9. A. fell　　　 B. rose　　

　 C. sank　　　 D. dropped

8. A. pushed　　 B. pulled　　

　 C. put　　　 D. struck

7. A. storm　　　 B. rain　　

　 C. snow　　　 D. wind

6. A. yard　　　 B. field　　

　 C. flowers　　 D. trees

5. A. came　　　 B. left　　

　 C. got　　　 D. moved

4. A. kept　　　 B. worked　　

　C. dealt　　　 D. helped

3. A. turned　　 B. took　　

　 C. came　　　 O. picked

2. A. struggle　　 B. working　

　 C. battle　　　 D. defence

1. A. classes　　 B. lectures　

　 C. lessons　 　　D. talks

20. A. reading　 　　B. gardening　

　 C. teaching　　 　D. thinking

Key: 1-5 ACBDA 6-10 CBACB 11-15 CBDBD 16-20 ACBCD

解析：

本文讲述作者在freeschool的经历及对它的认识。frees chool里的学生对于上不上课，上什么课等都有很大的自由，但学生都有高度的自觉性，自主学习和思考能力很强，这正是frees chool与regular school的不同之处。

'1．There were no desks in rows译为“汲有排成一撑捧的桌子。”2． go to class上课。3．根据前面although引导的让步状语从句的语意，应选nobody没有谁，译为“虽然我们住校，可是没有人规定我们上床睡觉的时间。”4．根据第一自然段那种free School的对比，得出下面的这种“规矩表现”实为“奇怪”。5．and此处表并列。6．由Phall the students went to class...与Only the new people..对比得出miss class意为“逃课”。7．at first起初。8．由free school得知。9．play意为act, perform。10．reg-ular school普通的，常见的学校。11. 由下文but instead we planted two gardens得知。12．据上下文可知这里要按季节顺序．13．既然用we each studied a few...就应想到这里是要研究“特别的”。14．由designing, drawing, figuring out得知，应选B。15．figure out计算出。16．由下文Besides, I could do the basic things with numbers得知．17．That’s enough为总结性语句。18．由下文 I can read...I can think better得出。19．a real big difference between...意为“在……之间的巨大差别”。20． 由上文I can think better 得知。

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Dad taught me a lot about life, especially its hard times. I remembered one of his 　　1　　 　one night when I was ready to quit (退出) a political campaign (运动) I was los-ing, and wrote about it in my diary.

Tired, feeling the months of 　　2　　 　. I went up to my study to make some notes. I was looking for a pencil in the back of my desk drawer when I 　　3　　 　up one of Dad’s old business cards that he was so proud of: Andrea Cuomo Italian-American Groceries-Fine Imported Products. Then I thought about how he 　　4　　 　with difficult situation. A lot of pictures appeared into my mind, but one scene came sharply into view.

We had just 　　5　　 　to Hollywood, New York. We had our own house for the first time; it had some land around it, even 　　6　　 . One, in particular, was a great blue spruce (云杉) that must have been 40 feet tall.

Less than a week after we moved in, there was a terrible 　　7　　 　, we came home from the store that night to find the spruce 　　8　　 　almost totally from the ground and thrown onto the street. When my brother Frankie and I saw the spruce, our hearts 　　9　　 . But not dad’s.

The rain was 　　10　　 . Then be announced, “OK, we’re going to push him up!” “What are you talking about, dad? The 　　11　　 　are out of the ground!” “Shut up, we are going to push him up, he’s going to 　　12　 　　again!” We couldn’t say 　　13　　 　to him. So we 　　14　　 　him into the house and we got what rope there was and we tied the rope a-round the top of the tree that 　　15　　 　on the street. And he stood up by the house, with me 　　16　 　on the rope and Frankie in the street in the rain, helping to 　　17　　 . up the great blue spruce. In no 　　18　　 　at all, we had it standing up straight again! Dad drove stakes (桩) in the ground, tied rope from the 　　19　　 　to the stakes, and said, “Don’t worry, he is going to grow again.”

I looked at the 　　20　　 　and wanted to cry. I couldn’t wait to get back into the cam-paign.