Lang Lang is a world-class young pianist who grew up in Shenyang. He went to a piano school in Beijing when he was just eight. “You need __21__,” his father said. “But if you don’t work hard, no fortune will come.”
What made him sad was __22__ his piano teacher in Beijing didn’t like him. “You have no talent. You will never be a pianist.” As a nine-year-old boy, Lang Lang was badly __23__. He decided that he didn’t want to be a pianist any more. For the next two weeks, he didn’t touch the piano. Wisely, his father didn’t push, but waited.
Luckily, the day came when his teacher asked him to play some holiday songs. He didn’t want to, but as he placed his fingers on the piano keys, he __24__ that he could show others that he had talent __25__. That day he told his father what he had been waiting to hear—that he wanted to study with a new teacher. From that point on, everything turned around.
He started __26__ competitions. In the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition, when it was __27__ that Lang Lang had won, he was too excited to hold back his tears. Soon __28__ was clear that he couldn’t stay in China forever—he had to play on the world’s big stages. In 1997 Lang Lang moved again, this time to Philadelphia, USA. There he spent two years practicing, and by 1999 he had worked hard enough for fortune to take over. After his __29__ performance at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, gigs in Lincoln Centre and Carnegie Hall started __30__ in, Lang Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots him, and lets him shine.
21. A. exercise B. fortune C. knowledge D. wealth
22. A. whether B. why C. when D. that
23. A. hurt B. weakened C. ruined D. frightened
24. A. seemed B. admitted C. noticed D. realized
25. A. in all B. above all C. after all D. at all
26. A. receiving B. accepting C. winning D. beating
27. A. told B. mentioned C. announced D. recognized
28. A. this B. it C. that D. what
29. A. successful B. cheerful C. respectful D. meaningful
30. A. pulling B. breaking C. falling D. pouring |
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21. fortune 运气，根据下文得知答案。
22.本句考查表语从句，从句中没有缺少任何成分，所以应该选择连接代词that。
23. badly hurt 指心灵上受到严重伤害。
24. seem 似乎；admit承认；notice 注意到；realize意识到。本句的意思是：当他把手指放在琴键上时，他意识到他可以向别人证明他有天分。
25. after all 尽管…还是，归根结底；in all总计；above all最重要的是。本句的意思是：尽管老师说过他永远不可能成为钢琴家，但是他意识到他还是能向别人证明他是有天赋的。
26. win the competitions赢得比赛。
27. announce 宣布，It’s announced that…被宣布…。
28. it作形式主语，代替后面的主语从句。
29. successful performance成功的演出。
30. pour in 涌现，本句指的是：很多特约演出不断涌向朗郎。 |
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 If you look for a book as a present for a child，you will be spoiled for choice even in a year there is no new Harry Patten．J．K Rowling’s wizard is not alone ．The past decade has been a harvest for good children’s books ,which has set off a large quantity of films and an increased sales of classics such as The lard of the Rings．
Yet despite that, reading is increasingly unpopular among children ．According to statistics in 1997, 23% said they didn’t like reading at all．In 2003, 35% didn’t．And around 6% of the children leave primary school each year unable to read properly．
Maybe the decline is caused by the increasing availability of computes games．Maybe the books boom has affected only the top of the educational pile．Either way, Chancellor Cordon Brown plans to change things for the bottom of the class ．In his pre-budget report, he announced the national project of Reading Recovery to help the children struggling most．
Reading Recovery is aimed at six year olds, who receive four months of individual daily half-hour classes with a specially trained teacher．An evaluation this year reported that children on the school made 20 months’ progress in just one year, whereas similarly weak readers without special help made just five months’ progress ,and so ended the year even further below the level expected for their age．
International research tends to find that when British children leave primary school, they read well ,but read text often for fun than those elsewhere ．Reading for fun matters because children who are keen on reading can report lifelong pleasure and loving books is an excellent indicator of future educational success ．According to the OECD, being a regular and enthusiastic reader is of great advantage．
51．Which of the following is true of Paragraph 1?
A．Many children’s books have been adapted from films．
B．Many high-quality children’s books have been published．
C．The sales of classics have led to the popularity of films．
D．The sales of presents for children have increased．
52．Statistics suggested that ．
A．the number of top students increased with the use of computers
B．a decreasing number of children showed interest in reading
C．a minority of primary school children read properly
D．a huge percentage of children read regularly
53．What do we know about Reading Recovery?
