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．
完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Every year on my birthday, a white gardenia (栀子花) was 31 to my house. But no card or note came with it. Calls to the flower shop were always 32 －it was a cash purchase. After a while I stopped trying to 33 the sender’s identity and just 34 in the beauty and heady perfume of that one magical，perfect white flower lying in 35 pink paper．
But I never stopped 36 who the giver might be．My mother 37 to these imaginations．She asked me if there was someone for whom I had done a special 38 who might be showing appreciation．I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy I fell in love with or one who had 39 me even though I didn’t know him．
One month 40 my high-school graduation．my father died．My feelings 41 from sorrow to fear and 42 ：my dad was missing some of the most important events in my life．I became completely 43 in my coming graduation，the senior-class play and the ball．But my mother would not hear of my 44 any of those things．Mother and I had gone shopping and found an impressive dress，but it was the 45 size．When my father died，I forgot about the dress．
The day before my ball，I found that dress——in the right size——over the living room sofa．It was 46 to me so lovingly．I didn’t 47 if I had a new dress or not．But my mother did．She wanted her children to feel 48 ，filled with a sense that there was a beauty even in the face of 49 ．In truth，my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia——lovely，strong and perfect——with an aura of magic and perhaps a bit of mystery．
My mother died ten days after l was married．The following year the gardenia stopped 50 ．
1.A．delivered B．taken C．brought D．given
2.A．helpful B．useless C．hopeful D．useful
3.A．realize B．check C．discover D．recognize
4.A．pleasant B．pleasing C．satisfied D．delighted
5.A．tough B．soft C．light D．hard
6.A．remembering B．imagining C．recalling D．considering
7.A．asked B．preferred C．contributed D．refer
8.A．job B．thing C．happiness D．kindness
9.A．watched B．noticed C．hated D．observed
10.A．before B．later C．ago D．after
11.A．differed B．suffered C．judged D．ranged
12.A．happiness B．depressing C．anger D．shock
13.A．interested B．unhappy C．disappointing D．uninterested
14.A．disappearing B．losing C．lost D．lacking
15.A．false B．proper C．right D．wrong
16.A．presented B．introduced C．awarded D．provided
17.A．wonder B．desire C．care D．doubt
18.A．loved B．respected C．honored D． loving
19.A．difficulty B．hardship C．sorrow D．sorry
20.A．appearing B．following C．presenting D． coming
You can’t go out because it is a stormy night; , your homework hasn’t been done.
A．moreover B．however C．nevertheless D．therefore
He makes it a to put some money aside each month.
A．principal B．principle C．essential D．discipline
It’s wonderful to have a month in the faraway village, all worries and responsibilities.
A．contrary to B．free from C．far away D．far from
There are some when you have to change your mind just before doing it.
A．situations B．occasions C．circumstances D．conditions
