It has been difficult to sit on the bench the majority of my high school basketball career,to watch my team from the sideline and 36 why I am not good enough to be on the floor. 37 endless hours of work and devotion, pushing myself through drill after drill, the 38 thing I want is to be a cheerleader. The feeling of being 39 is sometimes too much and drives me to 40 on the spot. I often feel as though my efforts are wasted and my time is eaten away, devoted to 41 .
It is heartbreaking to be a spectator(旁观者) for the game I love,knowing that no one has enough 42 to give me the chance to 43 on the floor. Tears well up, but I hold them back. I shouldn’t be so 44 over something so silly.
Away from the game, it’s easier to put my thoughts together, 45 letting my emotions drive my reasoning. I consider 46 I am where I am. I have played football my whole life. I have a passion for the 47 and always have. There is nothing like the excitement of 48 : the swish of the net, the sweat rolling off my cheeks, even the bruises(青肿) are battle wounds worn 49 after every game.
Even if I don’t play much, I participate in every 50 . I am part of a team of girls who 51 together like a family. I am there for them, 52 they are for me.
Should I move on? Or should I stay with my team and pursue my passion just a little longer?
The decision isn’t difficult when I consider the 53 that being a part of a team brings me --- and not just any team, 54 my team. I love basketball and my teammates. When I think about that, my view from the bench really isn’t so bad 55 .
| 小题1: | | A．consider | B．wonder | C．think | D．hesitate |
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| 小题2: | | A．Since | B．During | C．After | D．Before |
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| 小题3: | | A．other | B．next | C．first | D．last |
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| 小题4: | | A．worthless | B．hopeless | C．helpless | D．careless |
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| 小题5: | | A．fight | B．quit | C．transform | D．retire |
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| 小题6: | | A．something | B．nothing | C．anything | D．everything |
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| 小题7: | | A．sympathy | B．encouragement | C．permission | D．faith |
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| 小题8: | | A．respond | B．perform | C．promote | D．practice |
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| 小题9: | | A．scared | B．nervous | C．upset | D．amazed |
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| 小题10: | | A．less than | B．more than | C．other than | D．rather than |
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| 小题11: | | A．why | B．how | C．whether | D．what |
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| 小题12: | | A．bench | B．sport | C．drill | D．battle |
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| 小题13: | | A．waiting | B．watching | C．leaning | D．playing |
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| 小题14: | | A．proudly | B．bravely | C．unfortunately | D．painfully |
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| 小题15: | | A．decision | B．plan | C．game | D．project |
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| 小题16: | | A．compete | B．stick | C．live | D．represent |
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| 小题17: | | A．because | B．if | C．as | D．though |
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| 小题18: | | A．joy | B．patience | C．challenge | D．position |
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| 小题20: | | A．above all | B．after all | C．and all | D．all in all |
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:B
小题7:D
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:D
小题11:A
小题12:B
小题13:D
小题14:A
小题15:C
小题16:B
小题17:C
小题18:A
小题19:C
小题20:B |
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核心考点
试题【It has been difficult to sit on the bench the majority of my high school basketb】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
What is the hottest topic at your school recently? In Hangzhou Yongjin Middle School, it’s money. The school held an activity called “making money” last weekend. About 200 students of Senior 1 and Senior 2 were divided into 30 teams. They went out to make money by selling things. What did they choose to sell? Some sold newspapers; some chose bottled water; some sold environmentally friendly shopping bags and bamboo(竹子) baskets.
Hu Qing’s team decided to sell some useful books in front of the Children Activity Center. They thought parents would like to buy the books for their children. But unfortunately, they met urban management officers (城管). The officers asked them to leave. “We played hide-and-seek (捉迷藏) with the officers for the whole morning” said Hu. “Finally we had to give up.”
Wang Bing and her team sold ice cream in a square. They didn’t meet any officers. But few people were interested in what they were selling. The team then put up a board saying “For Country Kids”. It worked. More people came to their stall (小摊). A foreigner even gave them 100 yuan. “He didn’t want any change. He said he wanted to help the children,” said Wang. “We were touched.” Later that day they gave the 100 yuan and more to the “Project Hope” office.
Meng Zhaoxiang and his team were luckier. They sold all their cakes in four hours, spending 39.5 yuan and getting back 80 yuan. They made 40.5 yuan. “It was not easy to make the money,” said Meng. “Some people just looked. Others just tasted but didn’t buy. Now I know how hard it is for our parents to make money.”
