Venice is the “Queen” of the Adriatic Sea (亚得里亚海). Every year thousands of people from all over the world travel to Italy to visit the city. Do you know why they like to go there for a visit?
Venice is a very beautiful city. It is quite different from other cities in the world. There aren’t any roads and streets in the city. So there aren’t any cars and buses. There are many canals(运河)in the city. There is one big canal and one hundred and seventy-seven small canals. People move up and down the canals in boats to go to work, go shopping or visit their friends.
But Venice is sinking. It is going down and the water is going up. In 2040Venice will be under water, The Adriatic Sea will cover the city. The Venetians (威尼斯人)love their city and want to stay there. So they want to save Venice? They can build some strong huge walls and gates in the sea. The gates will close to keep too much water out. Thus Venice will not sink.
小题1:From this short article we know Venice is .| A．a very beautiful woman of the Adriatic Sea. | | B．the most important woman in Italy. | | C．a very important and beautiful place of the Adriatic Sea. | | D．the most important city in Italy. |
小题2:People from all parts of the world go to visit Venice because .| A．there are 177 canals in the city. | | B．it is sinking into the Adriatic Sea. | | C．there are a lot of kinds of boats on the canals. | | D．it is not only beautiful but also quite different from other cities. |
小题3:The Venetians usually go to work or visit their friends .| A．by bus. | B．by bike. | C．in cars. | D．in boats. |
小题4:Year by year the Adriatic Sea and Venice .| A．is rising…is sinking. | B．is going down…is going up | | C．has risen… has sunk | D．will go up…will go down |
小题5: Because the Adriatic Sea will cover it, the Venetians .| A．have to leave Venice in 2040. | | B．will try to do something to save their city. | | C．want to stay there until the water covers the city | | D．do not love the city any longer |
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小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:D
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A jobless man wanted very much to have the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test. “You have passed the test,” he said. “Give me your e-mail address and I’ll send you the form to fill in and the 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 are not living. And anyone who isn’t living cannot have the job.”
The man left with no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do with only $10 in his pocket. He thought and thought. Then he went to the supermarket and bought 10 kilos of tomatoes. He sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he had 20 dollars. He repeated the operation three times, and started to go early every day, and returned home late. Shortly, he bought a cart , then a truck, then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles(运货车队). Five years later, the man was one of the biggest food retailers (零售商) in the US.
One day, one of his friends asked him for his e-mail. He said, “I haven’t got one.” His friend couldn’t believe his ears. “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:What did the man do for the test?| A．He sent e-mails. | B．He did the cleaning | | C．He sold computers. | D．He filled in forms. |
小题2: The man didn’t get the job because he_____________.| A．disliked such a job | B．didn’t pass the test | | C．didn’t have an e-mail | D．knew nothing about computers |
小题3:The man ______after he left Microsoft.| A．went to look for another job | B．asked for food from door to door | | C．thought of an idea to make money | D．bought a computer and got an e-mail |
小题4:Why could the man become one of the biggest food retailers in the US?| A．Because he had many friends to help him. | | B．Because he was smart and worked very hard. | | C．Because he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. | | D．Because he wanted to show Microsoft he was living. |
小题5:What does the story want to tell us?| A．Computers are very important in our daily life. | | B．Everyone can make a lot of money with only$10. | | C．The HR manager didn’t find the ability of the man. | | D．Nothing in the world is impossible if we work hard. |
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Angela Chang(张韶涵) didn’t know it would be so hard to turn singing into a career. She went to many different record companies. But she was always turned down for looking too young and small.
“I’d never had such difficulties before,” Chang said. But Chang’s talent was finally accepted in 2002. When she got a piece of work, she cried.
She soon became a star. Her first album Over the Rainbow sold very well. She won many awards.
“You wouldn’t believe such a beautiful voice could come from such a small body,” said one musician after hearing Chang sing. “She has a special voice. You can’t forget it.”
But the 25-year-old girl has other talents too. Chang is also an actress. She has played a role in the popular TV plays, My MVP Valentine and At Dolphin Bay. Many people remember her common-girl parts in the plays. But acting is difficult. Chang once acted so badly that she was nearly fired. Another time it took her 27 tries to get a scene right.
“I cried when I got back home,” Chang said. “But I knew that I wouldn’t always fail. You only fail when you give up.”
