When I was learning calligraphy my teacher told me a story.

A calligrapher taught handwriting. One of his students who often practised handwriting with old sheets of newspapers complained that he made very little progress though he had learned it with the calligrapher for a long time. His teacher said to him, “Try to use the best paper. Maybe you’ll write better. ”

　The student did as he was told. It really worked. He made headway not long afterwards and felt curious. He asked his teacher about the reason. The calligrapher answered, “When you used old newspapers to practice handwriting，you would think you were writing a draft（草稿）.  It didn’t matter if you wrote badly as old newspapers were plenty in supply. In that case you wouldn’t pay much attention to it. Now you use the best paper you’ll treasure it. Each time you write you feel strongly about the rarity (稀少) of chances and you’ll devote to it with all your heart and soul; you’ll do the handwriting much more attentively than otherwise practising it. Of course you’ve made rapid progress.”

Indeed，we spend our ordinary days just as they are worthless “old newspapers”. We don’t care if we scrawl and waste them, thinking that they will come endlessly --- those “old newspapers” are inexhaustible. In such a mood we may each day pass by opportunities but fail to catch any of them.

Life is not a military exercise but an actual war in which real weapons are used. In everyday life there’s no chance for us to draw a draft. That’s because what we call “draft” actually is the answer sheet we write that cannot be changed. Every day of our life is something new. Let us take every day as a sheet of best paper.

1.The calligrapher in the story told the student to write on the best paper because he thought _______.

A．the student would practice more carefully on the best paper

B．it was comfortable to write on the bet paper

C．the student had enough money to buy the best paper.

D．the student could write more on the best paper.

2.The student didn’t make much progress at first because _________.

A．he regarded his writing on old newspaper just as a draft

B．he was too poor to buy better paper to write

C．he didn’t follow his teacher’s advice

D．he was not used to the calligrapher’s teaching manner

3.We learn from the passage that _________.

A．the student finally gave up

B．the student made rapid progress by persisting more carefully

C．the calligrapher was strict with his students

D．old newspaper is not useful

4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．What teachers say is always true.

B．Success calls for attentiveness.

C．Handwriting is easy to practice.

D．New things are always better than old ones.

5.The writer wants to tell us that _________.

A．there are some good ways to practice handwriting

B．life is like old newspaper

C．we should learn from the student in the story

D．life will not give us a chance to draw a draft

One winter term during college, I took a history class to fulfill a requirement.

The professor was a     1    fellow with red hair. He would walk shyly into the room wearing his hooded (带帽的) winter coat, once not even     2    the hood during the lecture. He was terribly nervous in class and lowered his head     3    looking up through his glasses at his students.

So I     4    a little game for myself. I would try to find something in his lecture to ask him an intelligent question about,     5    me to pay attention rather than letting my eyes close. He was obviously     6     to have a question to answer. In fact, his answers were always interesting.

I continued to do this every day of the course and found myself actually enjoying the subject. The professor seemed to become a bit more     7    and some of the other students even     8    from time to time. My little game had saved me from being bored, as it was   9  to do. And, I learned quite a bit about ancient world history. Except for all of his strange __10  , he was indeed quite an expert in his field.

On the last day of his class, we gathered our     11    and headed out the door. The shy, red-haired professor     12    directly in front of me, with obvious efforts, as I reached the door, and put out his hand. He said, “I want to thank you for making this class so interesting.” As he shook my hand and     13    for the first time, I was so surprised. To me, it had been a pleasant way to     14    the time. I had no idea that all of my question asking had any    15    on him or the others at all.

Each of us, through the things we say and do, can have a great effect not just on our own experiences, but those of others.

1.                A．strange         B．patient         C．popular   D．proud

2.                A．cleaning        B．noticing         C．removing D．wearing

3.                A．hardly          B．simply          C．absolutely D．quickly

4.                A．played         B．continued       C．created   D．bought

5.                A．reminding       B．forcing         C．allowing  D．telling

6.                A．angry          B．surprised       C．sad  D．pleased

7.                A．relaxed         B．traditional       C．reasonable    D．concerned

8.                A．gave up        B．fell behind      C．look back D．joined in

9.                A．designed       B．permitted       C．challenged    D．forbidden

10.               A．explanation     B．appearance     C．secret D．hobby

11.               A．collection       B．friends         C．game D．books

12.               A．waited         B．apologized      C．greeted   D．stepped

13.               A．regretted       B．smiled         C．cried D．required

14.               A．pass           B．save           C．fix   D．waste

15.               A．guidance       B．result          C．mercy D．effect

Childhood is a time （1）_____ there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do.  (2)_____ is impossible that he will ever again in his life (3)________(give) so much without having to do anything in return. But a child hashis pains; he is not so free to do (4) _____he wishes to; he is continually being told not to do something, or being punished (5)_____ what he has done wrong.

When the child has become a young man and this young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work on his own if he wants to live (6)________ (comfort). If he spends most of his time (7) ________(play) about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go (8)________ (hunger). If, however, he works hard, (9)________(keep) out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in (10)________ (social).

Unless __________, she won’t go to any party.

A．inviting           B．having invited      C．invited            D．being invited

__________ his project, the boy had to stay up late.

A．Not finishing                           B．Not finished

C．Having not finished                      D．Not having finished

________ I agree with you; let’s combine our ideas into a strong point.

A．On the whole                          B．As a whole

C．In the way                             D．Under no circumstances

There are ________ food on sale in the trade fair.

A．a great many                           B．lots of

C．a great deal of                          D．large quantities of

_______ is agreed that the traffic accident was largely ________ the driver’s carelessness.

A．He, leading to      B．It, resulted in       C．It, due to          D．He, thanks to

I could never_________ such a person ________ always complains everything.

A．come up with, who                      B．put up with, as

C．end up with, who                       D．live up to, as

_________ can you expect success.

A．By working hard                        B．Working hard

C．Only with hard work                     D．Through hard work