By the time Rihanna was seventeen ,she had released (发行) her first album and had an international hit with her first single (单曲) Pon de Replay. Rihanna was born in Saint Michael , Barbados in 1988 . She grew up there with her two younger brothers . As a child , she loved singing . She formed her first group with friends from secondary school when she was just fifteen . In 2004 friends introduced the group to American record producer Evan Rogers ,who was on holiday in Barbados . Rogers thought Rihanna could be a star in America,so she moved there aged sixteen to take up music after she finished school. Rihhanna lived with Rogers and his wife . Then she worked for Def Jam Recordings and started working on her first album , Music of the Sun .It came out at in 2005 and got into the top ten . Over 69,000 copies of the album were sold in the first week alone . It went on to sell over two million copies worldwide and Rihanna quickly became a big star . Her second album , A Girl Like Me ,came out a year later and included the song SOS , which was her first number one hit in America. In 2007 Rihanna brought out her third album , Good Girl Gone Bad ,which had more dance music than the first two albums. Rihanna sold more than fifteen million album and forty - five million singles worldwide between 2005 and 2010 ,the most of any artist at the same time . However ,she manages to find time for her charity work ,too . She has performed in several concerts to raise money for charity and in 2006 she created her Believe Foundation to help sick children . She also took part in Gucci’s activities to raise money for children in Africa. 小题1:What had Rihanna released before she was seventeen ?A.An album but no singles. | B.A single but not an album. | C.An album and at least one single. | D.Two album and a single Pon de Replay. | 小题2:Why did Rihanna move to America ?A.To try to become a famous singer. | B.To form her first music group. | C.To meet the record producer Evan Rogers. | D.To record her album ,A Girl Like Me ,with the help of Rogers. | 小题3:Which is true about Rihanna’s first album ?A.It included her first number one hit in the US. | B.It sold69,000 copies in total. | C.It made Rihanna a star. | D.It came out before she finished school. | 小题4:It can be learnt from the text that Rihanna ______.A.Wants to start a charity to help sick children | B.Has helped to raise money for African children | C.Has organized some concerts to raise money for charity | D.Is producing another album for her Believe Foundation |
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小题1:C 小题2:A 小题3:C 小题4:B |
试题分析:短文大意:这篇短文主要讲述了美国著名歌手蕾哈娜的成功历史,她在17岁时就发布了自己的第一章专辑和一首单曲。在事业成功的同时,她还积极参与慈善活动。举行过多次为慈善组织筹款的音乐会。 小题1:细节理解题。根据短文第一段描述,可知当她十七岁时,蕾哈娜发布了一张专辑和一首单曲。故选C。 小题2:细节理解题。根据Rogers thought Rihanna could be a star in America,so she moved there aged sixteen to take up music after she finished school.描述,可知她是为了成为一个著名的歌手。故选A。 小题3:细节理解题。根据短文第二段Then she worked for Def Jam Recordings and started working on her first album , ……and Rihanna quickly became a big star .描述,可知这样专辑让她成为了一个明星。故选C。 小题4:细节理解题。根据短文最后一段However ……She also took part in Gucci’s activities to raise money for children in Africa.描述,可知蕾哈娜组织过很多次为慈善组织筹款的音乐会。故选B。 |
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Julia was a very beautiful woman. She was tall and her skin was white and smooth. She only had one : she was a little bit fat. So she took part in a club, and didn’t eat anything that might make her put on weight. At a party, Julia told us that she had her family’s favorite delicious cake over the weekend, and they had eaten half of it at dinner that evening. The next day, Julia kept staring at the other half and finally she cut a piece for herself. One piece led to another, and soon she had finished the cake.She went on to tell us that she was so that she could not stop herself from eating the cake and her husband would be so unhappy. Everyone her, until someone asked: “What did your husband say when he found out?”Julia smiled happily. “He found out,” she answered. “I made another cake and ate half of that one too.” 小题1:A. problem B. hope C. advantage 小题2:A. sports B. diet C. music 小题3:A. made B. bought C. eaten 小题4:A. large B. half C. small 小题5:A. surprised B. sad C. angry 小题6:A. thanked B. punished C. pitied 小题7:A. never B. seldom C. sometimes |
