Dear Alfred,
I want to tell you how important your help is to my life.
Growing up, I had people telling me I was too slow, though, with an IQ of 150 at 17, I’m anything but stupid. The fact was that I was found to have ADIID(注意力缺陷多动障碍). Anxious all the time, I was unable to keep focused for more than an hour at a time.
However, when something did interest me, I could become absorbed. In high school, I became curious about the computer, and built my first website. Moreover, I completed the senior course of Computer Basics, plus five relevant pre-college courses.
While I was exploring my curiosity, my disease got worse. I wanted to go to college after high school, but couldn’t . So, I was killing my time at home until June 2012 when I discovered the online computer courses of your training center.
Since then, I have taken courses like Data Science and Advanced Mathematics. Currently, I’m learning your Probability course. I have hundreds of printer paper, covered in self-written notes from your video. This has given me a purpose.
Last year, I spent all my time looking for a job where, without dealing with the public , I could work alone, but still have a team to talk to. Luckily, I discovered the job—Data Analyst—this month and have been going full steam ahead. I want to prove that I can teach myself a respectful profession, without going to college, and be just as good as, if not better than, my competitors.
Thank you. You’ve given me hope that I can follow my heart. For the first time, I feel good about myself because I’m doing something, not because someone told me I was doing good. I feel whole.
This is why you’re saving my life.
Yours,
Tanis
1.why did’t Tanis go to college after high school?
A.She had learned enough about computer science
B. She had more difficulty keeping foucesed
C.She preferred taking online courses
D.She was too slow to learn
2.AS for the working environment,Tains prefers____.
A .working by herself
B.dealing with the public
C.competing against others
D.staying with ADHD students
3.Tanis wrote this letter in order to_____.
A.explain why she was interested in the computer
B.share the ideas she had for her profession
C .show how grateful she was to the center
D.describe the courses she had taken so far
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上讲该项涂黑。
A Race Against Death
It was a cold January in 1925 in North Alaska. The town was cut off from the rest of the world due to heavy snow.
On the 20th of that month, Dr.Welch a Sick boy, Billy, and knew he had diphtheria, a deadly infectious(传染的)disease mainly affecting children. The children of Nome would be if it struck the town. Dr.Welch needed medicine as soon as possible to stop other kids from getting sick. , the closest supply was over 1,000 miles away, in Anchorage.
How could the medicine get to Nome? The town`s was already full of ice, so it couldn`t come by ship. Cars and horses couldn’t travel on the roads. Jet airplanes and big trucks didn’t exist yet.
January 26, Billy and three other children had died. Twemty more were . Nome`s town officials came up with a(n) . They would have the medicine sent by from Anchorage to Nenana. From there, dogeled(狗拉雪橇)drivers—known as “mushers”—would it to Nome in a relay(接力).
The race began on January 27. The first musher, Shannon, picked up the medicine from the train at Nenana and rode all night. he handed the medicine to the next musher, Shannon`s face was black from the extreme cold.
On January 31,a musher named Seppala had to a frozen body of water called Norton Sound .It was the most part of the journey. Norton Sound was covered with ice,which could sometimes break up without warning.If that happened,Seppala might fall into the icy water below.He would ,and so would the sick children of Nome.But Seppala made it across.
A huge snowstorm hit on February 1.Amusher named Kaasen had to brave this storm.At one point,huge piles of sonw blocked his .He had to leave the trail (雪橇痕迹)to get around them.Conditions were so bad that it was impossible for him to the trail again. The only hope was Balto,Kaasen’s lead dog, Balto put his nose to the ground, to find the smell of other dogs that had traveled on the trail.If Balto failed,it would mean disaster for Nome.The minutes passed by.Suddenly, Balto began to .He had foung the trail.
At 5:30 am on February 2, Kaasen and his dog in Nome. Within minutes,Dr.Welch had the medicine.He quickly gave it to the sick children.All of them recoverd.
Nome had been .
1.A.examined B.warned C.interviewed D.cured
2.A.harmless B.helpless C. fearless D.careless
3.A.Moreover B.Therefore C.Otherwise D.However
4.A.airport B.station C. harbor D.border
5.A.narrow B. snowy C.busy D.dirty
6.A.From B.On C.By D.After
7.A.tired B.upset C. pale D.sick
8.A.plan B.excuse C.message D.topic
9.A.air B.rail C. sea D.road
10.A.carry B.return C. mail D.give
11.A.Though B.Since C. When D.If
12.A.enter B.move C. visit D.cross
13.A.shameful B.boring C.dangerous D.foolish
14.A.escape B.bleed C. swim D.die
15.A.memory B.exit C.way D.destination
16.A.find B.fix C. pass D.change
17.A.pretending B.trying C. asking D.learning
18.A.run B.leave C. bite D.play
19.A.gathered B.stayed C. camped D.arrived
20.A.controlled B.saved C.founded D.developed
I am not afraid of tomorrow, ______ I have seen yesterday and I love today.
A. so B. and
C. for D. but
Why didn’t you tell me about your trouble last week? If you ___ me, I could have helped.
A. told B. had told
C. were to tell D. would tell
I really enjoy listening to music ___ it helps me relax and takes my mind away from other cares of the day.
A. because B. before
C. unless D. until
Newly-built wooden cottages line the street, _______ the old town into a dreamland.
A. turn B. turning
C. to turn D. turned
