A couple of years ago I graduated from art school. After graduation I was unsure of what to do with my degree. I had majored in Illustration（插画专业）and loved it，but didn't really feel interested in doing illustrations for any companies. This left me with few options other than freelance（自由职业的）jobs and nannying.

I spent two years working as a nanny doing freelance illustrations on the side. It just wasn't quite enough to pay rent, but I loved it, so I worked well over 50 hours a week, trying to keep up with both.

Just under a year ago I went to a friend's wedding. I couldn't think of a gift for them and really didn't have a lot of money to spare so I used my talents to create a portrait for them. It wasn't much, but I hoped it would be a good gift. When I handed the portrait to them and they unwrapped it, the looks on their faces were something I did not expect. There were joyful tears in their eyes as they cried, "That's us! This is so beautiful!"

It's funny because when I was in art school portraits were always my least favourite assignment. I hated drawing people and was always so much more interested in drawing little furry creatures. Once I saw the looks on my friends' faces after giving them their portrait, it was all over. I suddenly loved portraits and wanted to do more.

I now take portraits to every wedding I go to and have given them as gifts to the families I nannied for. Every time the reaction makes all of the hard work and time I put into them so worth it.

I' ve just started offering couple, family and pet portraits as an item on my Etsy shop.

【小题1】After graduation, the author chose to ________.

A．do illustrations for a company

B．draw portraits

C．work as a nanny and a freelancer

D．draw furry creatures

【小题2】Why did the author decide to draw a portrait for her friends as a wedding present?

A．Her friends requested her to do so.

B．She thought it was meaningful.

C．She didn't have enough money to buy a gift.

D．She was fond of drawing people.

【小题3】How did the friends feel when they received their portrait?

A．Delighted.	B．Disappointed.
C．Embarrassed.	D．Shocked.

【小题4】What may be the best title of the passage？

A．Your major is your future career

B．A gift turned into my career

C．I sacrificed a lot for my job

D．You are to do what you desire to do

短文改错

When we were played basketball yesterday, a quarrel about a ball happens between Li Lei and Li Ming. Thank to the classmates there, the quarrel stopped after it developed into a fight.

We had our P.

A．lesson in the fourth period on yesterday morning. The teacher asked us to play basketball, so we ten students divided us into two teams. Li Lei and Li Ming were on same team. As Li Ming didn’t catch the ball that Li Lei passed on to him, Li Lei began to get annoying and made some cruel word. And then they began to quarrel with each other. In my opinion, we shouldn’t quarrel with each other at all. We are friends and we should cherish our friendship so that we can live happy.

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I'm not sure 【小题1】 is more frightened, me or the female gorilla(大猩猩）that suddenly appears out of nowhere. I'm walking on a path in the forest in the Central African Republic. Unexpectedly, I'm face-to-face with the gorilla, who begins screaming at 【小题2】 top of her lungs. That makes her baby scream, and then a 400-pound male appears. He screams the
【小题3】(loud)of all. The noise shakes the trees as the male beats his chest and charges toward me. I quickly lower myself, ducking my head to avoid 【小题4】(look) directly into his eyes so he doesn't feel【小题5】(challenge).
My name is Mireya Mayor. I'm a 【小题6】(science)who studies animals such as apes and monkeys. I was searching 【小题7】 these three western lowland gorillas I'd been observing. No one had seen them for hours, and my colleagues and I were worried.
When the gorillas and I frightened each other, I was just glad to find 【小题8】(they) alive. True to a gorilla's unaggressive nature, the huge animal 【小题9】(mean)me no real harm. He was just saying: "I'm king of this forest, and here is your reminder!" Once his message was delivered, he allowed me 【小题10】 (stay)and watch.

