I grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area. My parents
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I grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area. My parents the necessities of life they couldn’t give much more. If I asked my father a pair of jeans, he would say, “If you want them, make the money and buy them .” He wasn’t being mean; he just couldn’t them. From age 12 on, I did part-time jobs after school.
When I from high school, I joined the navy. Soon I was in a boot camp(新兵训练营) at Parris Island, S. C., where I learned that life in the navy centered around completing daily . These could be anything from cleaning the camp to conducting mock(模拟的) battles. Completing these tasks successfully discipline, team-work and responsibility. It didn’t whether you were black, white or Asian; everyone worked together for the of the company.
I went to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy and later became an officer in the navy. The part of my job I most was the consulting(咨询) meetings I with the family members of the men and women in my , trying to help them deal with the long periods of . These proved popular and word of them spread. I was being asked to give encouraging to business groups, educators and kids across the country.
But I consider the boot camp my first real , and my life is still guided by the lessons I learned there. It taught me discipline, friendship and the pride related to setting a task every day and working hard to it.
| 小题1: | | A．provided | B．got | C．made | D．bought |
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| 小题4: | | A．themselves | B．ourselves | C．yourself | D．myself |
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| 小题5: | | A．pay | B．find | C．produce | D．afford |
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| 小题6: | | A．came | B．returned | C．escaped | D．graduated |
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| 小题7: | | A．drills | B．tasks | C．exercises | D．reports |
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| 小题8: | | A．included | B．asked | C．required | D．met |
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| 小题9: | | A．matter | B．mean | C．exist | D．work |
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| 小题10: | | A．good | B．boss | C．rest | D．right |
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| 小题12: | | A．took | B．hated | C．enjoyed | D．did |
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| 小题13: | | A．ended | B．began | C．continued | D．held |
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| 小题14: | | A．charge | B．situation | C．position | D．choice |
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| 小题15: | | A．lessons | B．meetings | C．training | D．separation |
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| 小题16: | | A．Long before | B．Before long | C．As usual | D．Once again |
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| 小题17: | | A．performances | B．descriptions | C．speeches | D．gifts |
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| 小题18: | | A．vacation | B．place | C．job | D．travel |
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| 小题19: | | A．important | B．bitter | C．normal | D．difficult |
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| 小题20: | | A．gain | B．achieve | C．show | D．match |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:C
小题5:D
小题6:D
小题7:B
小题8:C
小题9:A
小题10:A
小题11:B
小题12:C
小题13:D
小题14:A
小题15:D
小题16:B
小题17:C
小题18:C
小题19:A
小题20:B |
