【正文】 author to have a good lawyer 22. A good doctor is essential for the author to _________ _. A. be properly treated B. talk with the person responsible for the accident C. recover before he leaves America D. eventually get the responsible party to pay for his injury 23. The word―charge‖in the third paragraph means_________ . A. be responsible B. accuse C. ask as a price D. claim 24. Both the doctor and the lawyer in this passage are very__________. A. friendly B. selfish C. professional D. busy B When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortings(缺點 ). Week by week her list grew: I was very thin, I wasn’ t a good student, I talked too much, I was too pr oud, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes. He listened to me quietly, then he asked. ―Are the things she says true or not? Ja, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like ? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.‖ I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could—and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I go to fairly clear picture of myself. I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it. ― That’s just for you,‖ he said. ―You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don’t shut your ears. Liste n to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.‖ Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice. 25. What did the father do after he had heard his daughter’s plaint? A. He told her not to pay any attention to what her ―enemy‖ had said. B. He criticized (批評 ) her and told her to overe her shortings. C. He told her to write down all that her ―enemy‖ had said about her and pay attention only to the things that were true. D. He refused to take the list and have a look at it. 26. What does ―Week by week her list grew‖ mean? A. Week by week she discovered more shortings of mine and pointed them out to me. B. She had made a list of my shortings and she kept on adding new ones to it so that it was growing longer and longer. C. I was having more and more shortings as time went on. D. Week by week, my shortings grew more serious. 27. Why did her father listen to her quietly? A. Because he believed that what her daughter’s ―enemy‖ said was mostly true. B. Because he had been so angry w ith his daughter’s shortings that he wanted to show this by keeping silent for a while. C. Because he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment. D. Because he wasn’t quite sure which girl was telling the truth. 28. Which do you think would be the best title for this passage? A. Not an Enemy, but the Best Friend B. The Best Advice I’ve Ever Had C. My Father D. My Childhood C Every autumn, as families across the United States get ready to send their kids to college, the economics of higher education receive renewed attention. College is expensive and being more so in the U. S. The situati on raises two questions: Why does it cost so much, and how can students and their families afford it? Several studies published in