(2017全国一卷)
While high school does not generally encourage students to explore new aspects of life,college sets the stage for that exploration. I myself went through this  41  process and found something that has changed my  42  at college for the better:I discovered ASL-American Sign Language(美式手语).
I never felt an urge to  43  any sign language before.My entire family is hearing,and so are all my friends.The  44  language were enough in all my interactions(交往).Little did I know that I would discover my  45    for ASL.
The   46  began during my first week at college. I watched as the ASL Club   47  their translation of a song. Both the hand movements and the very   48  of communicating without speaking   49  me. What I saw was completely unlike anything I had experienced in the   50  .This newness just left me  51  more.
After that, feeling the need to   52  further, I decided to drop in on one of ASL club`s meetin
gs. I only learned how to   53  the alphabet that day. Yet instead of being discouraged by my   54  progress,I was excited. I then made it a point to   55  those meetings and learn all I could.
    The following term, I   56  an ASL class. The professor was deaf and any talking was   57  . I soon realized that the silence was not unpleasant.  58  , if there had been any talking, it would have   59  us to learn less. Now, I appreciate the silence and the   60  way of communication it opens.
41. A. searching      B. planning              C.natural              D. formal
42. A. progress            B. experience            C. major                D. opinion
43. A. choose            B. read                    C. learn                D. create
44. A. official            B. foreign                C. body                D. spoken
45. A. love                B. concern                C. goal                D. request
46. A. meeting            B. trip                    C. story                D. task
47. A. recorded            B. performed            C. recited            D. discussed
48. A. idea                B. amount                C. dream            D. reason
49. A. disturbed            B. supported                C. embarrassed        D. attracted
50. A. end                B. past                    C. course            D. distance
51. A. showing            B. acting                C. saying            D. wanting
52. A. exercise            B. explore                C. express            D. explain
53. A. print                B. write                C. sign                D. count
54. A. slow                B. steady                C. normal            D. obvious
55. A. chair                B. sponsor                C. attend            D. organize
56. A. missed            B. passed                C. gave up            D. registered for
register for
57. A. prohibited        B. welcomed            C. ignored            D. repeated
58. A. Lastly                  B. Thus                  C. Instead            D. However
59. A. required          B. caused                  C. allowed              D. expected
60. A. easy              B. popular                  C. quick              D. new
(2017全国二卷)
In 1973, I was teaching elementary school. Each day, 27 kids   41    “The Thinking Laboratory.” That was the   42  students voted for after deciding that “Room 104” was too   43  .
Freddy was an average 44  ,but not an average person. He had the rare balance of fun and compassion(同情).He would  45  the loudest over fun and be the saddest over anyone’s  46  .
Before the school year  47  ,I gave the kids a special   48  , T-shirts with the words “Verbs
Are Your  49  ” on them. I had advised the kids that while verbs(动词)may seem dull ,most of the  50  things they do throughout their lives will be verbs.
Through the years, I’d run into former students who would provide   51  on old classmates. I learned that Freddy did several jobs after his   52  from high school and remained the same  53  person I met forty years before .Once, while working overnight at a store, he let a homeless man   54  in his truck . Another time , he   55  a friend money to buy a house .
Just last year, I was  56  a workshop when someone knocked at the classroom door. A woman  57  the interruption and handed me an envelope. I stopped teaching and   58  it up. Inside were the “Verbs” shirt and a   59  from Freddy’s mother. “Freddy passed away on Thanksgiving. He wanted you to have this.”
I told the story to the class. As sad as it was, I couldn’t help smiling. Although Freddy was taken from us, we all  60  something from Freddy
41
A. built
B. entered
C. decorated
D. ran
42
A. name
B. rule
C. brand
D. plan
43
A. small
B. dark
C. strange
D. dull
44
A. scholar
B. student
C. citizen
D. worker
45
A. speak
B. sing
C. question
D. laugh
46
A. misfortune
B. disbelief
C. dishonesty
D. mistake
47
A. changed
B. approached
C. returned
D. ended
48
A. lesson
B. gift
C. report
D. message
49
A. friends
B. Awards
C. Masters
D. Tasks
50
A. simple
B. unique
C. fun
D. clever
51
A. assessments
B. comments
C. instructions
D. updates
52
A. graduation
B. retirement
C. separation
D. resignation
53
A. daring
B. modest
C. caring
D. smart
54
A. wait
B. sleep
C. study
D. live
55
A. paid
B. charged
C. lent
D. owed
56
A. observing
B. preparing
C. designing
D. conducting
57
A. regretted
B. avoided
C. excused
D. ignored
58
A. opened
B. packed
C. gave
D. held
59
A. picture
B. bill
C. note
D. diary
60
A.chose
B.took
C.expected
D.borrowed