I think people everywhere dream about having lots of money. In the United States, it is possible to win large
amounts of money 1 lotteries (彩票). People pay money for tickets with a combination (组合) of 2 . If
your combination is 3 , you will win a huge amount of money- often millions of dollars.
A few years ago, my friend Tom won the lottery. It 4 his life. He did not come from a rich family. In
fact, he earned very little. Sometimes, Tom even had to 5 money from his relatives and friends, but he
wasn"t the kind of person who never paid back the money he owed. 6 , he was always very 7 with the
money he spent.
One day, Tom spent 8 dollars on a lottery ticket. He never thought he would win lots of money but 9 ,
his combination of numbers was chosen and he won a great deal of money.
Tom was so 10 . The first thing he did was to 11 a new car that he was dreaming of, and then he
started spending more money on unnecessary things. He learnt to waste money, 12 he had money to burn.
13 we got together for a meal at a restaurant, Tom 14 always try to pay the bill, and he 15 telling me that
money made him feel very happy.
However, Tom spent the money too fast, and he became 16 again. He had no money left.
I do feel 17 for him. He had 18 money to live like a king. Instead, he is 19 to living like a poor person.
Some people might say he is 20 about small things, but not about important things. |
( )1. A. from
( )2. A. letters
( )3. A. chosen
( )4. A. damaged
( )5. A. borrow
( )6. A. Therefore
( )7. A. careful
( )8. A. lots of
( )9. A. unfortunately
( )10. A. generous
( )11. A. rent
( )12. A. though
( )13. A. Soon
( )14. A. should
( )15. A. insisted
( )16. A. rich
( )17. A. sorry
( )18. A. many
( )19. A. back
( )20. A. stupid | B. through
B. pictures
B. raised
B. changed
B. lend
B. Otherwise
B. satisfied
B. a little
B. unexpectedly
B. excited
B. buy
B. while
B. Since
B. would
B. stood
B. satisfied
B. proud
B. too much
B. up
B. smart | C. on
C. numbers
C. published
C. increased
C. exchange
C. Instead
C. independent
C. few
C. unacceptably
C. amused
C. borrow
C. so
C. When
C. need
C. avoided
C. strong
C. satisfied
C. only
C. over
C. curious | D. at
D. cards
D. met
D. improved
D. beg
D. Thus
D. angry
D. a few
D. accessibly
D. nervous
D. steal
D. as if
D. Until
D. must
D. kept
D. poor
D. happy
D. enough
D. behind
D. careless |
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| 完形填空。 | Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for
new 1 in high school.
2 , high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts (选拔赛) for cheerleaders
(拉拉队队员). She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be 3 for her to
be selected. Two hours later, the 4 read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart 5 as the list
ended without her name. Feeling 6 , she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.
Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was
7 . She moved on to English and history, and was 8 to find that she didn"t have any trouble with those
subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to 9 math for the time being.
The nest day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school 10 . Mrs. Biden wasn"t as 11
as Jenna. "I"m sorry, but we have enough 12 for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we"ll
talk then." Jenna smiled 13 and left. "Why is high school so 14 ?" she sighed.
Later in 15 class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much 16 .
By the end of class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she"d
continue to try to 17 at her new school. She wasn"t sure if she"d succeed, but she knew she had to 18 .
High school was just as her mom had said: "You will feel like a small fish in a big pond 19 a big fish in a
small pond. The challenge is to become the 20 fish you can be." | | 完形填空。 | In Mr. Allen"s high school class, all the students have to "get married". 1 , the wedding ceremonies (婚礼)
sometimes become so 2 that the loud laughter drowns out the 3 of the"minister (牧师)". 4 the two
students getting married often begin to 5 .
The teacher, Mr. Allen, believes that marriage is a difficult and serious 6 . He wants young people to
understand that there are many changes that must take place 7 marriage. He believes that the need for these
changes 8 be understood before people marry.
Mr. Allen doesn"t only introduce his students to 9 problems in marriage such as illness or being out of
work. He also exposes 10 to the difficult and particular problems they will 11 every day. He even
familiarizes his students 12 the problems of divorce (离婚).
