When I was a teenager growing up in France, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could this was to work in the local paper factory in my town, or get married. I was very nervous when I told my I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, “ You are going to college.” I was very when he said, “OK. Let’s go to the paper factory.”
Two days later, took me to the factory. I imagined everyone to be friends, together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I I had watched too many movies as a teenager.
When we the factory gate, my father spoke to the guard(门卫) and one minute later we were . I walked around the factory looking at the building, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was . I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”
He asked me, “What do you think of the ?”
“Too bad,” I answered.
“And marriage is even !” he said.
I went back to school the next day thinking about studying hard I could get into a good college. I studying English so I decided to major in(主修) languages at college. Thanks to my father and our to the paper factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!
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完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从各题所给的A、 B、 C、D 四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。（每小题1分，共15分）
One afternoon, many years ago, I went to pick up my mother from work. I got there a little early so I the car by the roadside and waited for her.
As I looked the car window, there was a small park where I saw a little boy, around two years old, freely on the grass as his mother watched from a short . The boy had a big smile on his face he had just been set free from some sort of . The boy would then fall to the grass, , and without hesitation or without looking back at his mother, run as fast as he could again, still with a on his face.
Kids, when they fall down, don't view their falling down as failure, but , they treat it as a learning experience. They try and try again until they . While I was touched by the boy's persistence, I was touched by the manner in which he ran. With each attempt, he looked so and so natural — no signs of fear, nervousness, or of being discouraged. His only was to run freely and to do it as effectively as he could. He was just being a — just being himself—being completely in the moment. He was not looking for or was not worrying about whether was watching. He didn't seem to be bothered by the fact that maybe someone would see him and that it would be if he did fall. No, all that to him was to accomplish the task, to feel the experience of running fully and freely. I learned a lot from that and experience, and have successfully brought that lesson with me in my many pursuits（追求) in life.
A．drove B．started C．parked D．broke
A．outside B．down C．toward D．over
A．playing B．smiling C．rolling D．running
A．way B．length C．time D．distance
A．even if B．as if C．so long as D．now that
A．park B．cave C．prison D．castle
A．get up B．take up C．break down D．lie down
A．tear B．smile C．pleasure D．surprise
A．however B．instead C．therefore D．anyhow
A．stop B．win C．achieve D．succeed
A．luckily B．apparently C．actually D．equally
A．confident B．joyful C．quiet D．proud
A．worry B．dream C．aim D．hope
A．boy B．child C．player D．winner
A．chance B．fortune C．approval D．trouble
A．someone B．anyone C．everyone D．one
A．fail B．run C．fall D．cry
A．embarrassing B．disappointing C．frightening D．amusing
A．happened B．contributed C．related D．mattered
A．discovery B．observation C．story D．incident
完形填空。(每小题1分，共15分)
A teenage girl couldn’t stand her parents’ family rules, so she left home. She wanted to be a star and became_____. But she had poor education and several years later, she had to ask for food in the street for a living. Now her father has died. Her mother is an old woman. But she is still _____her daughter. She has been to every corner of the city. Everywhere she goes, she ___ a big photo of her daughter on the wall. At the lower part of the photo she writes, “I still love you…______home!”
One day, the daughter saw one of the photo. The face was familiar(熟悉). “Is that my mother?” She moved closer and read the _____. She cried. When she got home, it was early morning. She ___the door. The door opened itself. She rushed to her mother’s ___. Her mother was sleeping. She woke her mother up, “It’s me! Your____ is back home!” The mother and her daughter held each other, full of ____tears(眼泪)。The daughter asked,” Why is the door not locked? A thief could get in ? The mother answered softly,” The door has never locked you left.
The door of parents ’love for their children will never be closed.
A famous B. poor C. pretty D. good
A．looking through B．looking after C．looking for D．looking up
A．looks at B．puts up C．finds out D．takes
A．photo B．words C．posters D．letter
A．pushed B．unlocked C．knocked D．closed
A．bathroom B．bedroom C．kitchen D．garden
A．son B．daughter C．grandchild D．friends
A．happy B．please C．angry D．sorry
A．before B．when C．since D．as
完形填空。(20分)
name is Jim and I am American boy. I soccer very much. Owen my favorite（最喜爱的）soccer player. I a very good friend. name is George. He also sports and he some sports collections. like soccer together（一起）after school（放学后）．
A．Her B．His C．My D．I
A．the B．an C．a D．\
A．am B．are C．like D．likes
A．one B．are C．am D．is
A．have B．has C．am D．are
A．He B．Her C．She D．His
A．like B．likes C．to like D．is
A．have B．is C．has D．had
A．He B．Him C．We D．Us
A．play B．playing C．played D．to play
完型填空。
Last week I got an e-mail from my best friend. She asked me to go to her birthday party in the . I decided to go to her party, I didn’t like parties. There were many people at the party, but I knew of them. I sat in the corner of the room. It was a little . Then my friend saw me and asked me to dance with others. So I them to dance. Some of them began to me. I thought that maybe my dancing was very bad. So I stopped . Then a girl walked to me and said, "You dance so well. Can you teach me how to dance? "I felt very happy and I began to teach . I really had a time there. From then on, I like to go to. And I like to spend time with others.
A．call B．letter C．e-mail D．invitation
A．and B．although C．so D．Because
A．few B．many C．some D．all
A．scary B．exciting C．funny D．boring
A．joined B．left C．asked D．sent
A．look for B．look after C．look like D．look at
A．singing B．dancing C．talking D．Thinking
A．you B．him C．her D．them
A．great B．hard C．bad D．difficult
A．parks B．movies C．concerts D．parties
完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
We should eat healthy food every day. and fish healthy food. and rice are also healthy food. Fruit and vegetables are healthy food, hamburgers and candy are food. Milk, water and juice are healthy , but my favourite drink is Coke. It isn’t healthy drink. So to be healthy, some vegetables, fruit, rice, noodles, fish and meat. Drink some water, and milk, but drink too much Coke.
A．Meats B．Meat C．Meet D．meat
A．are B．is C．be D．have
A．Noodle B．Noodles C．noodles D．noodle
A．and B．or C．but D．with
A．healthy B．unhealthy C．health D．unhealth21
A．drinks B．drink C．foods D．food
A．/ B．an C．a D．some
A．drink B．eat C．drinking D．tea
A．Coke B．meat C．juice D．juices
A．no B．too C．don’t D．do