My oldest child, Emma, just returned to campus after a long holiday break to finish up her last period of ______. These days, friends and family have begun _____ me with one question: What is she going to do after _____?
The job market is, after all, awfully ______. Just this month the Federal Reserve Bank _____ a study showing that “recent graduates are ______ working in low-paid jobs or working part-time.” The ______ spot, according to the study, is for students who majored(主修) in STEM— science, technology, engineering and ______— areas in which recent graduates “have______ to do relatively well”.
But Emma is a student of the humanities(人文) at a small college. She’s an American Studies major with a（an） ______ on the politics and culture of food. For quite a while, I think her field of study is so fashionable right now that I’m not the least bit ______ she will find a good job. Yet the more I’ve thought about it, the more I’ve decided to be honest. “I’m not sure what Emma is going to do,” I now say. “But she’s gotten a great education and has really found her ______. — and I know those things will serve her well over the _____ of her life.”
Nowadays, more and more universities and colleges are being ______ by the salaries of their recent graduates. In this climate, ______ your kid to study the humanities, seems, at best, unwise or, at worst, unconcerned with ______ a living. But a college is not a vocational(职业) school. And promoting STEM subjects should not be society’s only answer to helping the next generation grow in a competitive world.
From the beginning, we never urged Emma to ______ a college or a major with an eye on its expected return on money, ______ more and more families are doing. To Emma, what really ______ will be something that we may not be able to measure for quite a long time: Emma’s ______ to the world and how happy she is in it.
A．work B．college C．training D．project
A．filling B．covering C．flooding D．meeting
A．class B．school C．lunch D．graduation
A．tough B．fair C．exciting D．mild
A．wrote B．published C．came out D．printed
A．surprisingly B．doubtfully C．jokingly D．increasingly
A．dark B．useful C．bright D．weak
A．mathematics B．literature C．philosophy D．humanities
A．intended B．tended C．decided D．pretended
A．interest B．attitude C．focus D．point
A．worried B．astonished C．pleased D．touched
A．skill B．potential C．wish D．interest
A．program B．chance C．course D．way
A．decided B．measured C．depended D．attracted
A．discouraging B．forcing C．reminded D．encouraging
A．earning B．raising C．providing D．achieving
A．search B．consider C．get D．pick
A．while B．though C．as D．when
A．works B．matters C．attaches D．fixes
A．contribution B．enthusiasm C．desperation D．creativity
My father often works very hard. And he has 21 to see a film. Here I’ll tell you 22 about him.
One afternoon, when he finished his work and 23 go home, he found a film ticket under the 24 on his desk. He thought he 25 to have not much work to do that day and 26 was quite wonderful to pass the 27 at the cinemA. So he came back home and 28 finished his supper. Then he said 29 to us and left.
But to our 30 , he came back about half an hour later, I 31 him what was the matter. He smiled and told us about 32 funny thing that had happened at the cinema.
When my father was sitting in his seat, a 33 came to my father’s and said that the seat was34 . Ｍy father was surprised. He took out the ticket 35 looked at it carefully. It was Row17, 36 . And then he looked at the seat. It was the same. So he asked her 37 her ticket. She took out the ticket at once and the seat shown in it was Row 17, Seat 3.
38 ? What’s the matter with all this? While they were wondering suddenly the woman said, “The 39 of the tickets are different.” So they looked at the ticket more carefully. After a while, my father said, “Oh,40 , I made a mistake. My ticket is for the film a month ago. Take this seat, please.” With these words, he left the cinema.
