( )1. A. school ( )2. A. happy ( )3. A. window ( )4. A. delicious ( )5. A. find out ( )6. A. quiet ( )7. A. cry ( )8. A. making ( )9. A. because ( )10. A. for ( )11. A. work ( )12. A. parents ( )13. A. eyes ( )14. A. again and again ( )15. A. teach | B. bed B. tired B. book B. warm B. pick up B. brave B. laugh B. selling B. but B. with B. school B. brothers B. shoes B. as usual B. show | C. church C. sad C. door C. useful C. take away C. funny C. run C. inventing C. so C. into C. town C. sisters C. jacket C. day and night C. lend | D. class D. excited D. wall D. strange D. get back D. dangerous D. sing D. wearing D or D. by D. hospital D. classmates D. schoolbag D. in time D. sell |
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The crowd stopped their talks as the runners came to the starting line. At this moment, all eyes were on two people. Mark, the favorite for the gold medal, and Jim, a new face to all. Mark had won a lot of competitions in 3000 meters and was thought to be the finest runner in the country. Until a few months before, Jim was almost unknown outside his hometown. But he had won one competition after another, which was a big surprise. Many people thought Jim would also do very well this time. It was going to be an exciting race. Bang! The race started. For the first half, Jim ran with Mark in the leading group. At 1700 meters, Jim was about one meter behind Mark. Suddenly, the crowd stopped cheering. Mark fell and lay on the grass. He tried to get up, but his hand had been injured and was out of the race. The crowd believed that Jim had tripped (绊倒) Mark and they began to shout at him. Jim looked back and slowed down. Then _____. But the race was over for Jim, too. He was far behind others now. Jim was very unhappy because of what had happened. Later, after the judges (裁判) had studied the video of the race, they decided that Jim had done nothing wrong. Jim went to see Mark and said,"I"m sorry for..." "It"s not your fault. I got injured myself in the leg. Such a thing never happens to me. I"ve got to see the doctor." The two went on to become good friends and were often seen training together. | |||
1. Why was the race going to be exciting? | |||
A. Because it was a 3000-meter race. B. Because there were only two runners in the competition. C. Because both Mark and Jim were very good runners. D. Because a large crowd of people came to watch the competition. | |||
2. The crowd stopped cheering suddenly because ________. | |||
A. it began to rain heavily B. Mark fell and lay on the grass C. Jim was about one meter behind Mark D. Jim ran with Mark in the leading group | |||
3. Which of the following can be put in the blank (空白处) in Paragraph 4? | |||
A. he went on with the race B. the doctors came to help C. The judges told him to stop D. he didn"t know what had happened | |||
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A blind schoolgirl has become the youngest interpreter (口译员) when she is only ten years. Alexia Sloane is from Cambridge. She was told by the doctor she had a brain tumour (脑癌) when she was on holiday with her parents in France. After that the two-year-old girl became blind. Though the little girl can"t see anything, she has great talent for languages and at the age of 10 she is already fluent (流利的) in English, French, Spanish and Chinese-and is learning German. Now her dream of working as an interpreter has come true. East of England MEP (欧盟议员) Robert Sturdy invited her to the European Parliament (议会). "Usually a person who enters the European Parliament should be 14 at least. So it was amazing for Alexia to work there at the age of 10." said Alexia"s mother Isabelle. Alexia can speak three languages since birth. As her mum is hah" French and half Spanish and her dad Richard is English. "She has always been very good at languages and shown an interest from a very young age." added Isabelle, who also has a four-year-old daughter Melissa. Alexia has dreamed of becoming an interpreter since she was six and chose to go to the European Parliament as her prize when she won the Young Achiever Community Award of the Year (年度青年成就 奖). She asked if she could learn from the interpreters and HEP Robert Sturdy agreed to take her along as his guest. "It was fantastic and I decided to become an interpreter," said Alexia. "Nothing can stop me." | |||
1. How old is the youngest interpreter according to the passage? | |||
A. 4. B. 6. C. 10. D. 14. | |||
2. When did Alexia Sloane become blind? | |||
A. When she was born. B. After she had a brain tumour. C. After she became an interpreter. D. When she was on holiday with her parents. | |||
3. Who offered Alexia the chance of working as an interpreter? | |||
A. Richard. B. Isabelle. C. Melissa. D. Robert Sturdy. | |||
4. What is right about Alexia Sloane? | |||
A. She can speak five language fluently. B. She is a talented language learner. C. She is the only child in the family. D. She went to France on holiday after she won the award. | |||
5. What do you think is the meaning of the sentence "Nothing can stop me."? | |||
A. Never give up. B. Believe in yourself. C. Nothing is impossible. D. Failure is the mother of success. | |||
动词填空。阅读下面短文,用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空(必要时可加情态动词或助动词)。 | |||
"Everything happens for the best," my grandmother said whenever things weren"t going my way. "Don"t worry, one day your luck (1) _______ (change)." Grandmother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college. I had decided to be sports announcer (广播员) in a radio station, so I (2) _______ (go) to Shanghai and knocked on the door of every station. But I got refused every time. In one station, a kind lady said my problem was short of experience." Get some work with a small station and (3)_______ (work) your way up," she said. I couldn"t get a job there, either. Then my dad told me a businessman had opened a company and needed someone (4)_______ (manage) the sports center. But again, I didn"t get the job. I felt really down. "Your luck will change," Granny reminded me. I tried another radio station in Beijing. But the owner, a nice man, told me he already had someone. As I left his office, I asked," How can someone be a sports announcer if he (5)_______ (not, get) a job in a radio station?" I (6)_______ (wait) for the elevator when I heard the man call, "What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?" I (7)_______ (put) in front of a microphone and asked to imagine I was commenting (评论) on a football game. "Now you (8)_______ (watch) the football game between Lu Neng and Shen Hua..." On my way home, Granny"s words came back to me, "One day your luck will change, boy. And when it (9) _______ (happen), it"ll feel twice as good because of all the disappointment (失望) you (10) _______ (have)." At that moment I knew just what she meant. | |||
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It all started at the beginning of the ninth grade. Carmen found she couldn"t see things 1 all the time. She became very worried, but she hoped 2 would know that. When her mother asked her to see the eye doctor, she didn"t 3 . But her mother"s mind was made up. Three days later. Carmen got new glasses and instructions 4 . her doctor."All of the kids will think I"m silly." Carmen said. Her mother 5 and shook her head."You look just as beautiful as before, she said. But Carmen didn"t believe her. The next day. Carmen kept the 6 in her pocket (口袋) as she walked into the schoolyard. She stood alone away from her friends, feeling 7 Suddenly, she heard her friend Theresa shout. Carmen ran over to the other girls."What"s the 8 ?" she asked. "My ring is gone!" Theresa cried."My sister sent it to me from California. It"s very 9 and I can "t lose it." Carmen and her friends began to 10 the ring in the grassy area of the playground. Carmen realized that she could do better 11 she could see better. She took the glasses out and put them on. Everything looked so 12 ! So clear! She looked down at the ground and a bright light caught her 13 . It was the ring. "Here it is," she shouted. She handed it to Theresa. "Thanks, Carmen," she said." I 14 thought we"d find it." She paused (停顿)."Hey, I didn"t know you wore glasses. They look great!" Carmen had 15 that she was wearing the new glasses. "Thanks," she replied. "Maybe wearing glasses won"t be so bad after all." Carmen thought. | |||