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Leaping on a narrow balance beam（平衡木） is not easy. But Lola Walter, a 13-year-old gymnast, is an expert at it.
To perfect her skills, Lola 36 for four hours a day, five days a week. At the state championships in March, she finished seventh out of 16 girls.
That’s especially impressive, 37 she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift constantly. She often sees double and can’t _38 how far away things are.
When she was little, her mom 39 that even though she couldn’t see 40 , she was fearless. So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three. She loved the 41 right away and gymnastics became her favorite.
Though learning gymnastics has been more 42 for her than for some of her tournaments, she has never quit. She doesn’t let her _43 stop her from doing anything that she wants to.
She likes the determination it takes to do the sport. Her biggest 44_ is the balance beam. Because she has double vision, she often sees two beams. She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine. Sometimes she even closes her eyes. “You have to 45_ your mind that it’ll take you where you want to go,” says Lola.
To be a top-level gymnast, one must be brave. The beam is probably the most 46 for anyone because it’s four inches wide. At the state competition, Lola didn’t fall 47 the beam. In fact, she got an 8.1 out of 10---- her highest score yet.
Lola doesn’t want to be 48 differently from the other girls on her team. At the competitions, the judges don’t know about her vision _49 _. She doesn’t tell them, because she doesn’t think they need to know. Her mom is amazed by her _50 attitude.
Lola never thinks about 51__. She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics. Her 52 is to reach level 9. She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she’s learned to other kids 53 she grew up.
Lola is 54 of all her hard work and success. She says it’s helped her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics, too. Her 55 for others is “just believe yourself”.
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小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:B
小题6:B
小题7:C
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:D
小题11:A
小题12:C
小题13:B
小题14:D
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:D
小题18:C
小题19:A
小题20:B
解析
文章大意：文章讲述的是主人公Lola虽然天生存在视力方面的问题，但是仍然坚持体操训练，以积极的态度和顽强的毅力，取得了大家的尊重和体操方面的成功，她的事迹也在向大家传达一个信息，那就是相信自己，决不放弃！
小题1:根据上一句中的 a 13-year-old gymnast可知，Lola是一个体操运动员，因此，To perfect her skills为了练习她的体操技巧，她每天训练（train)四个小时。run跑步 teach 教书dance跳舞与其体操运动员的身份不符
小题2:根据she is legally blind可知，这是她取得的成绩给人留下深刻印象的原因，因此选择A，意为因为。句意为，她在16个女孩中取得了第七名的成绩。这给人们留下了深刻的印象，因为她在法定上讲是盲人。Unless除非， after在……之后，though 尽管
小题3:tell告诉，辨别，断定 guess猜测 assume假定 predict预测根据前一句She often sees double可知，她看到的是双重影像，因此无法辨别出物体离她有多远。
小题4:suspect怀疑 remember 记得 imagine想象 notice注意到 句意为，在她小的时候，她的妈妈注意到她尽管看不清东西，但是她不害怕。
小题5:根据上文的“born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift constantly. She often sees double”可知，她是能看到东西的，只不过看到的是双重影像，看不清楚，因此选择B。 Deeply 在深处，深深地，ahead在前面 closely接近地，靠近地
小题6:根据上文的“So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three”可知，她的妈妈在她三岁的时候，给她报名参加体操训练，因此，此处指的是她立刻喜欢上了这项运动。Task任务 event事件或者比赛项目（此处文中仅指训练，未谈及比赛），show表演秀
小题7:根据该句的though（尽管），和后文的she has never quit可知，此处句意为，尽管学习体操对她来说比其他比赛更加困难，但是她从没有放弃过。Boing 无聊 enjoyable令人愉快的 unsatisfactory令人不满意的，均不符合题意
小题8:根据上文的“she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift constantly”可知，此处指的是她视力差的这种不利状况（情况）。Talent才能 quality 品质 nature自然本性 condition （健康）状况
句意为，她没有让她的这种身体状况阻止她做任何她想做的事情。