A．little money B．much money C．little time D．much time
A．a funny story B．a good story C．an old story D．a strange story
A．was to B．was about to C．had to D．ought
A．box B．book C．glass D．paper
A．happened B．liked C．pretended D．wanted
A．it B．this C．that D．which
A．morning B．afternoon C．day D．evening
A．early B．quietly C．quickly D．suddenly
A．hello B．good-bye C．good evening D．good night
A．disappointment B．joy C．sorrow D．surprise
A．asked B．explained C．told D．wanted
A．a B．one C．some D．the
A．man B．woman C．doctor D．nurse
A．hers B．his C．taken D．wrong
A．and B．but C．or D．so
A．Seat1 B．Seat2 C．Seat3 D．Seat4
A．it bring B．to get C．to see D．to show
A．Why B．How C．When D．where
A．designs B．colors C．prices D．owners
A．I’m sad B．I’m sorry C．I’m wrong D．I’m worried
I found out one time that doing a __36____for someone could get you into a lot of trouble．I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test．During the test, the girl sitting next to me ___37____ something, but I didn’t understand．So I __38______ her way and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen．She showed me that hers was ____39_____ and would not write．I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and ____40_____ it on her desk．
Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students were____41_____．As soon as we were alone she began to talk to me about ____42____ it meant to grow up; she talked about how important it was to____43____ your own two feet and be responsible for your own ____44____．For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized the fact ____45____ when people do something____46____, they are really cheating themselves．She made me ____47____ that I would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave．I walked out of the room ____48____ why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things．
____49____, I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test．When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers ____50____ the girl’s test paper．I ___51____ to explain about the pen, but all she____52____ say was that it seemed very strange to her that I hadn’t talked of anything about the pen the day she talked to me ____53____ after the test．____54____ I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor by letting her use my pen, I was sure she ____55____ to believe that I had cheated on the test．
A．help B．hand C．favor D．fever
A．whispered B．talked C．told D．spoke
A．turned over B．came over C．leaned over D．looked over
A．out of sight B．out of work C．out of place D．out of ink
A．place B．put C．gave D．lent
B．dismissed C．praised D．parted
A．what B．that C．which D．how
A．stand up B．stand on C．stand for D．stand by
A．attitude B．activity C．action D．behavior
A．what B．if C．that D．where
A．honest B．dishonest C．modest D．disappointed
A．promise B．permit C．recognize D．prove
A．wandering B．reflecting C．understanding D．wondering
A．Long before B．Therefore C．Ever before D．Later on
A．of B．in C．from D．on
A．managed B．planned C．tried D．promoted
A．could B．would C．can D．will
B．only C．slight D．once
A．After B．Until C．As if D．Even if
A．remained B．continued C．kept D．wanted
In 1971, readers around the world were astonished by some photographs which appeared in newspapers. Hidden deep in the rainforests of an island in the Philippines, was an ethnic (种族的) ___16___ called the Tasaday. Not until that moment did anyone have any ___17___ of these people. They didn’t have an agricultural economy; they hunted animals and __18___ fruit from the plants in the rainforest. They carried tools made of stone, lived in ___19__ and wore clothes made of leaves. Unknown until 1971, they 20 became world famous. After that, there were TV 21 and books about them; people said their simple lives showed that human beings could be good and kind if they were not 22 by modern life. Then after 1974 the region was closed by the government and the world 23 about them.
In 1986, a Swiss journalist, Oswald Iten, decided to visit the Tasaday. The journey __24____ thick rainforests and across rivers was hard and dangerous. Mr. Iten was 25 killed by the soldiers, villagers and businessmen who wanted to take the wood from the rainforest. Finally, Mr. Iten 26 and found the caves of the Tasaday 27 . The people were living in nearby huts and they were all 28 jeans and T-shirts, not leaves. He thought that perhaps they were not an ethnic minority 29 .
When he 30 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 31 from anyone else. He believed that in 1971, the government told “the Tasaday” to 32 they were native people from thousands of years ago, so that tourists---and money---would start ___33 into the region.
One group of experts said that they really were people who had no 34 with modern life before 1971; another group said they were just 35 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 D．above all
A．returned B．went C．traveled D．drove
A．absent B．secure C．different D．free
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
One of the most common social fears is that we are not good enough. Perhaps you feel you won’t 21 others because they are more confident, successful, intelligent or attractive than you. Such thinking is misguided. The 22 of doing well is accepting yourself as you are.