Now with four albums behind her - Over the Rainbow, Aurora, Pandora and Flower in the Wonderland, it’s clear that Chang and music were made for each other. As she sings in one song, “I have a pair of invisible wings. They fly me to the sky and give me hope.”
小题1:The word “invisible” in the last paragraph means “________________”.小题2: Many record companies refused to co-operate(合作) with her because ______________.| A．she looks very common | B．she is too young | | C．she doesn’t sing very well | D．she looks young and small |
小题3: Which of the following is NOT right?| A．She won many awards for the album Over the Rainbow. | | B．She has made four films. | | C．One musician spoke highly of her. | | D．She is not only a singer but an actress. |
小题4:Although acting is difficult for her, she never gives up because ______________.| A．she is strong-minded | B．people like her films | | C．she is interested in acting | D．she acted in the popular TV plays |
小题5:Which do you think is the best title of the passage?| A．The Small Girl. | B．Four Albums. | | C．I have a Pair of Invisible Wings. | D．A Poor Actress. |
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阅读下面短文，撑握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D），选出最佳选项。
I had my first job at the age of thirteen, when a friend of my mother’s who owned a bookshop _36 me for six hours a week to help her in the shop. I was very 37 to earn my own pocket money and my parents 38 interfered(干涉) with how I spent it, even when I was spending it 39 . They believed that by earning money, spending it, and learning from the 40 , I would become more mature(成熟) and 41 about how to handle work, relationships with others, and money.
Like many 42 parents, my parents also let me and my brothers do things over which they 43 a great deal. When I was sixteen, for example, after I finished high school and before I entered university, I wanted to spend the summer months traveling around 44 . My mother was against the idea of my traveling alone at such a young age, but my father felt that it would be a great 45 for me. In the end, my father won the 46 on the condition that I limited my traveling to France, my mother’s home, where I had many uncles, aunts and cousins 47 through the country who could 48 shelter and help if I need them.
Three years later, my younger brother decide to 49 a year off after his first year in university and travel through the United States and the Caribbean. Again my mother was very worried and not 50 to see my brother leave school, but my father encouraged him and my brother had a(n) 51 year working his way on trains and ships to 52 passage to different ports and cities, and discovering many fascinating places and people.
These kinds of experiences are probably rare(稀少的) for children in many countries but in the US they are fairly 53 . Most parents start 54 their children at a young age to do small things by themselves. By the time they have finished high school, many American kids have already had part-time jobs, traveled around the US or other countries on their own, have 55 the university they plan to attend and maybe even decided on their future career, and so on.
| 小题1: | | A．taught | B．allowed | C．treated | D．hired |
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| 小题2: | | A．anxious | B．content | C．proud | D．hopeful |
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| 小题3: | | A．never | B．ever | C．always | D．even |
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| 小题4: | | A．quickly | B．foolishly | C．seriously | D．honesty |
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| 小题5: | | A．work | B．mistakes | C．others | D．books |
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| 小题6: | | A．strict | B．reasonable | C．polite | D．responsible |
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| 小题7: | | A．American | B．Japanese | C．Chinese | D．British |
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| 小题8: | | A．helped | B．supported | C．shared | D．worried |
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| 小题9: | | A．Asia | B．Africa | C．Europe | D．Oceania |
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| 小题10: | | A．journey | B．experience | C．chance | D．possibility |
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| 小题11: | | A．argument | B．game | C．discussion | D．plan |
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| 小题12: | | A．send out | B．give out | C．carry out | D．spread out |
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| 小题13: | | A．promise | B．afford | C．provide | D．serve |
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| 小题14: | | A．leave | B．make | C．take | D．prepare |
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| 小题15: | | A．angry | B．eager | C．sorry | D．sad |
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| 小题16: | | A．unusual | B．hard | C．strange | D．busy |
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| 小题17: | | A．accept | B．earn | C．find | D．search |
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| 小题18: | | A．welcome | B．fit | C．necessary | D．common |
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| 小题19: | | A．bringing | B．forcing | C．pushing | D．protecting |
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| 小题20: | | A．selected | B．admired | C．afforded | D．left |
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Mr. King lived with six hundred wild animals on the Greek Island of Kyklos. Ever since he left school, he had traveled all over the word collecting animals for his own zoo. He hoped to collect two examples of every kind of animal on his island. But he was afraid that people would find him someday.
