阅读理解。 In seventh grade, Brittany Blythe dreamed of being a cheerleader. Her
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In seventh grade, Brittany Blythe dreamed of being a cheerleader. Her school"s coaches were less than enthusiastic. "They said, "I don"t know how you"ll be able to do it," she recalls. ""You won"t be able to do it. "" But Brittany, now a junior at Strath Haven High School near Philadelphia, persisted(坚持). And when the junior team cheerleaders won a tournament last year, she was right there, dancing and cheering with the rest of the team. Not bad for someone whose legs were cut off below the knee when she was two years old. Brittany, 18, was born without shinbones(胫骨)-"just blood and muscle tissue", as she puts it. When she tried to walk, her legs twisted. After the operation, she adapted quickly. "From day one, I basically jumped up and wanted to do everything," she says. Prosthetic legs(假腿) allowed her to move around upright, but too slowly to keep up with her friends. Brittany"s solution: take the legs off and walk on her knees-sometimes she still does when safety and comfort permit. She"s rarely daunted. Other children laughed at her through the years, especially in junior high school, but she says the challenge only made her stronger. Now she"s trying to convince her coaches to let her remove the prostheses and be a flyer, the cheerleader who"s thrown in the air and caught by her teammates. Brittany doesn"t think her problems are more difficult than the next person"s. "My disability was the first thing I had to get through, and that"s going to prepare me for the future," she says. "It"s all just a test: If someone throws you a curve ball(给你出难题), what are you going to do?" |
1. What was the school"s coaches" attitude towards Brittany"s idea of being a cheerleader? |
A. Supportive B. Doubtful C. Opposed D. Curious |
2. What did Brittany do to keep up with her friends? |
A. She used a pair of walking sticks. B. She practiced hard every day. C. She walked on her knees. D. She asked her friends for help |
3. The underlined word "daunted" in Paragraph 6 probably means _________. |
A. discouraged B. angry C. confident D. fortunate |
4. We can learn from the last paragraph that Brittany __________. |
A. is not well prepared for the future B. takes a positive attitude towards life C. likes the challenge of learning new things D. thinks that her problems are more difficult than other"s. |
答案
1-4: BCAB |
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He was a real big spender. He stayed at the best hotel and ate in the most expensive restaurants.To the management of Disneyland Paris , he was a very welcome guest, even though he was only 12 years old.In the end, the police discovered that the schoolboy was living the high life on the ?10,000 stolen from his father’s safe. The boy, named only Lamine, had disappeared from the family hotel in Paris 10 days earlier. While police all over France searched for him, he was living it up at a 250-a-night Disneyland hotel. He went on all the rides and went on every other attraction in the place. And when he’d had enough of Disneyland for a while, he paid 650 to hire a large and very comfortable car which is usually used by very rich or important people to take him to a park for a day. Then he was driven back to Disneyland, where he treated new-found friends to expensive rides and dinner. By the time the truth about him was discovered, Lamine had spent 7,000 of his father’s money. |
1.What does the underlined phrase “High life” (paragraph 2)probably mean?_____ |
A.A way of living that involves spending a lot of money. B.A way of living that is as good as that of other people. C.A way of living that draws attention from the police. D.A way of living that is envied by young and rich people. |
2.What was the possible reason that the police all over France searched for Lamine?_____ |
A.the police found that Lamine stole his father’s money and ran away. B.He family found that the boy was lost and called the police for help. C. The police thought that it was dangerous to live an expensive life. D.The family wanted Lamine to go back to school. |
3.Why was Lamine a very welcome guest of Disneyland Paris?_____ |
A.because he was only 12 years old. B.because he liked the riders in the Disneyland. C. because he made the Disneyland famous D.because he spent a lot of money on Disneyland. |
4.Which of the following statements is true?_____ |
A.Lamine moved from one expensive hotel to another with his father’s money. B.The police began to search Lamine when they discovered that he stole his father’s money. C.Lamine was found ten days after he left his parents. D.Lamine had made some new friends and went to a park with them. |
5.The underlined word “he” in the first paragraph refers to_____ |
A.a schoolboy B.his father C.the police D.Lamine |
