As a teaching student, I was sent on my first practice at a high school．During my practice, I      realized high school hadn't changed since I was there and still an awful place of Cliques（派系）．

Jess, a Year 8 student, always respected her classmates,      the lack of respect she usually received in return．Kids constantly laughed at her behind her back．As a teacher, your instinct（本能） is to      students like Jess, but you soon realize that there's only so much you can actually do．

Tyson was at the     end of the scale（等级）．A handsome Year 12 student, and always surrounded by mates, it was clear that he was a confident and popular young man．

When Jess asked to perform a solo act （独唱）in the school talent show, I    to allow her to take the stage, fearing that she might face teasing．However, I knew that it would be unfair to say no on these grounds, so her name made it onto the list of   ．

The day of the show, the whole school     in the auditorium（礼堂）．Shortly after the acts began, it was Jess's   ．Smiling, she stepped onto stage．The music started and, to my horror, she    the first line of the song．She became confused , sang in the wrong key and forgot her lyrics （歌词）．As she struggled through the song, kids whispered and laughed．

Jess looked    and was about to give up when the sound of somebody clapping along to the   of the song began to rise above the crowd．It was Tyson．

         He was clapping proudly and urged his friends to join in and, surprisingly, they did．

         Slowly, from Tyson's group to the rest of Year 12, finally throughout the auditorium, the claps  spread．

The smile on Jess's face that day is one that I'll never forget．Tyson changed my life by restoring my     in the goodness of youth．

1.A．excitedly    B．disappointedly   C．gratefully        D．curiously

2.A．in spite of      B．owing to                 C．Apart from       D．In addition to

3.A．dislike      B．praise           C．forgive         D．protect

4.A．same       B．right              C．opposite       D．general

5.A．agreed      B．decided                  C．demanded              D．hesitated

6.A．teachers     B．classmates               C．performers              D．partners

7.A．watched     B．collected         C．marched              D．celebrated

8.A．turn       B．role              C．step              D．choice

9.A．passed     B．sang               C．remembered   D．missed

10.A．hopeless  B．guilty               C．bored                   D．unprepared

11.A．sound          B．meaning                C．beat           D．ring

12.A．touch    B．faith              C．strength                 D．power

 

A short time before she ________ , the old lady ________ a will, leaving all her money to her brother.

A. died; has written                B. has died; wrote               

C. had died; wrote                  D. died; had written(from www.hxen.com)

Polly observed that she ______ by a tall man in a dark coat when she ______ the faces around her on the train.

A．was watched; stared at	B．was being watched; glanced at
C．was being watched; glared at	D．was watched; looked at

 

June was lying by the Olympic size swimming pool in her new swimsuit. She was really hot and dived into water.        else was in the pool. The refreshing water cooled her body immediately, which       her to continue doing some laps there.

Now having swum in the past several years and being a bit out of      , June began to tire      . “Ah, no pains, no gains,” June thought to herself. June       to swim, realizing her head was      . Breathing became difficult. Her vision wasn’t so      . She saw the lifeguard and a couple of others around the pool. No sense in       anyone. She continued.

She found       in the middle of the pool. Deciding not to make a scene, she continued to swim.      , she made it to the other side of the pool. Nausea (恶心), weakness and exhaustion (精疲力竭)       it difficult for June to get out of the pool.       she stood, her body slowly shook back and forth, Losing her      .

Realizing she needed help but       to even say anything, she       the pool side and stood there. Several minutes later she had enough energy to only       her body up out of the pool. Sitting at the side of the pool with her feet in the water she felt that someone was       at her. It was the lifeguard. June was just able to       her hand, telling him she was okay.

Have you ever found yourself in a      where you’re in trouble and you don’t ask for help? There is nothing       in asking for help. June could have drowned. However, we all have the tendency, as June did.

1.A. someone B. No one           C. Anyone                   D. Everyone

2.A. advised     B. encouraged      C. allowed           D. forced

3.A. mind           B. time                         C. shape                      D. fashion

4.A. hardly                  B. easily                       C. falsely                D. unexpectedly

5.A. remained   B. stopped                  C. happened               D. continued

6.A. hurting           B. hurt                           C. suffering                 D. suffered

7.A. sure            B. clean                       C. clear                        D. poor

8.A. bothering  B. interrupting      C. attracting                 D. helping

9.A. one             B. it                    C. her                           D. herself

10.A. Lastly                 B. Finally            C. Suddenly                D. Surprisingly

11.A. found                B. let                            C. made                       D. felt

12.A. Since                 B. As                   C. Until                         D. Unless

13.A. life                B. courage          C. chance               D. balance

14.A. unable         B. ready                        C. proud                 D. afraid

15.A. lay on                B. came across  C. leaned against       D. fought with

16.A. pull           B. push                        C. raised              D. rise

17.A. laughing B. staring             C. glimpsing                  D. shrugging

18.A. hold                   B. lend                         C. move                       D. wave

19.A. condition         B. atmosphere      C. situation                  D. environment

20.A. difficult        B. different                  C. useful                 D. wrong

 

—Your sister nearly _______ all her spare time to her study during the three years.

—That's right, or she ________ the first place in her school in the examination.

A. devoted; wouldn't have taken       B. spent; wouldn't have taken

C. had devoted; hadn't taken                      D. had spent; couldn't take