解析
试题分析：本文讲述了一个贫穷的小男孩成长为海军军官的故事，表达了他对军营的热爱，因为军营教会他纪律、友谊设定目标努力完成的骄傲。
小题1:考查动词辨析。A. provided提供，B. got得到，C. made制作，使得，D. bought买，根据下文中的“they couldn’t give much more”可判断出作者的父母亲提供生活必需品。选A。
小题2:考查连词辨析： A. while然而，当…时候，B. but但是，C. so所以，D. or或者，but用于构成并列句，意为“但是”，根据“My parents provided the necessities of life”与“they couldn’t give much more”的意思可判断出它们是转折关系。while表示对比，指“尽管” “虽然”，但程度不如still强烈，所引导的从句多位于主句之前，表示并列关系，指“而”“当……却……”，所引导的分句多位于句末，偶尔位于句首。but表示转折，指和上一分句所述情况相反，上下分句形成对比，一般不用在句首，更不用在句末，后面一般也不加逗号。选B。
小题3:考查介词辨析：A. about关于，B. with和..一起，C. for为了，D. of..的，：ask...for意为“向……请求，要求”。根据下文中的if you want them可判断出表示“如果我向父亲要一条牛仔裤”。ask...about意为“向……问关于……”。ask of后接表示“人”的名词或代词，意为“要求，期望”。选C。
小题4:考查反身代词：A. themselves他们自己，B. ourselves我们自己，C. yourself 你自己，D. myself我自己，make the money and buy them是祈使句，其逻辑主语是you，所以要用反身代词yourself，表示“你自己”。选C。
小题5:考查动词辨析。A. pay 付钱，B. find发现，C. produce制造，D. afford负担，afford指时间或经济能力可以“花费得起，经受得住”，须与情态动词can，could或be able to搭配。根据上文中的“they couldn’t give much more”可判断出“买不起”。选D。
小题6:考查动词辨析。A. came来，B. returned回到，C. escaped逃跑，D. graduated毕业，，根据下文中的from high school可判断出当作者在高中毕业时，参加了海军。选D。
小题7:考查名词辨析： A. drills“操练，演习；(严格而有系统的)盘练，训练”；B. tasks “任务”，一般指分派的工作任务，也指自己要求做的工作，可指体力劳动或脑力劳动，多含困难和辛苦的意味。C. exercises “演习，操练,训练；〔常 pl.〕运动，体操”；D. reports“告知，报告，汇报；报导(新闻、调查结果等)；发表，公布，发表公报”。根据下文中的“These could be anything from cleaning the camp to conducting mock battles.”可判断出在海军的生活,集中在完成日常工作中。选B。
小题8:考查动词辨析。A. included包括，B. asked 问，C. required要求，D. met遇到，根据部队的实际情况和其宾语可判断出，完成这些任务需要纪律。选C。
小题9:考查动词辨析：A. matter重要，B. mean意味着，C. exist 存在，D. work工作，根据下文中的“everyone worked together”可判断出无论你是黑人、白人或亚洲人都没有关系。选A。
小题10:考查形容词辨析：A. good“利益，好处，用处”， B. boss老板，C. rest休息，D. right权利，根据上文的内容可判断出大家在一起为整个团体的利益而工作。选A。
小题11:考查动词短语辨析：根据上文中的“When I graduated from high school,I joined the navy.”可判断出作者继续学习， go on意为“继续”。 go out意为“出去,熄灭,过时,罢工,向往,辞职,倒塌”；go away意为“走开”；go off意为“离开,去世,消失,睡去,爆炸,被发射,进行,变质”。B。
小题12:考查动词辨析。A. took拿走，带走，花费，B. hated 讨厌，C. enjoyed 喜欢，享受，D. did做，根据下文中的“These prove popular and word of them spread.”可判断出作者最喜欢做咨询工作，因为只有喜欢才能把工作做好。选C。
小题13:考查动词辨析。A. ended结束，B. began开始，C. continued 继续，D. held举行，“I held with the family members of the men and women...”是定语从句，作meeting的定语，表示与男女家庭成员在一起举行的咨询会。选D。
小题14:考查名词辨析：A. charge 要价，负责，B. situation形势，C. position位置，D. choice选择，in my charge意为“归我负责，主管”，表示由作者负责的男女家庭成员。选A。
小题15:考查名词辨析：A. lessons功课，B. meetings会议，C. training训练，D. separation分离，根据上文的内容可判断出作者帮助那些长期分离的夫妻。选D。
小题16:考查词组辨析：A. Long before之前很久，B. Before long不久以后，C. As usual象平常一样，D. Once again再一次，根据上文中的“These proved popular and word of them spread.”可判断出由于作者的工作突出，不久就要求给全国的商业团体、教育工作者和年轻人作鼓励他们的演讲。选B。
小题17:考查名词辨析：A. performances表演，表现，B. descriptions描述，C. speeches演讲，D. gifts礼物，根据上文中的“...meeting I held with the family members of men and women in my charge”可判断出作者给全国的商业团体、教育工作者和年轻人作鼓励他们的演讲。选C。
小题18:考查名词辨析：A. vacation 假期，B. place地方，C. job工作，D. travel旅行，根据上文的内容可判断出作者把预定野营作为自己的真正的工作。选C。
小题19:考查形容词辨析：A. important 重要的，B. bitter痛苦的，C. normal正常的，D. difficult困难的，根据上文的内容可判断出作者先是在海军服役，后又做咨询工作，这些工作给作者重要的教育。选A。
小题20:考查动词辨析。A. gain“增加，获得”，指经过付出巨大努力之后为自己获得或赢得有一定价值的东西，强调所得之物能够造成的优势，还可跟双宾语，有时可用作不及物动词。B. achieve，意为“完成，做到，获得(胜利等)，达到(目的)，实现”，指克服困难之后取得成功、成就或实现预期的目的，强调结果。C. show展示，D. match匹配，根据句意：努力工作完成任务。选B |
举一反三
Many of us have heard stories about teachers who can “see” into a student’s future. Even if a student is not performing well, they can predict success. We are convinced that this ability, this gift, is evidence that they were “called to teach.” If the gift of sight is evidence, how greater must be the gift of touch. I have a story.
