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talked and soon swimming became the 1 . Suddenly I hit upon an idea. "Wouldn"t it be 2 if we went
swimming? Others went swimming in winter, and 3 couldn"t we? Besides, we could be 4 if we did.
" I told them about this and they all said it was a good idea indeed.
Early in the morning, three days 5 , we four were standing at the bus stop, with bags in our hands,
6 for a bus to take us to the 7 . The sky was clear, the sun was shining, but all the same, it was very
cold, 8 our heavy overcoats were not enough to keep us 9 . We all felt that we should go back, but
no one wanted to 10 .
We soon reached the sands. There was nobody there, but we were not to be discouraged. 11 we
were proud that we were the 12 ones that dared to challenge the weather. Besides, the sun could
keep us warm. So we 13 ourselves quickly.
But things were not going to be so nice as we thought. The sea wind was blowing, we felt 14 cold
and we shook from head to feet. At last we decided to 15 the sea water. We put our feet in first, only
to take them back 16 . The water was unbelievably cold. 17 I suggested that we should all jump in
at the same time. We all went back ten steps. I gave the order and we all rushed forward. We jumped.
That feeling I had when I was in the water I shall never 18 . I was up and rushed again to the seaside.
So 19 my friends. We put on our clothes as quickly as possible and went home.
We four did not go to school the next three days, for we all 20 a bad cold. We missed the lessons,
but we had this unforgettable experience.
| ( )1. A. object ( )2. A. interesting ( )3. A. what ( )4. A. worse ( )5. A. later ( )6. A. asking ( )7. A. swimming pool ( )8. A. only ( )9. A. cold ( )10. A. speak out ( )11. A. For ( )12. A. only ( )13. A. helped ( )14. A. such ( )15. A. go down ( )16. A. carefully ( )17. A. Last ( )18. A. remember ( )19. A. did ( )20. A. became | B. topic B. lucky B. how B. ill B. past B. meeting B. sands B. though B. warm B. talk about B. Instead B. lucky B. enjoyed B. a little B. go into B. quickly B. Next B. forget B. do B. felt | C. opinion C. happy C. that C. stronger C. since C. waiting C. lake C. even C. hot C. shout at C. Sometimes C. younger C. dressed C. very C. jump into C. bravely C. When C. believe C. were C. turned | D. center D. surprising D. why D. better D. before D. looking D. river D. since D. cool D. think over D. Unless D. happy D. changed D. a bit D. take off D. finally D. Then D. tell D. had D. caught |
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| I sat at my seat waiting for the school paper to be passed around. I waited anxiously, knowing that once I received it I would know how good a writer I really am. When the paper arrived at my classroom, I nearly knocked down five of my classmates to get to the first paper. With a school paper in my hands, I returned to my seat. About a month earlier, I had handed in one of, what I believed to be, my best stories. I named it Symbol of Success. The head of the English Department at my school, Professor Cullen had said that she would include some reviews of students" stories in the latest school paper. Professor Cullen was known for her rough criticism. Impressing her was very hard but I wanted to be the first to do so. I sat at the edge of my seat as I read through the other story reviews. There wasn"t one story that got more than three stars .I became calm and wasn"t anxious to know my review. It was long after that I heard someone shout out "Five stars?! Seriously !" from behind me. I turned around and saw the shocked expression of Gene"s face, "Peter, your story got five stars!" I couldn"t believe what I was hearing. I turned my attention back to my story and saw the five stars at the end of the review that I had not read yet. I looked through the review written by Professor Cullen. She wrote that I had a gift for story writing. I was proud that I achieved what I thought was impossible .For so long I believed I wasn"t as good as I thought I was and that my talent was not enough to cover up my lack of wring skills .But this review proved that I was truly a good writer and that there was a future ahead of me in the field of fiction writing. The review and the five stars meant the world of me. Those five stars became the symbol of my success. | |||
| 1. How did the writer get the school paper? | |||
| A. His teacher gave it to him first B. The publisher sent it to him first C. His friend helped him get the first one. D. He rushed ahead to get the first one by himself. | |||
| 2. What can we learn about Professor Cullen? | |||
| A. She was very gentle to everyone B. She seldom praised her students. C. She was very cold to her students. D. She was respected by her students. | |||
| 3. We can learn from this text that Peter_______. | |||
