Where was I? The room was dark and quiet. My head hurt really badly. I shouted, “Help! Help! Can anybody help me?”
After a while somebody came in. The room was so dark that I couldn’t see his face clearly. The man turned on the light and said with a sharp voice, “Ah! Sweetie, do you still remember who I am?” I was shocked. Oh, my God! I cried, “You are Michael Zey, the man I charged with murder! Why are you here? You should be in prison!”
“You never thought about the result of charging a gang（犯罪团伙）leader, did you? Because of you, I was in prison for 15 years. You ruined my life!” His voice was very cold. My face was pale with fear. He was here to take revenge（报复）!
“Please, let me go! Don't hurt me! Please!” I asked him. “Dr. Calme
nt, you are smart enough to know it is impossible. Now, I give you two choices. One is shooting your head. It is the quickest way. The other is cremation（火葬）. Your husband and you will be together forever. It’s quite romantic. Don't you think?” He spoke angrily. “What? My husband? He is innocent!” I shouted at him.
Suddenly, he took hold of my head and said, “You will pay for what you have done to me.” He took out a gun from his bag.
“Help! Help! Can anybody help me?”
1.What might have happened to the writer before the man came in?
A. She had taken his place and become a gang leader.
B. She had come to this place to see her husband.
C. She wanted to pay for what she had done to Michael Zey.
D. She had been beaten terribly.
2.Which of the following words can best describe how the writer felt when the story happened?
A. Surprised. B. Terrified. C. Amazed. D. Puzzled.
3.What does the underlined word “it” in the fourth paragraph refer to?
A. To let her go. B. To hurt her. C. To take revenge. D. To stay in prison.
“A” for Attitude
English was always my favorite subject. In my freshman year of high school, I could write a killer composition. In my second year, my teacher me to give spelling tests to the class. I had a time of my junior year. Mrs Alexander me to sit at her desk and take over the class when she had to leave the room. Only my senior English class was , as we had a teacher right out of college who expected work. Every student received a "C" or "D" grade the first quarter. But English was still my favorite subject.
I graduated from high school, early and had children. about my English, I often helped my kids with their English homework. And I wrote long articles and beautiful poetry as a columnist for a newspaper. Fifteen years later, I went to college, and because I had been an "A" student, I remained an "A" student. I up to my own expectations.
Yesterday, I my high school report cards when I was reading old papers. That bundle of report cards back the old days. I remembered sitting in my advisor's office, explaining that I had always be at English, and recommending that I did not deserve a '"D" from that inexperienced teacher of my senior year. The advisor was but unable to change a(an) . Reading through my old report cards revealed something else too. I wanted to them or hide them. I was not an "A" student in high school English! Somehow, I had myself of this, when the grades clearly reflected an average student with an "A" or "B" but mostly "C” S.
Had I lived up to those grades and myself according to those letters, I would have never confidently sought my writing career. Had I my early grades instead of myself, I would have allowed my fear of failure to enthusiasm and damage my creativity. Instead, I my younger self as an "A" English student, except for that undeserved "D".
1.A. scolded B. allowedC. ordered D. reminded
2.A. badB. complexC. terribleD. wonderful
3.A. approvedB. appointedC. expectedD. urged
4.A. flexible B. creativeC. disappointingD. controversial
5.A. college-levelB. basedC. difficultD. easy
6.A. marriedB. workedC. succeeded D. progressed
7.A. SadB. Confident C. AnxiousD. Curious
8.A. added B. lived C. grew D. went
9.A. countedB. rememberedC. approachedD. discovered
10.A.
brought B. turned C. heldD. kept
11.A. nervous B. good C. poorD. terrible
12.A. impolite B. impatientC.
inexperiencedD. sympathetic
13.A. gradeB. figureC. paperD. entry
14.A. tearB. fireC. cryD. escape
15.A. warnedB. reminded C. informedD. convinced
16.A. average B. enthusiastic C. outstanding D. occasional
17.A. considered B. deniedC. reflected D. described
18.A. abandonedB. given C. believed inD. doubted
19.A. changeB. riskC. defeat D. reminded
20.A. looked B. viewedC. sang D. criticized
On returning home, she found a note _______ to the door, _______ “Call in later.”
A. attaching; reading B. attaches; saying
C. attached; which reads D. attached; reading
Although all of the apples ________, none of them ________ good.
A. have been tasted; tasteB. have been tasted; are tasted
C. have tasted; tasteD. have tasted; are tasted
Such good use had been his spare time_________ his English has improved a lot．
A
. made of; as B. made of; that C. made in; that D. found in; as
Was it from Libya ______ wars suddenly broke out _____ we managed to rescue the Chinese working staff?
A. that; whereB. which; thatC. where; that D. where; which
