From poor beginnings to most expensive player
ZINEDINE Zidane，who dreams of leading France to its second World Cup title in a row next month，has always preferred to express himself with a football rather than with words．
Last Wednesday Zidane scored the decisive goal when Real Madrid of Spain won the Champions League final against Germany"s Leverkusen 2一1．
He became one of the world’s most expensive players when he joined Real Madrid from Italy"s Juventus for US $ 66 million．And he has been a national hero since he scored twice in the 3-O defeat of Brazil in the 1998 World Cup Final．
But despite his success，Zidane has always kept his feet on the ground．He leads a quite family life，there is hardly any gossip about him and he avoids putting his wife and two children in the spotlight．
“Just because I"m a public figure it doesn"t mean I have to express myself on everything．I don"t like to discuss some personal matters publicly．”he said．
Even as a child playing football in the slum area of Marseille，France，where he was raised by his Algerian parents，Zidane was shy．
He loved football even as a little kid．“I realized football is a wonderful mixture of a sharp mind and hard training rather than just talking，”he said．
Even when the match awards were just chocolate and bread，Zidane found that football made his poor childhood rich．
Before he was 10 years old，it was obvious that he could become a great footballer．He was offered his first professional contract(合同)when he was just 20．Now，at the age of 29，he has already picked up two World Player of the year awards．
This quiet striker has not yet spoken of his hopes for the coming World Cup．But his fans across the world will be eagerly watching him to see what he"ll do this time．
小题1: What did Zidane learn from his childhood football experience? He learned that_____________.| A．he could become a great footballer | | B．he could become rich if he became a footballer | | C．football is a mixture of a sharp mind and hard training but not just talking | | D．football is a favorite sport in the future |
小题2:According to the article，what are Zidane’s main characteristics?| A．He is a shy but successful man． | | B．H e loves his wife and children． | | C．He doesn"t like to speak in public． | | D．He is a quiet，down—to earth person of few words． |
小题3: When the writer says“Zidane has always kept his feet on the ground”,he means_________.| A．Zidane spends more time standing than sitting most days | | B．Zidane is a down-to earth person | | C．Zidane has spent most of his time training on the pitch | | D．Zidane likes standing when he succeeds |
小题4:The sentence“Zidane found that football made his poor childhood rich”means___________．| A．football made Zidane"s poor family wealthy when he was a child | | B．Zidane knew that football could bring him fame and wealth even when he was a child | | C．football brought happiness to Zidane when he was a child in a poor family | | D．Zidane knew that if he wanted to be rich he must play football from childhood |
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小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:C |
本文大体介绍了Zidane从小酷爱足球的成长过程。
小题1:细节理解题。由文中倒数第四段：“即使是个小孩他就热爱足球了，他意识到了足球的本质是什么。”
小题2:概括大意题。由文中第四段可推断。
小题3:句意猜测题。由上下文推知可得答案。
小题4:判断理解题。即使当时的比赛奖品只是巧克力面包，他发现足球使他穷的童年生活变得富足了。 |
核心考点
试题【From poor beginnings to most expensive player ZINEDINE Zidane，who dreams of lead】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
When I was in the third grade, I was picked to be the princess in the school play. For
Weeks my mother had helped me practice my lines .But once on stage, every word disappeared from my head. Then my teacher told me she had written a narrator"s（解说者的）part for the play ,and asked me to change roles. Though I didn"t tell my mother what had happened that day, she sensed my unhappiness and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the yard.
It was a lovely spring day. We could see dandelions (蒲公英）popping through the grass in bunches as if a painter had touched our landscape with bits of gold. I watched my mother carelessly bend down by one of the bunches." I think I am going to dig up all these weeds, "she said. "From now on, we"ll have only roses in this garden."
"But I like dandelions," I protested. "All flowers are beautiful-even dandelions!"
My mother looked at me seriously. "Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn"t it? "she asked thoughtfully. I nodded. "And that is true of people, too, "she added.
When I realized that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry and told her the truth.
