通读下面短文.掌握其大意.然后在21---40各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案. In the city of Fujisawa, Japan, lives

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在21---40各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

In the city of Fujisawa, Japan, lives a woman named Atsuko Saeki when she was a teenager, she 21 of going to the United States. Most of what she knew about American22 was from the textbooks she had read. "I had a 23   in mind: Daddy watching TV in the living room, Mummy   24  cakes and their teenage daughter off to the cinema with her boyfriend."

Atsuko 25 to attend college in California. When she arrived, however, she found it was not her 26 world.' "People were struggling with problems and often seemed 27  " she said. "I felt very alone."

One of her hardest 28  was physical education. "We played volleyball." she said. "The other students were  29  it, but I wasn't."

One afternoon, the instructor asked Atsuko to 30  the ball to her teammates so they could knock it31 the net- NO problem for most people, but it terrified Atsuko. She was afraid of losing face32  she failed.

A young man on her team  33  what she was going through. He walked up to me and 34 , "Come on. You can do that".    

"You will never understand how those words of 35  made me feel.. Four words: You can do that I felt like crying with happiness"

She made it through the class. Perhaps she thanked the young man; she is not 36 .

Six years has passed. Atsuko is back in Japan, working as a salesclerk. "I have 37 forgotten the words." she said. "When things are not going so well, I think of them."

She is sure the young man had no idea how much his kindness   38  to her.  "He probably doesn't even remember it," she said. That may be the lesson. Whenever you say something to a person cruel or kind---you have no idea how long the words will 39 . She's all the way over in Japan, but still she hears those four 40  words: You can do that.

21. A. learned           B. spoke                C. dreamed              D. heard

22. A. way             B. life                   C. education              D. spirit

23. A. photo            B. painting               C. picture                D. drawing

24. A. baking           B. frying                C. steaming               D. boiling

25. A. hoped           B. arranged              C. liked                  D. attempted

26. A. described        B. imagined              C. created               D. discovered

27. A. tense            B. cheerful                     C. relaxed                D. deserted

28. A. times            B. question              C. classes                D. projects.

29. A. curious about     B. good at               C. slow at                D. nervous about

30. A. kick             B. give                 C. carry                 D. hit

31. A. through          B. into                 C. over                   D. past

32. A. after            B. if                   C. because                D. until

33. A. believed          B. considered                   C. wondered              D. sensed

34. A. warned          B. sighed               C. ordered                D. whispered

35. A. excitement       B. encouragement        C. persuasion              D. suggestion

36. A. interested        B. doubtful              C. puzzled                D. sure

37. A. never            B. already               C. seldom                D. almost

38. A. happened         B. applied               C. seemed                D. meant

39. A. continue         B. stay                  C. exist                  D. live

40. A. merciful         B. bitter                 C. simple                 D. easy

试题答案

21-25CBCAB   26-30 BACBD      31-35 CBDDB      36-40 DADBC