小题9:根据下文的“Because she has double vision, she often sees two beams”可知，因为她有双重影像，因此她经常看到两个横梁，因此平衡木对她来说是最大的一个挑战，故选择C。 Doubt 怀疑 advantage优点 challenge挑战 program 程序，计划
小题10:根据上文的“She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine”可知，她视力不好，只能依靠自己的感觉，因此，她说“你不得不相信/信任（trust) 你的内心，它可以带你去任何你想去的地方”。examine检查 express表达 open打开 trust信任，相信 .故选择D
小题11:根据上文的“To be a top-level gymnast, one must be brave”要想成为一个顶尖的体操运动员，运动员必须要勇敢，可知，要求体操运动员勇敢，需要勇气，就说明这项运动会让人害怕，即fearful 令人害怕的 harmful有害的 unfair不公平的 inconvenient 不方便的
小题12:fall off 意为跌落，此处意为，在州比赛中，Lola没有从平衡木上跌落下来。
小题13:根据下文的“ At the competitions, the judges don’t know about her vision ______. She doesn’t tell them, because she doesn’t think they need to know”可知,她在比赛的时候没有告诉裁判关于她视力方面的问题，因为她认为裁判不需要知道，因为她不想让裁判做出有别于其他选手的对待。greet致意 treat 对待 serve服务 pay付钱
小题14:句意参考上题。Vision problems意为视力上的问题 pain指的是痛苦，疼痛 stress压力 injuries指的是受伤
小题15:根据上文的“She doesn’t tell them, because she doesn’t think they need to know.”Lola没有告诉裁判关于她眼睛的问题，因为她认为裁判不需要知道，她想和其他人一样比赛。这说明她没有因为眼睛视力的问题而沮丧，相反她保持这积极的态度，认为自己和其他人一样好。因此，她的母亲对她的这种积极、乐观的态度感到很惊讶。
Friendly 友好的 flexible 灵活的 caution 小心，谨慎
小题16:根据上文她积极、乐观的态度，和下文的“Her___is to reach level 9. She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach”她的目标是要达到九级，她说她要成为一名体操教练，因此，她从没想过要放弃（quit). defend保卫 win赢 bargain讨价还价
小题17:上文讲到现在她达到了七级水平，而此处to reach level 9则指的是她的目标，即goal。
Standard标准 range范围 view观点视野 goal目标，
小题18:该句句意为，她说她想要成为一名体操教练，把她所学到的传给其他的孩子，当她长大成人的时候(when)。Until意为直到， as意为因为，随着 before在……之前均不符合题意
小题19:be proud of 以……为骄傲 be tired of 对……感到厌倦 be ashamed of 对……感到羞耻 be confident of对……感到自信、确信。句意为，Lola以她的努力和成功为傲。
小题20:plan计划 advice 建议 reward报酬 responsibility责任句意为，她通过自己的亲身经历，想告诉人们一个道理，或者说她通过自己的亲身经历，给人们一个善意的建议，就是“相信自己”！
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试题【A Leap（跳跃）to Honor Leaping on a narrow balance beam（平衡木） is not easy. But Lola W】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Two dolphins race around in a big pool in the Ocean Park. The smaller dolphin Grace, shown off a few of her tricks, turning around and waving hello to the crowd. The most amazing thing about her, however, is that she’s even swimming at all. She doesn’t have a tail.
Grace lost her tail as a baby when she got caught up in a fish trap. When the dolphin arrived at the Ocean Park in December 2005, she was fighting for her life. “Is she going to make it?” Her trainer, Abbey Stone, feared the worst. Grace did make it --- but her tail didn’t. She ended up losing her flukes and the lower part of her peduncle.
Over the past six years, she has learned to swim without her tail. Dolphins swim by moving their flukes and peduncle up and down. Grace taught herself to move another way---like a fish! She pushed herself forward through the water by moving her peduncles from side to side.
The movement put harmful pressure on Grace’s backbone. So a company offered to create a man-made tail for her. The tail had to be strong enough to stay on Grace as she swam but soft enough that it wouldn’t hurt her.
The first time Grace wore the artificial tail. She soon shook it off and let it sink in the bottom of the pool. Now, she is still learning to use the tail. Some days she wears it for an hour at a time, others not at all. “The tail isn’t
necessary for her to feel comfortable,” says Stone, “but it helps to keep that range of motion(动作) and build muscles(肌肉).”
Now, the dolphin is about to get an even happier ending. This month, Grace will star in Dolphin Tale, a film that focus on her rescue and recovery. Her progress has inspired more than just a new movie. Many people travel from near and far to meet her. Seeing Grace swim with her man-made tail gives people so much courage.
