2025年甘肅能源化工職業(yè)學院高職單招高職單招英語2016-2024歷年頻考點試題含答案解析

2025年甘肅能源化工職業(yè)學院高職單招高職單招英語2016-2024歷年頻考點試題含答案解析（圖片大小可自由調整）一、單選題(共35題)1、Itisreportedthatthereare______bike-sharingappusersinChinanow.Yes,bike-sharingservicehasbroughtusgreatconvenience.

(1分)A、fivemillionsB、fivemillionsofC、millionofD、millionsof正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析-據報道，現在中國有數百萬共享單車app使用者。-是的，共享單車服務已經給我們帶來了許多便利。此題考查數字。在具體數字時，million(百萬)后不用加s,但后接of表幾百萬時，則需加s?？仗幈磉_“數百萬”,用millionsof。其它選項表述錯誤，只有D合題意。

2、Theyoungladyis____abeauty;sheis______thanpretty.

(1分)A、morethan;moresmartB、morethan;smarterC、notonly;smarterD、nomorethan;moreclever正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析這位年輕的女士不僅僅是個美人，與其說他漂亮，不如說她聰明。more....than與其，不如…

3、材料AshleySmithisa26-year-oldsinglemotherwithadaughter.ShewasmovingintoherhouseinAtlanta,GeorgiaearlyonthemorningofMarch12nd,whenaman

（1）hertoherdoor,andputaguntoherside.

“Istartedwalkingtomydoor,andIfeltreally,really（2）,”shesaidinaTVinterviewlastweek.

ThemanwasBrianNichols,33yearsold.He（3）atanAtlantacourthouseonMarch11st.Thepolicewere（4）him.

NicholstiedSmithupwithtape,butsetherfreeaftershebeggedhimnottotakeher

（5）againandagain.“Itoldhim（6）hehurtme,mylittlegirlwouldn'thaveamummy.”shesaidwithtears.

“Ijusttalkedtohimandtriedto（7）believeme,”Smithsaid.

SheaskedNichols（8）hechoseher.“HesaidhethoughtIwasallangel（9）fromGod,andGodaskedhimtodoso.”

Smitheven（10）forthemanbeforeheallowedhertoleave.Nicholswas（11）whenshemadehimbreakfastandthatthetwoofthemwatchedTV,seeing（12）lookingforhim.“Ican't（13）that'smeontheTV!”Nicholstoldthewoman.

Then,NicholsaskedSmithwhatshethoughthe（14）do.Shesaid,“Ithinkyoushouldturnyourselfin.Ifyoudon't,morepeoplearegoingtoget（15）.”

第(11)選（）(1分)A、money

B、life

C、daughter

D、clothes正確答案選項：參考答案：B

4、—Doyouknow_______theideatobuildtheBeltandRoad(一帶一路)?—InSeptember,2013.

(1分)A、howChinesePresidentXicameupwithB、howdidChinesePresidentXicomeupwithC、whendidChinesePresidentXicomeupwithD、whenChinesePresidentXicameupwith正確答案選項：參考答案：D

5、Bobdoesn’thavetime________volleyballwithmenow.

(1分)A、toplayB、playC、playingD、toplaying正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析havetimetodosth有時間做某事，是固定搭配，選項BCD都不符合語法。

鮑勃現在沒有時間和我一起打排球了。

6、材料Allanwasworried.Thiswashisfirsttimetogotraveling（1）Hedidn'tknowhowtofindhisseat,（2）hewenttotheairhostessandasked,“Couldyouhelpme?Ican'tfindmyseat.”Theairhostessshowed（3）theseatandtoldhim.

（4）andfastentheseatbelt.ShetoldAllannottomoveaboutwhentheplanewasgoingup.AndshealsosaidthatAllan'searsmightfeel（5）strange,buthedidn'ttneedto（6）itbecausemanypeoplefelt（7）that.Whentheplanewasflyingveryhigh,Allancouldstandupandwalkaround.Hecould（8）readbooks,newspapersorseefilms.Theairhostesswould（9）foodanddrinks.Allanwouldenjoytheflightand（10）soon.

第(9)選（）

(1分)A、hold

B、take

C、bringD、carry正確答案選項：參考答案：C

7、Ieatrice________beefandpotatoes.It’sdelicious.

