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Born in 1963 in Sierra Visa, Arizona, USA, Jessica learned to live her life with her feet. Born without arms, she faced many       .
There were many questions at the time about whether Jessica would be able to live a “       ” life. However, Jessica’s father said he      had a tear about her birth condition. He had full confidence in her potential.
With the     of her parents and family, Jessica became confident in herself as an adult and continued to      the world with her feet.
As a child, Jessica studied dance in her hometown. When her first      arrived, she asked to be put in the back row. Her dance teacher told her there was no      row.
Tentatively she took the stage with the other students and performed her     . When she finished, the applause from the audience gave her encouragement and     to continue dancing for 14 years.     , Jessica earned her first Black Belt in the International Taekwondo Federation at the age of 14.
After      from high school, Jessica attended the University of Arizona     she earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology. When talking about her degree, she frequently        that psychology trusts the way people think has a greater      on their lives than a physical limitation.
Jessica’s most famous accomplishment was learning how to      . It took three states, four airplanes, two flight instructors and a discouraging year to      the right aircraft: a 1946 415C Ercoupe Airplane. She      the Guinness World Record      being the first person certified to fly an airplane with only her feet.
Jessica now     a motivational speaker. She travels the world sharing her story and     people to be creative and innovative.
小题1:
A.challenges B.trouble C.advantages D.influences
小题2:
A.uniqueB.specialC.normalD.unusual
小题3:
A.frequentlyB.neverC.everD.certainly
小题4:
A.argumentB.understandingC.oppositionD.support
小题5:
A.decorateB.exploreC.explodeD.establish
小题6:
A.performanceB.imageC.exhibitionD.appearance
小题7:
A.backB.frontC.edgeD.middle
小题8:
A.lineB.emotionC.routineD.behaviour
小题9:
A.sympathyB.sorrowC.doubtD.confidence
小题10:
A.UnfortunatelyB.DelightedlyC.DisappointedlyD.Hopefully
小题11:
A.admittingB.enteringC.graduatingD.settling
小题12:
A.whichB.whenC.whatD.where
小题13:
A.dreamedB.ignoredC.explainedD.refused
小题14:
A.symbolB.frustrationC.evidenceD.impact
小题15:
A.boardB.flyC.seatD.launch
小题16:
A.findB.loseC.cancelD.seek
小题17:
A.experiencedB.scheduledC.receivedD.praised
小题18:
A.forB.againstC.beyondD.within
小题19:
A.describes asB.regards as C.treats asD.works as
小题20:
A.amazingB.encouragingC.enjoyingD.astonishing

答案

小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:B
小题6:A
小题7:A
小题8:C
小题9:D
小题10:B
小题11:C
小题12:D
小题13:C
小题14:D
小题15:B
小题16:A
小题17:C
小题18:A
小题19:D
小题20:B
解析

