Dear Dad,

I was very upset when I received your letter. I knew you  36  not like my results, but I didn’t realize you and Mum were so  37  with me. This has made me  38  very carefully about myself, and now I  39  how silly I have been.

My poor  40  have come from my own  41 . Of course, I want to do my best. I want you and Mum to be proud  42  me, but somehow when I get to school I just can’t keep my   43  on the subject and I stop  44  the teacher. So many other things seem so much more  45 , but I know that I must not  46  the chance you and Mum have given me. If I don’t work very hard  47  the next few months, I am going to get  48  results. So I am going to study hard this summer. And I will show Mum anything  49  I can’t understand so that she can give me help.

I  50  you will allow me to play some basketball. I think I need some exercise,   51 _ I will control the time I   52  on it properly.

If you want me to stop meeting Cindy, I will — but there is  53  serious. We are just good friends, and she often helps me  54  my schoolwork.

Dad, I am really sorry I have made you angry. I’m going to try my best to  55  my study. I promise that I will make you proud of me soon.

    Yours,

    Jimmy

A. will                      B. would        C. need                  D. should

A. angry                    B. upset         C. strict                   D. happy

A. talk                      B. speak          C. think                  D. hear

A. receive                   B. believe         C. insist                  D. realize

A. results                   B. memories     C. parents                 D. friends

A. stubbornness           B. carelessness     C. laziness                D. illness

A. of                   B. with           C. in                    D. for

A. head                      B. mind           C. eyes                 D. heart

A. listening to                B. to listen to      C. hearing              D. to hear

A. boring                  B. dull            C. beautiful            D. interesting

A. find                    B. share           C. waste                D. afford

A. during                  B. at             C. through             D. until

A. better                   B. best          C. poorer              D. poorest

A. which                   B. that          C. whom               D. what

A. wish                    B. advise        C. hope                D. decide

A. and                     B. but            C. so                 D. because

A. spend                   B. take           C. cost                D. pay

A. everything               B. something     C. anything             D. nothing

A. in                      B. on            C. with               D. by

A. develop                 B. improve              C. interest              D. finish

Dear Dad,

I was very upset when I received your letter. I knew you  36  not like my results, but I didn’t realize you and Mum were so  37  with me. This has made me  38  very carefully about myself, and now I  39  how silly I have been.

My poor  40  have come from my own  41 . Of course, I want to do my best. I want you and Mum to be proud  42  me, but somehow when I get to school I just can’t keep my   43  on the subject and I stop  44  the teacher. So many other things seem so much more  45 , but I know that I must not  46  the chance you and Mum have given me. If I don’t work very hard  47  the next few months, I am going to get  48  results. So I am going to study hard this summer. And I will show Mum anything  49  I can’t understand so that she can give me help.

I  50  you will allow me to play some basketball. I think I need some exercise,   51 _ I will control the time I   52  on it properly.

If you want me to stop meeting Cindy, I will — but there is  53  serious. We are just good friends, and she often helps me  54  my schoolwork.

Dad, I am really sorry I have made you angry. I’m going to try my best to  55  my study. I promise that I will make you proud of me soon.

    Yours,

    Jimmy

1.A. will                      B. would        C. need                  D. should

2.A. angry                    B. upset         C. strict                   D. happy

3.A. talk                     B. speak          C. think                  D. hear

4.A. receive                   B. believe         C. insist                  D. realize

5.A. results                   B. memories     C. parents                 D. friends

6.A. stubbornness           B. carelessness     C. laziness                D. illness

7.A. of                   B. with           C. in                     D. for

8.A. head                      B. mind           C. eyes                 D. heart

9.A. listening to                B. to listen to      C. hearing              D. to hear

10.A. boring                  B. dull            C. beautiful            D. interesting

11.A. find                    B. share           C. waste                D. afford

12.A. during                  B. at             C. through             D. until

13.A. better                   B. best          C. poorer              D. poorest

14.A. which                   B. that          C. whom               D. what

15.A. wish                    B. advise        C. hope                D. decide

16.A. and                     B. but            C. so                 D. because

17.A. spend                  B. take           C. cost                D. pay

18.A. everything              B. something     C. anything             D. nothing

19.A. in                     B. on            C. with               D. by

20.A. develop                 B. improve              C. interest              D. finish

People always think about “the problem of youth”. If there is one which I take leave to doubt- it is older people who create it, not young themselves. Let us get down to fundamental s and then the young are after all human beings people just like their elders. There is only one difference between and old man and young one: the young man has a beautiful future before him while the old man a splendid future behind him and maybe that id where the rub is.

When I was a teenager, I felt that I was just young and unknown that I was a new boy in a hug w school, and I would have been very pleased to be regarded as something so interesting as a problem. For one thing, being a problem gives you a certain identity, and that is one of the thing s the young are busily engaged in seeking.

I find young people exciting .they have and air of freedom, and they have not a dull promise to mean ambitious or love of comfort .they are not anxious social climbers, and they have no devotion to important things .all this seems to me to ling then with life, and the origin of things .it’s as if they were some sense of cosmic beings in violent and lovely contract with us suburban creatures. all that is in my mind when I need a young person .he may be too proud, ill-mannered or self-satisfied, but I do not turn for protection to boring clichés about respect for elders as if age were a reason for respect .I accept that we are equals, and I will argue with them, as an equal, if I think he is wrong.

72. By “problem of youth” people mean the problem ______

A. caused by young people        B. need to be solve d by young people

C. young people meet                D. created by the old for the young

73. The underlined word “rub” id closest in meaning to _____

A. fact      B. age        C. future          D. difficulty

74. One of the thing s the young are engaged in is that they want t o______

A. climb up the social ladder          B. have freedom

C. be know                                  D. make troubles

75. By saying “anxious social climbers “, the writer refers to ____.

A. some mean adults                B. ambitious young people

C. capable political leaders        D. people who pursue comfort

Dear Dad,

I was very upset when I received your letter. I knew you  46 not like my results, but I didn’t realize you and Mum were so  47 with me. This has made me  48 very carefully about myself, and now I  49  how silly I have been.

My poor  50 have come from my own  51 . Of course, I want to do my best. I want you and Mum to be proud  52  me, but somehow when I get to school I just can’t keep my   53  on the subject and I stop  54  the teacher. So many other things seem so much more  55 , but I know that I must not  56 the chance you and Mum have given me. If I don’t work very hard  57  the next few months, I am going to get  58 results. So I am going to study hard this summer. And I will show Mum anything  59 I can’t understand so that she can give me help.

I  60 you will allow me to play some basketball. I think I need some exercise,   61 _ I will control the time I   62 on it properly.

If you want me to stop meeting Cindy, I will — but there is  63 serious. We are just good friends, and she often helps me  64 my schoolwork.

Dad, I am really sorry I have made you angry. I’m going to try my best to  65 my study. I promise that I will make you proud of me soon.

Yours,

Jimmy