“Look, it’s Baldy!” A boy shouted in my direction across the playground. Even though I was

used to regular insults（侮辱）because of the   41   on my head, it was   42   horrible to hear. I sighed as I headed back to the class.

         When I was just 20 months old, I suffered serious   43   after a bowl full of hot oil fell on my head. I was   44   to hospital and had to stay there for weeks while the doctors   45   to save my life. “Holly’s very   46   to be alive,” they told Mum and Dad. “But she’ll be   47   with scars on her head, and of course her hair won’t grow there.”

         As a child, I cared much about my scars, so I   48   wore a scarf to cover them up when I left home.   49   I didn’t, people would call me horrible names like Baldy. Although my friends were always comforting me, they never   50   understood how it felt.

         Then through the hospital I was   51   to a children’s burns camp, where children like me can get any help. There I   52   14-year-old Stephanie, whose burns are a lot more serious than mine. But she is so  53   that she never lets anyone put her down. “You shouldn’t   54   what people say about what you look like because we’re not different from anyone else, Holly, ”  She   55   me. “And you don’t need to wear a scarf because you look great   56   it!” For the first time in my life I could speak to someone who’d been through something   57   . So weeks later, at my 13^th birthday party,   58   by her bravery, I gave up my scarf and showed off my scars. It felt amazing not having to   59   away behind my scarf.

         Now, I am   60   of what I look like and much happier, because I have realized it is your personality that decides who you are.

1.A. hat                        B. scarf                        C. scars                        D. cuts

2.A. still                       B. just                           C. never                      D. seldom

3.A. hunger                          B. cold                         C. defeats          D. burns

4.A. rushed                          B. led                           C. invited           D. forced

5.A. learned                         B. fought                     C. returned                 D. decided

6.A. happy                           B. lucky                        C. lonely                      D. poor

7.A. pressed                        B. occupied                C. left                           D. painted

8.A. possibly               B. usually           C. finally                      D. nearly

9.A. Although             B. Since                       C. If                               D. Before

10.A. correctly           B. roughly          C. easily                       D. really

11.A. promoted                  B. introduced             C. reported                 D. carried

12.A. met                    B. recognized             C. remembered         D. caught

13.A. honest                        B. strong                      C. active                      D. young

14.A. write down                B. agree with              C. pass on          D. listen to

15.A. promised          B. encouraged  C. ordered                  D. calmed

16.A. in                                 B. for                            C. without          D. beyond

17.A. similar                         B. strange          C. hard                         D. important

18.A. allowed             B. required                 C. guided           D. inspired

19.A. hide                            B. give                          C. keep                        D. put

20.A. sick                    B. awake                      C. tired                        D. proud

 

To be a good teacher, you need some of the gifts of a good actor; you must be able to hold the attention and interest of your students, you must be __1__-speaking, with a good, strong,__2__voice which is fully under your control; and you must be able to __3__what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear.

__4__a good teacher, and you will see that he does not sit still before his class; he __5__the whole time he is teaching; he walks about, using his__6__, hands and fingers to help him in his explanations, and his face to express his__7__. Listen to him, and you will__8__the loudness, the quality and the musical note of his voice always __9__according to what he is talking about. The fact that a good teacher has some of the gifts of a good actor doesn't __10__that he will indeed be able to act well on the stage, for there are very important__11__between the teacher's work and the actor's. The__12__has to speak words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the__13__words each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually__14__beforehand. What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem __15__on the stage.

A good teacher__16__in quite a different way. His students take an active part in his __17__: they ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they don't __18__something, they will say no. The teacher therefore has to suit his act to the needs of his students, which is in his class. He cannot learn his part by heart, but must __19__it as he goes along.

I have known many teachers who were fine__20__in class but unable to take part in a stage play because their brains wouldn't keep discipline: they could not keep strictly to what another had written.

