Question

    阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

    A 25—year—old student from Hubei was admitted into Tsinghua，China’s most famous university．after an eight—year   1．Li Jun comes from a poor family in a small village of H ubei Province．He first   2going to college in the year 2000  3he was admitted by a 1ocal school after   4from a secondary technical school at age 17．A   5art student，he passed the exam again next year but   6school due to economic pressures in September 2002．Life seemed   7but Li didn’t give in．He earned a   8by working part time in Wuhan’s art rooms and tutoring students．But he never lost sight of his lifelong dream of    9the Academy of Arts＆Design of Tsinghua University．Li  10the college entrance examination for five continuous years starting from 2003．   11，he missed making the cut one mark last year．

    In 2008，his fifth try，Li’s efforts    12．He finished the qualifying exam in his province and was finally admitted as a sculpture major into Tsinghua University．Every year．Li took art   13in Beijing and took exams from December to March．He then took cultural courses in his school till June．The rest of the year he spent on   14work．Li said he hadn’t   15any money from his family since he graduated from he technical secondary school．Li said the reason he maintained for eight years was that he wanted Io change his   16through knowledge。

17by his contribution，Li Jun’s university  18him 9000 yuan out of his tuition fees of 11450 yuan．An eight—year struggle may have come to an end for LiJun，but a new   19has now begun．Li said he would not worry about repaying loans at present．He wants to study well and   20more scholarships．

1.A．research           B．struggle         C．service          D．expectation

2.A．talked of          B．told of          C．dreamt of        D．knew of

3.A．where          B．when             C．that             D．since

4.A．learning           B．seperating           C．dating           D．graduating

5.A．gifted         B．surprised            C．interested       D．easy going

6.A．went on with                           B．watched out for

C．dropped our of                       D．1ooked forward to

7.A．unfair             B．hard             C．practical            D．busy

8.A．value              B．respect          C．freedom          D．1iving

9.A．entering           B．visiting             C．supporting           D．pursing

10.A．turned to         B．applied for      C．called for      D．adapted to

11.A．Instead           B．At times             C．However          D．Besides

12.A．took off          B．paid off             C．gave off         D．sent off

13.A．ways              B．programmes       C．success          D．courses

14.A．full—time            B．part—time       C．out—of—door        D．all

15.A．asked for         B．looked for       C．prayed for           D．waited for

16.A．plan              B．ideal            C．fate             D．opinion

17.A．Encouraged        B．1nfluenccd       C．Accused          D．Impressed

18.A．funded            B．gave             C．paid             D．cost

19.A．challenge         B．1ife                 C．case             D．relationship

20.A．spend         B．win              C．care             D．use

Answer

1.B 经过八年的努力，来自湖北的学生进入清华大学。struggle相当于effort，由下文可知。

2.C 他在2000年就梦想着上大学。

3.B     when为关系副词，在从句中作状语。

4.D     graduate from…，毕业于……。

5.A 他是一名有天赋才能的艺术学生，第二年，又通过了考试。gifted adj．，有天赋才能的。

6.C 他由于经济的压力，于2002年9月份退学了。drop out of，退出……。

7.A 生活似乎不公平，但他没有放弃。

8.D 他通过在武汉的艺术室做兼职及做家教来谋生。earn a 1iving=make a living，谋生。

9.A 但是他从来没有失去进入清华大学的梦想。

10.B    他从2003年开始，连续5年申请大学的入学考试。

11.C    然而，他在去年只差了一分又失去了这个机会。

12.B    在2008年，也是第五次的尝试，李的努力成功了。pay off，成功。

13.D    他被录取到雕刻艺术专业，每年他都上学术课，从11月到3月参加考试。

14.B    他把其余的时间用在兼职工作上。part time，兼职的。

15.A    自从毕业以来，从来没有向家里要过钱。

16.C    李说，他坚持8年的原因是，想通过知识来改变命运。

17.D    他的贡献给了他的大学极好的印象，他的大学给予贷款。

18.A    fund vf．，贷款。

19.A    八年的努力奋斗结束了，但新挑战已经开始。

20.B    他想努力地学好，赢得更多的奖学金。