My first performance in front of an audience was coming up soon. I tried as hard as I could to remain
(保持) 1 , but I had an empty feeling in my stomach. I stared down at my sweat covered, 2 hands. I
looked up again at the audience, realizing that these were 3 people. They were not just my mum and dad,
who 4 say, "Good job!" even if I messed up the entire piece. What if I had the wrong music? What if I
played the wrong notes? As it 5 , I was never able to answer these questions because the spotlight was
6 for me. I grasped my hands tightly together, drying off the sweat. Slowly I walked to the mulberry
piano in the 7 of the room. It contained 88 demanding keys, which were waiting impatiently to be played.
I swallowed the golf ball-sized lump (隆起的) in my throat and sat down. 8 , I opened the music. Next,
I rested my still shaking hands on the ivory keys. As my fingers played across the keys, I was becoming
more 9 of my preparation for this moment. But the memory of my year of training came flooding back.
I knew that I had practiced this piece 10 that I could play it backwards if 11 . Although at one point I
accidentally played two keys 12 the intended (预先, 打算的) ones, I continued to move my fingers
automatically (自动的). My eyes burned holes into the page in front of me. There was no 13 that I was
going to lose my concentration. To keep this promise to myself, I leaned (倾斜) 14 and focused carefully
on the music. 15 I came to the end of the page, a warning 16 inside my head: DON"T MAKE A
MISTAKE WHEN YOU TURN THE PAGE! Needless to say, I 17 myself with all my heart and mind. And,
proud of my "page- turning" feat (技艺) I finished the 18 of the piece without making a single mistake. After
the final note died away, a celebration went into action 19 my head.I had finished. I had mastered (征服)
the 20 . |
( )1. A. unknown
( )2. A. shaking
( )3. A. true
( )4. A. will
( )5. A. turned out
( )6. A. looking
( )7. A. corner
( )8. A. Slowly
( )9. A. sure
( )10. A. so much time
( )11. A. requested
( )12. A. in spite of
( )13. A. way
( )14. A. backward
( )15. A. Then
( )16. A. appeared
( )17. A. told
( )18. A. other
( )19. A. inside
( )20. A. musical | B. still
B. moving
B. real
B. can
B. turned up
B. searching
B. cross
B. Happily
B. unsure
B. so hardly
B. told
B. instead of
B. need
B. forward
B. Next
B. had
B. asked
B. part
B. outside
B. piece | C. calm
C. waving
C. young
C. could
C. turned back
C. expecting
C. center
C. Quickly
C. certain
C. such a lot of time
C. demanded
C. in the way of
C. use
C. upward
C. When
C. raised
C.obeyed
C. left
C. out of
C. impossible | D. quiet
D. wandering
D. old
D. would
D.turned down
D. waiting
D. passage
D. Suddenly
D. confident
D. so many times
D. ordered
D. in the form of
D. sense
D. downward
D. While
D. went
D.refused
D. rest
D. on
D. possible |
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核心考点
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| 阅读理解。 | Son"s Help
Mr. Lang worked in a factory. As a driver, he was busy but he was paid much. His wife was an able
woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything
at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few friends of his liked gambling (赌博) and he
learned it soon. So he was interested in it and hardly forgot anything except gambling. He lost all his money
and later he began to sell the television, watches and so on. His wife told him not to do it but he didn"t listen
to her. She had to tell the police. He and his friends were punished for it. And he was hardly sent away. After
he came out of lockup (拘留所), he hated her very much and the woman had to leave him.
It was New Year"s Day. Mr. Lang didn"t go to work. He felt lonely and wanted to gamble again. He called
his friends and they came soon. But they were afraid the police would come. He told his five-year-old son to
go to find out if there were the policemen outside. They waited for a long time and didn"t think the police
would come and began to gamble. Suddenly opened the door and in came a few policemen.
"I saw there weren"t any policemen outside, daddy," said the boy, "so I went to the crossing and asked
some to come." | | 1. Mr. Lang was paid much because _____. | | [ ] | A. he was a driver
B. he worked in a factory
C. he had a lot of work to do
D. he had worked there for a long time | | 2. Mrs. Lang did all housework because _____. | | [ ] | A. she couldn"t find any work
B. she thought her husband was tired
C. her husband spent all time in gambling
D. she wouldn"t stop her husband gambling | | 3. _____, so he was put into lockup. | | [ ] | A. Mr. Lang often gambled
B. Mr. Lang was late for work
C. Mr. Lang didn"t help his wife at home
D. Mr. Lang wasn"t polite to the police | | 4. The woman had to leave Mr. Lang because _____. | | [ ] | A. he didn"t love her any longer
B. he wouldn"t stop gambling
C. he had been put into lockup
D. he was hardly sent away by the factory | | 5. Which of the following is right? | | [ ] | A. The boy expected his father to be put into lockup again.
