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imagined attending. I tore open the packet. My eyes were fixed on the word "congratulations."I don"t
remember ever smiling so wide.
Then I looked at my financial (财政的) package.
The cost of Dream School"s tuition (学费), room and board was around $ 40,000- an impossible sum!
How could I afford to attend? What good reasons did I have to go there when three other fine colleges
were offering me free tuition? My other choices were good, solid schools even if they weren"t as famous
as my first choice.
In my mind, attending my dream university would be the only way to realize my dream of becoming a
world-class writer. My parents understood how I felt. They told me that even though it would be a financial
problem, I could go wherever I would be happiest. But as I was always careful with money, I wasn"t sure
what to do.
One of the schools that offered me a full ride had an informational dinner one night in the spring.
to do was smile politely, eat free food, listen quietly. But I surprised myself.
At dinner the president of the university talked about the wonderful activities on campus (校园) including
guest lectures and social gatherings. He also made it perfectly clear that free food would be offered at all
future events. He continued with explanations of professors, class sizes, activities, and sporting events on
campus. As he spoke, I began to realize that this school, though not as good as my first choice, might be the
best one for me. It seemed small yet with many great programs. It seemed challenging yet caring.
As the president ended his speech, we clapped politely and pushed back our chairs. As I walked out that
door, a feeling of comfort washed over me. Looking at the campus that night, I realized that I would be
spending the next four years right there.
In all honesty, my university is not as well-known as my "dream" university. However, it turned out to be
the right choice of schools for me.
B. He was lost in his dream.
C. He was worried about the money.
D. He was uncertain which school to go to.
B. strict
C. supportive
D. decisive
B. would show me around the campus
C. would offer free meals at all events
D. would charge me nothing for tuition
B. You should consider comfort in your choice of schools.
C. You should try your best to attend your dream school.
D. Your choice of schools should be based on their fame.
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the night that Nashville Police Officer Floyd Hyde was on duty.
"I was on the way to a personal-injury accident in West Nashville. As I got onto Highway 40, blue lights
and sirens (警笛) going, I fell in behind a gold Pontiac Firebird that suddenly seemed to take off quickly
down the highway. The driver somehow panicked at the sight of me. He was going more than a hundred
miles an hour and began passing cars on the shoulder."
But Hyde couldn"t go after him. Taking care of injured people is always more important than worrying
about speeders, so the officer had to stay on his way to the accident. But he did try to keep the Firebird in
sight as he drove, hoping another nearby unit would be able to step in and stop the speeding car. As it turned
out, keeping the Firebird in sight was not that difficult. Every turn the Pontiac made was the very turn the
officer needed to get to the accident scene.
Hyde followed the Pontiac all the way to his destination (目的地). At that point he found another unit had
already arrived at the accident scene. His help wasn"t needed. Now he was free to try to stop the driver of the
Firebird, who by this time had developed something new to panic about.
"Just about that time,"Hyde says, "I saw fire coming out from under that car, with blue smoke and oil
going everywhere. He"d blown his engine. Now he had to stop."
"After I arrested him, I asked him why he was running. He told me he didn"t have a driver"s license (执照)."
That accident cost the driver of the Firebird plenty－a thousand dollars for the new engine－not to mention
the charges for driving without a license, attempting to run away, and dangerous driving.
B. hate
C. anger
D. fear
B. Because he realized he had to hurry to the accident scene.
C. Because he thought the police officer wanted to stop him.
D. Because he wanted to overtake other cars on the shoulder.
B. The Pontiac reached its destination at the accident scene.
C. Hyde knew where he was going by following the right car.
D. The policeman was running after a speeder on Highway 40.
B. had some trouble with his car
C. was stopped by the police officer
D. paid for the expenses of the accident
B. Going My Way?
C. Fun All the Way?
D. Help on the Way?
right, yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy. The wind had picked up, and angry, dark clouds 2 across
the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did. 3 , the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly 4
Raul. The thunder (雷声) was so loud that he buried his 5 in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then he heard
it. Hoof beats (蹄声). He 6 . There before him stood a tall, white 7 . An old man stared down at him from
its back.
"Wh-wh-who are y-y-you?" asked Raul. "My name is Gray Cloud," the old man answered 8 . "Come with
me."
Raul followed on his horse. A 9 feeling came over him. All 10 them the rain was pouring down, 11 not
a drop fell on them. They seemed to be 12 back toward Raul"s home. Raul lost track of time. Then all at once
he found 13 at the ranch gate. The old man turned his horse, 14 his hand, and smiled. Lightning flashed again.
The old man and his horse were 15 .
Raul"s father ran out across the yard to 16 him. "We have been 17 sick about you. Are you okay? Hurry.
Let"s get in out of the 18 ."
"Wait," said Raul. "Have you ever heard of an old man called Gray Cloud?"
