I met Billy the last summer before college. He was handsome and his irreverence(玩世不恭) was to me. We liked each other the first instant we met. , I was a straight A student and my parents had high hopes for me to an Ivy League (常春藤联盟) school. Billy did not concentrate all his attention his study and school life. However, we were in love --- so teenager love. I still remember we had a plan for prom(舞会). It was understood that we had about where we would dance and drink and party together.
This meant one thing to my parents---panic. And it grew as the letters began to roll in. Of the eleven schools I applied to, nine accepted me. And one of them was Brown University---the Ivy League in 1770 in historic Providence, Rhode Island.
There was no that I was drawn to Brown, but Billy (who had joined the army) was down south and I had offers for me there, too. I was torn between my love for him and my family .
One week the start of school, my mother had a talk with me. She said I was eighteen years old and I had a to make--- one that went beyond the choice of to attend university.
In August, I and drove north to Providence. It took several months to that my life was moving on in a way that was completely different from Billy’s. Brown changed my life, opening doors and giving me the I now use to think, to learn and to write. Life is always about it seems, and the older I get, the more I understand this. Still, there are times when I think of Billy because he taught me about love.
A．confusing B．disturbing C．appealing D．amusing
A．Unfortunately B．Actually C．Luckily D．Originally
A．leave B．start C．finish D．attend
A．in B．at C．on D．from
A．special B．crazy C．wrong D．normal
A．talked B．looked C．lied D．argued
A．description B．rejection C．application D．acceptance
A．constructed B．assessed C．assisted D．informed
A．point B．use C．doubt D．need
A．left B．sent C．exposed D．employed
A．waiting B．asking C．hoping D．searching
A．tradition B．connection C．reputation D．expectation
A．before B．after C．at D．since
A．plan B．decision C．rule D．promise
A．out B．away C．far D．deep
A．when B．where C．whether D．how
A．got up B．packed up C．looked up D．turned up
A．foresee B．imagine C．realize D．consider
A．chances B．position C．equipment D．tools
A．surprises B．adventures C．opportunities D．choices
A doctor was once teaching a class of medical students at a famous hospital in Edinburgh. A man, who was as brought in, and the doctor turned to of the students and asked，“ What's with this man?”
“I don't know, sir，” the student answered. “ I examine him and ？”
"There is no to examine him，” said the doc-tor. “You know without asking questions. He has his right knee. Didn't you notice the way he ？ He hurt it by burning it in the fire. You see his burnt away at the . This is Monday morning. Yesterday was ，but on Saturday the roads were and muddy. The man's trousers are muddy all over. The man fell down on night. " The doctor then to the man and said："You
your wages on Saturday and went to a restaurant and too much. You got wet and muddy on the way to . You tried to your clothes over the fire when you. got home. Because you had drunk too much, you on the fire and burnt your knee. Is that right?” “Quite right，” said the man.
A．injured B．ill C．drunk D．wet
A．each B．one C．some D．all
A．illness B．trouble C．matter D．wrong
A．Must B．Need C．Shall D．Will
A．tell B．discover C．find D．find out
A．man B．instrument C．time D．need
A．should B．might C．can't D．needn't
A．wounded B．hurt C．broken D．hit
A．drank B．talked C．walked D．looked
A．trousers B．dress C．right leg D．left leg
A．front B．foot C．knee D．end
A．good B．fine C．rainy D．cold
A．crowded B．wide C．dry D．wet
A．Saturday B．Sunday C．Monday D．that
A．walked B．pointed C．turned D．referred
A．accepted B．got C．asked for D．paid
A．ate B．drank C．slept D．walked
A．the restaurant B．our hospital C．your office D．your house
A．examine B．wash C．dry D．take off
A．fell B．leaned C．slept D．sat
Perhaps the most interesting person I have ever met in my life is an Italian professor of philosophy who teaches at the University of Pisa. I last met this man eight years ago, I have not forgotten his qualities. First of all, I respected his to teaching. Because his lectures were always well- prepared and clearly delivered, students crowded into his classroom. His followers liked the fact that he what he taught. Furthermore, he could be counted on to explain his ideas in an way, introducing such aids to as oil paintings, music, and guest lecturers. Once he sang a song in class in order to make a point clear. ，I admired the fact that he would talk to students outside the classroom or talk with them the telephone. Drinking coffee in the cafe, he would easily make friends with students. Sometimes he would a student to a game of chess. ，he would join student groups to discuss a variety of ： agriculture, diving, mathematics and so on. Many young people visited him in his office for on their studies；others came to his home for social evenings. Finally, I was by his lively sense of humour. He believed that no lesson is a success ，during it, the students and the professor at least one loud . Through his sense of humour, he made learning more and more lasting. If it is that life makes a wise man smile and a foolish man cry， the professor is indeed a wise man.
