When most people turn 21, they spend too much time partying and having fun. But
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When most people turn 21, they spend too much time partying and having fun. But when Adele turned 21, she did something completely different.
After going through a tough breakup(分手), the British singer turned her pain into glory and recorded one of the most moving albums of the year.
The album, 21, which was released in January, has already hit the charts in 14 countries, according to the Billboard magazine.
It also noted that Adele made history as the first artist since the Beatles to have two top five singles and two top five albums in the charts at the same time (Adele’s first album, 19, was released in 2008. Each album is named for her age when she wrote it).
Now, after touring around the world for almost a year, the DVD of her live concert, released on November 29, is Adele’s latest work.
Having topped the pre-order list of Amazon. com for over a month already, this one seems set to stay on top for a while.
Born in north London, Adele sang her way up honestly: In 2006, she was signed by England’s XL Recordings on the strength of (基于)a three-song demo(样本唱片) a friend of hers had posted on MySpace;within two years she had won the BRIT Awards ‘Critics’ Choice prize and been tipped by the BBC as the “Sound of 2008”.
In 2009 she got the best new artist Grammy Award, and went on a world tour in support of the album 19 with a sold-out show in Los Angeles.
According to Adele herself, much of the inspiration of her music comes from one single breakup.
That’s probably what has made the singer’s success-that emotional certitude(确信), according to Dickins.
“The key to great singers is believing every single word they sing, ” he said. “And I think you believe every word that comes out of Adele’s mouth. You can feel her life force through her voice. ”
小题1:When she wrote album 19, she is at the age of______.小题2:How many awards did Adele get?| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
小题3:The underlined word “released” can be best replaced by ______.| A．recorded | B．came out | | C．sold | D．written |
小题4: In Adele’s opinion, where does her inspiration of music mainly come from?| A．Emotional certitude. | B．One single breakup. | | C．A three-song demo. | D．A world tour. |
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:B |
解析
试题分析：
小题1:D 细节题。根据第四段Adele’s first album, 19, was released in 2008. Each album is named for her age when she wrote it说明她的某一个专辑的名称都是以她发现该专辑的年龄来命名的，故album 19,是在她19岁的时候发行的。
小题2:C：细节题。C根据文章倒数4,5段she had won the BRIT Awards ‘Critics’ Choice prize and been tipped by the BBC as the “Sound of 2008”.和In 2009 she got the best new artist Grammy Award说明她已经获得了3个奖项，故D正确。
小题3:B 推理题。根据本句The album, 21, which was released in January, has already hit the charts in 14 countries说明是发行专辑，指专辑的出版，发行。故B正确。
小题4:B 细节题。根据文章倒数第三段According to Adele herself, much of the inspiration of her music comes from one single breakup.说明B正确。
点评：文章介绍了流行天后Adele发行新专辑以及她的一些个人成就。集中考查细节题，细节题的考查要求考生在审题时要特别注意考点的定位，要在文章中准确找到相关的段落，合理的辨析推测。 |
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Once upon a time, a Japanese man wanted to rebuild his house. First he had to tear the walls open .Japanese houses 36 have hollow(空的)spaces between the wooden walls. As he was 37 them down, he found a lizard(蜥蜴) 38 there because a nail(钉子)from the outside had been hammered into one of its feet. Seeing this, he felt 39 for it, and at the same time was curious about it.
He knew very well that the 40 had been hammered 10 years before when the house was first 41 . What had happened since? The lizard had 42 for 10 years! To be stuck in a dark wall for 10 years without 43 —it hardly seems possible, and is hard to 44 . Then he wondered how the lizard could have lived for 10 years without moving a single step —since its 45 was nailed! So he stopped work and began to 46 the lizard. He wanted to know what it had been doing, and what and 47 it had been eating.
A short time later another lizard 48 with food in its mouth. He was shocked, and at the same time deeply 49 . Another lizard had been feeding the stuck one 50 the past ten years.
"What love 51 in this tiny creature! What can love do? It can do 52 ! Just think, one lizard has been 53 another untiringly for 10 long years, without 54 hope that its partner would be saved,"the man marvelled.
