It’s l_____________ that Jane may not come because of the heavy rain.

  I still remember the days when l was a youthful student in an engineering school．I lived a casual life，without caring about the future．I smoked，drank with friends and made girl friends．Little did I realize that casualness would certainly lead to loss．

    Two years had passed and l was staring down a report card that highlighted FAII in more than half the subjects．I didn’t care，at least not till my dad found out about it．You see．I studied in India and unlike the United States where the students are expected to finance their own education，my dad financed me．

    Then came the day when my dad found out my habit of smoking．He lost his temper but he just told me，“Son，your allowance is cut in half from this moment on”．It hit me like a roundhouse kick（回旋踢） from Bruce Lee．I was jolted（震摇）out of my bones！I couldn’t comprehend how to pay off the debts that I had accumulated in college．I owed everybody money：the grocery store，the bars．the restaurants，my friends，etc．I was living a life filled with credit．

    When I went back to college，I knew that if I don’t change the way I live my life I won’t be able to pay everybody off．So I decided to make some changes．drastic changes．I quit smoking，cut off from my friends who led me down the wrong road，starting hanging out in libraries and reading my engineering books．

    One year later，I went from a miserable failure to a magna curn laude（优等成绩）．Life was never the same again．This incident made me know that anything is possible if you take action and do something about it，however small or large．Even today it still motivates me when I feel that l’m about to lose or give up．It reminds me that I can do it！

The author wrote this text with the purpose of       ．

    A．introducing his university life to the teenage readers

    B．showing you can overcome any difficulty if you take action

    C．calling on the readers not to develop bad habits in college

    D．introducing his university life to the teenage readers

The author didn’t care about his study until      ．

    A．he was in heavy debt he couldn’t bear  B．he decided to give up smoking

    C．his allowance was cut in half   D．he entered the engineering school

The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means that the author      ．

    A．removed his bad habits and didn’t lead a casual life

    B．never hung out with his friends but studied all day

    C．began to live a happy life due to his good grades

    D．paid off his debt and life wasn’t hard for him any more

Which of the following statements is TRUE？

    A．The author did well in making good friends in the school．

    B．The author made great progress with the help of his friends．

    C．Students were encouraged to do part-time jobs in Indian schools．

    D．Students tended to earn money for college expenses in America．

  I still remember the days when l was a youthful student in an engineering school．I lived a casual life，without caring about the future．I smoked，drank with friends and made girl friends．Little did I realize that casualness would certainly lead to loss．
Two years had passed and l was staring down a report card that highlighted FAII in more than half the subjects．I didn’t care，at least not till my dad found out about it．You see．I studied in India and unlike the United States where the students are expected to finance their own education，my dad financed me．
Then came the day when my dad found out my habit of smoking．He lost his temper but he just told me，“Son，your allowance is cut in half from this moment on”．It hit me like a roundhouse kick（回旋踢） from Bruce Lee．I was jolted（震摇）out of my bones！I couldn’t comprehend how to pay off the debts that I had accumulated in college．I owed everybody money：the grocery store，the bars．the restaurants，my friends，etc．I was living a life filled with credit．
When I went back to college，I knew that if I don’t change the way I live my life I won’t be able to pay everybody off．So I decided to make some changes．drastic changes．I quit smoking，cut off from my friends who led me down the wrong road，starting hanging out in libraries and reading my engineering books．
One year later，I went from a miserable failure to a magna curn laude（优等成绩）．Life was never the same again．This incident made me know that anything is possible if you take action and do something about it，however small or large．Even today it still motivates me when I feel that l’m about to lose or give up．It reminds me that I can do it！
【小题1】The author wrote this text with the purpose of       ．

A．he was in heavy debt he couldn’t bear	B．he decided to give up smoking
C．his allowance was cut in half	D．he entered the engineering school

  I still remember the days when l was a youthful student in an engineering school．I lived a casual life，without caring about the future．I smoked，drank with friends and made girl friends．Little did I realize that casualness would certainly lead to loss．

    Two years had passed and l was staring down a report card that highlighted FAII in more than half the subjects．I didn’t care，at least not till my dad found out about it．You see．I studied in India and unlike the United States where the students are expected to finance their own education，my dad financed me．

