The year I went to college was a very difficult transition(过渡期) for me. 1    Is probably true with many people. I got quite homework and   2 thoughtAbout going home. Although the  3   time for many students is getting   4   from home, my mailbox was frequently   5   . One day when I went to the mailbox, there was a postcard   6  out at me. I sat down to reda it,   7  a note from someone back home. 8I became increasingly puzzled(困惑) as   9   postcards were like this; It was a full news report about a woman named Mabel and her newborn baby. I took the card

Back to my room and   10  about it.

Several days later I   11  another postcard, this one   12  news about Maybelline, Mabel’s cousin. Soon after, another card arrived and then another,  13  full of news of different people. I befan to   14  look forward to the nextOne,   15  to see what this author would come up with   16 . I was never   17 .

Finally, the cards   18  coming, right about the time I had begun to feel    19  college life. They had been such a happy distraction(调剂) that I have  20  all the postcards and still bring them out to read whenever I need a lift.

1. A. If              B. So               C. As              D. What

2. A. often            B. carefully         C. seldom           D. merely

3. A. hard            B. last              C. busiest           D. happiest

4. A. visitors          B. letters            C. calls             D. directions

5. A. empty           B. full              C. closed           D. open

6. A. pouring          B. reaching          C. staring           D. rolling

7. A. describing        B. considering       C. enjoying          D. expecting

8. A. But             B. Thus              C. Also            D. Even

9. A. any             B. no                C. some            D. such

10. A. joked          B. talked             C. forgot            D. cared

11. A. mailed         B. accepted           C. worte            D. received

12. A. delivering       B. demanding         C. discovering       D. developing

13. A. one            B. each              C. either            D. both

14. A. nearly          B. possibly           C. usually           D. really

15. A. promising       B. surprised          C. interested        D. pretending

16. A. below          B. lately             C. next             D. behind

17. A. frightened       B. disappointed       C. excited           D. pleased

18. A. continued       B. stopped           C. started           D. avoided

19. A. easy            B. safe              C. tired            D. anxious

20. A. lost            B. collected           C. torn            D. saved

    The year I went to college was a very difficult transition(过渡期) for me. 21    is probably true with many people. I got quite homework and   22 thought about going home.

    Although the  23   time for many students is getting   24   from home, my mailbox was frequently   25   . One day when I went to the mailbox, there was a postcard   26  out at me. I sat down to read it,   27  a note from someone back home. 28 I became increasingly puzzled(困惑) as   29   postcards were like this; It was a full news report about a woman named Mabel and her newborn baby. I took the card back to my room and   30  about it.

   Several days later I   31  another postcard, this one   32  news about Maybelline, Mabel’s cousin. Soon after, another card arrived and then another,  33  full of news of different people. I befan to   34  look forward to the next one,   35  to see what this author would come up with   36 . I was never   37 .

   Finally, the cards   38  coming, right about the time I had begun to feel  39  about college life. They had been such a happy distraction(调剂) that I have  40  all the postcards and still bring them out to read whenever I need a lift.

21. A. If                      B. So                          C. As                           D. What

22. A. often                 B. carefully          C. seldom            D. merely

23. A. hard                  B. last                  C. busiest              D. happiest

24. A. visitors              B. letters               C. calls                 D. directions

25. A. empty          B. full                  C. closed              D. open

26. A. pouring              B. reaching                  C. staring              D. rolling

27. A. describing           B. considering        C. enjoying          D. expecting

28. A. But                    B. Thus               C. Also                 D. Even

29. A. any                    B. no                    C. some                D. such

30. A. joked                 B. talked               C. forgot              D. cared

31. A. mailed          B. accepted                C. worte               D. received

32. A. delivering           B. demanding               C. discovering              D. developing

33. A. one                    B. each                 C. either               D. both

34. A. nearly                B. possibly           C. usually             D. really

35. A. promising           B. surprised                 C. interested          D. pretending

36. A. below                 B. lately               C. next                 D. behind

37. A. frightened    B. disappointed      C. excited             D. pleased

38. A. continued            B. stopped                   C. started              D. avoided

39. A. easy                   B. safe                  C. tired                        D. anxious

40. A. lost            B. collected          C. torn                 D. saved