Last spring, I was fortunate to be chosen to participate in an exchange study program. In my application letter, I was careful to ____ how much I wanted to see France; evidently, my excitement really came through in my words. Once I ____ that I was going, all I could think about was the fun of foreign travel and making all sorts of new and ___ friends. While traveling was inspiring and meeting people was ____, nothing about my term in France was what I ____.
The moment I arrived in Paris, I was ____ by a nice French couple who would become my host parents. My entire experience was joyous and exciting ____ I received some shocking news from my program coordinator(协调人): there had been a death in my host parents' extended family. They had to travel outside France for several weeks. That afternoon, I had to ___ out of one family's house and into another. The exchange coordinator told me I'd have a ____ this time and asked whether I could share a bedroom with an English speaker. To avoid the temptation(诱惑) to ____ my native language, I asked not to be ____ with an Englishspeaking roommate. When I got to my new room, I ___ myself to my new roommate Paolo, a Brazilian(巴西人) the same age as I, whom I was surprised to find playing one of my favorite CDs! In just a few hours, we knew we'd be good friends for the rest of the ____.
I left France with many ____, so when people ask me what my favorite part of the trip was, they are always ____ to hear me talk about my Brazilian friend Paolo and the scores of weekdays in class, weeknights on the town, and weekends ____ France we enjoyed together. I love how people ____ seem so different, but end up being so ____. The most valuable lesson I gained from studying in France wasn't just to respect the French people ____ to respect all people,for your next best friend could be just a continent away. I would recommend an exchange program to anyone who wants to experience foreign cultures and gain meaningful ____.
A.discuss B.express C.announce D.argue
A.approved B.knew C.warned D.denied
A.stubborn B.anxious C.universal D.interesting
A.boring B.upsetting C.exciting D.promising
A.expected B.liked C.doubted D.feared
A.sponsored B.witnessed C.greeted D.supported
A.until B.when C.since D.while
A.move B.travel C.walk D.rush
A.housekeeper B.leader C.roommate D.colleague
A.learn B.appreciate C.speak D.master
A.combined B.fitted C.involved D.placed
A.added B.introduced C.devoted D.adapted
A.term B.week C.month D.vacation
A.presents B.suitcases C.stories D.dreams
A.surprised B.disturbed C.embarrassed D.concerned
A.analyzing B.exploring C.describing D.investigating
A.need B.shall C.must D.can
A.generous B.independent C.similar D.distant
A.and B.but C.or D.so
A.instructions B.friendships C.facts D.data
I watch her and her mother decorate her college dormitory room. Everything is in place organized and arranged. Her room nicely accommodates not only her clothes and bric-a-brac(小摆设), but her ___36___ as well. I begin to accept that her room at home is no longer hers. It is now ours, our room for her when she ___37___.
I ___38___ myself thinking of when I held her in the cradle of my arm, in the chair alongside my wife's hospital bed. One day old. So ___39___, so beautiful, so perfect, so ___40___ dependent on her new, ___41___ parents. Time marches relentlessly(不停地).
She looks up now, catching me ___42___ at her, causing her to say to her mother." Mom, Dad's looking at me ___43____”.
The last few days, I touch her arm, her face--- ___44___ that when my wife and I return home, she will not be ___45___ us. I have so much to say, but no ___46___ with which to say it.
My ___47___ changed from the day I drove this child home from the hospital. I saw myself ___48___ that day, and it has led to a lot of places that I would never have found on my own.
She says, “It'll be all right, Dad. I'll be home from school ___49___.” I tell her she will have a great year but I say little else. I am afraid somehow to speak and I only hold on to our good-bye hug a little longer, a little ___50___.
I gaze into her eyes and ___51___to go. My wife's eyes follow her as she leaves us. ___52___ do not. Maybe if I don't look, I can imagine that she really hasn't ___53___ ; I know that what she is embarking upon(开始) is exciting and wonderful. I remember what the world looked like to me ___54___ everything was new.
As I walk to the car with my wife at my side, my eyes are wet, my heart is sore, and I realize that my life is ___55___ forever.
