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As a kid I loved everything about school.  I loved books,1      ，tests and homework. Most of all I longed to someday march down the aisle (通道) to receive my 2       . That seemed more appealing even than getting married. But at 15 ,I had to 3        because my parents 4        afford tuition. My hope of getting a diploma was dead.

  Pretty soon,I married.  I had three children,and I thought, "There 5       my diploma."

  Even so,I wanted my children to be educated. But Linda,our youngest child,had juvenile arthritis (幼年型關(guān)節(jié)炎) in her 6        and knees,which made it 7        for her to function (活動(dòng)) in a normal classroom.

  One day,I saw an ad in the newspaper for evening courses.

  "That's the answer," I said to myself. Linda always felt8      in the evening,so I would just sign her up for night school.

  Linda was busy9      out enrolment (人學(xué)) forms when the secretary said: "Mrs Schantz,why don't you come back to10       ？”

  I 11       ，"There's no way!I'm55!"

  12      he insisted,and before I knew what I had done,1 was enrolled for classes in English and crafts."This is only an experiment,"I13      him,but he just smiled. To my surprise,both Linda and I thrived (苗壯成長(zhǎng)) in evening school. I went back again the next semester,and my grades 14      improved.

  It was15      going to school again,but it was no game. Sitting in a class full of kids was awkward,16      most of them were respectful and encouraging. Dur?ing the day,I still had loads of housework to do. But when I was down,Linda en?couraged me, "Mum,you can't 17       now!" And when she was down,I18       her. Together we saw it through. At last,I got my diploma.19      ,my classmates voted unanimously (—致地) for me to be class speaker,and I got a $ 3,000 college scholarship.

 Yes,Mum,I was late for school,but I got there 20       .

1. A. parents   B. teachers   C. trees   D. flowers

2. A. job   B. present   C. certification   D. diploma

3. A. drop out   B. watch out   C. keep out   D. find out

4. A. wouldn't   B. couldn't   C. shouldn't   D. needn't

5. A. goes   B. comes   C. exists   D. breaks

6. A. hands   B. head   C. eyes   D. stomach

7. A. likely   B. frequent   C. easy   D. impossible

8. A. worse   B. excited   C. better   D. annoyed

9. A. giving   B. taking   C. filling   D. sending

10. A. work   B. school   C. home   D. office

11. A. laughed   B. told   C. argued   D. shouted

12. A. And   B. But   C. Although   D. So

13. A. informed   B. asked   C. warned   D. convinced

14. A. regularly   B. happily   C. steadily   D. naturally

15. A. interesting   B. disappointing   C. concerned   D. exciting

16. A. as if   B. even if   C. in case   D. if only

17. A. continue   B. rest   C. quit   D. hesitate

18. A. raised   B. discouraged   C. cheered   D. defeated

19. A. To my surprise   B. To my satisfaction   C. To my relief   D. To my credit

20. A. naturally B. frequently   C. constantly   D. eventually

Answer 1

[文章大意]文章講述了Schantz夫人小時(shí)候很喜歡上學(xué)，因?yàn)楦改肛?fù)擔(dān)不起學(xué)費(fèi)而輟學(xué)。她55歲時(shí)和女兒一起上夜校并獲得了大學(xué)獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金，最終實(shí)現(xiàn)了自己小時(shí)候的夢(mèng)想。

1. B 根據(jù)第一句"...I loved everything about school."可知，

"我"喜歡的是和學(xué)校有關(guān)的一切，故選擇B項(xiàng)。

2. D結(jié)合下文中"My hope of getting a diploma was dead."可知選擇D項(xiàng)。

3. A drop out輟學(xué);watch out當(dāng)心，小心;keep out阻止進(jìn)人; find out找到，發(fā)現(xiàn)。下文說(shuō)"我"獲得畢業(yè)文憑的夢(mèng)想破滅了，又提到學(xué)費(fèi)，可推斷出父母付不起學(xué)費(fèi)，"我"輟學(xué)了。

4. B can't/couldn't afford負(fù)擔(dān)不起。

5. A作者輟學(xué)后，結(jié)婚生子，沒(méi)有拿到文憑。

6. A根據(jù)"…juvenile arthritis (幼年型關(guān)節(jié)炎) …"可知選A項(xiàng)。

7. D琳達(dá)因?yàn)橛杏啄晷完P(guān)節(jié)炎，所以在正常學(xué)校的教室里活動(dòng)是不可能的，應(yīng)選擇D項(xiàng)。

8. C根據(jù)下文"…so I would just sign her up for night school." 可知，琳達(dá)在晚上感覺(jué)要好很多。

9. C fill out forms填寫表格。

10. B根據(jù)上下文可知，此處是說(shuō)"你為什么不來(lái)學(xué)校呢？"

11. A laugh笑;tell告訴;argue爭(zhēng)論;shout大喊。結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知這里指笑著說(shuō)。

12. B從上文可知，"我"一開始拒絕了夜校秘書的提議，但是他堅(jiān)持讓"我"報(bào)名。

13. C inform通知;ask問(wèn);warn提醒;convince說(shuō)服。"我"提醒他"我"只是嘗試一下。

14. C regularly有規(guī)律地;happily開心地;steadily穩(wěn)定地;natumlly自然地。"我"的成績(jī)穩(wěn)步提高。

15. D interesting有趣的;disappointing令人失望的;concerned 關(guān)心的;excking令人激動(dòng)的。再次去上學(xué)是令人激動(dòng)的事情。

16. B as if似乎，好像;even if盡管;in case以防;if only要是……就好了。和一群孩子坐在一起很尷尬，盡管他們中大多數(shù)人都尊重和鼓勵(lì)"我"。

17. C continue繼續(xù);rest休息;quit放棄;hesitate猶豫。琳達(dá)鼓勵(lì)"我"不能放棄。

18. C raise養(yǎng)育;discourage勸阻;cheer鼓勵(lì);defeat擊敗。-當(dāng)她情緒低落時(shí)，"我"鼓勵(lì)她。

19. A to one's surprise令某人驚訝的是；to one's satisfaction 令某人滿意的是；to one's relief令某人松了一口氣；to one's credk使某人值得表?yè)P(yáng)的是。令"我"驚訝的是，全班同學(xué)一致同意選"我"作班級(jí)發(fā)言人。

20. D naturally自然地;frequently經(jīng)常地;constantly不斷地; eventually最終。"我"最終實(shí)現(xiàn)了自己的夢(mèng)想。