1. A. clear         B. slow        C. small         D. low

2. A. frightening    B. fearing      C. exciting       D. pleasing

3. A. act out       B. talk         C. say           D. repeat

4. A. Listen        B. Look       C. Watch        D. Learn

5. A. stands        B. sits         C. lies          D. talks

6. A. tongue       B. words       C. legs          D. arms

7. A. attention      B. thanks      C. feelings       D. sentences

8. A. hear         B. see         C. think         D. guess

9. A. making       B. changing    C. expressing    D. giving

10. A. tell         B. express      C. show        D. mean

11. A. things       B. differences   C. points       D. jobs

12. A. actor        B. teacher      C. boy         D. student

13. A. different     B. same       C. above        D. following

14. A. read        B. known      C. fixed         D. written

15. A. natural      B. bad         C. false         D. clear

16. A. is          B. works       C. has          D. teaches

17. A. group       B. party        C. class        D. play

18. A. give        B. place        C. obey        D. hear

19. A. invent      B. discover      C. teach        D. continue

20. A. learners     B. watchers     C. actors       D. listeners

Mother used to ask me what the most important part of the body is. Through the years I would   ­­1  ­­­ at the correct answer. When I was younger, I thought   2   very important to us, so I said, “My ears, mum.” She said, “No, many people are   3  . But think about it and I’ll ask you again.”

Since making my first   4  , I had often thought over the question. So the next time I told her, “Mum, it must be our eyes.” She said, “You are   5   fast, but the answer isn’t correct because there are blind people.”

   6   the years, mother asked me a couple more   7   and always her response was, “No, but you are getting   8  , dear.” Last year, my Grandpa   9  . Everybody was heartbroken, crying. When it was our   __10   to say our final good-bye to Grandpa, Mum asked me, “Do you know the important body part yet, my dear?”

I was   11   when she was asking me. I always thought this was a    12__ between us. She saw the   __13   look on my face and told me “This question’s very important. It shows you have really   14   your life.” I saw her eyes full of tears. She said, “My dear, the most important body part is your   15  .” I asked, “Is it because they hold up your head?” she replied, “No, it is   16   on them a crying friend or a loved one can   __17   their head. I hope you’ll have a shoulder to cry   18   when you need it.”

Then and there I understood the most important body part is not a   19   one. It is being sympathetic(同情的) to the pain of   20  .

1.A. guess          B. believe                   C. doubt                D. notice

2.A. love           B. health           C. sight                   D. sound

3.A. blind                   B. invisible                  C. deaf                    D. thoughtful

4.A. discovery B. decision                 C. advice                D. attempt

5.A. thinking      B. learning                  C. growing                  D. changing

6.A. Over           B. Till                      C. Beyond                    D. Before

7.A. times          B. things            C. questions               D. ways

8.A. stronger    B. taller                 C. nicer                    D. smarter

9.A. left out      B. got ill             C. passed away          D. got wounded

10.A. turn          B. duty                    C. pity                     D. chance

11.A. satisfied   B. shocked                  C. interested             D. excited

12.A. test           B. secret                C. match             D. game

13.A. worried B. regretted                C. puzzled          D. pained

14.A. lived                  B. found            C. disliked                  D. enjoyed

15.A. feet          B. shoulders               C. hands            D. hair

16.A. how                  B. why                    C. because          D. whether

17.A. put                    B. carry                 C. leave                   D. rest

18.A. on             B. by              C. above             D. for

19.A. valuable B. selfish                C. useful                  D. precious

20.A. Grandpa  B. the deaf            C. others            D. the blind

 

I found out one time that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble. I  was 36  the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final   37 . During the test，the girl 38  next to me whispered something，but I didn’t understand. So I leaned(倾斜) over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me  39 I had an extra pen. She showed me that  40  was out of ink and would not write．I happened to have an extra one，so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk．

