The headmaster had been trying for years to()money for a new science building.

I had better explain that I was a ______ visitor to the headmaster ’s study.

A: rare

B: silly

C: strange

D: frequent

A.have do

B.have done

C.had done

D.has done

(usual)

A. in the same

B. in similarity

C. in comparison

D. in common

was over twenty years ago. During the war, I was at school in the north of England. As soon as it ended, my family returned to London. There were not enough schools left for children to go to and my father had to go from one school to another, asking them to【C2】______ me as a pupil. I used to go with him but he had such a 【C3】______time trying to persuade people even to see him that I seldom had to do any tests. We had been to all the schools near where we lived, but the more my father argued, the more【C4】______it became. In the end, we went to a school about five miles away from home. The headmaster kept us waiting for【C5】______an hour. While we were waiting, I 【C6】______around at the school building, which was one of those old Victorian structures, completely out of date but still standing. I could hear the boys playing in the playground outside when the headmaster's secretary finally【C7】______ us into his office. Mr. Andrews spoke to me first. "Why do you want to come here？" he asked. I had been thinking of saying Something about studying but I couldn't【C8】______remembering the boys outside. "I don't know anyone in London," I said. "I like to play with the other boys. lke to read a lot of books too," I 【C9】______ "All right," Mr. Andrews said. "We have one place【C10】______ , in fact."

My two years at that school were among the happiest of my life.

【C1】

A．if

B．despite

C．although

D．since

I will never forget what my old headmaster had taught me.Normally when you are only 15 years of age you do not remember most of the things that are preached by your teachers.But,this particular story is one such lesson that I will never forget.Every time I drift off course,I get reminded of this story.

It was a normal Monday morning at an assembly,and he was addressing the students on important things in life and about committing ourselves to what was important to us.This is how the story went: An old man lived in a certain part of London,and he would wake up every morning and go to the subway.He would take the train right to Central London,and then sit at the street corner and beg.He did this every single day for almost 20 years.

His house was filthy,and a horrible smell came out of it.The neighbors could not stand the smell any longer,so they summoned the police officers to clear the place.The officers knocked down the door,cleaned the house and found small bags of money all over the house.When they counted the money,they realized that the old man was a millionaire.

They waited outside his house in anticipation to share the good news with him.When he arrived home that evening,the old man was met by one of the officers who told him that there was no need for him to beg any more as he was now a millionaire. The old man said nothing at all.He went into his house and locked the door.The next morning he woke up as usual,went to the subway,got into the train,and sat at the street corner and continued to beg.Obviously,this old man had no great plans,dreams or anything significant for his life. We learn nothing from this story other than staying focused on the things we enjoy doing.

We should remain true to our course,which may mean committing ourselves to things that people around us would normally disapprove.Let nothing distract us from being happy;let nothing else determine our fate,but ourselves.What makes us happy is what matters in the end,not what we acquire.

1. The sentence“I drift off course”might be replaced by.

(A). I do not pass a course at school

(B). I am determined to do something new

(C). I fail to stick to what I have been doing

(D). I come across difficulties in my studies

2. According to the passage，the old man.

(A). lived in Central London

(B). came from a poor family

(C). began begging as a child

(D). begged in London every day

3. When they waited for the old man,the police expected he would be.

(A). pleased to see the clean house

(B). glad to know that he was rich

(C). angry with what they had done

(D). grateful for what they did for him

4. The old man is admired mainly because.

(A). he stuck to what he did

(B). he had a splendid dream

(C). he was confident in himself

(D). he had great plans for the future

5. The old headmaster told the story to remind his students of the importance of.

(A). honesty

(B). commitment

(C). kindness

(D). patience

. He was the youngest of five sons. The Grounds were ahandsome lot: blue-eyed, fair-haired, clever ___62___ ambitious. Thefour older boys all made a success of their lives. They married beautiful girlsof good family and produced children __63___ fair and handsome andclever as themselves. The eldest became a clergyman；the second___64____ up as the headmaster ofa famous public school；the ___65___went intobusiness and became rich; the fourth ___66___ in his father's footstepsand became a lawyer. That is why everybody was amazed when the youngest Ground,Henry, turned ____67___ to be a lazy good-for-nothing.

Unlike hisbrothers, he had brown eyes and dark hair, but he was every bit ashandsome and charming，____68___madehim quite a lady-killer. And, although he never married ，___69___ is no doubt at all that Henry Ground loved women. Healso loved eating，drinking, laughing, talking and athousand other___70____ which don’t make money or improve the human life. One of his favorite pastimeswas doing nothing.

Passage Three

For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming home to an empty house. They spend part of each day alone. They are called "latchkey children". They're children who look after themselves while their parents work. And their bad conditions have become a social problem.

Lyne Brown was once the headmaster of an elementary school. She said, "A lot of kids had chains around their necks with keys attached.! was constantly telling them to put them inside shirts. There were so many keys, it never came to my mind what they meant. ",slowly, she learned they were house keys.

Lyne learned of the impact working couples and single parents were having on their children. She found that Fear is the biggest problem faced by children at home alone. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own safety.

The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding. It might be in a shower stall, under a bed, in a closet. The second is TV. They'll often play it at high volume. It's hard to get statistics (情况，材料) on latchkey children. Most parents are slow to admit they leave their children alone.

41. The main idea about "latchkey children" is that they______.

A. are growing in numbers

B. are also found in middle-class neighborhoods

C. watch too much television during the day

D. suffer problems from being left alone

d a lot of things. Everything worked well, but I found one of my husband's socks missing. I looked everywhere for it, but I couldn't find it anywhere. The next morning, I got ready for school as usual. When the bell rang, the students came in. I greeted them first and then told them what we were going to do that day. When I turned around to write on the blackboard, the class broke out a roar! They laughed and laughed. They laughed so much, in fact, that I was afraid the headmaster would be into seeing all this. I asked the class to stop, but the more I talked, the more they laughed. I decided to pay no attention to them and I continued to write on the blackboard. When I did this, they roared even more. Finally, the teacher who had the room next to mine came in to see what all the laughter was about. When he came in, he started laughing, too! “Good heavens” I said. “Will someone please tell me what is so funny” “Oh, God, ”said the teacher. “You have a brown sock to the back of your skirt! ” So that's how I found my husband's missing sock. “Oh, well, ” I said to the class. “Let's just say you have had an unforgettable lesson on static (静止的) electricity. ”

21.The writer was a teacher. ()

22.When the writer turned around to write on the blackboard, the class began to laugh loudly. ()

23.She couldn't find one of her husband's socks, because her husband had taken it away. ()

24.The teacher from the next room laughed, because he found a sock on the back of the writer's skirt. ()

25.The students told her about the laughing.()

A.why

B.who

C.which

D.whom