If a small creature like a lizard can 55 like this, just imagine how we could if we tried
| 小题1: | | A．naturally | B．normally | C．hardly | D．actually |
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| 小题2: | | A．falling | B．putting | C．tearing | D．cutting |
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| 小题3: | | A．left | B．struck | C．buried | D．stuck |
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| 小题4: | | A．fool | B．curiosity | C．relief | D．Pity |
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| 小题5: | | A．nail | B．lizard | C．wood | D．wall |
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| 小题6: | | A．sold | B．bought | C．built | D．Rented |
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| 小题7: | | A．originated | B．survived | C．escaped | D．developed |
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| 小题8: | | A．dying | B．helping | C．moving | D．eating |
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| 小题9: | | A．live | B．Move | C．imagine | D．stay |
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| 小题11: | | A．observe | B．examine | C．appreciate | D．catch |
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| 小题13: | | A．appeared | B．stuck | C．wandered | D．jumped |
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| 小题14: | | A．sighed | B．touched | C．puzzled | D．breathed |
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| 小题15: | | A．before | B．till | C．after | D．for |
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| 小题16: | | A．feels | B．exists | C．responds | D．returns |
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| 小题17: | | A．benefits | B．wonders | C．forgiveness | D．beliefs |
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| 小题18: | | A．feeding | B．loving | C．encouraging | D．meeting |
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| 小题19: | | A．seeking for | B．thinking | C．giving up | D．destroying |
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| 小题20: | | A．love | B．live | C．fight | D．help |
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Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England, on January 8, 1942. At the age of 17, he entered University College, Oxford. He wanted to study mathematics, but took up the study of physics when math was unavailable. He received a Ph.D. in physics despite being diagnosed (诊断) with Ameliotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (肌萎缩性脊髓侧索硬化症) while at Oxford in 1963. In 1985 he became ill with pneumonia (肺炎), and since then has required 24-hour nursing. Dr. Hawking’s determination, along with the help of his family and associates, has allowed him to continue to work. In 1970 he began studying black holes. His research led him to predict that black holes send out radiation in the X-ray to gamma-ray(伽马射线) range of the spectrum (光谱). In the 1980s he returned to an earlier interest, the origins of the universe. He has co-authored many publications, such as 300 Years of Gravity and The Large Scale Structure of Space time. Dr. Hawking has also written books such as A Brief History of Time, Black Holes and Baby Universes and other Essays, The Universe in a Nutshell and others. He continues to give lectures, despite having been unable to speak since 1985, with the aid of a speech synthesizer (合成器) and a portable computer. He currently holds Isaac Newton’s chair as the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University in England.
小题1:Hawking went to University College, Oxford, in order to _____.
A. get a Ph.D. in physics
B. study mathematics
C. study the universe and black holes
D. seek help from the Lucasian Professor
小题2:Before Hawking started researching black holes, _____.| A．he gave lectures with the help of a speech synthesizer | | B．he finished his book The Universe in a Nutshell | | C．he was made the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics | | D．he was diagnosed with Ameliotrophic Lateral Sclerosis |
小题3:Which of the following books was NOT written by Dr. Hawking alone?| A．300 Years of Gravity | | B．A Brief History of Time | | C．The Universe in a Nutshell | | D．Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays. |
小题4:When did Hawking enter University College, Oxford?| A．in 1942 | B．in 1970 | C．in 1959 | D．in 1963 |
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A woman called Julia lived in the countryside, one year she decided to visit the capital city to see the sights. She stayed at a hotel near the central market. She had seldom been to the city before, and was very excited about what she would find.
On the first morning of her visit, as she walked from the hotel to the market, she passed a beggar (乞丐). He was holding up a notice, which said, “Blind from birth. Please give generously(慷慨地).”Julia felt sorry for the beggar and she bent down and put a dollar coin into his bowl. “Thank you.” he said. The same thing happened again the following day. On the third day, however, Julia did not have a dollar coin. She had only fifty cents, so she dropped this into the beggar’s bowl. “What have I done wrong?” the beggar said, “Why are you so stingy (吝啬的) today?”
Julia was very surprised at the beggar . “How do you know I haven"t given you a dollar?” she said, “If you’re blind you can"t know what coin I put into your bowl.” “Ah,” explained the beggar, “The truth is that I"m not blind. I"m just looking after this place for the regular beggar while he’s on holiday.” “On holiday?” Julia said, “And what exactly does your blind friend do on holiday?” “He goes into the countryside,” the man said, “and takes photographs. He"s a very good photographer.”
