Some years ago, writing in my diary used to be a usual activity. I would return from school and spend the expected half hour recording the day’s events, feelings, and impressions in my little blue diary. I did not really need to express my emotions by way of words, but I gained a certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper. After all, isn’t accumulating memories a way of preserving the past?

　　When I was thirteen years old, I went on a long journey on foot in a great valley, well-equipped with pens, a diary, and a camera. During the trip, I was busy recording every incident, name and place I came across. I felt proud to be spending my time productively, dutifully preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels. On my last night there, I wandered out of my tent, diary in hand. The sky was clear and lit by the glare of the moon, and the walls of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows. I automatically took out my pen….

　　At that point, I understood that nothing I wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley. All I remembered of the previous few days were the dull characterizations I had set down in my diary.

　　Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling. I still love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly meaningful. I take pictures, but not very often—only of objects I find really beautiful. I’m no longer blindly satisfied with having something to remember when I grow old. I realize that life will simply pass me by if I stay behind the camera, busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future.

　　I don’t want to wake up one day and have nothing but a pile of pictures and notes. Maybe I won’t have as many exact representations of people and places; maybe I’ll forget certain facts, but at least the experiences will always remain inside me. I don’t live to make memories—I just live, and the memories form themselves.

　　51. Before the age of thirteen, the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of ______.

　　A. observing her school routine

　　B. expressing her satisfaction

　　C. impressing her classmates

　　D. preserving her history

　　52. What caused a change in the author’s understanding of keeping a diary?

　　A. A dull night on the journey.

　　B. The beauty of the great valley.

　　C. A striking quotation from a book.

　　D. Her concerns for future generations.

　　53. What does the author put in her diary now?

　　A. Notes and beautiful pictures.

　　B. Special thoughts and feelings.

　　C. Detailed accounts of daily activities.

　　D. Descriptions of unforgettable events.

　　54. The author comes to realize that to live a meaningful life is ______.

　　A. to experience it

　　B. to live the present in the future

　　C. to make memories

　　D. to give accurate representations of it

　　

I can’t help _____repairs because I’ve something important ________ .

A. making; to do　 B. to make; done　 C. making; doing D. make; to do

 

When you rewrite the paragraph, I advise you to _____ the last sentence as it is rather misleading．

A．point out　 　　 B．make out　 　　　　　　　　

C．leave out　 　 D．put out

 

It was in the past two years that Aaron Segura was always sinking at West Mesa High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The 16?year?old student was __1__ in golf, but his __2__ was another matter. Aaron was “just walking through the chapters hard” in courses like chemistry, his grades were low, and he was __3__ to dropping out. It was not that Aaron didn't have __4__； it simply didn't exist in his large, impersonal public high school.

Then his mother heard about Albuquerque's Charter Vocational High School(特立职业高中), a place where students __5__ plenty of one?on?one attention. Something else __6__ Aaron even more. His one strong goal was to go into __7__， and Charter Vocational had just the thing for him: an architectural CAD(computer?aided drafting) program.

Aaron __8__ the school at the beginning of his junior year. For the first time, he __9__ himself excited about learning. By the following summer, he had got a(n) __10__ as a draftsman for an architectural firm. His plan was to __11__ drafting professionally after he graduated.

If Aaron has anyone to thank for his __12__ of the fortune, it was Danny Moon, a long?time industrial arts teacher. Moon __13__ a vocational apprenticeship(学徒) program in the mid?1990s, __14__ the Albuquerque school district couldn't pay for any longer.

But two years later, in 2000, Moon's phone rang. The state had recently __15__ a charter school law, and a district official wondered if Moon might be __16__ in opening a vocational charter school. An easy __17__. With this sort of instruction, Moon knew he could __18__ students like Aaron，who might have a __19__ time in traditional high schools. He'd also be filling an increasing __20__ across New Mexico for skilled labor.

1.A.average　　　　　　　 B．excellent　　　 C．curious　　　 D．different

2．A.ability　　　　　 　 B．ideal　　　　　 C．study　　　　 D．mission

3．A.certain 　　　 　　B．close　　　　　 C．cautious 　 D．eager

4．A.ambition 　 　 B．energy　　　　　 C．courage 　　 D．experience

5．A.pay 　 　　　 B．gain　　　　　　 C．draw 　　 D．bring

6．A.appealed 　 　B．attracted　　　　　 C．employed 　 D．comforted

7．A.firm 　　　　 　B．golf　　　　　　　 C．chemistry 　 D．architecture

8．A.applied 　 B．attended　　　　　 C．qualified 　　　 D．admitted

9．A.recognized 　 B．enjoyed　　　　　　 C．found 　 D．devoted

10．A.job 　　　　 B．condition　　　　　 C．situation 　　 D．occasion

11．A.pick up 　　 B．make up　　　　　 C．take up 　 D．set up

12．A.change 　 B．progress　　　　　 C．effort 　 　　　 D．achievement

13．A.realized 　　 B．ran　　　　　　　 C．discovered 　 D．offered

14．A.since 　　 B．until　　　　　　　 C．though 　　　 D．after

15．A.passed 　 B．made　　　　　　 C．proved 　　　　 D．appeared

16．A.crazy 　　 B．fond　　　　　　 C．interested 　　 D．aware

17．A.direction 　 B．answer　　　　　 C．promise 　　 　　 D．success

18．A.create 　 B．worry　　　　　　 C．regret 　　　　 D．target

19．A.royal 　　 B．tough　　　　　 C．free 　　　 D．short

20．A.demand 　　　 B．form　　 C．order 　　　　　　 D．satisfaction