阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21—40题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
I was in the ninth year at St Joseph’s High School, when I began to suffer depression. My parents noticed, but felt that since I’d always been a responsible girl and a good student, this was just a temporary 21 .
Unfortunately, that was not to be. I didn’t have many friends. I could never share my 22. A deep insecurity destroyed my self-confidence. Soon I 23 to attend classes for many days. I would shut myself in my room for hours.
The examinations were approaching, 24 I simply didn’t care. My parents and teachers were surprised at my bad performance.
One morning, after a particularly 25 lecture from Dad, I stood depressed, in the school assembly. 26 , as the other students marched to their classroom, our principal 27 me. I made my way to Sister Sylvia’s office.
The next 45 minutes were the most 28 moments of my life. Sister Sylvia said she’d noticed a big 29 in me. She wanted to know why I was lagging in studies, so frequently 30 and unhappy. She took my hand in hers and 31 patiently as I spilled out my worries. She then 32 me as I sobbed my pent-up (压抑的)emotions out. Months of frustration and loneliness 33 in her motherly hug.
No one had tried to 34 what the real problem was, but my principal had done it with her simple act of just listening to me with such 35 and caring.
As the examinations approached again, I studied 36 . When the results were 37 , everybody was pleased, but happiest of all was my principal.
I soon made new friends and was happy 38 . But whenever I had a problem, I could always slip into Sister Sylvia’s office for a(n) 39 .
Today I’m a 40 young woman doing my MA and hoping to become a writer. I’ve become an inspiration to several of my friends and cousins, thanks to a kind nun who cared.
1.A. basis B. stageC. adjustment D. solution
2.A. viewpointsB. experiences C. problems D. dreams
3.A. skipped B. refused C. regretted D. forgot
4.A. otherwiseB. thoughC. butD. or
5.A. severe B. public C. popularD. formal
6.A. Also B. Therefore C. Still D. Then
7.A. attractedB. accompaniedC. calledD. instructed
8.A. preciousB. curious C. anxious D. serious
9.A. quality B. change C. mistake D. faith
10.A. absent B. dishonestC. aggressiveD. calm
11.A. looked B. waited C. listened D. worked
12.A. hugged B. acknowledge C. observed D. educated
13.A. passed awayB. rode awayC. drove awayD. melted away
14.A. reveal B. understand C. realizeD. doubt
15.A. dignityB. courageC. attentionD. satisfaction
16.A. hard B. aloneC. closelyD. abroad
17.A. declaredB. obtainedC. appliedD. compared
18.A. foreverB. againC. anyhowD. instead
19.A. requestB. effectC. reasonD. chat
20.A. mature B. quietC. smartD. happy
David dislikes television heroes who smoke, __________?
A. do they B. don’t they
C. doesn’t he D. does he
— I was hoping you were able to lend me the money.
— __________________
A. That’s right! B. You can forget that!
C. You are welcome. D. Never mind.
It is only with the help of scientific research _____ bring PM1 air pollution under control.
A. that we will B. we will
C. that we do D. do we
When travelling in America, we stayed in a quiet hotel, __________.
A. next to it was a thick wood
B. next to which was a thick wood.
C. next to it there was a thick wood
D. next to which a thick wood was
A Chinese immigrant ______ neighbours said struggled to survive in America was arrested
Sunday because he used a butcher knife to kill his relatives.
A. whose B. which
C. whom D. who