It has been 13 for some of the students to see the problems that a married 14 often faces. 15 they
took the course (课程), they had not worried 16 about the problems of marriage. However, both 17 and
parents feel that Mr. Allen"s course is valuable and have 18 it publicly. Their statements and letters 19 the
class have asked the school to 20 the course again. | ( )1. A. Therefore
( )2. A. great
( )3. A. noise
( )4. A. Even
( )5. A. cry
( )6. A. business
( )7. A. before
( )8. A. would
( )9. A. funny
( )10. A. them
( )11. A. set
( )12. A. to
( )13. A. comfortable
( )14. A. husband
( )15. A. If
( )16. A. much
( )17. A. teachers
( )18. A. pleased
( )19. A. refusing
( )20. A. choose | B. However
B. excited
B. sound
B. Then
B. laugh
B. time
B. without
B. should
B. major
B. these
B. take
B. of
B. necessary
B. couple
B. After
B. so
B. scientists
B. studied
B. supporting
B. supply | C. Firstly
C. noisy
C. murmur
C. Still
C. pretend
C. work
C. after
C. might
C. small
C. it
C. face
C. about
C. curious
C. situation
C. Until
C. too
C. students
C. favored
C. reducing
C. offer | D. Immediately
D. cheerful
D. voice
D. Till
D. think
D. problem
D. from
D. could
D. important
D. all
D. see
D. with
D uneasy
D. life
D. Because
D. more
D. researchers
D. entered
D. forming
D. affect | | 完形填空。 | One of the most common social fears is that we are not good enough. Perhaps you feel you won"t 1
others because they are more confident, successful, intelligent or attractive than you. Such thinking is
misguided. The 2 of doing well is accepting yourself as you are.
When I was a student, I kept a diary filled with 3 memories. Some were painful memories from 4
when I felt hurt, confused, lonely and insecure. I 5 pieces of dreams and personal feelings of anger and
hatred, 6 things I enjoyed such as magic shops and coin dealers.
Then a terrible thing happened. 7 dinner one night I realized I had left my diary in the cloakroom(衣帽
间)outside the campus dining hall. 8 that somebody might read it and find out the truth about me, I 9
back, but it was gone.
Weeks passed, and eventually I gave up hope of ever finding it 10 . A month later, I was 11 up my
jacket in the same place when I saw my brown 12 diary, just where I"d left it.
13 I read through the pages and found that a 14 had written the following,"God bless you. I"m 15
like you, only I 16 keep a diary, and I"m 17 to know there are others like me. I hope things turn out well
for you."
Tears came to my eyes. I had never thought that any one could know my inner feelings and also 18
things just like the way I did.
No matter what you are like, whether you"re rich or poor, brilliant or 19 , attractive or plain, there are
people like you. Get rid of your fears of not being good enough, and 20 yourself as you are. | ( )1. A. like
( )2. A. idea
( )3. A. private
( )4. A. works
( )5. A. described
( )6. A. instead of
( )7. A. Until
( )8. A. Excited
( )9. A. walked
( )10. A. hardly
( )11. A. hanging
( )12. A. new
( )13. A. Nervously
( )14. A. friend
( )15. A. a lot
( )16. A. mustn’t
( )17. A. sorry
( )18. A. feel
( )19. A. strong
( )20. A. insist | B. impress
B. success
B. painful
B. friends
B. hid
B. as well as
B. When
B. Puzzled
B. searched
B. soon
B. looking
B. worn
B. Happily
B. policeman
B. a little
B. don’t
B. thankful
B. enjoy
B. pretty
B. accept | C. affect
C. secret
C. wonderful
C. neighbors
C. showed
C. in case of
C. After
C. Surprised
C. turned
C. again
C. turning
C. broken
C. Sadly
C. stranger
C. rarely
C. won’t
C. curious
C. remember
C. clear
C. help | D. admire
D. purpose
D. simple
D. childhood
D. noticed
D. because of
D. Since
D. Frightened
D. ran
D. seldom
D. breaking
D. similar
D. Excitedly
D. classmate
D. slightly
D. can’t
D. anxious
D. hate
D. average
D. balance | | 阅读理解。 | I was 9 years old when I found out my father was ill. It was 1944, but I can remember my mother"s words
as if it were yesterday:" Kerrel, I don"t want you to take food from your father, because he has AIDS. Be very
careful when you are around him."
