阅读短文,然后根据内容从A、B、C、D中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
With a determined(坚定的) look on his face, Chicago’s Michael McCarthy held on to the banister(扶手) and climbed to the top of the Willis Tower not long ago. The Tower stands 1,451 feet(442 meters) tall, the_1_ building in the US.
As he got to the last step, McCarthy _2_ fell down, but that didn’t stop him. The 14-year-old boy finally finished climbing the 2,109 steps and arrived at the top, where he _3_ cheers from many people.
“I just want to show people that _4_ a kid with no legs can do it, anyone can do it,” McCarthy said.
McCarthy, who was born without legs, has to wear prosthetic legs(假肢) and use a stick to walk. But McCarthy has a strong 5 . He believes having a disability(残疾) shouldn’t stop anyone 6 achieving his or her success.
He has been in a special school 7 he was four. When he decided to climb the Willis Tower, his teacher, Jeff Kohn, was 8 by his determination(决心) and offered to help train him. They 9 more than ten hours practicing climbing stairs and keeping balance with the prosthetics and sticks on the steps every day. “ 10 seems that he never knows how difficult it is. 11 I was so tired that I asked him to rest for a day,”said Kohn. “But he said he was still full of energy and wanted more 12 .”
Kohn always walked with McCarthy for the climb. “I 13 the last 10 floors, he went faster,” said Kohn. “He’s the most cravensportsmanI’ve ever trained.”
McCarthy said he was 14 of himself and that the tower now holds special meaning. “When I’m older, I’ll 15 to the building and say ‘Look at this building I climbed’,” he said.
A.largest B.highest C.earliest D.latest
A.seldom B.hardly C.always D.almost
A.enjoyed B.needed C.made D.kept
A.while B.after C.if D.though
A.heart B.hope C.body D.love
A.by B.for C.in D.from
A.as B.since C.until D.before
A.pleased B.beaten C.moved D.asked
A.used B.spent C.took D.wasted
A.Here B.There C.He D.It
A.However B.Sometimes C.Again D.Then
A.friends B.helpers C.time D.exercise
A.tried B.saw C.did D.met
A.thinking B.talking C.worried D.proud
A.point B.go C.turn D.hurry
One day Yu Mei 41 shopping with her mother. When they get 42 the supermarket,Yu Mei is very 43 .There are many things and many people 44 it.Her mother tells Yu Mei 45 her. They walk here and there and they 46 some things. When they come to a shelf(货架),Yu Mei 47 some boxes of chocolates.She wants her mother to buy some 48 her.Her mother gives 49 a box of brown chocolates. Yu Mei shakes(摇晃)her head and says, “I want a box of white chocolates.”
“ Why?”asks her mother.
“I can’t bite my fingers(咬着手指)when I eat them 50 night,”answers Yu Mei quickly.
A.goes B.go C.to go D.going
A.for B.on C.to D.with
A.sorry B.glad C.sad D.good
A.on B.for C.at D.in
A.follow B.follows C.to follow D.following
A.buy B.take C.carry D.make
A.looks B.watches C.reads D.sees
A.with B.for C.to D.about
A.her B.to her C.for her D.with her
A.in B.on C.at D.for
People in different countries have different ways of doing things. Something is 1 in one country, but it may be quite impolite in another. In Britain, you mustn`t lift your bowl to your 2 when you are having some liquid(液体)food. But it’s 3 in China. And in Japan you even needn`t worry about making4 while you are having it . It shows that you`re enjoying it . But people in Britain think it is bad manners . If you are a visitor in Mongolia ,what manners do they wish 5 to have ? They wish you to have a loud“burp”( 打嗝)6 you finish eating .Burping shows that you like the food .
In Britain , you should try not to7 your hands on the table when you’re having a meal .But in Arab (阿拉伯)countries you must be very careful with your hands . You8 eat with your left hand .Arabs consider (认为)it very 9 manners eating with left hands .So when you are in other countries , 10 carefully and follow them .As a saying goes , “Do as the Romans do .”
