When Amy wrote her first novel in secondary school, she never imagined（想象） that

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When Amy wrote her first novel in secondary school, she never imagined（想象） that she would become a writer one day. Like many      writers on the Internet, the       woman got into this online world accidentally(偶然地).
Three years ago, Amy worked in a medical industry. Her job kept her busy for six months and left her almost        to do for the rest of the year. To fill the time, she started writing       on the Internet. Her first novel was about her neighbors and their life that        is familiar with. Amy has been interested in writing           she was a child. At first, she just wanted to share her novels       people she knew. Then one day an editor of a famous website emailed her, asking her       she would like to sell the electronic copyright(授权) of one of her novels. She        at once and the novel was moved to the VIP section of the website. She got $ 1,500 for that.
Now Amy is a full-time      . So far her eight novels have come out(出版) online, and five of them were printed. “The Internet       me famous and brought me        ,” she said. “I earn much more money now— about $60,000 a year. I am     with my career, but there is one problem — that my talent might run out after five years and I’ll have to     to work in the medical industry.” “Before that day comes, I’ll keep     for the readers with my light and close-to-everyday-life writing style,” said Amy with a smile.

小题1:

A．other

B．others

C．another

D．the other

小题2:

A．28-year-old

B．28-years-old

C．28 years old

D．28-year old

小题3:

A．something

B．anything

C．everything

D．nothing

小题4:

A．reports

B．novels

C．diaries

D．plays

小题5:

A．her

B．herself

C．she

D．hers

小题6:

A．when

B．while

C．since

D．until

小题7:

A．about

B．of

C．to

D．with

小题8:

A．that

B．if

C．why

D．how often

小题9:

A．agreed

B．disagreed

C．refused

D．left

小题10:

A．housewife

B．editor

C．saleswoman

D．writer

小题11:

A．will make

B．making

C．made

D．makes

小题12:

A．success

B．succeed

C．successful

D．successfully

小题13:

A．unhappy

B．angry

C．happy

D．proud

小题14:

A．come

B．go

C．return

D．get

小题15:

A．to write

B．writing

C．write

D．written

答案

小题1:A
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:B
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:D
小题8:B
小题9:A
小题10:D
小题11:C
小题12:A
小题13:C
小题14:C
小题15:B

解析

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了作家艾米一开始只是为了打发时间开始在网络上写小说。后来她的小说被网络编辑看重，花重金买了下了授权。现在她已经成为一个全职作家。
小题1:考查词义辨析及语境的理解。像网络上的其他作家一样，A其他的，后加复数B代词，后不加名词C另一个，D，另一个指剩余的那个，故选A
小题2:考查形容词及语境的理解。数字加连字符加名词的单数，构成复合形容词，故选A
小题3:考查代词及语境的理解。根据句意这份工作使她忙六个月，但一年的剩余时间无事可做。故选D
小题4:考查名词及语境的理解。为了填补时间，她就开始在网络上写小说。根据上下文，故选B。
小题5:考查代词及语境的理解。该句是个定语从句，缺少主语，结合句意故选C
小题6:考查连词及语境的理解。当她是个孩子时她就对写作感兴趣。根据句意，故选A
小题7:考查介词及语境的理解。一开始她只想和她认识的人分享她的小说。Share…with …和……分享……分。故选D。
小题8:考查连接词及语境的理解。一天一个网站编辑询问她是否她愿意把她的小说中的一个电子授权出售，结合句意和结构，故选B。
小题9:考查动词及语境的理解。根据后文可知她马上就同意了。故选A
小题10:考查名词及语境的理解。现在艾米是个全职作家，根据句意和上下文，故选D
小题11:考查形容词及语境的理解。网络使我出名。make sb adj. 根据上下文及结构，故选C
小题12:考查形容词及语境的理解。网络使我出名并带给我成功，根据句意，故选A
小题13:考查形容词及语境的理解。根据上下文及结构故选C
小题14:考查动词及语境的理解。我将不得不回去工作，return 返回，根据句意及上下文，故选C
小题15:考查动词及语境的理解。我将用鼠标和贴近日常生活的写作风格一直为读者写下去，keep doing sth,一直做某事，故选B。