小题1: When Grace first arrived at the Ocean Park, her trainer worried about her .
| A．physical build | B．potential ability |
| C．chance of survival | D．adaptation to the surroundings. |
| A．let her recover faster | B．make her comfortable |
| C．adjust her way of swimming | D．help her perform better tricks |
| A．stick to their dreams | B．treat animals friendly |
| C．treasure what they have | D．face difficulties bravely |
Sophia told us that Make – A –Wish is a worldwide organization that started in the United States in 1980. ” It’s a charity(慈善机构)that helps children who have got very serious illnesses. Make – A –Wish help children feel happy even though they are sick, by making their wishes and dreams come true, ” Sophia explained.
We asked Sophia how Make – A –Wish had first started. She said it had all begun with a very sick young boy called Chris, who had been dreaming for a long time of becoming a policeman. Sophia said lots of people had wanted to find a way to make Chris’s dream come true ----so, with everybody’s help, Chris, only seven years old at the time, had been a “policeman” for a day. ” when people saw how delighted Chris was when his dream came true, they decided to try and help other sick children too , and that was the beginning of Make – A –Wish, ” explained Sophia.
Sophia also told us the Foundation tries to give children and their families a special, happy time. A Make-A-Wish volunteer visits the families and asks the children what they would wish for if they could have anything in the world. Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes come true. They do this either by providing things that are necessary, or by raising money or helping out in whatever way they can.
小题1:Sophia found out about Make-A-Wish because her best friend had .
| A．benefited from it | B．volunteered to help it |
| C．dreamed about it | D．told the author about it |
| A．is an international charity |
| B．was understood by nobody at first |
| C．raises money for very poor families |
| D．started by drawing the interest of the public |
| A．He has been a policeman since he was seven. |
| B．He gave people the idea of starting Make-A-Wish |
| C．He wanted people to help make his dream come true. |
| D．He was the first child Make-A-Wish helped after it had been set up. |
| A．They are important for making wishes come true. |
| B．They try to help children get over their illnesses. |
| C．They visit sick children to make them feel special. |
| D．They provide what is necessary to make Make-A-Wish popular. |
One day, he gathered up all his strength and decided to attend a job interview. His appointment was at 10 am and it was already 8:30. While waiting for a bus to the office where he was supposed to be interviewed, he saw an elderly man wildly kicking the tyre of his car. Obviously there was something wrong with the car. Jimmy immediately went up to lend him a hand. When Jimmy finished working on the car, the old man asked him how much he should pay for the service. Jimmy said there was no need to pay him; he just helped someone in need, and he had to rush for an interview. Then the old man said, “Well, I could take you to the office for your interview. It’s the least I could do. Please, I insist.” Jimmy agreed.
Upon arrival, Jimmy found a long line of applicants waiting to be interviewed. Jimmy still had some grease on him after the car repair, but he did not have much time to wash it off or have a change of shirt. One by one, the applicants left the interviewer’s office with disappointed look on their faces. Finally his name was called. The interviewer was sitting on a large chair facing the office window. Rocking the chair back and forth, he asked, “Do you really need to be interviewed?” Jimmy’s heart sank. “With the way I look now, how could I possibly pass this interview?” he thought to himself.
Then the interviewer turned the chair and to Jimmy’s surprise, it was the old man he helped earlier in the morning. It turned out he was the General Manager of the company.
“Sorry I had to keep you waiting, but I was pretty sure I made the right decision to have you as part of our workforce before you even stepped into the office. I just know you’d be a trustworthy worker. Congratulations!” Jimmy sat down and they shared a cup of well-deserved coffee as he landed himself a new job.
小题1: Why did Jimmy apply for a new job?
| A．He was out of work | B．He was bored with his job |
| C．He wanted a higher position | D．He hoped to find a better boss |
| A．A friend’s car had a flat tyre | B．a wild man was pushing a car |
| C．a terrible accident happened | D．an old man’s car broke down |
| A．He was also to be interviewed | B．He needed a traveling companion |
| C．He always helped people in need | D．He was thankful to Jimmy |
| A．He was sorry for the other applicants |
| B．There was no hope for him to get the job |
| C．He regretted helping the old man |
| D．The interviewer was very rude |
| A．Where there is a will, there’s a way |
| B．A friend in need is a friend indeed |
| C．Good is rewarded with good. |
| D．Two heads are better than one |
Many of Gershwin’s songs were first written for musical plays performed in theatres in New York City. These plays were a popular form of entertainment in the 1920s and 1930s. Many of his songs have remained popular as ever. Over the years they have been sung and played in every possible way — from jazz to country.