试题分析:文章介绍Jessica天生残疾,但是在家人的鼓励下,她努力用双脚探索世界,学会舞蹈,甚至学会开飞机,获得吉尼斯世界纪录,她的事迹激励着很多人。
小题1:考查名词辨析:A. challenges挑战,B. trouble 困难,C. advantages 优点,D. influences影响,天生就没有膀子,她要面对很多挑战。选A
小题2:考查形容词辨析:A. unique独特的,B. special特殊的,C. normal正常的,D. unusual不寻常的,当时有很多问题关于是否Jessica能过上正常的生活。选C
小题3:考查副词辨析:A. frequently 频繁地,B. never从不,C. ever曾经,D. certainly当然,Jessica的爸爸说他对女儿的出生的状况没有过一滴眼泪,他相信她的潜力。选B
小题4:考查名词辨析:A. argument 争论,B. understanding理解,C. opposition强烈的)反对,敌对D. support支持,在父母和家庭的支持下,Jessica象成年人一样对自己很自信。选D
小题5:考查动词辨析: A. decorate装饰,B. explore探险,C. explode 爆炸,D. establish建立,继续用双脚探索世界,选B
小题6:考查名词辨析:A. performance表现,表演,B. image 形象,C. exhibition展览,D. appearance外表,当她的第一次表演的时候,她被安排在后排。选A
小题7:考查名词辨析:A. back 后面,B. front前面,C. edge 边缘,D. middle中间,她的舞蹈老师告诉她舞蹈没有后排,选A
小题8:考查名词辨析:A. line 线,B. emotion情感,C. routine日常工作,固定节目,D. behaviour行为,她迟疑的表演了固定的节目,选C
小题9:考查名词辨析:A. sympathy同情,B. sorrow难过,C. doubt 怀疑,D. confidence自信,观众的掌声给了她鼓励和继续跳舞14年的自信,选D
小题10:考查副词辨析:A. Unfortunately不幸地,B. Delightedly 高兴地,C. Disappointedly失望地,D. Hopefully有希望地,在14岁的时候,Jessica高兴地在国际跆拳道联合会获得了她第一个黑带。选B
小题11:考查动词辨析:A. admitting承认,B. entering进入,C. graduating毕业,D. settling定居,在高中毕业后,Jessica上了亚利桑那州大学。选C
小题12:考查定语从句,在那里她获得了心理学学士学位。先行词是the University of Arizona 定语从句中缺少地点状语,用D. where引导定语从句,选D
小题13:考查动词辨析:A. dreamed梦想,B. ignored忽视,C. explained解释,D. refused拒绝,当谈论她的学位的时候,她经常解释心理学相信人们思考的方式对他们的生活的影响比身体的局限要大。选C
小题14:考查名词辨析:A. symbol象征,B. frustration挫折,失败,挫败,失意,C. evidence 证据, D. impact影响,have a greater influence on …,对…有很大的影响,选D
小题15:考查动词辨析:A. board登机,B. fly飞行,C. seat使…就坐,D. launch 发行,从下文的:It took three states, four airplanes, two flight instructors and a discouraging year to  31  the right aircraft:可知她的最著名的成就是学会了飞行,选B
小题16:考查动词辨析:A. find发现,B. lose失去,C. cancel取消,D. seek寻求,花了三个州,四驾飞机,两个飞行指导和令人泄气的一年才找到适合的飞机。选A
小题17:考查动词辨析:A. experienced体验,B. scheduled安排,C. received接受,   D. praised表扬,她因为是第一个只用脚开飞机的人而收到吉尼斯世界纪录。选C
小题18:考查介词辨析:A. for为了,因为,B. against反对,C. beyond超过,D. within在…里面,这里表示她获得吉尼斯世界纪录的原因,选A
小题19:考查动词短语辨析:A. describes as描述为,B. regards as认为是,C. treats as 当…对待,D. works as担当,Jessica现在是做励志演讲者,选D
小题20:考查动词辨析:A. amazing 使…惊讶,B. encouraging 鼓励,C. enjoying 享受,D. astonishing 使…惊讶,她周游世界分享她的故事,鼓励人们要有创造力和创新。选B
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Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine, who rose to fame during Hollywood"s golden age as the star of several Alfred Hitch.cock classics, died from natural causes at her home in Carmel, northern California on December 16, 2013 aged 96, US media reports said.
Born in Japan to British parents, Fontaine moved in 1919 to California, where she and her elder sister -screen idol Olivia de Havilland-were to shape successful movie careers.Fontaine and de Havilland remain the only sisters to have won lead actress honours at the Academy Awards.Yet the two sisters also had an uneasy relationship, with Fontaine recording a bitter competition in her own account "No Bed of Roses ".
Fontaine began her acting career in her late teens with Largely less important roles on the stage and later in mostly B-movies in the 1930s. It was not before famous British film director Hitchcock spotted her a decade later that her career took off.
Greatly surprised by her expressive looks, the suspense (悬念) master cast Fontaine in his first US film, a 1940 adaptation of the Daphne du Maurier novel "Rebecca". She received an Academy Award nomination(提名) for her performance as a troubled wife. A year later, Fontaine finally won the long-sought golden figure, for her role as leading lady in "Suspicion" opposite Cary Grant, becoming the first and only actress to earn the title for a Hitchock film.
Although her sister, Olivia de Havilland, preceded her in gaining Hollywood fame, Fontaine was the first of the sisters to win an Oscar, beating Olivia"s nomination as best actress in Mitchell Leisen"s "Hold Back the Dawn".
The dislike ,between the sisters was felt at the Oscars ceremony."I froze. I stared across the table, where Olivia was sitting."Get up there!" she whispered commandingly," Fontaine said."All the dislike we"d felt toward each other as children…all came rushing back in quickly changing pictures…I felt Olivia would spring across the table and seize me by the hair."
Olivia did not win her first Oscar until 1946, for her role as the lover of a World War I pilot in Leisen"s " To Each His Own". Fontaine later made it known that her. sister had slighted her as she attempted to offer congratulations.“She took one look at me, ignored my hand, seized her Oscar and wheeled away,” she said.
The sisters were also reportedly competitors in love. Howard Hughes, a strange businessman who dated the elder de Havilland for a time, offered marriage to Fontaine several times."I married first, won the Oscar before Olivia did, and if I die first, she"ll undoubtedly be extremely angry because I beat her to it!" Fontaine once joked.
As her film career fruited in the 1950s, Fontaine turned to television and dinner theatre, and also appeared in several Broadway productions, including  the Lion in Winter". Anything but the ordinary lady, Fontaine was also a licensed pilot, a champion balloonist, an accomplished golfer, a licensed .decoration designer and a first-class cook.
小题1:When she moved to California, Joan Fontaine was      years old.
A.twoB.twelveC.twentyD.twenty -two
小题2:Fontaine did not become successful or popular until the _      
A.1930sB.1940sC.1950sD.1960s
小题3:Fontaine won her Oscar for her role in the film of “         ”.
A.Rebecca "B.Suspicion
C.To Each His OwnD.Hold Back the Dawn
小题4:Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A.Olivia preceded Fontaine in getting married.
B.Olivia gamed Hollywood fame after Fontaine.
C.Fontaine won an Oscar before her sister Olivia,
D.Fontaine wanted to meet her death before Olivia.
小题5:The dislike between Fontaine and Olivia began when they       
A.competed for an Oscar B.competed for a husband
C.were small childrenD.were successful actresses
小题6:As can- be seen from the passage, Fontaine was a person who was       
A.disliked by her familyB.always a troubled wife
C.able to do few jobs D.gifted in many ways

