【正文】 boy. Then followed son No. 3. In 20xx, I gave birth to another boy. You can imagine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 81. Our home was a plete zooa joyous zoo. Not surprising, I never did make it back to college fulltime. But I never gave up on the dream either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant talking as few as one class each semester. The hardest part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to quit, But I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives. In 20xx, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my college degree！ I am not special, just singleminded. It always struck me that when you’re looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when you’re in the midst of it, it just seems normal. Everything you want won’t arrive in your life on one day. It’s a process. Remember； little steps add up to big dreams. 41. When the author went to Howard University, her dream was to be ________. A. a writer B. a teacher C. a judge D. a doctor 42. Why did the author quit school in her second year of college? A. She wanted to study by herself. B. She fell in love and got married. C. She suffered from a serious illness. D. She decided to look after her grandma. 43. What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 4 and 5? A. She was busy yet happy with her family life. B. She ignored her guilty feeling for her sons. wanted to remain a fulltime housewife. was too confused to make a correct choice. 44. What does the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph? is the mother of success. B. Little by little ,one goes far. coin has two sides. begun, half done. 45. Which of the following can best describe the author? and determine. B. Honest and responsible. C. Ambitious and sensitive. D. Innocent and singleminded. C An idea that started in Seattle39。 第 1 頁 20xx 年普通高等學(xué)校招生全國(guó)統(tǒng)一考試（ 天津 卷） 英語 筆試 本試卷分第 Ⅰ 卷（選擇題）和第 Ⅱ 卷（非選擇題）兩部分， 共 130 分，考試時(shí)間 100 分鐘， 第Ⅰ 卷 1 頁至 10 頁，第 Ⅱ 卷 11 頁 至 12 頁 。 例： Stand over there you will be able to see it better. A. or B. and C. but D. while 答案是 B. 1. We feel our duty to make our country a better place. A. it B. this C. that D. one 2. Just a moment. I haven’t finished packing my suitcase. . It’s high time we left for the airport. A. Go ahead B. Take it easy C. Hurry up D. That39。 they help you get going, but once you find your own balance, you fly faster and farther without relying on them. In daily life, imitation can hurt us if we subconsciously (下意識(shí)地 ) hold poor role models. If, as a child, you observed people whose lives were bad, you may have accepted their fear and pain as normal and gone on to follow what 第 6 頁 they did. If you do not make strong choices for yourself, you will get the results of the weak choices of others. In the field of entertainment, our culture glorifies celebrities. Those stars look great on screen. But when they step off screen, their personal lives may be disastrous. If you are going to follow someone, focus on their talent, not their bad character or unacceptable behaviors. Blessed is the person willing to act on their sudden desire to create something unique. Think of the movies, books, teachers, and friends that have affected you most deeply. They touched you because their creations were motivated by inspiration, not desperation. The world is changed not by those who do what has been done before them, but by those who do what has been done inside them. Creative people have an endless resource of ideas. The problem a creator faces is not running out of material。 第Ⅱ卷 第一節(jié)：閱讀表達(dá)（共 5 小題；每小題 2 分，滿分 10 分） 閱讀短文，并按照題目要求用英語回答問題。你受學(xué)校委托，負(fù)責(zé)安排在津的一日活動(dòng)。 參考詞匯： 海河 the Haihe River 第 8 頁 Dear Mr Smith I am Li Hua, chairman of the Student Union, from Chenguang High School. __ 此處不能答題 __ Yours sincerely Li Hua