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| "Avatar" has made a boxoffice record. Director James Cameron, | | | having________(花费) 13 years preparing for | 1.________ | | the film, managed to bring it out________January | 2.________ | | 2,2010 after four years of shooting. The story sets | | | in the mysterious________(未来). | 3.________ | | F________with the shortage of resource, human | 4.________ | | beings start Project Avatar to get mines of resources in | | | Planet Pandora. A________Jack learns more and | 5.________ | | more about the Na"vi, he begins q________ | 6.________ | | whether his task is right or not. He has come to realize | | | that human beings shouldn"t________(自私) | 7.________ | | stop other creatures" existence. "Avatar"l________ | 8.________ | | the audience breathless, with the latest 3D technology. | | | ________, the story is old and the plot simple, | 9.________ | | all________familiar. The film sets people thinking | 10.________ | | about the meaning of "love". | | | 完形填空 | The sound of the rain hitting the windows wakes me up and it sounds just exactly as it did 15 years
ago, which reminded me of my girlhood.
It was my second day of 1 and it was raining heavily. I could not 2 the habit I had at home , so I
fell asleep right at my 3 . I woke up to find myself not in the classroom but carried on Dad"s back. We
were 4 home. It was the last time I felt 5 to him.
After that, he never carried me or hugged me as other fathers did to their children. I was not bothered much by this 6 . I was proud of it, for I felt 7 and "grown up." However, there were times when I felt
depressed by not having sought 8 from him.
One day, I was writing Chinese characters as homework. I hated doing this more than anything. Dad
came and stood behind me for a moment, 9 me scratching (乱涂,勾抹) the paper. Then he said, "This
kind of writing needs 10 .Your writing is not strong enough. Press harder."
I follow his 11 for the next two words, but 12 I could see little improvement, I followed my own
method the 13 way. His advice did not improve my writing but our 14 . As I grew older, I found out
that he had finished his 15 in Grade 6, which was the highest grade in town then, so he was considered
to be a 16 . People used to ask him to write something to put on the walls, but he never felt very useful.
He often said to me, "As you can see, this family is going to depend on you. We are 17 to improve
you anything for your future .You have to get 18 to change the life for yourself."
As a result of his 19 , I have 20 it through high school and through college. | ( )1. A. graduation
( )2. A. from
( )3. A. dormitory
( )4. A. at
( )5. A. close
( )6. A. gap
( )7. A. lonely
( )8. A. comfort
( )9. A. helping
( )10. A. skill
( )11. A. introduction
( )12. A. even if
( )13. A. difficult
( )14. A. relationship
( )15. A. schooling
( )16. A. writer
( )17. A. tired
( )18. A. an education
( )19. A. help
( )20. A. succeeded | B. employment
B. resist
B. door
B. already
B. near
B. thought
B. depressed
B. help
B. directing
B. patience
B. manner
B. while
B. slow
B. friendship
B. life
B. scholar
B. glad
B. a rich boyfriend
B. expectations
B. got | C. college
C. follow
C. desk
C. beyond
C. happy
C. action
C. independent
C. support
C. watching
C. time
C. spirit
C. as
C. efficient
C. thought
C. hope
C. scientist
C. useless
C. a well-paid job
C. examination
C. made | D. school
D. break
D. bed
D. halfway
D. relaxed
D. accident
D.comfortable
D. explanation
D. blaming
D. practice
D. advice
D. though
D. fast
D. life
D. expectation
D. specialist
D. ready
D. a good writing
D. watch
D. found | | 阅读理解 | Rising above the names
I was shopping in the supermarket when I heard a young voice.
"Mom, come here! There"s this lady here my size!"
The mother rushed to her son; then she turned to me to apologize.
I smiled and told her, "It"s okay." Then I talked to the boy, "Hi, I"m Darryl Kramer. How are you ?"
He studied me from head to toe, and asked, "Are you a little mommy?"
"Yes, I have a son," I answered.
"Why are you so little?" he asked.
"It"s the way I was born," I said. "Some people are little. Some are tall. I"m just not going to grow any
bigger. " After I answered his other questions, I shook the boy"s hand and left.
My life as a little person is filled with stories like that. I enjoy talking to children and explaining why I
1ook different from their parents.
It takes only one glance to see my uniqueness. I stand three feet nine inches tall. I was born an a
chondroplasia dwarf (侏儒). Despite this, I did all the things other kids did when I was growing up.
I didn"t realize how short I was until I started school. Some kids picked on me, calling me names.
Then I knew. I began to hate the first day of school each year. New students would always stare at me
as I struggled to climb the school bus stairs.
But I learned to smile and accept the fact that I was going to be noticed my whole life.I decided to
make my uniqueness an advantage rather than a disadvantage. What I lacked in height, I made up for in
personality.
I"m 47 now, and the stares have not diminished as I"ve grown older. People are amazed when they
see me driving. I try to keep a good attitude. When people are rude, I remind myself, "Look what else I
have -- a great family, nice friends. "
It"s the children"s questions that make my life special. I enjoy answering their questions. My hope is
that I will encourage them to accept their peers ( a person of the same age, class, position, etc. ),
whatever size and shape they come in, and treat them with respect.