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Letting go of success
I want to make the most of every day. And, like most people, I"ve____ that the best way to do it is to let go of past failures. But that"s not all. One can never fully ____ today while thinking too much about past successes, either. People never ____ while resting comfortably on their laurels (荣誉). The ___ is that sometimes our successes hold us back more than our failures!
I once ____ a story about the Oscar owner, actor Clark Gable. A friend ____ Gable one afternoon at the actor"s home. She brought along her ____ son, who was playing happily with toy cars on the floor. He____ he was racing those cars around a great track, which in ____ was an imaginary circle around a golden statue (雕像). The small statue the boy played with was actually the Oscar Clark Gable ____ for his performance in the 1934 movie It Happened One Night.
When his mother told him the time had come to ____, the little boy asked the actor, “Can I have this?” ____ to the Oscar.
“Sure, ” he smiled. “It"s yours.”
The horrified mother ____. “Put that back immediately!”
Giving the child the golden statue, Clark Gable said, “Having the Oscar around doesn"t mean anything to me;   ____it does.” The actor seemed to know that past success could be a ____ hammock (吊床) upon which he may be tempted to____, rather than a springboard setting him to begin a new start.
You may have learned to let go of past ____ and mistakes in order to free the present. But will you forget past successes and achievements in order to free the ____? Will your past be a springboard or a restful hammock?
“I like the ____ of the future better than the history of the past,” said Thomas Jefferson. I ____. After all, the future, not the past, is where the rest of your life will be lived.
小题1:A discovered   B. inferred     C. hoped    D. worried
小题2:
A.spendB.liveC.understandD.enjoy
小题3:
A.struggleB.workC.succeedD.learn
小题4:
A.storyB.factC.ideaD.news
小题5:
A.wroteB.toldC.knewD.heard
小题6:
A.sawB.recognizedC.metD.visited
小题7:
A.carefulB.smallC.lonelyD.clever
小题8:
A.pretendedB.believedC.insistedD.suggested
小题9:
A.realityB.caseC.turnD.need
小题10:
A.caredB.askedC.wonD.looked
小题11:
A.actB.leaveC.playD.wait
小题12:
A.runningB.gettingC.pointingD.shouting
小题13:
A.objectedB.noticedC.sufferedD.breathed
小题14:
A.sellingB.keepingC.earningD.sharing
小题15:
A.specialB.comfortableC.expensiveD.necessary
小题16:
A.restB.cheatC.stopD.sit
小题17:
A.difficultiesB.eventsC.failuresD.achievements
小题18:
A.timeB.futureC.bodyD.brain
小题19:
A.ideaB.meaningC.dreamsD.thoughts
小题20:
A.obeyB.permitC.wishD.agree