B. The boy thought his father needed some policemen.
C. The boy expected his father to stop gambling soon.
D. The boy expected his mother to come back. | | 完型填空。 | What separates me from everyone else? The difference is not what clothes I wear or the music I listen
to, but what I feel 1 .
Ever since I was young, I have loved professional wrestling. As I grew older, my friends laughed at me
for following what was called a "man"s soap opera." So, I put my love for wrestling on the shelf. It was not
until freshman (新生) year that I 2 I wasn"t being myself.
That year, I tried many new things and 3 . In my town, football was the sport, so I decided to play
football, thinking it might give me a head start in popularity. The team started with forty-eight athletes (运动
员). 4 , there were fourteen of us 5 . I continued to practise not because I liked it, 6 because I am not
a quitter (懦夫). That long season taught me a lesson: I wasn"t a football player. More 7 , it taught me to
be myself.
After that season, I went back to being a wrestling fan. I came across a well-known saying:"Don"t Dream
It. Be It." When I referred to it, my friend Dan 8 my idea.
"What if we build a wrestling ring?" we asked. The following weekend, we met at his house. We saw
our dream in a pile in his backyard. We worked from dawn to dusk to build our great project. Our hard work
finally brought us success. We had a real ring. We decided to hold an "event." We 9 for hours, trying to
10 every aspect (方面)of our wrestling ability. The date was May 24th. To our 11 , about one hundred
friends and fans 12 to support us. It was the most important night of my life and a complete success. Since
that time, we have held five shows with as many as two hundred and fifty people 13 . We continued to live
this dream and we succeeded.
As my senior year comes to an end, I"ll remember all of my high school memories. But what will value
most is the memory that I did something I loved, no matter what everyone said or thought, I 14 the goal and
lived my 15 . | ( )1. A. outside
( )2. A. realized
( )3. A. assemblies
( )4. A. In the end
( )5. A. remained
( )6. A. then
( )7. A. necessarily
( )8. A. thought of
( )9. A. practiced
( )10. A. raise
( )11. A. surprising
( )12. A. came across
( )13. A. attending
( )14. A. earned
( )15. A. success | B. inside
B. noticed
B. experiences
B. On the end
B. alive
B. but
B. properly
B. insisted on
B. worked out
B. learn
B. surprise
B. introduced
B. respecting
B. finished
B. dream | C. behind
C. trusted
C. actions
C. By the end
C. admitted
C. and
C. importantly
C. approved of
C. dropped out
C. improve
C. surprised
C. turned up
C. displaying
C. achieved
C. failure | D. beside
D. explained
D. activities
D. Above all
D. left
D. so
D. mainly
D. mixed up
D. stayed up
D. get
D. attention
D. were supposed to
D. leaving
D. continued
D. grade | | 阅读理解。 | One morning I was woken by my mother"s angry voice. I opened my eyes and found it was seven forty,
so I jumped out of bed and rushed to a nearby bus stop without breakfast. Fortunately the bus started going
as soon as I got on it. I was sure I could reach the school before the bell rang.
However, the bus suddenly stopped. There was something wrong with it and we had to get off and wait
for another one. I felt I couldn"t wait and the school was only fifteen minutes" walk, so I ran to the school as
fast as possible. Just at this moment, it began to rain hard.
I reached the classroom with all my clothes wet through. Mr. Smith, our physics teacher, had begun his
class. I was always afraid of him. I hesitated (犹豫) for a moment, and then I opened the door.
"It"s you again, Jim," Mr. Smith said angrily. "I"ve told you not to be late, but you …". Then he suddenly
stopped when he noticed my wet clothes. He quickly took off his own jacket and asked me to put it on. "I
don"t want you to catch a cold," he said kindly. I went to my seat with Mr. Smith"s jacket on. It was a bit
large for me but I felt very warm in it. I found, for the first time, Mr. Smith"s physics class so interesting and
I changed my mind, there and then, about being afraid of him. | | 1. According to this passage, classes in Jim"s school probably began at _____. | | [ ] | A. 9 am
B. 8 am
C. 7 am
D. 7:30 am | | 2. Why did Jim hesitate before he opened the door? | | [ ] | A. He was afraid of facing Mr. Smith.
B. He didn"t like to have the physics class.
C. Mr. Smith didn"t let him go into the classroom.
D. He didn"t want to interrupt others. | | 3. Jim found Mr. Smith physics lesson interesting that day because _____. | | [ ] | A. he knew physics was very important
B. he wanted to go to famous university
C. he didn"t want to fall behind the others
D. he was moved by his physics teacher | | 4. We can infer from the passage that _____. | | [ ] | A. Jim usually went to school by bike
B. it was the first time Jim had been late
C. Jim was often late for school
D. Jim"s mother also got up late that morning | | 阅读理解。 | Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for the London bus. The bus for London would not leave until
five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were standing in lines, others were walking
about. There was a group of school-girls. Their teacher was trying to keep them in order. Tom looked around
but there was nowhere for him to sit.
