I met Billy the last summer before college. He was handsome and his irreverence(玩世不恭) was
to me. We liked each other the first instant we met.
, I was a straight A student and my parents had high hopes for me to
an Ivy League (常春藤联盟) school. Billy did not concentrate all his attention
his study and school life. However, we were in love --- so
teenager love. I still remember we had a plan for prom(舞会). It was understood that we had
about where we would dance and drink and party together.
This meant one thing to my parents---panic. And it grew as the
letters began to roll in. Of the eleven schools I applied to, nine accepted me. And one of them was Brown University---the Ivy League
in 1770 in historic Providence, Rhode Island.
There was no
that I was drawn to Brown, but Billy (who had joined the army) was
down south and I had offers
for me there, too. I was torn between my love for him and my family
.
One week
the start of school, my mother had a talk with me. She said I was eighteen years old and I had a
to make--- one that went
beyond the choice of
to attend university.
In August, I
and drove north to Providence. It took several months to
that my life was moving on in a way that was completely different from Billy’s. Brown changed my life, opening doors and giving me the
I now use to think, to learn and to write. Life is always about
it seems, and the older I get, the more I understand this. Still, there are times when I think of Billy because he taught me about love.
| 小题1: | | A．confusing | B．disturbing | C．appealing | D．amusing |
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| 小题2: | | A．Unfortunately | B．Actually | C．Luckily | D．Originally |
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| 小题3: | | A．leave | B．start | C．finish | D．attend |
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| 小题5: | | A．special | B．crazy | C．wrong | D．normal |
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| 小题6: | | A．talked | B．looked | C．lied | D．argued |
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| 小题7: | | A．description | B．rejection | C．application | D．acceptance |
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| 小题8: | | A．constructed | B．assessed | C．assisted | D．informed |
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| 小题9: | | A．point | B．use | C．doubt | D．need |
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| 小题10: | | A．left | B．sent | C．exposed | D．employed |
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| 小题11: | | A．waiting | B．asking | C．hoping | D．searching |
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| 小题12: | | A．tradition | B．connection | C．reputation | D．expectation |
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| 小题13: | | A．before | B．after | C．at | D．since |
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| 小题14: | | A．plan | B．decision | C．rule | D．promise |
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| 小题16: | | A．when | B．where | C．whether | D．how |
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| 小题17: | | A．got up | B．packed up | C．looked up | D．turned up |
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| 小题18: | | A．foresee | B．imagine | C．realize | D．consider |
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| 小题19: | | A．chances | B．position | C．equipment | D．tools |
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| 小题20: | | A．surprises | B．adventures | C．opportunities | D．choices |
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