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of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyone"s heart-we all
wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity (默默无闻).
Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in
a US high school.
Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with other girls, she is invisible. However, her world changes
completely when a famous teenager pop singer, Joey Parker, appears.
Joey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are not-kind, handsome and desirable. Mary and
Joey"s paths cross at a ball. They meet and fall in love with each other. But when Mary has to rush back
home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams.
Of course, there is a wicked (邪恶的) stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in
Mary after her dancer mother dies. Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make
sure Mary doesn"t get into the top dance school. Her two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey falling
for Mary, even if that means embarrassing her.
The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern day twists to the classic fairy tale.
Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, although the actors are all
beautiful. There is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies.
"The movie takes the Cinderella fairytale as its jumping off point," writes movie critic Amber Wilkinson.
"The focus is firmly on following your dream."
B. remind us why Cinderella is popular all the years
C. inform us of the main topic of the whole passage
D. tell us how interesting the fairy tale Cinderella is
B. is attended badly by the stepmother
C. has a dream of meeting a prince
D. is embarrassed by the pop singer
B. Mary"s mother influences her a lot in singing.
C. Not many people have a dream to be realized.
D. The MP3 player helps Joey in finding Mary.
B. a review about a film
C. an essay about dreams
D. an advertisement of Cinderella
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试题【阅读理解。 Few of us haven"t read Cinderella, the story of a young woman living i】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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to my college education I am an idealist and a fool. In high school I wanted to be an electrical engineer and, of
course, any reasonable student with my aims would have chosen a college with a large engineering department, many famous professors and lots of good labs and research equipment. But that"s not what I did.
I chose to study engineering at a small liberal-arts (文科) university that doesn"t even offer a major in
electrical engineering. Obviously, this was not a practical choice; I came here for more noble reasons. I wanted
a broad education that would provide me with flexibility and a value system to guide me in my job. I wanted to
open my eyes and expand my vision by communicating with people who weren"t studying science or
engineering. My parents, teachers and other adults praised me for such a wise choice. They told me I was
wise and grown-up beyond my 18 years, and I believed them.
I headed off to the college and sure I was going to have an advantage over those students who went to big
engineering "factories" where they didn"t care if you had values or were flexible. I was going to be a complete
engineer: technical expert and excellent humanist all in one.
Now I"m not so sure. Somewhere along the way my noble ideas crashed into reality, as all noble ideas
finally do. After three years of struggling to balance math, physics and engineering courses with liberal-arts
courses, I have learned there are reasons why few engineering students try to reconcile engineering with
liberal-arts courses in college.
The reality that has blocked my path to become the typical successful student is that engineering and the
liberal arts simply don"t mix as easily as I supposed in high school. Individually they shape a person in very
different ways. The struggle to reconcile the two fields of study is difficult.
B. He intended to be a reasonable student with noble ideals.
C. He wanted to be an example of practicality and rationality.
D. He wanted to communicate with liberal-arts students.
can _______.
B. broaden their knowledge
C. find a better job in the future
D. balance engineering and liberal arts
B. compare
C. combine
D. compete
B. technical experts with a wide vision are expected in the society
C. successful engineering students are more welcomed in the society
D. engineering universities with liberal-arts courses are needed
the best at what they can. There are college basketball players 2 reaching the professional level and students
trying their best to get an "A" on their math test. We meet businessmen that have 3 a lot of money. We all
have a role 4 we look up to, or have looked up to at some point in life, whether it is a respected elder in our
family, a trusted friend around us, or a(n) 5 person often appearing on TV screens or magazine covers.
It is 6 having role models and looking up to people that 7 us. However, how often do you ask yourself, "why is he smarter than me?" or" How did this person achieve such a great 8 at such a young age?" I went to
a great high school that was very 9 and demanding; I saw many very 10 student graduate and get into Ivy
League a famous school. I also 11 when I got my math test papers back, I sometimes 12 why I never got
consistent "A"s like the student sitting two seats away from me.