“But you will be a beautiful narrator, ”she said, reminding me of how much I loved to read stories aloud to her.
Over the next few weeks, with her continuous encouragement, I learned to take pride in the role. The big day finally came. A few minutes before the play, my teacher came over to me. “Your mother asked me to give this to you,” she said, handing me a dandelion. After the play, I took home the flower, laughing that I was perhaps the only person who would keep such a weed.
1.The girl did not play the role of the princess mainly because _______.
A. she felt nervous on the stage.
B. she lost her interest in that role.
C. she preferred the role of the narrator
D. she had difficulty memorizing her words
2.Why did the mother suggest a walk in the garden?
A. To remove the dandelions
B. To enjoy the garden scene
C. to have a talk with her daughter.
D. to help her daughter with the play.
3.What is the main idea of the story?
A. Everybody can find his or her own way to success.
B. Everybody has his or her own value in the world.
C. Everybody should learn to play different roles
D. Everybody has some unforgettable memory. |
The Quiet Hero 沉默的英雄
It was Mother’s Day, the day we celebrate everything mothers are and everything we do. But I’ll 1 that Sunday in 2000 was bittersweet for me. As a single mother I 2 to think of my shortcomings — how many evenings I couldn’t spend with my children, and how many things I couldn’t 3 my waitress’ salary to buy.
But what 4 kids I had! My daughter Maria was a senior in college, and Denny was home visiting from his freshman year at Harvard University. They were 5 impolite enough to complain, but there was so much more I 6 I had done for them. I just hoped they ___7 .
As I walked into the 8 quietly to start breakfast, I was greeted by a vase 9 a dozen red roses! When had Denny possibly slipped down to leave them? But even their delicate beauty was overshadowed by the note sitting beside them, in the quick, manly 10 of an eighteen-year-old. It was about a story that happened between Denny and me long ago. It 11 :
She took a day off from her busy 12 to take the boy to see his hero in the flesh at the stadium. It took 3.5 hours just to get there, and they had to be there early 13 he could see his hero take batting practice. 14 their arrival, she took her hard-earned money to buy an overpriced T-shirt on which was 15 his hero making a diving catch. After the game, of course he had to 16 his hero’s signature, so she stayed with the little boy 17 one in the morning…
It took me long enough to 18 it, but I finally know who the 19 hero is. Mom, I love you!
And suddenly, it was a 20 Mother’s Day, after all.
| 小题1: | | A．admit | B．adopt | C．deny | D．refuse |
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| 小题2: | | A．intended | B．liked | C．tended | D．hesitated |
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| 小题3: | | A．stress | B．spare | C．strengthen | D．spend |
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| 小题4: | | A．poor | B．great | C．faithless | D．pretty |
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| 小题5: | | A．merely | B．usually | C．never | D．often |
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| 小题6: | | A．wished | B．hoped | C．expected | D．desired |
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| 小题7: | | A．supported | B．understood | C．approved | D．disgusted |
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| 小题8: | | A．1iving-room | B．kitchen | C．bed loom | D．study |
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| 小题9: | | A．including | B．containing | C．possessing | D．pinning |
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| 小题10: | | A．handwriting | B．description | C．tone | D．scratch |
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| 小题11: | | A．wrote | B．recorded | C．memorized | D．read |
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| 小题12: | | A．event | B．content | C．schedule | D．circumstance |
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| 小题15: | | A．impressed | B．printed | C．presented | D．pressed |
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| 小题16: | | A．buy | B．abandon | C．get | D．swap |
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| 小题17: | | A．before | B．until | C．after | D．when |
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| 小题18: | | A．see | B．hear | C．realize | D．tell |
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| 小题19: | | A．actual | B．true | C．imaginary | D．visual |
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| 小题20: | | A．sad | B．bitter | C．happy | D．exciting |
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The Abominable Snowman喜马拉雅雪人
He has been called the “missing link.” Half-man, half-beast. He is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world-Mount Everest.
