When I entered Berkeley College, I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having been a straight A student, I believed I could ____ tough subjects and really learn something. One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne. I was extremely interested in the ideas he ____ in class.
When I took the first exam, I was ____ to find a 77, Cplus, on my test paper, ____ English was my best subject. I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained ____.
I decided to try harder, although I didn't know what that ____ because study had always been easy for me. I read the books more carefully, but got another 77. Again, I ____ with Professor Jayne. Again, he listened patiently but wouldn't change his ____.
One more test before the final exam. One more ___ to improve my grades. So I redoubled my efforts and, for the first time, ____ the meaning of the word “thorough”. But my ____ did no good and everything ____ as before.
The last hurdle(障碍) was the final. No matter what ____ I got, it wouldn't cancel Cpluses. I might as well kiss the ___ goodbye.
I stopped working hard. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the final, I even ___ myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once not to ____ much about the result of the test.
A week later, I was surprised to find I got an A. I hurried into Professor Jayne's office. He ____ to be expecting me. “If I had given you the Apluses you ____， you wouldn't have continued to work as hard.”
I stared at him, ____ that his analysis and strategy(策略) were correct. I had worked my head ____， as I had never done before.
I was speechless when my course grade arrived：Aplus. It was the only Aplus given. The next year I received my scholarship. I've always remembered Professor Jayne's lesson：you alone must set your own standard of excellence.
A．take B．discuss C．cover D．get
A．sought B．presented C．exchanged D．obtained
A．shocked B．worried C．scared D．anxious
A．but B．so C．for D．or
A．unchanged B．unpleasant C．unfriendly D．unmoved
A．reflected B．meant C．improved D．affected
A．quarreled B．reasoned C．bargained D．concerned
A．attitude B．mind C．plan D．view
A．choice B．step C．chance D．measure
A．memorized B．considered C．accepted D．learned
A．ambition B．confidence C．efforts D．methods
A．stayed B．went C．worked D．changed
A．grade B．answer C．lesson D．comment
A．scholarship B．course C．degree D．subject
A．helped B．favored C．treated D．relaxed
A．care B．ask C．cheat D．produce
A．happened B．proved C．pretended D．seemed
A．valued B．imagined C．expected D．welcomed
A．remembering B．guessing C．supposing D．realizing
A．out B．over C．on D．off
More and more students want to study in“hot”majors. 1 a result, many students want to 2 their interests and study in these 3 such as foreign languages, international business and law, etc.
Fewer and fewer students choose scientific majors, 4 maths, physics and biology, and art majors, 5 history, Chinese and philosophy.
6 students can study in these“hot”majors, because the number of these“hot”majors 7 limited.
If one 8 interest in his work or study, 9 can he do well? I 10 this from one of my classmates.He is 11 the countryside.His parents are farmers.Though he 12 biology, he chose“international business”.He 13 to live a life which is different 14 of his parents.
In the end, he found he 15 in doing business.He found all the subjects to be 16 . 17 this wouldn't have happened if he had chosen his major according to his own interests.
Choosing a major in university 18 decide one's whole life.Majors 19 are not“hot”today may become the“hot”major of tomorrow.
Choosing your major according to your own 20 is the bestway to succeed.
1.A.Being B.For C.Having D.As
2.A.give up B.appear C.give D.master
3.A.place B.room C.areas D.space
4.A.for example B.much as C.and so on D.as a result
5.A.even B.like C.just D.or
6.A.Only a few B.Quite a few C.Perhaps D.Many
7.A.is B.are C.would be D.have been
8.A.had no B.had C.has no D.has
9.A.why B.and what C.how D.and how
10.A.suggested B.guessed C.searched D.learned
11.A.out of B.off C.in D.from
12.A.studied B.likes C.learns D.succeeds to study
13.A.wants B.doesn’t want C.enjoys D.doesn’t like
14.A.from which B.from that C.for which D.for that
15.A.was interested B.was clever C.was not interested D.was not clever
16.A.lovely B.rare C.obvious D.tiresome
17.A.So B.Then C.Just then D.Maybe
18.A.can B.does not C.probably D.perhaps not to
19.A.on which B.in which C.which D.——
20.A.interests B.experience C.mind D.heartCloze
Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story to their children.And they must have 1 how difficult it is to write a 2 children's book.Either the author has aimed too 3 , so that the children can't follow what is in his (or more often, her) story, 4 the story seems to be talking to the readers.