However, what I 13 after entering college was that one should never 14 their skills or levels of success
with other people"s. Every single person is 15 and we all have some sort of unique talent. If you are not good
at 16 or want to improve a specific skill, you have to learn how to be patient and understand your 17 and try
to overcome them.
The 18 is you can all become an honor student if you want to or even improve your running skills. But
you have to keep in 19 that understanding your weaknesses and strength is a very 20 step in the process.
You have to learn how to look at yourself and set goals step by step so that you can track your improvement.
| ( )1. A. stress ( )2. A. dreaming of ( )3. A. spent ( )4. A. style ( )5. A. cheerful ( )6. A. funny ( )7. A. oppose ( )8. A. prizes ( )9. A. competitive ( )10. A. careful ( )11. A. suspect ( )12. A. noticed ( )13. A. achieved ( )14. A. combine ( )15. A. perfect ( )16. A. anything ( )17. A. advantages ( )18. A. problem ( )19. A. contact ( )20. A. important | B. choice B. informed of B. taken B. model B. strange B. astonishing B. persuade B. goals B. acceptable B. delicate B. suggest B. wondered B. learnt B. compare B. simple B. nothing B. weaknesses B. question B. touch B. difficult | C. desire C. getting into C. earned C. type C. famous C. ashamed C. motivate C. tendency C. diverse C. bright C. advocate C. explained C. checked C. adopt C. ordinary C. something C. potential C. truth C. action C. interesting | D. ability D. broken into D. offered D. pattern D. awkward D. great D. follow D. success D. positive D. curious D. remember D. believed D. removed D. relate D. different D. everything D. personalities D. doubt D. mind D. obvious |
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Saturday, March 24th We have arrived in the hot, wet city of Bangkok. This is our first trip to Thailand (泰国). All the different smells make us want to try the food. We are going to eat something special for dinner tonight. The hotel we are staying in is cheap, and very clean. We plan to stay here for a few days, visit some places in the city, and then travel to Chiang Mai in the North. Tuesday, March 27th Bangkok(曼谷) is wonderful and surprising! The places are interesting. We visited the famous market which was on water, and saw a lot of fruits and vegetables. Everything is so colorful, and we have taken hundreds of photos already! Later today we will leave for Chiang Mai. We will take the train north, stay in Chiang Mai for two days, and then catch a bus to Chiang Rai. Friday, March 30th Our trip to Chiang Rai was long and boring. We visited a small village in the mountains. The village people here love the quiet life-no computers or phones. They are the kindest people I have ever met. They always smile and say "hello". Kathy and I can only speak a few words of Thai, so smiling is the best way to show our kindness. I feel good here and hope to be able to come back next year. | |||
| 1. From the diary, we can know the author has stayed for ______ days in Thailand. | |||
| A. 3 B. 7 C. 15 D. 30 | |||
| 2. It seems that visitors ______ in Bangkok. | |||
| A. often feel hungry B. can always find cheap things C. can"t take any photos D. can enjoy themselves | |||
| 3. How did the author go to Chiang Mai? | |||
| A. by bus B. by train C. by air D. on foot | |||
| 4. Which word can"t describe Chiang Rai? | |||
| A. small B. mountainous C. quiet D. highly-advanced | |||
| 5. Which of the following is TRUE? | |||
| A. Chiang Mai is a beautiful city in the south of Thailand. B. The writer stayed in Chiang Mai for two days. C. Chiang Rai is a boring city in the mountains. D. The writer is traveling alone in Thailand. | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| As is known to all, colors appear in every language to express people"s feeling and thoughts. Then, what is the situation in American English? Red is a hot color. Americans may say they are red hot about something unfair. They are red hot when they are very angry about something. The small hot-tasting peppers found in many Mexican foods are called red hot for their color and their fiery taste. Fast loud music is popular with many people. They may say the music is red hot, especially the kind called Dixieland Jazz. Pink is a lighter kind of red. People sometimes say they are in the pink when they are in good health. The expression was first used in America at the beginning of the twentieth century. It comes from the fact that many babies are born with nice pink skin that shows that they are in good health. The color black is often used in expressions. People describe a day on which everything goes wrong as a black day. People or things on a blacklist are connected with things illegal now. But at one time, some businesses refused to employ people who were on a blacklist for belonging to unpopular organizations. The color green is natural for trees and grass. But it is an unnatural color for humans. A person who has a sick feeling in his stomach may say he feels a little green. A passenger on a boat who is feeling very sick from high waves may look very green. Sometimes a person may be upset because he does not have something as nice as a friend has. That person may say he is green with envy. Some people are green with envy because a friend has more dollars or greenbacks. Dollars are called greenbacks because green is the color of the back side of the paper money. | |||