Later, after the test papers had been  41 the teacher asked me to  42 in the room when all the other students  43  . As soon as we were alone, she began to talk to me about  44 it meant to grow up；she mentioned how important it was to stand  45  your own two feet and be responsible for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about __46 _and emphasized the fact   that when people do something dishonest，they really  47 themselves．She made me promise that I would think  48  about all the things she had said. Then she told me I could   49 . I walked out of the room wondering   40  she had chosen to talk to me about all those things．

Later on，I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the gir1 next to me, it looked  51 I was copying answers  52  the girl’s test paper. So I came to find her and tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed very strange to her that I hadn’t   53  anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test.  54  I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor   55  letting her use my pen, I was sure she continued to believe that I had cheated on the test．

1.                A．from           B．on             C．in   D．at

 

2.                A．lesson          B．test            C．class D．papers

 

3.                A．seat           B．seating         C．sitting    D．sit

 

4.                A．whether        B．why            C．where    D．that

 

5.                A．one           B．that            C．it    D．hers

 

6.                A．handed         B．turned in        C．given out D．marked

 

7.                A．work           B．read           C．stay  D．study

 

8.                A．gone out        B．were studying    C．were there    D．were dismissed

 

9.                A．how           B．why            C．what D．which

 

10.               A．by            B．on            C．to    D．with

 

11.               A．honesty        B．faith           C．confidence D．reliability

 

12.               A．improve        B．punish         C．cheat D．help

 

13.               A．well           B．highly          C．honestly   D．seriously

 

14.               A．leave          B．go on          C．sit down   D．refuse

 

15.               A．if             B．whether        C．why  D．how

 

16.               A．like            B．as though       C．as    D．that

 

17.               A．for            B．by             C．from  D．at

 

18.               A．mentioned      B．asked          C．answered  D．realized

 

19.               A．Long before     B．As long as       C．Just as D．Even though

 

20.               A．with           B．by             C．in    D．through

 

 

I found out one time that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble. I  was  36   the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final    37  . During the test，the girl  38   next to me whispered something，but I didn’t understand. So I leaned(倾斜) over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me  39 I had an extra pen. She showed me that  40  was out of ink and would not write．I happened to have an extra one，so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk．

Later, after the test papers had been  41 the teacher asked me to  42  in the room when all the other students  43   . As soon as we were alone, she began to talk to me about  44  it meant to grow up；she mentioned how important it was to stand  45   your own two feet and be responsible for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about __46 _and emphasized the fact   that when people do something dishonest，they really  47  themselves．She made me promise that I would think  48   about all the things she had said. Then she told me I could   49  . I walked out of the room wondering   40   she had chosen to talk to me about all those things．

Later on，I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the gir1 next to me, it looked   51  I was copying answers  52   the girl’s test paper. So I came to find her and tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed very strange to her that I hadn’t   53   anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test.  54   I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor   55  letting her use my pen, I was sure she continued to believe that I had cheated on the test．

1.                A．from           B．on             C．in   D．at

 

2.                A．lesson          B．test            C．class D．papers

 

3.                A．seat           B．seating         C．sitting    D．sit

 

4.                A．whether        B．why            C．where    D．that

 

5.                A．one           B．that            C．it    D．hers

 

6.                A．handed         B．turned in        C．given out D．marked

 

7.                A．work           B．read           C．stay  D．study

 

8.                A．gone out        B．were studying    C．were there    D．were dismissed

 

9.                A．how           B．why            C．what D．which

 

10.               A．by            B．on            C．to    D．with

 

11.               A．honesty        B．faith           C．confidence D．reliability

 

12.               A．improve        B．punish         C．cheat D．help

 

13.               A．well           B．highly          C．honestly   D．seriously

 

14.               A．leave          B．go on          C．sit down   D．refuse

 

15.               A．if             B．whether        C．why  D．how

 

16.               A．like            B．as though       C．as    D．that

 

17.               A．for            B．by             C．from  D．at

 

18.               A．mentioned      B．asked          C．answered  D．realized

 

19.               A．Long before     B．As long as       C．Just as D．Even though

 

20.               A．with           B．by             C．in    D．through