| A. had thought his story was better than those of others B. was always anxious to know the review about him C. didn"t know he got five stars until others told him D. looked through a few stories that had got four stars | |||
| 4. What did Professor Cullen think of Peter"s story? | |||
| A. She thought highly of it B. She thought it was just so-so C. She thought it was extremely bad D. She doubted if it was written by him. | |||
| 5. Why did the review and the five stars mean the world to Peter? | |||
| A. Because they helped him learn writing skills B. Because they made him happy for some time C. Because they helped him enter a key university D. Because they made him see his writing talents. | |||
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| What"s your idea of a good time? What about dancing in a rainy field with one hundred and fifty thousand other people while a famous rock band plays on a stage so far away that the performers look like ants? It may sound strange but that is what many hundreds of thousands of young people in the UK do every summer. Why? Because summer is the time for outdoor music festivals. Held on a farm, the Glastonbury Festival is the most well-known and popular festival in the UK. It began in 1970 and the first festival was attended by one thousand five hundred people each paying an admission price of ￡1 - the ticket included free milk from the farm. Since then the Glastonbury Festival has gone from strength to strength - in 2004 one hundred and fifty thousand fans attended, paying ￡112 each for a ticket to the three-day event. Tickets for the event sold out within three hours. Performers included superstars, such as Paul McCartney and James Brown, as well as new talent, like Franz Ferdinand and Joss Stone. Although many summer festivals are run on a profit-making basis, Glastonbury is a charity event, donating millions of pounds to local and international charities. Glastonbury is not unique(独特的) in using live music to raise money to fight global poverty. In July of this year, the Live 8 concerts were held simultaneously (同时) in London, Paris, Rome and Berlin. Superstars such as Madonna, Sir Elton John and Stevie Wonder performed in order to highlight international poverty and debt. | |||
| 1. What does the author mean by saying "the Glastonbury Festival has gone from strength to strength"? | |||
| A. The festival has achieved growing success. B. Great efforts have been made to hold the festival. C. The festival has brought in a large amount of money. D. There have been thousands of fans attending the festival. | |||
| 2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? | |||
| A. The Glastonbury Festival is run on a profit-making basis. B. Tickets for the 2004 Glastonbury Festival were in great demand despite the high price. C. Both James Brown and Joss Stone were born in poor families. D. In the 1970 Glastonbury Festival, one could have lunch on the farm for free. | |||
| 3. We can learn from the last paragraph that _____. | |||
| A. the Glastonbury Festival is not so popular as the Live 8 concerts B. the Live 8 concerts are held every year in London C. London, Paris, Rome and Berlin are famous for outdoor music festivals D. some superstars are concerned about global poverty | |||
| 4. What is the best title for the passage? | |||
| A. How to have a good time B. Charity events around the world C. The Glastonbury Festival D. Superstars" performances in charity events | |||
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| Some years ago on a hot summer day in south Florida a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the cool water, he ran out of the back door, leaving behind shoes, socks, and shirt as he went. He flew into the water, not realizing that as he swam toward the middle of the lake, a crocodile was swimming toward him. His mother in the house was looking out of the window and saw the two. In great fear, she ran toward the water, shouting to her son as loudly as she could. Hearing her voice, the little boy became alarmed and made a U-turn to swim to his mother. It was too late. Just as he reached her, the crocodile reached him. From the shore, the mother grabbed her little boy by the arms just as the crocodile snatched his legs. That began an incredible tug-of-war between the two. The crocodile was much stronger than the mother, but the mother was much too passionate to let go. A farmer happened to drive by, heard their screams, raced from his truck, took aim and shot the crocodile. Remarkably, after weeks and weeks in the hospital, the little boy survived. His legs were extremely scarred by the attack of the animal. And, on his arms, were deep scratches where his mother"s fingernails dug into his flesh in her effort to hang on to the son she loved. The newspaper reporter, who interviewed the boy, asked if he would show him his scars. The boy lifted his legs. And then, with obvious pride, he said to the reporter, "But look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my Mom wouldn"t let go. " Never judge another person"s scars, because you don"t know how they were made. | |||