(1分)A、in

B、on

C、with

D、for正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析句意：我吃米飯時和牛肉土豆一起吃。這樣吃很好吃?？疾榻樵~。in在……里；on在……上；with和……一起；for為了。根據語境可知，此處指的是“吃飯時連同牛肉土豆一起吃”，故應用介詞with。故選C。

8、LittleBobisofteneducatedbyhisparentstobegoodandfriendlytoanybodyevenif________.

(1分)A、attackingB、isattackedC、tobeattackedD、attacked正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查狀語從句的省略。句意：父母經常告誡小湯姆要對別人友好，即使挨打也要這樣。當從句的主語與主句的主語一致，且從句中含有be的某種形式時，從句的主語和be動詞可以一起省略，此題中讓步狀語從句為evenifheisattacked，故選D。

9、Peterstoppedtalking（）theteachercameintotheclassroom.(1分)A、untilB、assoonasC、whileD、as正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查時間狀語從句。句意為：“老師一走進教室，Peter就停止了講話?！盿ssconas意為“一……就……”,引導時間狀語從句。故選B。

10、Youcancomehereatanytime（）you'dlike.(1分)A、aslongasB、thoughC、assoonasD、unless正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查連詞。句意為：“你想什么時候來都可以?！盿slongas意為“只要”,引導條件狀語從句。分析句子結構可知，空格后面的句子是前面句子的條件狀語，所以應該用aslongas。故選A。

11、材料Standinginthestore'sentrance,I（1）thisstrangesight.MydadhadjustdroppedmeofftoshopforChristmas（2）,butmybrotherandhisfriendshadamorenoble（3）forshopping.

“DoyouthinkCaitlinwilllikethis?”oneoftheboysasked.Andmybrother,lookingrather（4）.wasstandinginfrontofashelfofsocks.“OK.Thepinkonewouldbeagoodidea,”I（5）.Hepickeduponeandpresentedittomefor（6）.

Theyusedupalltheir（7）,someofwhichtheyhadsavedupoverthecourseoftheyearforChristmasgifts.But,theyhadall（8）tospenditonCaitlin.

JustninedaysbeforeChristmas,Caitlin'shousehadbeen（9）tothegroundby（10）.Caitlinandherparentsallhadescaped.（11）,everythinginthehousewasengulfed(吞噬)inflames,includingtheChristmaspresents（12）tobewrapped(包裝).

Theschoolwas（13）herbooksanduniforms.Andallthe（14）inCaitlin'sclassweretakinghershoppingforclotheswhiletheboyswereshoppingforthingslikescarvesandsocks.

Whenwegothome,mybrotherbroughteverythinghehad（15）forCaitlintomyroomtomakesureIthoughtshe'dlikeeverything.

“Ithinkshe'llloveeverything.”Isaid,and（16）him,eventhoughhetriedtopushmeaway.Iwasso（17）ofhimatthatmoment.He（18）allhissavingsforanewskate-board（19）forafriendwhoneededaChristmaspresentmorethanhedid.Hehad,throughthisactofapureheart,captured(捕獲)thetrue(20)ofChristmas。第14空填（）。(1分)A、friendsB、girlsC、colleaguesD、parents正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查名詞詞義辨析。friends意為“朋友”;girls意為“女孩”;colleagues意為“同事”;parents意為“父母”。根據下文的whiletheboys可知，Caitlin班上所有的女孩帶她去買衣服。故選B,

12、Maryhasjustfinishedwritinga（）article.(1分)A、nine-hundred-wordB、nine-hundredwordsC、nine-hundreds-wordD、nine-hundreds-words正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查復合形容詞。句意為：“Mary剛寫完一篇900字的文章?！薄皵翟~+連字符+單數名詞”構成復合形容詞，作定語修飾名詞article。故選A。

13、Themurderer,whowas_____todeathbythejudgelastweek,wasonly20yearsolD

(1分)A、madeB、causedC、killedD、sentenced正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：這個殺人兇手，上周被法官處死，僅僅20歲。A.made制作；Bcaused促使；Ckilled殺死；Dsentenced判決.besentencedtodeath是固定短語，意思是處死，故選D項。

14、材料Computer

programmer

David

Jones

earns(gets)￡35,000ayear,designingnewcomputergames,yethecannotfindabankpreparedtolethimhaveachequecard.

（1）,hehasbeentoldtowait（2）twoyears,untilheis18.