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"The only thing holding you back is yourself. Never say never", said a rising 17-year-old singer, Justin Bieber, who was just an ordinary boy in Canada a few years ago.
After the accident of falling from the 18th floor and lying in the snow for three hours, my hands were frozen and my spinal cord (脊髓)was seriously injured. All the doctors and professors in the famous hospitals in Beijing told me that there was little chance for my hands and my body to recover (康复).
After half a year of medical treatments and recovering exercises , I could not make any more progress for over a year . What was worse , I suffered a lot from depression ( 绝望).On top of this , I suffered from insomnia , I couldn’t fall asleep the whole night. Hopelessly , mom and I came back to my hometown, which is small town in Guangdong.
At that time , I thought that I would never be able to walk again. I would never love and be loved. I would never be able to earn even a penny. I would never be able to repay the kindness I got from my parents and many nice people . Life was meaningless.
Now two years has passed.My hands are 80% recovered.I can even type faster than a healthy person ! Up to now, I have worked for a company as an interpreter for half a year already. Although I don’t earn as much as before, I am able to pay for the food and clothes I need. What’s more , I even have extra money to buy thanksgiving presents for my parents and my boyfriend. Through my blogs( 博客) , many people get to know me and like me.I can bring happiness to them. I can help those who are still suffering from depression and the pain of illnesses by chatting with them….You see, I am living a meaningful life and I am happier than ever I could have dreamed.
So, my friends, never say never. As long as you are alive , there is always hope and possibilities. It is never too late to take action to realize your dreams.
小题1:What’s the writer’s present job?

A．A singer

B．A typist

C．A professor

D．An interpreter

小题2:Why does the writer use Bieber’s song in the first paragraphy?

A．Because the song is beautiful.

B．Because the writer likes the song.

C．Because the song is taught by her mother.

D．Because the song is what she exactly wants to express.

小题3:What does the underlined word “ insomnia” in the third paragraph mean in Chinese?

A．失眠

B．失忆

C．麻木

D．低烧

小题4:All of the following words can be used to describe the writer’s present life EXCEPT____________.

A．helpful

B．meaningful

C．painful

D．hopeful

小题5:According to the passage, which of the following statements about the writer is TRUE?

A．She gets a lot of help through her blogs.

B．She is in love with a young man at present.

C．She got medical treatment soon after the accident.

D．She had no job and earned little before the accident.

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What shaking the head means is not always the same in different countries.Maybe some visitors would be surprised when they first come to India.When they talk to an Indian,they would find he would often shake his head.The visitors might think that the Indian doesn’t like what they say.But in fact,they would be completely wrong.
Indians always shake their heads when they talk to others.It doesn’t mean “No”.If someone wants to visit India,he should know this,or he will be in trouble.
One day,a foreign officer went to India on business.He hired a car and asked an Indian to drive him.When he told his driver to take him to his office,the Indian shook his head at once.The officer said again and the driver shook his head again.At last the officer,of course,got angry.
“How dare you refuse my order?” he shouted,“Drive me to my office at once!”
The driver answered in quite a loud voice,too.“Yes,sir!” But to the officer’s surprise,the driver shook his head at the same time.
The car started and the foreign officer was now too surprised to say a word.He thought about it for a while,and then he nodded with a smile,“‘No’ means ‘Yes’ here!”
小题1:What does shaking one’s head mean all over the world?

A．Yes.

B．No.

C．Glad.

D．Yes or No.

小题2:What should you do in India if you agree with somebody?

A．Shake your head.	B．Nod your head.
C．Speak in a loud voice.	D．Say it again and again.

小题3:Why did the officer go to India?

A．He went there to visit his friend.	B．He went there to buy a car.
C．He went there to learn driving.	D．He went there because of his job.

小题4:Why did the officer get angry?

A．Because the driver didn’t understand him.

B．Because the driver still shook his head after he said again.

C．Because the driver didn’t like the officer.

D．Because the driver didn’t answer in a loud voice.

小题5:What can we learn from the story?

A．When you are in India,you should always shake your head.

B．You shouldn’t shake your head if you’re a driver.

C．Shaking head will make others get angry.

D．Different countries have different customs.

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Steven Jobs was born in 1955. He was an American businessman and inventor. He was the co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Apple Inc. In the late 1970s, Steve, with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Mike Markkula, and others, designed, developed, and marketed one of the first successful lines of personal computers, the Apple II series and later, the Macintosh.
Steve was among the greatest of American inventors – brave enough to think differently, and believed he could change the world and in fact, he had the power to change the whole world. By making computers personal and putting the Internet in our pockets, he has brought joy to millions of children and grownups.
Steve was fond of saying that he lived every day like it was his last. He changed the way each of us sees the world. Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is much better because of Steve. On October 5, 2011, Steve died of cancer. The world has lost a visionary. We all feel sad about it.
小题1:Where can we find this passage?