A．Although B．When C．Even if D．Now that
A．basic B．special C．common D．particular
A．attention B．introduction C．relation D．devotion
A．insisted on B．talked about C．believed in D．agreed with
A．imaginative B．ordinary C．opposite D．open
A．listening B．understanding C．information D．discovery
A．also B．nearly C．even D．only
A．Later B．Secondly C．However D．Therefore
A．with B．by C．from D．on
A．invite B．lead C．prefer D．show
A．Later on B．In general C．Other times D．As a matter of fact
A．questions B．subjects C．matters D．contents
A．support B．explanation C．experience D．advice
A．disturbed B．moved C．attracted D．defeated
A．for B．until C．since D．unless
A．hear B．suggest C．share D．demand
A．laugh B．cry C．shout D．question
A．helpful B．enjoyable C．practical D．useful
A．natural B．normal C．hopeful D．true
A．so B．for C．then D．yet
The world's tallest building officially opened in Dubai on January 4th. The of the 828-metre Burj Khalifa was kept a until the opening cere-mony. It is the height of New York's Empire State Building. big surprise at the opening cere-mony was the of the tower. The building had al-ways been called Burj Dubai. However, Dubai's ruler announced it would now be called Burj Khalifa after the ruler of Abu Dhabi, Dubai's neighbour. The oil- emirate (酋长国） of Abu Dhabi helped Dubai from possible financial collapse (崩溃）. The chairman of the company that built the Burj, Mohamed Alabbar, said the building gives “ and optimism (乐观）”. He added，“The world has 9 difficult times. . . this is the beginning of a move forward. "
The Burj will be to remain as the world's building for a while to come. Since the 2008 global financial crisis, there seems to be appetite (欲望）for ambitious construction projects from property . The Burj's owners, however, are confident that the building will be a . More than 90 percent of the space has been sold. It costs $ 22 billion to build and has many records. The opening celebrations included the world's highest fireworks, which up the sky above the world's tallest building. The building the world's highest mosque (清真寺）and swimming pool， on floors 158 and 76. Burj Khalifa has 1，044 luxury (豪华的） apartments， of offices and the 160-room Armani hotel. Around 12，000 people will live and work in the tower.
A．width B．length C．size D．height
A．secret B．schedule C．stage D．signal
A．twice B．two times C．two D．second
A．The other B．Others C．Another D．Other
A．renewing B．renaming C．rewriting D．retelling
A．healthy B．easy C．rich D．hard
A．have B．buy C．refuse D．save
A．dream B．joke C．hope D．opinion
A．gone through B．got tired of C．made use of D．cared about
A．present B．gradual C．pretty D．clear
A．possible B．probable C．important D．likely
A．tallest B．biggest C．oldest D．richest
A．little B．few C．low D．small
A．chairmen B．developers C．buyers D．buildings
A．ceremony B．success C．winner D．tower
A．broken B．taken C．done D．destroyed
A．held B．turned C．got D．lit
A．makes B．puts C．houses D．invites
A．depended B．took C．attended D．located
A．floors B．buildings C．pools D．towers
The simplest way to say it is this ： I believe in my mother. My began when I was just a kid. I becoming a doctor.
My mother was a domestic (佣人）. Through her work, she observed that people spent a lot more time reading than they watching television. She announced that my brother and I watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week.
With our free time, we each had to read two books from the Detroit Public Library and written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a . My mother was illiterate.
When I entered high school I was a(n) ，but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a Cstudent. One night my mother came home from her various jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said，"Okay, I'll give you all the money I make this week by scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy food and pay the bills. With everything ，you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want. "I was very with that arrangement, but once I got through allocating(分配）money, there was left. I realized my mother was a financial gen-ius to be able to our heads and any kind of food on the table， buy clothes. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me any-where. Success required intellectual preparation. I went back to my and became an A-student again, and eventually I my dream and became a doctor.
My story is really my mother's story—a woman with formal education or property who used her position as a parent to change the lives of many people around the globe. There is no job than parenting. This I believe.
A．belief B．work C．education D．promise
A．majored in B．got used to C．dreamed of D．got tired of
A．lazy B．easy-going C．successful D．reliable
A．spent B．paid C．took D．did
A．could only B．could not C．must not D．should often
A．read to B．present C．teach D．explain to
A．joke B．means C．tool D．trick
A．A-student B．B-student C．C-student D．D-student
A．get rid of B．hang out with C．break away from D．keep in touch with
A．making B．stopping C．doing D．getting
A．your brother B．yourself C．your sister D．the family
A．left over B．paid off C．used up D．carried out
A．angry B．pleased C．disappointed D．bored
A．anything B．everything C．something D．nothing
A．put an idea into B．give an impression on C．have a roof over D．have eyes in the back of
A．let alone B．let out C．let in D．leave alone
A．guys B．mother C．studies D．play
A．made B．fulfilled C．changed D．tried
A．little B．much C．few D．high
A．more interesting B．less important C．more important D．less interesting
Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were year exams. All the had been working hard for some time, reviewing their lessons for the exams. If they didn't ，they would have to retake them in September. There were usually a few who ，but Jane didn't want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year， just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister Barbara was about her. She went to bed too . The night before the first exam, Barbara that she have an early night and take a(n) pill(药丸）. She promised to wake up in the morning.
As she was falling asleep, Jane was afraid that she might oversleep. Her kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of ，she went to sleep. In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the examination ，but she couldn't answer any of the questions. around her was writing pages and pages. she thought hard, she couldn't find anything to write She kept looking at her . Time was running out. There was only an hour to go. She started one question, wrote two sentences， and tried another one. With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started . Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she up. She was still in bed and it had all been a dream. A minute later, Barbara called her name.
A．teachers B．students C．classmates D．schools
A．prepare B．miss C．join D．pass
A．succeeded B．failed C．ended D．called
A．but B．so C．and D．because
A．excited B．frightened C．worried D．pleased
A．early B．late C．heavily D．eagerly
A．insisted B．hoped C．ordered D．wished
A．sleeping B．resting. C．exciting D．breathing
A．him B．her C．them D．herself
A．hand B．eye C．mind D．body
A．her sister B．her parents C．the lessons D．the medicine
A．result B．marks C．desk D．paper
A．The teacher B．The students C．No one D．Everyone
A．If B．Though C．So D．How
A．with B．about C．on D．to
A．watch B．textbook C．sister D．subject
A．gave up B．put off C．look around D．think over
A．examining B．leaving C．copying D．crying
A．raised B．woke C．stood D．cheered
A．nice B．wonderful C．terrible D．special