When I was a student, I kept a diary filled with 23 memories. S
ome were painful memories from 24 when I felt hurt, confused, lonely and insecure. I 25 pieces of dreams and personal feelings of anger and hatred, 26 things I enjoyed such as magic shops and coin dealers.
Then a terrible thing happened. 27 dinner one night I realized I had left my diary in the cloakroom（衣帽间）outside the campus dining hall. 28 that somebody might read it and find out the truth about me, I 29 back, but it was gone.
Weeks passed, and eventually I gave up hope of ever finding it 30 . A month later, I was 31 up my jacket in the same place when I saw my brown 32 diary, just where I’d left it.
33 I read through the pages and found that a 34 had wr
itten the following, “God bless you. I’m 35 like you, only I 36 keep a diary, and I’m 37 to know there are others like me. I hope things turn out well for you.”
Tears came to my eyes. It had never dawned（开始为人所明白）on me that any one could know my inner feelings and also 38 things just like the way I did.
No matter what you are like, whether you’re rich or poor, brilliant or average, attractive or 39 , there are people like you. Discard（抛弃）your fears of not measuring up（符合期望）, and 40 yourself as you are.
A．like B．impress C．consult D．admire
A．idea B．success C．secret D．purpose
A．private B．painful C．wonderful D．simple
A．works B．friends C．neighbors D．childhood
A．described B．hid C．showed D．noticed
A．instead of B．as well as C．in case of D．because of
A．Until B．When C．After D．Since
A．Excited B．Puzzled C．Surprised
A．walked B．searched C．turned D．ran
A．hardly B．soon C．again D．seldom
A．hanging B．looking C．turning D．breaking
A．new B．worn C．broken
A．Nervously B．Happily C．Sadly D．Excitedly
A．friend B．policeman C．stranger D．classmate
A．a lot B．a little C．nearly D．slightly
A．mustn’t B．don’t C．won’t D．can’t
A．sorry B．thankful C．curious D．anxious
A．feel B．enjoy C．remember D．hate
A．strong C．clear D．plain
A．insist B．accept C．help D．balance
What kind of person becomes an addict? Someone 21 , with a lot of friends; or someone who is 22 from the rest, with only a few friends, or none at all? The 23 I am trying to make is that anyone can become an addict.
The only way that I 24 this out was by becoming an addict myself. I used to be a guy who was 25 in the popular crowd. Right before high school began, I started being 26 by most of my friends. I had never lived with the 27 that I had no friends, so I did almost anything to 28 the two good friends I still had. One of the things I did was 29 drugs for the first time. This was a big 30 from the way I lived when I was younger. I was a(n) 31 , and the last thing I thought I would get into was drugs. Drugs 32 me from being the best sports player I could be.
I 33 to smoke drugs after I entered high school because that was what my new "cool" friends were 34 . The next three years were filled with many 35 , I was arrested twice, and lost my license for two years. This made me sad and 36 .
I realized I could not live this way; I must stop the 37 of using drugs.
Since then, my 38 and actions have changed and so has my direction in life. I do see a future in water skiing. 39, I haven’t killed my chance in 40 . I know that I must keep a clear head first. Keep Coming Back. It works if you work it.
A．interesting B．anxious C．popular D．eager
A．free B．safe C．absent D．different
A．point B．sense C．subject D．promise
A．brought B．figured C．held D．kept
A．always B．seldom C．almost D．already
A．known B．attracted C．preferred D．rejected
A．doubt B．hope C．fear D．danger
A．meet B．keep C．leave D．move
A．collect B．buy C．try
A．chance B．change C．decision D．advance
A．doctor B．teenager C．amateur D．athlete
A．prevented B．protected C．discouraged D．sheltered
A．decided B．intended C．continued D．pretended
A．highs and lows B．pros and cons C．causes and effects D．days and nights
A．lonely B．afraid C．confused D．depressed
A．manner B．habit C．spread D．approach
A．position B．heart C．attitude D．speech
A．Virtually B．Hopefully C．Similarly D．Luckily
A． athletics B．acting C．academics D．promotion