When I was six, my mother placed me in a 36.________ school. For the next nine years, I 37.______ slept in a room that 38.______ less than 30 other kids in it. So, when I was promoted to senior at the high school for my39.___ year there, I had the greatest 40._____ of rooming with just one other classmate, and the added feature of a semi-private bathroom.
We seniors also had the feature of walking around the 41._____ in special hats, we called senior bonnets, so all the other kids would know we were the 42._____ in the high school. As seniors, we frequently went on field 43._____ outside the campus, including city museums, city hall , colleges and theatres. The highlight was a senior class trip to Washington, D.C., 44.______ we sat in on a session of Congress, 45.______ the monument and many other government sites around the city.
Another 46.____ of being seniors was that many of us on athletic and other extra-curricular teams were elected to high ranking for the year. I had the honor and pleasure of47._____ captain of our state championship swim team, while my roommate was voted48.______ of the drama club.
49.______ services were on a sunny day in June. Each of us had looked forward to this moment for ten years. Now we were going out on our own to complete freedom, and we should have been flooded with joy.50.________, to my surprise, I found myself 51._____, something I hadn’t done for years. I noticed many of my 52.______, usually proud of their macho attitudes, were also wiping away tears. We knew we would never be together again as we were on that graduation day. Our senior year 53.______deep feelings of sadness for our54.______, as well as joy for our emerging into a new world 55.____the school campus.
1. A.teaching B.boarding C.playing D.mixing
2. A.never B.not C.occasionally D.frequent
3. A.lived B.included C.contained D.put
4. A.next B.first C.final D.second
5. A.pleasure B.sorrow C.happy D.merry
6. A.country B.city C.classroom D.campus
7. A.youngest B.lowest C.oldest D.highest
8. A.roads B.trips C.voyages D.travel
9. A.which B.that C.where D.when
10. A.approached B.visited C.managed D.spent
11. A.benefit B.disadvantage C.profit D.strength
12. A.being brought B.being chosen
C.being taken D.being realized
13. A.member B.monitor C.secretary D.president
14. A.Graduation B.Education C.Volunteering D.Population
15. A.Therefore B.Fortunately C.However D.While
16. A.smiling B.laughing C.crying D.screaming
17. A.students B.classmates C.teachers D.friends
18. A.began with B.ended with
C.bargained with D.associated with
19. A.loss B.result C.love D.hatred
20. A.over B.out C.beyond D.from
When Peter __________ the car door, he found the key left in his car. So he had to call for help.
A.opened B.was opening C.was to open D.had opened
He was charged with murder, but the court found him _______ and he was released.
A.ignorant B.attempted C.potential D.innocent
____________, I still couldn’t figure out what the headmaster said at the conference.
A.Though I didn’t listen attentively B.Attentively as I listened
C.Attentively as did I listen D.As long as I listened
Environmentalists urged that more effective measures ___________by the government to reduce the pollution.
A.were taken B.would adopt C.be adopted D.should take
The people hurried to store up food and daily goods ________ war.
A.in spite of B.in favor of C.in expectation of D.in honor of