Does going to college really pay off？Certainly!

I remember taking __1.__ English class in college on the short story. Our first assignment was to read __2.__ short stories and then discuss which one was better. After __3.__(read)both，I wasn’t sure. Over the __4.__ several months, my professor taught me __5._ one story was so much better than the other.__ 6.__ was rich in metaphor(隐喻)and character development, _7.__ the other was humorous 8._ too shallow. I couldn’t see this at first. Yet,

in a few months, my brain got reeducated and __9.__ could see the difference between good and bad writing and could appreciate literature at a whole new level.

Going to college helps build a strong mind, which leads __10.__ greater success in one’s life.

Down on the beach of Dover, 56-year-old Channel swimmer Jackie Cobell bravely set off for Calais. The time was 6:40 am. 28 hours and 44 minutes later the exhausted, successful mother from Kent crawled (爬行) to the shore and walked proudly into the record books. After five years in training, Mrs Cobell became the slowest person to cross the Channel under her own steam. The previous record for the slowest crossing, set by Henry Sullivan at 26 hours and 50 minutes, has stood for 87 years before Mrs Cobell started at Dover Saturday morning.
She had struggled through changing tides that swept her first one way, then the other. It turned the 21-mile crossing into a 65-mile one. She declared, “Time and tide wait for no man—and they certainly didn’t wait for me. I was fully expecting it to get dark before I got to Calais but I never imagined I’d also see the dawn again. But I wasn’t going to give up.”
Her feat(壮举) raised more than $2,000 in charity sponsorship for research into Huntingdon’s disease, a sum that was continuing to grow as news of her achievement spread. That was why she did it. “I don’t really know myself,” she said. “ I just kept thinking of all the people I’d be letting down if I stopped.”
Mrs Cobell took to the water so well at school. But after bringing up two daughters, she started to gain weight. Five years ago she took up swimming again and decided to prepare for the Channel challenge to lose weight. She became much fitter. Then came the big swim. “I practiced on Windermere lake,” she said. “it’s about half the distance of the Channel so I just doubled it, added some extra time, and worked out I could probably get to Calais in about 16 hours.”
Her husband David, trainer, official observer and friend sailed alongside her on a boat. She said, “I sang to keep myself going. When they told me I was a record breaker I thought they were just having a joke—until I realized it was the record for the slowest crossing. But maybe next time I might be a bit quicker.”
【小题1】According to Paragraph 1, Mrs Cobell_____________.

阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

1.A ride on Beijing subway costs just two yuan per person, ________________________. (travel)

无论你去多远，乘坐北京地铁每人次只需要两元钱。

2.As millions of migrant workers head home to reunite with their families, __________________ their children.  (happy)

当几百万民工回家与家人团聚的时候，最高兴的就是他们的孩子了。

3.Not once ______________________ Michael that he could one day become a top student in his class. (occur)

迈克尔从来都没想过有一天他能成为班上的尖子生。

4.—Why are your eyes so red? You _____________________well last night. (sleep)

— Yeah, I stayed up late writing a report.

—你的眼睛为什么这么红？你昨晚肯定没睡好。

—是的，我昨晚熬夜写报告。

5.The airport ___________________ next year will help promote tourism in this area. (complete)

明年竣工的飞机场将有助于促进该地区的旅游业。

6.— Do you think George has passed the driving test?

— No. If so, he ___________________ his car to our college yesterday. (drive)

—你认为乔治通过了驾驶测试吗？

—没有。如果通过了，他昨天就开车来我们大学了。

7.He hasn’t slept at all for three days in a row. _____________________ he is tired out. (wonder)

他连续三天根本没睡觉。难怪他疲惫不堪。

8.I ____________________ take a holiday this year, but I wasn’t able to get away. (intend)

我原打算今年休假，但是太忙脱不开身。

9.In the tent, there were many children from the earthquake- stricken area, ____________________ from 10 to 17. (vary)

在这个帐篷里， 有许多震区的孩子，他们的年龄从十岁到十七岁不等。

10.False advertisements deceive or mislead consumers, thus ____________________ to their lawful rights and interests. (damage)

