An acrobatic(杂技的) master performed a tightrope(绷紧的钢丝) walk between two mountains

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An acrobatic(杂技的) master performed a tightrope(绷紧的钢丝) walk between two mountains

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An acrobatic(杂技的) master performed a tightrope(绷紧的钢丝) walk between two mountains, which attracted thousands of people.
When the ____ started, he went to one end of the tightrope, ____ straight at the goal ahead, with open arms, walking slowly step by step to the opposite side of the mountain. Immediately, the audience ____ loud applause.
“If my hands dare tied, do you believe I can ____？” he asked the audience.
____， some people didn"t believe, but in order to know the ___， they said, “We believe you！”
Then, he had his hands tied with a rope and walked past ____.
He looked around and said, “If I"m blindfolded(蒙着眼睛的) with my hands tied, do you ____ believe I can go past？”
This time, the people said without ____， “We believe you！”
In this way, his eyes were ____ with a black cloth. He moved slowly to the tightrope and walked along it inch by inch. This time, he went past once again. The audience burst into ____.
Then, he ____ a child and asked all the people, “If I put him on my shoulders ___ I"m blindfolded with my hands tied as well, do you still believe I can make it？”
All the people replied before ____， “We believe you！”
“I ask you again. Do you really believe me？”
“Yes, we believe you completely！”
Then, he said, “Well then, since you believe me, ____ my child with yours. Who will？”
All of a sudden, the audience fell ____. The silence lasted for nearly ten minutes.
After ten minutes, the acrobatic master said nothing, just put the child on his shoulders and walked past along the tightrope. Sure enough, this time he ____ once more.
Faced with things far from their own ____， people can often make judgments easily and quickly, but once involved in(牵涉) it, most of people “cannot ____ it clearly”. Only those who are really confident, like the master in the tightrope walk, can stay ____ at any time.
小题1:
A．talentB．play
C．programD．show
小题2:
A．steppingB．staring
C．wanderingD．pointing
小题3:
A．broke intoB．came into
C．gave offD．sent off
小题4:
A．get throughB．walk down
C．go acrossD．pass around
小题5:
A．FinallyB．ActuallyC．HopefullyD．Especially
小题6:
A．resultB．experienceC．challengeD．trick
小题7:
A．slightlyB．luckilyC．smoothlyD．nervously
小题8:
A．evenB．justC．alwaysD．still
小题9:
A．difficultyB．hesitationC．concernD．mercy
小题10:
A．blockedB．hiddenC．coveredD．equipped
小题11:
A．cheersB．joyC．tearsD．laughter
小题12:
A．choseB．supportedC．pushedD．held
小题13:
A．tillB．beforeC．whileD．since
小题14:
A．arguingB．thinkingC．refusingD．wondering
小题15:
A．exchangeB．compareC．takeD．treat
小题16:
A．silentB．noisyC．doubtfulD．anxious
小题17:
A．wonB．walkedC．actedD．succeeded
小题18:
A．childrenB．fears
C．interestsD．performances
小题19:
A．senseB．see
C．understandD．realize
小题20:
A．awakeB．encouraged
C．patientD．focused

