Question

For Senior 3 students, choosing which college to attend can be the most exciting and thrilling time in their entire school lives. This is also true for an American girl 26  Melanie.

Melanie’s dad, James Porter, who is the chief of police for a Chicago suburb, wants Melanie to  27  nearby Northwestern University, where she’s  28  been accepted. But Melanie, 17, really wants to go to Georgetown University in Washington, D.C, where she’s been wait-listed.

When she gets an unexpected  29  from Georgetown University, she decides to 30 a road trip with a few 31 female friends. Melanie believes it is her first step  32 adulthood. But  33 the fact that this trip is “girls only”, James isn’t  34  with the prospect(期望) of his little princess  35  the world without him. He wants to protect her, so he joins the girls and hopes he can convince Melanie to go to Northwestern.  36  Melanie’s father only has the best of  37 , his presence  38 an endless series of comic encounters（遭遇）.

After following their faulty device  39  into the backwoods (偏远地区), James and Melanie  40  Melanie’s little brother and his pet pig have been hiding in the spare compartment (隔间). What should be a simple tyre change  41  the expensive car rolling down a mountain, forcing them to hike to a nearby hotel…. All these disasters add spice(额外的趣味) to their trip while along the way a father and a daughter  42  get the chance to really  43  each other.

All parents,  44  they have college students or not, can relate to the bittersweet realization that their kids are growing up.  45  what Melanie and James have done, we all can find the delicate (脆弱的) balance between staying connected and letting go.

1..  . A．named	B．naming	C．name	D．names
2..  . A．join	B．send	C．attend	D．pass
3..  . A．still	B．always	C．yet	D．already
4..  . A．appointment	B．interview	C．visit	D．meeting
5..  . A．provide	B．offer	C．take	D．hold
6..  . A．closing	B．close	C．closed	D．closely
7..  . A．toward	B．for	C．during	D．with
8..   A．though	B．while	C．once	D．despite
9..   A．satisfying	B．successful	C．comfortable	D．meaningful
10..  . A．seeking	B．examining	C．searching	D．exploring
11..  . A．Since	B．Because	C．While	D．When
12..   A．intentions	B．attempts	C．efforts	D．planning
13..  . A．comes about	B．leads to	C．calls in	D．turns out
14..  . A．lately	B．late	C．deeply	D．deep
15..   A．discover	B．invent	C．recognize	D．realize
16..  . A．succeeds in	B．brings in	C．results from	D．results in
17..   A．hopefully	B．finally	C．firstly	D．certainly
18..  . A．agree to	B．speak to	C．talk to	D．turn to
19..  . A．whether	B．if	C．what	D．why
20..  . A．As	B．Like	C．For	D．Except

Answer

1..A             

2..C

3..D

4..B

5..C

6..B

7..A

8..D

9..C

10..D

11..C

12..A

13..B

14..D

15..A

16..D

17..B

18..C

19..A

20..B

【解析】 略