4. By writing the passage, the writer aims to ________.
A. show heavy drinking and its harm
B. show American college life
C. introduce American culture
D. explain harmful behaviors
Ⅱ. 完形填空
I guess the day I went to college was one of the happiest of my mother's life. I still remember the day we 1 there.
Because, to my mother who dropped out of school during the war, this was a big 2 , on which she insisted that I 3 a white shirt and a necktie. But when we finally reached the campus and got off the car, we were 4 by young men in tank tops (背心)and shorts. I felt that my mother made me 5 .
She wanted to know where the 6 was, and found someone to give us 7 , "Charley, look at all the books! " she felt 8 . "You could stay here all four years. "
Everywhere we went she kept 9 . "Look! That small area-you could study there. " And, "Look, that cafeteria table, you could eat there. " I 10 it because I knew she would be leaving soon.
An hour later, I carried my trunk to the stairwell of my dormitory. My mother was holding my two baseball bats.
"Here, " I said, 11 my hand, "I'll take the 12 . "
"I'll go up with you. "
"No, it's all right. "
" 13 I want to see your room. "
I couldn't think of anything else that wouldn't 14 her feelings, so I just pushed my hand out farther. Her face 15 and handed me the bats.
"Charley, " she said. Her voice was 16 now, and it sounded different. "Give your mother a kiss. " I leaned forward. She threw her arms 17 my neck and drew me close. I could smell her perfume and her hair spray that she used for this 18 day.
I pulled away, lifted the trunk, and began my climb, 19 my mother in the stairwell of a dormitory, as close as she would 20 get to a college education.
1. A. walked B. flew C. drove D. cycled
2. A. situation B. occasion C. choice D. decision
3. A. wear B. bring C. buy D. find
4. A. respected B. gathered C. followed D. surrounded
5. A. awesome B. admirable C. remarkable D. ridiculous
6. A. library B. laboratory C. restaurant D. dormitory
7. A. signals B. suggestions C. directions D. instructions
8. A. annoyed B. amazed C. nervous D. calm
9. A. thinking B. pointing C. complaining D. wandering
10. A. welcomed B. stopped C. tolerated D. hated
11. A. giving out B. taking back C. putting up D. holding out
12. A. trunk B. bats C. clothes D. books
13. A. But B. Still C. So D. And
14. A. hide B. protect C. hurt D. ignore
15. A. fell B. shone C. brightened D. moved
16. A. clearer B. stronger C. louder D. softer
17. A. around B. by C. in D. on
18. A. regular B. common C. special D. hard
19. A. forgetting B. leaving C. considering D. recognizing
20. A. seldom B. never C. always D. ever
Ⅲ. 语法填空
阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。