Monty Robert’s father was a horse trainer. As a child, Monty often went from one farm to another with his father. Sometimes they didn’t have enough money to pay for food, but Monty still kept hoping to own a horse farm. When he was in school, his teacher asked him to write a paper about his dream. He wrote a seven-page paper. He wanted to have a horse farm one day. He even drew a picture of a horse farm in the paper. The next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later, he got his paper back. On the front page was a large red “F” with the words “See me after class”. So the boy did and asked his teacher:” Why did I get an F?” The teacher said: “This dream will not come true for a young boy like you. You need a lot of money to own a horse farm. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for a lot of things. There is no way you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added: “If you write this paper again with a simpler dream, I will give you a good grade.” After school he thought hard about it. At last, he decided to hand in the same paper, making no changes at all. He wrote: “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream.” Many years later, Monty had his own large horse farm. His dream came true. So don’t let anyone take away your dreams. Follow your dreams, no matter what they are. 小题1:From Paragraph1, we learn that _______. A. Monty’s family was poor B. Monty’s father didn’t support him C. Monty hoped to be a horse trainer 小题2:What did his teacher ask him to do when he was in school? A. To write a seven-page paper. B. To draw a picture about his dream. C. To write a paper about his dream. 小题3:What was Monty’s attitude 态度 towards his paper? A. Careless. B. Serious. C. Funny. 小题4:Monty’s teacher gave him a red “F” because he thought ______. A. Monty’s handwriting was too bad B. Monty copied from another student C. Monty’s dream was too hard for him to achieve 小题5:What does the story want to tell us? A. Follow a simple dream. B. Never give up your dream. C. Don’t take away others’ dreams. |
It began a year ago, around Christmas. Every time I drove down our street, I an old man sitting in his front yard. He was usually smoking or drinking, and looking rather unhappy. One day, while I was driving past him with my , I decided to wave at him with a lot of excitement. , when he noticed me waving at him, he looked a bit shocked. Then, I saw his hand go up and he waved back. “ did you wave at him?” my daughter asked. I told her it’s just an act of kindness that doesn’t anything. It gives both him and me a feeling of joy. My daughter replied that she felt a bit uncomfortable to wave to a , but next time she would try it as well. We liked close to the old man, we saw him rather often. Whenever we drove by, both of us would start waving at him and, pretty soon, the old man started at everyone who passed by his house. One time, my daughter’s friend came to visit and she told my daughter that she saw this strange old man near our home wave at her very . She mentioned that she waved back, although she didn’t know , and it felt really good. As soon as my daughter heard this, she told her friend the of how all the waving began. Her friend answered: “Tell your mom that’s really cool!” Other friends gave similar . This taught my daughter that an act of kindness can be natural and , if you really want to do it. It showed us how giving happiness can do good to the giver and the receiver. Moved by the old man’s actions, we’re planning to give our waving neighbor a thank-you card to express our for his exciting waves. We are really thankful for him sharing his simple joy with all who pass by his house.
