She belongs to no one but the whole world that can understand her language. Her music is appreciated across the globe but it is Singapore, China, Thailand and Britain that have helped to shape her talent.
Violinist, Vanessa-Mae, best known for her pioneering mix of pop and classical music, has just completed her Asian tour. She has a magic power that has attracted an audience from around the world but the violin genius has always drawn fans by blazing a new trail.
“I don’t like playing it safe, I like jumping into new styles,” she said. She started her Asian performance tour in China’s Hong Kong on September 19 and visited the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumper. The tour, aiming to promote her new album, “The Best of Vanessa-Mae”, ends in Thailand’s capital Bangkok on September 30.
The graceful and beautiful musician has attracted lots of fans in the places she has visited. She said although she enjoys trying out different forms of performance, including fashion shows and singing, she feels more comfortable with her violin. She has promised her fans she will never abandon the classical music that was the foundation of her training.
Vanessa-Mae, now 23, first picked up the violin at five. After six months of intensive training in Beijing, he turned professional at 10. it was her fusion (融合) of classical and rock in her 1995 album “The Violin Player”, that shot the then 17-year-old to international recognition. The record sold 3 million copies worldwide.
She has a Chinese-Singaporean mother and a Thai father. She was born in Singapore and grew up in Britain. Vanessa-Mae has released seven albums and plans two more in the near future—first a classical album,, then a pop recording.
She has said she wants to perform for the next 10 years, but after that she may settle down with her boyfriend, a 33-year-old wine-dealer from France, and concentrate on writing music.
小题1:Vanessa-Mae started her Asian performance tour .| A．to concentrate on writing music | | B．to go on a lobng journey | | C．to sell her new album “The Best of Vanessa-Mae” | | D．to attract her fans |
小题2:She has given performance in these forms EXCEPT .| A．playing the violin | B．fashion shows | | C．singing | D．playing the piano |
小题3:What can we know about Vanessa-Mae from the passage?| A．Her music is a mix of pop and classical music. | | B．She has released nine albums. | | C．Her music is a fusion of Chinese and Western music. | | D．Being born in Singapore and growing up in Britain have resulted in popularity of her music. |
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小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:A |
试题分析：文章介绍小提琴家Vanessa-Mae,流行音乐和古典音乐的风格结合的表演风格，具体介绍她的演奏巡回演出的目的和成功也提到她的家庭和个人的一些信息。
小题1:细节题：从第三段的句子：The tour, aiming to promote her new album, “The Best of Vanessa-Mae”, ends in Thailand’s capital Bangkok on September 30.可知 Vanessa-Mae开始她的亚洲巡回表演是为了推广新的唱片。选C
小题2:细节题：从第四段的句子：She said although she enjoys trying out different forms of performance, including fashion shows and singing, she feels more comfortable with her violin.可知 Vanessa-Mae的表演形式有拉小提琴，时尚表演和演唱，没有钢琴。选D
小题3:细节题：从第二段的句子：Violinist, Vanessa-Mae, best known for her pioneering mix of pop and classical music, has just completed her Asian tour. 可知Vanessa-Mae的表演既有流行音乐也有古典音乐的风格，是两者的结合。选,A |
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A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting（诱人的）apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater, 26 a bar of chocolate if given the choice, 27 , as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the 28 he felt and the more he wanted that apple.
He stood on tiptoe(脚尖)，29 as high as he could, but even as his tallest 30 he was unable to touch it. He began to 31 up and down, as high as he could, at the 32 of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple. Still it remained out of 33 .
Not giving up, he thought, if only he had something to 34 on. His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to 35 the things inside, like his lunch box, pencil case, and Gameboy. Looking 36 , he hoped he might find an old box, a rock , or, 37 luck, even a ladder, but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use.
He had tried everything he could think to do, 38 seeing any other choices, he gave up and started to walk 39 . At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his 40 , and how he really wanted that apple. The more he 41 like this, the more unhappy he became.
