Life is not easy, so I"d like to say," When anything happens, believe in yourself." When I was 14, I was 1 nervous to talk in public. My classmates often 2 me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later 3 happened. It affected my life. It was an English speech contest (比赛). My mother asked me to take part in it. What a/an 4 idea! It meant I had to 5 in front of all the teachers and students of my school! "Come on, boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to 6 ." Then mother and I talked about many different topics. At last I chose the topic "Believe in yourself". I tried my best to 7 all the speech and practiced it over 100 times. 8 my mother"s great help, I did well in the contest. I could hardly (几乎不) believe my ears when the news came-I won the first place. I heard the cheers from the teachers and students. Those 9 looked down on (瞧不起)me before, but they now all said 10 to me. My mother hugged (拥抱)me and cried excitedly. Since then, everything changed for me. When I do anything, I try to tell myself to be confident and I will find myself. This is true not only for a person but also for a country. |
( )1. A. so ( )2. A. made faces at ( )3. A. something ( )4. A. interesting ( )5. A. write ( )6. A. win ( )7. A. remember ( )8. A. At ( )9. A. teachers ( )10. A. hello | B. too B. cooked after B. nothing B. exciting B. speak B. lose B. see B. To B. students B. goodbye | C. very C. helped with C. anything C. terrible C. tell C. beat C. spell C. With C. boys C. congratulations | D. quite D. laughed at D. everything D. wonderful D. say D. pass D. hear D. As D. girls D. hi | 阅读理解。 | Sigmund Freud was a world-famous doctor of Vienna (维也纳). He was also a man full of humour (幽默). Once, at his 70th birthday party, a friend asked Freud if he could put his work into several words. "Well," said Freud,"we take the sick out of their trouble and return them to the common suffering." As a devoted (忠实的) son, Freud often visited his old mother. His mother usually spent her summers in a small mountain town in Austria (奥地利). The King Josef usually spent his summers there, too. One day in the summer, a band (乐队) was playing a lively tune (曲子) when Freud"s mother was sitting at the window and watching the people singing and dancing on Main Street. The old woman had a poor memory. She heard the band playing, but forgot it was the King"s birthday. Freud was visiting his mother on her 95th birthday. He told his mother,"Mama, the band is playing for your birthday." She believed him and had a wonderful day. | 1. Freud was a famous of ________. | A. doctor, Austria B. general, Vienna C. King, Austria D. doctor, Australia | 2. One day Freud came to the small mountain town for ________. | A. his 70th birthday B. the King Josef"s birthday C. his mother"s birthday D. his holiday | 3. Freud"s mother felt very happy on her 95th birthday because ________. | A. the King Josef himself came to celebrate (庆贺) her birthday B. the people of the town came out to celebrate her birthday C. she believed that the band was playing for her birthday D. she heard the band playing a lively tune so wonderfully | 完形填空。 | On Christmas Eve, the Woods, an English couple, received a very unusual telephone call. Although it 1 only twenty seconds, it was from their fifteen-year-old daughter who disappeared six months before. "I"m phoning to 2 you a happy Christmas," she said."I love you." The Woods were so happy that they started a 3 telephone service called"Alive and Well". The service 4 parents to keep in touch with children who have run away from home. Young people can phone "Alive and Well" and leave a 5 for their parents. The 6 are answered by answering machines. 7 no one spoke to the child or make them 8 home. Parents of runaway children who are under eighteen can ask the 9 to bring their children home. So children do not want to tell their parents 10 they are. Through"Alive and Well" they can telephone their parents without 11 about letting their parents know their address. The Woods and their helpers 12 the telephone messages which are recorded by the tape and get in touch with the 13 . Many of the 30,000 British children who have left home are 14 in London. For only two pence they can go into a telephone box and 15 their parents. They can dial 756-7556 and stop their parents" worry. Is he dead or alive?
