Several years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual process. The instructor asked us to list ___1___ in our past that we felt ___2___ of, regretted, or incomplete about and read our lists aloud.

 

This seemed like a very ___3___ process, but there’ s always some ___4___soul in the crowd who will volunteer. The instructor then ___5___ that we find ways to ___6___ people, or take some action to right any wrong doings. I was seriously wondering how this could ever ___7___ my communication.

 

Then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: “Making my ___8___, I remembered an incident from high school. I grew up in a small town. There was a Sheriff ___9___ of us kids liked. One night, my two buddies and I decided to play a ___10___ on him.

 

After drinking a few beers, we climbed the tall water tank in the middle of the town, and wrote on the tank in bright red paint: Sheriff Brown is a s.o.b.(畜生). The next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious ___11___. Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office. My friends told the truth but I lied. No one ___12___ found out.”

 

“Nearly 20 years later, Sheriff Brown’s name ___13___ on my list. I didn’t even know if he was still ___14___. Last weekend, I dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a Roger Brown still listed. I tried his number. After a few ___15___, I heard, “Hello?” I said, “Sheriff Brown?” Paused. “Yes.” “Well, this is Jimmy Calkins.”

 

“And I want you to know that I did it？”Paused. “I knew it!” he yelled back. We had a good laugh and a ___16___ discussion. His closing words were: “Jimmy, I always felt bad for you ___17___ your buddies got it off their chest, but you were carrying it ___18___ all these years. I want to thank you for calling me...for your sake.”

 

Jimmy inspired me to ___19___ all 101 items on my list within two years, and I always remember what I learned from the course: It’s never too late to ___20___the past wrongdoings.

 

1. A. something              B. anything         C. somebody           D. anybody

 

2. A. ashamed             B. afraid            C. sure                 D. proud

 

3. A. private                B. secret          C. interesting           D. funny

 

4. A. foolish                B. polite           C. simple              D. brave

 

5. A. expected             B. suggested       C. ordered               D. demanded

 

6. A. connect with           B. depend on       C. make apologize to    D. get along with

 

7. A. improve              B. continue         C. realize              D. keep

 

8. A. notes                  B. list              C. plan                 D. stories

 

9. A. any                 B. most            C. none                D. all

 

10. A. part                  B. game           C. trick                D. record

 

11. A. view                 B. sign            C. attention              D. remark

 

12. A. also                  B. even            C. still                  D. ever

 

13. A. appears             B. considers        C. presents              D. remembers

 

14. A. angry               B. happy          C. doubtful              D. alive

 

15. A. words              B. rings           C. repeats                    D. calls

 

16. A. cold                 B. plain            C. nervous               D. lively

 

17. A. in case              B. so long as       C. unless              D. because

 

18. A. around              B. out              C. on                   D. away

 

19. A. build up                   B. make up         C. clear up               D. give up

 

20. A. regret               B. forgive           C. right                D. punish

 

 

 

 

（2）

 

    There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world.

 

But ___1___ a few of them are very ___2___. English is one of these. Many, many people use it, not only in England and the U. S. A, but in other parts of the world. About 200, 000, 000 speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a ___3___ language. Many millions are ___4___ to do so.

 

Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different ___5___. Have you ever ___6___ the ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines?

 

“Learn English in six month, or your ___7___ back ...” “Easy and funny? Our records and tapes ___8___ you master your English in a month. ___9___ the first day your ___10___ will be excellent. Just send ...” Of course, it never ___11___ quite like this.

 

The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should ___12___ that we all learned our own language well when we were ___13___. If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. ___14___ what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears. When he is using the language, talking in it, and ___15___ in it all the time, just imagine how much ___16___ that gets!

 

So it is ___17___ to say that learning English is easy, because a good command of English ___18___ upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and ___19___ much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will ___20___. But they cannot do the student’s work for him.

 

1. A. not             B. quite               C. only                     D. very

 

2. A. difficult         B. important           C. necessary            D. easy

 

3. A. native            B. foreign            C. useful               D. mother

 

4. A. learning         B. enjoying             C. trying               D. liking

 

5. A. questions       B. problems            C. ideas                D. answers

 

6. A. found            B. watched                 C. noticed             D. known

 

7. A. knowledge        B. time                C. money              D. English

 

8. A. make             B. help                C. let                 D. allow

 

9. A. From            B. On               C. Since                D. After

 

10. A. spelling        B. grammar            C. English             D. pronunciation

 

11. A. happened        B. know              C. seemed             D. felt

 

12. A. know          B. remember           C. understand           D. think

 

13. A. students              B. children           C. babies               D. grown-ups

 

14. A. Imagine              B. Mind               C. Do                D. Think of

 

15. A. using           B. thinking       C. trying               D. practicing

 

16. A. time            B. money            C. language           D. practice

 

17. A. hard            B. easy                C. funny               D. silly

 

18. A. depends              B. tries                C. has                D. takes

 

19. A. uses            B. takes               C. gets               D. costs

 

20. A. do            B. work              C. help               D. master

 

 

 

【答案與解析】

 

（1）

 

1. B。根據(jù)下文可知句意為：教員要求我們把我們過去的任何事情(anything)都列成表，這些事情是我們感到羞愧(ashamed)、后悔或未完成的，然后大聲讀出。若填something只表示一些事情，與句意不符。

 

