1 . Meagan, my youngest child, studies in a high school. She’ll ______it soon and she has gained a scholarship from a university.

Her brother is a physician; her sisters major in computer. In a way, all of this ______for my New Year’s resolution (决定) made years ago. That evening my husband, Gary, said, “I’ve decided on my New Year’s resolution. I’ll take ______ lessons.” I answered. “What about me? I’m stuck in the kitchen, bed rooms, and yards due to the kids. It’s not that I don’t ______ being a mother, but that sometimes I wish to do something for myself, too.”

“Why don’t you?” Gary ______, “Surely you can think of something to be away from the ______ .” His words comforted me. ______ I was a non-native English speaker, I thought I could take an English class at college to improve my ______ so that people would understand me better. Later, I realized taking a class would ______ me, and that my kids would have an advantage, too.

“You’re ______,” I replied. “I decide to take an English class and see if the college will accept me.” “Give it a(n) ______,” Gary said. “I’m sure you’ll make it.” ______, in my heart, I just felt a bit doubtful.

And before applying to college, I was ______ baby number three. So I ______ my plan made before. One day, Gary said______,“I have finally found an excellent guitar teacher.”And he added, “What about your resolution? Have you signed up for your classes?”

I ______ my head, explaining it was because I was pregnant and that I had decided to apply to college after my delivery. Gary ______, saying I should register for the spring term before the baby came. I followed Gary’s advice. Later, I went to a good college and ______some papers. I was ______that after my papers were read, I was given a chance to take classes.

Now I fully realize the _____ of the New Year’s resolution. My following through that resolution inspired my kids, greatly contributing to their achievements in education.

1.

A．leave

B．quit

C．pick

D．visit

2.

A．came around

B．came about

C．came down

D．came in

3.

A．physics

B．computer

C．English

D．music

4.

A．escape

B．remember

C．mind

D．enjoy

5.

A．encouraged

B．commanded

C．warned

D．argued

6.

A．school

B．house

C．hospital

D．company

7.

A．Since

B．When

C．Although

D．If

8.

A．talent

B．spirit

C．accent

D．memory

9.

A．challenge

B．benefit

C．interrupt

D．impress

10.

A．right

B．welcome

C．strange

D．strong

11.

A．award

B．explanation

C．advantage

D．shot

12.

A．Otherwise

B．Therefore

C．However

D．Meanwhile

13.

A．raising

B．counting

C．expecting

D．calling

14.

A．canceled

B．postponed

C．showed

D．discussed

15.

A．curiously

B．sympathetically

C．anxiously

D．excitedly

16.

A．lifted

B．nodded

C．patted

D．shook

17.

A．compromised

B．regretted

C．disagreed

D．remembered

18.

A．made up

B．filled out

C．looked through

D．gave away

19.

A．embarrassed

B．worried

C．delighted

D．determined

20.

A．influence

B．origin

C．process

D．difficulty

2 . 阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

I was traveling with my husband and three teenage sons, in the United States. We ordered our food at a fast-food place, and with my meal I also wanted a blueberry pie. My husband is the chatty one in the family and likes to socialize, so he started to a conversation about the place where blueberries grow with the girl. She answered, with some anxiety, “They grow on trees.”

The whole family’s jaws dropped! How could this girl not know where blueberries grow? We tried not to embarrass her, and just took the opportunity to teach her a little about how blueberries grow, on small shrubs on the ground. She seemed to appreciate learning something new. We can’t know all the same things, as you’ll see from the next thing I’m going to tell you.

In 2002 our family made a short trip to a coffee plantation. The road to the plantation was narrow filled with hairpin bends. I worried about hitting another car. We didn’t, lucky us! When we finally got to our destination, we learned a lot about the plantation and coffee production, but we didn’t see any coffee plants. Where were they? We decided to ask one of the people working there. “So where are the coffee plants? We can’t see them anywhere.”

She reached out her arm and caught a twig right next to us and explained, “This is the coffee plant and these little things will be coffee beans.” I looked around in embarrassment, as we were surrounded by coffee plants! She explained that coffee plants aren’t big and that they have to grow in the shade of other bigger plants. I appreciated her lesson.

We love our coffee, but I’m sure most of my countrymen would not be able to recognize a coffee plant among other tropical plants if asked. Our jaws can drop at different things, depending on geographical locations, at what we know and don’t know. Never take anything for granted!

1. What topic did the author’s husband discuss with the girl? (no more than 5 words)
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2. How do you understand the underlined part in Paragraph 2? (no more than 10 words)
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3. How was the way to the coffee plantation ? (1 word)
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4. What did the author learn from the worker? (no more than 15 words)
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5. What inspiration do you get from the story? Please express it in your own words. (no more than 20 words)
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