A.bad B.useful C.terrible D.polite
A.same B.different C.important D.difficult
A.faces B.noise C.nistakes D.friends
A.then B.he C.you D.him
A.after B.before C.if D.until
A.give B.take C.bring D.put
A.needn’t B.must not C.shouldn’t D.may not
A.different B.inpertant C.good D.bad
A.see B.look C.read D.watch
Dear friends,
Do you 36 you are lucky when you are sitting in the bright 37 and having your classes or enjoying your nice food at home? Do you feel many children in Haiti(海地) are very 38 too? We know an earthquake(地震) happened in Haiti on January 12th,2010. Many people died(死去). Lots of children don’t have enough 39 to eat, and they 40 go to school now.
They need our help. So we’d like to collect 41 and clothes for them. You can donate your old pens, rubbers, rulers, pencil-boxes or old clothes. And you can also donate some 42 . We will 43 them to the children in Haiti.
We hope to raise more than10,000 yuan, then we can help 50 students to go back 44 school. If you would like to donate things, please 45 us at 83301666. Thank you.
Gao Shanand her classmates
A.think B.want C.have D.see
A.bedrooms B.classrooms C.shops D.kitchens
A.happy B.young C.poor D.1ucky
A.food B.books C.clothes D.Coke
A.must B.can’t C.can D.may
A.toys B.stationery C.drinks D.stickers
A.pens B.notebooks C.clothes D.money
A.ask B.raise C.send D.pass
A.for B.in C.on D.to
A.e-mail B.visit C.write D.call
Many people think that Americans 21 their cars almost more than anything else. When 22__ people are fourteen years old, they want to have their __23_ cars. They don’t ask for a car from their 24__. So many of them work in _25_ time during their last year of high school to buy a car. Learning to 26 _ and getting a driver’s license may be one of the most exciting things in a young person’s life.
Some people almost 27 _ go to a doctor when they are ill. But they will __28_ their cars to a garage as soon as they think there is a 29 . On Saturdays or Sundays some people may 30 most of their time washing and repairing their cars.
A.prefer B.love C.drive D.play
A.little B.big C.old D.young
A.new B.own C.expensive D.cheap
A.free B.busy C.study D.good
A.make B.mend C.wash D.drive
A.always B.never C.often D.usually
A.take B.carry C.pull D.lift
A.question B.wrong C.mistake D.problem
A.cost B.get C.spend D.use
Mr. Smith lived in a village. He had ___36__ farms and about twenty people working for him. He often told them _37_ hard and be honest. (诚实的).
One day he went to a farm and worked with the workers there. Soon it was time __38___ lunch. He put ___39___ nice bread on the table and ___40___. A few minutes later he came back again but he ___41____ find the bread.
‘Who ate ___42__ on the table?’ he shouted.
Some of the workers answered, ‘We ___43___.’
The others said, ‘We saw nothing.’
‘Well,’ said Mr. Smith, ‘__44___ are a lot of mice in the rooms, you know. So I ___45___ some poison in the bread. ___46___ they eat, they must die. Then I can kill them.’
As soon as he finished, four workers began to cry. ‘Oh, dear!’
‘___47___?’ asked Mr. Smith.
‘We ate the bread when you were out. We are going to die.’ One of them cried.
‘___48___,’ Mr. Smith said _49___ a smile, ‘I only ____50_____ you. Use your head.’
A.a few B.few C.little D.a little
A.work B.working C.worked D.to work
A.in B.at C.for D.with
A.two B.many C.a D.some
A.went out B.came in C.entered D.got in
A.shouldn’t B.couldn’t C.wouldn’t D.mustn’t
A.food B.the bread C.drinks D.apples
A.did B.didn’t C.do D.doesn’t
A.They B.We C.What D.There
A.took B.bought C.put D.needed
A.That B.Before C.If D.Until
A.How are you B.What are you doing C.Did you have lunch D.What’s wrong with you
A.Excuse me B.Don’t worry C.Congratulations D.Great
A.with B.for C.in D.on
A.have fun with B.play a trick on C.kill D.have lunch with