Can you imagine that a 14-year-old boy goes to university? Jia Zijun, from Henan, has just done that. He is the _______ freshman (新生) at Beihang University in 2021. Jia Zijun took part in gaokao in June and got a total score of 642. People often think students like him must be very _______. But Jia thinks his _______ just came from his curiosity (好奇) and good study habits.
“When I was in Grade l, I was curious about _______ we were going to learn next. So I borrowed Grade 2 textbooks and learned the lessons during my summer holidays. I enjoyed learning new things,” he said. _______ this, Jia skipped Grade 2, and then Grade 4.
As Jia went to high school, he _______ things were getting harder to learn. So he started to make plans every day and set (制定) _______ for himself. “I strictly followed the plans, and _______ could see my progress.” Jia also _______ what he learned each day before going to bed. __________ there was something he couldn’t remember well, he would take a look at it the next morning. “I wasn’t good at __________ in high school, so I printed the vocabulary lists and stuck them on my bed. Every morning when I woke up, I __________ the words, and it was a good way to remember things.”
When Jia felt __________, he had a special way to relax: working on math problems. “I’d like to find difficult problems to challenge myself, and when I worked them __________, I felt really happy.”
In the future, Jia hopes he can keep his curiosity and study habits in university, and keep __________ himself to become a better and more useful person to society.
16. A.youngest | B.smartest | C.thinnest | D.shortest |
17. A.shy | B.handsome | C.proud | D.talented |
18. A.courage | B.success | C.fame | D.humor |
19. 20. A.Instead of | B.According to | C.Except for | D.Because of |
21. A.wondered | B.expected | C.discovered | D.doubted |
22. A.dates | B.goals | C.prices | D.scoops |
23. A.hardly | B.probably | C.gradually | D.completely |
24. A.reviewed | B.compared | C.copied | D.overcame |
25. A.Although | B.If | C.Unless | D.Before |
26. A.physics | B.math | C.English | D.chemistry |
27. A.looked through | B.looked after | C.looked up | D.looked for |
28. A.uncomfortable | B.stressed | C.satisfied | D.excited |
29. 30. A.producing | B.expressing | C.improving | D.repeating |