阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题四个选项（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。
In the city of Fujisawa, lives a woman named Atsuko Saeki. When she arrived, however, she 1of going to the United States. Most of what she knew about American 2was from the textbooks she had read. “I had a 3in mind: Daddy watching TV in the living room. Mummy 4cakes and their teenage daughter off to the cinema with her boyfriend.”
Atsuko 5to attend college in California. When she arrived, however, she found it was not her 6world. “People were struggling with problems and often seemed 7,”she said. “I felt very alone.”
One of the hardest 8was physical education. “We played volleyball,” she said. “The other students were 9it, but I wasn’t.”
One afternoon, the instructor asked Atsuko to 10the ball to her teammates so they could knock it 11the net. No problem for most people. But is terrified Atsuko. She was afraid of losing face 12she failed.
A young man on her team 13what she was going through. “He walked up to me and 14, ‘Come on, you can do that.’”
“You will never understand how those words of 15made me feel…Four words…You can do that. I felt like crying with happiness.”
She made it through the class. Perhaps she thanked the young man; she is not 16.
Six years have passed. Atsuko is back in Japan , working as a salesclerk. “I have 17forgotten the words,” she said. “When things are not going so well, I think of them.”
She is sure the young man had no idea how much his kindness 18to her. “He probably doesn’t even remember it.” she said, That may be the lesson. Whenever you say something to a person―cruel or kind―you have no ides how long the words will 19.She’s all the way over in Japan, but still she hears those four 20words; You can do that.
1.A.learned B. spoke C. dreamed D. heard
2.A. way B. life C. education D. spirit
3.A .photo B. painting C. picture D. drawing
4.A. baking B. frying C. steaming D. drawing
5.A. hoped B. arranged C. liked D. attempted
6.A. described B. imagined C. created D. discovered
7.A. tense B. cheerful C. relaxed D. deserted
8.A. times B. questions C. classes D. projects
9.A. curious about B. good at C. slow at D. nervous about
10.A. kick B. pass C. carry D. hit
11.A. through B. into C. over D. past
12.A. after B. if C. because D. until
13.A. believed B. considered C. wondered D. sensed
14.A. warned B. sighed C. ordered D. whispered
15.A.excitement B.encouragement C.persuasion D.suggestion
16.A. interested B. doubtful C. puzzled D. sure
17.A. never B .already C .seldom D. almost
18.A. happened B. applied C. seemed D. meant
19.A. continue B. stay C. exist D. live
20.A. merciful B. bitter C. simple D. easy
―You know who came yesterday?
―Yao Ming? We had a basketball match.
― He came and watched the game.
A. You guessed it! B. How did you know that?
C. Well done! D. That was good news!
Don’t sit there nothing. Come and help me with this table.
A. do B. to do C doing D .and doing
AIDS is said the biggest health challenge to both men and women in that area over the past few years.
A. that it is B. to be C. that is has been D. to have been
I won’t tell the student the answer to the math problem until he on it for more than an hour.
A. has been working B. will have worked C. will have been working D. had worked
fired, your health care and other benefits will not be immediately cut off.
A. Would you be B. Should you be C. Could you be D. Might you be