He is known as the Abominable Snowman. The 1 of the Snowman has been around for __2 . Climbers in the 1920s reported finding marks like those of human feet high up on the side of Mound Everest. The native people said they 3 this creature and called it the “Yeti,”and they said that they had 4 caught Yetis on two occasions 5 none has ever been produced an evidence（证据）.
Over the years, the story of the Yetis has 6 . In 1951, Eric Shipton took photographs of a set of tracks in the snow of Everest. Shipton believed that they were not 7 the tracks of a monkey or bear and 8 that the Abominable Snowman might really 9 .
Further efforts have been made to find out about Yetis. But the only things people have ever found were 10 footprints. Most believe the footprints are nothing more than 11 animal tracks, which had been made 12 as the melted（融化）and refroze in the snow. 13 , in 1964, a Russian scientist said that the Abominable Snowman was 14 and was a remaining link with the prehistoric humans. But, 15 . no evidence has ever 16 been produced.
These days, only a few people continue to take the story of the Abominable Snowman __17 . But if they ever 18 catching one, they may face a real 19 : Would they put it in a 20 or give it a room in a hotel?
| 小题1: | | A．event | B．story | C．adventure | D．description |
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| 小题2: | | A．centuries | B．too long | C．some time | D．many years |
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| 小题3: | | A．heard from | B．cared for | C．knew of | D．read about |
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| 小题4: | | A．even | B．hardly | C．certainly | D．probably |
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| 小题5: | | A．as | B．though | C．when | D．until |
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| 小题6: | | A．developed | B．changed | C．occurred | D．continued |
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| 小题7: | | A．entirely | B．naturally | C．clearly | D．simply |
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| 小题8: | | A．found | B．declared | C．felt | D．doubled |
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| 小题9: | | A．exist | B．escape | C．disappear | D．return |
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| 小题10: | | A．clearer | B．more | C．possible | D．rare |
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| 小题11: | | A．huge | B．recent | C．ordinary | D．frightening |
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| 小题12: | | A．strange | B．large | C．deep | D．rough |
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| 小题13: | | A．In the end | B．Therefore | C．After all | D．However |
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| 小题14: | | A．imagined | B．real | C．special | D．familiar |
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| 小题15: | | A．so | B．besides | C．again | D．instead |
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| 小题16: | | A．rightly | B．actually | C．normally | D．particularly |
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| 小题17: | | A．lightly | B．jokingly | C．seriously | D．properly |
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| 小题18: | | A．succeed in | B．insist on | C．depend on | D．join in |
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| 小题19: | | A．decision | B．situation | C．subject | D．problem |
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| 小题20: | | A．zoo | B．mountain | C．museum | D．laboratory |
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My Forever Valentine我永远的“情人”
Valentine’s Day was the time my father chose to show his love for the special people in his life. Over the years I fondly (天真的) thought 1 him as my “Valentine man”.
My first recollection of the 2 he could bring to Valentine’s Day came when I was six. That morning at the breakfast table I found a card and a gift-wrapped package at my chair. The card was 3 “Love, Dad” and the gift was a ring with a small piece of red glass to 4 my birthstone, a ruby (红宝石). There is 5 difference between red glass and rubies to a child of six, and I remember 6 that ring with pride that all the cards in the world 7 not surpass (超越).
8 I grew older, the gifts gave 9 to heart-shaped boxes filled with my 10__ chocolate and always included a 11 card signed “Love, Dad”. In those years my thank-you became 12 of a perfunctory (敷衍) response. The cards seemed less 13 , and I took for granted that the Valentine would 14 be there. I had 15 my hopes and dreams in receiving cards and gifts from “significant others” and “Love Dad” just didn’t seem quite 16 .
His final card remains on my desk today. It’s a 17 of how special fathers can be and how important it has been to me over the years to know that I had a father who continued a 18_ of love with simple acts of understanding and an ability to express happiness over the people in his life.
