Is music enjoyed simply for being a nice little tune? No, there are things

题型：不详难度：来源：

Is music enjoyed simply for being a nice little tune? No, there are things      1      important to learn about than whether you really like the song, for example, the story of the singer himself. Many singers had had hard      2     before they became famous. Xiao Huangqi, a pop singer and songwriter from Taiwan, is one of them.
Up till now, he has made five albums (唱片) and      3     several music awards. Among his hit songs, the most popular one is “You Are My Eyes”, a song that     4    his own true story, a blind man who loves music and the world so much.
　　Xiao was born blind. At the age of four, he got some eyesight through an operation. He couldn’t be   5    because he could see the world with his own eyes. He began to practice Judo (柔道) and learned to play the saxophone (萨克斯管) and the guitar.
　　But fate(命运)     6   him. He became blind again ten years later because he had used his eyes too much. It was a great blow. But Xiao is so     7    and optimistic(乐观) that he soon got out of his sadness. He began writing songs and found a colorful world within. He hears and feels the world and    8    his thoughts and feelings into music.
　　“When one door closes, another door opens.”    9  opened the door for Xiao and has      10   him into a wonderful and colorful world.

小题1:

A．too

B．so

C．less

D．far more

小题2:

A．time

B．life

C．experiences

D．memory

小题3:

A．won

B．held

C．produced

D．presented

小题4:

A．reads

B．tells

C．sings

D．says

小题5:

A．happy

B．happier

C．sad

D．sadder

小题6:

A．offered a job to	B．paid much attention to
C．looked down on	D．played a joke on

小题7:

A．proud

B．clever

C．honest

D．strong

小题8:

A．turns

B．decides

C．considers

D．has

小题9:

A．Mum

B．Knowledge

C．Music

D．Love

小题10:

A．took

B．led

C．connected

D．left

答案

小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:B
小题5:B
小题6:D
小题7:D
小题8:A
小题9:C
小题10:B

解析

小题1:根据后文的内容“to learn about than whether you really like the song”可知答案为D
小题2:根据全文的意思可知答案为C
小题3:win the awards，为固定词组搭配，故选A
小题4:根据句意，可知答案为B，表示告诉人们….，故选B
小题5:本题表示没有再有事情比这个更快乐，故意要选B
小题6:本题考查的与某人开玩笑，为play a joke on sb，故选D。
小题7:根据文章内容可知答案为D，表示他很坚强。
小题8:根据文章内容可知他将….全身心投入到音乐中，故选A
小题9:根据全文的内容可知答案为C
小题10:本题为固定词组搭配。Lead sb to ，故选B

举一反三

Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO of US technology giant Apple, has died at the age of 56. Mr Jobs had announced he was suffering from cancer in 2004. Apple said he had been "the source of countless innovations（创新）that enrich and improve all of our lives" and had made the world "immeasurably（无法衡量的）better".
Tributes(赞美之辞) have been made by technology company bosses and world leaders, with US President Barack Obama saying the world had "lost a visionary（有远见卓识的人）". "Steve was among the greatest of American innovators —— brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it," said Mr Obama.
A statement from Mr Jobs"s family said they were with him when he died peacefully on Wednesday. "In his public life, Steve was known as a visionary; in his private life, he loved his family deeply," they said, requesting privacy and thanking those who had "shared their wishes and prayers" during his final year.
Apple said the company had "lost a visionary and creative genius(天才) and the world have lost an amazing human being". Tim Cook, who was made Apple"s CEO after Mr Jobs stood down in August, said his predecessor had left behind "a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple". Flags are being flown at half mast outside the Apple headquarters（总部） in Cupertino, California, while fans of the company have left tributes outside Apple shops around the world.
The heads of other leading technology companies have also paid tribute, including Microsoft boss Bill Gates, who said "For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it"s been a great honour. I will miss Steve very much."
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg thanks Mr Jobs for "showing that what you build can change the world" while Sony Corp president and CEO Howard Stringer said: "The digital age has lost its leading light." South Korea"s Samsung, which is involved in a case with Apple over patents(专利), admired Mr Jobs for his "Completely new and different changes to the IT industry".
小题1:Hearing of Steve Jobs’ death, the heads of other leading technology companies have paid tribute and __________.

