Ever since sixth grade, I have gotten along with pretty much everyone at our middlesize school. It's no____that those who were thought to be popular____me. One friend in partciular, a tall blonde by name of Christina, was, in____， one of my cloest friends. We would hang out a lot, ____in the summer. She isn't one of those friends that you can____all your feeling to. Actually our only concern was being active, and____fun, not worrying about boys and things like that.
When we got to high school, things____. The popular crowd was no longer a distinct group. They were, ____， the daring, “sexy”individuals that everyone still wanted to be liked. They would____together every weekend, making out with guys and girls years older than they were. Spring break would be____with friends, not family, and their friends would always have the best cars and equipment. It figures that I would____Christina to be like this as well. I found out how____I was one Saturday night.
I, Christina and____“popular”freind were hanging out talking. “Should we tell her our____？” they questioned. I urged them to tell me, baffled that they would have a secret that no one____in the school would know about. “We've never made out with a guy. Actually, to be honest, we've____really had a first kiss, well, at____one that I would want to count be a first kiss.”I was____！ These are two of the most pretty, popular girls in school!
I guess the moral of the story is that everyone____the“popular”to have that sort of image, but it's not all____. See them in a different light, and they could turn out to be the best friends you've ever had.
A．wounded B．surprise C．doubt D．need
A．receive B．inspire C．examine D．accepted
A．fact B．need C．return D．turn
A．specially B．immediately C．especially D．suddenly
A．express B．impress C．explain D．declare
A．taking B．having C．playing D．making
A．improved B．exchanged C．changed D．proved
A．therefore B．otherwise C．besides D．however
A．put B．hold C．collect D．get
A．took B．paid C．spent D．cost
A．hope B．believe C．suggest D．enjoy
A．wrong B．lucky C．right D．sorry
A．another B．other C．others D．the other
A．score B．secret C．tale D．decision
A．more B．even C．else D．yet
A．often B．ever C．seldom D．never
A．least B．end C．home D．beginning
A．excited B．astonished C．satisfied D．disappointed
A．insists B．inspects C．respect D．expects
A．actual B．practical C．true D．exact
One evening, Mr Green was driving his car along a lonely country road. He had ___1___ $10 000 from the bank in town. Suddenly a man in rags stopped him and asked for ___2___. Mr Green told him to get on and continued his way. ___3___ he talked to the man, he ___4___ that he had just broken out of prison. Mr Green was very afraid at the ___5___ of the money. Suddenly he saw a police－car and had a ___6___ idea. He ___7___ speed and drove as quickly as possible. Then he found the police-car running ___8___ him. After a mile ___9___ the police-car passed him and ordered him to stop. A policeman came up. Mr Green had hoped to tell him about the trouble but the man put a gun to Mr Green’s ___10___.
The policeman said he wanted Mr Green’s name and ___11___ and Mr Green obeyed. The policeman wrote it down in his notebook and put it in his ___12___. “You ___13___ appear at the police station. “ He said. Then he talked to Mr Green about ___14___ driving. Mr Green started up his car again. He had ___15___ all hope of his ￡10,000, but as he reached a more lonely part, the robber said he wanted to ___16___. Mr Green stopped and the man said. “___17___. You’ve been ___18___ to me. This is what I can do in ___19___.” And he handed Mr Green the policeman’s ___20___, which was stolen while the policeman was talking to Mr Green.
1. A. taken B. held C. brought D. drawn
2. A. money B. help C. a lift D. a ride
3. A. As B. Since C. Then D. Because
4. A. recognized B. learned C. supposed D. expected
5. A. sight B. idea C. touch D. thought
6. A. fast B. bright C. strange D. bad
7. A. put on B. got on C. took on D. had on
8. A. behind B. with C. after D. beside
9. A. and so B. or so C. and so on D. or so on
10. A. head B. shoulder C. back D. neck
11. A. number B. home C. place D. address
12. A. car B. pocket C. hand D. trousers
13. A. shall B. will C. would D. need
14. A. careful B. normal C. drunk D. dangerous
15. A. held out B. build up C. given up D. turn over
16. A. run away B. break away C. set out D. get out
17. A. I’m sorry B. You’re welcome C. That’s all right D. Thank you
18. A. kind B. polite C. known D. necessary
19. A. all B. fact C. return D. the end
20. A. gun B. pen C. money D. notebook
As she waited at the edge of the ice for her music to start, Peggy took a quick look at her father standing nearby with a group of parents and teachers. He smiled at her. Then she ___1___ out at the audience, ___2___ to see her mother. These two, Alvert and Doris Fleming, had ___3___ all the way from California more than 2,000 miles away, to see their ___4___ compete in this sports meet in Cleveland, Ohio.