The16-year-oldboyworksforasmall（3）inLiverpool,（4）theproblemofmostyoungpeopleofhisageisfindingajob.David'scompanyreleases(發(fā)行)twonewgamesfortheexpanding(擴展)homecomputermarketeachmonth.

ButDavid'sbiggestheadacheiswhattodo（5）hismoney.（6）hissalary,gotbyinvesting(投資)newprogramswithin（7）schedules，withbonus(獎金)paymentsandprofit-sharing(分紅)，hecannotdriveacar，orobtaincreditcards.

DavidgothisjobwiththeLiverpool-basedcompanyfourmonthsago.“Igotthejobbecausethepeoplewho（8）thecompanyknewIhadalreadywrittensome

（9）,”hesaid.

“Isuppose￡35，000soundsalotbutactuallythat'sbeingpessimistic(悲觀的).Ihopeitwill（10）tomorethanthatthisyear.”Hespendssomeofhismoney

（11）recordsandclothes,andgiveshismother￡20aweek.Butmostofhissparetimeisspentonworking.“（12）,computingwasnotpartofmystudiesat（13）,”hesaid,“ButIhadbeenstudyingitinbooksandmagazinesforfouryearsinmysparetime.IknewwhatIwantedtodoandnever（14）stayingonatschool.Mostpeopleinthisbusinessarefairlyyoung,anyway.”

Davidadded,“IwouldliketoearnamillionandIthinkearlyretirementisapossibility.Youneverknowwhenthemarket（15）disappear.”

第(4)選（）(1分)A、there

B、when

C、where

D、whenever正確答案選項：參考答案：C

15、TonylikesreadingEnglishmagazines.---_____.It’sgoodforourEnglishlearning.

(1分)A、SodoIB、SoIdoC、SoIlikeD、Idoso正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析"So+助動詞/be動詞/情態(tài)動詞+主語"表示前者的情況同樣也適用于后者，意為"也…"；"So+主語+助動詞/be動詞/情態(tài)動詞"表示"的確如此"．根據It'sgoodforEnglishlearning．可知閱讀英語雜志對學習英語有好處，言外之意我也喜歡閱讀英語雜志，而且前面句子中用的是實意動詞like，主語為I，所以此處用助動詞do，所以用SodoI．故選A

16、材料

TheUniversityofTokyoistheoldestuniversityinJapanandhasalwaysbeenintheleadwhenitcomestofacingnewchallenges.Withits10departments,15graduateschools,and11researchinstitutes,ithasbeenaguidingforceinresearchandeducationineveryfield.

TheUniversityofTokyo'srecordindevelopingimportanthumanresourcesforJapanesesocietyiswellknown,butnow,withthehundredsofexchangeagreementsmade,theuniversityhasformedwithoverseasuniversities,anditisplayinganimportantroleintheinternationalacademiccommunityaswell.Specifically,theroleitplaysinvariousinter-universityorganizationswithinAsiahasbecomeincreasinglyimportantinrecentyears.Morethan2000internationalstudents,beyond10percentoftheentirestudentbody,arecurrentlystudyingintheUniversity'sgraduateschools.

TheUniversityofTokyobecameanindependentcorporationinApril2004.Therealimportanceofthisshiftisthattheuniversitynowhasanewstructurethatwillenableittouseitsresourcesmoreefficientlythanbefore.Theimportantpositionthatuniversitieshaveinthedevelopmentofsocialandeconomicfieldsinthe21stcenturyisalreadywellunderstoodaroundtheworld.Theexpectationspeoplenowholdforuniversitiesandtheincreasinglystrictstandardsagainstwhichtheywillbeevaluated(評估)aresimplytwosidesofthesamecoin.TheUniversityofTokyoiswellawareofthecurrentenvironmentandhasbeguntotakethenecessarystepstochangeitselfintoanewuniversityforanewcentury.WhatadvantagesdoestheUniversityofTokyohaveafteritbecameindependent?(1分)A、

It

broke

away

from

the

control

of

the

government.B、

It

has

the

freedom

to

use

its

resources

more

effectively.C、

It

can

earn

more

money

than

before.D、

It

can

make

more

oversea

exchange

agreements.正確答案選項：參考答案：B

17、—ZhangFuqing,onceasoldier,oftenthinksmoreaboutothersthanhimself.—（）(1分)A、SohedoesB、SodoesheC、SoheisD、Soishe正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查強調句。句意為：“——張富清，曾經是一名軍人，經?？紤]別人多過于他自己?！_實是這樣?！笨捎谩癝o+主語+be/助動詞/情態(tài)動詞”,表示“某人或事物確實如此”,是對上文所講事實的肯定和強調。根據實義動詞thinks可知，倒裝句應用助動詞does。故選A。

18、材料TomandPeteraretalkingabouttheirvisittothenaturalreserve(自然保護區(qū)),

Tom:(1)

Peter:At8:30.