42 , the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t always get what he wanted. He started to say to himself, “ This isn’t 43 , I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling miserable as well. There’s 44 more I can do to get the apple—hat is unchangeable—but we are supposed to be able to 45 our feelings. If that’s the case, what can I do to feel better?
| 小题1: | | A．preferring | B．offering | C．receiving | D．allowing |
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| 小题3: | | A．sadder | B．angrier | C．hungrier | D．tastier |
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| 小题4: | | A．expanding | B．stretching | C．swinging | D．pulling |
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| 小题5: | | A．strength | B．length | C．range | D．height |
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| 小题6: | | A．jump | B．look | C．walk | D．glance |
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| 小题7: | | A．tip | B．stage | C．top | D．level |
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| 小题8: | | A．hope | B．hand | C．sight | D．reach |
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| 小题9: | | A．put | B．stand | C．get | D．hold |
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| 小题10: | | A．break | B．shake | C．take | D．strike |
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| 小题11: | | A．up | B．forward | C．down | D．around |
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| 小题13: | | A．After | B．Through | C．Without | D．Upon |
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| 小题15: | | A．wishes | B．beliefs | C．efforts | D．goals |
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| 小题16: | | A．thought | B．imagined | C．tried | D．claimed |
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| 小题17: | | A．Therefore | B．However | C．Moreover | D．Otherwise |
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| 小题18: | | A．skillful | B．cheerful | C．harmful | D．helpful |
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| 小题19: | | A．something | B．anything | C．everything | D．nothing |
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| 小题20: | | A．change | B．express | C．forget | D．describe |
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I sat next to my close friend，Tina，in my history class．Our teacher，Miss Turner announced a new 11 ．We were to create a 12 about cultures．As required，we wrote the names of two friends we wanted in our group．Miss Turner informed us that she would 13 our choices and let us know the result．I had no 14 that I would work with Tina because I knew we had chosen each other．
The next day，I waited anxiously when Miss Turner started to call out 1 5．When she reached group three，Tina was called． 16 ，my name was not included．“There must have been some 17 ！"I thought to myself．
Than I heard 18 .The last group with Mauro and Karina! How 19 ! How could I face being in that group—the boy who hardly spoke English and the girl who wore 20 clothes a11 the time?
I went to Miss Turner to 21 I should be in a “good” group．She gently placed a hand on my shoulder．“I know what you want，Rachael，”she said，but your group 22 you more．Only you can help them get an ideal 23 ．Will you help them?"
I 24 walked to where the others in my group sat. Halfway through the week, I 25 myself enjoying working with my partners．There was no need to 26 —I grew sincerely interested in learning something about then. Mauro, I found out, was 27 with English after he came to this country. Karina wanted to be a fashion designer and she had a lot of 28 ideas．They were the ones no one cared enough about to try to understand—except Miss Turner．
Miss Turner gave us an A on that newspaper. But I think she is the one who truly 29 it. I really 30 that Miss Turner gave me a chance to see other people in a new light.
| 小题1: | | A．plan | B．subject | C．project | D．lesson |
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| 小题2: | | A．story | B．group | C．test | D．newspaper |
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| 小题3: | | A．make use of | B．pay attention to | C．put into practice | D．take into consideration |
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| 小题4: | | A．idea | B．doubt | C．intention | D．promise |
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| 小题5: | | A．names | B．numbers | C．students | D．topics |
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| 小题6: | | A．Besides | B．However | C．Thus | D．Finally |
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| 小题7: | | A．mistake | B．coincidence | C．problem | D．reason |
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| 小题9: | | A．interesting | B．amusing | C．annoying | D．disappointing |
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| 小题10: | | A．dirty | B．plain | C．strange | D．formal |
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| 小题11: | | A．warn | B．remind | C．request | D．inform |
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| 小题12: | | A．needs | B．refuses | C．misses | D．ignores |
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| 小题13: | | A．design | B．job | C．chance | D．grade |
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| 小题14: | | A．slowly | B．swiftly | C．suddenly | D．bravely |
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| 小题16: | | A．speak | B．pretend | C．refuse | D．panic |
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| 小题17: | | A．dealing | B．helping | C．beginning | D．struggling |
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| 小题18: | | A．funny | B．general | C．bright | D．new |
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| 小题19: | | A．offered | B．deserved | C．neglected | D．proved |
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| 小题20: | | A．believed | B．appreciated | C．admitted | D．agreed |
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A few weeks after my first wife, Georgia, was called to heaven, I was cooking dinner for my son and myself. For a 11 , I had decided on frozen peas. As I was cutting open the bag, it 12 from my hand and crashed to the floor. The peas, like marbles(弹珠), 13 everywhere. I tried to use a broom(扫帚), 14 with each sweep, they just rolled across the kitchen.
