阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。 Lang Lang is only 27 years o

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阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多
余选项。      Lang Lang is only 27 years old, but has already been called "the most popular pianist on the planet" by
American television network CNN.
     Like every successful person, Lang went through years of hard and lonely practice before making his
name. 1_____ With great talent (天赋), he won his first competition at the age of 5. Lang"s father pushed
little Lang very hard to succeed. When he was nine, Lang went to leam music in Beijing. 2_____ But Lang
got fired (开除) by the piano teacher six months later. 3_____ Hearing about his son"s failure, Lang"s father
was so angry that he told Lang to jump off a building!
     4_____ His big break came at age 17, when he gained worldwide fame at "Gala of the Century", a well-
known concert in Chicago, the US. Lang said it was his true love of music and piano that made him keep
working. A. However, Lang didn"t jump, and pressure (压力) soon changed to power.
B. He has performed in almost every big city around the world.
C. It totally destroyed (毁灭) his piano dream.
D. He began to take piano lessons at the age of 3.
E. His father even gave up his job and moved to Beijing with his son.

答案

1. D 2. E 3. C 4. A

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阅读理解。     Jackie Heinricher"s love with bamboo started in her backyard. "As a child, I remember playing among the
golden bamboo my dad had planted, and when it was windy, the bamboos sounded musical. It was my
favorite place."
     A biologist (生物学家) by training, Heinricher, 47, planned to work in a company in Seattle, where she
lived with her husband, but she found it too boring. Her garden gave her the idea for a business. She would
plant bamboo on their private farm.
     Heinricher started Boo-shoot Garden in 1998. She realized early on what is just now beginning to appear
on the rest of the world. Bamboo is useful as well as earth-friendly. It can be used to make skate-boards,
buildings, fumiture, floors and even clothing. Bamboo takes in four times as much carbon dioxide (CO₂) as
hardwood trees and gives out 35% more oxygen (O₂).
     First she had to find a way to produce a lot of the plants.   It was a hard task since bamboo flowers create
seed (种子) only once every 50 to 100 years. And dividing a
bamboo plant too often kills it."People kept telling us we"d never succeed," says Heinricher. " Others had
worked on it for 27 years! I believed in what we were doing, though, so I just kept going."
     After a nine-year experiments, she found a way to grow millions of plants. The number of workers in her
company increased from 5 to 55. Now she is working on all kinds of bamboo and selling them all over the
world.
     "We are at the wonderful moment," she says. "It takes me a lot of time to decide where to pay my
attention. Producing bamboo products? Selling plants to gardeners? Educating farmers about the economic
(经济的) and environmental value of bamboo forests? Or asking the govemment to line roads with bamboo?" 1. When did Heinricher begin to love bamboo? A. When she was a child.
B. When she was
C. Twenty-seven years ago.
D. About ten years ago. 2. Bamboo is earth-friendly because _______. A. it can produce musical sounds
B. it can be used widely
C. it can make our city beautiful
D. it can help clean the air 3. What does the passage mainly talk about? A. Heinricher"s bamboo garden.
B. Heinricher"s bamboo company.
C. Heinrieher"s bamboo story.
D. Heinricher"s bamboo products. 4. What is Heinricher"s work like now? A. It"s still in great trouble.
B. It has been successful.
C. It"s in perfect condition.
D. It has begun to go easily.

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阅读理解。     Jacques Rogge was bom on May 2, 1942; in Ghent, Belgium. In England he studied sports medicine and
got his medical degree before retuming to Belgium to work as a doctor in Deinze. Jacques Rogge was once an
Olympic yachtsman (赛艇运动员) with great achievements. In the course of his sports life, he competed in
the yachting competitions at the Games of Olympiad in 1968, 1972 and 1976. He got good grades at the
competitions. He served as President of the European Olympic Committee (欧洲奥委会) in 1989 and joined
IOC-International Olympic Committee, in 1991. Thanks to his rich social background, Rogge"s climb in the
IOC was fast. During the period of the Salt Lake City scandal (丑闻), he refused expensive gifts and money.
He became the eighth president of the IOC on July 16, 2001.
     Being not influenced by the Salt Lake City scandal, he has kept a perfectly clean image (象) in the IOC. He
has been seen as the one who could improve the situation since the Salt Lake City scandal was brought into
daylight. As an Olympic yachtsman, Jacques Rogge was no stranger to dangerous waters and stormy weather,
but be faced a large number of serious problems when he took over the great job. He was in the first hope that
he would clear up the public image of the IOC. He said that he would take his whole life of effort to let the
world trust the IOC. 1. Was Rogge born in Belgium?
    _______________________________________________
2. Did Rogge get his medical degree in England or in Belgium?
    _______________________________________________
3. How many times did Rogge compete in Olympic yachting?
    _______________________________________________
4. What did people wish Rogge to do first after he became the president of the IOC?
    _______________________________________________
5. What main advantages did Rogge have to be the president of the IOC according to the passage?
    _______________________________________________

