Adrian’s “Amazing Race” started early when his parents realized that he, as a baby, couldn’t hear a thing, not even loud noises. In a special school for the hearing-impaired (听觉受损的)，he learned sign language and got to mix with other disabled children. However, the sight of all the disabled children communicating with one another upset his mother. She wanted him to lead a normal life. So after speaking to an advisor, she sent him to private classes where he learned to read lips and pronounce words.
Later on, Adrian’s parents decided to send him to a regular school. But the headmaster tried to prevent them from doing so, saying regular school couldn’t take care of a special needs students. His parents were determined to take the risk and push him hard to go through his work everyday because they wanted to prove that, given the opportunity, he could do anything. Adrian made the grade and got accepted. It was a big challenge. The pace（节奏）was faster so he had to sit at the front of the class and really pay attention to the teacher, which wasn’t always easy. But he stuck to it and did a lot of extra work after school.
The efforts made by Adrian and his parents paid off. Adrian graduated with good grades and got into a top high school. He also achieved a lot in life outside school. He developed a love for the outdoors and went to Nepal to climb mountains. He even entered the World Yacht Race 05/06--- being the first hearing-impaired Asian to do so.
But none of these achievements would have been possible without one of the most important lessons from his mother.” “If you believe in yourself and work hard, you can achieve great results.” She often said.
小题1:How did Adrian communicate with other children in the special school?| A．By speaking. | B．By making loud noises. | | C．By reading lips | D．By using sign language. |
小题2:Adrian’s parents decided to send him to a regular school because .| A．they wanted to prove the headmaster wrong | | B．they wanted him to live a normal life | | C．he wouldn’t mix with other disabled children | | D．he wasn’t taken good care of in the special school |
小题3:How did Adrian finally succeed in his study? | A．He did a lot of outdoor activities. | | B．He was pushed hard to study every day. | | C．He worked very hard both in and after class | | D．He attended private classes after school. |
小题4:Why is Adrian’s life described as an “Amazing Race”?| A．He did very well in his study | | B．He succeeded in entering a regular school | | C．He reached his goals in spite of his disability | | D．He took part in the World Yacht Race 05/06 |
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小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:C |
试题分析：本文讲述了一个听力有问题的孩子通过自己的努力在各方面都取得很大成绩的故事。
小题1:细节题。根据文章第一段2,3行In a special school for the hearing-impaired(听力受损的)， he learned sign language and got to mix with other disabled children.可知他学会使用手语和别人交流。故D正确。
小题2:细节题。根据文章第二段3,4,5行. However, the sight of all the disabled children communicating with one another upset his mother. She wanted him to lead a normal life.可知父母想让他过正常人的生活。故B正确。
小题3:细节题。根据文章2,3段He developed a love for the outdoors and went to Nepal to climb mountains和It was a big challenge. The pace (节奏) was faster so he had to sit at the front of the class and really pay attention to the teacher, which wasn’t always easy. But he stuck to it and did a lot of extra work after school.可知他在教室内外都很努力也取得了很大的成绩，故C正确。
小题4: 推理题。根据文章1，2行Adrian’s “Amazing Race” started early when his parents realized that he, as a baby, couldn’t hear a thing, not even loud noises.可知他天生听力有问题，但是他取得了很大的成功，所以说他的成功很令人惊讶。故C正确。 |
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Would you jump off the Great Wall of China for 300 pounds a day?
A stunt (特技表演)person is a man or woman who does all the dangerous bits of acting work in films or on TV. This can be anything from a simple fall into a swimming pool, or walking off the top of a tall building. It sounds like a job that you would have to be made to try, but there are actually lots of people who want to do it.
Sarah France, twenty-four, is one of Britain’s sixteen professional stunt women ---there are one hundred and sixty stunt men in the country. We asked Sarah how she came to be a stunt woman.