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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Travis laughed as he tore at the wrapping (包装) paper on his birthday present. He was so       ! Finally, he would have the coolest pair of name-brand basketball shoes.
All the guys on his team were wearing the name-brand shoes of a popular basketball      , Chuck Hart.     Hart was criticized for his poor sportsmanship and infamous        he was a great player. In fact, Travis wasn’t thinking about Hart’s behavior; he had only expected to see Hart’s       on the side of the box. He realized that something was     as he tore away the last piece of paper. Not Hart’s. The new shoes were the name-brand of another player, Robert Ryann, who was        for his amazing work in the community.
Travis’s hands     ; his heart stopped. It wasn’t that the Ryann shoes weren’t nice, but what would his friends think?
They were the wrong shoes and Travis would be     by the other players. When he looked up into his dad’s eyes, however, Travis knew he     tell him. “Thanks, Dad. I was really hoping for shoes,” Travis said as he pulled the shoes out of the box.
Next morning his dad drove him to school. When they      in front of his destination, Travis slowly opened the car door. Just then, his dad stopped him.
“Hey, Travis, wait a minute…” his dad said     “Travis, I know those aren’t the shoes you had hoped for, but I saw the names of the two guys and made a(n)      . The guy whose name is on those shoes,” he said, pointing down at Travis’s feet, “is someone I     . Do you know how often Ryann has found himself in     ? “
“ No,” Travis said.
“ Never. He’s never talked back to his coach or started a fight, and he’s a team player. You could have acted like a(n)      when you didn’t get the shoes you wanted, Travis,     you were polite and made the best of it. You have honor, like the guy whose name is on these shoes. I am hoping that someday, your       will be on the coolest pair of shoes I’ll ever see.”
When Travis looked down at his feet, he saw the shoes     . His dad had used his mind and heart to give the son a thoughtful      .
小题1:
A.surprisedB.ashamedC.excitedD.worried
小题2:
A.teamB.playerC.coachD.game
小题3:A Unless             B. If                 C. Because         D. Although
小题4:
A.skillB.performanceC.behaviorD.action
小题5:
A.nameB.photoC.signD.model
小题6:
A.strangeB.wrongC.trueD.funny
小题7:
A.knownB.encouragedC.adoptedD.influenced
小题8:
A.fellB.frozeC.shook D.folded
小题9:
A.questionedB.noticedC.teased D.attacked
小题10:
A.mustn’tB.needn’tC.wouldn’tD.couldn’t
小题11:
A.pulled upB.put upC.took upD.turned up
小题12:
A.peacefullyB.hesitantlyC.delightedlyD.naturally
小题13:
A.choiceB.effortC.commentD.mistake
小题14:
A.believeB.missC.admireD.remember
小题15:
A.dangerB.angerC.sorrowD.trouble
小题16:
A.teammateB.adultC.kidD.student
小题17:
A.soB.butC.andD.or
小题18:
A.honorB.courageC.nameD.belief
小题19:
A.clearlyB.carefullyC.patientlyD.differently
小题20:
A.giftB.smileC.wishD.lesson