The music ___5___ and Peggy moved onto the ice, letting the music ___6___ her along into her turns, and she began skating with much ___7___ in herself. The cold fear she always had in the ___8___ seconds before skating onto the ice was ___9___. She was feeling the movement of the ___10___ and letting it carry her. She skated easily, ___11___ did some jumps, a final turn and her performance was ___12___.
The crowd loved it and cheered ___13___ she skated off the ice. “Nice job,” said one of the other ___14___. It was the remark that ___15___ came after a free-skating performance. But what would the ___16___ say? Standing beside her father, Peggy ___17___ for the scoring to be finished. On all sides were other young skaters, some waiting ___18___ alone, others with a parent. Shortly before 10 o’clock the results were ___19___. The new United States Women’s Skating Champion was Peggy forming of Padena, ___20___!
1. A. looked B. watched C. found D. stepped
2. A. tried B. hoped C. hoping D. looking forward
3. A. flown B. driven C. hoped D. prepared
4. A. friend B. children C. son D. daughter
5. A. started B. played C. develop D. sang
6. A. allow B. set out C. carry D. support
7. A. thought B. belief C. success D. design
8. A. last B. following C. recent D. past
9. A. lost B. present C. string D. gone
10. A. ice B. fear C. music D. audience
11. A. so B. or C. before D. then
12. A. satisfied B. finished C. unsatisfactory D. welcome
13. A. because B. until C. as D. before
14. A. skaters B. parents C. judges D. audiences
15. A. seldom B. always C. again D. hardly
16. A. players B. audience C. parents D. judges
17. A. looked B. wished C. waited D. asked
18. A. comfortably B. anxiously C. hurriedly D. happily
19. A. cried out B. let out C. declared D. announced
20. A. California B. Cleveland C. Ohio D. England
Some plays are so successful that they run for years on end. In many ways, this is 36 for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the sane 37 night after night. One would
38 them to know their parts by heart and 39 have cause to falter（结巴）.Yet 40 is not always the case.
A famous actor in a 41 successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat 42 had been imprisoned in Bastille for twenty years. In the last act，a gaoler（监狱长，看守）would always come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the prisoner. 43 the noble was expected to read the letter at each 44 ,he always insisted that it should be written out in full.
One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke 45 his colleague to find out if, after so many performances, he had managed to learn the 46 of the letter by heart. The curtain went up on the final act of the play and revealed（使显露）the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell. Just then，the gaoler 47 with the precious letter in his hands. He entered the 48 and presented the letter to the aristocrat. But the copy he gave him had not been written out in
49 as usual. It was simply a blank sheet of paper. The gaoler looked on eagerly, 50 to see if his fellow actor had at last learnt his lines. The noble stared at the blank sheet of paper for a few seconds. Then，squinting（眯着眼看）his eves，he said,“The light is 51 .Read the letter to me.”And he promptly handed the sheet of paper to the gaoler. 52 that he could not remember a word of the letter either, the gaoler replied，“The light is indeed dim，sir. I must get my 53 ”With this, he hurried off the stage. Much to the aristocrat’s 54 ，the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the 55 copy of the letter which he proceeded（继续进行）to read to the prisoner.
| 36．A. fortunate |
B. unfortunate |
C. happy |
D. unhappy |
| 37．A. lines |
B. words |
C. plays |
D. roles |
| 38．A. want |
B. ask |
C. expect |
D. wish |
| 39．A. always |
B. never |
C. sometimes |
D. often |
| 40．A. such |
B. the thing |
C. one |
D. this |
| 41．A. highly |
B. high |
C. poorly |
D. poor |
| 42．A. where |
B. what |
C. which |
D. who |
| 43．A. Because |
B. Even though |
C. When |
D. Though |
| 44．A. play |
B. performance |
C. role |
D. case |
| 45．A. with |
B. in |
C. on |
D. to |
| 46．A. pages |
B. joke |
C. lines |
D. contents |
| 47．A. appeared |
B. disappeared |
C. came out |
D. came in |
| 48．A. room |
B. cell |
C. stage |
D. office |
| 49．A. English |
B. French |
C. order |
D. full |
| 50．A. worded |
B. surprised |
C. anxious |
D. afraid |
| 51．A. bright |
B. dim |
C. dark |
D. out |
| 52．A. To see |
B. To find |
C. Seeing |
D. Finding |
| 53．A. glasses |
B. lines |
C. light |
D. letters |
| 54．A. surprise |
B. satisfaction |
C. anger |
D. amusement |
| 55．A. usual |
B. old |
C. unusual |
D. new |
We walked in so quietly that the nurse at the desk didn’t even lift her eyes from the book. Mum __36__ at a big chair by the door and I knew she wanted me to __37__ down. While I watched __38__ open in surprise, Mum __39__ her hat and coat and gave them to me to hold. She walked __40__ to the small room by the lift and took out a wet mop. She __41__ the mop past the desk and __42__ the nurse looked up, Mum nodded and said, “Very __43__ floors.”