1. Why did the mother apologize to the author?
A. Because the boy ran into the author.
B. Because the boy laughed at the author.
C. Because the boy said the author was fatter than him.
D. Because the mother thought the boy"s words had hurt the author.
2. When did the author realize that she was too short?
A. When she grew up.
B. When she was 47 years old.
C. When she began to go to school.
D. When she met the boy in the supermarket.
3.Which of the following word can best replace the underlined word"diminished" ?
A. dismissed
B. increased
C. decreased
D. discriminated
4. How does the author feel about people"s stares?
A. Angry.
B. Calm.
C. Painful.
D. Discouraged. | | 阅读理解 | The crowd cheered as the young man walked across the stage to receive his award as the company"s
top producer. He looked over the audience and trembled, and there was a clear pause that brought a
silence to the room. It took him a moment to control himself.
"The last three months hit me pretty hard," he began. "And I feel the need to share a piece of my story
though I"m not sure why. A friend called me about his new marketing system, an outbound (发往外国
的) fax(传真)service that could reach thousands of potential customers at very little cost. I checked it out, got excited and accepted it. After thousands of faxes, it seemed that what I did was illegal . I was
punished a dollar for every one sent out.
The crowd was surprised.
"I failed to do proper research, and didn"t pay attention to the details. Now I am heavily in debt. As
some of you know, I recently move up here from down south. I stored my stuff (资料)in my old office,
which I closed down. When I drove back to pick it all up, I found that everything except my computer
and the clothes I brought with me was gone."
He continued, "I drive a sports car. I love that car. One day while driving it, I stepped on the
accelerator (油门), lost control at 85 miles an hour, and hit the guard rail. I damaged my car very badly."
"In three months, I got charged, lost everything I owned, and damaged my car. We all face challenges," he smiled. "I guess I wanted to share mine with you. Thanks for listening. " He left to a standing ovation
(鼓掌).
Standing in the back of the room, I realized how much respect that young man earned. He faced his
fear, publicly admitted his mistakes and never gave up, in spite of the difficulties. That day, he won much
more than a trophy (奖杯).
1. According to the first paragraph, which word can describe the young man?
A. Calm.
B. Brave.
C. Shy.
D. Nervous.
2. Why was the young man punished?
A. He made a serious mistake in his research.
B. He illegally sent faxes to customers.
C. He stole a computer from an office.
D. He drove his car at a high speed.
3. The young man told his experiences perhaps to _________.
.
A. encourage others to face challenges bravely
B. let the audience forgive him
C. show his misunderstanding of the law
D. complain about being treated unfairly | | 完形填空 | Although I had left school against the advice of my teachers, I had, without telling anyone, tried
to 1 my studies in literature at evening classes. It was a tiresome 2 from one end of the city to
another and to 3 among adults was uninteresting. I was the youngest in the 4 , so the friendship I
knew at school was 5 . I put up with it for a short period. It was 6 long a walk on cold winter"s
nights and it was hard to put my 7 into Shakespeare with wet shoes and trousers. So I continued
writing poetry at home.
By chance, I 8 some prizes and awards for literature. A young woman from a 9 company
came to the college one day. She told me that I won a national poetry award. I 10 at her in
astonishment (吃惊) and disbelief. She wanted to make a short 11 about me, to which I said, "No, I
couldn"t do that." Not that I had any real 12 . I was just frightened. In the end she 13 me that I
should do it the following day.
So I did. They made a short film of me reading one of my 14 and I became 15 interested in
literature than ever. I 16 what I should do after this, and decided some weeks later that I could not
17 myself spending the rest of my days dealing with machines. So one evening, I hesitatingly (犹豫地)
told my parents that I wanted to _ 18 to school. They were greatly surprised and a little afraid, but they
did not try to persuade me not to. They wanted to know if I was 19 , and if I knew what it meant
and 20 I realized that if I gave up my job training, it would be very difficult to get a good job. But
nothing could stop me, and they asked about the matter no further. | ( )1. A. stop
( )2. A. talk
( )3. A. do
( )4. A. family
( )5. A. absent
( )6. A. too
( )7. A mind
( )8. A. defeated
( )9. A. TV
( )10. A. looked
( )11. A. talk
( )12. A. reason
( )13. A. advised
( )14. A. poems
( )15. A. less
( )16. A. wandered
( )17. A. think
( )18. A. drop
( )19. A. sure
( )20. A. whether | B. go on
B. journey
B. sit
B. class
B. missed
B. very
B. heart
B. beat
B. radio
B. fixed
B. film
B. cause
B. suggested
B. stories
B. much
B. considered
B. consider
B. leave
B. clear
B. that | C. continue
C. job
C. talk
C. city
C. lost
C. much
C. soul
C. won
C. shoe
C. shouted
C. conversation
C. excuse
C. agreed
C. speeches
C. far
C. discussed
C. spend
C. return
C. curious
C. how | D. walk
D. walk
D. work
D. country
D. over
D. quite
D. thought
D. hit
D. food
D. stared
D. speech
D. wish
D. persuaded
D. plans
D. more
D. wondered
D. imagine
D. go to
D. true
D. what |
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