阅读下面短文，理解大意，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
What has really changed my life is that now I believe in myself. I came to the United States ten years ago. I would always say that I was trying to to study, but there were always things like work and my kids that would not___me to start.
Now I realized that those were only____. What was stopping me is that I was___to start studying again. I always believed I would____by myself.
One day, ____my son told me that he was embarrassed because his friends would come over and I didn't____them because I didn't speak English. He was also sad____I could never help him with his homework. That same day, I____myself, “Rocio, you have to start believing in yourself and you will see you can____it.” That night I couldn't__ . I was thinking that now I couldn't____my kids down.
The next day, I went downtown to look for a big banner in____of the school that said that they____calsses for adults. I came in to see if I could____， but the classes were____already.
That night I took the kids to the movies, and on the____back, I told them we would take a new route. The following Monday, I went to ask for____. They told me that summer schools was starting that week.
That's how I started studying English last summer. It is difficult, but I have had great____. My daughter had to____a story for school. It was about the person they most admired and____. She wrote that I was the person she most admired because I had started going to college. I will never forget this. When you believe in yourself, you can do anything.
A．make B．force C．promise D．allow
A．reasons B．excuses C．causes D．explanations
A．afraid B．ready C．willing D．happy
A．teach B．direct C．learn D．indicate
A．however B．therefore C．otherwise D．besides
A．recognize B．understand C．realize D．know
A．though B．while C．because D．once
A．spoke B．said C．stated D．told
A．produce B．create C．invent D．make
A．wake B．eat C．sleep D．dress
A．feel B．let C．fall D．drop
A．front B．spite C．middle D．terms
A．offered B．formed C．completed D．finished
A．listen B．hear C．attend D．give
A．begun B．closed C．started D．empty
A．way B．road C．path D．route
A．news B．information C．message D．signal
A．rewards B．prize C．progress D．courage
A．print B．recite C．copy D．write
A．why B．how C．when D．where
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
It is interesting how NASA(美国航天航空局) chose their astronauts for landing them on the moon. They chose men 36 the ages of twenty and thirty-five. There were about fifty of them. Some were 37 air pilots, and 38 were scientists with two or three degrees. NASA telephoned each man they were going to choose, told him the plans and the 39 they might get into. They then asked him if he was willing to be trained as an astronaut, “How could any man 40 such an exciting job?” One of them said, “Dangerous? Of course. It’s dangerous 41 most exciting.”
The health and physical condition of the people was, 42 , very necessary. Only those in very good health and physical condition were 43 .
While being trained to be astronauts, they went through many 44 . They studied the star and the moon, and they also studied geology, the science of rocks. This was necessary 45 astronauts would have to look for rocks on the moon. They would try to find rocks which might help to tell the 46 of the moon. They were all 47 to fly in helicopters. There helicopters landed straight down to give them some 48 of the way the spaceship would actually land on the 49 . They were also taught the known facts about the 50 in space. They learnt about all the scientists and engineers who 51 spaceships. They visited the 52 where spaceships were repaired. They learnt how every 53 of a spaceship and its instruments work. They also learnt every detail of ground-control 54 .
In a word, to be chosen as astronaut, one must be in good 55 , well-informed in science and good at piloting.
A．at B．between C．of D．on
A．experienced B．old C．handsome D．retired
A．none B．few C．others D．both
A．dangers B．sadness C．reality D．protection
A．share B．treat C．offer D．refuse
A．but B．if C．though D．when
A．in all B．of course C．so far D．at last
A．noticed B．chosen C．praised D．examined
A．jobs B．places C．courses D．ways
A．so B．because C．as if D．even though
A．size B．scene C．age D．name
A．shown B．trained C．told D．allowed
A．advice B．experience C．surprise D．thought
A．water B．rock C．moon D．earth
A．secrets B．traditions C．theories D．conditions
A．drew B．developed C．designed D．discovered
A．offices B．shops C．colleges D．factories
A．part B．movement C．step D．body
A．method B．difficulty C．system D．trick
A．shape B．position C．order D．health
The Voice of America began during the World WarⅡ, when Germany was broadcasting a radio program to get international 36 . American officials believed they should 37 the German broadcast with words that they thought were the facts of world events. The first VOA news report began with words in 38 . “The 39 may be good or bad, but we shall tell you the truth.” Within a week, other VOA 40 were broadcasting in Italian, French and English.
After the World War Ⅱended in 1945, some Americans felt VOA’s 41 had to be changed, 42 the Soviet Union（苏联）became enemy of America. They wanted to 43 Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.
In the early days VOA began adding something new to its Broadcast that was 44 “Music USA”. Another new idea came along in 1959. VOA knew that many listeners did not know _ 45 English to completely understand its 46 English broadcast. So VOA 47a simpler kind of English, 48 uses about 1,500 words and is spoken 49 . Of course, it is special English.
In the 50 of most VOA listeners, the most 51 program is the news report. News from around the world 52 into the VOA news room in Washington 24 hours a day. It comes from VOA reporters in 53 cities and also from other 54 like BBC. VOA writers and editors use these materials to 55 news reports, which are being broadcast in 43 languages.
A．business B．culture C．support D．information
A．reply B．answer C．join D．interrupt
A．time B．short C．English D．German
A．news B．problems C．effects D．opinions
A．programs B．news C．announcers D．officials
A．home B．position C．purpose D．result
A．if B．considering C．supposing D．in order that
A．reach B．satisfy C．attack D．support
A．known B．reported C．called D．printed
A．poor B．excellent C．standard D．enough
A．normal B．fast C．good D．exact
A．stopped B．discovered C．taught D．invited
A．it B．which C．who D．that
A．slowly B．rapidly C．normally D．loudly
A．please B．course C．opinion D．advice
A．difficult B．important C．various D．common
A．past B．send C．deliver D．fly
A．all B．major C．American D．news
A．broadcasts B．forms C．newspaper D．countries
A．broadcast B．announce C．translate D．prepare