He walked into the station café. He looked up at the clock there. It was only twenty to twelve. He found
a seat and sat down, facing a large mirror on the wall. Just then, John, one of Tom"s friends, came in and sat
with Tom.
"What time is your bus?" asked John.
"Oh, there is plenty of time yet," answered Tom.
"Oh, I"ll get you some more tea then," said John.
They talked while drinking. Then Tom looked at the clock again.
"Good heavens! It"s going back-ward!" he cried. "A few minutes ago it was twenty to twelve and now it"s
half past eleven."
"You are looking at the clock in the mirror," said John.
Tom wanted to kick himself for being so foolish. The next bus was not to leave for another hour. He has
never liked mirror since then. | | 1. The London bus left _____. | | [ ] | A. at 11:55
B. at 5:12
C. at 4:48
D. at 12:05 | | 2. Tom walked into the station café because _____. | | [ ] | A. John asked him to have a cup of tea
B. he wanted a drink there
C. he would meet a friend of his
D. it was early yet and he could find a place to sit | | 3. When we look at a clock in the mirror we"ll see _____. | | [ ] | A. the right time
B. it is going slower
C. it is going backward
D. it is going fast | | 4. Which of the following is true? | | [ ] | A. Tom missed his bus.
B. He liked mirror even before.
C. The next bus would leave soon.
D. Tom arrived London on time. | | 完形填空。 | Several years ago, while attending a communication course (课程), I experienced a most unusual process.
The instructor asked us to list (列清单) 1 in our past that we felt 2 of, regretted, or incomplete about and
read our lists aloud.
This seemed like a very private (私下的) process, 3 there" s always some brave person in the crowd 4
will volunteer. The instructor then 5 that we find ways to 6 people, or take some action to right
any wrong doings. I was seriously wondering 7 this could ever make my communication better.
Then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story:"Making my 8 , I remembered an
incident from high school. I grew up in a small town. There was a Sheriff 9 of us kids liked. One night, my
two classmates and I 10 to play a trick (恶作剧) on him.
After drinking a few beers, we climbed the tall water tank in the middle of the town, and wrote on the tank
in bright red paint: Sheriff Brown is a s.o.b.(畜生). The next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious 11 .
Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office. My friends told the truth but I lied. No one 12 found
out."
"Nearly 20 years later, Sheriff Brown"s name 13 on my list. I didn"t even know if he was still 14 . Last
weekend, I dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a Roger Brown still listed. I tried his
number. After a few 15 , I heard,"Hello?" I said, "Sheriff Brown?" Paused. "Yes." "Well, this is Jimmy
Calkins."
"And I want you to know that I did it?" Paused. "I knew it!" he yelled back. We had a good laugh and a
16 discussion. His closing words were:"Jimmy, I always felt bad for you 17 your classmates got it off
their chest, but you were carrying it 18 all these years. I want to thank you for calling me...for your sake."
Jimmy encouraged me to 19 all 101 items on my list within two years, and I always remember what I
learned from the course: It"s never too late to 20 the past wrongdoings. | ( )1. A. something
( )2. A. ashamed
( )3. A. but
( )4. A. which
( )5. A. expected
( )6. A. connect with
( )7. A. how
( )8. A. notes
( )9. A. any
( )10. A. supposed
( )11. A. views
( )12. A. also
( )13. A. appears
( )14. A. angry
( )15. A. words
( )16. A. cold
( )17. A. until
( )18. A. around
( )19. A. stay up
( )20. A. excuse | B. anything
B. afraid
B. although
B. as
B. suggested
B. depend on
B. why
B. list
B. most
B. continued
B. words
B. even
B. seems
B. happy
B. rings
B. secret
B. immediately
B. out
B. turn up
B. punish | C. somebody
C. sure
C. since
C. what
C. ordered
C. make apologize to
C. when
C. plan
C. none
C. decided
C. attentions
C. still
C. comes
C. upset
C. repeats
C. boring
C. unless
C. on
C. clear up
C. regret | D. anybody
D. proud
D. while
D. who
D. demanded
D. get along with
D. where
D. stories
D. all
D. considered
D. sayings
D. ever
D. remembers
D. alive
D. calls
D. hot
D. because
D. away
D. give up
D. right |
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