A.sister's B.teachers' C.mother's D.roommates'
A.lives B.visits C.separates D.graduates
A.force B.leave C.find D.have
A.small B.big C.funny D.strong
A.severely B.totally C.slightly D.strictly
A.innocent B.casual C.qualified D.inexperienced
A.laughing B.staring C.glaring D.looking
A.funny B.frightening C.kind D.sad
A.expecting B.imaging C.knowing D.doubting
A.for B.with C.within D.along
A.sentence B.quotes C.saying D.words
A.day B.career C.life D.age
A.easily B.carefully C.differently D.seriously
A.quick B.soon C.fast D.rapidly
A.gentler B.softer C.tighter D.warmly
A.start B.turn C.run D.wonder
A.Hers B.My wife's C.Mine D.Ours
A.gone B.grown C.born D.found
A.although B.where C.when D.why
A.destroyed B.beginning C.ended D.changing
阅读短文,根据短文内容从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。
I had never been much interested in sports. I had tried playing tennis, swimming and running but found nothing I liked. But 10 years ago, I found the right kind of exercise--- 41 .
Why did I start walking? At the age of twenty, my doctor told me I had a serious illness and 42 not live longer. I was so 43 then. I spent all of my life worrying. The doctor suggested that I should 44 . I didn’t listen at first. 45 , after several months, I began to get the meaning of the doctor’s words. While I was walking, I began to 46 flowers. I would stop and enjoy their beauty. I 47 found that I had missed the most beautiful part of life--- flowers, falling leaves, snow-covered houses. I had been wasting time worrying about 48 .
Now I’m 35, and I don’t worry any more about 49 may happen, Worry only makes me miss the good things in 50 . I want to say hello to everything because I’m living a new life.
A.skating B.fishing C.riding D.walking
A.must B.need C.may D.should
A.happy B.worried C.excited D.bored
A.take more exercise B.watch more TV C.play computer games less D.have enough sleep
A.If B.So C.Unless D.However
A.notice B.water C.pick D.plant
A.usually B.early C.quickly D.normally
A.pressure B.death C.study D.work
A.what B.when C.why D.where
A.season B.life C.book D.family
When I was young, I wanted to be a teacher if I grew up,simply because I wanted to write on the chalkboard!My teachers seemed to be the 36 printers,curving their letters just so,and I wanted to do it 37 !Now,after "higher education",and three 38 career paths,I have come back to want to be a 39 ,but my reasons have changed. I was 40in my years of high school,to have teachers that really 41 me as an individual, and I want to 42 this back.
A teacher's gentleness needs to be shown when 43 or encouraging the students. It is important to make the corrections in order for the students to learn. 44 ,this needs to be done in a 45 that will help to 46 the student to make the changes necessary,___47___ discouraging them from learning.Being patient is also extremely important,because the class needs to know what to 48 from the teacher.This will also help to build a better agreement with the students,and help both the teacher and students to learn more about each other.
If a teacher exhibits a true love of 49 and helping students learn,many of the qualities ___50___ above will just fall into place. The teacher that had the most 51 on me had the best fame in the school. She was strict,and she did demand a lot, but she was able to show us it was ___52___she cared for us. She knew each of us was worth it,and she knew we each could do it. She __53___ knowledge,gently, firmly, patiently,respectfully, and most effectively. She gently encouraged us to make 54 when we needed to,and 55 us when we did. She was a true teacher, not just someone who taught,and this is the kind of teacher I hope to be.
A.funniest B.greatest C.strangest D.cleverest
A.too B.either C.also D.hard
A.ordinary B.familiar C.difficult D.different
A.teacher B.doctor C.lawyer D.secretary
A.diligent B.active C.successful D.fortunate
A.cared about B.believed in C.longed for D.thought about
A.take B.keep C.give D.hold
A.talking B.working C.correcting D.stressing
A.Besides B.Moreover C.However D.Otherwise
A.sense B.class C.means D.manner
A.prevent B.motivate C.force D.forbid
A.beyond B.through C.without D.towards
A.result B.hear C.suffer D.expect
A.teaching B.learning C.considering D.treating
A.discussed B.referred C.mentioned D.engaged
A.goal B.impact C.affect D.duty
A.while B.although C.since D.because
A.passed on B.pulled on C.kept on D.turned on
A.decisions B.choices C.changes D.attempts
A.blamed B.ignored C.helped D.praised
He lost his arms in an accident that took his father’s life. Since then,he has had to depend on the __26__ of his younger brother.__27__ writing with his toes,he was completely unable to do anything in his life. But when the two brothers grew up,his younger brother __28__ to separate from him,living his own life,as many normal people do. So he was __29__ and didn’t know what to do.
