect
A．same B．right C．opposite D．general
A．agreed B．decided C．demanded D．hesitated
A．teachers B．classmates C．performers D．partners
A．watched B．collected C．marched D．celebrated
A．turn B．role C．step D．choice
A．passed B．sang C．remembered D．missed
A．hopeless B．guilty C．bored D．unprepared
A．sound B．meaning C．beat D．ring
A．touch B．faith C．strength D．power
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Imagine that Mum and Dad have friends over, and you have to talk to adults all evening．Say the wrong thing and the parents might 36．But say nothing, and they'll think you weren't 37．So how can you 38with adults?
It's easy． 39ask them questions about 40" Many of them like to talk about what they do for a 41," suggests psychologist．
Kids can also talk to grown-ups about 42．Ask what the last good movie they saw was, because people at dinner parties "light up" when the conversation 43movies．If a grown-up is 44Harry Potter, it's OK to talk about your 45for Harry．It's a safe , 46, one that both grown-ups and kids can enjoy．So go 47and talk about whether Dumbledore is really dead．
But 48from topic of video games．"Adults don't want to hear about your 49,
50they play it," Ursiny explains．
Adults also don't want to hear slang （俚语）．Don't use 51they don't understand．Ursiny says kids should learn to speak to other people in 52own language．
While most adults aren't into slang, they do remember wh
at it was like to be a kid．Ursiny recommends asking adults what 53 was like when they were your age．"It might be a fun 54, if you compare your l0th-grade experience with theirs．"
Make sure you chat with your parents 55 to find out which topics are off-limits．
36．A．be satisfied B．get mad C．disagree D．agree
37．A．friendly B．right C．good boys D．helpful
38．A．deal with B．do with C．talk D．go on
39．A．So B．Only C．Just D．But
40．A．you B．yourselves C．life D．themselves
41．A．talk B．job C．fun D．living
42．A．books B．movies C．TV plays D．sports
43．A．turns to B．goes on C．moves on D．keeps to
44．A．into B．like C．for D．against
45．A．idea B．love C．suggestion D．hate
46．A．topic B．dinner C．love D．talk
47．A．back B．here C．there D．ahead48．A．stay away B．go ahead C．change D．turn
49．A．video B．video game C．play D．talk
50．A．if B．when C．though D．unless
51．A．video B．game C．language D．movie
52．A．his B．their C．your D．our
53．A．school B．family C．discussion D．children
54．A．story B．experience C．discussion D．grown-up
– Do you like living here?
-- Yes, but I’m still ____ to the new time zone.
A．adopting B．acting C．clarifying D．adjusting
________ stop advertising, prices would be greatly reduced.
A．Were they to B．Could they C．If they D．Would they
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30）
Have you just been fired? Don’t worry. Cheer yourself up and send your 36. Perhaps another much better opportunity is awaiting you. 37 sometimes you don’t realize it, you are asking to be fired.
Dan Zawacki was a happy camper, selling computers for Honeywell. One holiday he was38 creative gifts and then a good idea 39him---- selling dinner live lobsters(龙虾) to his favorite customers. He 40 them himself with butter and put them in the trunk of his car between the computers and started delivering. It was a huge 41. As a result, one of his customers 42 they go into the lobster business together. Dan laughed. Still, this landlocked computer salesman43 get the idea of lobsters out of his44. Why not turn this into a hobby and 45 a few extra dollar? While on a job assignment in Chicago, he 46 a local radio station to give him a few ads in 47for lobster. Unfortunately, his boss’s boss heard his prize salesman48 lobster, not computers. No surprised. Dan was let go. After 49the company’s car, he started to think maybe this was a 50. Playing with his phone that night, Dan tried dialing 1-800-LIVE-LOB. The number was 51 , and Dan the lobsterman was born. Today, 20 years later, Dan is still selling dinners, through his company, Lobster Gram. And he couldn’t be 52.
Many of the fired people found ways back to fulfilling 53and learned the pain and humiliation(羞辱) are54. So do not be afraid to move55 and try your wings. Gather your support system. Persevere! Firing doesn’t mean your life is over. It might turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to you.
36. A. dreams B. wings C. needs D. minds
37. A. Because B. When C. Though D. If
38. A. searching for B. making up C. giving away D. thinking up
39. A. came about B. took place C. went on D. came to
40. A. packaged B. sold C. tied D. placed
41. A. matter B. business C. failure D. success
42. A.said B. thought C. suggested D. hoped
43. A. couldn’t B. mustn’t C. shouldn’t D. wouldn’t
44. A. heart B. mind C. head D. hand
45. A. make B. get C. gather D. spend
46. A. permitted B. hoped C. persuaded D. suggested
47. A. changeB. exchange C. place D. need
48. A. hunting B. seeking C. collecting D. selling
49. A. selling B. paying C. returning D. using
50. A. thing B. sign C. pity D. please
51. A.wrong B. right C. free D. available
52. A. happier B. worse C. lower D. higher
53. A. jobs B. wishes C. careers D. promises
54. A. short B.long C. forever D. temporary（临时）
55. A. back B. on C. in D. away
Engagement, wedding, and birth of a baby are the three steps of a new family. The Danes’ special ways of doing these things inform their native culture.
People in other places of the world usually give their lovers a finger ring or a bundle of flowers as a gift of engagement. 36in some areas of Denmark, it is still considered 37
for a young man to 38his fiancée with the wooden clappers once used to 39clothes
40in a stream. These clappers were engraved with love-poems, and 41tradition, they ensured good fortune and happiness.
And their country weddings also show a tint of local convention(传统). Until recently, a Danish country wedding was an event which 42all who lived in the surrounding 43. Everyone was tacitly(不言而喻地) invited to celebrate with the young couple. Preparations for the wedding lasted for many days but were made 44, because to show happiness openly 45
arouse the anger and jealousy of evil spirits.
46the wedding morning the couple met in the courtyard of the bride’s house. The relatives and friend presented themselves to the couple, bowed and placed gifts at their feet. Every gift was 47by good wishes recited in prose(散文) or in verse; 48modest the gift the more elaborate(精致的) the wishes had to be. 49who had neither the means to give 50
the imagination to make a speech were, as a sign of their goodwill, placed 51guard over the presents and, in the evening, over the couple’s bed.
52the conclusion of the ceremony a large jar of beer was taken to the courtyard. The hands of the betrothed(已订婚的) were joined over the jar and it was 53into fragments(碎片). These pieces were picked 54by the girls of marriageable age who were present, the girl with the largest 55being destined to marry first.
36．A．However B．But C．Therefore D．So
37．A．a luck B．luck C．lucky D．lucks
38．A．send B．present C．bring D．give
39．A．strike B．beat C．hit D．blow
40．A．to wash B．washed C．to be washed D．washing
41．A．according to B．with a view to C．so far as D．in addition to
42．A．stated B．related C．concerned D．considered
43．A．area B．district C．zone D．region
44．A．publicly B．silently C．unknowingly D．secretly
45．A．would B．should C．must D．may
46．A．At B．In C．On D．To
47．A．completed B．accompanied C．accomplished D．matched
48．A．much more B．the more C．any more D．more
49．A．These B．Those C．People D．They
50．A．or B．and C．nor D．then
51．A．in B．on C．at D．against
52．A．At B．In C．To D．For
53．A．smashed(弄碎) B．ruined C．crashed D．cracked
54．A．out B．up C．on D．at
55．A．part B．fragment C．section D．block