“When I was young I was trained to be a dancer, and for seven years after school I was hardly out of work. A dancer’s life is pretty short, though, and my father suggested I should think about doing stunt work after I’d given up dancing. I thought about it for the next two years and decided to have a go. For six months, I worked really hard every day. I had to learn different skills---swimming, jumping, horse -riding, etc.”
Sarah finished the course in just five months and applied to the office which decides whether you’re accepted as a professional stunt person or not. Two weeks after she was accepted, Sarah was throwing off the Great Wall of China in Superman IV.
“I was very lucky to get work so quickly. I had a small part, playing a traveler who fell off the Wall after an earthquake. The traveler’s life was saved by Superman, of course! Actually, I fell forty-five feet into a pile of cardboard boxes! You can’t use anything softer than that or you will be brought back into view of the cinema. Instead you just have to learn to fall properly. It’s quite dangerous but I enjoy it.”
小题1:Quite a number of people want to do dangerous acts in films because___________.| A．they are mad | B．they don’t think them dangerous | | C．no training is needed | D．they can earn much money |
小题2:Sarah gave up dancing because___________.| A．her father persuaded her to do stunt work | | B．she could not go on dancing forever | | C．she had to work hard every day | | D．she was often out of work |
小题3:Soon after Sarah got her new job as a stunt person, ______________.| A．an earthquake took place near the Great Wall | | B．she fell off the Great Wall and hurt herself | | C．she was asked to act in Superman IV | | D．she learned how to fall properly |
小题4:Which of the following words best describes Sarah?| A．Healthy | B．Adventurous | C．Skillful | D．Successful |
小题5:The purpose of the first sentence of the passage is to ____________.| A．draw the readers’ attention to the whole passage | | B．invite you to try jumping off the Great Wall for money | | C．ask you to be a stunt person | | D．raise a question for the readers to think about |
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Jenny was a pretty five-year-old girl. One day when she and her mother were checking out at the grocery store, Jenny saw a plastic pearl (珍珠) necklace priced at $2.50. Her mother bought the necklace for her on condition that she had to do some homework to pay it off. Jenny agreed. She worked very hard every day, and soon Jenny paid off the necklace. Jenny loved it so much that she wore it everywhere except when she was in the shower. Her mother had told her it would turn her neck green!
Jenny had a very loving daddy. When Jenny went to bed, he would read Jenny her favorite story.
One night when he finished the story, he said, “Jenny, could you give me your necklace?”
“Oh! Daddy, not my necklace!” Jenny said. “But you can have Rosy, my favorite doll. Remember her? You gave her to me last year for my birthday. Okay? ”
“Oh no, darling, that’s okay.” Her father brushed her cheek with a kiss. “Good night, little one.
A week later, her father once again asked Jenny for the necklace after her favorite story. “Oh, Daddy, not my necklace! But you can have Ribbons, my toy horse. Do you remember her? She’s my favorite.”
“No, that’s okay,” her father said and brushed her cheek again with a kiss. “God bless you, little one. Sweet dreams. ”
Several days later, when Jenny’s father came in to read her a story, Jenny was sitting on her bed and her lip was trembling. “Here, Daddy,” she said, holding out her hand. She opened it and her beloved pearl necklace was inside. She let it slip into her father’s hand.
With one hand her father held the plastic pearl necklace and with the other he pulled out of his pocket a blue box. Inside the box was a real, beautiful pearl necklace. He had had it all along. He was waiting for Jenny to give up the cheap necklace so he could give her a real one.
小题1:What did Jenny have to do to get the plastic pearl necklace?| A．She had to help her mother do some housework. | | B．She had to listen to her father tell a story every night. | | C．She had to ask her father to pay for the necklace. | | D．She had to give away her favorite toys to the poor children. |
小题2:From the text we know that ______.| A．Jenny’s mother paid a lot for the plastic pearl necklace | | B．Jenny wore the necklace everywhere even in the shower | | C．Jenny didn’t like Rosy and Ribbons any longer | | D．Jenny got a real pearl necklace from her father |
小题3:Jenny’s father asked for her plastic pearl necklace repeatedly in order to ______.| A．get it for himself | B．donate it | C．train her character | D．put it away |
小题4:What can be the best title for the text?| A．A Lovely Girl | B．Father and Daughter | | C．A Pearl Necklace | D．An Unforgettable Childhood |
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The composing career (作曲生涯) of Albert Roussel got off to a changeable start, and received one of its biggest successes from a lie.