I had worried myself sick over Simon’s mother coming to see me. I was a new____, and I gave an honest account of the students’ work. In Simon’s case, the grades were awfully low. He couldn’t read his own handwriting.____he was a bright student. He discussed adult subjects with nearly adult comprehension. His work in no way reflected his____.
So when Simon’s mother entered the room, my palms(手掌心) were sweating. I was completely____for her lisses on both my cheeks. “I came to thank you,” she said, surprising me beyond speech.____me, Simon had become a different person. He talked of how he____me, he had began to make friends, and for the first time in his twelve years, he had____spent an afternoon at a friend’s house. She wanted to tell me how grateful she was for the____I had nurtured(培养) in her son. She kissed me again and left.
I sat, stunned (惊呆), for about half an hour,____what had just happened. How did I make such a life-changing difference to that boy without____knowing it? What I finally came to____was one day, several months before, when some students were____reports in the front of the class, Jeanne spoke____, and to encourage her to raise her voice, L had sai, “Speak up. Simon’s the expert on this. He is the____one you have to convince, and he can’t hear you in the____of the room.” That was it. From that day on, Simon had sat up straighter, paid more attention,____more, and became happy. And it was all because he____to be the last kid in the last row. The boy who most needed____was the one who took the last seat that day.
It taught me the most____lesson over the years of my teaching career, and I’m thankful that it came____and positively. A small kindness can indeed make a difference.
【小题1】A. cleaner    B. reporter C. monitor D. teacher
【小题2】A. Or B. And C. But D. So
【小题3】A. courage   B. abilities   C. feelings D. dream
【小题4】A. desperate B. responsible C. unprepared D. unsuitable
【小题5】A. Because of B. In spite of C. Apart from  D. As for
【小题6】A. loved B. envied    C. pleased   D. criticized
【小题7】A. gradually B. constantly C. recently D. obviously
【小题8】A. self-respect B. self-doubt C. self-pity D. self-defence
【小题9】A. imagining B. observing C. wondering   D. regretting
【小题10】A. also B. even C. always    D. still
【小题11】A. expect   B. remember C. believe   D. accept
【小题12】A. writing  B. reviewing C. editing    D. giving
【小题13】A. quietly  B. repeatedly C. quickly   D. firmly
【小题14】A. lucky    B. lonely     C. only D. likely
【小题15】A. entrance B. middle    C. front    D. back
【小题16】A. slept B. smiled    C. shouted   D. quarreled
【小题17】A. intended B. pretended C. refused D. happened
【小题18】A. change  B. praise     C. thanks    D. visits
【小题19】A. difficult B. painful   C. valuable D. enjoyable
【小题20】A. early B. slowly    C. frequently D. occasionally

   When she was just 17 years old，Liz crashed into the back of a truck that was waiting to turn in a left-turn lane（车道）. The crash is a life-changing one for her. Because of the crash，she's blind in one eye，loses her sense of smell，loses some of her hearing，loses the ability to create tears，and she cannot fall asleep naturally.

“Initially，I thought I would not be defeated but clearly I was completely wrong. Apart from the medical problems，the hardest part about my life after the car accident was the fact that I was alone，”Liz said.“Everyone was away at college，but I wasn't. I couldn't drive or go to college. My friends who used to hang around with me were there for me at first，but after a while they stopped coming by.”

“I viewed her Facebook page，and she said on there: Can anybody please hang out with me today？I don't have any friends，”recalled Liz's mother，Betty.

In time, Liz and her mother teamed up with the US Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to make a video. They wanted to get the point across that texting and driving can have life-transforming consequences.

In the video Liz appealed to drivers not to text when driving. She admitted she was checking and sending messages via her phone when she crashed her car into the back of the truck.

“Don't text your loved ones when you know they' re driving,”said Liz's mother.“It can change their lives forever.”

“If you get a text, don't look at it,”Liz said.“It's not worth it.”

【小题1】What made Liz feel most painful after the car accident?
A．Guilt.    B. Blindness.
B．Loneliness.     D. Discouragement.【小题2】Why the car accident happened?
A．Betty was driving carelessly.
B．Liz was texting while driving.
C．The truck in front stopped suddenly.
D．The truck turned left without warning.【小题3】The video was made to__________.
A．call on people to be kind to accident victims
B．expose the truth of the car crash to the public
C．warn people against using phones while driving
D．ask people to be careful while crossing the road【小题4】Which is closest to the underlined words in Paragraph 4in the meaning？
A．Charged with.
B．Complained of.
C．Worked together with.
D．Got involved in.