A．shared the treasure with his family	B．suffered from the sad news
C．been involved in a case with Apple	D．spoken highly of him

小题2:Obama made a speech at Steve Jobs’ death because _________________.
A. they had been friends for years
B. they had set up an excellent company
C Jobs had played an important role in the development of the IT industry
D. Jobs had changed Obama’s political(政治的) life
小题3: Who became Apple"s CEO after Mr Jobs?

A．Tim Cook

B．Howard Stringer

C．Mark Zuckerberg

D．Barack Obama

题型：不详难度：| 查看答案

Schools of Nangtong, Jiangsu Province start the morning classes an hour later than before. That’s, they begin the first class at about 8:30 a.m. This helps students feel less tired. The students are happy about the change.
Liu Ming said,“I’m glad that we don’t have to get up so early.”
Wu Hongli feels the same. She said that would be good for her health. “I used to get up at 6:30 a.m. I had to drink coffee every night, or I would feel too sleepy to finish my homework, ” said Wu.
Many teachers agree that the change helps students learn better. “Students used to doze（打瞌睡） in the first two classes in the morning,” said Huang Shan, an English teacher. “But now they are full of energy in class and learn much better than before.”
However, some parents are worried that more sleep means less learning. There used to be five classes in the morning. Now there are only four.
In fact, every coin has two sides. So does the change in the school timetable.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的涂“A”，错误的涂“B”。（10分）
小题1:Schools of Nantong used to begin the first class at about 7：30a.m.
小题2:Some students and parents feel worried about the change in the school timetable.
小题3:Wu Hongli enjoys drinking coffee at night.
小题4:The English teacher thinks the new timetable does good to the students’ study.
小题5:“Every coin has two sides” means “凡事皆有利弊” in Chinese.

题型：不详难度：| 查看答案

Scientists believe in the near future a new kind of car that can not only drive on the road, but also fly in the sky will serve the people, it is called “flying-driving vehicle”.
Since the turn of the 20th century, there have been many hundreds of designs for flying-driving vehicles. And some of them have actually been built and flown. But “Transition” is the closest to people.
Transition was designed in 2006, and the first road and flight tests took place in 2009. Transition is designed to really be a general airplane, which can fold up（折叠）fully its wings, drive down the road and park in a single-car garage（车库）.
Transition can climb to more than 3000 meters high. It can carry two people at speeds over 160 kilometers an hour in the air. And on the ground it can drive at highway speeds, about 113 kilometers an hour.
Scientists expect Transition to reach market at the end of 2012, at a price of around 25, 0000 dollars. Mr. Carl Dietrich says nearly 100 people have already signed up as buyers. He hopes to sell as many as 1000 a year in the near future.
小题1:We learn from the passage that Transition is ________.
A. a flying car B. a helicopter C. a high-speed plane
小题2:________ shows us the way of Transition driving down the road.
A. B. C.

小题3:According to the passage, Transition ________.
A. takes up small room
B. can park over the water
C. flies in the sky only
小题4:Which of the following statements is TRUE according to this passage?
A. Transition can carry 2 people at speeds over 113 km/h in the air.
B. Mr. Carl Dietrich has sold as many as 1000 Transition so far.
C. Scientists expect Transition to serve the people at the end of 2012
小题5:The fourth paragraph(段落) mainly tells us about the __________ of Transition.
A. price B. speed C. Design

题型：不详难度：| 查看答案

Last weekend, twenty thousand people gathered in the state of Georgia to watch students from twenty-eight countries compete with robots they built. More than ten thousand students and more than five hundred robots took part in the competition.