The best children's books are 5 very difficult nor very simple, and satisfy both the 6 who hears the story and the adult who 7 it.Unfortunately, there are in fact 8 books like this, 9 the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not 10 to solve.
This may be why many of books regarded as 11 of children's literature were in fact written for 12 .“Alice's Adventure in Wonderland”is perhaps the most 13 of this.
Children, left for themselves, often 14 the worst possible interest in literature.Just leave a child in bookshop o 15 and he will 16 willingly choose the books written in an imaginative way, or have a look at most children's comics, full of the stories and jokes which are the 17 of teachers and right-thinking parents.
Perhaps we parents should stop trying to brainwash childrensintos 18 our taste in literature.After all children and adults are so 19 that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the 20 books.So I suppose we'll just have to compromise over that bedtime story.
1.A.hoped B.realized C.told D.said
2.A.short B.long C.bad D.good
3.A.easy B.short C.high D.difficult
4.A.and B.but C.or D.so
5.A.both B.neither C.either D.very
6.A.child B.father C.mother D.teacher.
7.A.hears B.buys C.understands D.reads
8.A.few B.manyC.a great deal of D.a great number of
9.A.but B.however C.so D.because
10A.hard B.easy C.enough D.fast
11.A.articles B.work C.arts D.works
12.A.grown ups B.girls C.boys D.children
13.A.difficult B.hidden C.obvious D.easy
14.A.are B.show C.find D.add
15.A.school B.home C.office D.library
16.A.more B.less C.able D.be
17.A.lovingness B.interests C.objections D.readings
18.A.receiving B.accepting C.having D.refusing
19.A.same B.friendly C.different D.common
20.A.common B.avarage C.different D.Same
Our airplane was just beside the airport building. It did not look too strong to me, but I decided not to think about such things. We saw the baggage going out ___1___ it on trolleys and being loaded from ___2___ the aircraft. Next, three men and three girls, all in uniform, went over to the plane and ___3___ it. Over the loudspeakers we were ___4___ the plane was ready to leave and were asked to walk ___5___ to it. Everybody moved quickly in order to ___6___ the seats they wanted. I was ___7___ to get a seat near the tail, but the plane looked ___8___ inside than it had from outside. I fastened my seat belt ___9___ we took off and tried to ___10___ my nervousness.
After an hour’s flying I ___11___ black clouds ahead through my window. An electric sign flashed ___12___: “Fasten your seat belts, please,” one of the hostesses made a ___13___ request over the loudspeakers. She told us we were about to fly into a storm but ___14___ cheerfully there was nothing to worry ___15___. Suddenly, the plane ___16___ all over, dropped about twenty feet and seemed to hang on one ___17___. Then it rose twenty feet and there was a great flash of lightning. The three girls did their best to ___3___ pills for airsickness and ___19___ the passengers. Soon the sky became light again. The pilot had ___20___ to get above the storm.
1. A. at B. over C. to D. above
2. A. inside B. beside C. behind D. under
3. A. arrived B. entered C. climbed D. flew
4. A. asked B. noticed C. announced D. told
5. A. out B. inside C. in D. by
6. A. fetch B. hold C. keep D. get
7. A. impossible B. possible C. unable D. unsuitable
8. A. prettier B. stronger C. smaller D. heavier
9. A. before B. after C. until D. when
10. A. smoothB. forget C. correct D. drive
11. A. noticed B. looked C. watched D. realized
12. A. on B. up C. out D. in
13. A. general B. similar C. common D. sharp
14. A. smiled B. spoke C. added D. acted
15. A. at B. about C. on D. with
16. A. shake B. shaken C. shook D. shocked
17. A. edge B. line C. side D. wing
18. A. give outB. give off C. give up D. give back
19. A. save B. cool C. persuade D. comfort
20. A. succeeded B. flownC. planned D. managed
As Christmas is coming, there are presents to be bought, cards to be sent, and rooms to be cleaned. Parents are ___1___ with difficult jobs of hiding presents from curious young children. If the gifts are large, this is sometimes a real ___2___. On Christmas Eve, young children find the excitement almost unbearable. They are torn between the wish to go to bed early so that Father Christmas will bring their presents quickly and the wish to ___3___ up late so that they will not ___4___ the fun. The wish for gifts usually proves stronger. But though children go to bed early, they often lie ___5___ for a long time, hoping to get a short ___6___ at Father Christmas.