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阅读理解。     Who was Leonardo da Vinci? You may answer without thinking: "He is the painter of Mona Lisa."
What else do you know about him? Da Vinci was more than just a great artist in history. He"s also famous
as a scientist and an inventor.
     Recently, the Grand Rapids Public Museum in the US had an exhibition to introduce this great talent.
In one of the shows, named "Leonardo da Vinci"s Machines in Motion", visitors could see and touch 30
full-size machines built according to his sketches-including a crane (起重机) and a robot!
     Leonardo da Vinci was born to a rich family in Florence, Italy, in 1452. From childhood, Leonardo was
given a good education and he showed talent at painting. By the age of 26, Da Vinci had already become a
famous painter.
     However, he showed that he had multiple talents in 1482 when he began to work for the Duke of Milan
as a chief engineer. In the duke"s military factories, Da Vinci developed an interest in war weapons.
     He designed many important machines, including helicopters and parachutes. He also drew and wrote
about an armored car, which could carry eight men inside and allow them to fire weapons through holes
in its walls. Da Vinci"s idea led to the mod- ern tank. Though Da Vinci never built many of the inventions
he designed, some of the things he imagined in the late 1400s are in use today.
     As a scientist, Da Vinci was fascinated with the human body. He spent a whole year cutting up dead
bodies in hospitals to learn about human anatomy (解剖). He made more than 200 drawings of bodies.
     Amazingly, Da Vinci wrote backward, so the easiest way to read his notes was to hold them up to a
mirror! 1. Was Mona Lisa painted by Leonardo da Vinci?
    _________________________________________________
2. When was Leonardo da Vinci born?
     _________________________________________________
3. What did Leonardo da Vinci design?
     _________________________________________________
4. Why did Leonardo da Vinci cut up dead bodies in hospitals?
     _________________________________________________
5. What was Leonardo da Vinci according to the passage?
     _________________________________________________

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根据短文内容，用括号内动词的正确时态形式填空。 Liu Xiang was born in Shanghai on the 13th of July, 1983. He is 1.88m tall and 1______(weigh) 74
kilograms. He began practicing jumping when he was at Grade Four in primai7 school. He 2______ (win) the
gold medal of the men"s 110m hurdles in the 28th Olympic Games. It is the first gold medal that Chinese have
won from this competition in the Olympic history. He 3______(be) a great hero in Chinese eyes since then. He
also likes singing and seeing films. Once when he 4______(walk) in the street, he stopped to answer the
reporter, "I 5______(sing) songs with friends if I feel tired after training, or go to a movie for relaxation."

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完形填空。     World No.2 tennis  1 Elena Anodic from Serbia (塞尔维亚) has won her second title of the year. She
became champion of the China Open  2 September 28.
     Jankovic first practiced tennis when she was nine years old. After six months Jankovic played her first
match. It was the  3 championship for kids up to 10 years old. She came to the semi-finals (半决赛). When
she was 11, she won a national championship for girls up to 12 years old.  4 continue her career, Jelena 5
Serbia and went to the United States. At that time, she  6 speak any English. And her family did not come
with her. It was a hard time."I did not know what I needed  7 when I was going to school. I could not do
my homework. When you have a  8 , there is nobody to help you. So, you learn it the hard way," Jelena said.
     However, it was a good  9 experience for Jelena. "It makes me  10 independent (独立的) and stronger
as a person. I know  11 everything by myself, so I don"t have to  12  my parents  13  somebody else to do
it for me," she said.
     In the US, Jelena received better conditions for practice and  14 of her game. In 2000, she became a
professional (职业选手) and has been shining on the tennis court  15 .

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