【正文】 h to be right by arguing. But now I’ve learned that arguing to change someone’s mind is pointless. 34. ________________ I’m not saying every parent wants what’s best for you, but in general, parents do what they do for you in your best interest. My parents used to make me do the dishes, cook dinner, and so on. 35. ________________ Whenever I lose a friend or get a bad grade, I am very unhappy and wait for this kind of feeling to go away. But I know now that you don’t have to be stuck in bad situations. You can go out and create better ones. Regarding everything as a learning experience makes life more pleasurable. You can move on. I’m glad to have learned these lessons the way I did. Each experience helped me to bee a better person. 第三部分 英語知 識運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分 25 分） 第一節(jié) 完形填空（共 15 小題，每小題 1 分，滿分 15 分） 閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項 A、 B、 C、 D 中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。 A Cameron had fotten his school ID card again. The junior had to wait to get his lunch because students without their ID cards are served at last. From 2021, Cameron’s school, Cheektowaga Central Middle School in New York, is getting tough on students. Students can be barred from afterhour games, dances, plays and sports if they have poor grades or teachers say they have a bad attitude. A poor grade is any grade below 65. There are social rules about nearly every minute of the day, from riding the bus to using a bathroom. The students can only e back if they show improvement on weekly progress reports filled out by their teachers. Cameron has been kept from two dances because of his poor grades in math and social studies. “It’s terrible,” he said, “I think it’s going a little too far because kids are not perfect.” “I’d like to go to another school,” said Anthony, 12, who has been barred from activities for failing math, science and social studies. “It’s not doing anything for me and just taking everything away.” But there is also support, from parents, students and teachers. Sandral’s 14yearold daughter Cortney was barred from a school dance because of poor grades. “I have told her to study harder,” said Sandral “Now the message is much clearer when she has to watch her friends dance.” Ellen, 13, an eighthgrader, says that she supports this rule. “I think they get lazy and don’t do the work.” does the underline phrase “ be barred from” in the second paragraph mean? A. play a big part in B. be stopped from C. give suggestion on D. be punished by 17. According to the story, __________. A. students without their ID cards cannot have lunch B. students need to follow many rules, including how to use the bathroom C. students who get a grade below 65 have to stay in after school D. all students support the school rules 18. What do we know about Cameron? A. He thinks the school is too hard on them. B. He does well in every subject. C. He will go to another school. D. He supports the school rules. 19. What does the story mainly talk about? A. why a school ID card is important for students. B. How a US school improves students’ grades. C. Some strict rules in a US school. D. School life of some US students. B Each morning, I walked past a guard. He greeted everyone that walked by him. I admired how he knew so many people by their first names. The first few times I saw him, Ii didn’t say hello back to him when he greeted me. I was lost in my own world. One Monday he asked, “ How was your weekend?” I told him about my visit to my sick, elderly mother. “The time I spend with my mother is so precious, because I know that each time could be the last.” He told me how sorry he was for my mother’s sickness. He shared how he too hard lost a parent to illness. “I understand what you are going through. My father passed away years ago. I think about him every day.” As I walked away, I realized I did not even know his name. The following day, I asked about his name, “Gary.” After that, we talked a couple of times a week. We shared stories about our weekend, our dreams, and our families. Gary got offered a new job and moved away. It’s been years since I last spoke to him, yet it seems like just yesterday we