Almost one thousand and seven hundred high school teams entered a level of competition called LUNACY. The competitors came from eleven countries, including the United States. In January, the organization sent the same supplies for robots to each team. The teams had six weeks to build robots that could compete in the LUNACY game. The playing area had six robots, three on each team. Each robot had a trailer(拖车) connected to it. The robots had to pick up large balls and throw them into the trailers of opposing robots. The robots were moving on a surface where they could slide(滑行). A team from California won the competition.
A second competition involved building a robot that could travel on uneven(不平坦的) surfaces, move objects with unusual shapes and withstand(承受) physical stress.
Another competition was for younger students, aged nine to fourteen years old. Eighty-four teams from twenty-seven countries competed with robots made with LEGO products. They had to design, build and program robots to explore the Earth’s climates.
小题1:The competitors coming from _______countries entered a level of competition called LUNACY.

A．twenty-eight	B．twenty-seven
C．eighty-four	D．eleven

小题2:_______sent the supplies for robots to each team.

A．Schools	B．Volunteers
C．The government	D．The organization

小题3:Each team can have _______robots to compete in the LUNACY game.

A．two

B．three

C．six

D．eight

小题4:The underlined word “involved” in this passage can be replaced by “_______”.

A．included

B．removed

C．corrected

D．invented

小题5:Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?

A．In January, each team got the same supplies for robots.

B．A team from California won the LUNACY competition.

C．The writer introduces three kinds of competitions in this passage.

D．The students had to design or buy robots for the competition.

题型：不详难度：| 查看答案

阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章后小题的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
注意：每个空格只填一个单词。
It seems school children all over the world complain about their school food. Cherie Blair, wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, said that she would prepare a packed lunch for her son if school dinners do not improve. So what do students of your age eat for lunch at school?
Japan
High schools have canteens, which serve everything from noodles to rice, but not burgers and chips. Other children bring food from home such as cold rice balls, meat or fish, pickles(泡菜) and vegetables.
Students take home a menu for the coming month containing notes on nutrition value. Twice a year parents are invited to have a taste of the food. The class with the fewest leftovers(剩饭) at the end of the month receives a prize.
United States
A typical menu from a US school is made up of a hamburger with fried potatoes or roast chicken, lettuce and pickles, fruit and cookies. School lunches must also provide at least one-third of the daily dietary allowances(定量) of protein, vitamin A, vitamin C, iron, calcium and calories.
Australia
Meat pies, sausage rolls and hot dogs are all traditional dishes in Australian school shops. But as the nation pays more attention to children’s health, healthier foods have started to find their way onto school menus.
Many schools have used a traffic light system. The sale of red-labelled foods, including pastries, chocolate and soft drinks, is served only twice a week. Healthier green-labelled foods such as sushi, sandwiches, corn and watermelon, however, are available every day.
In some schools, students have a choice of up to 89 foods to choose from, including popcorn and rice.
South Africa
Most of South Africa’s schools do not serve meals at all. Classes end at 1:30 pm and students get their own lunches. Many students bring food from home, usually sandwiches.
Fast food and fried food sell the best among students, which has led to a rise in obesity among children. But as more people began to realize the fact that being too fat may cause different diseases, some schools in towns have led the way towards better nutrition(营养). Now students at these schools are provided with lunches of porridge with vegetables, such as cabbages, onions, beans, carrots and tomatoes.

Schools serve different foods in different 1 .
Japan	In high schools, children can buy everything, such as noodles and rice. But they can’t buy burgers and 2 from canteens. Some children 3 food from their homes. The class will get a prize if they have the 4 leftovers in a 5 .
United States	Children can get 6 of daily nutrition from their lunch at school.
7	School shops 8 students with traditional dishes. The sale of green-labelled foods is served every day, 9 Red-labelled foods are sold once a week.
South Africa	Students like eating fast food and fried food so that they are overweight. Students in some schools in towns can eat vegetables to 10 fit.

题型：不详难度：| 查看答案