"Can"t say I … wait. I 19 my great-grandfather used to tell storied about a man called Gray Cloud. He died
a long time ago. They say he was 20 by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. Why do you ask?"
| ( )1.A. Something ( )2.A. dropped ( )3.A. Suddenly ( )4.A. beating ( )5.A. nose ( )6.A. looked up ( )7.A. tiger ( )8.A. lazily ( )9.A. natural ( )10.A. around ( )11.A. yet ( )12.A. walking ( )13.A. them ( )14.A. shook ( )15.A. gone ( )16.A. see ( )17.A. waited ( )18.A. yard ( )19.A. believe ( )20.A. defeated | B. Everything B. fell B. Strongly B. blinding B. hair B. woke up B. horse B. angrily B. common B. beside B. for B. leading B. themselves B. waved B. left B. meet B. thought B. wind B. consider B. caught | C. Anything C. rolled C. Quickly C. burning C. neck C. lay down C. lion C. coldly C. strange C. through C. so C. heading C. him C. held C. followed C. beat C. worried C. grass C. doubt C. damaged | D. Nothing D. covered D. Hardly D. touching D. head D. sat down D. elephant D. slowly D. bad D. above D. or D. returning D. himself D. took D. lost D. ask D. excited D. rain D. forget D. struck | |||||||||||||
| 阅读理解。 | ||||||||||||||||
| Juanito Estrella has been a housekeeping manager on the US-based large passenger ship Carnival Spirit for 18 months and feels he has found the suitable position in his career (职业). He has always wanted to travel. "I guess I am a really restless spirit. I like traveling, so when the chance came, I jumped at it," he says. The chance came in the form of a newspaper advertisement for work on cruise ships (游船). At the time Estrella was the housekeeping manager at a Melbourne hotel. He applied and, after two interviews, a medical check and police clearance, the job was his. Estrella is responsible (负责的) for the cleanliness of the ship, making sure that 160 crew work properly. "I enjoy it because there is no other work-you wake up each day in a different place and a different culture. It"s exciting when you go to the next country and you don"t understand the language," he says. Estrella likes being busy and getting to know people from all over the world. The 1,000 crew come from 94 countries, and Estrella has learnt Spanish and a little Croatian. But there is a downside. "You cannot get really drunk...because you have safety responsibilities to yourself and others," he says. "You don"t really think about home. You start to think about home only when you get closer to your vacation and wonder what you"ll be doing." Life on the ship is anything but cruising. Estrella and his fellows work at least 10 hours a day, seven days a week. He warns the job is not for everybody. "You have to love being busy and be prepared to work every day-and to give up drinking too much alcohol." In his spare time, if the ship sails into a port, Estrella explores it, otherwise he works out in the crew"s gym, goes on the internet or calls home. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. What do we know about Estrella? | ||||||||||||||||
| A. He is very fond of traveling. B. He doesn"t drink wine now. C. He cannot speak a foreign language. D. He used to be a housekeeping manager. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2. The underlined word "downside" in paragraph 5 probably means _____. | ||||||||||||||||
| A. disappointment B. disadvantage C. failure D. loss | ||||||||||||||||
| 3. Which of the following is true? | ||||||||||||||||
| A. Estrella doesn"t often feel homesick because of his work. B. The work on the ship is not suitable for a married person. C. Estrella can find no other job except the one on the ship. D. The people on the ship are from 94 countries. | ||||||||||||||||
| 4. In the last paragraph, the writer thinks that life on the ship is _____. | ||||||||||||||||
| A. not a tiring journey at all B. just an interesting voyage C. far from a voyage for pleasure D. more than a pleasant travel by sea | ||||||||||||||||
| 完形填空。 | ||||||||||||||||
| Not too long ago, an incident that happened at Walt Disney touched me greatly. A guest 1 out of our Polynesian Village resort (度假胜地) at Walt Disney was asked how she 2 her visit. She told the front-desk clerk she had had a (n) 3 vacation, but was heartbroken about 4 several rolls of Kodak color film she had not yet 5 . At that moment she was particularly 6 over the loss of the pictures she had shot at our Polynesian Luau, 7 this was a memory she especially treasured. Now, please understand that we have no written service rules 8 lost photos in the park. 9 , the clerk at the front desk 10 Disney"s idea of caring for our 11 . She asked the woman to leave her a couple rolls of 12 film, promising she would take care of the rest of our show at Polynesian Luau. Two weeks later the guest received a 13 at her home.In it were photos of all the actors of our show, 14 signed by each performer. There were also 15 of the public procession (游行队伍) and fireworks in the park, taken by the front-desk clerk in her own 16 after work. I happened to know this 17 because this guest wrote us a letter. She said that 18 in her life had she received such good service from any business. Excellent 19 does not come from policy (政策性的) handbooks.It comes from people who 20 -and from a culture that encourages and models that attitude. | ||||||||||||||||
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