AIDS wasn"t something we talked about in my country when I was growing up. From then on, I knew that
this would be a family secret. My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived alone. For a while, he
could take care of himself. But when I was 12, his condition worsened. My father"s other children lived far away,
so it fell to me to look after him.
We couldn"t afford all the necessary medication for him, and because Dad was unable to work, I had no
money for school supplies and often couldn"t even buy food for dinner. I would sit in class feeling completely
lost, the teacher"s words muffled as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage. I did not share my burden
(负担) with anyone. I had seen how people reacted to AIDS. Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with
the disease. And even adults could be cruel. When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave
his food on the bedside table even though he was too weak to feed himself.
I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of keeping his condition a secret. I was
completely unprepared when he reached his final days. Sad and hopeless. I called a woman at the nonprofit
National AIDS Support. That day, she kept me on the phone for hours. I was so lucky to
find someone who cared. She saved my life.
I was 15 when my father died. He took his secret away with him, having never spoken
about AIDS to anyone, even me. He didn"t want to call attention to AIDS. I do. |  | | 完形填空。 | Two weeks before Christmas, Mother told me we were going to my grandmother"s house for the holiday.
Grandma and Uncle Henry lived on a farm some 15 miles out of town. They had no electricity or running
water and 1 what I considered the "good things" in life. They 2 made no plans for Christmas. When
Christmas Eve arrived, Mom told me in her best "I-mean-it" voice to 3 all the decorations (装饰物) from our
tree. She packed those up 4 all the trimmings (材料) for a 5 turkey dinner.
Christmas morning 6 perfectly with the sun shining brightly across a fresh blanket of snow. 7 I
sulked (生气) silently in the backseat of the car as we made our 8 to grandma"s. This was going to be the
9 Christmas ever! Grandma was 10 to see us as we walked up to her door. "What on earth are you doing
here?" she stammered." We weren"t expecting 11 . It"s Christmas, and I don"t even have a turkey to cook for
you.""I knew 12 ." Mom said as we set boxes of goodies on the kitchen table."That"s 13 we brought all with
us.""We 14 have a tree," Mom insisted." 15 , what will we do with all these decorations?" Uncle Henry
quickly caught Mom"s spirit. He called me to join him, and we found a perfect Christmas tree in the woods.
Soon the house 16 fresh and piney as we decorated the tree, and the day 17 a festive air. The turkey
dinner was very good, too. I was actually beginning to enjoy this unusual Christmas day!
Dessert (甜点) was forgotten 18 Mom came out with the final surprise-a flaming pudding!"Merry
Christmas, mother," Mom said. "Dear me!" Grandma gasped. "I haven"t seen a flaming pudding since I left
England before I was married." Tears of 19 filled her eyes. I could not keep the tears 20 my eyes, either.
I knew then that Mom had also given me the best Christmas present ever-she had taught me what a beautiful
thing it is to give. | ( )1. A. prepared
( )2. A. also
( )3. A. replace
( )4. A. instead of
( )5. A. normal
( )6. A. dawned
( )7. A. But
( )8. A. decision
( )9. A. last
( )10. A. expected
( )11. A. anyone
( )12. A. you
( )13. A. how
( )14. A. may
( )15. A. Meanwhile
( )16. A. improved
( )17. A. called on
( )18. A. until
( )19. A. sadness
( )20. A. inside | B. lacked
B. still
B. collect
B. by the side of
B. complete
B. passed
B. So
B. way
B. busiest
B. eager
B. others
B. it
B. why
B. will
B. Therefore
B. smelled
B. carried on
B. after
B. joy
B. back | C. refused
C. never
C. remove
C. along with
C. fresh
C. broke
C. And
C. wish
C. best
C. surprised
C. someone
C. that
C. where
C. can
C. However
C. became
C. took on
C. because
C. regret
C. away | D. wanted
D. hardly
D. show
D. in spite of
D. separate
D. happened
D. Then
D. plan
D. worst
D. ready
D. no one
D. this
D. what
D. must
D. Otherwise
D. changed
D. tried on
D. unless
D. worry
D. from |
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