In the 1920s there was a debate in the United States about jazz music. Could jazz, some people asked, be considered serious music? In 1924 jazz musician and orchestra leader Paul Whiteman decided to organize a special concert to show that jazz was serious music. Gershwin agreed to compose something for the concert before he realized he had just a few weeks to do it. And in that short time, he composed a piece for piano and orchestra which he called Rhapsody in Blue. Gershwin himself played the piano at the concert. The audience were thrilled when they heard his music. It made him world-famous and showed that jazz music could be both serious and popular.
In 1928, Gershwin went to Paris. He applied to study composition (作曲)with the well-known musician Nadia Boulanger, but she rejected him. She was afraid that classical study would ruin his jazz-influenced style. While there, Gershwin wrote An American in Paris. When it was first performed, critics (评论家)were divided over the music. Some called it happy and full of life, to others it was silly and boring. But it quickly became popular in Europe and the United States. It still remains one of his most famous works.
George Gershwin died in 1937, just days after doctors learned he had brain cancer. He was only thirty-nine years old. Newspapers all over the world reported his death on their front pages. People mourned the loss of the man and all the music he might have still written.
小题1:Many of Gershwin’s musical works were ________ .
| A．written about New Yorkers | B．Composed for Paul Whiteman |
| C．played mainly in the countryside | D．performed in various ways |
| A．It attracted more people to theatres |
| B．It proved jazz could be serious music |
| C．It made Gershwin leader of the orchestra |
| D．It caused a debate among jazz musicians |
| A．He created one of his best works | B．He studied with Nadia Boulanger |
| C．He argued with French critics | D．He changed his music style |
| A．Many of Gershwin’s works were lost |
| B．The death of Gershwin was widely reported |
| C．A concert was held in memory of Gershwin |
| D．Brain cancer research started after Gershwin’s death. |
| A．Talented and productive | B．Serious and boring |
| C．popular and unhappy | D．Friendly and honest |
Sparrow failed to grow for another two years. Until a new CEO, Carl Pearson, decided to build up its market share. He did a survey, which showed that consumers who already used Sparrow restaurants were extremely positive about the chain, while customers of other fast-food chains were unwilling to turn away from them. Sparrow had to develop a new promotional campaign.
Pearson faced a battle over the future of the Sparrow brand. The chain’s owner now favored rebranding Sparrow as Marcy’s restaurants. Pearson resisted, arguing for an advertising campaign designed to convince customers that visits to Sparrow restaurants were fun. Such an attempt to establish a positive relationship between a company and the general public was unusual for that time. Pearson strongly believed that numbers were the key to success, rather than customers’ speeding power. Finally, the owner accepted his idea.
The campaign itself changed the traditional advertising style of the fast-food industry. The TV ads of Sparrow focused on entertainment and featured original songs performed by a variety of stars. Instead of showing the superiority of a specific product, the intention was to put Sparrow in the hearts of potential customers.
Pearson also made other decisions which he believed would contribute to the new Sparrow image. For example, he offered to lower the rent of any restaurants which achieved a certain increase in their turnover (营业额) .
These efforts paid off, and Sparrow soon became one of the most successful fast-food chains in the regions where it operated.
小题1:Which was one of the problems Sparrow faced before Pearson became CEO?
| A．The number of its customers was declining |
| B．Its customers found the food unhealthy |
| C．It was in need of financial support |
| D．Most of its restaurants were closed |
| A．Customers of Sparrow restaurants | B．Sparrow restaurants |
| C．Customers of other fast-food chains | D．other fast-food chains |
| A．To build a good relationship with the public |
| B．To stress the unusual tradition of Sparrow |
| C．To lean about customers’ spending power. |
| D．To meet the challenge from Marcy’s restaurants. |
| A．changed people’s views on pop stars |
| B．amused the public with original songs |
| C．focused on the superiority of its products |
| D．influenced the eating habits of the audience |
| A．He managed to pay off Sparrow’s debts. |
| B．He made Sparrow much more competitive |
| C．He helped Sparrow take over a company |
| D．He improved the welfare of Sparrow employees |
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