根据短文内容，从下框的A–F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳-优题课

SECTION C ( 12 points )
Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.
In Glasgow, Scotland, a young lady, like a lot of teens today, got tired of home. The daughter objected ___48___her family’s religious lifestyle and said,“I don’t want your God. I am leaving!”
She left home. Before long, she was disappointed and ___49___ to find a job, so she tried to do everything she could to earn money . Many years passed by, her father died, her mother grew ___50___ , and the daughter became more and more entrenched（固执）in her way of life.
No contact was made ___51___ mother and daughter during these years. The mother, having heard of her daughter’s whereabouts (去向，行踪), went to the poor part of the city in ___52___ of her daughter. She stopped at each of the rescue missions with a simple request ,“Would you allow me to put up this picture?”It was a picture of the smiling, gray-haired mother with ___53___ handwritten message at the bottom:“I love you still…come home!”
One day the daughter wandered into a rescue mission for a hot meal. She sat absent-mindedly, listening to the service, all the while letting her ___54___ wander over to the bulletin board. There she saw the picture and thought“Could that be my mother?”
She couldn’t wait until the service was over. She stood and went to look. It was her mother, and there were those ___55___,“I love you still…come home！”As she stood in front of the picture, she wept. It was too good to be true.

第二题：填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面的短文，在标有序号的空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中单词的正确形式。
Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel. All thought that they were the most ______1_______, the most useful, the most beautiful and the best.
Green said: "Clearly I am the most important. I am the ___2______ of life and of hope. I’m the color of grass, trees, leaves. Without me, all animals would die.”
Blue ______3_____(interrupt): "Don’t just think about the earth. What is the color of the sky and the sea? Isn’t water the most important thing for life?”
Yellow laughed: "You are all so serious! I bring laughter and warmth into the world. Every time people look at a yellow sunflower, they start to smile. ____4________ me, there would be no fun!"
Orange said at the ____5_____ of his voice: "I am the color of ____6_______ and strength. I carry the most important vitamins. Think of carrots, pumpkins and oranges. When I fill the sky at sunriseorsunset, everyone is shocked at my beauty and nobody gives another thought to any of you.
Red could _____7____ it no longer, so he shouted: " I am the color of danger and of bravery. I am willing to fight for a cause. I bring fire into the blood.”
　　And so the colors went on quarreling. Their voices became louder and louder. The thunder got angry and the rain started to pour. ____8____the colors began to cool, the rain said,” You foolish colors. Don’t you know that each of you is unique? Join hands and follow me.” They did what they ________9________(tell) and together made the most beautiful rainbow,___10______ is a sign of hope of tomorrow." And whenever a good rain washes the world and a rainbow appears in the sky, we should remember to appreciate one another.

英语自选模块试卷
第一题：阅读理解（分两节，共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题。
From good reading we can get pleasure, companionship, experience, and instruction. A good book may absorb our attention so completely that for the time being we forget our surroundings and even our identity.____1___ It increases our contentment when we are cheerful, and lessens our troubles when we are sad. Whatever our main purpose in reading may be, our contact with good books should never fail to give us enjoyment and satisfaction.
___2____ Whether the characters are taken from real life or purely imaginary, they may become our companions and friends. In the pages of books we can walk with the wise and the good of all lands and all times. The people we meet in books may delight us either because they resemble human friends whom we hold dear or because they present unfamiliar types whom we are glad to welcome as new acquaintances. ___3___ By turning the page we can dismiss them without any fear of hurting their feelings. When human friends desert us, good books are always ready to give us friendship, sympathy, and encouragement.
____4____. Few of us can travel far from home or have a wide range of experiences, but all of us can lead varied lives through the pages of books. Whether we wish to escape from the seemingly dull realities of everyday life or whether we long to visit some far-off place, a book will help us when nothing else can. To travel by book we need no bank account to pay our way; no train or airplane to transport us; no passport to enter the land of our hearts’ desire. Through books we may get the excitement of dangerous adventure without danger. We can climb noble mountains, brave the freeze of an Antarctic winter, or cross the extremely hot sands of the desert, all without hardship. In books we may visit the studios of Hollywood; we may mix with the cheerful crowds of the Paris roads; we may join the picturesque peasants in an Alpine village or the kindly natives on a South Sea island. Indeed, through books the whole world is ours for the asking.
第一节：根据短文内容，从A BCDE中选出最适合放入短文空缺处的选项。选项中有一项是多余选项。

A．With a good book in our hands we never feel lonely.

B．Reading good books is one of the greatest pleasures in life.

C．By reading we can communicate with the characters in books.

D．One of the most valuable gifts presented by books is experience.

E. Our human friends may sometimes bore us, but the friends we make in books never annoy us.
第二节：根据短文所给的信息，用一个完整的句子回答下面的问题。
5.What can be implied from the underlined sentence in the text?
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第二节：语法填空（共10 小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
Each of us fails from time to time. If we are wise, we accept these failures as a necessary part of the learning process. But all too often 36 parents and teachers we do not allow our children to have the right. We convey either by words 37 by actions that failure is something to be ashamed 38 , and that nothing but top 39 (perform) meets with our approval.
When I see a child under this kind of pressure, I think of Donnie. He was 40 shy, nervous perfectionist. His fear of failure 41 (keep) him from classroom games that other children played delightedly. He seldom answered questions for fear 42 he might be wrong. He seldom finished his work because he repeatedly checked with me to be sure he hadn’t made a mistake. I tried my best to build up 43 self-confidence. But nothing changed until midterm, 44 Mary Anne, a student teacher, was appointed to our classroom. She was young and pretty, and she loved children. My pupils, Donnie 45 (include), adored her. With her frequent encouragement, Donnie became confident.

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号的相应位置上。
In this unlikely place, researchers are putting the seeds from flowering plants and trees in a sleeplike state. Many years from now, other workers will wake the sleeping seeds up to plant themthey are most needed. These seeds arethe legendary Rip Van Winkle, who fell asleep under a tree and woke up 20 years later.
The small farm, called the Greenbelt Native Plant Center, is part of a global effort to save(threaten) plants and trees. Around the world, native plants are being crowded out by invasion newcomers. Native plants have less room to grow nowa result of the growth and spread of cities. And global warming is making some places hotter, drier, or different fromnative plants are used to.
Experts used to thinkpossible to protect big-city plants such as American bittersweet because growth space is limited in urban environments. Crowding increases competition between natives and invaders, and the latter often win the battle.
, scientists have found waysfighting back. So far, workers at the Greenbelt Native Plant center(gather) seeds from about 300 of those plants and put them in a sleeplike state. When(plant) in the future ,these seeds could help restore damaged parkland and forests.