It was graduation day at the university where I work and a beautiful day quite unlike the first graduation I attended as a young professor．On that cold day years ago, as we watched the students walking into the hall, one of my colleagues turned to me and said, “Graduation will be one of the happiest and one of the saddest time of your life.” At my inquiry, he answered, “Because the students you have gotten to know have to leave.”

As years went by, my previous confusion about my colleague’s words no longer existed．When I came across naughty students, I have had to rethink why I chose to be a teacher．It obviously isn’t the money．Once a former computer science student of mine called me, asking me if I wanted to have a change．He was working at Nintendo Corporation．His salary was higher than my current one, though I have more education and have worked for over a decade．With my programming skills, he said he could get me hired．I thanked him, but declined his kind offer．

A few days before this current graduation, while working on final grades, I found a note a student had slipped in with her homework．She thanked me for being her teacher and said the things she had learned in my class — not about math, but about life — would be things she would remember long after the math skills had faded away．As I finished reading, I remembered why I had become a teacher．

Now, on this sunny graduation day, as I again observed the sea of blue hats and gowns, I did so with renewed dedication (奉献) and a deeper sense of satisfaction — I will always be grateful that I am a teacher．

1.Hearing his colleague’s description of graduation for the first time, the author         ．  

A．quite agreed with his colleague             B．was very puzzled

C．thought it very funny                           D．was very sad

2.The underlined part blue hats and gowns refers to         ． 

A．university colleagues                          B．graduates’ clothes 

C．life memories                                     D．decorations in the hall

3.The author wrote this passage to         ． 

A．express his devotion to being a teacher

B．compare two different graduation ceremonies

C．talk about the meaning of graduation

D．give advice on how to be a good teacher

4.The reason why he earns less than the computer science student is that         ．

A．he was only a young professor

B．he didn’t do well in his work

C．he taught his students more about life than math

D．salaries for different careers are different        

In the depth of my memory, many things I did with my father still live．These things come to represent, in fact, what I call  1and love.

    I don’t remember my father ever getting into a swimming tool．But he did   2the water．Any kind of   3ride seemed to give him pleasure． 4he loved to fish; sometimes he took me along.

    But I never really liked being on the water, the way my father did．I liked being  5the water, moving through it,  6it all around me．I was not a strong  7, or one who learned to swim early, for I had my  8．But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father’s office and  9those summer days with my father, who  10come by on a break．I needed him to see what I could do．My father would stand there in his suit, the  11person not in swimsuit.

    After swimming, I would go  12his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk, where he let me  13anything I found in his top desk drawer．Sometimes, if I was left alone at his desk  14he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldn’t be playing with his  15．But my father always  16and said easily, “Oh, no, it’s  17.” Sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get  18an ice cream…

    A poet once said, “We look at life once, in childhood; the rest is  19.” And I think it is not only what we “look at once, in childhood” that determines our memories, but  20, in that childhood, look at us．

1.A．desire                 B．joy                 C．anger              D．worry

2.A．avoid                 B．refuse              C．praise            D．love

3.A．boat                  B．bus               C．train              D．bike

4.A．But                   B．Then           C．And             D．Still

5.A．on                    B．off               C．by               D．in

6.A．having                 B．leaving            C．making           D．getting

7.A．swimmer             B．rider              C．walker           D．runner

8.A．hopes                 B．faiths              C．rights             D．fears

9.A．spending               B．saving             C．wasting           D．ruining

10.A．should                  B．would            C．had to             D．ought to

11.A．next                 B．only              C．other              D．last

12.A．away from           B．out of            C．by                D．inside

13.A．put up                B．break down      C．play with           D．work out

14.A．the moment          B．the first time       C．while               D．before

15.A．fishing net           B．office things       C．wooden chair     D．lab equipment

16.A．stood up               B．set out              C．showed up        D．turned out

17.A．fine                     B．strange              C．terrible             D．funny

18.A．the student           B．the assistant       C．myself              D．himself

19.A．memory               B．wealth              C．experience         D．practice

20.A．which                 B．who                  C．what                D．whose

 Is it a wonder that          little cells can store         　much energy? 

A．so; so                 B．so; such               C．such; such          D．such; so

 Will you see to          that my birds are well looked after while I am away?  

A．them                  B．yourself               C．me                      D．it

 --What does the model plane look like?

--Well, the wings of the plane are _____ of its body.

A．more than twice the length                    B．twice more than the length

C．more than the length twice                    D．more twice than the length

 --Have you seen Bob recently?

--No, but I was told he _______ for a new job all through the summer.

  A．has been looking                                B．had been looking 

  C．is looking                                            D．was looking

 -- Why isn't Cathy here yet?   

-- She         　to be picked up at the station．

A．could wait                                           B．must wait               

C．might be waiting                                  D．can be waiting

 I have no dreams          to have a happy life． 

A．rather than          B．more than            C．other than           D．less than

 --Good morning．How much should I pay for these books ________ to Alabama?

    -- Hm, about ten dollars.

     A．being sent                                     B．to be sent                    

       C．sent                                                D．having been sent

 How long do you think _______ the computer company turns out a new product?

  A．it will be that        B．will it be until     C．will it be since      D．it will be before