As James Atteberry read the letter, he was brought back to 1973, when he was a history teacher in Huntington Beach. In the letter, Larry said, “I am truly sorry for leaving your seventh grade class during the 1972—1973 school year. I don’t have many memories from school, but at the top of my exercise-book you wrote ‘You will go far in life.’ Looking back on my younger self, I was proud to be your student.”
When it comes to apologies, no one gets a pass. Everyone needs to receive one, and everyone needs to give one.
50. How long did Larry spend looking for his teacher on the Internet?
A. For 39 years. B. For 12 years.
C. For 10 years. D. For 2 years.
www.kmf8.com
51. What did Larry feel sorry for?
A. Not finding the teacher earlier. B. Forgetting many school things.
C. Not finishing his homework. D. Leaving the teacher’s class.
52. What’s the writer’s conclusion in the passage?
A. Students should apologize to their teachers.
B. The earlier you apologize, the better the result is.
C. One must apologize for every mistake he has made.
D. Everyone has to apologize and receive apologies in life.
C
On the morning of the day when he left Compton High School in Los Angeles, 18-year-old Allan Guei asked seven of his classmates to come together. Guei, a star on the basketball team, expressed he was giving away he $ 40,000 he’d won in a competition and was dividing it among them. The room filled with shouts and cheers. “Everyone went mad with excitement,” he says. “They were surprised that I would do something like that for them.”
In November 2000, Guei’s family moved from the Ivory Coast to the United States, and he immediately took up basketball. “When I first came to California, the Lakers were winning: it was Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal era (时代),” he recalls. “I just fell in love with the game.”
A few years later, he was playing for the school. Then, in March, he entered a free-throw competition at the school, and the town saw just how big a team player Guei really is—both on and off the court (球场).
In the first round, each of the eight contestants (竞争者) took ten shots, and the top four shooters advanced. “I was one of the final four, but I really didn’t shoot that well,” Guei says. “I was nervous!” In the second round, however, he took the winning shot. He went home with the prize of $ 40,000.
A few months before Guei left school, he was offered a full scholarship (奖学金) to California State University, and he had an idea. “I could have kept the prize money, but I was already going to college for free,” Guei says. “I know the others were going to have a lot of difficulty paying for school. They needed it for their futures, so I just decided to give it away.”
Now wearing No. 25 on Northridge’s Matadors basketball team, Guei has little time for anything but training and studying, though he keeps in touch with most of his classmates. “I know those kids. Whatever they decide to do in life is going to be something good,” he says. “It was just the right thing to do.”
As for his own future, Guei is still learning. “I work really hard at everything I do,” he says. “But whatever happens in my future, I’m just happy that I was able to help somebody else along the way.”
53. When did the things described in the first paragraph happen?
A. As soon as the competition was over.
B. When Guei just finished high school.
C. As soon as Guei got the scholarship.
D. When Guei already went to college.
54. What does the writer mean by how big a team player Guei is off the court?
A. He works hard at his lessons. B. He is good at making friends.
C. He doesn’t like money at all. D. He’s set a good example in life.
55. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. The Most Valuable Player B. The Most Hopeful Star
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