Q: My daughter is a junior in high school and has been on an individualized education program since fourth grade. She plans to go to college and intends to finish with a master’s degree. Her performance in general is fairly good, but test scores are very low. She has held many leadership and volunteer positions. We have been advised to have her write an essay about how her learning disability is a barrier that she has to get over. Will that help or hurt her chances for admission?

---- Deborah

A: First let me answer the question on low standardized test scores (ACT/SAT). There are hundreds of colleges that are “test optional” which means students can choose not to release their test scores in the application process. Admission decisions at these colleges for students who do not submit their test scores are made based on other factors. A list of test optional colleges can be found at fairtest.org. It is important, however, to make sure that the college is the right fit academically regardless of the test optional policy.

You also asked if your daughter should write about her disability and if this would hurt her chances of being admitted. Please know that colleges do not deny admission based on disability. “Disclosing” a learning disability in a personal statement within the college application can certainly help. By writing a personal statement, students can potentially demonstrate, for example, their understanding of the challenge they face. They might also prove an improved grade trend in that subject area, and show interest in more complex courses in spite of this disability. More importantly, a student disclosure can show self-confidence, motivation and an understanding of the disability.

---- Ms. Kravis

1.What do we know about Deborah’s daughter?

A．She is applying for a master’s degree.

B．She is very active in her high school.

C．Her disability prevents her studying well.

D．She has difficulty getting over her learning disability.

2.The underlined word “demonstrate” in the last paragraph probably means “_____”.

A．show             B．develop           C．gain              D．change

3.What is Ms. Kravis’ attitude towards one’s declaring his/her learning disability?

A．Supportive.        B．Critical.           C．Doubtful.          D．Unconcerned.

4.According to the passage, Mr. Kravis is probably _____.

A．an editor                              B．a school leader

C．a psychological doctor                    D．an educational expert

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
About five years ago I started at a new school, when my family moved to Iowa.I was just a little  36  ,but I worried I would never  37  in with the other sixth graders.
Lucy,a girl in my class, who I thought was not 38  for change,didn’t  39  me from the start.In fact,I was  40  sure she hated me.I would ask her a 41 ,and I could tell she thought I was a total  42 .
My teacher made us sit by each other for the last semester. Lucy was 43 .
I didn’t wear 44 ,and I didn’t wear those  45   bell-bottom pants.I didn’t exactly 46  the coolest girl. But, I kept smiling at her, though she  47  her eyes, and I kept telling her she looked  48  ,even if she sighed in anger.
49  ,Lucy let me talk to her,even  50  her“cool”friends. She started telling me how beautiful I looked. I still remember that first time when she 51 at me saying that, and I smiled right back, telling her 52 . Lucy ,invited me over to her house for sleepovers ,and talked to me all the time instead her other friend.Lucy,the girl who  53  me ,called me her best friend .After that, we still were good friends a whole year later . I will never forget Lucy . She was a great friend .I love a 54 by A braham Lincoln: “Am I not   55 my enemies when I make friends of them?”
36.A.surprised                B.nervous                      C.excited                       D.amused
37.A.study                     B.fit                              C.contact                       D.perform
38.A.ready                     B.appealing                    C.classic                        D.close
39.A.dislike                   B.help                        C.observe                      D.like
40.A.pretty                    B.hardly                        C.scarcely                      D.never
41.A.reason                    B.leave                          C.question                     D.favour
42.A.genius                    B.fool                           C.pretense                      D.beggar
43.A. happy                   B.relaxed                       C.fascinating                  D.horrified
44.A.make-up                B.grown-up                   C.stand-by                     D.go-between
45.A.attractive                B.preferable                   C.cheap                         D.awesome
46.A.pretend as              B.turn out                      C.turn up                      D.look like
47.A.scratched               B.closed                  C.opened               D.rolled
48.A.beautiful                B.ugly                           C.fat                             D.gorgeous
49.A.Happily                 B.Fortunately                 C.Eventually                  D.Helplessly
50.A.in honor of          B.in sight of                   C.by means of               D.in case of
51.A.cried                     B.shouted                      C.smiled                        D.laughed
52.A.thanks                   B.jokes                         C.nuisances                   D.worries
53.A.forgave          B.hated              C.beat                D.contacted
54.A.letter                     B.warning                      C.book                          D.quote
55.A.destroying              B.respecting                   C.worshiping                 D.promoting

Q: My daughter is a junior in high school and has been on an individualized education program since fourth grade. She plans to go to college and intends to finish with a master’s degree. Her performance in general is fairly good, but test scores are very low. She has held many leadership and volunteer positions. We have been advised to have her write an essay about how her learning disability is a barrier that she has to get over. Will that help or hurt her chances for admission?
---- Deborah
A: First let me answer the question on low standardized test scores (ACT/SAT). There are hundreds of colleges that are “test optional” which means students can choose not to release their test scores in the application process. Admission decisions at these colleges for students who do not submit their test scores are made based on other factors. A list of test optional colleges can be found at fairtest.org. It is important, however, to make sure that the college is the right fit academically regardless of the test optional policy.
You also asked if your daughter should write about her disability and if this would hurt her chances of being admitted. Please know that colleges do not deny admission based on disability. “Disclosing” a learning disability in a personal statement within the college application can certainly help. By writing a personal statement, students can potentially demonstrate, for example, their understanding of the challenge they face. They might also prove an improved grade trend in that subject area, and show interest in more complex courses in spite of this disability. More importantly, a student disclosure can show self-confidence, motivation and an understanding of the disability.
---- Ms. Kravis
【小题1】What do we know about Deborah’s daughter?

根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有两个为多余选项。

―Can I help you?

－Yes,I’m looking for a sweater.

－    1.   

－I’m an extra large.

－    2.   

－Yes,that’s nice.      3.   

－Certainly,there is a changing room over there.

－Thank you.

－    4.   

―It’s too large.Do you have a large?

― 5. 

―Thank you.I’ll have it,please.

A．How does it fit?

B．How about this one?

C．Can I try it on?

D．Yes,let me have a look.

E.What size are you?

F.How would you like to pay?

G.Yes, here you are.

阅读下面短文，撑握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D），选出最佳选项。

I had my first job at the age of thirteen, when a friend of my mother’s who owned a bookshop _36 me for six hours a week to help her in the shop. I was very   37 to earn my own pocket money and my parents   38 interfered(干涉) with how I spent it, even when I was spending it   39 . They believed that by earning money, spending it, and learning from the   40 , I would become more mature(成熟) and  41 about how to handle work, relationships with others, and money.

Like many   42 parents, my parents also let me and my brothers do things over which they  43  a great deal. When I was sixteen, for example, after I finished high school and before I entered university, I wanted to spend the summer months traveling around   44 . My mother was against the idea of my traveling alone at such a young age, but my father felt that it would be a great   45 for me. In the end, my father won the   46 on the condition that I limited my traveling to France, my mother’s home, where I had many uncles, aunts and cousins   47 through the country who could   48 shelter and help if I need them.

Three years later, my younger brother decide to   49 a year off after his first year in university and travel through the United States and the Caribbean. Again my mother was very worried and not   50 to see my brother leave school, but my father encouraged him and my brother had a(n)   51 year working his way on trains and ships to   52 passage to different ports and cities, and discovering many fascinating places and people.

These kinds of experiences are probably rare(稀少的) for children in many countries but in the US they are fairly   53 . Most parents start   54 their children at a young age to do small things by themselves. By the time they have finished high school, many American kids have already had part-time jobs, traveled around the US or other countries on their own, have   55 the university they plan to attend and maybe even decided on their future career, and so on.