| 1. Americans use "red hot" to describe the following EXCEPT _______. | |||
| A. something unfair B. small hot-tasting peppers C. the person who is very angry D. popular music like Dixieland Jazz | |||
| 2. People use "in the pink" to express they are in good health because ______. | |||
| A. the expression has a very long history B. the color pink makes people feel happy C. people think the color pink is gentler than red D. healthy babies are born with nice pink skin | |||
| 3. When we say someone feels a little green, it means he/she _______. | |||
| A. enjoys himself in boating B. is hit by a high wave C. has a stomachache D. likes trees and grass | |||
| 4. In the writer"s eyes, what is related to a black day? | |||
| A. Being sent a beautiful gift. B. Passing a very difficult test. C. Failing in an important interview. D. Being invited to an exciting party. | |||
| 5. Someone got upset because he/she wasn"t as rich as others, so we can say he/she is ____with jealousness. | |||
| A. red B. green C. pink D. dark | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Some businesses and apartment buildings are telling kids to buzz off. A device (设备) called the Mosquito is being used in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New York to keep kids from gathering in big groups and causing trouble. The Mosquito makes a noise that only kids can hear. About 3,000 Mosquito units have been fixed in the United Kingdom. In the United States, managers of an apartment building in New York City recently fixed one to keep noisy kids from taking over the building"s entrance-hall. A children"s tights agency in England wants the device forbidden. The agency says the device unfairly targets teens. Some also worry that the high sounds could hurt young ears. Fans of the Mosquito say it keeps kids out of trouble and off private property. "Mosquito devices violate (侵犯) the human rights of kids. The use of the devices is targeted at kids because it considers all kids as troublemakers.The devices are also harmful because the noise could hurt kids" hearing. Besides violating our rights, the Mosquito is dangerous. It could hurt the ears and the hearing of teens, babies and animals because they are more sensitive," says California eighth grader Kelly Straky."It is not right to place the device in a public place. Teenagers have as much right to public places as adults. I listened to the Mosquito sound, and it was extremely loud. It hurts no only your ears but also your whole head. It isn"t just annoying; it"s painful. It should not be allowed." Fans of the Mosquito believe that property owners have a right to decide who can be on their property and who cannot. Mosquito devices are a method of protecting private property and keeping the peace. Property laws are put into to protect the public. "Yes, I do believe that the rights of teens should be valued, but we must always put ourselves in other people"s shoes and see the other side. In this case, doing so allows people to understand the negative effects, such as crime, that loitering (滞留) can have on an area or a community," said Kayla Hill from New York. | |||
| 1. The underlined phrase "buzz off" in Paragraph 1 probably means _____. | |||
| A. stay inside B. go away C. sit down D. play games | |||
| 2. According to the passage, the Mosquito_____ . | |||
| A. gives off a special smell B. is a safety tool aimed at youths C. is mostly purchased by the police D. is intended for adult troublemakers | |||
| 3. We can learn from the passage that Kelly Straky _____. | |||
| A. values the rights teens B. keeps a close eye on her private property C. hears the noise of the Mosquito frequently D. believes many kids are causing annoying problems | |||
| 4. In the last paragraph, Kayla Hill _____. | |||
| A. expresses her anger at kids B. suggests protecting kids" hearing C. argues against the use of the mosquito D. stresses the need to fix the Mosquito | |||
| 5. Who are probably fans of the Mosquito? | |||
| A. Pet owners. B. Teachers. C. Shop owners. D. Parents. |