答案

小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:B
小题6:A
小题7:C
小题8:D
小题9:B
小题10:C
小题11:A
小题12:D
小题13:C
小题14:B
小题15:A
小题16:A
小题17:D
小题18:C
小题19:B
小题20:D
解析
本文主要通过讲述一位杂技大师走钢丝的故事，告诉大家只有真正自信的人才能在任何时候坚定地实现目标。
小题1:答案：D　由第一段的内容可知，这是杂技大师走钢丝的表演，故选D项。
小题2:答案：B　由常识可知，杂技大师应该是直盯着前方的目标才能顺利地走钢丝，故用staring。
小题3:答案：A　break into sth.表示“突然开始(笑、唱等)”。此处表示“观众爆发出热烈的掌声”。
小题4:答案：C　“如果我的双手被绑着，你们认为我能走过(go across)去吗？”get through“渡过难关”；walk down“沿……向下走”；pass around“传送，分发”，均不符合语境。
小题5:答案：B　事实上(Actually)，有些人并不认为他能走过去。
小题6:答案：A　但他们想知道结果(result)，就说：“我们相信你能！”
小题7:答案：C　从下文可知，他顺利地走过钢丝。smoothly“平稳地，顺利地”，符合语境。
小题8:答案：D　“如果我蒙着眼睛且双手被绑着，你们还(still)认为我能走过去吗？”
小题9:答案：B　这次，人们毫不犹豫地(without hesitation)说：“我们相信你能！”
小题10:答案：C　上文提及要蒙着眼睛走钢丝，所以此处表示眼睛被一块黑布遮住，故用covered。
小题11:答案：A　这一次他蒙着眼睛且双手被绑着，走过钢丝，观众自然爆发出欢呼声。burst into cheers符合语境。
小题12:答案：D　然后他抱起一个小孩问众人。hold意为“抱住”。
小题13:答案：C　“如果我把他放在我的肩头，与此同时，蒙着眼睛且双手还被绑着，你们仍然认为我能成功吗？”while表示“在……期间；与此同时”。
小题14:答案：B　人们都不假思索就回答相信，thinking符合语境。
小题15:答案：A　“那么，既然你们相信我，就将我的孩子与你们的交换(exchange)一下。谁愿意？”
小题16:答案：A　由此空后面的“The silence”可知，此处应用silent。
小题17:答案：D　根据语境可知，果然，这次他又成功(succeeded)了。
小题18:答案：C　面对不触及自己利益(interests)的事情时，人们经常很轻易地快速做出判断。
小题19:答案：B　但是一旦自己牵涉其中，大多数人就不能看清楚了。clearly与see搭配。
小题20:答案：D　只有那些真正自信的人，像走钢丝的大师，才能在任何时候都保持注意力集中，目标明确。故选D项。
疑难词汇解读
1．smooth (adj.)平滑的，平稳的
a smooth sea平静的海洋
smoothly adv.平稳地，顺利地
2．involve vt.包含，涉及，牵涉
A crosstalk performance involves talking，imitating，telling jokes and singing.相声表演包括说、学、逗、唱。
How many vehicles were involved in the crash？这次撞车事故涉及多少辆车？
长难句子分析
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句意：当表演开始时，杂技大师走向钢丝的一端，直盯着前方的目标，张开双臂，慢慢地一步一步走向山的对面。其中，staring...和walking slowly为现在分词作伴随状语，with open arms为介词短语作伴随状语。
举一反三
A few weeks ago，our dog，which we had kept for more than ten years，had to be put down.First，a tumor on her stomach got worse，and she was very ____.Then，the pain in her back got so bad that sometimes she ___ lie down in the middle of a walk and couldn"t take another ____.
When I first found out，I was very sad and cried a lot.She was more like a sister to me than a ___.But I was also angry at my stepfather，Steve，who told us the ___ a week after it happened.He ____ because he didn"t want to worry us，and he didn"t want me to get depressed (抑郁的)and fail my exams.I just thought she was ____ at the animals" hospital.
I think you know all the ____ that went through my head：She was my dog！Why didn"t he tell us earlier？I didn"t even get to say goodbye.
People in my family have a ____ of keeping things from me to protect me，such as only telling me that my aunt had cancer ____ she had already improved.All I could think was：Not again!
I ____ to my mum，and she said，“I know.I"m ____，too.”I opened my mouth to shout.And then she added，“I"m so angry with Steve that he had to ____ through all this on his own.”Hearing my mum"s words，I shut up my mouth.I had been so ____ on myself.I hadn"t thought about ____ Steve was going through.That dog was his baby.He"d had her for longer than he"d had us—and he had to make the decision to ____ her life，and then kept in silence for an entire ____.All my anger melted away，and all I felt was ____.
It makes me realize that we focus so much on ourselves that we ____ the pain of others.At that moment，my mum"s words were an incredible ____ that I"ll never forget.
小题1:
A．lazyB．lonely
C．painfulD．shameful
小题2:
A．wouldB．should
C．mightD．could
小题3:
A．walkB．step
C．footD．breath
小题4:
A．toolB．toy
C．baby D．pet
小题5:
A．planB．accident
C．anecdoteD．truth
小题6:
A．liedB．waited
C．reflected D．hesitated
小题7:
A．stillB．once
C．evenD．never
小题8:
A．factsB．opinions
C．thoughtsD．doubts
小题9:
A．storyB．secret
C．habitD．hobby
小题10:
A．untilB．before
C．whileD．after
小题11:
A．adjustedB．turned
C．contributedD．related
小题12:
A．angryB．shocked
C．guiltyD．abused
小题13:
A．breakB．go
C．lookD．push
小题14:
A．focusedB．hooked
C．dependentD．hard
小题15:
A．thatB．where
C．whatD．which
小题16:
A．save B．expand
C．makeD．end
小题17:
A．yearB．month
C．weekD．day
小题18:
A．regretB．blame
C．sorrowD．sympathy
小题19:
A．sharedB．ignored
C．remindedD．rid
小题20:
A．comfortB．compromise
C．giftD．suggestion