| 1. By saying "But look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too" in paragraph 4,the boy really wants to show__________. | |||
| A. how deep the scars made by the crocodile were B. what a brave and courageous boy he was C. how many scars and scratches he had D. how great and beloved his mother was | |||
| 2. Hearing Mother"s shouts, the boy______. | |||
| A. remained in the middle at a loss B. didn"t stop swimming forwards C. swam back towards the shore D. was ready to fight the crocodile | |||
| 3. Which of the following statements is true according to the text? | |||
| A. A crocodile attacked him when the boy and his mother were swimming. B. The crocodile bit the arms of the boy when it reached him. C. There is always an interesting story behind every scar. D. It was the farmer who shot the crocodile. | |||
| 4. Which of the following will be the best title for the text? | |||
| A. Scars of Love B. Women Hold up Half the Sky C. A Terrible Experience D. Don"t Judge by Appearances | |||
| I arrived at my mother"s home for our Monday family dinner. The smells of food flew over from the kitchen. Mother was pulling out quilt (被子) after quilt from the boxes, proudly showing me their beauties. She was preparing for a quilt show at the Elmhurst Church. When we began to fold and put them back into the boxes, I noticed something at the bottom of one box. I pulled it out. "What is this?" I asked. "Oh?" Mom said, "That"s Mama"s quilt." I spread the quilt. It looked as if a group of school children had pieced it together; irregular designs, childish pictures, a crooked line on the right. "Grandmother made this?" I said, surprised. My grandmother was a master at making quilts. This certainly didn"t look like any of the quilts she had made. "Yes, right before she died. I brought it home with me last year and made some changes," she said. "I"m still working on it. See, this is what I"ve done so far." I looked at it more closely. She had made straight a crooked line. At the center of the quilt, she had stitched (缝)a piece of cloth with these words: "My mother made many quilts. She didn"t get all lines straight. But I think this is beautiful. I want to see it finished. Her last quilt." "Oh, this is so nice, Mom, "I said. It occurred to me that by completing my grandmother"s quilt, my mother was honoring her own mother. I realized, too, that I held in my hands a family treasure. It started with the loving hands of one woman, and continued with the loving hands of another. | |||
| 1. Why did the author go to her mother"s home? | |||
| A. To see her mother"s quilts. B. To help prepare for a show. C. To get together for the family dinner. D. To discuss her grandmother"s life. | |||
| 2. The author was surprised because __________ . | |||
| A. the quilt looked very strange B. her grandmother liked the quilt C. the quilt was the best she had seen D. her mother had made some changes | |||
| 3. The underlined word "crooked" in the passage most probably means__________ . | |||
| A. unfinished B. broken C. bent D. unusual | |||
| 4. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? | |||
| A. A Quilt Show B. Mother"s Home C. A Monday Dinner D. Grandmother"s Quilt | |||
| 完形填空。 | |||
| There once was a young monk(僧侣) who was building a brick wall. He took great care in 1 the bricks, ensuring that they were level and that every row of b  ricks was 2 . He worked and worked. His progress was 3 , due to the great care in his work, but he wasn"t 4 . He was going to build a beautiful brick wall, his first brick wall. Finally, the day dawned(破晓) when he 5 his wall. But 6 he stood back and admired the fruits of his labor, something caught his eye and made him very 7 . Despite the great 8 he took in his work, 9 , he had overlooked(忽视) two bricks that were laid slanted(倾斜的). Worst of all, the bricks were right in the centre of the wall. Since then, whenever visitors came to the temple, the young monk would 10 them around to all places, except the brick wall that he had built. One day, two elderly monks came to the temple. No matter 11 the young monk tried to detour (绕路) to 12 the ugly brick wall, the elderly monks 13 touring the area around that brick wall . 14 , the young monk brought them to the brick wall. "Oh, this is such a(n) 15 brick wall!" one of the elderly monks commented. "Are you 16 ? Haven"t you seen the two ugly bricks in the middle of the wall?" the young monk said in 17 . "Yes, I have." replied the elderly monk. "But I also saw the remaining 98 good bricks that 18 this a beautiful wall!" You see, most of the time, we only care for things that went wrong or didn"t 19 our expectations. We"ve forgotten the fact that they are only two bad bricks in the wall and we should not overlook the 20 of the remaining 98 bricks. | |||