I grew up in the fifties in a poor African American neighborhood in Stockton, California, that had neither sidewalks nor an elementary school. Each day, always in groups at our parents’ insistence, my friends and I would leave home early enough to walk eight blocks to school and be in our seats when the bell rang. For four blocks, we walked on dusty roads. By the fifth block, we walked on sidewalks that led to lovely homes and to Fair Oaks Elementary School. It was at Fair Oaks, in a sixth grade English class, that I met Ms. Victoria Hunter, a teacher who had a huge influence on my life.
During reading periods, she would walk around the room, stop at our desks, stand over us for a second or two, and then touch us. Without saying anything to us (nothing could break the silence of reading periods), she would place two fingers lightly on our throats and hold them there for seconds. I learned many years later when I was a student at Stanford University that teachers touch the throat of students to check for sub-vocalization (默读), which slows down the reading speed. I did not know at the time why Ms. Hunter was touching our throats, but I was a serious and respectful student and so, during silent reading period, I did what Ms. Hunter told us to do. I kept my eyes on the material I was reading and waited for her to place her fingers lightly on my throat.
One day, out of curiosity, I raised my head from my book — though not high — so that I could see Ms. Hunter, a white woman from Canada, moving up and down the rows, stopping at the desks of my classmates. I wanted to see how they reacted when she touched their throats. She walked past them. I was confused. Did she pass them by because they were model students? What did we, the students who were touched, not do right? I sat up straighter in my chair, thinking that my way of sitting might be the problem. I was confused. Several days later, I watched again, this time raising my head a little higher. Nothing changed. Ms. Hunter touched the same students. Always, she touched me.
She touched me with her hands. She also touched me with her belief in my ability to achieve. She motivated me by demanding the best from me and by letting teachers I would meet in junior high school know that I should be challenged, that I would be serious about my work. I am convinced that she touched me because she could “see” me in the future. That was true of all of us at Fair Oaks who sat still and silent as Ms. Hunter placed her fingers lightly on our throats. We left Fair Oaks as “best students,” entered John Marshall Junior High School, finished at the top of our high school class, and went on to earn graduate degrees in various subjects. Ms. Hunter saw us achieving and she touched us to make certain that we would.
I was not surprised that she came to my graduation ceremony at Edison High School in Stockton or that she talked to me about finishing college and earning a Ph. D. She expected that of me. She gave me a beautifully wrapped box. Inside was a gift, the beauty of which multiplies even as it touches me: a necklace to which I can add charms for each stage of my life.
小题1:According to the writer, what is a special ability many good teachers possess?| A．The ability to make all students behave well. | | B．The ability to treat different students in the same way. | | C．The ability to discover a student’s potential to succeed. | | D．The ability to predict the near future of a poor student. |
小题2:When she saw Ms. Hunter walk past some students without touching their throats, the writer felt ______. | A．disturbed | B．puzzled | C．ashamed | D．annoyed |
小题3:What does the writer mean by “a necklace to which I can add charms for each stage of my life” (paragraph 6)?| A．A gift which encourages me to do well on the journey of my life. | | B．A gift which becomes more and more valuable as time goes by. | | C．A necklace which I wear on all important occasions in my life. | | D．A necklace which suits me and adds to my charm. |
小题4:Which of the following serves as the best title for the story?| A．Ms. Hunter’s Surprise | B．Ms. Hunter’s Challenge | | C．A Teacher’s Touch | D．A Teacher’s Memory |
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I could have easily gone through life without getting to know one of the most romantic feelings…love for a dog. For at least ten years my had been suggesting that we get a dog．There were several reasons why the idea . We had noticed that, on our block, couples with no children as a rule one large or two small dogs. So we got one puppy we too had no children.
He flew into the house with the of a Formula 1(一级方程式赛车). In several minutes he ran over all the house, from my shoulder onto the bed, and ended up in the , where my wife washed him with motherly . From that day on, the invisible(看不见的) for the love of the new member of our household began at my home.
He seemed to that at once. Most of the meals that my wife had for him with greater care than those for me…he didn’t look at.
Every evening I went out walking with him. I could not know who was walking whom one evening, when, tired from work, I the walk. The dog was very angry and dragged me out.
Last night our dog pulled me by the ear with his teeth, me up in my dream, and dragged me into the kitchen to make me turn off the which had disturbed(干扰) his sleep. I meekly(乖乖地) that I had forgotten to switch off the light, but that was not . He looked at me like a teacher at a pupil who repeatedly makes .
Now we finally know who’s the at home, and for twenty years we had seriously argued whether it was my wife or I.
