阅读短文，然后根据题目要求及所给语境完成任务Music touches our hearts and shortens (缩短) the distance be

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Music touches our hearts and shortens (缩短) the distance between people of different countries. The super star Jay Chou has cooperated with the American NBA star Kobe Bryant to create a song named The Heaven and Earth Challenge. That’s a song written by Jay Chou whose favorite sport is basketball. It expresses the love for basketball. And it encourages young people to be more confident. Jay Chou has learned much from Kobe’s sports spirit. In the song, Jay Chou does most of the singing part while Kobe plays a part of rapper (说唱者). People can download the ring tone (铃声) of the song from the Internet. All the money from the downloads will go to Project Hope, which aims to improve educational environment in poor areas in China.
根据英文释义及首字母提示拼写单词（每空1分）
小题1:d__________: space between two points or places
小题2:e__________: give confidence or hope to somebody
同义句转换（每空一词，共2分）
Jay Chou has learned much from Kobe’s sports spirit.
Jay Chou has learned 小题3:______小题4:______ from Kobe’s sports spirit.
根据短文内容简答问题（共1分）
小题5:What does the song express? _________________________________.

答案

小题1:distance
小题2:encourage
小题3:a
小题4: lot
小题5:the love for basketball

解析

试题分析：考察词汇。本题要求考生较为细心，能根据上下文的遇见选择合适的词，特别注意词性，词形。
小题1: distance 英文解释为：space between two points or places指两个点或者对方直接的空间。也就是距离distance。
小题2: encourage 英文解释为give confidence or hope to somebody给予别人信心和希望。也就是鼓励encourage。
小题3: a a lot作为一个短语来修饰动词短语learn from…。
小题4: lot a lot作为一个短语来修饰动词短语learn from…。
小题5:the love for basketball 细节题。根据文章第4行It expresses the love for basketball.

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根据短文内容，完成文后任务。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。

Jerome Kern is often called the father of American musical theater. Kern is remembered for the hundreds of songs he wrote for musical plays and movies. Music historians say that Kern gave artistic importance to American popular music for the first time. And, they say, he led the development of the first truly American theater music.
Jerome Kern was born into a middle-class family in New York City in 1885. Jerome’s mother, Fanny, loved the piano. She began to teach Jerome how to play when he was very young.
Jerome was a quiet boy and not a top student. When he completed high school, his father said he would have to work in the family’s store. But he later came to believe that Jerome might do better in music than in business after all. So he let the boy go to Europe to study music, as almost all serious young musicians did at the time.
Jerome Kern began his career as a songwriter in theaters in London and New York City. Success came quickly. By the early nineteen twenties, Kern was a successful young composer for Broadway musical comedies. In one three-year period alone, he wrote music for nineteen shows.
Kern wanted to try something completely new. He thought a musical play should be a real work of art, not just a collection of songs and dances. Kern wanted to do a truly American musical, with real American characters and real situations.
In 1927, he found the story he wanted. It was the book “Show Boat” by American writer Edna Ferber. “Show Boat” takes place in the 1880 on a passenger steam boat that travels along the Mississippi River.
Kern died in 1945 at the age of sixty. But “Show Boat” has been performed thousands of times all over the world.

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It is reported that there is going to be a heavy rain, so I am forced to __ my visit.

A．keep

B．desert

C．slow

D．postpone

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Harry, would you _____ the story at the point where John left off yesterday?

A．finish up

B．do up

C．take up

D．put up

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请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。
注意：每空格1个单词。
It’s often said that high self-confidence is key to success. In fact, low self-confidence is more likely to make you successful. Sure, extremely low confidence is not helpful, but just-low-enough confidence can help you readjust your goals so they are more realistic and attainable and have a better chance of succeeding. There are three main reasons for this:
★Lower self-confidence makes you pay attention to negative feedback and be self-critical: Most people get trapped in their optimistic biases, so they tend to ignore negative feedback. Although this may give them confidence, achievement is 10% performance and 90% preparation. Thus, the more aware you are of your soft spots, the better prepared you will be.
★Lower self-confidence can motivate you to work harder and prepare more: In fact, low confidence is only negative when you are not serious about your goals. If you really want what you say you want, your low confidence will only make you work harder to achieve it — because it will indicate a gap between your desired goal and your current state.
★Lower self-confidence reduces the chances of looking arrogant(自大的): Indeed, people with low self-confidence are more likely to admit their mistakes - instead of blaming others. This is the most important benefit of low self-confidence because it points to the fact that low self-confidence can bring success, not just to individuals but also to organizations and society.
In brief, if you are serious about your goals, low self-confidence can be your biggest help to accomplish them.

Topic	Lower self-confidence is more likely to enable you to 小题1:___.
小题2:___	★Lower self-confidence 小题3:___ your attention on negative feedbacks. With more 小题4:___ of your own 小题5:___, you will be better prepared.
	★小题6:___ by lower self-confidence, you will work harder to achieve what you want, unless you are unserious about your goals.
	★People with lower self- confidence are 小题7:___ likely to look arrogant and 小题8:___ others for their mistakes, which is the most 小题9:___ part of it, for it brings success to individuals and organizations.
Conclusion	Lower self-confidence can help you accomplish your 小题10:___.

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---What does Old Walter usually do in his retirement?
---- These days he is ______ memories of village life for his new book.

A．putting up

B．putting on

C．setting up

D．setting down

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