Those things never 19 , nor does the memory of a man who never 20 being my Valentine.
| 小题2: | | A．memory | B．magic | C．puzzle | D．presents |
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| 小题3: | | A．read | B．written | C．shown | D．signed |
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| 小题4: | | A．recover | B．resemble | C．represent | D．replace |
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| 小题5: | | A．much | B．little | C．great | D．less |
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| 小题6: | | A．having | B．owning | C．wearing | D．watching |
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| 小题7: | | A．could | B．did | C．must | D．should |
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| 小题8: | | A．Because | B．Since | C．When | D．As |
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| 小题9: | | A．room | B．way | C．honour | D．seat |
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| 小题10: | | A．favorite | B．lovely | C．dear | D．precious |
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| 小题11: | | A．usual | B．common | C．strange | D．special |
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| 小题12: | | A．less | B．little | C．more | D．much |
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| 小题13: | | A．important | B．beautiful | C．familiar | D．standard |
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| 小题14: | | A．surely | B．always | C．regularly | D．often |
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| 小题15: | | A．let | B．kept | C．placed | D．remembered |
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| 小题16: | | A．suitable | B．enough | C．effective | D．sacred |
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| 小题17: | | A．signal | B．certificate | C．consequence | D．reminder |
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| 小题18: | | A．tradition | B．hobby | C．habit | D．custom |
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| 小题19: | | A．lose | B．die | C．miss | D．appear |
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| 小题20: | | A．thought | B．wanted | C．tried | D．stopped |
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Stand Beside You Forever永远站在你身后
题材：感人故事难度：＊＊＊＊词数：272标准时间：15分钟完成时间：______ 正确数：______
The passengers on the bus watched sympathetically as the attractive young woman with the white cane made her way carefully up the steps. She 1 the driver and, using her hands to feel the 2 of the seats, walked down and found the 3 which the driver had told her was empty. Then she settled in.
It had been a year since Susan, 34, 4 a medical misdiagnosis(误诊), was suddenly thrown into a world of 5 . Mark, her husband, was an Air Force officer and he loved Susan with all his heart. He 6 her how to rely on her other 7 , specifically her hearing, to determine where she was and 8 to adapt herself to the new environment. He helped her befriend the bus drivers who could 9 for her, and save her a seat.
10 , Susan decided that she was ready to try the 11 on her own. Monday morning, she said good-bye and for the first time, they went their 12 ways.
On Friday morning, Susan took the bus to work as usual. As she was 13 the bus, the driver said, “Boy, I 14 envy you.” Susan had no 15 what the driver was talking about, and asked, “What do you 16 ?”
The driver answered, “You know, every morning for the 17 week, a fine-looking gentleman 18 a military uniform has been standing across the corner 19 you as you get off the bus. He 20 you cross the street safely and he watches until you enter your office building. You are one lucky lady.”
Tears of gratitude poured down Susan’s cheeks.
| 小题1: | | A．thanked | B．asked | C．discovered | D．paid |
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| 小题2: | | A．location | B．shape | C．size | D．cost |
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| 小题4: | | A．according to | B．instead of | C．thanks to | D．due to |
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| 小题5: | | A．anger | B．darkness | C．happiness | D．light |
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| 小题6: | | A．asked | B．encouraged | C．taught | D．praised |
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| 小题7: | | A．feelings | B．sights | C．senses | D．abilities |
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| 小题9: | | A．make out | B．watch out | C．find out | D．work out |
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| 小题10: | | A．Finally | B．Luckily | C．However | D．Besides |
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| 小题12: | | A．opposite | B．separate | C．difficult | D．usual |
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| 小题13: | | A．getting on | B．getting in | C．getting off | D．getting up |
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| 小题15: | | A．idea | B．opinion | C．way | D．thought |
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| 小题16: | | A．want | B．mean | C．say | D．suggest |
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| 小题17: | | A．next | B．old | C．past | D．following |
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| 小题19: | | A．searching | B．watching | C．calling | D．noticing |
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| 小题20: | | A．looks out | B．takes up | C．believes in | D．makes sure |
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