2. A。ashamed 意為“羞愧的”，根據(jù)后面列舉的幾項，不應(yīng)該是“害怕的(afraid)”的事情。

 

3. A。private 意為“私人的、保密的、不讓人知道的”。上述事情都屬于個人隱私，不宜公開。

 

4. D。brave 意為“勇敢的”，盡管是隱私不宜公開，但在自愿者中也有勇敢的人。

 

5. B。suggested 意為“建議”，句子謂語用的動詞原形，是虛擬語氣，可先排除expected；從說話者語氣看，不是“命令”，所以可排除ordered和demanded。

 

6. C。這里教員建議要做以下幾件事情：to make apologize to people“向人們道謙”，(to) take some actions right any wrong doings“采取措施糾正錯誤的所作所為”。

 

7. A。本來作者是參加一個交際培訓(xùn)班，而現(xiàn)在教員所要學(xué)員做的一切似乎與培養(yǎng)交際能力無關(guān)，所以作者很納悶這是否能提高(improve)他的交際能力。

 

8. B。make a list 意為“列表、造表”。

 

9. C。none of us kids liked是定語從句，前面省略了關(guān)系代詞whom / that(代替Sheriff)，選none表示Jimmy(由短文最后可知此人是Jimmy)和他的少年伙伴都不喜歡那位郡長(Sheriff)，與下文吻合。

 

10. C。play a trick on sb 意為“捉弄某人”。

 

11. B。sign 意為“記號、標(biāo)記、符號”，指Jimmy他們寫的字。

 

12. D。ever用于否定句表示“在任何時候、從來”，由于Jimmy說了謊話，所以“從來就沒人查明事實真相(found out)”。與下文“幾乎20年后再提及此事”相呼應(yīng)。

 

13. A。appear 意為“出現(xiàn)”，指Sheriff Brown的名字被列在表上。

 

14. D。alive 意為“活著的”，此時Jimmy還不知道Sheriff Brown是否活著，與后面他們接通電話，證實了Sheriff Brown還活著。所以此處不宜用其他形容詞。

 

15. B。ring 意為“鈴聲”，這里指電話被撥通。

 

16. D。由we had a good laugh 可知 Sheriff 和 Jimmy 進(jìn)行的是熱烈的(lively)討論。所以不宜選其他形容詞。

 

17. D。后面的句子說明原因，故選 because 引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句：因為你的伙伴都把他們做的錯事給忘了。(from www.nmet168.com)

 

18. A。around 意為“大約”，此句表示：而 Jimmy 卻這些(nearly20年)年來一直把他所做過的錯事記在心頭。

 

19. C。clear up 意為“消除、解除”，此句意為：在兩年里Jimmy鼓勵了我消除在我的表上的所有101項(做錯了事情)。

 

20. C。 right 意為“糾正”，此句意為：糾正過去的不道德行為還為時不晚。

 

（2）

 

1. C。only 意為“僅僅、只有”。句意為：世界上約有五百種語言，但只有記種是重要的。

 

2. B。important 意為“重要的”，根據(jù)下文提到的像英語被廣泛使用，說明了這幾種語言是重要的。故不宜選其他形容詞。

 

3. B。as a foreign language(外語)與前句中的as their own language相對應(yīng)。

 

4. C。are trying to do so = are trying to learn English 意為“在盡力學(xué)習(xí)英語”。

 

5. D。answer 意為“答案”，指回答前面的答案。句意為：學(xué)習(xí)英語容易還是困難，不同的人有不同的答案。

 

6. C。notice 意為“注意到”，根據(jù)不同的動詞意義，只有notice切合句意。指注意到這些廣告。

 

7. C。這些廣告的目的是為了收錢，故選money。or your money back意為：否則退錢。

 

8. B。help sb do sth 意為“幫助某人做某事”。而make / let sb do sth意為“使/讓某人做某事”。allow不合該句句型。

 

9. A。from first day 意為“從第一天起”。

 

10. D。由于是指學(xué)習(xí)英語語言，應(yīng)該是先學(xué)習(xí)發(fā)音，故選pronunciation(發(fā)音)。

 

11. A。happen 意為“發(fā)生”，這里指上面廣告中提到的“快速學(xué)好英語這樣事情是決不會發(fā)生的”。

 

12. B。remember 意為“記得”。

 

13. B。children與后面的a small child相對應(yīng)，指小孩學(xué)說母語好。

 

14. D。think of 意為“想象、想一想”。

 

15. B。think 意為“思考”，此句意為：談話用母語，思考用母語。

 

16. D。practice 意為“練習(xí)”。這里說明了孩子學(xué)說母語好是因為進(jìn)行上述大量的練習(xí)的結(jié)果。

 

17. A。句意為：說學(xué)習(xí)英語容易就難說了。

 

18. A。demand“需要”，句意為：掌握好英語需要大量練習(xí)。

 

19. B。take 意為“花費(時間)”。此句意為：而練習(xí)需要付出極大的努力和花費大量的時間。

 

20. C。這里是說：好教師、錄音磁帶、書和詞典將對學(xué)習(xí)英語有幫助。但這些都不能代替學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)。