October is usually a happy time for me ---- my grandchildren , Daniel and Carly , get all excited about Halloween . They often spend time dreaming of their activities and candies a few weeks .
More than anything else, though, they love best. But not just any pumpkins(南瓜). They wanted the ones by their great aunt Margret--- my sister. I to joke that she had a place in her backyard that attracted those kids deeply .That’s where the pumpkins grew. She and the kids the pumpkins, putting a wooden box under each one so it wouldn’t roll down to the ground. Whenever I took my grand children to visit Margaret, they would say hello to her before running into the to see what was going on there. They harvested (收割) them and used the ones for Halloween.
I didn’t know why or how pumpkins grew in such a place Margret had never planted seeds (种子) there before. Maybe she had just an old pumpkin out there. She was good at gardening, though. I hoped that I had been given Margret’s gardening.
What would my grandchildren do this first Halloween after my sister ? I wished there were some other ways to make the day so as to let Daniel and Carly know their great-aunt’s lived on.
Next day I went to the kids. Upon walking in, I was greeted by their quickest hello, “Grandma! Grandma! Come and see!”
“See what? ”
“ Just come!” they said, my hands and pulling me with them. We went outside. There, right on the side of the house, were six pumpkins, growing in a place where had ever been planted before.
I said, “You know what great- aunt Margret would do if she were here…” We all ran to the kitchen to get some . The big pumpkins were used for Halloween. Those left were used to beautify the front doorway. They lasted for and served as an autumn-long reminder for my two little pumpkin kids.
A．earlier B．longer C．ago D．again
A．dessert B．pumpkins C．candy D．toys
A．cooked B．bought C．grown D．placed
A．agreed B．tried C．got D．used
A．safe B．magic C．secret D．strange
A．came across B．looked after C．picked up D．turn down
A．sometimes B．always C．nearly D．hardly
A．workshop B．kitchen C．backyard D．room
A．fresh B．delicious C．big D．expensive
A．unless B．if C．because D．so
A．brought B．thrown C．pointed D．stolen
A．poor B．great C．social D．ordinary
A．died B．slept C．moved D．lost
A．free B．busy C．special D．easy
A．spirit B．group C．idea D．family
A．visit B．advise C．help D．educate
A．washing B．holding C．clapping D．raising
A．Everything B．something C．nothing D．anything
A．food B．water C．knives D．baskets
A．months B．days C．hours D．weeks
It has been difficult to sit on the bench the majority of my high school basketball career,to watch my team from the sideline and 36 why I am not good enough to be on the floor. 37 endless hours of work and devotion, pushing myself through drill after drill, the 38 thing I want is to be a cheerleader. The feeling of being39 is sometimes too much and drives me to 40 on the spot. I often feel as though my efforts are wasted and my time is eaten away, devoted to 41 .
It is heartbreaking to be a spectator(旁观者) for the game I love,knowing that no one has enough 42 to give me the chance to 43 on the floor. Tears well up, but I hold them back. I shouldn’t be so 44 over something so silly.
Away from the game, it’s easier to put my thoughts together, 45 letting my emotions drive my reasoning. I consider 46 I am where I am. I have played football my whole life. I have a passion for the 47 and always have. There is nothing like the excitement of 48 : the swish of the net, the sweat rolling off my cheeks, even the bruises(青肿) are battle wounds worn 49 after every game.
Even if I don’t play much, I participate in every 50 . I am part of a team of girls who 51 together like a family. I am there for them, 52 they are for me.
Should I move on? Or should I stay with my team and pursue my passion just a little longer?
The decision isn’t difficult when I consider the 53 that being a part of a team brings me --- and not just any team, 54 my team. I love basketball and my teammates. When I think about that, my view from the bench really isn’t so bad 55 .