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I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didn"t like attention drawn to myself. And 1 assigned(指定)a seat by the teacher, I always 2 to sit at the back of the classroom. All this 3 after I joined a sports team. It began when a teacher suggested I try out for the basketball team. At first I thought it was a crazy 4 because I didn"t have a good sense of balance, nor did I have the 5 to keep pace with the others on the team and they would laugh at me. Without the teacher who kept insisting on my " 6 for it", I wouldn"t have decided to give a try. Getting up the courage to go to the tryouts was only the 7 of it! When I first started 8 the practice sessions (练习赛), I didn"t 9 know the rules of the game, not to mention what I was doing. Sometimes I"d get 10 and take a shot at the wrong direction-which made me feel really stupid. 1 , I wasn"t the only one "new" at the game, so I decided to 2 on learning the game, do my best at each practice session, and not be too hard on myself for the things I didn"t 3 "just yet". I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the 4 and the "moves". Being part of a team was fun and motivating. Very soon the competitive 5 in me was winning over my lack of confidence. With time, I learned how to play and made friends in the process (过程) - friends who respected my 6 to work hard and be a team player. I never had so much fun! With my 7 self-confidence comes more praise (赞扬) from teachers and classmates. I have gone from " 8 " in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call attention to myself, 19 raising my hand-even when I sometimes wasn"t and not 100 percent 20 I had the right answer. Now I have more self-confidence in myself. |
( )1.A. as ( )2.A. hoped ( )3.A. continued ( )4.A. idea ( )5.A. right ( )6.A. going ( )7.A. point ( )8.A. enjoying ( )9.A. even ( )10. A. terrified ( )11. A. Interestingly ( )12. A. focus ( )13. A. want ( )14. A. steps ( )15. A. roles ( )16. A. efforts ( )17. A. expressed ( )18. A. dreaming ( )19. A. by ( )20. A. lucky | B. until B. agreed B. changed B. plan B. chance B. looking B. half B. preparing B. still B. exhausted B. Fortunately B. spy B. do B. orders B. part B. curiosity B. improved B. playing B. for B. happy | C. unless C. meant C. settled C. belief C. ability C. cheering C. rest C. attending C. yet C. pleased C. Obviously C. rely C. support C. rules C. mind C. wish C. confirmed C. relaxing C. with C. sure | D. once D. chose D. started D. saying D. patience D. applying D. basis D. watching D. ever D. puzzled D. Hopefully D. try D. know D. games D. value D. strength D. recognized D. hiding D. to D. satisfied | 阅读理解。 | For almost two months Dominic York, a 23-year-old hairdresser, wandered about hospitals all night, wearing a white coat and pretending he was a doctor. Yesterday he proudly claimed in court that despite his complete lack of medical experience or qualifications, he had saved several people"s lives. He had even been allowed to assist a surgeon during an emergency operation on a patient who was about to die on something she had swallowed. "I watched one of those TV dramas about a hospital and suddenly I felt like playing one of the roles myself. So I put on a white jacket and a stethoscope(听诊器)and walked around one of the biggest hospital in London. At first I just watched. Once you learn how doctors talk to patients, nurses and others doctors, it"s easy to take people in," he said. One of the patients he treated was Laura Kennan. She had been knocked down by a car and fainted. When she came to in hospital, York was standing over her. "He looked very professional. He told me his name was Doctor Simon. Then he gave me some sort of injection," she said. And then he suddenly cleared off when a nurse asked who he was. She didn"t think there was anything wrong. "I would never have realized he was a fake if a policewoman hadn"t showed me his photograph a week later. When the policewoman told me who he really was, I could hardly believe my cars." Judge Raymond Adams told York that he was. " shocked and horrified" that he got away with his deceiving for so long, and then sentenced him to eighteen months in a special prison for criminal with mental disorders. "I can only hope that this will not lead to further problems. After all, you will have considerable opportunity to study the behaviour of the psychiatrists(精神科医生)who will look after you while you are there. If you try to persuade people that you yourself are a psychiatrist after you are set free, I shall make sure that you are given a much longer sentence." Judge Adams warned York. | 1. York was proud of the fact that ___________. | A. a surgeon let him watch an operation. B. he could perform some duties of a doctor. C. he had cheated doctors for so long D. people thought he could become a real doctor | 2. York learned how to behave like a doctor by __________. | A. watching other doctors work B. talking to doctors and nurses C. getting some training and experience D. observing doctors while he was a patient | 3. Why was Laura Kennan in hospital? | A. She had swallowed something and almost died. B. She had to have and emergency operati on. C. She had been injured in a road accident. D. She had lost consciousness while driving. | 4. The judge"s remark implied that York would be more severely punished if he __ _. | A. pretended to be a psychiatrist B. tried to get away from prison C. was proud of what he had done D. studied the behaviour of the psychiatrist | 完形填空。 | I used to watch her from my kitchen window. She seemed so 1 as she muscled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. The school was 2 the street from our home and I would often 3 the kids as they played during breaks. I remember the first day I saw her playing basketball. I watched in 4 as she ran circles around the other kids. She managed to shoot jump shots just 5 their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her but nobody could. I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing alone. She would practice dribbling(运球)and shooting over and over again, sometimes 6 dark. One day I asked her why she practiced so much. She looked me in eyes and without a moment of 7 she said, "I want to go to college. The only way I can go is if I get a scholarship. I like basketball. I 8 that if I were good enough, I would get a scholarship. I am going to play college basketball. I want to be the best. My 9 told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don"t count." Then she smiled and ran towards the court to repeat the routine. Well, I had to admit that she was 10 . I watched her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her school team to victory. One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head in arms. I walked across the street and sat down in the cool grass beside her. 11 I asked what was wrong. "Oh, nothing," came a soft reply. "I am just too 12 ." The coaches (教练) told her that at 5"5" she would probably 13get to play for a top ranked team- much less offered a scholarship - so she should stop dreaming about college. She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat tighten as I 14her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She 15 her head from her hands and told me that her father said those 16 were wrong. They just did not understand the 17 of a dream. He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college and if she truly wanted a scholarship, nothing could stop her except one thing-her own 18 . He told her again, "If the dream is big enough, the facts don"t count." The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college basketball coach. She was indeed offered a 19 , and admitted to the college team. She was going to get the college education that she had 20 of and worked toward for all those years. It"s true: If the dream is big enough, the facts don"t count.
( ) 1. A. small ( ) 2. A. in ( ) 3. A. see ( ) 4. A. terror ( ) 5. A. on ( ) 6. A. until ( ) 7. A. hesitation ( ) 8. A. wondered ( ) 9. A. Mom ( )10. A. determined ( )11. A. Quietly ( )12. A. young ( )13. A. soon ( )14. A. recognized ( )15. A. turned ( )16. A. coaches ( )17. A. key ( )18. A. performance ( )19. A. reward ( )20. A. talked | B. strong B. along B. observe B. satisfaction B. over B. in B. silence B. decided B. coach B. enthusiastic B. Secretly B. slow B. never B. judged B. lowered B. statements B. role B. idea B. hand B. dreamed | C. tall C. beside C. notice C. wonder C. by C. after C. rest C. suspected C. Daddy C. optimistic C. Impatiently C. short C. later C. sensed C. shook C. players C. truth C. attitude C. scholarship C. thought | D. fat D. across D. watch D. disappointment D. with D. before D. relief D. declared D. teacher D. smart D. Briefly D. weak D. afterwards D. understood D. lifted D. facts D. power D. ability D. job D. heard | 完形填空。 | Linda was a few minutes late. Wilson 1 the office when she got there. His secretary told her he 2 back in a few minutes. She 3 sit down and wait for a few minutes in outer office. "I"ll never get this job," she 4 herself. For a moment she wanted to 5 the building. Just then, Wilson came 6 the door and hurried into his office. A few minutes 7 his secretary took Linda in and introduced her, Linda apologized 8 . Wilson didn"t seem to 9 .They chatted casually (随便地) for a few seconds and then 10 . He 11 her letter of application. "You"ve never worked in radio or television before, 12 ? "he said. Now she was 13 that she would not get the job. Wilson asked her 14 questions. 15 he seemed impressed with her other qualifications(资格).She was 16 when he asked her if she could start soon. "I wonder if you"d mind 17 next month?" he asked 18 . 19 seemed she had got the job 20 . | ( )1. A. had left ( )2. A. had been ( )3. A. should ( )4. A. told ( )5. A. run out ( )6. A. through ( )7. A. latest ( )8. A. to being late ( )9. A. mind ( )10. A.took down with business ( )11. A.filled out ( )12. A. haven"t you ( )13. A. even more sure ( )14. A. a few such ( )15. A. As her surprise ( )16. A. even more surprise ( )17. A. starting ( )18. A. by a smile ( )19. A. It ( )20. A. not at all | B. has left B. came B. had to B. spoke B run of B. across B. last B. for being late B. listen B. came down tobusiness B. took out B. do you B. much sure B. a few more B. To her surprised B. even much surprise B. to start B. with a smile B. This B. after all | C. was left C. was C. would C. said C. run out of C. cross C. late C. to be late C. notice C. settled down with business C. sent out C. have you C. even sure of C. much a few C. For her surprised C. even more surprised C. start C. by smile C. That C. all | D. would be leaving D. would be D. was able to D. talked D. run away D. along D. later D. for the late D. hear D. got down to business D. threw away D. don"t you D. sure of D. more a few D. To her surprise D. even much surprised D. started D. with smile D. He D. after that |
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