“Yes, I’m __44__ they’ve finally decided to clean them,” the nurse answered. She looked at Mum __45__ and said, “But aren’t you working late?”
Mum just pushed harder, each swipe of the mop __46__ her farther and farther down the hall. I watched __47__ she was out of sight and the nurse had __48__ to writing in the big book.
After a long time Mum came back. Her eyes were __49__. She quickly put the mop back and took my __50__. As we turned to go out of the door, Mum bowed politely to the nurse and said, “__51__.”
Outside, Mum told me: “Dogmas is __52__. No fever.”
“You saw her, Mum?”
“Of course. I told her about the hospital __53__, and she will not expect us until tomorrow. Dad will stop __54__ as well. It’s a fine hospital. But such __55__! A mop is no good. You need a brush.”
36. A. stared B. pointed C. came D. aimed
37. A. sit B. lie C. fall D. bend
38. A. eyes B. hands C. mouth D. arms
39. A. put on B. took off C. hung over D. threw away
40. A. bravely B. proudly C. poorly D. quietly
41. A. dragged B. pulled C. pushed D. rushed
42. A. as B. because C. after D. as soon as
43. A. pretty B. good C. cheap D. dirty
44. A. delighted B. surprised C. anxious D. disappointed
45. A. respectfully B. pitifully C. carefully D. strangely
46. A. taking B. fetching C. forcing D. advancing
47. A. whenB. while C. after D. until
48. A. turned back B. turned roundC. turned down D. turned into
49. A. nervous B. sad C. crying D. shining
50. A. clothes B. hat C. hand D. mop
51. A. Excuse me B. I’m sorry C. Good luck D. Thank you
52. A. ill B. betterC. well D. wrong
53. A. rules B. rights C. advice D. limits
54. A. visiting B. worrying C. smoking D. working
55. A. a hospital B. beds C. floors D. nurses
I am my mother’s third child. When I was born, her doctor gently explained to my mother that my left arm was 41, below the elbow (肘部). Then he gave her some 42. “Don’t treat her any 43from the other girls. Demand more.” And she 44.
My mother had to work to support our family. There were five girls in our family and we all had to 45. Once when I was about seven, I came out of the 46, “Mom, I can’t peel (削皮) potatoes. I only have one hand.”
“You get back to peel those potatoes, and don’t ever use that as a(n) 47for anything again!”
Of course I could peel potatoes with my good hand while holding them down with my other arm. There was always a 48, and Mom knew it. “If you try hard 49,” she’d say, “You can do anything.”
Once in the second grade, our teacher had each of us race across the monkey bars (高低杠). When it was my turn, I 50my head. Some kids 51. I went home crying.
After work the next afternoon, Mom took me to the school play-ground.
“Now, pull up with your right arm,” she advised. She stood by as I practiced, and she 52me when I made progress.
I’ll never forget the 53time I was crossing the bars. The kids were standing there with their mouths open.
It was the way with everything. When I 54I can’t handle (处理) things, I see Mom’s smile again. She had the heart to 55anything. And she taught me I could, too.
41. A. missing B. broken C. diseased D. short
42. A. warning B. medicine C. help D. advice
43. A. badly B. differently C. well D. normally
44. A. did B. refused C. cried D. was
45. A. find out B. work out C. carry out D. help out
46. A. kitchen B. bedroom C. house D. school
47. A. idea B. change C. excuse D. tool
48. A. chance B. way C. time D. success
49. A. enough B. too C. again D. often
50. A. hurt B. nodded C. shook D. turned
51. A. cheered B. whispered C. joked D. laughed
52. A. helped B. raised C. praised D. protected
53. A. first B. last C. wondered D. next
54. A. admit B. fear C. find D. realize
55. A. face B. teach C. learn D. solve