Tom:Doyouknowhowtogetthere?

Peter:(2)Itwilltakeusabouttwohourstogettherebybus.

Tom:(3)

Peter:It'sanareathatprotectslotsofdifferentanimals.

Tom:(4)

Peter:I'mnotreallysure.IknowtherearedifferentkindsofbirdsthereandI'mgoingtotakemycamerawithme.

Tom:(5)Whatclothesareyougoingtowear?

Peter:Well,ifit'swet,I'llwearmysportsshoesandtakemyraincoatwithme.

Tom:SowillI.第（3）空填（）(1分)A、Whatkindofanimalswillweseethere?B、Yes,I'vegotamap.C、No,wedon't.D、Whatdoyouknowaboutthereserve?E、Whendowemeettheothersatthereserve?F、Don'tworryG、That'sagoodidea.正確答案選項：參考答案：D

19、材料TwoyearsagoImovedtoanewneighborhood.Thereseemedtobevery（1）peopleinthisarea（2）arewithouttelephones,（3）Ihopedtogetanewphonequickly.I（4）oneassoonasImoved

intomynewhouse.“Wearen’t（5）manynewphonesinyourarea,”anengineertoldme.“Alotofpeoplewantnewphones（6）andthecompanyisemploying（7）engineersthanlastyearsoasto（8）money.Anewphone（9）youmuchmoney,butitwill（10）alittletime.Wecan’tdoanythingforyoubeforeDecember.”第（9）題選（）

(1分)A、will

payB、won＇t

payC、will

spendD、won＇t

cost正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查動詞。根據上下文內容可知,句意為一一個新的手機不會花費你很多錢,但需要一點時間。物作主語,表示花費,應用cost。

20、材料TianwuhasclimbedHuashanmorethan3,000timesinthepastdecade.Heisa（1）,transportinggoodsuptheslopesonhisback,foraliving.Butheismost（2）,forhisdisability:Hehasonlyonearm.

He（3）hisleftarminanaccidentin1992atthecoalmine.Withtwoyoungchildrenandparentsto（4）,hewasworkingovertimethatdaywhenapulleybrake（5）.Afterthatheopenedastore,butitwentbankruptfromtoomany（6）sales.（7）hishardwork,hewasleftwithnothingbutdebts.ThenheheardaboutbearersforHuashanMountainfromafriendandthoughtitwouldbean（8）job.

Hisfirstjobwasto（9）30kilogramsofgoodstoHighLadder.Hehadacompanionwho（10）mid-way,buthefinishedhisjobwith（11）paininhisknees.Butashe（12）experiencethroughtheyears,hehasdevelopedhisown（13）forclimbingthemountain.

Nowhecarries60kilogramsofgoodsupthemountaineveryday—1kilogrammorethanhisownbodyweight.（14）,hemakesthreetofourtripseachdaytoandfrom.“I（15）eachstepverycarefullyandhaveneverhadanyaccidentinthepast10years.”Hesaid.

Beingabearerisatiresomeanddulljobinmanypeople'sminds,butheenjoyshimself.Heap-preciatesandremembersthecalligraphy（16）intherocksandcopiesthem.Hisfavoriteoneis,“Thoughheavysnowfallsdownonverdant(青翠的)pines,thepinesstillstand（17）?！盚eoncesaid,“I'dliketostayherebecausethemountainpaysmyhardwork（18）?！?/p>

“Idon'tlament(對……感到悲痛)formy（19）daysandwillnotfearthefuture,”Hesaid.Thepainstakingjobhasgivenhimastrong（20）第16空填（）。(1分)A、paintedB、printedC、writtenD、carved正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查動詞詞義辨析。painted意為“涂畫”;printed意為“印刷”;written意為“寫”;carved意為“雕刻”。根據常識可知，書法一般雕刻在山上的巖石上。故選D。

