What an exciting day it was for Jennifer and Valerie! They had been friends since Grade Three and had   41   many of their high school experience. Now they were driving together to their final high school event. Today was   42   day at Lamar High School. 43 they were close friends, they were different in many ways. Jennifer was a fairly 44 student while Valerie did just enough to get by and was mainly   45   in a good social life.

     “Isn't it   46   that we're all finished?”said Valerie. “I'm really looking forward to having a good time this summer.”

     “ 47   be nice,” Jennifer replied, “I'm afraid I'm going to have to work most of the summer to help pay for my college expenses.”

      Jennifer's parents had only a small   48   and she had made up her mind to have an occupation in which she could afford all the things her   49   could not.

      Valerie,   50  , came from a fairly well-to-do family. She had little desire to work hard for   51   she had always taken for granted.

      “I really don't want to go to college for a while,” she   52  .

      “My uncle runs a restaurant in the Bahamas and he has   53   me to spend a year there as a waitress. That should give me plenty of   54   for the beach.”

      “It seems    55   I'll really be going different ways now”, thought Jennifer.

41. A. learned        B. obtained           C. remembered      D. shared

42. A. exam                  B. sports               C. graduation         D. working

43. A. If                      B. Because            C. Although           D. When

44. A. diligent              B. polite               C. active              D. favorite

45. A. specialized   B. relieved            C. envied               D. interested

46. A. certain               B. great                C. unfortunate        D. annoying

47. A. Can                   B. Shall               C. Must                       D. Need

48. A. income               B. problem            C. family                     D. differance

49. A. teachers       B. parents              C. friends                    D. relatives

50. A. in fact                B. in a way           C. as a result         D. on the other hand

51. A. what                  B. whom               C. that                         D. these

52. A. admitted            B. complained        C. invited                    D. screamed

53. A. helped               B. assured                     C. proposed                 D. promised

54. A. peace         B. work                 C. energy             D. time

55. A. I                       B. we                    C. she                  D. they

41---55    DCAAD   BCABD   AACDB  


解析:

41．答案：D。解析：Jennifer和Valerie自從三年級(jí)就是朋友，所以他們有著共同的中學(xué)經(jīng)歷。share的意思是“共同享有”。

42．答案：C。解析：從上下文看，兩個(gè)學(xué)生驅(qū)車參加他們中學(xué)生活的最后一件事--中學(xué)畢業(yè)典禮。

43．答案：A。解析：although引導(dǎo)讓步狀語(yǔ)從句，從下文可知，他們雖然是親密朋友，卻在很多方面有差異。

44．答案：A。解析：從下文看，Jennifer是一個(gè)相當(dāng)用功的學(xué)生，而Valerie只是在混日子，勉強(qiáng)畢業(yè)。while用作并列連詞，意思是“而；然而”，表示轉(zhuǎn)折對(duì)比。get by有“勉強(qiáng)混過(guò)；僥幸過(guò)去”的意思。

45．答案：D。解析：根據(jù)空前后的結(jié)構(gòu)和句意，應(yīng)選D。Valerie不用功，主要對(duì)好的社會(huì)生活感興趣。

46．答案：B。解析：我們大家都完成了中學(xué)學(xué)業(yè)，多好�。reat在口語(yǔ)中有“美妙的”的意思。

47．答案：C。解析：能在暑假里盡興地玩肯定很好。must表示推測(cè)時(shí)，語(yǔ)氣較強(qiáng)，用于肯定句，而can用于否定句和疑問句。

48．答案：A。解析：上文講到，Jennifer不去游玩，而是打算在暑假的大部分時(shí)間打工，以支付上大學(xué)的費(fèi)用。由此推斷，她的父母只有很少的收入。

49．答案：B。解析：假期打工為父母分憂，她決心找一份工作，這樣就買得起父母不能提供的所有東西。

50答案：D。解析：一方面，Jennifer家境不太好；另一方面，Valerie卻來(lái)自一個(gè)相當(dāng)富有的家庭。on the other hand常用于二者對(duì)比。

51．答案：A。解析：what引導(dǎo)的賓語(yǔ)從句作for的賓語(yǔ)，what在從句中作take … for granted的賓語(yǔ)。

52．答案：A。解析：Valerie實(shí)話實(shí)說(shuō)，所以選用admit（承認(rèn)）。

53．答案：C。解析：她的叔叔已邀她去巴哈馬過(guò)一年，在他開的飯店里當(dāng)女招待。

54．答案：D。解析：這份工作會(huì)給她提供足夠的時(shí)間在巴哈馬群島的海灘上游玩。

55．答案：B。解析：聽了Valerie的話，Jennifer心中暗想，“看來(lái)我們真的要各奔前程了”。

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