Lena Horne was born in Brooklyn，New York in 1917.Her mother was away for much of
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Lena Horne was born in Brooklyn，New York in 1917.Her mother was away for much of her 36 .So her grandmother helped raise her.
At the age of sixteen，Lena 37 work as a dancer at the famous Cotton Club in New York City.After 38 voice lessons，she soon began performing there as a singer too.At the age of nineteen，Lena moved to Pittsburgh and 39 Louis Jones，who was an actor. 40 ，their life together did not last long.But they had two 41 ，Gail and Edwin.
In 1940，Lena Horne became the first African American to travel and 42 with an all white jazz band.She 43 made records and performed at New York City’s Café Society jazz club.This was the first nightclub in the United States 44 racial barriers (隔阂).Many jazz clubs during this period had 45 performers，but few allowed them to watch the 46 as part of the audience.
Lena Horne became very 47 .After performing at a club in Hollywood，California，she 48 filmmakers.So with the help of some filmmakers，she soon 49 making movies.Lena Horne said that she was able to make movies 50 she was the kind of black person that white people could accept.But she said this was the 51 kind of acceptance.It was because of the way she 52 ，not because of how good she was or how hard she worked.
However，through her hard work，she helped 53 racial barriers.During her sixty year career as a performer，Lena Horne earned people’s 54 and respect.She used her fame to 55 social injustices(不公正)toward AfricanAmericans.
| 小题1: | | A．dream | B．performance | C．life | D．childhood |
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| 小题2: | | A．disliked | B．found | C．lost | D．wanted |
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| 小题3: | | A．taking | B．giving | C．making | D．designing |
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| 小题4: | | A．saw | B．changed | C．surprised | D．married |
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| 小题5: | | A．Excitingly | B．Amazingly | C．Unfortunately | D．Happily |
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| 小题6: | | A．relatives | B．children | C．friends | D．parents |
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| 小题7: | | A．stay | B．play | C．perform | D．communicate |
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| 小题8: | | A．always | B．hardly | C．never | D．also |
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| 小题10: | | A．black | B．yellow | C．brown | D．white |
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| 小题11: | | A．shows | B．dances | C．activities | D．people |
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| 小题12: | | A．popular | B．hard-working | C．happy | D．interesting |
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| 小题13: | | A．took care of | B．looked down upon | | C．got away from | D．caught the attention of |
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| 小题14: | | A．stopped | B．preferred | C．began | D．enjoyed |
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| 小题15: | | A．because | B．so | C．though | D．if |
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| 小题16: | | A．fastest | B．worst | C．best | D．biggest |
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| 小题17: | | A．served | B．sang | C．looked | D．acted |
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| 小题18: | | A．break | B．protect | C．exchange | D．show |
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| 小题19: | | A．hate | B．service | C．pity | D．love |
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| 小题20: | | A．hide | B．fight | C．make | D．experience |
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:C
小题6:B
小题7:C
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:C
小题12:A
小题13:D
小题14:C
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:C
小题18:A
小题19:D
小题20:B |
解析
试题分析：本文为记叙文，介绍了美国著名黑人女演员、歌手Lena Horne几集参与反对种族隔离的人权运动的故事。
小题1:D考查名词：前面说她的出生，这里是在童年的时候，妈妈经常不在身边。选D。
小题2:考查动词：A.disliked不喜欢B．found发现C．lost失去D．wanted想要， B符合句意。
小题3:考查动词搭配：上课：take lessons。选A。
小题4:考查动词：从后面的their life together，可知是结婚。选 D。
小题5:考查副词：A.Excitingly兴奋地B．Amazingly惊人的C．Unfortunately不幸的 D．Happily高兴地，从后面的their life together did not last long.可知是不幸地。选C。