A __30__ disaster befell (降临) a girl,too. One night her mother,who __31__ from mental illness disappeared. So her father went out looking for her mother,__32__ her alone at home. She tried to prepare meals for her parents,__33__ to overturn the kerosene light (煤油灯) on the stove,__34__ in a fire which took her hands away.
Though her elder sister showed her __35__ to take care of her,she was determined to be completely __36__.At school,she always studied hard. Once she wrote the following in her composition: “I am __37__.Though I lost my arms,I still have legs; I am lucky.__38__ my wings are broken,my heart can still fly.”
One day,the boy and the girl were both invited to __39__ on a television interview program. The boy told the TV host about his uncertain __40__ at being left on his own.__41__,the girl was full of hope for her life. They both were __42__ to write something on a piece of paper with their toes. The boy wrote: My younger brother’s arms are my arms while the girl wrote: Broken wings,__43__ heart.
It is true that __44__ can strike at any time. But if you decide to be strong,the hardship will __45__ to be a fortune on which new hopes will arise.
A.eyes B.arms C.feet D.ears
A.Because of B.But for C.Instead of D.Except for
A.wanted B.promised C.refused D.failed
A.self-confident B.open-minded C.heart-broken D.cold-hearted
A.painful B.similar C.familiar D.sudden
A.came B.suffered C.learned D.benefited
A.keeping B.getting C.causing D.leaving
A.even B.only C.never D.ever
A.breaking B.turning C.resulting D.taking
A.willingness B.promise C.contribution D.choice
A.dependent B.convenient C.free D.independent
A.amazing B.lucky C.friendly D.popular
A.As B.Until C.Though D.Since
A.appear B.perform C.speak D.compete
A.future B.past C.experience D.condition
A.Otherwise B.Besides C.Therefore D.However
A.expected B.reminded C.asked D.suggested
A.tearing B.worrying C.understanding D.flying
A.disasters B.diseases C.wars D.interviews
A.bring out B.hold out C.turn out D.set out
As a child, I was truly afraid of the dark and of getting lost; these fears were very real and caused me some uncomfortable moments.
Maybe it was the strange 36 things looked and sounded in my familiar room at night that 37 me so much. There was never total 38 , but a streetlight or passing car lights 39 clothes hung over a chair take on the 40 of a wild animal. Out of the corner of my 41 , I saw the curtains seem to move when there was no 42 . A tiny sound in the floor would seem a hundred times louder than in the daylight. My 43 would run wild, and my heart would beat fast. I would 44 very still so that the "enemy" would not discover me.
Another of my childhood fears was that I would get lost, 45 on the way home from school. Every morning I get on the school bus right near my home--that was no 46 . After school, 47 , when all the buses were 48 up along the street, I was afraid that I'd get on the wrong one, and be taken to some 49 neighborhood. On school or family trips to a park or museum, I wouldn't 50 the leaders out of my sight.
Perhaps one of the worst fears 51 all I had as a child was that of not being liked or 52 by others. Being popular was so important to me 53 , and the fear of not being liked was a 54 one.
One of the processes of growing up is being able to 55 and overcome our fears. Understanding the things that frightened us as children helps us achieve greater success later in life.
A.place B.time C.way D.reason
A.frightened B.destroyed C.surprised D.wounded
A.darkness B.quietness C.emptiness D.loneliness
A.got B.made C.forced D.caused
A.spirit B.height C.body D.shape
A.eye B.window C.mouth D.door
A.breath B.sound C.air D.wind
A.belief B.feeling C.imagination D.doubt
A.lay B.lie C.rest D.hide
A.simply B.especially C.probably D.directly
A.discussion B.joke C.problem D.matter
A.though B.yet C.although D.still
A.called B.backed C.packed D.lined
A.old B.unfamiliar C.poor D.crowded
A.leave B.send C.order D.let
A.above B.in C.of D.at
A.protected B.accepted C.believed D.guided
A.then B.there C.once D.anyway
A.strict B.right C.heavy D.powerful
A.realize B.remember C.recognize D.recover