1、Passage 16Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I
also explain that there‘s a big difference between ―being a writer‖, and writing. In most cases these
individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at a typewriter. ―You‘ve got to want to write,‖ I say to them, ―not want to be a writer.‖
The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed
by fortune, there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded. When I left a 20-year
career in the U.S. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer, I had no prospects at all. What I did
have was a friend who found me a place in a New York apartment building. It didn‘t even matter
that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used manual typewriter and felt like
a genuine writer.
After a year or so, however, I still hadn‘t gotten a break and began to doubt myself. It was so
hard to sell a story that barely made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed
about it for years. I wasn‘t going to be one of those people who die wondering – what if I would
keep putting my dream to the last even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure.
This is the Shadowland of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.
1. The passage is meant to _____.

194.Our-school-run factory( )various kinds of chemical devices last year.

A. 　turned into

B. 　 turned up

C. 　 turned out

D. 　 turned off

3、10、

A. 　 behave

B. 　 imply

C. 　 ignore

D. 　 list

92.Jane is a talented language learner. She could( )easily from French to English.

A. 　range

B. 　 switch

C. 　 differ

D. 　 change

28.Due to the( )of quality standards, the company‘s market has been largely reduced this year.

A. 　incline

B. 　 recline

C. 　 acclaim

D. 　 decline

10、19、

A. appear

B. grow

C. extend

D. come

1、Passage 8Upon reaching an appropriate age (usually between 18 and 21 years), children are
encouraged, but not forced, to ―leave the nest‖ and begin an independent life. After children leave
home they often find social relationship and financial support outside the family. Parents
do not arrange marriages for their children, nor do children usually ask permission of their parents
to get married. Romantic love is most often the basis for marriage in the United States; young
adults meet their future spouses through other friends, at jobs, and in organizations and religious
institutions. Although children choose their own spouses, they still hope their parents will approve
of their choices.
In many families, parents feel that children should make major life decisions by themselves.
A parent may try to influence a child to follow a particular profession but the child is free to
choose another career. Sometimes children do precisely the opposite of what their parents wish in
order to assert their independence. A son may deliberately decide not to go into his father‘s
business because of a fear that he will lose his autonomy in his father‘s workplace. This
independence from parents is not an indication that parents and children do not love each other.
Strong love between parents and children is universal and this is no exception in the American
family. Coexisting with such love in the American family are cultural values of self – reliance and
independence.4. A son is unwilling to work in his father‘s business mainly because _____.

A. 　 he wishes to make full use in school

B. 　 he wants to prove his independence

C. 　 he wishes to do the opposite of what his parents approve of

D. 　 he wants to show his love for his parents

25.He tried very hard to( )the meaning of the sentence under that dim light.

A. 　figure out

B. 　 take out

C. 　 look out

D. 　 put out

1、7、

A. 　 before

B. 　 when

C. 　 while

D. 　 as

7、16、

A. described

B. explained

C. talked

D. expressed

165.The past three decades worldwide.
great changes in people‘s clothing, food, housing and traffic

A. 　wit

B. 　 witness

C. 　 witnessed

D. 　 witnessing