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(啦啦队队员). 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 was8   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 next 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.”

1.                A．processes       B．exercises       C．challenges D．decision

 

2.                A．Therefore       B．Besides         C．Otherwise D．However

 

3.                A．difficult         B．interesting      C．boring    D．easy

 

4.                A．editor          B．judge          C．candidate D．boss

 

5.                A．jumped         B．raced          C．stopped  D．sank

 

6.                A．strange         B．lonely          C．awful D．happy

 

7.                A．struggling       B．complaining      C．working  D．improving

 

8.                A．ashamed        B．relieved        C．shocked  D．disappointed

 

9.                A．put up         B．give up         C．worry about   D．prepare for

 

10.               A．committee      B．team           C．radio D．newspaper

 

11.               A．enthusiastic     B．realistic        C．sympathetic    D．artistic

 

12.               A．speakers       B．writers         C．cheerleaders   D．readers

 

13.               A．widely         B．brightly         C．excitedly  D．weakly

 

14.               A．similar         B．familiar         C．different  D．ordinary

 

15.               A．physics         B．math           C．English    D．history

 

16.               A．pleasure        B．sorrow         C．trouble    D．hope

 

17.               A．fit in           B．get around      C．stay up    D．look out

 

18.               A．swim          B．escape         C．ask   D．try

 

19.               A．in return for     B．instead of       C．in terms of D．in case of

 

20.               A．slimmest        B．gentlest        C．best  D．smallest

 

 

—We’d like you to start work tomorrow if possible.

—I’m sorry,but I can’t start until Monday.         ?

A.Do you agree with me

B.Is that a good idea

C.Do you think I’m right

D.Will that be all right

---Well, James, I’m sorry to leave at once.

   ---______. I hope to hear from you again.

   A. Stay a little longer  B. Keep in touch  C. Take your time D. Don’t mention it

I’m sorry I can’t go to the film with you because I have a lot of things to _________.

A.take to                              B.get to

C.see to                               D.keep to

About ten years ago, a young and very successful businessman named Josh was traveling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit too fast in his shiny, black, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE, which was only two months old.

He was watching for kids rushing out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no child came out, but a brick sailed out and—WHUMP! —it hit the Jag’s shiny black side door! Immediately Josh stopped the car, jumped out, seized the kid and pushed him up against a parked car. He shouted at the kid, “What was that all about and who are you? That’s my new Jag, that brick you threw is gonna cost you a lot of money. Why did you throw it? ”

“Please, mister, please. . . I’m sorry!  I didn’t know what else to do! ” begged the youngster. “I threw the brick because no one else would stop! ” Tears were streaming down the boy’s face as he pointed around the parked car. “It’s my brother, mister” he said. “He rolled off the curb (路沿) and fell out of his wheelchair and I can’t lift him up. ”Sobbing, the boy asked the businessman, “ Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He’s hurt and he’s too heavy for me. ”

Moved beyond words, the young businessman tried hard to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. Straining, he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief and wiped the scrapers and cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be OK. He then watched the younger brother push him down the sidewalk toward their home.

It was a long walk back to the black, shining 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE—a long and slow walk. Josh never did fix the side door of his Jaguar. He kept the dent (凹痕) to remind him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his attention. Feel for the bricks of life coming at you.

1.Which of the following is the right order of the story?

a. The younger brother threw a brick at Josh’s car.

b. The elder brother fell out of his wheelchair.

c. The younger brother begged Josh for help.

d. Josh lifted the elder brother back into his wheelchair.

e. Josh shouted at the younger brother.

A．a, c, b, e, d                            B．a, c, d, b, e

C．b, a, c, e, d                             D．b, a, e, c, d

2.What can we learn from the passage?

A．Josh would accept the money from the kids.

B．Josh was a kind-hearted man

C．The two kids were Josh’s neighbors.

D．Josh’s new car broke down easily.

3.According to the passage, the last sentence means _____ .

A．trying to be more understanding seeing others in trouble

B．driving fast in a neighborhood street is dangerous

C．trying to get ready for the trouble in your future life

D．protecting oneself from being hurt