小题6:考查名词：他们有两个孩子。选B。
小题7:考查动词：A. stay呆在B．play玩，演奏C．perform表演D．communicate交流，和乐队一起表演。选C。
小题8:考查副词：从后面的racial barriers可知是用否定词，但never太绝对了。选 B。
小题9:考查介词：这个夜总会是唯一，没有种族歧视的。选C。
小题10:考查上下文的理解，从but后面的句子,可知当时很多俱乐部有黑人演奏者。选A。
小题11:考查名词：A. shows 表演B．dances舞蹈C.activities活动D．people人们，这里指不让黑人演奏者参加观众的活动。选C。
小题12:考查形容词：A.popular 流行B．hard-working勤奋C．happy高兴D．interesting感兴趣的，选A符合句意。
小题13:考查词组：A.took care of照顾B．looked down upon瞧不起C．got away from 逃避D．caught the attention of引起某人的注意， D符合句意。
小题14:考查动词：A.stopped停止B．preferred更喜欢C.began 开始D．enjoyed享受，这里指她开始拍电影。选C。
小题15:考查连词，她能拍电影是因为她是白人能接收的黑人。选A。
小题16:考查形容词的最高级，从but可知她认为这是最糟糕的接受。选B。
小题17:考查动词：从后面的句子：not because of how good she was or how hard she worked.可知人们是因为她的长相不是因为她的努力接受她。选C。
小题18:考查动词：A. break打破B．protect保护C．exchange交换D．show展示，句意：通过她的努力，她打破了种族歧视。选A。
小题19:考查名词：从后面的and respect 可知并列的是love。选D。
小题20:考查动词：A.hide 隐藏B．fight斗争，消除C．make 制作D．experience经历，通过努力，她消除社会的不公正。选B。
点评：从选项中可以看出，本大题主要还是考查了词汇的辨析与运用，但更加注重综合语言能力的运用，需要根据上下文，了解词汇用法的同时，结合语境，做出准确的判断。 |
举一反三
If you have ever been discouraged(受挫) because of failure(失败), please read on. Usually, achieving(实现) what you set out to do is not the important thing. Let me explain.
Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys stopped by to watch.
“What are you doing?” asked one of the visitors.
“We plan to dig a hole all the way through the earth!” one of the brothers answered excitedly.
The older boys began to laugh, telling the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was impossible. After a long silence, one of the diggers picked up a jar full of spiders（蜘蛛）, worms and a lot of insects. He removed the lid（揭开盖子） and showed the wonderful contents to the visitors who were laughing at them. Then he said quietly and confidently, “Even if we don’t dig all the way through the earth, look what we found along the way!”
Their goal was far too difficult, but it made them dig. And that is what a goal is for—to make us move in the direction we have chosen. In other words, it sets us to digging!
But not every goal will be fully achieved. Not every job will end successfully. Not every hope will come to pass. Not every love will last. But when you fall short of your aim, perhaps you can say, “Yes, but look at what I found along the way! Look at the wonderful things which have come into my life because I tried to do something!” And I believe it is the joy in the journey, in the end, that truly matters.
小题1:The writer told us the story to ________ .| A．advise us to treats（对待） our failures fairly | | B．persuade us to make an aim for our lives | | C．encourage us to learn from the two brothers | | D．prove that failure helps us make achievements |
小题2:What’s the best title of the passage?| A．Failure is the mother of success | | B．When there is a will, there is a way | | C．No pains, no gains | | D．Joy in the journey |
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?| A．Digging a hole all the way through the earth is impossible. | | B．The writer thinks that the two brothers will reach their goal one day. | | C．A goal is something that makes us want to dig holes. | | D．Everyone can succeed if he sets a practical goal. |
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After the Summer Olympics are over, when all the athletes have gone home and the television audience has switched off, another group of athletes and fans will arrive at the host city, and another competition will begin. These are the Paralympics, the games for athletes with a disability. But in Beijing in 2008, for the first time, one of the greatest Paralympics athletes did not take part.
She is a British athlete by the name of Tanni Grey-Thormpson. Born with spine hifida (脊椎裂) which left her paralysed from the waist. Tanni used a wheelchair from the age of 7. at first, she did not like sports, apart from horse-riding, which gave her a sense of freedom. But in her teens, she started taking sports more seriously. She tried swimming, basketball and tennis. Eventually she found she began to love athletics, and never looked back.
Indeed, Tanni’s athletic career took off . In 1984, when she was 15, she pulled off a surprise victory in the 100metres at the Junior National Wheelchair Games.