小题1:A. wife B son C．husband D．daughterA
| 小题2: | | A．came up with | B．came out | C．came up | D．came onC |
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| 小题3: | | A．kept | B．rose | C．carried | D．invitedA |
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| 小题4: | | A．if | B．unless | C．since | D．beforeC |
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| 小题5: | | A．speed | B．shape | C．cost | D．raceA |
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| 小题6: | | A．climbed | B．jumped | C．covered | D．stopped |
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| 小题7: | | A．yard | B．street | C．bathroom | D．kitchen |
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| 小题8: | | A．worry | B．care | C．identity | D．power |
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| 小题9: | | A．signal | B．work | C．war | D．truth |
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| 小题10: | | A．doubt | B．understand | C．wonder | D．dislike |
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| 小题11: | | A．reached | B．searched | C．looked | D．prepared |
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| 小题13: | | A．while | B．because | C．until | D．as |
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| 小题14: | | A．gave in | B．gave up | C．gave away | D．gave out |
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| 小题15: | | A．broke | B．woke | C．picked | D．packed |
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| 小题16: | | A．water | B．heater | C．cooker | D．light |
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| 小题17: | | A．hoped | B．considered | C．admitted | D．decided |
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| 小题18: | | A．enough | B．good | C．bad | D．true |
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| 小题19: | | A．plans | B．mistakes | C．decisions | D．faces |
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| 小题20: | | A．boss | B．member | C．adult | D．child |
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When Julio Diaz stepped off the subway after work one night, he was simply planning to go to his favorite local diner for a meal. But when a teenage boy approached him with a knife, Diaz knew the evening was about to take a more dramatic(巨大而突然的) turn.
The young man demanded Diaz’s wallet, and Diaz passed it over without objection(异议). But just as he turned to walk away, Diaz called, “Hey, wait a minute. You forgot something.”
The young man turned around, surprised.
“If you’re going to rob people for the rest of the night, you might as well take my coat to keep warm.”
The teenager looked at Diaz in disbelief, and asked why he would do such a thing. Diaz replied, “If you’re willing to risk your freedom for a few dollars, I guess you must really need the money.”He said he was heading out for dinner, and that he would be happy to take someone with him.
The young man decided to take Diaz up on his offer. As they were sitting at the table, the manager, dishwashers and waiters all stopped over to say hello to Diaz, and the young man was amazed at his popularity.
“Haven’t you been taught that you should be nice to everybody?”Diaz asked him.
“Yeah, but I didn’t think people actually behaved that way,” the teenager replied. Thanks to Diaz, he was beginning to see that kindness wasn’t so strange, after all.
When the bill came, Diaz told the teen that he’d have to get the check. After all, he still had Diaz’s wallet.
But the teenager put the wallet on the table without a moment’s thought, and Diaz treated him to dinner. Diaz also gave the would-be robber a $20 bill — in exchange for his knife. “I figure, you know, if you treat people right, you can only hope that they treat you right,” Diaz said.
小题1:When a teenage boy approached him with a knife, Diaz was on his way ________.| A．to the subway station. | B．to his workplace. | | C．to have a meal. | D．to see a drama. |
小题2:The young man felt surprised when Diaz ________.| A．stepped off the subway platform | | B．passed the wallet over without objection | | C．called him to wait for a moment | | D．invited him to have dinner together |
小题3:The underlined part “take Diaz up on”can be replaced by “________”.| A．follow | B．understand | C．check | D．accept |
小题4:The teenager gave the wallet back to Diaz maybe because _________.| A．Diaz was so popular with people in the restaurant | | B．he began to realize people should be nice to others | | C．Diaz had to pay for the meal they had together | | D．he had been given a $20 bill to take with him |
小题5:Diaz possibly felt _________ during the whole night.| A．relaxed and happy | B．worried and helpless | | C．angry and scared | D．surprised and anxious |
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Dear son,
The day that you see me old, have patience and try to understand me. If I get when eating, if I can not dress, have patience. Remember the hours I spent it to you. If, I speak to you, I repeat the same things thousand and one times, do not me. Listen to me . When you were small, I had to read thousand and one times the story until you get to sleep. When I do not want to have a shower, neither shame me scold me. Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I , in order that you wanted to bathe. When you see my on new technologies, give me the necessary time and not me by mocking smiles. I taught you how to do so many things: to eat good, to dress well, to life. . . When at some moment I lose the in conversation with you, do not become annoyed, as the most important thing is not my but surely to be with you and to you listening to me. When my legs do not allow me to walk, give me your hand, the same way I when you gave your first steps. And when someday I say I do not want to live any more and that I want to die, do not get angry. Try to understand that my age is not lived but .