86. 小题1:In Hangzhou Yongjin Middle School, what the students talk more about is ________.| A．the officers | B．the kind foreigner | | C．the activity called “making money” | D．the money they made last weekend |
87. 小题2:________ took part in the activity.| A．All the students | B．Some teachers | | C．About 200 students of the three grades | D．Part of Junior 1 and Junior 2 students |
88. 小题3: Hu Qing’s team finally gave up because ________.| A．the parents didn’t like to buy the books | | B．the Children Activity Center was too crowded | | C．the officers didn’t allow them to sell anything there | | D．the team played the game of the hide-and-seek the whole morning |
89. 小题4:Why did more people come to Wang Bing’s stall at last?| A．The team put up a magic board. | B．A foreigner came up and helped them. | | C．The people liked to help country kids. | | D．The people were interested in their ice cream. |
90. 小题5: According to the passage the students learn ________.| A．it’s impossible for them to make money | | B．it’s not easy for their parents to make money | | C．it’s very important for them to make a living | | D．it’s necessary for school to hold more activities in the future |
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“Birds are not as loyal to their partners as you might think, with divorce, child abandonment and remarriage a common part of birds’ life,” a new book has shown. Author and biology professor Bridge Stutchbury, dispels the love-bird belief that birds pair up for life. “In terms of the top 10 beliefs about birds, the lasting pair bonds that we think about, do occur in some birds, but in most of the little songbirds that we studied, no,” the professor from York University in Toronto said. The divorce rate among greater flamingos is 99 percent.
Stutchbury’s book, The Private Lives of Birds, based on 20 years of research from radio filming and DNA testing shows male Acadian flycatchers fertilize(使受孕) females far away from their home nests, “ The main discovery is that so many birds do divorce for what humans would describe as selfish reasons,” Professor Stutchbury said. She noted that females may seek out males that are more colorful and better singers, or look to “step up in the world” and move to areas that are safer and have more food. “Females are looking for the highest quality male so that their children will be of high quality,” she added.
Professor Stutchbury said shorter summers may drive females to leave their nests before their young are fully grown up so they can quickly find new mates（配偶） and lay more eggs, leaving the males to feed the hungry chicks on their own.
Males can double their success in producing children by fertilizing neighboring females, but only “mates” care for the young, and some are none the wiser. “ They can’t tell when the egg comes out and whether it’s theirs or not,” She said. “They have no way to know.”
Divorce is surprisingly common among birds, and most live with one partner for only a few months or years. Divorce rates range from 99 percent in the greater flamingo to zero in the wandering albatross(信天翁).
小题1:What does the underline word “dispels” mean?| A．States | B．Doubts | C．Confirms | D．Removes |
小题2:The book The Private Lives of Birds_____.| A．shows the kind of male birds females seek out. | | B．indicates the wandering albatross is the most faithful. | | C．is based on Professor Stutchbury’s 20 years’ research. | | D．suggests that female birds select males near their home. |
小题3:According to the passage, we can infer that________.| A．young birds’ quality depends on their feather. | | B．some male birds care for others’ young as their own. | | C．female birds go to find males as soon as autumn comes. | | D．female birds are responsible for feeding the hungry babies. |
小题4: What is the passage mainly about?| A．A book about love-birds. | | B．Birds’ living habits and love life | | C．The fact that birds don’t love their mates forever. | | D．The factors that influence birds to look for another mate. |
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Sitting is art that isn’t getting passed along. People these days feel as though they have to be doing something. If they are not working, they are jogging, or playing tennis or golf, or taking courses to improve their minds or bodies –or they are parked in front of the TV. Sitting in front of the TV isn’t sitting – it’s watching.
People used to sit a lot. You would walk down the street or drive down the road, and there they would be, out on the doorsteps, sitting. You could go down to the store and sit on the bench out front in the summer or around the fire in the winter. There were sitting benches out in the town square. At the garage, there were straight-backed chairs. There among the oilcans and tries and spare parts, you could kick back and sit.
Houses used to have sitting rooms, where the grown ups would go after Sunday dinner. Mom and Dad, Grandpa and Aunt Ruby would sit and digest (消化) the fried chicken and talk about Aunt Ethel’s illness, and how well the minister did today. Outside, the children would play, and the afternoon would pass by in a comfortable haze (悠闲的氛围).
