During my high school years, the most important thing was what I was wearing to the Friday night dance and who I was taking. Although college was talked about, it was the least of my worries.
When I was graduating eighth grade and starting high school, my older brother was graduating twelfth grade and going onto college. For my graduation, he gave me a card in which he wrote, “Enjoy your four years…, they go by fast.” I remember not believe him then, but looking back…, he was right. Those four years shaped who I was as a person, pushed me to my limit and encouraged me to become an adult.
However, I was so completely absorbed in my junior and senior years of high school, that when someone spoke of college I brushed it off. I wasn't ready to leave my comfort zone of having all of my closest friends together and knowing what every single day was going to be like . Studying was something I did only AFTER I nailed my half-time dance performance. I knew my parents wanted me to go to college, so I told them I would go to commuity college (社区学院)and I didn’t worry about my SAT（美国大学入学考试）scores.
When my senior year passed and everyone graduated and went off to their own college ,I started to wish I had done the same. My friends were living away, meeting new people, discovering new places, and I was living at home and driving to and from class every day. It seemed exactly like high school. I hated it! I thought college was supposed to be different! Why didn’t I take more time to research colleges and do the same? I ended up loving college and wishing I had four years to enjoy the campus(大学校园)atmosphere instead of two.
My advice to anyone thinking about attending college is to think about it very seriously and look into all of your choices well ahead of time. Now I have graduate and I am working full time and I would do anything to go back to my high school days for a second chance!
1.Why didn’t the author worry about his SAT scores?
A．He wanted to go to community college.
B．He had a gift for dance.
C．He was well prepared for the exam.
D．He believed his brother would help him.
2.When in high school, the author .
A．drove to and from class every day
B．buried himself in his study all the time
C．enjoyed talking about future college life
D．lived in the school except on holidays
3.What did the author’s brother mean by “Enjoy your four years…, they go by fast.”?
A．He wished the author to have more dance.
B．He advised the author to value the years.
C．He encouraged the author to leave his comfort zone.
D．He suggested the author aim at a community college.
4.Talking of his high school years, the author feels .
A．regretful B．lonely C．angry D．pleased
There was a temple, in front of which stood an ancient banyan ( 菩提树 ). One ____
morning, a monk got up to____the courtyard and noticed the fallen leaves were everywhere. He couldn’t help worrying and stared at the tree to____. Suddenly he dropped the broom and rushed to his master’s room. He knocked at the door to request for____.
When the master caught sight of his worried____，he thought something must have taken place. He asked with ____,“Why are you in a panic？”
The young monk was full of____and questioned，“Master, you persuade us to struggle to____our moral character and grasp the truth. However, even though I learn them well, it is hard to avoid____. Till then, aren't we just like the leaves in autumn or the deadwood in winter? And we will be buried by a handful of soil？”
Having heard it, the master pointed at the ancient banyan and____to him,“There is no____to worry about it. With winds blowing hard and the snow falling down heavily，the leaves in autumn and the deadwood in winter will climb back to the trees____and become the flowers in spring and grow up into the leaves in summer.”
“Why don't I see it？”
“The____is that there isn't any view in your heart, so you can't see the bloom.”
Facing the dancing leaves and____they will be in bloom, you need to be optimistic. There are always some miseries which may____you when you are unprepared, but we don't need to worry for the____of this day.
Treat life with the attitude of optimism, because it can not only____the pain and misfortune, but also bring a kind of____mood to you. As long as the____is in the heart, the paths full of the sweet smell of flowers are____.
1.A．spring B．summer C．autumn D．winter
2.A．take up B．make up C．bring up D．clean up
3.A．sign B．sigh C．admire D．cheer
4.A．interview B．invitation C．arrangementD．description
5.A．expression B．impression C．attitude D．behavior
6.A．excitement B．anger C．concern D．courage
7.A．doubt B．pride C．respect D．enthusiasm
8.A．change B．develop C．show D．discover
9.A．danger B．death C．growth D．accident
10.A．announced B．suggested C．explained D．declared
11.A．wonder B．choice C．use D．need
12.A．quickly B．silently C．badly D．worriedly
13.A．result B．answer C．reason D．course
14.A．imagining B．realizing C．demanding D．designing
15.A．relieve B．occupy C．strike D．abandon
16.A．beginning B．arrival C．harm D．dream
17.A．agree B．dissolve C．compare D．choose
18.A．disappointed B．puzzled C．satisfied D．left
19.A．environment B．view C．point D．sight
20.A．somewhere B．everywhere C．somehow D．anyhow
—What do you want to do next? We have half an hour until the basketball game.
—_______. Whatever you want to do is fine with me.
A. It just depends B. It’s up to you
C. All right D. Glad to hear that
Diane couldn’t sleep last night ______ all the noise her neighbors were making.
A. according to B. as for C. instead of D. as a result of
With so much work ______ , I have to stay at home for a whole day and I’m almost at breaking point.
A. done B. doing C. to do D. having done
This is the only way that I can think of _______ the problem of water waste in urban areas.
A. settling B. to settle C. settle D. settled
