One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the class on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name.

Then she told them to think of the   1   thing they could say about each of their   2   and write it down.

It took the remainder of the class period to finish their   3  , and as the students left the room, each one handed in the papers.

That Saturday the teacher wrote down the name of each student on a   4   sheet of paper, and   5   what everyone else had said about that   6  .

On Monday she gave each student his or her list. Before long, the entire class was   7  . “Really?” she heard whispers （耳语）. “I   8   knew I meant anything to anyone!” and, “I didn’t know   9   liked me so much!” were most of the   10  .

That group of students   11   on. Several years later, one of the students, Mark, was killed in Vietnam and the teacher attended the funeral of that special student.

The church was   12   his friends. After the funeral, Mark’s parents met the teacher. “We want to   13   you something, “Mark’s father said, taking a wallet out of his pocket.” They  14   this on Mark when he was killed. We thought you might   15   it.”

Opening the wallet, he   16   removed two   17   pieces of notebook paper that had been folded and unfolded many times.

The teacher knew without looking   18   the papers were the ones on which she had listed all the good things each of Mark’s classmates had   19   about him.

 “Thank you so much for doing that,” Mark’s mother said. “As you can see, Mark   20   it.”

1．A. worst                 B. most unforgettable     C. most common          D. nicest

2．A. classmates          B. teachers                   C. parents                     D. relations

3．A. preparation          B. test                          C. assignment （任务）D. discussion

4．A. large                   B. separate                    C. red                          D. clean

5．A. listed                  B. read                         C. selected                    D. erased （擦掉）

6．A. event                  B. class                        C. individual （个人）  D. homework

7．A. crying                 B. smiling                     C. silent                        D. exhausted

8．A. never                  B. always                            C. sometimes                D. certainly

9．A. others                 B. girls                         C. boys                        D. some

10．A. complaints         B. thoughts                   C. excuses                    D. comments

11．A. held                  B. took                         C. moved                            D. looked

12．A. packed with       B. frightening to            C. prepared for             D. built by

13．A. tell                    B. show                       C. write                        D. inform

14．A. put                   B. found                       C. hid                           D. wrapped

15．A. need                 B. expect                      C. miss                        D. recognize

16．A. carefully            B. hurriedly                   C. quickly                     D. happily

17．A. new                  B. beautiful                   C. worn                       D. tough

18．A. that                   B. for                           C. at                                   D. whether

19．A. talked                B. said                          C. missed                            D. explained

20．A. lost                   B. forgot                      C. described                 D. treasured

The most exciting kind of education is also the most personal．Nothing can exceed（胜过） the joy of discovering for yourself something that is important to you! It may be an idea or a bit of information you come across accidentally or a sudden understanding, fitting together pieces of information or working through a problem．Such personal encounters are the “payoff” in education．A teacher may direct you to learning and even encourage you in it — but no teacher can make the excitement or the joy happen．That's up to you.

A research paper, assigned in a course and perhaps checked at various stages by an instructor, leads you beyond classrooms, beyond the texts for classes and into a process where the joy of discovery and learning can come to you many times．Preparing the research paper is an active and individual（个人的） process, and an ideal learning process．It provides a structure within which you can make exciting discoveries, of knowledge and of self, which are basic to education．The research paper also gives you a chance to individualize a school assignment, to suit a piece of work to your own interests and abilities, to show others what you can do．Writing a research paper is more than a classroom exercise．It is an experience in searching out, understanding and synthesizing, which forms the basis of many skills applicable to both academic and nonacademic tasks．It is, in the fullest sense, a discovering, an education．So, to produce a good research paper is both a useful and a thoroughly satisfying experience!

To some, the thought of having to write an assigned number of pages, often more than ever produced before, is disconcerting．To others, the very idea of having to work independently is threatening．But there is no need to approach paper assignment with anxiety, and nobody should view the research paper as an obstacle to overcome．Instead, consider it a goal to accomplish, a goal within reach if you use the help this passage can give you.

1．According to the writer, personal discoveries ________.

       A．will give one encouragement and direction

       B．are helpful in finding the right information

       C．are the most valuable part of one's personal education

       D．will help one to successfully complete school assignments

2．It can be inferred from the passage what writing a research paper gives one chances ________.

       A．to fully develop one's personal abilities

       B．to practice the skills learnt in the classroom

       C．to prove that one is a productive writer

       D．to show how well one can accomplish school assignments

3．From the context, the word “disconcerting” (Para 3) most probably means ________.

       A．interesting                                       B．upsetting

       C．challenging                                       D．disappointing

4．The writer thinks that ________.

       A．one should explore new areas in research

       B．one should trust one's ability to meet course requirements

       C．one should use one's knowledge and skills when doing research

       D．one should consider research paper writing a pleasure, not a burden

5．What will probably follow this passage?

       A．How to write a research paper.

       B．The importance of research in education.

       C．How to make new discoveries for oneself.

       D．The skill of putting pieces of information together.

It is likely that water is not ____ endless resource, nor ____ that can be made once more.

A. the; /        B. an; one          C. an; that        D. /; one

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）

　　阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

       My first job was in what they call the city center．The    36   was large, dark and old    37   the physics lecture room was on the second floor．  38    , it wasn’t a lecture room at all, it was an ordinary room, but it had “LECTURE ROOM” on the    39    ．The students were sixteen or seventeen years old,    40    several years younger than me．   41    , some of them looked and acted     42     older than me sometimes．

      The room was directly    43    the street, and had the window looking out over the street and many houses．One day, I was     44    some work on the blackboard when I heard a sudden change in the noise behind me．There was a man standing in the room with     45    an apple in his hand．He looked     46     ．

      “Who threw this?” he asked, looking round the class．

      “I beg your pardon?” I said．Was this the school inspector（督学）?     47    threw this apple out of the window,” he said．“It     48    on my car．”

      “Who threw an apple out of the window?” I     49    to the class．There was no answer．

      “I    50    the fellow who threw this．” said the man．“I     51    outside for you．” And then he left, slamming the door．

          52    was silence and I continued with the lesson．At the end of every lesson, a bell rang, usually the class were all    53   before it finished ringing, leaving me saying “That’s all for today” to an empty     54    ．

      This time, when the bell went for the end of the lesson, no one     55    ．“That’s all for today,” I said．

      “You go first, sir．” said one of the boys．It made a nice change, being first out．

36．A．room          B．building             C．floor            D．city

37．A．and            B．as                  C．so              D．but

38．A．Happily        B．Luckily             C．Properly         D．Actually

39．A．floor          B．ground              C．door            D．window

40．A．over           B．only                C．up      D．almost

41．A．In fact        B．In the end           C．After all         D．As a result

42．A．more          B．less                 C．very            D．even

43．A．on            B．above              C．below           D．in

44．A．getting        B．making              C．taking          D．putting

45．A．hardly         B．almost              C．half            D．such

46．A．angry         B．kind                C．sorry           D．happy

47．A．Anyone      B．One                C．Who           D．Someone

48．A．hit          B．fell                C．landed          D．arrived

49．A．asked               B．said                C．talked          D．told

50．A．hate         B．find                C．get            D．want

51．A．will be waiting       B．have waited          C．have been waiting    D．wait

52．A．It           B．There               C．This           D．That

53．A．walked        B．left                C．gone          D．ended

54．A．lesson       B．class               C．room          D．lecture

55．A．heard               B．finished             C．spoke         D．moved

______wants to stay in a hotel has to pay their own way.

A. Anyone     B. The one     C. Whoever     D. Who