    Then came the day when my dad found out my habit of smoking．He lost his temper but he just told me，“Son，your allowance is cut in half from this moment on”．It hit me like a roundhouse kick（回旋踢） from Bruce Lee．I was jolted（震摇）out of my bones！I couldn’t comprehend how to pay off the debts that I had accumulated in college．I owed everybody money：the grocery store，the bars．the restaurants，my friends，etc．I was living a life filled with credit．

    When I went back to college，I knew that if I don’t change the way I live my life I won’t be able to pay everybody off．So I decided to make some changes．drastic changes．I quit smoking，cut off from my friends who led me down the wrong road，starting hanging out in libraries and reading my engineering books．

    One year later，I went from a miserable failure to a magna curn laude（优等成绩）．Life was never the same again．This incident made me know that anything is possible if you take action and do something about it，however small or large．Even today it still motivates me when I feel that l’m about to lose or give up．It reminds me that I can do it！

1.The author wrote this text with the purpose of       ．

    A．introducing his university life to the teenage readers

    B．showing you can overcome any difficulty if you take action

    C．calling on the readers not to develop bad habits in college

    D．introducing his university life to the teenage readers

2.The author didn’t care about his study until      ．

    A．he was in heavy debt he couldn’t bear             B．he decided to give up smoking

    C．his allowance was cut in half   D．he entered the engineering school

3.The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means that the author      ．

    A．removed his bad habits and didn’t lead a casual life

    B．never hung out with his friends but studied all day

    C．began to live a happy life due to his good grades

    D．paid off his debt and life wasn’t hard for him any more

4.Which of the following statements is TRUE？

    A．The author did well in making good friends in the school．

    B．The author made great progress with the help of his friends．

    C．Students were encouraged to do part-time jobs in Indian schools．

    D．Students tended to earn money for college expenses in America．

It was a winter afternoon．Some friends and l were eating at a restaurant and talking．We talked and talked and soon   36   became the topic．Suddenly an idea   37   to me．“Wouldn’t it be fun to go swimming? Others go   38   in winter，but why couldn’t we ?   39   , we could be healthier if we did．”I told them about this, and they all said it was a good idea   40  .

   Early the next morning , we four were standing at the bus stop，with bags in our hands  41    for a bus to take us to the  42  ．The sky was clear；the sun was shining，but it was very cold all the same．  43  our heavy overcoats were not enough to keep us warm．We all felt we should go ___44__ but no one wanted to speak out.

   We soon reached the sands．There was nobody there，but we were not discouraged．Instead we were   45   that we were the only ones that dared to challenge the weather．  46   we changed our clothes quickly．

   But things were not going so  47  ．The freezing sea wind was blowing．We felt very cold and  48  all over．At last we made up our minds to   49  into the water．We put our feet in first,  50  to take them back very quickly．The water was unbelievably cold．

   Then I suggested we all jump in．We all went back ten steps.  I gave the  51  ，and we all rushed forward and jumped in．I shall never forget the moment I was in the water. I was up  52  and rushed again to the shore．So it was with my friends．We   53   our clothes as quickly as possible．

   On the way back home，we talked about this unforgettable   54  ．The four of us did not  55  school for the following three days．We all suffered a lot from a very bad cold，but we thought it was all worth it．

36．A．films           B. music         C. sports          D. plays

37．A．caught         B. fell            C. occurred       D. hit

38．A．skating         B. swimming      C. skiing         D. camping

39．A．Specially        B. Besides        C. Really         D. Clearly

40．A．indeed          B. surely         C. certainly        D. truly

41．A．1ooking        B. searching       C. asking         D. waiting

42．A．river           B. lake           C. sands          D. pool

43．A．Yet            B. Even           C. If             D. And

44．A．back           B. forward         C. away          D. ahead

45．A．excited         B. happy          C. lonely         D. proud

46．A．Or             B. However       C. Still           D. So

47．A．wrong          B. smoothly           C. bad           D. badly

48．A．walked         B. changed        C. trembled        D. hid

49．A．drop           B. go             C. fun            D. rush

50．A．just            B. then           C. but        D. only 

51．A．message      B. order       C. mark           D. information

52．A．slowly        B. nervously    C. happily         D. immediately

53．A．had on         B. wore           C. put on          D. dressed

54．A．1ife       B. experiment      C. chance          D. experience

55．A. attend         B. reach           C. enter           D. go