Roussel became an orphan (孤儿) at the age of eight and went to live with his grandfather. He built on the music he had learned from his mother, entertaining himself by reading through the family music collection and playing operatic selections and popular songs on the piano. Three years later Roussel’s grandfather died, and his mother"s sister took him in. Her husband arranged for young Albert to take piano lessons. Summer vacations at a Belgian seaside added a second love to his life — the sea. He studied to be a soldier in the navy, but still made time to study music.
In the French Navy, he and two friends found time to play the music of Beethoven and other composers. Roussel also began composing. At the Church of the Trinity in Cherbourg on Christmas Day 1892, he had his first public appearance as a composer. That success encouraged Roussel to write a wedding march, and one of his fellow naval officers offered to show it to a famous conductor, Edouard Colonne. When Roussel’s friend returned with the manuscript (手稿), he reported that Colonne had advised Roussel to give up his naval career and devote his life to music.
Not long afterward, at the age of 2S, Roussel did just that. He applied the qualities that he had developed in the navy to his composing and became a major force in twentieth century French music. As for Edouard Colonne’s inspiring advice that Roussel should devote his life to music, Roussel"s naval friend later admitted that he had made it up and that he had never even shown Roussel’s manuscript to the conductor.
小题1:What information can we get from the second paragraph?| A．Albert’s grandfather died when Albert was eight years old. | | B．Albert"s aunt arranged for him to take piano lessons. | | C．Albert gave up studying music after he studied to be a soldier in the navy. | | D．Albert came to love the sea after summer vacations at the seaside. |
小题2:From the third paragraph we know that ______.| A．in the French Navy, Roussel and two friend began composing | | B．Roussel’s first public appearance at the church was successful | | C．Roussel"s naval friend showed the wedding march to Edouard | | D．Edouard Colonne advised Roussel to devote his life to music |
小题3:Which of the following is true according to the text?| A．The composing career of Roussel started stably. | | B．Roussel learned basic music knowledge from his aunt. | | C．A white lie helped Roussel achieve success. | | D．Roussel was cheated and hurt by his naval friend. |
小题4:Who told a lie according to the text?| A．Roussel’s grandfather. | B．Albert’s naval friend. | C．Roussel"s aunt. | D．Edouard Colonne. |
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When Alice started to cycle home from Jenny’s house, she wasn’t nervous. She was certainly not afraid of the dark. ______, it was only a 15-minute ride home. But halfway there, she began to wish that she hadn’t been so ______.
As she rounded a sharp bend, it suddenly ______ cold — very cold. Alice’s breath became puffs of white cloud and her legs were so cold that it became hard to ride.
With her heart beating fast, she struggled so hard to move ____ that she didn’t hear the car which suddenly appeared beside her. She stopped by the road. The big black car also ______. Slowly, the passenger-window began to slide down. Alice held her breath. In the soft light inside the car, something ______. Then, the light brightened and Alice was staring at a sweet, grey-haired old lady. “Hello, dear, ” said the old lady. “I need ______. I’m afraid I’m lost. I need to find the nearest airport. I must be there in the next five minutes. ”
“Airport? You ______ are lost, ” Alice said. “You need to go back five kilometers ______ you reach the T-junction. Turn left and ______ for about another 10 kilometers to the main highway. From there, just follow the ______ to the airport. But I’m afraid there’s no ______ you’ll get there in five minutes!”