A．consider B．wonder C．think D．hesitate
A．Since B．During C．After D．Before
A．other B．next C．first D．last
A．worthless B．hopeless C．helpless D．careless
A．fight B．quit C．transform D．retire
A．something B．nothing C．anything D．everything
A．sympathy B．encouragement C．permission D．faith
A．respond B．perform C．promote D．practice
A．scared B．nervous C．upset D．amazed
A．less than B．more than C．other than D．rather than
A．why B．how C．whether D．what
A．bench B．sport C．drill D．battle
A．waiting B．watching C．leaning D．playing
A．proudly B．bravely C．unfortunately D．painfully
A．decision B．plan C．game D．project
A．compete B．stick C．live D．represent
A．because B．if C．as D．though
A．joy B．patience C．challenge D．position
A．so B．as C．but D．like
A．above all B．after all C．and all D．all in all
I used to be ashamed of my grandma. I know that’s a terrible thing to say, but it was true until today, so I have to 16 it.
The 17 started when my friend Katy found Grandma’s false teeth floating in a glass on the bathroom sink. I was so used to seeing them that I 18 took notice of them. But Katy shouted, laughing and 19 to talk to them. I had to get down on my knees and 20 her to shut up so my grandma wouldn’t hear and get hurt.
After that happened, I 21 there were a million things about Grandma that were embarrassing.
Once she took my brother Jill and me out to Burger King. 22 ordering our hamburgers well-done, she told the person behind the counter, “They’ll have two Whoppers (巨无霸) well-to-do. ” Jill burst out laughing, but I almost 23 .
After a while, I started wishing I could 24 Grandma in a closet. I even complained to my parents. Both my parents said I had to be careful not to make Grandma feel 25in our home.
Then last Wednesday, something happened that 26 everything completely. My teacher told us to help find interesting old people and _ 27 them about their lives for a big Oral History project. I was trying to think of someone when Angie pushed me gently.
“Volunteer（举荐）your grandmother,” she whispered. “She’s 28 and rich in experience.”
That was the last thing I ever thought Angie would say about my grandma.
This is how I ended up on 29 today interviewing my own grandmother before the whole school assembly. All my friends and teachers were listening to her as if she was a great heroine. I was proud of my grandma and hoped she would 30 _ know that I had been ashamed of her.
A．admit B．receive C．refuse D．show
A．quarrel B．accident C．trouble D．adventure
A．already B．always C．simply D．hardly
A．enjoying B．pretending C．imagining D．continuing
A．warn B．demand C．advise D．beg
A．expected B．declared C．realized D．doubted
A．Because of B．Except for C．Such as D．Instead of
A．died B．cheered C．disappeared D．suffered
A．meet B．avoid C．arrange D．hide
A．independent B．inconvenient C．unwelcome D．unfamiliar
A．changed B．finished C．stopped D．prepared
A．interview B．report C．tell D．write
A．free B．popular C．interesting D．embarrassing
A．show B．stage C．duty D．time
A．never B．even C．still D．once
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-30各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned twelve, a white gardenia(栀子花) was delivered to my house. No card or note came with it. __16__ to the flower shop were always useless---it was a cash __17__. After a while I stopped trying to __18__ who the sender was and just delighted in the beauty and perfume of the white flower. But I never __19__ imagining who the sender might be.
My mother asked me whether there was someone for whom I had done a(n)__20__ kindness who might be showing __21__. Perhaps the neighbor I helped when she was __22__ a car full of groceries. Or maybe it was the old man __23__ the street whose mail I helped to get during the __24__ so he wouldn’t have to venture down his icy steps. As a teenager, __25__, I had more fun guessing that it might be a __26__ who had noticed me __27__ I didn’t know him.
One month before my high school graduation, my father died of a heart attack. I was completely __28__ in my upcoming graduation and the dance. I forgot the dance and the dress for it. The next day before the dance, I found a dress on the sofa. I didn’t __29__ if I had a new dress or not, but my mother did.
She wanted her children to feel loved and be lovable, imaginative, believing that there was a magic in the world and beauty in the face of hard times. Actually my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia---lovable, __30__ and perfect. The gardenia stopped coming when my mother died.