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Once upon a time there was a little boy who became very ill.He had to spend all day in bed, unable to ____.Because other children weren"t allowed to come near him, he ____ greatly, and spent his days feeling sad and ____.
There wasn"t much he could do ____ look out of the window.Time passed, and his feeling of ___ just grew.Until one day he saw a strange ____ in the window.It was a penguin ____ a sausage sandwich.The penguin squeezed in ____ the open window, said “good afternoon” to the boy, ____ around, and left.
Of course, the boy was very ____.He was still trying to ____ what had happened, and as more crazy­looking characters appeared out the window, he burst out ____ and found it hard to stop.
The little boy didn"t tell anyone about this because who would have ____ him? Even so, those strange characters ended up putting ____ back in his heart, and in his body.Before long, his ____ had improved so much that he was able to go back to school again.
There he got to talk to his ____， and tell them all the ____ things he had seen.While he was talking to his best friend he saw something ___ out of his friend"s school bag.The boy asked his friend what it was, and he was so ____ that finally his friend had to show him what was in the bag：
There, inside, were all the fancy­dress suits and disguises(假扮的东西) that his friends had been using to try to ____ the little boy up!
And from that day on, the little boy always did his best to make sure that no one felt sad and alone.
小题1:
A．moveB．speakC．walkD．leave
小题2:
A．shoutedB．sufferedC．sighedD．prayed
小题3:
A．redB．yellowC．greenD．blue
小题4:
A．untilB．thanC．exceptD．because
小题5:
A．despairB．fearC．anxietyD．curiosity
小题6:
A．voiceB．signC．shapeD．frame
小题7:
A．takingB．gettingC．eatingD．spitting
小题8:
A．byB．overC．alongD．through
小题9:
A．turnedB．lookedC．gotD．hung
小题10:
A．surprisedB．disappointedC．frightenedD．crazy
小题11:
A．pick outB．check outC．work outD．help out
小题12:
A．talkingB．laughingC．cryingD．jumping
小题13:
A．believedB．invitedC．rememberedD．welcomed
小题14:
A．sorrowB．joyC．memoryD．honor
小题15:
A．scoreB．recoveryC．effortD．health
小题16:
A．friendsB．relativesC．teachersD．parents
小题17:
A．fierceB．strangeC．usefulD．interesting
小题18:
A．runningB．bringingC．stickingD．standing
小题19:
A．specialB．violentC．insistentD．emotional
小题20:
A．forceB．pullC．liftD．cheer

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The night was dark, though sometimes the moving clouds allowed a star or two to be seen in the sky.The poor men held on to any bit of ____ they could find. They called to the Marie for        but she was far        the reach of the human voice. At one o’clock in the morning suddenly some        were seen in the distance: another ship! The shouts of the        were heard on board, and willing hands pulled them out of the water. The        of the ship that had arrived at the scene        to save their lives was Ellen. What had        her to the exact spot        the darkness and the pathless sea? Her captain had known        of the wreck and had, indeed,      to sail away from it. But let him speak for himself.
“    I was forced by the wind to change my course, a small bird flew across the ship once or twice and then flew at my face. I     of this until exactly the same thing happened a second time,     caused me to think it rather     . While I was this    , the same bird, for the third time, made its appearance and flew      in the same way as before. I was then      to change my course back to the original one. I had not gone far      I heard a strange voice; and when I tried to     where they came from, I found I was in the middle of people who had been shipwrecked. I immediately did my best to save them.”
小题1:
A．landB．grassC．hopeD．wood
小题2:
A．foodB．helpC．restD．stop
小题3:
A．offB．outC．beyondD．from
小题4:
A．peopleB．lightsC．shipsD．houses
小题5:
A．sailorsB．captainsC．rescuersD．swimmers
小题6:
A．nameB．ownerC．captainD．finder
小题7:
A．ahead of timeB．at timesC．on timeD．in time
小题8:
A．broughtB．carriedC．keptD．caused
小题9:
A．inB．on C．throughD．around
小题10:
A．everythingB．nothingC．somethingD．Anything
小题11:
A．attemptedB．managedC．allowedD．demanded
小题12:
A．Just asB．In caseC．Only becauseD．Even though
小题13:
A．paid no attentionB．took good careC．took no noticeD．kept close watch
小题14:
A．whichB．whatC．thatD．this
小题15:
A．InterestingB．funnyC．friendlyD．unusual
小题16:
A．searchingB．expectingC．consideringD．studying
小题17:
A．backB．aboutC．upD．down
小题18:
A．forcedB．decidedC．persuadedD．forbidden
小题19:
A．whenB．untilC．thenD．while
小题20:
A．listen toB．search forC．make sureD．look out