He wrote books about his travels and about his animals that he collected. The money from the books helped to pay for all the food that these animals ate.
One day, when Mr. King was out looking for drinking water, he found oil. He needed money for his travels and for his zoo, and a little oil would buy enough water for what he needed all his life, but he knew that if he told anyone else about it, it would be the end of his zoo and his life’s work. So he decided not to tell anyone else about what he had found, because oil and water couldn’t mix.
小题1:Mr. King traveled all over the world for collecting ______.| A．oil | B．water | C．animals | D．money |
小题2:What Mr. King needed for his travels and his zoo was_______.| A．water | B．money | C．support | D．friends |
小题3:Mr. King was afraid that people would find him someday because ________.| A．he hadn’t got enough money for them | | B．that would be the end of his zoo | | C．he hadn’t got enough water and oil | | D．they would buy his animals |
小题4:Mr. King wrote books to _______.| A．tell people about his story | | B．tell people how to find oil | | C．get enough money for his animals | | D．make money for his travels |
小题5: In the passage, “oil and water couldn’t mix” means that “_________”.| A．Mr. King needed not only water but also oil | | B．oil and water were rather difficult to be mixed together | | C．Mr. King’s animals only needed water, not oil | | D．if he told the others he found oil, his life’s work would be stopped |
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Armed with two over-packed suitcases, we arrived at the airport just in time for my flight. As I watched her unload my luggage, I could see the ___36___ in her eyes. One last hug and a final good-bye, and I would be on my way to a new life ___37____. “You"d better go or you"ll miss your flight,”she said.
“I"ll __38_____ you,”I replied , and with those words I __39___. By the time I reached the customs I was __40__. While boarding the plane I was still crying. I did not have the ___41__ to put my bag in the overhead locker, so I put it on the empty seat next to mine.
Born barely fifteen months __42___, we not only looked alike, we were alike. We both had that same mix of ___43___ and fear of all things unknown to us. One sunny summer day I was playing outside when she came ___44___ to me and said, “Want to come to the attic(阁楼)?”The answer was always “___45__”. We were frightened of the attic but also ___46_____ by its smells and sounds. Together we would flight many spiders and battle through the numerous boxes __47_____ we found what we needed.
The plane shook ___48___ and my bag fell on the floor. My aspirin, hairbrush and some other things were __49___ on the floor. I __50_____ over to gather them up when I saw a (an) ___51___ little book in the middle of my belongings. It was a diary.
Immediately I __52___ my sister"s handwriting. “Hi Sis. What a day it has been today. You let me know that you are moving abroad...”Only __53___ did I realize that my sister had been ___54___ a diary for the past month.
I read about my sister"s coming and going during the flight. Even though a large ocean ____55___ us, at some point it felt like she was actually there.
| 小题1: | | A．honesty | B．concern | C．sadness | D．satisfaction |
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| 小题2: | | A．abroad | B．home | C．again | D．along |
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| 小题3: | | A．remember | B．remind | C．miss | D．think of |
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| 小题4: | | A．was cut | B．was off | C．left off | D．left away |
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| 小题5: | | A．smiling | B．sneezing | C．sighing | D．sobbing |
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| 小题6: | | A．courage | B．energy | C．idea | D．spirit |
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| 小题7: | | A．before | B．after | C．between | D．apart |
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| 小题8: | | A．curiosity | B．anxiety | C．sympathy | D．worry |
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| 小题9: | | A．about | B．across | C．down | D．up |
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| 小题10: | | A．No | B．Yes | C．Sorry | D．Certain |
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| 小题11: | | A．surprised | B．bored | C．attracted | D．interested |
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| 小题12: | | A．until | B．unless | C．though | D．since |
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| 小题13: | | A．hardly | B．slightly | C．weakly | D．heavily |
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| 小题14: | | A．spread | B．thrown | C．dropped | D．pushed |
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| 小题15: | | A．turned | B．went | C．bent | D．looked |
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| 小题16: | | A．familiar | B．unfamiliar | C．important | D．unimportant |
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| 小题17: | | A．knew | B．saw | C．observed | D．recognised |
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| 小题19: | | A．keeping | B．writing | C．using | D．making |
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| 小题20: | | A．faced | B．separated | C．surrounded | D．blocked |
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