September 4 was my first day at Phillips Academy, my new school. It was also my

September 4 was my first day at Phillips Academy, my new school. It was also my 18^th birthday.

     I received a warm  41  from my host family--- the Steins. Gena was my host mum, and her daughter Lily would also be a new  42   at Phillips. They took me to the school and  43  me around the campus.

     On our way to my dorm, we saw a huge truck delivering a student’s  44   to her room. Many students at the school were very rich, and they would fill their dorms with decorations. But I was  45  not to because I thought it was a  46  of time and money.

     I had a single room, which was about the  47  of a Chinese college dorm --- the ones which usually hold six people.

 48  she helped carry my bags, Lily asked me, “What’s your favorite  49  ，Teresa?”

I thought for a moment before answering, “Orange.”

I didn’t know why she had asked the question.

We  50  an introduction meeting after dinner.  51  of the students were native English speakers, so I felt a little  52 .

I returned to my room after the  53  , tired and wanted to go to bed after a (n)  54  day.

When I opened my door, I found a big  55  .The bed was perfectly made with blankets and an orange sunflower pillow. On the  56  was a sunflower-pattern mat（垫子）while a colorful lamp  57  beside the bed.

I opened my mouth,  58 . How beautiful!

There was also a  59  card. I touched the little pillow on the bed as I read the card. A warm current (暖流) rushed through my  60 .

41. A. heart              B. welcome           C. service               D. card   

42. A. teacher              B. citizen               C. student                D. visitor

43. A. walked               B. showed                C. introduced          D. invited

44. A. newspapers         B. bags                C. letters               D. furniture

45. A. determined         B. forced               C. warned          D. supposed

46. A. matter              B. use                   C. show                  D. waste   

47. A. size               B. design                C. example              D. style  

48. A. Though               B. As                 C. Because              D. While

49. A. fruit               B. weather                C. color                 D. food

50. A. attended             B. planned               C. organized           D. opened

51. A. All                 B. Few                 C. Some                 D. Most  

52. A. pleased              B. angry               C. nervous             D. afraid

53. A. dinner              B. class                    C. party             D. meeting       

54. A. exciting              B. surprising             C. boring               D. interesting

55. A. secret              B. surprise                C. warmth              D. joke

56. A. wall               B. desk                  C. ground             D. floor  

57. A. stood                B. lay                   C. appeared            D. hung

58. A. frightened          B. satisfied             C. moved              D. understood

59. A. post               B. name                   C. birthday         D. festival

60. A. eyes                B. body                 C. face                 D. head 

试题答案

41-45  BCBBA    46-50 DABCA    51-55  DCDAB  56-60 DACCB