| ( )1. A. started ( )2. A. wish ( )3. A. strange ( )4. A. stops ( )5. A. letter ( )6. A. parents ( )7. A. So ( )8. A. miss ( )9. A. friends ( )10. A. who ( )11. A. worrying ( )12. A. give away ( )13. A. church ( )14. A. always ( )15. A. miss | B. ended B. tell B. terrible B. imagines B. message B. machines B. But B. leave B. police B. how B. thinking B. write down B. school B. also B. watch | C. sounded C. expect C. special C. helps C. number C. questions C. If C. return C. grandparents C. what C. caring C. keep out C. police station C. never C. call | D. lasted D. make D. popular D. hopes D. surprise D. telephones D. Because D. stay D. teachers D. where D. complaining D. call up D. address D. probably D. kiss | 完形填空。 | I am a person who can get angry easily. But since I read an article 1 by my English teacher, things have changed a lot. I"m 2 at a boarding (寄宿的) school. So I 3 learn not only how to study well, but also how to 4 with others. Some of us are outgoing 5 others are quiet. It is 6 that people have problems and arguments. So how can we be tolerant (宽容的, 容忍的)? Smiling 7 others is the easiest way. Another way is 8 if your ideas are reasonable (有道理的) and right 9 having an argument. If others" ideas are really not good, keep an open mind. Try 10 them. 11 a friend is much better than having an enemy after all. Also 12 point out other"s mistakes in public. This will make people lose 13 and get angry. If you really want to help, send a letter instead. On the other hand, if 14 points out your disadvantages, don"t be angry. Just think this is a person who really 15 to help you and become friends. Remember: Tolerance makes life easier. | ( )1. A. write ( )2. A.working ( )3. A. can ( )4. A. get on ( )5. A. while ( )6. A. common ( )7 A. at ( )8. A. think ( )9. A. after ( )10. A. laugh at ( )11. A. Have ( )12. A. Don"t ( )13. A. head ( )14. A. anyone ( )15. A. want | B. was written B. teaching B. have to B. catch up B. when B. unusual B. with B. thinking B. when B. excuse B. To have B. Not B. arm B. someone B. wanted | C. written C. writing C. could C. talk about C. if C. right C. to C. to think C. until C. to laugh C. Having C. Doesn"t C. face C. none C. wants | D. to write D. studying D. will D. keep up D. that D. wrong D. of D. say D. before D. to excuse D. Had D. / D. money D. nobody D. to want | 阅读理解。 | After serious earthquake happened. A father left his wife safely at home and rushed to his son"s school, only to find that the building where his son studied had collapsed and looked like a pancake.(煎饼). He was shocked (震惊). He didn"t know what he should do for a while,then he remembered the words he had said to his son: "No matter what, I"ll always be there for you!"And tears began to fill his eyes. He started digging through the ruins (废墟). As he was digging,other helpless parents and the firemen arrived and tried to pull him off the ruins, saying: "It"s too late! They"re all dead! There"s nothing you can do!" To them he replied: "Are you going to help me now?"And then he kept on digging? No one helped, however. He went on alone because he needed to know for himself:"Is my boy alive or is he dead?" He dug for eight hours…12 hours…24 hours…36 hours…then,in the 39th hour,he pulled back a rock and heard his son"s words. He shouted his son"s name "ARMAND!"He heard back,"Dad!?! It"s me, Dad! I told the other kids not to worry. I told them that if you were alive, you"d save me and when you saved me, they"d be saved. You promised (承诺). "No matter what happens, I"ll always be there for you!"You did it, Dad!" "What"s going on there? How is it?" the father asked. "There are 14 of us left out of 33, Dad. We"re frightened, hungry, thirsty and thankful you"re here. When the building fell down, it made a triangle (三角), and it saved us." "Come out, boy!" "No, Dad! Let the other kids out first,because I know you"ll get me! No matter what happens, I know you"ll always be there for me!" | 1. The underlined word "collapsed" probably means _______. | A. 倒塌 B. 摇晃 C. 耸立 D. 颠簸 | 2. Who came to help the father when he digging? | A. His wife B. Other parents C. The firemen D. No one | 3. Other parents and the firemen wanted to pull him off the ruins because they thought _______. | A. he was mad B. all the children had died in the earthquake C. he was too dangerous to others D. it was not his job to dig | 4. How many students were still alive when the father found them in the ruins? | A. Fourteen B. Thirty-three C. Forty-seven D. Nineteen. | 5. We can learn from the passage that _______. | A. It took the father one day to find his son and other students B. His wife died in the earthquake C. His son was the last one to come out of the ruins D. The son didn"t believe his father would come to save him |
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