A．An evaluation of it will be made sometime this year．
B．Weak readers on the project were the most hardworking．
C．It aims to train special teachers to help children with reading．
D．Children on the project showed noticeable progress in reading．
54．Reading for fun is important because book-loving children _________．
A．take greater advantage of the project
B．show the potential to enjoy a long life
C．are likely to succeed in their education．
D．would make excellent future researchers
55．The aim of this text would probably be _________．
A．to overcome primary school pupils reading difficulty．
B．to encourage the publication of more children’s books
C．to remind children of the importance of reading for fun
D．to introduce a way to improve early children reading |
As she waited at the edge of the ice for her music to start,. Peggy took a quick look at her father standing nearby with a group of parents and teachers. He smiled at her. Then she 1._____ out at the audience, 2._____ to see her mother. These two, Alvert and Doris Flemint, had 3._____ all the way from California more than 2,000 miles away, to see their 4._____ compete in this sports meet in Cleveland, Ohio.
The music 5._____ and Peggy moved onto the ice, letting the music 6._____ her along into her turns, and she began skating with much 7._____ in herself. The cold fear she always had in the 8._____ seconds before skating onto the ice was 9._____. She was feeling the movement of the 10._____ and letting it carry her. She skated easily, 11._____ did some jumps, a final turn and her performance was 12._____.
The crowd loved it and cheered 13._____ she skated off the ice. “Nice job,” said one of the other 14._____. It was the remark that 15._____ came after a free-skating performance. But what should the 16._____ say? Standing beside her father, Peggy 17._____ for the scoring to be finished. On all sides were other young skaters, some waiting 18._____ alone, others with a parent. Shortly before 10 o’clock the results were 19._____. The new United States Women’s Figure Skating Champion was Peggy Fleming of Passdena, 20._____.
| 小题1: | | A．looked | B．watched | C．found | D．stepped |
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| 小题2: | | A．failing | B．looking forward | C．wanting . | D．hoping |
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| 小题3: | | A．bicycled | B．driven | C．run | D．walked |
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| 小题4: | | A．friend | B．children | C．son | D．daughter |
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| 小题5: | | A．started | B．played | C．developed | D．sang |
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| 小题6: | | A．allow | B．set out | C．carry | D．support |
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| 小题7: | | A．thought | B．belief | C．success | D．design |
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| 小题8: | | A．following | B．last | C．recent | D．past |
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| 小题9: | | A．lost | B．present | C．strong | D．gone |
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| 小题10: | | A．music | B．fear | C．ice | D．audiences |
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| 小题11: | | A．so | B．or | C．before | D．then |
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| 小题12: | | A．satisfied | B．unsatisfactory | C．finished | D．welcome |
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| 小题13: | | A．because | B．until | C．before | D．as |
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| 小题14: | | A．skaters | B．parents | C．judges | D．parents |
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| 小题15: | | A．always | B．seldom | C．again | D．hardly |
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小题16:A players B. audience C. judges D. parents
| 小题17: | | A．waited | B．looked | C．wished | D．asked |
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| 小题18: | | A．comfortably | B．hurriedly | C．happily | D．anxiously |
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| 小题19: | | A．cried out | B．let out | C．announced | D．declared |
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| 小题20: | | A．England | B．Cleveland | C．Ohio | D．California |
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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和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。
In the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic （技工）. One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl 36 to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl 37 the mother would not return to her eggs and she 38 to take them home. There she carefully 39 the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days 40 the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the 41 .
Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother. 42 , to these young geese, the girl was their mother.
As they 43 , the girl was able to 44 her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to 45 . The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when 46 and in her dreams. Later, she had an 47 : She would pilot a plane to guide them in 48 . She asked her father for a plane and he assembled（组装）a small aircraft for her.
Caring about 49 safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not 50 or follow him, and 51 slept in the grass.