虚假广告欺骗或误导消费者，这样就对他们的合法权益造成损害。

It was the end of my first day as waitress in a busy New York restaurant.My cap had gone away，and my feet were ____.The loaded plates I carried ____ to be heavier and heavier.Tired and discouraged，I wasn’t able to do anything ____.As I made out a check for a family with several children who had changed their ice?cream ____ a dozen times，I was ready to stop.Then the father ____ at me as he handed me my tip.“Well done，”he said，“you’ve ____ us really well.” Suddenly my tiredness ____.I smiled back，and later，when the ____ asked me how I’d like my first day，I said，“Fun！” Those few words of praise had ____ everything.Praise is like ____ to the human spirit；we cannot grow without it.And ___，while most of us are only too ____ to apply to others the cold wind of criticism，we are ___ to give our fellows the warm sunshine of praise.Why—when one word of praise can bring such ____？

It is strange how chary(吝啬的) we are about praising.Perhaps it’s ____ few of us know how to accept it.It’s ____ rewarding to give praise in areas in which ___ generally goes unnoticed or unmentioned.An artist gets admired for a glorious picture，a cook for a ____ meal.But do you ever tell your laundry manager how pleased you are when the shirts are ____ just right？In fact，to give praise ____ the giver nothing but a moment’s thought and a moment’s effort.

1.A.small? B．painful

C．tough? D．white

2.A.remained? B．looked

C．seemed? D．turned

3.A.happy? B．special

C．strange? D．right

4.A.order? B．price

C．colour? D．shape

5.A.stared? B．smiled

C．called? D．nodded

6.A.talked about? B．looked after

C．depended on? D．thought of

7.A.increased? B．continued

C．disappeared? D．developed

8.A.children? B．manager

C．father? D．friends

9.A.made? B．changed

C．found? D．improved

10.A.heat? B．shadow

C．snowstorm? D．sunlight

11.A.then? B．thus

C．now? D．yet

12.A.ready? B．doubtful

C．satisfied? D．disappointed

13.A.unable? B．unwilling

C．bored? D．anxious

14.A.attention? B．choice

C．pleasure? D．advance

15.A.because? B．when

C．whether? D．that

16.A.finally? B．especially

C．probably? D．fortunately

17.A.effort? B．effect

C．deed? D．feeling

18.A.daily? B．light

C．perfect? D．main

19.A.done B．sold

C．chosen? D．given

20.A.takes? B．leaves

C．offers D．costs

Walking down a path through some woods in Georgia, I saw a small pool of water ahead on the path. I angled my direction to go around it on the part of the path that wasn't covered by water or mud. As I reached the pool, I was suddenly attacked!
Yet I did nothing for the attack. It was so unpredictable and from somewhere totally unexpected. I was surprised as well as unhurt though I had been struck four or five times. I backed up a foot and my attacker stopped attacking me. Had I been hurt I wouldn't have found it amusing. And I was laughing. After all, I was being attacked by a butterfly!
　　Having stopped laughing, I took a step forward. My attacker rushed me again. He charged towards me at full speed, attempting to hurt me but in vain. For a second time, I took a step backwards while my attacker paused. I wasn't sure what to do. After all, it's just not everyday that one is attacked by a butterfly. I stepped back to look the situation over. My attacker moved back to land on the ground. That's when I discovered why my attacker was charging me only moments earlier. He had a mate and she was dying.
　　Sitting close beside her, he opened and closed his wings as if to fan her. I could only admire the love and courage of that butterfly in his concern for his mate. He had taken it up on himself to attack me for his mate's sake , even though she was clearly dying and I was so large. He did so just to give her those extra few precious moments of life, should I have been careless enough to step on her. His courage in attacking something thousands of times larger and heavier than himself just for his mate's safety seemed admirable. I couldn't do anything other than reward him by walking on the more difficult side of the pool. He had truly earned those moments to be with her, undisturbed.
　　Since then, I've used that butterfly’s courage as an inspiration and to remind myself that good things are worth fighting for.
【小题1】The writer changed his direction while walking down a path because he want__________.