Lucy, a girl in my class, who I thought was not ready for change, didn’t like me from the start. In fact, I was pretty sure she hated me. I would ask her a question, and I could tell she thought I was a total fool.
My teacher made us sit by each other for the last term. Lucy was horrified (惊骇的). I didn’t wear make-up (化妆品), and I didn’t wear those terrible bell-bottom pants. I didn’t exactly look like the coolest girl. But, I kept smiling at her, though she rolled her eyes, and I kept telling her she looked beautiful, even when she was angry.
Finally, Lucy let me talk to her, even in sight of her “cool” friends. She started telling me how beautiful I looked. I still remember that first time when she smiled at me saying that, and I smiled right back, telling her thanks. Lucy invited me over to her house for a party, and talked to me all the time instead of her other friends. Lucy, the girl who hated me, called me her best friend. After that, we still were good friends a whole year later.
I may have moved to Arizona after that, but I will never forget Lucy. It’s funny — I still remember her birthday. She was a great friend. And to think, she considered me her enemy at first. Though it was hard, and it felt like I was wasting my time, and losing my dignity (尊严), I still smiled at Lucy when she made fun of me. I’m not stupid, I didn’t think she was right in doing those things, but I still put up with it. And we became great friends.
About two weeks ago, I read a sentence by Abraham Lincoln: “Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?” Immediately, I smiled, thinking of Lucy. That sentence just reminded me how great it was for me to change Lucy into my friend in that state of Iowa five years ago.
1. When the author started at a new school in Iowa, she worried ________.
| A．she looked stupid when asking questions |
| B．she didn’t look like the coolest girl in her class |
| C．she was not ready for change at all |
| D．she couldn’t get along well with her classmates |
| A．By wearing make-up. |
| B．By keeping smiling at Lucy. |
| C．By wearing bell-bottom pants. |
| D．By sitting beside Lucy in class. |
| A．it was right of her to suffer when making friends |
| B．it was a waste of time to make friends with Lucy |
| C．it was a shameful thing to put up with what Lucy did |
| D．it was foolish of her to smile at Lucy all the time |
| A．Patience is important in making friends. |
| B．Friendship needs to be cared for. |
| C．Making friends means losing enemies. |
| D．Kindness can defeat any enemy. |
2 . Turning on the TV, a wonderful scene comes to your eyes — a group of men, tall, strong and handsome, and women, young, beautiful and attractive, too. Together they eat in the finest restaurants, traveling everywhere around the world by luxurious planes and pleasure ships. They are models.
Do you envy them？What sort of life are models leading？Is it a wonderful life for a young lady or a young man?
A few models are well-known actors or actresses who can make a lot of money only by showing themselves off in commercials. But the majority of them are just curious to see what it is like. They’d like to be models just because they are attracted by what they imagine — models earn a lot of money and lead a glorious life. This is true for those who are very successful. However, most models find it difficult to get work. Very few can earn enough to live on, and for all models their expenses are high. Their agents claim about 20% of the earnings, and no model will get very far without a clever agent. Besides, they have to buy good clothing. They also have to pay to travel to interviews and reach the places where the work is to be done.
Interviews for a model job are known as cattle markets in the modeling world, and not without a good reason. A top model can choose his or her work, demand and receive high fees and has his or her expenses paid. But for most models, the situation is quite different. An agent or employer inspects each model much as a farmer inspects cattle at a market. Intelligence, qualifications and personal characteristics count for little against good looks and tight figures. For all except the very few lucky ones, the life of a model is a continual search for work, trying to sell him or her in the face of fierce competition and, sometimes, not particularly moral standards on the part of some employers.
Immigration officials at the airport look suspiciously at a girl whose passport shows her occupation as “Model”, and these are men and women of considerable experience of the world. It comes no surprise to find that some models prefer to put “Secretary” or “Businessman” as their jobs in their passports.
1. For models, their good looks and tight figures are _________,compared with their intelligence and qualifications.| A．more important | B．less needed |
| C．less essential | D．more looked down upon |
| A．A model’s traveling expenses are usually paid by his employer. |
| B．To be a model, good looks are the most important qualification. |
| C．Most models have a fairly easy way of life with high pay. |
| D．A model can hardly be successful without a good agent. |
| A．They want to avoid being stopped to sign their names by fans |
| B．A person with the occupation of a model is easily attacked by black societies |
| C．Models are sometimes looked down upon |
| D．Secretaries and businessmen are free of custom duty |
| A．It’s a worthwhile life for a young lady or a young man. |
| B．He is in favor of young people to try modeling. |
| C．Before being crazy about a model job, young people should be aware of the difficulties. |
| D．It is a field in which everyone has a great chance to succeed. |
| A．doubtfully | B．excitedly |
| C．proudly | D．sadly |
My father went to high school in the 1960s．Like his
Her nickname for our group of Drama Club was "the Throwaway Kids"．
We have all become
| A．famous | B．active | C．anxious | D．attractive |
| A．lost | B．provided | C．kept | D．shared |
| A．teacher | B．classmate | C．mother | D．father |
| A．life | B．job | C．space | D．season |
| A．dying | B．singing | C．acting | D．playing |
| A．Poor | B．angry | C．anxious | D．alone |
| A．taught | B．constructed | C．ordered | D．noticed |
| A．protected | B．developed | C．scolded | D．affected |
| A．Interesting | B．Exciting | C．Shocking | D．Encouraging |
| A．because | B．if | C．But | D．although |
| A．purely | B．exactly | C．obviously | D．basically |
| A．entertained | B．accepted | C．disliked | D．demanded |
| A．consuming | B．contributing | C．confirming | D．connecting |
| A．fills | B．marks | C．covers | D．deals |
| A．After | B．With | C．To | D．By |
| A．natural | B．simple | C．entire | D．casual |
| A．fel1 | B．rang | C．broke | D．rolled |
| A．classmates | B．soldiers | C．adults | D．graduates |
| A．tradition | B．culture | C．custom | D．behavior |
| A．wastes | B．puts | C．takes | D．Pulls |