One day, the girl 52 into the plane, started it and soon left the 53 . Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds 54 flapped（拍打）their wings and 55 . She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following.
| 小题1: | | A．managed | B．attempted | C．happened | D．supposed |
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| 小题2: | | A．realized | B．expected | C．imagined | D．admitted |
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| 小题3: | | A．helped | B．decided | C．afforded | D．meant |
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| 小题4: | | A．placed | B．protected | C．treated | D．examined |
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| 小题6: | | A．family | B．lake | C．home | D．world |
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| 小题8: | | A．increased | B．improved | C．rose | D．grew |
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| 小题11: | | A．asleep | B．away | C．around | D．awake |
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| 小题12: | | A．idea | B．opinion | C．explanation | D．excuse |
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| 小题13: | | A．sky | B．heaven | C．flight | D．plane |
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| 小题15: | | A．respect | B．remember | C．recognize | D．receive |
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| 小题16: | | A．so | B．instead | C．hardly | D．too |
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| 小题17: | | A．climbed | B．looked | C．reached | D．fell |
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| 小题18: | | A．house | B．floor | C．water | D．ground |
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| 小题19: | | A．secretly | B．disappointedly | C．patiently | D．eagerly |
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A mobile phone is no longer just a phone -- it is also a music player, video camera and personal organizer. And mobile phones with television programming are just around the corner. But the more functions cell phone manufacturers add, the greater the amount of power the phones use and the less practical running them on lithium (锂) batteries becomes -- so the race to find a viable alternative is on.
Two of the world"s biggest electronics makers, Hitachi and Toshiba, are currently competing against each other to come up with an alternative, most likely to be micro fuel cells. The task has been set by Japan"s second largest mobile phone provider, KDDI, which wants its customers to soon be able to use special television programming on their handsets, and has asked the two electronics companies to come up with a better power source. Hitomi Murakami, of KDDI, says battery-operated mobile phones cannot keep up with the new applications. "We"re looking at various ways to expand content and services that we can provide to the people. And we don"t want to have battery issues delaying us from doing that," he says.
Hitachi"s Atsushi Morihara says it is a critical race for both of the companies as the resulting product will have a major impact on the mobile market in the future. "We are in competition and it"s up to both of us to come up with a good product. A product that will satisfy KDDI"s needs. I think I can go as far to say that the winner will take all."
Miniaturized direct methanol (甲醇) fuel cells are different batteries in that they create power instead of simply storing it. That power is made by new technology utilizing cheap methanol. If all gees to plan, come 2007, Japanese phone users will not use an electric charger to power their mobiles, they will instead carry a small bottle of methanol and with just a few squirts, they will have power for their phones. But the method has its downsides, including how passengers will be able to take small mounts of flammable methanol on airliners. Fumio Ueno of Toshiba says that once developed, the uses of miniaturized direct methanol fuel cells have endless possibilities.
小题1:The lithium batteries are becoming improper for the cell phone because ______.| A．there is a television in the phone | B．it is inconvenient to use | | C．it can"t provide enough power | D．people have found substitutes |
小题2:According to the passage, Toshiba ______.| A．is in critical competition with KDDI | | B．will probably beat its rival | | C．attaches great importance to methanol fuel | | D．is one of the largest battery provider |
小题3:Which of the following is NOT the characteristic of methanol fuel?| A．Easy to catch fire. | B．Portable. | | C．Inexpensive. | D．Available everywhere. |
小题4:The best title for the passage is ______.| A．Search for better phone power. | | B．Development of cell phone battery. | | C．Competition between two electronic firms. | | D．Advantage and disadvantage of methanol fuel. |
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（A）根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Competition is great for kids, but it does have its dark side. 71 When this happens it takes the fun out of the activities they participate in. Kids need to keep a healthy attitude toward competitive activities and as parents it is our responsibility to let them know that it"s not all about winning. 72
Kids under the age of ten usually lose interest if an activity is too competitive. A good idea for kids in this age group is to allow them to participate in competitive activities but without keeping score. Emphasize that the importance of the activity I to make new friends, have fun and learn about sportsmanship. 73
When kids enter middle school, competitive activities take on new meaning. Kids like to be recognized for their efforts and winning places them in the spotlight. 74. The unfortunate thing is that kids who lose constantly get discouraged and quit participating. They feel they can"t accomplish their goals or meet the expectations of teachers and parents. This can lead to low self-esteem and discourage kids from trying their best. It"s best to keep them participating in competitive activities even if they only do so in the backyard with a group of their friends.
As a parent, never put the emphasis on winning. 75. Give kids praise for doing their best whether they win or lose. This sends a positive message about putting forth their best effort.
A．Winning becomes more appealing.
B．Encourage young kids to win when he participates in a competition.
C．Getting angry or depressed when he loses.
D．The importance of participating in competitive activities is to have fun.
E．Some children become over-competitive and focus only on recognition and winning.
F．Rather, encourage kids to always give their best effort.
G．Encourage young kids to give their best effort and gain self-confidence. |