A．Calls B．Quarrels C．Messages D．Letters
A．service B．deal C．bargain D．offer
A．recognize B．imagine C．wonder D．discover
A．failed B．stopped C．succeeded D．enjoyed
A．special B．common C．valuable D．important
A．concern B．attitude C．interest D．appreciation
A．repairing B．washing C．unloading D．starting
A．across B．through C．from D．onto
A．spring B．summer C．autumn D．winter
A．though B．anyway C．therefore D．indeed
A．friend B．superman C．teacher D．boy
A．as if B．even though C．in case D．so that
A．disappointed B．uninterested C．discouraged D．concentrated
A．wonder B．believe C．care D．know
A．strong B．beautiful C．smelly D．lucky
Having written a book on rock music and a book on jazz music, and now writing a book __31__ the classical music of the 20th century, I felt the __32__ to put somewhere the music that does not quite fit __33__ of these kinds of music. I also felt that I needed to research the beginning of the popular music in Western Europe and the USA in order to __34__ understand the change of the jazz and rock music. I also felt that ethnic music has become so __35__ that one should research the development from Western European and USA music. This book aims at __36__ all these gaps (差异). I did my best to give it a systematic feeling, although it is clear that musicians from such different parts of the world had very __37__ in common. Only after the joining together of the 1907s can we __38__ of a worldwide history of popular music. This book is about the __39__ of that formation (形成).
It was not very difficult to decide how to __40__ jazz music from pop music. It was much more __41__ to decide how to separate rock music __42__ the rest of popular music, because rock music has taken in just about everything. Pieces of this book were firstly written for my 2003 books on rock music. __43__ that happened after the 1960s will be in the book on rock music. The __44__ is that you should read this book first, then the __45__ of jazz music and the history of rock music.
A．in B．on C．to D．for
A．need B．change C．music D．book
A．neither B．both C．either D．all
A．good B．well C．worse D．better
A．good B．bad C．popular D．nice
A．filling B．breaking C．forming D．making
A．few B．little C．large D．much
A．talk B．find C．tell D．say
A．reason B．middle C．ending D．beginning
A．separate B．divide C．cut D．take
A．difficult B．wonderful C．important D．necessary
A．between B．from C．to D．into
A．Thing B．Nothing C．Anything D．Something
A．situation B．question C．problem D．idea
A．story B．history C．beginning D．difference
“ Are you too stupid to do anything right？”These words—said by a woman to a little boy who was obviously her son—were spoken 21 he had walked away from her．They boy returned, his eyes down-cast.
Not a 22 moment, perhaps, 23 small moments sometimes last a very long time．And a few words—though they mean 24 at the time to the people who say them—can have great 25 .
I recently heard a story from a man named Malcolm Dalkoff．For the last 24 years he has been a professional 26 ．Here is what he told me:
As a boy in Rock Island, Dalkoff was terribly 27 ．He had few 28 and no self-confidence．One day, his English teacher, Ruth Brach, gave the class an assignment（作业）．The students had been reading To Kill a Mockingbird．Now t
hey were to write their own chapter that would 29 the last chapter of the novel.
Dalkoff wrote his chapter and turned it 30 ．Today he can not recall anything 31
about the chapter he wrote, or what 32 Mrs．Branch gave him．What he does remember is the four words Mrs．Brach wrote in margin（空白处）of the paper：“This is 33 writing.”
Four words．They 34 his life.
“ 35 I read those words, I had no idea of who I was or 36 I was going to be.”he said.“After reading her note, I went home and wrote a short story, something I had always been 37 of doing but never believed I could do.”
Over the rest of that year in school, he wrote many short stories and always brought them to school for Mrs．Brach to evaluate．She was 38 , tough and honest.“She was just what I
39 .”Dalkoff said.
His confidence 40 ．Dalkoff believes that none of this would have happened if that woman had not written those four words in the margin of his paper.
A．where B．why C．because D．when
A．wonderful B．difficult C．funny D．big
A．yet B．although C．for D．therefore
A．much B．little C．more D．most
A．meaning B．power C．force D．sense
A．writer B．player C．poet D．singer
A．sorry B．proud C．sick D．shy
A．books B．ideas C．friends D．chances
B．match C．decide D．improve
A．on B．in C．out D．down
A．more B．again C．special D．different
A．honors B．remarks C．prizes D．grade
A．poor B．serious C．good D．silly
A．changed B．damaged C．affected D．improved
A．Unless B．Until C．When D．While
A．what B．how C．where D．which
A．tired B．fond C．proud D．dreaming
A．strict B．kind C．encouraging D．praising
A．feared B．needed C．expected D．loved
A．grew B．lifted C．appeared D．returned