A．In a science book.	B．In a science fiction novel.
C．In a dictionary.	D．In a newspaper.

小题2:Why Steve was fond of saying that he lived every day like it was his last?

A．Because he knew he would die soon.

B．Because he was too busy every day.

C．Because he was humorous.

D．Because he wanted to make full use of time.

小题3:From the passage, we can know that ______.

A．It is cancer that took the Steve’s life

B．Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy enrich and improve all of our lives

C．Apple II series and the Macintosh have made computers personal and put the Internet in our pockets

D．Steve was a businessman but not an inventor

小题4:According to the passage, “a visionary” means ______.

A．一位伟人

B．一位见证者

C．一位梦想家

D．一位冒险家

小题5:What would be the best title for this passage?

A．Steve Jobs’ death	B．Our loss of a great CEO
C．A great inventor, Steve Jobs	D．The great changes in our lives

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Look at the plant in the picture. It looks beautiful, right? Can you imagine (想象) it kills?

The Venus flytrap is a kindof meat-eating plant. It grows in very few places, like wetlands near the sea in North Carolina in America.
The Venus flytrap is not a large plant. It grows to be only about a foot tall. The plant has white flowers in the spring, but it is the plant’s leaves that make it so interesting. The ends of the leaves have folding parts with stiff, tiny hairs (带小硬刺的可折叠部分). These are the plant’s “traps (捕捉器)”.
What does the Venus flytrap eat? As you might guess, the Venus flytrap eats flies (苍蝇). It also eats spiders, ants and crickets (蟋蟀). The Venus flytrap makes most of its food with sun, air and water, just like other plants. Living things just give it extra nutrition (额外营养) to grow well in wetlands.
How does this plant trap and eat living things? The Venus flytrap uses a sweet liquid (液体) to attract its food. When a fly lands on one of the plant’s open traps, hairs on the surface make the trap close. And when the trap closes, the fly is dinner!
If you want to have your own Venus flytrap at home, you have to buy the plant from a special place. You can’t take a Venus flytrap from where it grows! There are laws about taking it out of the wild.
小题1:Where does the Venus flytrap grow?

A．In the wetlands.

B．In the desert.

C．In the rocks.

D．In the sea.

小题2:About the Venus flytrap, which of the following is true?

A．It is a large plant.

B．It only eats spiders.

C．It has white flowers.

D．It can fly in the sky.

小题3:Which is the right order of the following events in Paragraph 5?
a. The trap of the Venus flytrap closes.
b. A fly lands on one of the plant’s open traps.
c. The fly is kept in the trap as the food of the plant.
d. The Venus flytrap uses a sweet liquid to attract its food.

A．d-b-a-c	B．a-b-c-d
C．b-d-a-c	D．d-b-c-a

小题4:How can people get a Venus flytrap?

A．They can get it from where it grows.

B．They can buy it from a special place.

C．They can grow it in their gardens.

D．They can buy it in a park.

小题5:Why does the Venus flytrap kill?

A．Because it needs extra nutrition.

B．Because it hates flies.

C．Because insects are its main food.

D．Because it kills for fun.

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The young violin player Vanessa-Mae was the first musician to use dance and rock music in classical（古典的）music. Vanessa-Mae love pop music, and she was also a very good classical violinist, and she brought these kinds of music together.

She likes lots of different kinds of music, from Beethoven to the Beatles, and she wants to play the music she likes. Not only has she played in classical concerts all over the world, but she has also played in pop concerts with pop stars.
A lot of people don’t like the way she uses modern rhythms（节奏）, noisy drums and guitars in traditional（传统的）music. But Vanessa-Mae has done one important thing: she has brought many new fans to classical music. For the first time, many young people began to listen to classical music.
小题1:Vanessa-Mae was a young woman.

A．Chinese

B．English

C．Singaporean

D．French

小题2:The type of music Vanessa-Mae likes is .

A．traditional music

B．different kinds of music

C．classical music

D．rock and roll

小题3: listen to classical music because they like Vanessa-Mae.

A．Pop stars

B．Young people

C．Classical musicians

D．Old people

小题4: was the first instrument（乐器）she learnt to play.

A．The violin

B．The piano

C．The drums

D．The guitar

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