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Last Sunday, I sat with Tony, my college classmate, in a well-known coffee shop in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As we      our coffee, two men entered and sat on an empty table beside us. They      the waiter and ordered three cups of     , two on the table and one on the wall. We heard this order with great      and observed that they were served with two cups of coffee      they paid for three. As soon as they     , the waiter pasted (粘贴) a piece of paper on the wall saying A Cup of Coffee.
It      that the situation was normal at this place. However, it was something      for Tony and me. Since we had nothing to do with the situation, we      our coffee, paid the bill and left.
After a few days, we again had a      to go to this coffee shop. While we were enjoying our coffee, a man entered. The way this man was dressed did not      the standard nor the atmosphere of this coffee shop. Poverty (贫穷) was      from the looks on his face. As he      himself, he looked at the      and said, “One cup of coffee from the wall.” the waiter served coffee to this man with      , politeness and warmth.
After a few minutes, the man finished his coffee and left      paying. We were amazed to watch all this when the waiter      a piece of paper from the wall and      it in the dust bin.
Now it was no      for us because the situation was easy to understand. Although the man didn’t know about the one who was giving this cup of coffee to him, he would have a better understanding of the wall which had a great role between the      and receiver.
小题1:
A.enjoyedB.warmedC.cookedD.booked
小题2:
A.thankedB.metC.calledD.found
小题3:
A.waterB.coffeeC.teaD.milk
小题4:
A.prideB.courageC.hopeD.interest
小题5:
A.asB.butC.soD.for
小题6:
A.movedB.cameC.leftD.entered
小题7:
A.happenedB.provedC.seemedD.sounded
小题8:
A.specialB.normalC.kindD.helpful
小题9:
A.preparedB.orderedC.changedD.finished
小题10:
A.chanceB.wayC.rightD.choice
小题11:
A.winB.matchC.equalD.raise
小题12:
A.clearB.quickC.exactD.strange
小题13:
A.dressedB.knewC.introducedD.seated
小题14:
A.menuB.wallC.tableD.door
小题15:
A.pityB.calmC.fearD.respect
小题16:
A.overB.afterC.withoutD.against
小题17:
A.took offB.took upC.took overD.took in
小题18:
A.hidB.lostC.threwD.picked
小题19:
A.ideaB.surpriseC.delightD.decision
小题20:
A.bossB.guestC.waiterD.giver

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Robert Ballard was born in 1942. From an early age, he loved the sea. Ballard grew up in Southern California. He spent his free time at the beach near his home. He enjoyed fishing and swimming. He even learned to dive.

When Ballard wasn’t at the ocean, he loved reading about it. At age 10, he read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, a book which describes the undersea adventures of Captain Nemo. Ballard decided he wanted to be like Captain Nemo when he grew up. His parents helped him follow his dream.
Ballard was a hardworking student. He spent many years learning all he could about the ocean. By the age of 28, he was an expert. In 1970, he took a job as a scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts. There he studied underwater mountains of the Atlantic Ocean. He came up with ways to predict(预知)volcanoes under the oceans. Working with other scientists, Ballard also found previously(以前)unknown sea animals. These animals lived far below the ocean’s surface, where scientists had believed no animals could live.
By the 1980s, Ballard’s interests changed. He developed unmanned(无人的)vehicles to explore the ocean bottom. His first find, the well-known ship Titanic, made Ballard famous. He was not happy with just one big find, however. He looked for — and found — other well-known ships. One was the German battleship Bismarck. Another was the U.S.S. Yorktown, an aircraft carrier (航空母舰) that sank during World War II.
Today Robert Ballard is still an underwater explorer. He also heads an organization that encourages students to learn about science. Ballard hopes that some of the students will follow in his footsteps. After all, the world’s huge oceans are mostly unknown. Who knows what remains to be discovered under the sea?
小题1:What was Ballard’s dream when he was young?
A.To be a science teacher.B.To be an underwater explorer.
C.To be an animal expert.D.To be a famous writer.
小题2:When Ballard worked at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, he _____.
A.explored the undersea world by ship
B.thought of ideas to predict underwater volcanoes
C.found some unknown sea animals alone
D.set up an organization to teach students science
小题3:Which is the correct order of the events mentioned in the text about Ballard?
a. He found the German battleship Bismarck.
b. He read a book about Captain Nemo.
c. He found the famous ship Titanic.
d. He became an expert in science.
A.b-c-d-aB.d-b-c-aC.b-d-c-aD.d-c-a-b
小题4:What can we learn from the text?
A.Ballard’s parents felt disappointed at his undersea adventures.
B.Ballard didn’t like fishing and swimming in his childhood.
C.Ballard was greatly influenced by 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
D.Human beings have explored more than half of the sea.

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