Susan Boyle was born as the ninth child in a Catholic family. She suffered from learning disabilities ever since her birth because of her mother’s poor health.
School was difficult for Susan and she was bulled(凌辱) because of her different behaviour. Her siblings, who were much older, had life experiences that were unknown to their little sister. From the time of her birth, Susan was a screamer. The only really safe place that she would use as a repeat was her bedroom. There she would hang posters of her musical heroes on the walls and sing popular music into a hairbrush that she pretended was a microphone.
One by one her brothers and sisters moved away from home and then Susan’s father died. This left her alone with an old mother and a cat. She tried volunteer work. Her best state of mind, however, was found when she was singing and so she would regularly join others in karaoke or pubs where she could show her skills and receive appreciation(欣赏)from the crowd.
When Susan announced at Christmas that she was planning to take part in the Britain’s Got Talent competition, her brothers and sisters tried to discourage her. It was a wonder that she was even able to do the audition(试唱) considering the troubles she faced just physically getting to the right place.
The Woman I Was Born to Be is a beautiful story written in the simple but humorous voice of the author, Susan Boyle. She tells her story from birth to the present in an interesting and educational manner.
I love this book ! In fact, I read the whole thing in one day! There is something in the stories that not only teaches the reader but also encourage us to reach for our dreams—no matter how impossible they may seem to be!What does the underlined part “Her siblings” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
| A．Susan’s parents | B．Susan’s friend |
| C．Susan’s classmates | D．Susan’s brothers and sisters |
What can we learn about Susan from Paragraph 3?
| A．She liked being alone | B．She was good at singing |
| C．She had various hobbies | D．She disliked volunteer work. |
We learn that the book The Woman I Was Born to Be_______.
| A．is based on Susan’s life stories |
| B．is written to educate readers |
| C．is very sad to read |
| D．is difficult to read |
What does the author probably think of Susan’s life stories?
| A．Encouraging | B．Discouraging |
| C．Worried | D．Boring |
Mr. And Mrs. White had two sons and three daughters. One Sunday, Mrs. White said to her husband, “The children don’t have any lessons today, and you’re free, too. There’s a new funfair(游乐场) in the park. Let’s all go there to play.”Her husband said, “I want to finish some work today.”“Oh, forget it. Go there and make our children happy. That’s the most important work.” Mrs. White said.
So Mr. And Mrs. White took their children to the funfair. Mr. White was forty-five years old.But he enjoyed the funfair more than his children. He hurried from one thing to another, and ate lots of sweets. One of the children said to her mother, “Dad is just like a small child, isn’t he? Mom” Mrs. White didn’t want to follow her husband around any more at that time and answered. “He is even worse than a small child, Mary, because he might spend more money than a small child.”There were ____ children in the White family.
| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．five |
One Sunday, Mr. And Mrs. White want to go to ___ with their children.
| A．school | B．work | C．a funfair | D．a shop |
Mr. White liked the place so much that he _____.
| A．bought lots of sweets |
| B．followed his wife all the time |
| C．hurried from one thing to another |
| D．asked a lot of questions |
From the story we know Mrs. White ____ when Mary asked her the question.
| A．was still excited to play |
| B．was a little angry with Mr. White |
| C．looked for Mr. White everywhere |
| D．have a lot of sweets |
Of all the family members, ____ enjoyed playing there most that Sunday.
| A．Mr. White | B．Mrs. White |
| C．Mary | D．the boys |
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Today is November 28th. It's my sister Gina's eighth birthday. In the morning, my parents take us to Zig Zag's Store. There my mother buys a red sweater for Gina. And we go to Xinhua Book Store. There I buy some CDs for Gina. My father also buys a book for Gina, and its name is Harry Potter. It's Gina's favorite book. In the afternoon, my parents have a birthday party for Gina at home. Gina's friends, Bill, Jim and Cindy come to the party. Bill brings a new pencil to Gina. Jim gives Gina a soccer ball because she likes playing soccer. Cindy gives Gina an English -Chinese dictionary. Gina is very happy. Oh, I'm Gina's brother. My name is Robert.
1题判断正误；2题根据短文内容完成句子；3~4题简略回答问题；5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
A picture is on my desk. It is a picture of Mary’s family. The man is her father Mr. White. He is a doctor. A woman is behind Mary. She is her mother. She’s a teacher. A boy is in the picture, too. He is Mary’s brother, Sam. Mary and Sam are in the same school. But they aren’t in the same grade. They look like their mother. The White family are English. They come from London.
| A．Yes, it is. | B．No, it isn’t. |
| C．Yes, they do. | D．No,they don’t. |
| A．He’s a doctor. | B．He’s a teacher. |
| C．He’s a nurse. | D．He’s a farmer. |
| A．She’s a doctor. | B．She’s a teacher. |
| C．She’s a nurse. | D．She’s a farther. |
| A．He looks like a cook. |
| B．He looks like a doctor. |
| C．He looks like his mother. |
| D．He looks like his father. |
A. They’re from the U.S.A. B. They’re from Cuba.
C. They’re from England. D. They’re from Japan.
It is Sunday afternoon. Mary goes to do the shopping with her mother. Her mother wants to buy some food for supper. Mary wants to buy a new skirt and some school things. They come to a shop.
“What does your shop sell?” Mary asks, “A lot of things.” The girl in the shop says. “You can buy food, drinks, clothes in our shop and school things, too.”
Mary and her mother go in. there are many people in the shop. Mary finds a nice white skirt.
“How much is the skirt?” Mary asks the girl in the shop.
“It’s eighty yuan.”
“That’s too dear. Can I find a cheap one?”
“What about the green one? It looks nice. And it’s only thirty yuan.”
“Ok, thanks a lot.”
“You are welcome.”
After that, Mary buys some school things, too. Here mother buys a lot of food, like bread, cakes, meat and fish. They get home very late.
| A．some food | B．some drinks |
| C．some clothes | D．some school things |
| A．Saturday afternoon | B．Saturday morning |
| C．Sunday morning | D．Sunday afternoon |
| A．white | B．green | C．red | D．dear |
| A．￥30 | B．￥110 | C．￥80 | D．￥100 |
| A．nice but dear | B．nice and cheap |
| C．not nice but cheap | D．not nice or cheap |
Jack likes eggs, bananas and apples. So every day, he has two eggs, one apple, a cup of milk and some bread for breakfast. For lunch, he has bananas, some chicken and vegetables. And for dinner, he has tomatoes, French fries and ice cream.
His sister likes dessert, oranges and apples. But she often has some hamburgers, one apple and bread for her breakfast. She likes tomatoes, salad and some fish for lunch. For dinner, she likes strawberries and some chicken.
| A．Some hamburgers, one apple and bread. |
| B．Bananas, one egg and a cup of milk. |
| C．Two eggs, one apple and a cup of milk. |
| D．One apple, two eggs, some bread and a cup of milk. |
| A．Jack |
| B．Jack's mother |
| C．Jack's father |
| D．Jack's sister |
| A．tomatoes |
| B．French fries and ice cream |
| C．bananas and some chicken |
| D．both A and B |
| A．for breakfast; for dinner |
| B．for lunch; for dinner |
| C．for dinner; for lunch |
| D．for dinner; for dinner |
| A．Jack likes dessert, but he doesn't like apples. |
| B．Jack likes apples, his sister like them, too. |
| C．Jack has two eggs for breakfast, but his sister has one egg. |
| D．Jack has bananas for lunch, and his sister has apples for lunch. |