Some day you will discover that, my mistakes, I always wanted the thing for you and tried to prepare the way for you. Help me to walk, help me to end my way with love and . I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
I love you, son!
Your father
| 小题1: | | A．angry | B．satisfied | | C．tidy | D．dirty |
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| 小题2: | | A．teaching | B．mentioning | | C．warning | D．talking |
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| 小题3: | | A．before | B．when | | C．unless | D．until |
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| 小题4: | | A．disturb | B．interrupt | | C．upset | D．break |
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| 小题5: | | A．finally | B．soon | | C．instead | D．too |
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| 小题6: | | A．good | B．interesting | | C．difficult | D．same |
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| 小题8: | | A．invented | B．realized | | C．spotted | D．imagined |
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| 小题9: | | A．view | B．prejudice | | C．favor | D．ignorance |
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| 小题10: | | A．look down on | B．look into | | C．look up | D．look through |
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| 小题11: | | A．overcome | B．confront | | C．defeat | D．challenge |
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| 小题12: | | A．sight | B．theme | | C．memory | D．touch |
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| 小题13: | | A．narration | B．conversation | | C．statement | D．thought |
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| 小题14: | | A．have | B．make | | C．get | D．force |
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| 小题15: | | A．exhausted | B．broken | | C．folded | D．injured |
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| 小题16: | | A．made | B．worked | | C．did | D．tried |
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| 小题17: | | A．wasted | B．spent | | C．counted | D．survived |
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| 小题18: | | A．in spite of | B．regardless of | | C．rather than | D．other than |
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| 小题19: | | A．worst | B．least | C．most | D．best |
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| 小题20: | | A．mercy | B．support | | C．enthusiasm | D．patience |
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I’m a straight-A student and have been my whole life. When you come from a family of educators, it just seems .
With high academic standards and a competitive , I don’t just like losing and I also can’t it. I need to beat the students, perfectly in everything. I’ve even gone so far as to define myself by my , saying how outstanding I am. If I don’t get the grade I then I am lost.
Today I was sitting in class trying to the last minutes studying for a test in which I had to get full marks. the girl behind me started talking to me, I tried to listen while still glancing at my study sheet . When I thought the conversation required it, I smiled, nodded and . And then I found myself wishing she would be so I could study. After a while, she said, “You know, you’re a really good . You’re so easy to talk to. ”I froze.
I replayed the praise in my head before smiling and accepting it . But inside, I knew it wasn’t true. She’d made every effort to have a conversation and I wasn’t even trying to .
I passed the test excellently despite my of lost study time, but the one thing I needed to learn most wasn’t on that test. I had being the best student so that I had failed at just being normal. So what to me most? What I have is all about my personal and about me being too self-centered. There can only be so many scholars, but there is enough sympathy. I want that to be what matters to me—sympathy.
| 小题1: | | A．usual | B．helpless | | C．unfortunate | D．natural |
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| 小题2: | | A．spirit | B．sport | | C．school | D．market |
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| 小题3: | | A．take | B．recommend | | C．stand | D．help |
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| 小题4: | | A．ordinary | B．top | | C．handsome | D．strong |
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| 小题5: | | A．strength | B．appearance | | C．grades | D．tricks |
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| 小题6: | | A．invent | B．expect | | C．copy | D．hide |
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| 小题7: | | A．save | B．spend | | C．collect | D．cost |
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| 小题8: | | A．When | B．After | C．Because | D．Before |
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| 小题9: | | A．rudely | B．bitterly | | C．excitedly | D．politely |
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| 小题10: | | A．in no time | B．on time | | C．for a long time | D．now and then |
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| 小题11: | | A．refused | B．worked | | C．agreed | D．waited |
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| 小题12: | | A．quiet | B．gentle | | C．pretty | D．safe |
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| 小题13: | | A．talker | B．listener | | C．lecturer | D．teacher |
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| 小题14: | | A．angrily | B．carelessly | | C．disappointedly | D．gladly |
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| 小题15: | | A．alarm | B．gather | | C．participate | D．shout |
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| 小题16: | | A．fear | B．joy | | C．worry | D．possession |
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| 小题17: | | A．given up | B．focused on | | C．complained of | D．dreamed of |
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| 小题18: | | A．happens | B．matters | | C．appeals | D．devotes |
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| 小题19: | | A．success | B．failure | | C．depression | D．health |
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| 小题20: | | A．always | B．ever | C．much | D．never |
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