胡君祥

A

Broken Wing

Some students are just to be failures. Thats the way some adults look at 1 kids. Maybe youve heard the saying, “A bird with a 2 wing will never fly as high.”

Im sure that T. J. Ware was made to 3 this way almost every day in school.

By high school, T. J. was the most famous 4 in his town. He wasnt very talkative, didnt answer questions and got into lots of fights. I 5 T. J. for the first time at a weekend leadership retreat. All the students at school had been invited to 6 up for ACE training, a program 7 to have students become more involved in their communities. T. J. was one of 405 students who signed up. When I 8 up to lead their first retreat, the community leaders gave me this overview of the attending students: “We have 9 through the student list today, from the student body president to T. J. Ware, the boy 10 the longest arrest record in the history of town.” Somehow, I knew that I wasnt the first to 11 about T. J.s darker side as the first words of introduction.

At the 12 of the retreat, T. J. was standing 13 the circle of students, against the back wall, with that “go ahead, impress me” look on his 14 . He didnt readily join the discussion groups, didnt seem to have much to say. 15 slowly, the interactive games drew him in. The 16 really melted when the groups started building a list of positive and negative things that had occurred at school that year. T. J. had some definite thoughts on those situations. The other students in T. J.s group 17 his comments. All of a sudden T. J. felt like a part of the group, and 18 he was being treated like a leader. He was saying things that made a lot of 19 , and everyone was listening. T. J. was a 20 guy and he had some great ideas.

1. A. troubled B. excellent

C. good D. lovely

2. A. strong B. beautiful

C. weak D. broken

3. A. walk B. run

C. feel D. consider

4. A. student B. troublemaker

C. organizer D. leader

5. A. met B. taught

C. heard D. loved

6. A. look B. make

C. carry D. sign

7. A. planned B. produced

C. designed D. built

8. A. took B. showed

C. picked D. appeared

9. A. looked B. got

C. went D. read

10. A. without B. by

C. during D. with

11. A. listen B. know

C. hear D. learn

12. A. end B. start

C. begin D. close

13. A. outside B. inside

C. out D. in

14. A. head B. eye

C. face D. nose

15. A. And B. So

C. Though D. But

16. A. ice B. steel

C. stone D. snow

17. A. ignored B. welcomed

C. hated D. refused

18. A. shortly after B. long before

C. before long D. long ago

19. A. meaning B. humor

C. point D. sense

20. A. smart B. stupid

C. foolish D. naughty

【答案解析】

1. A。聯(lián)系首句“一些學(xué)生注定會(huì)是失敗者”。

2. D。諺語“折翅的鳥飛不高”。

3. C。Ware肯定有這種感受。

4. B。Ware就是一個(gè)問題學(xué)生，troublemaker“搗亂者”。

5. A。我第一次遇到Ware。

6. D。sign up“簽名”，可聯(lián)系后文得到該答案。

7. C。培訓(xùn)計(jì)劃被設(shè)計(jì)。

8. B。show up“出現(xiàn)，參加”。

9. A。look through“瀏覽，檢查”。

10. D。with 構(gòu)成的介詞短語可作后置定語意為“有”。

11. C。hear about“聽說”。

12. B。at the start / beginning of“在……開始時(shí)”。

13. A。聯(lián)系后文，Ware后來才融入到集體中。

14. C。表情(look)當(dāng)然是在臉上。

15. D。分析前后句關(guān)系。

16. A。融化的自然是冰。

17. B。聯(lián)系后句：Ware感到成為了小組的一份子，他當(dāng)然是受到歡迎。

18. C。before long“不久”，long before“很久以前”。

19. D。make sense“有意義”。

20. A。聯(lián)系后面的He had some good ideas, 他當(dāng)然是一個(gè)機(jī)靈的孩子。

B

The Plum Pretty Sister

Justin was a climber. 1 one and a half, he had discovered the purple plum tree in the backyard, and its friendly branches became his favorite hangout（住所）.

At first he would climb just a few 2 and make himself comfortable in the curve（彎曲處） 3 the trunk met the branches. Soon he was 4 himself a small house and 5 his toy tractors and trucks up to their new garage.

One day when he was 6 , Justin was playing in the tree as usual. I 7 my back to prune（修剪） the rosebush, and he 8 .

“Justin, where are you?” I shouted.

His tiny voice called back, “Up here, Mommy, 9 all the plums for you!”

I looked up in 10 and disbelief. There was Justin on the roof of the house, 11 his plastic bucket with the ripe juicy plums from his favorite tree.

When Justin was three, I became pregnant. My husband and I explained to him that we were going to have 12 baby as a playmate for him.

He was very 13 , kissed my stomach and said, “Hello, baby, Im your big brother, Justin.” 14 the beginning he was sure he was going to have a little sister, and every day hed 15 to know if she was ready to 16 yet. When I explained that the baby wasnt arriving 17 the end of June, he seemed 18 .

One day he asked, “What is June, Mommy?”

I realized I 19 a better explanation; how could a three-year-old know what “June” meant? Just then, as Justin climbed into the low branches of the plum tree, he gave me the answer I was looking for—his 20 tree.

1. A. By B. At

C. On D. For

2. A. miles B. kilometers

C. feet D. inches

3. A. which B. where

C. that D. when

4. A. finding B. discovering

C. setting D. building

5. A. bringing B. dragging

C. adding D. following

6. A. two B. three

C. one D. four

7. A. held B. bent

C. put D. turned

8. A. appeared B. fell

C. disappeared D. cried

9. A. making B. asking

C. planting D. picking

10. A. disappointment B. doubt

C. horror D. anger

11. A. covering B. filling

C. cleaning D. opening

12. A. another B. other

C. the D. the other

13. A. discouraged B. excited

C. satisfied D. calm

14. A. Since B. In

C. After D. From

15. A. ask B. want

C. beg D. need

16. A. play B. come

C. arrive D. speak

17. A. at B. until

C. before D. on

18. A. unbelievable B. disappointed

C. confused D. worried

19. A. made B. had

C. lacked D. needed

20. A. normal B. special

C. favorite D. common

【答案及解析】

1. A。到他一歲半時(shí)，他就在院子里發(fā)現(xiàn)了那棵紫色的李子樹。

2. C。他爬到樹杈表明他能爬的高度是幾尺。

3. B。where引導(dǎo)的一定語從句。

4. D。修建房子。

5. B。他把他的玩具車拖到他修建的“房子”。

6. A。前有一歲半后有三歲，中間當(dāng)然是兩歲。

7. D。我轉(zhuǎn)身修剪樹枝，一眨眼他就不見了。

8. C。同上。

9. D。采摘李子。

10. C。我看到他爬到屋頂當(dāng)然是感到害怕。

11. B。fill ... with用……裝。

12. A。我們已經(jīng)生了一個(gè)孩子了，當(dāng)然是再生一個(gè)。

13. B。他對(duì)有一個(gè)孩子來陪他一起玩耍自然是興奮。

14. D。從一開始他就確信……。

15. C。beg to do 懇求， beg很好地表達(dá)出了他的心切。

16. A。聯(lián)系上文出現(xiàn)的playmate。

17. B。not ... until。

18. C。聯(lián)系后面的問句以及我需要給他作出一個(gè)解釋。

19. D。同上。

20. B。聯(lián)系前文我告訴他要給他生一個(gè)伙伴，而樹是他最喜愛的，所以在他的眼里，母親要給他生的孩子就是他特別的樹。