For the next week, every time I was in the 15 , I found a pea——in a corner, or behind a table leg. They kept 16 . Eight months later I pulled out the refrigerator to clean behind it, and 17__ 12 frozen peas hidden underneath．
At the time I found those few remaining 18 , I was in a new relationship with a wonderful __19 I’d met in a support group. After we married, I was reminded 20 those peas under the refrigerator, and realized that my 21 had been like that bag of frozen peas. It had scattered(分散). My wife had died; I was in a new city with a busy job, and with a son having trouble 22 his new surroundings and the 23 of his mother. I was a bag of spilled frozen peas; my life had come apart and scattered.
When life gets you 24 , when everything you know comes apart, and when you think you’ll never 25 , remember that it’s just a bag of scattered frozen peas. The peas can be 26 , and life will move on. You’ll find all the peas 27 , including the ones that are hardest to find. And when you’ve got them 28 you’ll start to feel whole again.
The life you know can break apart at any time. But you’ll have to 29 , and how fast you collect your peas depends on you. Will you keep scattering them around with a broom, 30 will you pick them up one by one and put your life back together?
| 小题1: | | A．drink | B．fruit | C．vegetable | D．meat |
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| 小题2: | | A．moved | B．walked | C．ran | D．slipped |
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| 小题3: | | A．rubbed | B．rolled | C．grew | D．existed |
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| 小题5: | | A．bedroom | B．living room | C．kitchen | D．storeroom |
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| 小题6: | | A．getting up | B．turning up | C．taking up | D．using up |
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| 小题7: | | A．found | B．ate | C．left | D．planted |
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| 小题8: | | A．presents | B．cans | C．vegetables | D．peas |
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| 小题11: | | A．wife | B．life | C．son | D．friend |
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| 小题12: | | A．turning to | B．leading to | C．adjusting to | D．adding to |
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| 小题13: | | A．thank | B．love | C．help | D．loss |
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| 小题14: | | A．down | B．near | C．close | D．wide |
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| 小题15: | | A．get it | B．make it | C．take it | D．leave it |
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| 小题16: | | A．grew | B．bought | C．collected | D．frozen |
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| 小题17: | | A．eventually | B．fortunately | C．properly | D．specially |
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| 小题18: | | A．both | B．all | C．either | D．each |
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| 小题19: | | A．call on | B．put on | C．bring on | D．move on |
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| 小题20: | | A．while | B．because | C．since | D．or |
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Lying in the sun on a rock, the cougar（美洲豹）saw Jeb and his son, Tom, before they saw it. Jeb put his bag down quickly and pulled his jacket open with both hands, making himself look big to the cougar. It worked. The cougar hesitated, ready to attack Jeb, but ready to forget the whole thing, too.
Jeb let go of his jacket, grasped Tom and held him across his body, making a cross. Now the cougar’s enemy looked even bigger, and it rose up, ready to move away, but unfortunately Tom got scared and struggled free of Jeb.
“Tom, no!” shouted his father.
But Tom broke and ran and that’s the last thing you do with a cougar. The second Tom broke free, Jeb threw himself on the cougar, just as it jumped from the rock. They hit each other in mid-air and both fell. The cougar was on Jeb in a flash, forgetting about Tom, which was what Jeb wanted.
Cougars are not as big as most people think and a determined man stands a chance, even with just his fists. As the cougar’s claws（爪子）got into his left shoulder, Jeb swung his fist at its eyes and hit hard. The animal howled and put its head back. Jeb followed up with his other fist. Then out of the corner of his eye, Jeb saw Tom. The boy was running back to help his father.