That sort of thing looks like doing nothing. A recharging battery (正在充电的电池) doesn’t look as if it’s doing anything either. Sitting restores your soul if you want to enjoy a truly full life, don’t just do something –sit there.
小题1:What message does the author try to get through to us ? | A．People should make better use of their sitting room. | | B．People should spend less time watching TV. | | C．People should pass down their good habits. | | D．People should take things easy for their own good. |
小题2:We can learn from the second paragraph that _____________ | A．people lived a more restful life in the past | | B．towns were built to make living convenient | | C．small town garages had a lot to offer | | D．people enjoyed going out for a drive |
小题3:The sitting room mentioned in the text used to be a place for______________.| A．eating food . | B．watching TV . | C．gathering together. | D．playing with children. |
小题4: From the text we know the writer believes_______________| A．sitting has a good spiritual effect | B．sitting helps people remember the past | | C．sitting rooms may have different purposes | D．a sitting room is important for the old. |
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Dear Alice,
You really have two different questions here, so we’ll discuss them one at a time. Your problems at school may be a result of a number of things . You don’t say much about how these classmates get along with each other. It’s possible that all the students are feeling a little cautious(谨慎的) in the first term.
It’s also possible that the others are unkind. If this is so, you have to find out why you are the class “outsider”.
In your letter you say you often offer to help others with their work. Is it possible that your classmates don’t understand your offers? Could it seem that you were trying to “ buy” friends with these offers?
Is it possible that you took no notice of your classmates when you had your good friends near you ? They may have felt hurt at that time. It may take a time for them to believe in you if so. Try to ask one classmate directly what the problem is. If you hear a negative answer, at least you’ll know what to do.
Yours truly,
Shelia
小题1:From the letter we know that Alice was very _______.| A．lucky | B．unkind | C．clever | D．unhappy |
小题2: From the letter, we can conclude that ______.| A．Alice wasn’t pleased with her teachers . | | B．Alice’s parents made her study too hard. | | C．Alice didn’t get along well with her classmates | | D．Alice didn’t want to go to school any more |
小题3:Which of the following is NOT true according to the letter?| A．Alice felt her classmates weren’t kind to her. | | B．Alice was very warm-hearted to help her classmates | | C．Alice didn’t want to get along well with her classmates. | | D．Alice asked two questions in her letter |
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Greeks play a special game at Easter and it’s good fun! The rules of the game are as follows: 1．Everyone picks out a hard-boiled Waster Egg．2．Each player finds a partner．One person will be a “holder”, and the other will be a “tapper”．Holders should hold the egg with either the pointy end or the round end facing up．Tappers should hold the egg with that same end facing down．Tapping must be done pointy-end-to-pointy-end or round-end-to-round-end．3．With one good tap, the tapper tries to crack the holder’s egg．One player will end up with a cracked egg．4．Each player finds another partner and repeats steps 2 and 3．（After one end of the egg is cracked, players may continue to play using the uncracked end）．5．A player loses when both ends of his egg have been cracked．The winner is the person who still has an uncracked egg．6．Enjoy eating the eggs!
Dye your Easter eggs．With an adult’s help, dye hard-boiled eggs red using food coloring or egg dye．For a nice sheen, use a paper towel to rub some oil on each egg．But don’t use too much oil---you wouldn’t want your egg to slide out of your hand when you play the egg-cracking game!
Why dye eggs red? Eggs represent new life and the red dye symbolizes the pain and suffering in the past．
Why crack eggs? Some say that the cracking of the eggs symbolizes a wish to break away from human misery and enter the new life．
小题1:A player has to drop out of the game when _____．| A．the pointy end of his egg is cracked | | B．the round end of his egg is cracked | | C．his egg slides out of the hand | | D．his egg is cracked at both ends |
小题2:Why is oil rubbed on the egg?| A．To give the egg a shiny appearance | | B．To make the game more difficult to play | | C．To protect the hand of the player | | D．To symbolize the wealth of the Greeks |
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?| A．The holders hold the eggs with the pointy end facing up in most cases | | B．If one end of the player’s egg is cracked, he will eat the egg | | C．The player in the game must dye his egg red independently | | D．It’s said that the broken eggs represent the wish to lead a new life |
小题4:Which of the following is the best title for the passage?| A．The suffering of the Greeks | B．The Easter holidays | | C．Celebrate Greek Easter | D．A special game |
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