21、Hawkingisnolongerwithus,（）hewillcontinuetoinspiretheworld.(1分)A、soB、ifC、butD、as正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查連詞。句意為：“霍金不再和我們在一起，但是他會繼續(xù)激勵世界?！备鶕湟饪芍昂髢蓚€句子是轉折關系，所以用并列連詞but來連接。故選C。

22、-DidyoubuytheniceT-shirtyesterday?-No.Iaskedmybrothertolendmesomemoney,buthe（）myrequest.(1分)A、putdownB、tookdownC、wrotedownD、turneddown正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查動詞短語。句意為：“——你昨天買了那件漂亮的T恤嗎?——沒有。我向我的兄弟借錢，但他拒絕了我的請求?！眛urndown意為“拒絕”。根據“No.”可知兄弟拒絕了借錢的請求。故選D.

23、China'ssportstarsYaoMingandLiuXiang________GoodwillAmbassadors（親善大使）forShanghai.

(1分)A、hasbeennamedB、havebeennamedC、hasnamedD、havenamed正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析

現在完成時的被動語態(tài)的構成為“助動詞have/has+been+及物動詞的過去分詞”。句意：中國的體育明星姚明和劉翔已被任命為上海的親善大使。故選B

24、China’sfirstMarsrover,Zhurong,toucheddownontheRedPlanet_______May15,2021.

(1分)A、onB、inC、atD、to正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析句意：中國首個火星探測器“祝融”于2021年5月15日在火星上著陸。考查介詞辨析。on其后加星期或具體的時間；in其后加早中晚/季節(jié)/月份/年份等；at其后加時間點等；to到。根據“May15,2021”可知，是具體的某一天，故選A。

25、Afterthreedays'carefultreatment,theoldmanwas（）togohome.(1分)A、enoughgoodB、goodenoughC、wellenoughD、enoughwell正確答案選項：參考答案：C

26、Myfamilyhave________breakfasttogethereveryday.Thishelpsusstartadaywell.

(1分)A、不填B、aC、anD、the正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析句意：我的家人每天一起吃早餐。這有助于我們更好地開始新的一天?？疾楣谠~。a/an不定冠詞，表示泛指；the定冠詞，表示特指；havebreakfast“吃早餐”是固定短語，三餐前不用冠詞，故選A。

27、材料AlbertEinsteinwasfromaJewishfamily.HewasborninGermany.Whenhewas（1）,helikedtoaskquestions.Bythetimehewasfourteenyearsold,he（2）advancedmathematics（3）byhimself.（4）thenhehaddecidedtobecomeaphysicistand（5）himself（6）abstract(抽象)research.

Hisfamilywasnotrich,buthisparentsmanaged（7）himtoatechnicalschooland（8）totheFederalInstituteofTechnologyinSwitzerland.Aftergraduation,hebegantoteach.Later,heworkedinagovernmentoffice.Then（9）themoneyhesaved,hecontinuedhisstudiesattheUniversityofZurich.In1905hegota（10）degree.Itwasatthattime（11）hebegantheresearchandstudieswhichled（12）hisfamousTheoryofRelativity.

Formostpeople,histheorywas（13）difficulttounderstand.Manyscientistslaughed（14）itand（15）wouldacceptit.ButEinsteinstucktoitandwentonwithhisresearch.

第(7)選（）(1分)A、tosending

B、tobesent

C、tosend

D、sending正確答案選項：參考答案：C

28、材料Foodismostimportantforlife.Withoutitmanwoulddieofhunger（1）theneedforfood,manalsohasneedforhousetoprotecthim（2）heatandcold,windandrain.

Thefirstman'shomeswereverysimple.Thesizeandkindofhousesatthattimewerelimited（3）hisbuildingskillandalsobythethingsforhimtouse.Insomeplaces,man'shomewouldbe（4）morethanalargeholeinthesideofahill,withafireatthegatetogivehimlight,tocookfoodandtokeepdangerousanimalsaway.

Butnowin（5）century,housebuildingworkhasbecomeanimportantindustry.Modernsciencemakesitpossibleformantobuildsomanylarge（6）forgovernmentoffices,shops,schools,hotels,hospitals,churches.…

Asthepopulationoftheworldgrows（7）housesofmanykindsareneeded.

