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ut wouldn’t change his 43 . One more test before the final exam. One more 44 to improve my grade. So I redoubled my efforts and, for the first time. 45 The meaning of the word “thorough”. But my 46__ did no good and everything 47 as before. The last hurdle(障礙 ) was the final. No matter what 48 I got, it wouldn’t cancel three Cpluses. I might as well kiss the 49 goodbye. I stopped working head. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the final, I even 50 myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once I’d have 51__with a test. A week later, I was surprised to find I got an A. I hurried into professor Jayne’s office. He 52__ to be expecting me. “If I gave you the As you 53 , you wouldn’t continue to work as hard.” I stared at him 54 That his analysis and strategy(策略 ) were correct. I had worked my head 55 , as I had never done before. I was speechless when my course grade arrived: Aplus. It was the only Aplus given. The next year I received my scholarship. I’ve always remembered Professor Jayne’s lesson: you alone must set your own standard of excellence. 36. A. take B. discuss C. cover D. get 37. A. sought B. presented C. exchanged D. obtained 38. A. shocked B. worried C. scared D. anxious 39. A. but B. so C. for D. or 40. A. unchanged B. unpleasant C. unfriendly D. unmoved 41. A. reflected B. meant C. improved D. affected 42. A. quarreled B. reasoned C. bargained D. chatted 43. A. attitude B. mind C. plan D. view 44. A. choice B. step C. chance D. measure 45. A. memorized B. considered C. accepted D. learned 46. A. ambition B. confidence C. effort D. method 47. A. stayed B. went C. worked D. changed 48. A. grade B. answer C. lesson D. ment 49. A. scholarship B. course C. degree D. subject 50. A. helped B. favored C. treated D. relaxed 51. A. fun B. luck C. problems D. tricks. 52. A. happened B. proved C. pretended D. seemed 53. A. valued B. imagined C. expected D. weled 54. A. remembering B. guessing C. supposing D. realizing 55. A. out B. over C. on D. Off 三.閱讀理解 A Computer programmer David Jones earns $ a year designing new puter games. yet he cannot find a bank ready to let him have a credit card(信用卡) . Instead he has been told to wait another two years until he is 18. The 16yearold works for a small firm in Liverpool where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David’s firm releases(推出) two new games for the fast growing puter market each month But D