Last Christmas, my wife and I ___7___ hid a few large presents in the storeroom. I ___8___ the moment when my son, Jimmy, would ___9___ me where that new bike had come from, but ___10___ he did not see it.
On Christmas Eve, ___11___ took the children hours to go to sleep. It must have been nearly ___12___ when my wife and I went quietly into their room and began ___13___ stockings. Then I pushed in the ___14___ I bought for Jimmy and left it beside the Christmas tree. We knew we would not get much sleep that night, for the children were ___15___ to get up early. At about five o’clock the next morning, we were ___16___ by loud sounds coming from the children’s room — they were shouting excitedly! ___17___ I had time to get out of bed, young Jimmy came riding into the room on his new bike, and his sister, Mary, followed close behind pushing her new baby carriage. ___18___ the baby arrived. He moved ___19___ the hands and knees into the room dragging a large balloon behind him. Suddenly it burst. That woke us up ___20___. The day had really begun with a band(巨响) !
1. A. faced B. met C. filled D. pleased
2. A. question B. matter C. problem D. business
3. A. get B. stay C. stand D. wake
4. A. loseB. break C. miss D. leave
5. A. awake B. wake C. asleep D. sleep
6. A. lookB. stare C. glare D. watch
7. A. hopefullyB. busily C. gladlyD. successfully
8. A. liked B. feared C. surprised D. hated
9. A. answer B. tell C. ask D. search
10. A. sadly B. unluckily C. possibly D. fortunately
11. A. it B. they C. I D. we
12. A. morning B. midnight C. evening D. daybreak
13. A. filling B. sewing C. mending D. preparing
14. A. present B. stocking C. bike D. tree
15. A. going B. sure C. glad D. excited
16. A. troubledB. frightened C. woken D. shocked
17. A. Before B. After C. Until D. Since
18. A. Even B. And C. Soon D. Then
19. A. with B. on C. over D. by
20. A. all B. nearly C. happily D. completely
Since my family were not going to be helpful about my taking a cooking job, I decided I 1 look for one all by myself and 2 them about it till I'd get one. I had seen an agency advertised 3 a local paper, so 4 there was no one about to say “ Where are you going? ”, I rushed out of the house 5 it. I was widely 6 and was nervous as if I 7 on the stage. Finding the place quite easily, I tore up three flights of stairs, and swung breathlessly 8 a door which said “ Enter without knocking, if you 9 . ”
The simple atmosphere of the office 10 me, and I sat carefully down on the edge of a chair. The woman at the desk 11 looked at me for a while through her 12 , and I was about to move my feet 13 I realized that she was questioning me in a low voice. I answered softly and I started to feel 14 helpless.
She made 15 to me in a way that she wondered 16 I was looking for this sort of joB．I felt even more helpless when she told me that it 17 difficult to get a job without 18 or reference. Then I heard her say, “ 19 , I've got someone in the office at 20 moment who might suit. ”
1．A．would B．ought C．wanted D．liked
2．A．told B．not tell C．not told D．not to tell
3．A．on B．at C．for D．in
4．A．as soon as B．as to C．far D．as
5．A．search for B．in search of C．finding D．looked for
6．A．excited B．worried C．exciting D．worrying
7．A．was going B．were coming C．was coming D．were going
8．A．through B．by C．in D．to
9．A．pleased B．pleasant C．please D．pleasure
10.A．calmed B．excited C．moved D．frightened
11.A．opposite B．against C．back D．face
12.A．glass B．glasses C．eyes D．eye
13.A．while B．before C．after D．when
14.A．rather B．fairly C．too D．little
15.A．it B．that C．know D．it known
16.A．how B．why C．whether D．where
17.A．were B．should be C．would be D．was
18.A．experience B．experiment C．time D．money
19.A．In a fact B．As a matter of fact C．As to fact D．As a matter
20.A．a very B．very a C．very the D．this very