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I got up and dressed, stuck my violin under my jacket, and went out into the street. I wandered about for an hour, looking for a likely place, feeling as if I were about to commit a crime. Then I stopped at last under a bridge near the station and decided to have a go.
I felt tense and shaking. I drew my violin from under my coat like a gun. It was here, in Southampton, with trains passing overhead, that I was about to prove myself.
The first notes I played were loud and raw, and then they settled down and began to run more smoothly and to stay more or less in tune. To my surprise I was neither arrested nor told to shut up. Indeed, nobody took any notice at all.
I walked the streets of Southampton for several days, gradually knowing how to try and get money by being a street artist. It was not a good thing, for instance, to let the hat fill up with money — the sight could discourage the people; nor was it wise to empty it completely, which could also confuse them, giving them no hint as to where to drop his money. Placing a couple of pennies in the hat to start the thing going soon became a good idea. Before I played another tune, I took off the big money, but always left two pennies behind.
Old ladies were most generous, and so were women with children, shop girls, and typists. As for the men: Heavy drinkers were always generous too and so were big young with muscles. But never a man with a hat, briefcase or dog; respectable types were the meanest of all, except retired army officers, who would bark “Why aren’t you working, young man?” and then threw much money into the hat to hide their confusion.
小题1:The underlined phrase “have a go” in Paragraph 1 probably means ________.
A．have a tryB．run away
C．change a placeD．commit a crime
小题2:When the writer began to play the violin, he thought that ________.
A．he could make a lot of moneyB．he had chosen the wrong place
C．he would get into trouble D．people would stop and listen to him
小题3:According to the passage, the writer thought the best way of encouraging people to give a street-violinist money was to ________.
A．let the hat fill up with money first
B．leave a small amount of money in the hat
C．make sure that the hat was always empty
D．choose the best place to play more smooth tunes
小题4:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A．Most of the ladies were willing to give him money.
B．Retired army officers seldom gave him money.
C．Drinkers were generous with their money.
D．Not all the people would feel pity for street-violinists.

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Henry Edwards Huntington
Henry Edwards Huntington was born in 1850 in Oneonta，New York．In 1872 he went to work for his uncle，one of the owners of the Central Pacific Railroad．Twenty years later， Huntington moved to San Francisco at his uncle"s request to share management of the Southern Pacific Railroad．On the way to San Francisco，he visited San Marino，and later bought it，which is home to his collections today．
In 1902，Huntington moved his business operations to Los Angeles，where he developed the street railway system that created the structure of the Los Angeles area．He greatly expanded the existing electric railway lines，creating an extensive inter-urban system providing the transportation necessary．Huntington’s business interests continued to grow particularly in the areas of water，power，and land development；at one time he served on as many as 60 corporate boards throughout the United States．
At the age of 60，he announced his decision to retire in order to devote time to his book and art collections and the landscaping of the 600一acre farm．In 1911 the large Beaux Arts building，in the charge of the architect Myron Hunt，was completed．
In 1913，Huntington married Arabella Duval Huntington．She shared his interests in collecting．As one of the most important art collectors of her generation，she was highly influential in the development of the art collection now shown in the former building．
In 1919，Henry and Arabella Huntington signed the agreement that conveyed their San Marino property and collections to a nonprofit educational trust，creating the Huntington，one of the world’s great cultural，research，and educational centers．
Henry E．Huntington died in 1927，leaving his great treasures the Huntington，including the world—famous H untington Library，Art Gallery，and Botanical Gardens in San Marino，California to the public，which hosts more than 500，000 visitors each year.
小题1:What can you learn about Huntington from the first two paragraphs?
A．He worked in many fields before he came to Los Angeles．
B．He built a house to store his art collection in San Marino．
C．H e did a lot to the USA railway development．
D．He founded the Central Pacific Railroad．
小题2:What did Huntington do after his retirement?
A．He devoted himself to his personal interests．
B．He worked part time for non—profit business．
C．H e was in charge of an educational center．
D．H e shared his wife’s interests with her．
小题3:Which of the following can best describe Huntington?
A．An excellent artist．B．A talented architect．
C．An ambitious educator．D．A successful businessman．
小题4:This passage is most probably taken from
A．a science fictionB．a newspaper report
C．a novelD．a biography

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