“Thank you very much, dear, ” replied the old lady. “Don’t worry — I’ll ____ in time. ”
The ______ moved up and the car started off. A little way ahead, it ______ and with headlights flashing, it drove past Alice. But then, something ______ happened. The car began changing. First, its color ______ from black to silvery-grey. Then, the wheels began disappearing, but the car continued to move forward, ______ just above the ground. As the car ______ into the dark sky, the big red tail-lights grew larger and larger and glowed more and more brightly. With a faint whistling ______, the car was gone in seconds, leaving Alice shaking her head in disbelief…
| 小题1: | | A．However | B．Besides | C．Therefore | D．Otherwise |
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| 小题2: | | A．brave | B．excited | C．curious | D．stubborn |
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| 小题3: | | A．fell | B．seemed | C．proved | D．grew |
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| 小题4: | | A．aside | B．around | C．forward | D．backward |
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| 小题5: | | A．arrived | B．stopped | C．stayed | D．started |
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| 小题6: | | A．gathered | B．existed | C．dropped | D．moved |
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| 小题8: | | A．necessarily | B．normally | C．basically | D．certainly |
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| 小题10: | | A．drive | B．walk | C．follow | D．march |
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| 小题11: | | A．address | B．signs | C．notices | D．guidance |
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| 小题13: | | A．have it | B．get it | C．make it | D．finish it |
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| 小题14: | | A．door | B．window | C．headlight | D．wheel |
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| 小题15: | | A．passed | B．rushed | C．turned | D．continued |
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| 小题16: | | A．strange | B．sensitive | C．imaginable | D．horrible |
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| 小题17: | | A．developed | B．appeared | C．spread | D．faded |
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| 小题18: | | A．rolling | B．floating | C．drawing | D．flashing |
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| 小题19: | | A．pointed | B．returned | C．broke | D．rose |
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| 小题20: | | A．tune | B．voice | C．sound | D．tone |
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Tasha Tudor(August 28，1919 — June 18，2008) was an American illustrator(插画家)and writer of children’s books. She received many awards and honors for her contributions to children’s literature. When people talk about her creativity in artwork，she said,“I do it to support my dogs and my four children.”Her great publishing record, the number of magazine stories that have been written about her over the years, and her admirers have no effects on her at all.
Much of Tasha’s artwork and her reading are done in the wintertime.“I love winter. It’s delightful，”she says.“I don’t have to go anywhere because I work at home. If I’m snowed in，I can stay this way for months.”She hopes for early, deep snow to protect her garden from the hardship of the New England winter，and when it comes she puts on snowshoes when she needs to get down the mile-long dirt path that leads to the road.
Given her enjoyment of winter and her fantasy(梦幻)way of life，it’s not surprising that Tasha’s Christmas is a storybook holiday. She hangs flowers over the front door. Her tree comes from the woods,
and it goes up on Christmas Eve，lit by homemade candles and decorated with her great- grandmother’s collection that dates from 1850. In a place of honor on the tree are large cookies cut into the shapes of her animals.
The grandchildren and friends get presents from Tasha’s old dolls；so do the animals and they
have their own Christmas tree. “Of course，it’s a known fact that all the animals talk on Christmas
Eve,”she has written. Small, handmade gifts fill a big wooden box
At the end 0f each year, Tasha can look back and know that her life is perfect，that she has
again ignored the twentieth century，and that the magic continues. And for the rest of us，here’s
a bit of advice, Tasha style：“Nowadays, people are so restless．If they took some tea anti spent more time rocking on the porch(门廊)in the evening listening to light music，they might enjoy life more.”
小题1:Tasha loved winter because it allowed her to ____________．| A．read stories to her grandchildren | | B．show her DIY snowshoes to kids | | C．stay indoors working mid reading | | D．enjoy bicycle tiding along the path |
小题2:From the passage, we can learn that Tasha’s life is ____________．| A．modern and fashionable | B．simple and fantastic | | C．lonely and hard | D．adventurous and inspiring |
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE about Tasha?| A．She cared little about fame. | | B．She created an animal fund. | | C．She wrote many stories for magazines. | | D．She bought presents for her relatives. |
小题4:In which section of a paper can you probably read the article?| A．Travel. | B．Sports. | C．Economy. | D．People. |
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