In 1988, Tanni went to her first Paralympic Games in Seoul. She won bronze in the 400 metres. Even greater success followed at the 1992 Barcelonn. Paralympics. Tanni won gold in the 100, 200, 400 and 800 metres relay, setting two world records in the process. In the same year she achieved the first of her six London Wheelchair Marathon victories.
Tanni’s success had been part motivation(动机), part preparation, “The training I do that enables me to be a good sprinter(短跑运动员) enables me to be good at a marathon too. I train 50 weeks of the year and that keeps me prepared for whatever distance I want to see…. I am still competing at a very high level, but as I get older, things get harder and I want to retire before I fall apart.”
Indeed Tanni retired finally after the Visa Paralympic World Cup in 2007. Her wish is to coach young athletes for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
In spite of ups and downs, she never takes her fate lying down. In her splendid life, she has won an amazing eleven gold medals, four silvers and one bronze in series of Paralympics- a top level athletic career covering two decades. She has won the London Wheelchair Marathon six times, more than any other competitor, and she has set over thirty world records.
What advice does she have for young athletes? “Work hard at your studies, and then train, train and train again.”
小题1:Which of the following sports did Tanni like before thirteen?| A．Basketball | B．Swimming. | C．Tennis. | D．Horse-riding. |
小题2:When did Tanni win her first Olympic gold medal?| A．In 1984. | B．In 1988. | C．In 1992. | D．In 2007. |
小题3:The underlined word “that” in the 5th paragraph refers to _______.| A．fifty weeks’ training | | B．being a good sprinter | | C．training almost every day | | D．part motivation and part preparation |
小题4:What can we learn from Tanni’s success?| A．Union is strength. | B．Never too late to learn. | | C．Well begun is half done. | D．No pains, no gains. |
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Philip was a nine-year-old boy in a Sunday school class of 8-year-old girls and boys. Sometimes the third graders didn’t welcome Philip into their group and usually tricked him. This was not because he was older, but because he was “different”. You see, Philip suffered from a condition called Downs’s Syndrome. This made him “different”, with his facial characteristics, slow responses and mental problems.
One Sunday after Easter, the Sunday school teacher gathered some plastic eggs that pulled apart in the middle. The teacher gave one to each child. On that beautiful spring day, the children were to go out and discover for themselves some symbol of “new life” and place it inside the plastic eggs.
After the children returned to the classroom, the teacher opened their eggs one by one, asking each child to explain that symbol of “new life”. The first opened egg contained a flower. Everyone cheered. In another was a butterfly…. When the teacher opened the last egg, it was empty. “That’s stupid,” said someone. The teacher felt a pull at his shirt. It was Philip. Looking up, Philip said, “It’s mine. I did it. It’s empty. I have new life, because the tomb is empty.” Not a sound was heard in class at all. From that day on, Philip became a real part of the group. They welcomed him, and whatever made him different was never mentioned again.
Philip’s family knew he wouldn’t live a long life, for there were too many things wrong with him.
小题1:The underlined word “condition” in the first paragraph probably means ________. | A．grade | B．status | C．health | D．disease |
小题2:It can be inferred from the first paragraph that ________.| A．The 8-year-olds were sometimes cruel | | B．The 8-year-olds were friendly to Philip | | C．Philip was really different in school | | D．Philip was older and more sensitive |
小题3:The teacher gave each child one plastic egg to let them ________.| A．play around on that beautiful spring day | | B．put some symbol of “new life” into it | | C．try to pull it apart in the middle | | D．go out and discover themselves |
小题4:After Philip explained his new life, ________.| A．The class thought he was clever. | B．The class fell silent. | | C．He began to study in the class. | D．He felt dying. |
小题5:We learn from the passage that ________.| A．The teacher used to have classes outdoors | | B．The Philip’s new life wish was empty | | C．Philip was healthy as a whole | | D．Philip was accepted by his classmates in the end |
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Long ago there was a poor farmer in Russia. He had been very__1__with everything he had. However，when he found his elder brother was_2__than him，he felt disappointed. So he__3_hard about how he could also be richer. Finally he got an idea. He started to spend less money on food and clothes to__4__some money to buy more land. Once he had enough money，he started__5_for land.
