During my high school years, the most important thing was what I was wearing to the Friday night dance and who I was taking. Although college was talked about, it was the least of my worries. 
When I was graduating eighth grade and starting high school, my older brother was graduating twelfth grade and going onto college. For my graduation, he gave me a card in which he wrote, “Enjoy your four years…, they go by fast.” I remember not believe him then, but looking back…, he was right. Those four years shaped who I was as a person, pushed me to my limit and encouraged me to become an adult. 
However, I was so completely absorbed in my junior and senior years of high school, that when someone spoke of college I brushed it off. I wasn't ready to leave my comfort zone of having all of my closest friends together and knowing what every single day was going to be like . Studying was something I did only AFTER I nailed my half-time dance performance. I knew my parents wanted me to go to college, so I told them I would go to commuity college (社區(qū)學(xué)院)and I didn’t worry about my SAT（美國大學(xué)入學(xué)考試）scores. 
When my senior year passed and everyone graduated and went off to their own college ,I started to wish I had done the same. My friends were living away, meeting new people, discovering new places, and I was living at home and driving to and from class every day. It seemed exactly like high school. I hated it! I thought college was supposed to be different! Why didn’t I take more time to research colleges and do the same? I ended up loving college and wishing I had four years to enjoy the campus(大學(xué)校園)atmosphere instead of two. 
My advice to anyone thinking about attending college is to think about it very seriously and look into all of your choices well ahead of time. Now I have graduate and I am working full time and I would do anything to go back to my high school days for a second chance!
小題1:Why didn’t the author worry about his SAT scores? 
A．He wanted to go to community college.
B．He had a gift for dance.
C．He was well prepared for the exam.
D．He believed his brother would help him.
小題2:When in high school, the author          .
A．drove to and from class every day
B．buried himself in his study all the time
C．enjoyed talking about future college life
D．lived in the school except on holidays
小題3:What did the author’s brother mean by “Enjoy your four years…, they go by fast.”?
A．He wished the author to have more dance.
B．He advised the author to value the years.
C．He encouraged the author to leave his comfort zone.
D．He suggested the author aim at a community college.
小題4:Talking of his high school years, the author feels       .
A．regretful
B．lonely
C．a(chǎn)ngry
D．pleased

小題1:A
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:A

試題分析：作者在高中的時候，沒有把學(xué)業(yè)放在心上，整天忙于參加舞蹈活動，不擔(dān)心上大學(xué)的事情，但是當(dāng)高中生活快要結(jié)束的時候，看到其他同學(xué)上到理想的大學(xué)，作者開始后悔，懷念高中的學(xué)習(xí)生活。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段的內(nèi)容可知作者打算上社區(qū)學(xué)院因而不擔(dān)心自己的大學(xué)入學(xué)考試成績。選A
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段中的“...while I was living at home and driving to and from class every day.It seemed exactly like high school.”可知在高中作者開車去上下學(xué)，A項正確。
小題3:推理判斷題。第二段提到作者當(dāng)時不相信哥哥的話后來回想起自己的高中生活才意識到他的話非常正確。由此可推斷哥哥是在奉勸作者珍惜高中的時光。選B
小題4:作者態(tài)度題。第一段中提到作者在高中期間熱衷于參加舞蹈活動絲毫不關(guān)心上大學(xué)的事情第四段提到作者非常希望自己能和其他同學(xué)一樣進入大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)最后一段又提到作者渴望重新上一次高中。由此可推斷作者對自己的高中生活感到十分“遺憾”。選A
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小題5:
A．soB．butC．orD．while
小題6:
A．a(chǎn)doptB．a(chǎn)dmitC．a(chǎn)greeD．a(chǎn)dapt
小題7:
A．designer’sB．translator’sC．user’sD．producer’s
小題8:
A．throughB．duringC．withinD．beyond
小題9:
A．inventiongB．invitationC．preparationD．translation
小題10:
A．bearingB．wearingC．carryingD．taking
小題11:
A．discussionB．a(chǎn)rgumentC．conversationD．translation
小題12:
A．whichB．whereC．whyD．how
小題13:
A．connectedB．satisfiedC．joinedD．covered
小題14:
A．hopeB．doubtC．need D．wonder
小題15:
A．expectedB．imagined C．writtenD．spoken
小題16:
A．picked upB．made upC．turned upD．brought up
小題17:
A．a(chǎn)greeableB．a(chǎn)cceptableC．believableD．a(chǎn)vailable
小題18:
A．eitherB．neitherC．bothD．none
小題19:
A．placedB．passedC．gotD．knocked
小題20:
A．thereforeB．whileC．howeverD．a(chǎn)lthough

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