“Knife, Tom,” shouted Jeb.
The boy ran to his father’s bag, while Jeb started shouting as well as hitting, to keep the cougar’s attention away from Tom. Tom got the knife and ran over to Jeb. The cougar was moving its head in and out, trying to find a way through the wall Jeb was making out of his arms. Tom swung with the knife, into the cougar’s back. It howled horribly and ran off into the mountains.
The whole fight had taken about thirty seconds.
小题1:Why did Jeb pull his jacket open when he saw the cougar?| A．To get ready to fight. | B．To frighten it away. | | C．To protect the boy. | D．To cool down. |
小题2:What do we know about cougars?| A．They are afraid of noises. | | B．They hesitate before they hit. | | C．They are bigger than we think. | | D．They like to attack running people. |
小题3:Which of the following happened first?| A．The cougar jumped from the rock. | | B．Tom struggled free of his father. | | C．Jeb asked Tom to get the knife. | | D．Jeb held Tom across his body. |
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While Christmas shopping in a jewelry store, I discovered a table of golden ornaments (饰品) on sale. So beautiful in 41 ,each had a personality of its own. I looked through hundreds of pieces, 42 a few and took them home.
I was afraid that they would disappear among other 43 gifts of a Christmas tree, 44 I used them to decorate wreaths (花环). When I stood back to 45 my work, a thought crossed my mind: Wouldn’t some of our family and friends like these, too?
I raced back to the jewelry store to discover that the piles of ornaments had been 46 even further. This time I bought dozens, as I 47 the many people who might enjoy one for the holidays.
I 48 began my creative project. While I tied lovely bows and glued golden ornaments, my mind 49 to Christmases past, how special each had been. I thought about others perhaps not so 50 . Some people in our community 51 had a family to share the joy of Christmas. Some didn’t 52 with holiday decorations.
I nodded my head in determined 53 . They would be at the top of my list to receive a little wreath. 54 the plan my husband showed great enthusiasm (热情) and we set out together to put it into 55 .
We visited the aged, the widowed (寡居的) and the lonely. Each one was 56 at our cheerful stop and 57 hung our small gifts — often the 58 signs of celebration in their homes.
After several days, I realized we had made and given almost two hundred wreaths. Decorated with 59 and delivered with delight, they filled many homes and hearts with the joy of Christmas. We were glad that our 60 did make sense and we found our Christmas spirit in doing and giving.
| 小题1: | | A．design | B．concept | C．condition | D．form |
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| 小题2: | | A．checked | B．selected | C．transformed | D．charged |
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| 小题3: | | A．huge | B．fancy | C．expensive | D．valueless |
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| 小题4: | | A．however | B．therefore | C．otherwise | D．still |
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| 小题5: | | A．envy | B．polish | C．admire | D．undertake |
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| 小题6: | | A．reduced | B．emptied | C．sorted | D．cleared |
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| 小题7: | | A．worried about | B．thought of | C．cared for | D．watch over |
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| 小题8: | | A．bitterly | B．naturally | C．eagerly | D．curiously |
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| 小题9: | | A．appealed | B．opened | C．crossed | D．wandered |
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| 小题10: | | A．fortunate | B．wealthy | C．energetic | D．comfortable |
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| 小题11: | | A．sometimes | B．ever | C．often | D．never |
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| 小题12: | | A．bother | B．serve | C．compare | D．play |
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| 小题13: | | A．surprise | B．disappointment | C．satisfaction | D．shame |
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| 小题15: | | A．effect | B．action | C．reality | D．consideration |
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| 小题16: | | A．shocked | B．scared | C．embarrassed | D．excited |
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| 小题17: | | A．without delay | B．as usual | C．on purpose | D．in turn |
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| 小题18: | | A．common | B．universal | C．only | D．standard |
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| 小题19: | | A．hope | B．pardon | C．luck | D．love |
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| 小题20: | | A．devotion | B．courage | C．kindness | D．support |
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