Thehousewiththree（8）fortheaveragefamilywouldnotbe（9）foraveryrichfamily.Theaveragefamiliesalsowanttolivecomfortably.Sopeoplearetryingtheirbesttoimprovetheirhouses（10）itisexpensive,Differentkindsofmodernhousesarebeingdesignedandsomeofthemhavebeenbuiltupforrichfamiliestolivein,andalsosomeforaveragefamilies.

第(2)選（）(1分)A、of

B、from

C、to

D、away正確答案選項：參考答案：B

29、Mysisterbecameinterested________singingandshewantedtobeasinger.

(1分)A、forB、onC、atD、in正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析句意:我妹妹對唱歌很感興趣，她想成為一名歌手。for為了，on在……上，at在……點時，in在……里“對……感興趣”，英語是beinterestedin，所以這里應該用in

30、Gold________inCaliforniainthenineteenthcentury.

(1分)A、wasdiscoveredB、hasbeendiscoveredC、wasdiscoveringD、wastobediscovered正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析黃金被發(fā)現，過去式。句意：十九世紀在加利福尼亞發(fā)現了黃金。

31、材料DicklivedinEngland.OnedayinJanuaryhesaidtohiswife,“I'mgoingtoflytoNewYorknextweekbecauseI'vegotsomeworkthere.”“Whereareyougoingtostaythere?”hiswifeasked.“Idon'tknowyet.”Dickanswered.“Pleasesendmeyouraddressfromthereinatelegram,”hiswifesaid.“Allright,”Dickanswered.

HeflewtoNewYorkonJanuary31standfoundanicehotelinthecenterofthecity.Heputhisthingsinhisroomandthenhesenthiswifeatelegram.Heputtheaddressofhishotelinit.

Intheeveninghedidn'thaveanywork,sohewenttoacinema.Hecameoutatnineo'clockandsaid,“NowI'mgoingbacktomyhotelandhaveanicedinner.”

Hefoundataxiandthedriversaid,“Wheredoyouwanttogo?”ButDickdidn'trememberthenameandaddressofhishotel.

“Whichhotelaremythingsin?”hesaid,“AndwhatamIgoingtodotonight?”Butthetaxidriverdidnotknow.SoDickgotoutandwentintoapostoffice.Therehesenthiswifeanothertel-egram,andinithewrote,“Pleasesendmemyaddressatthispostoffice.”WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?（）(1分)A、Dickstayedatanicehotelinthecenterofthecity.B、Dickdidn'tworkonthefirstnightofhisarrival.C、Dickforgottosendhiswifeatelegram.D、Dickwantedtogobacktohishotelinataxi.正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析細節(jié)理解題。根據第二段第二句“Heputhisthingsinhisroomandthenhesenthiswifeatelegram.”可知，他把東西放在房間，然后給他的妻子發(fā)了一份電報。所以C項關于他忘記給妻子發(fā)電報了的描述是錯誤的。故選C。

32、材料Justinknewtherewasonlyonewayoutofhisneighborhood—basketball.Sohe（1）hard,runningwiththeballlikethe（2）dogswerechasing(追逐)him.Hecoulddefeatanyoftheguysatthe（3）andhesawhiswayoutandheranforit.

OnedaywhenJustinwasplayingbasketball,he（4）hisrightkneebadly.Thedoctorsaidhemightneverplay（5）.Justinwasextremelysad.EverydayJustinjust（6）inbed,watchingTVandeatingpotatochips.Whenhe（7）likeaballoon,hissistercamehomefromtheuniversityonholiday,bringingexciting（8）ofafarawaylandcalledcollege.

Justinwas（9）bythedormstoriesandcampus（10）thatshetold,buthecould（11）believeanyofthem.Itwasasifsheweretellinghimaboutsome（12）landhighabovetheclouds.

Justinwasapretty（13）guy,buthissisterhadawayof（14）himtodothingsthatnobodyelsecould.Sowhileshewashomeduringthe（15）,theystudiedtogether,andtheytalked,andtheyworked,andJustinfelt（16）thanheeverhadbefore.

Afterspendingthose（17）withhissister,Justinrealizedthathedidn'twanttofeelbadforhimselfanymore,andhedidn'twanttoquit.Basketball（18）behisthing,butnowtherewasonly（19）.UsingthestudyskillsJustinhadacquired