小题1:Where was the beggar sitting?| A．In the market. | | B．In the busiest part of the city. | | C．Outside the shops. | | D．Between Julia"s hotel and the market. |
小题2:On the first two days, ____.| A．the blind man waited for Julia | | B．the blind man demanded money from Julia | | C．Julia gave the blind man some money | | D．Julia gave him nothing |
小题3: On the third day, the blind man____ .| A．accepted Julia"s fifty cents quite happily | | B．noticed that Julia had only given him fifty cents | | C．refused Julia"s fifty cents | | D．also received one dollar from Julia |
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I had offered to watch my 3-year-old daughter, so that my wife could go out with a friend. I was getting some work done in my study while she ___36___ to be having a good time in the other room. No problem, I figured. But then it got a little too ___37___ and I shouted, “What are you doing?” No response. I ___38___ my question and heard her say, “Oh,…nothing.” Nothing？
I got up from my desk and ran out ___39___ the living room, where I saw her running across the hall. I followed and watched her as her little behind made a quick ___40___ into the bathroom. I had her ___41___! I told her to turn around. She ___42___. I pulled out my big Daddy voice, “Young lady, I said turn around!”
___43___, she turned toward me. In her hand was what was left of my wife’s new lipstick. And every square inch of her face was ___44__ with bright red! As she looked up at me with fearful eyes, I heard ___45__ voice that had been shouted to me as a child. “How could you…You should know…How many times have you been ___46___ … What a bad thing to do…” It was just a matter of my picking out which old ___47___ I was going to use on her so that she would know what a bad girl she had been. But ___48___ I could become angry, I looked ___49___ at the sweater on her. In big ___50___ it said, “I’M A PERFECT LITTLE ANGEL(天使)!” I looked back up into her tearful eyes and, ___51___ seeing a bad girl who didn’t listen, I saw a little angel full of ___52___ that I had come dangerously close to ___53___. “Sweetheart, let’s take a picture so Mommy can see how ___54___ you look.” I took the picture and thanked God that I didn’t ___55__ the chance to prove what a perfect little angel she had given me.
| 小题1: | | A．happened | B．liked | C．appeared | D．pretended |
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| 小题2: | | A．long | B．quiet | C．calm | D．strange |
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| 小题3: | | A．asked | B．answered | C．raised | D．repeated |
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| 小题5: | | A．way | B．turn | C．change | D．progress |
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| 小题6: | | A．followed | B．scolded | C．cornered | D．fooled |
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| 小题7: | | A．laughed | B．listened | C．agreed | D．refused |
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| 小题8: | | A．Slowly | B．Eagerly | C．Angrily | D．Unfortunately |
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| 小题9: | | A．filled | B．marked | C．printed | D．covered |
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| 小题11: | | A．told | B．beaten | C．frightened | D．forbidden |
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| 小题12: | | A．reports | B．notice | C．advice | D．words |
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| 小题13: | | A．as | B．when | C．since | D．before |
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| 小题15: | | A．signs | B．letters | C．messages | D．figures |
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| 小题16: | | A．because of | B．instead of | C．in spite of | D．as a result of |
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| 小题17: | | A．values | B．sadness | C．pities | D．tricks |
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| 小题18: | | A．preventing | B．getting rid of | C．destroying | D．doing wrong on |
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| 小题19: | | A．dirty | B．ugly | C．special | D．silly |
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A jobless man applied for the position of “office boy”at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.
“You are employed,” he said. “Give me your e-mail address and I’ll send you the application to fill in, as well as date when you may start.”
The man replied，“But I don’t have a computer, neither an e-mail.”
“I’ m sorry，” said the HR manager.“If you don’t have an e-mail，that means , you do not exist. And who doesn’t exist cannot have the job.”
The man left with no hope at all. He didn"t know what to do with only ten dollars in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy 10 kg tomatoes. He then sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he managed to double his capital. He repeated the operation three times, and returned home happily with 60 dollars.
The man realized that he could survive in this way, and started to go every day earlier, and return late. Thus, his money doubled or tripled every day. Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. Five years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers(销售商) in the US.
He started to plan his family’s future and decided to have a life insurance. He called an insurance broker（经纪人）and chose a protection plan.
When the conversation was concluded the broker asked him his e-mail. The man replied, “I don’t have an e-mail.”
The broker answered curiously,“You don’t have an e-mail, and yet have managed to build an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?" The man thought for a while and replied,“Yes，I’d be an office boy at Microsoft!”
小题1:The underlined word “tripled” can be replaced by .| A．became large | B．became 3 times | | C．increased quickly | D．decreased quickly |
小题2:According to the passage，which of the following is TRUE?| A．The man is one of the biggest food retailers in the world. | | B．The man didn’t give up though he failed the interview. | | C．He started his career by selling tomatoes in the Supermarket. | | D．Those who have e-mails can work at Microsoft. |
小题3:The man can be described as .| A．helpful and considerate | B．positive and generous | | C．smart and hardworking | D．stubborn and unselfish |
小题4:Which proverb can best describe the story?| A．Misfortune may be an actual blessing. | B．Where there is a will, there is a way. | | C．Accidents will happen. | D．No pains, no gains. |
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