He__6__that on the neighboring land，there were some nomads (游牧民) living there. He bought some gifts and went to__7__their head. He presented the gifts to the head and told him the__8__of his visit. The head welcomed him，accepted the gifts and agreed to his_9__to get the land. The head told him that he could have the land__10__giving him anything. He can take as much land as he could__11__by walking through the land before sunset (日落)．He should start in the morning and whatever distance he could travel during the__12_，he could have it.
The farmer became very__13__when he heard this offer. Now he could have lots of__14__without paying anything. He came_15_the next morning and started running，not walking，__16__he could cover the largest area. To reach his goal，he neither ate food，nor drank water，nor had any rest. He just continued__17__.Without eating，or drinking，or resting he just got very__18__.When he came back to the head in the evening，he__19__right on the spot. Sadly his son buried him in a piece of land about 6 x 4 feet.
Don’t be greedy (贪婪的) or you will__20__everything finally.
| 小题1: | | A．careful | B．pleased | C．bored | D．busy |
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| 小题2: | | A．healthier | B．stronger | C．richer | D．cleverer |
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| 小题3: | | A．thought | B．learned | C．tried | D．worked |
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| 小题4: | | A．borrow | B．spend | C．make | D．save |
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| 小题5: | | A．waiting | B．looking | C．preparing | D．caring |
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| 小题6: | | A．explained | B．hoped | C．noticed | D．guessed |
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| 小题7: | | A．see | B．follow | C．help | D．cheat |
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| 小题8: | | A．chance | B．result | C．condition | D．purpose |
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| 小题9: | | A．promise | B．request | C．suggestion | D．order |
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| 小题10: | | A．for | B．by | C．without | D．before |
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| 小题13: | | A．interested | B．sad | C．happy | D．calm |
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| 小题14: | | A．land | B．crop | C．experience | D．knowledge |
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| 小题15: | | A．quietly | B．early | C．finally | D．suddenly |
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| 小题16: | | A．so that | B．even if | C．because | D．whether |
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| 小题17: | | A．dreaming | B．walking | C．speaking | D．running |
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| 小题18: | | A．nervous | B．excited | C．tired | D．worried |
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| 小题19: | | A．refused | B．died | C．appeared | D．rested |
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| 小题20: | | A．lose | B．face | C．change | D．defeat |
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Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17,1706 in Boston，America. In his life he built a successful printing and publishing business in Philadelphia；he conducted scientific studies of electricity and made several important discoveries；he was a diplomat (外交官) and statesman；he helped establish Pennsylvania’s first university and America’s first city hospital；he also organized the country’s first subscription library (收费图书馆)．
Franklin was also unequaled in America as an inventor until Thomas Edison. Ben had poor eyesight and needed glasses to read. He got tired of always taking them off and putting them back on，so he decided to figure out a way to make his glasses let him see both near and far. He had two pairs of glasses cut in half and put half of them together. Today，we call them bifocals (双光眼镜)．Another invention of his，an iron stove，allowed people to warm their homes.
He loved to learn about new things. He also thought it was important to make life better with the things that he invented. Electricity was one of the things he experimented with when he retired from his business. Ben discovered that lightning (闪电) and electricity were the same thing. The lightning rod was an important invention that we still use today to protect buildings and ships from lightning damage.
Franklin preferred to have his inventions used freely for the comfort and convenience of everyone. Thomas Jefferson，the third president of America，called Benjamin Franklin “the greatest man of the age and country in which he lived”．To Benjamin Franklin there was no greater purpose in life than to “live usefully”．
小题1:Benjamin Franklin was NOT a________.| A．diplomat | B．scientist | | C．businessman | D．president |
小题2:The underlined word “unequaled” in Paragraph 2 means________.| A．better than any other | B．worse than any other | | C．the same as others | D．confident as others |
小题3:Which of the following is NOT Benjamin’s invention?| A．Bifocals. | B．The iron stove. | | C．Printing. | D．The lightning rod. |
小题4:What was Benjamin Franklin’s purpose in life?| A．To live comfortably every day. | | B．To be useful to others. | | C．To be a famous person in the world. | | D．To earn a lot by inventing things. |
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