小题1: | A.noticed | B.felt | C.heard | D.kept |
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小题2: | A.husband | B.son | C.daughter | D.friend |
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小题3: | A.Just now | B.On time | C.In the end | D.At the beginning |
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小题6: | A.friend | B.driver | C.classmate | D.stranger |
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小题8: | A.shouting | B.waving | C.laughing | D.looking |
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小题9: | A.angrily | B.excitedly | C.loudly | D.carefully |
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小题11: | A.lesson | B.accident | C.news | D.story |
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小题12: | A.gifts | B.notes | C.opinions | D.books |
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小题13: | A.easy | B.funny | C.usual | D.special |
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小题14: | A.past | B.between | C.all | D.both |
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小题15: | A.attention | B.thanks | C.suggestions | D.interests |
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Yesterday my son and I went to the grocery store. In front of us was a little girl with her mother. The little girl was asking her mother for a box of Smarties. The polite way she was asking broke the mother’s heart. “I’m sorry, honey, but we have no money to buy it.” My son was watching that dialogue. By the way, he had been raking leaves in our garden to himself some money to buy a bike. As he watched the mother and daughter leave the , he ran to the candy counter and bought a box of Smarties with his money. Then he ran out after the little girl and her mother, and gave them the . He came back and told me what he told them, “Every kid should have a pack of Smarties because they can make you .” I was so excited I bought a pack of Smarties for my son. I told him that I was proud of him, and that was for his act of generosity because he gave his own Smarties to others. Quickly, he , “But you do nice things for people and you never get anything for it.” I explained, “When you do something nice for someone, you shouldn’t get anything, but when you do get something you should be very .”
小题1: | A.in order | B.in line | C.in place | D.in control |
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小题2: | A.almost | B.hardly | C.seldom | D.never |
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小题3: | A.buy | B.pay | C.provide | D.raise |
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小题4: | A.store | B.house | C.mall | D.centre |
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小题5: | A.money | B.box | C.leaves | D.bike |
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小题6: | A.happy | B.smart | C.sweet | D.lovely |
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小题8: | A.replied | B.told | C.lied | D.talked |
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小题9: | A.answer to | B.apply to | C.expect to | D.turn to |
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小题10: | A.hopeful | B.wonderful | C.thankful | D.helpful |
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The sky was clear and the sun was shining brightly before the deadly disaster of the typhoon. Bernadette Tenegra, a 44-year-old high school teacher, was in her which was on the bank of a river. The Tenegra family together in their shelter to keep away from the storm. They thought that the powerful storm would die out soon as it did .So they were just hanging on there. But things didn’t happen they had thought, the water rose with a frightening speed and their house fell down, sweeping away the occupants (居住者),including Tenegra’s husband and her other daughter. They were able to struggle to , but the 6-year-old Tenegra was against the strong wind and water, along with sharp deadly debris(残骸). Bernadette made her way to the child and was holding her and kept her to keep on. “I crawled(爬) over to her, and I tried to pull her up. But she was too and wasn’t able to make it. It seemed she had already , ” Tenegra said, crying. “I screamed but it didn’t work." The mother said that she would never forget the last words of her daughter before , “Ma, just let go, just let go. Save . I love you forever. “Yolanda” , the super typhoon destroyed a great number of houses and buildings. The 6-year- old Tenegra her life. She has just seen a small part of this wonderful world that short lifetime, while the whole world witnessed all the beauty of her.
小题1: | A.family | B.school | C.building | D.home |
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小题2: | A.marched | B.stayed | C.arranged | D.collected |
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小题3: | A.in the past | B.in the day | C.in the end | D.in the future |
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小题4: | A.while | B.before | C.as | D.since |
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小题5: | A.wooden | B.golden | C.hidden | D.modem |
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小题6: | A.strength | B.warmth | C.safety | D.difficulty |
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小题7: | A.fighting | B.beating | C.touching | D.preventing |
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小题8: | A.inviting | B.ordering | C.training | D.telling |
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小题9: | A.sleepy | B.weak | C.impatient | D.careless |
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小题10: | A.given hack | B.given away | C.given up | D.given off |
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小题11: | A.excitedly | B.sadly | C.angrily | D.confidently |
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小题12: | A.arrival | B.break | C.choice | D.death |
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小题13: | A.myself | B.yourself | C.himself | D.herself |
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小题14: | A.lost | B.saved | C.spent | D.changed |
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小题15: | A.above | B.below | C.during | D.beyond |
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