Perhaps the only test score that I remember is the 41 when I was in high school. The test was the final for the class which was rather  36  . I didn’t know how well I had done but I knew there were things on it that I didn’t know.

   I remember anxiously  37  the result. When Mr. Bales dropped my paper on my desk, I was  38  .There in big red numbers, circled to  39  attention, was my grade---41.

   I moved my paper where it wasn’t in  40  . A 41 isn’t something that you wanted your 41  to see.

Finally, Mr. Bales stood behind the worn desk and addressed the class., “The  42  were not very good; none of you passed. The  43  grade in the class was a 41, so all of you  44  .”

A 41. That’s me.

  45  my dismal(陰沉)face didn’t look quite so bad. I had the highest grade. I felt a lot 46 .

I walked home with the low but high grade. My  47  knew that I had a big test that day and asked me as soon as I got home. “How did you do on your test?”

“I made a 41,” I said.

My mother’s expression  48  . A frown(皺眉) now stood where a smile was a few  49  earlier.

“But I had the highest grade in the class!” I  50  replied. I thought that statement would make a difference.

“I don’t  51  what everyone else had, but you failed. It doesn’t matter if everyone else failed too, what matters is what you do,” my mother  52  answered.

For years, I thought that was a harsh(苛刻的)  53  . My mother was always that way. It didn’t  54  what others did, it only mattered what I did and if I did it excellently.

We often don’t  55  the wisdom of good parents until we ourselves stand in the parenting shoes. My mother’s philosophy has carried me throughout life.

36. A. unfair         B. unimportant    C. difficult          D. strict

37. A. looking into    B. waiting for     C. referring to       D. finding out

38. A. shocked       B. pleased        C. excited           D. annoyed

39. A. avoid         B. turn           C. pay             D. draw

40. A. place         B. scene          C. view            D. spot

41. A. workmates   B. parents         C. teachers         D. classmates

42. A. papers       B. grades         C. situations        D. memories

43. A. lowest       B. standard        C. highest          D. average

44. A. failed       B. completed       C. cheated          D. survived

45. A. Lately      B. Nearly          C. Slowly          D. Suddenly

46. A. calmer       B. better          C. hotter           D. cleverer

47. A. father       B. mother          C. brother         D. sister

48. A.improved    B. answered        C. changed         D. disappeared

49. A. months      B. days           C. hours           D. seconds

50. A. proudly     B. angrily          C. bravely         D. curiously

51. A. care         B. hate           C. agree           D. know

52. A. effectively    B. softly          C. honestly         D. firmly

53. A. punishment   B. judgment       C. arrangement     D. experiment

54. A. concern       B. matter        C. show            D. mean

55. A. understand    B. remember     C. prove            D. believe

 ---The Sichuan foods are very spicy but we still like them.

---_______.Let’s go and buy some now.

   A. I don’t agree       B. You can’t be too serious

   C. Why not           D. I can’t agree with you more

 ---Did you watch the basketball match yesterday?

  ---Yes, I did. You know, my brother___ in the match.

  A. is playing    B. was playing    C. has played     D. had played

 I have reached a point in my life ____ I am supposed to make decisions of my own.

  A. which    B. where   C. how    D. why

 We all admired our classmate Linda very much.  _____ her prettiness, she was smart and helpful.

A Thanks to    B Aside from     C Besides for     D Except that

 You        for my opinion before you did it.

     A. must ask                             B. must have asked   

     C. should ask                             D. should have asked

 It was not until dark_____ he found _____ he thought was the correct way to solve the problem. 

A. that, that    B. when, what   C. when, that   D. that, what

 That room , the windows __________ are very wide , is our classroom .

A . whose         B . which         C . of which          D . that

 The old lady wants to have her paintings _____ in the gallery, but we don’t think they would be very popular.

A displayed    B to display      C displaying         D display

 _____advertising campaign they conducted last month was___ total failure.

   A. An, /      B. An, a         C. The, a      D. The, /