完型填空（共15小题；每题1分，计15分）
阅读下列短文，从文后所给A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
The students in Shanghai No. 3 Girls High School have a flower-arrangement (插花) lesson every week. The course is the first of its kind among middle schools in Shanghai. It helps the students to enjoy the of flowers better. That’s why the course has become very popular the students.
The teachers of the course are all specially trained(专门地培训). They are at this art and work hard at passing on the skill students. So far, many students in the school have a lot of prizes in this field. In order to further the students’ skills, the teachers usually play while students are arranging flowers. Students are with the music, and they more good ideas for flower-arrangement.
Besides, the teachers teach the students other skills at the time. For example, they ask the students to compositions(作文) about flowers. In this way, students not only art education but also improve(提高) their writing skills.
Several months ago, some foreign teachers the school. When they saw common flowers become more lively and meaningful, they were amazed and interested. They made videos and would play them in class for their own after they returned home.
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It's hard to forget the time when I stood in front of all my classmates and forgot my words while I was giving a speech.（1） that，I didn't want to join in any class activities for a long time.（2） ，things began to change one day.
A week before my school's English festival，my teacher asked me to make a speech in front of the（3） school.I didn't want to，but my teacher（4） me to think about it carefully and gave me a piece of paper. "The（5） step to success is the willingness （意愿） to try，and the key to it is to work hard. "，I was encouraged by this and decided to have a try.
I finished（6） the speech on paper in a day and practiced it during my lunch breaks.I also asked my teacher for suggestions.As a result，（7） speech was a success.Since then，I've become more active and（8） .I ask and answer questions in class more often and I（9） many different after﹣school activities.
I learned that the road to success is difficult and we need to have（10） and work hard.
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（1）A.Before |
B.After |
C.About |
D.Until |
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（2）A.But |
B.However |
C.So |
D.Or |
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（3）A.all |
B.each |
C.every |
D.whole |
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（4）A.warned |
B.advised |
C.trained |
D.allowed |
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（5）A.first |
B.second |
C.third |
D.last |
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（6）A.making |
B.reporting |
C.writing |
D.having |
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（7）A.my |
B.his |
C.her |
D.our |
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（8）A.helpful |
B.responsible |
C.outgoing |
D.thankful |
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（9）A.take action |
B.take part in |
C.take pride in |
D.take after |
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（10）A.celebration |
B.creativity |
C.ceremony |
D.courage |
A 6﹣year﹣old girl had been shopping with her mom in the supermarket.It was raining hard at the moment.We all stood （1） the door of the supermarket and waited quietly.The girl's sweet（2） broke the silence， "Mom，let's run through the rain，" she said. "No，honey.We'll wait （3） it slows down a bit，" Mom replied.The girl waited about another minute and repeated，"Mom，let's run through the rain." "We'll get wet if we do，" Mom said. "No，we won't，Mom.That's not what you said this morning，" the young girl said. "This morning？When did I say we（4） run through the rain and not get wet？" "When you （5） with daddy about his illness in the hospital，you said，if we can get through this，we can get through anything!" We all stood silently. （6） left in the next few minutes.Mom thought for a moment about what she would say. "Honey，you are（7） .Let's run through the rain.If we get wet，maybe we just need washing，" Mom said.Then they ran （8） to the street.We all stood and watched（9） run past the cars.Although they held their shopping bags over their heads，they（10） got wet.Then they were followed by a few who screamed （尖叫） and laughed like children all the way to their cars.
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（1）A.inside |
B.against |
C.opposite |
D.towards |
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（2）A.smell |
B.voice |
C.dream |
D.smile |
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（3）A.if |
B.until |
C.after |
D.though |
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（4）A.must |
B.would |
C.could |
D.should |
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（5）A.compared |
B.talked |
C.competed |
D.fought |
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（6）A.Nobody |
B.Anybody |
C.Somebody |
D.Everybody |
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（7）A.right |
B.kind |
C.careful |
D.patient |
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（8）A.sadly |
B.suddenly |
C.happily |
D.nervously |
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（9）A.it |
B.her |
C.him |
D.them |
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（10）A.only |
B.also |
C.even |
D.still |
Lifeart is a student﹣run organization which was （1） by one of my best friends at my school in Boston，US.It sells （2） by our friends and classmates and raises money for cancer（癌症） research.To collect more money，we set out onto the streets of Boston to sell our paintings to the public last spring.
We came to the subway station in order that we could get more （3） .Things didn't go well at first.It was（4） that day，so our paintings kept being blown away.All of us were quite （5） and were slow to ask people if they would consider buying our paintings.We were also worried about being driven away.
One of our girls，Luna，tried to talk to our first customer.Although he did not buy anything，it gave some （6） to the rest of us.With every new customer Luna brought to our little stand（货摊），we had more courage.I also stepped forward and talked to a Korean woman （7） .I felt a bit embarrassed when she said that she didn't have time.But thanks to this short conversation with the stranger，my courage （8） .I kept talking to more people，including some Chinese people.At the （9） of the day，we sold about 20 pieces of paintings.It might not be as much as we had expected，（10） the courage that we got made up for the day's shortcomings（不足）.
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（1）A.set up |
B.put up |
C.taken up |
D.made up |
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（2）A.magazines |
B.newspapers |
C.books |
D.paintings |
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（3）A.artists |
B.customers |
C.passengers |
D.strangers |
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（4）A.sunny |
B.rainy |
C.windy |
D.cloudy |
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（5）A.brave |
B.excited |
C.shy |
D.active |
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（6）A.knowledge |
B.courage |
C.way |
D.method |
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（7）A.passing on |
B.passing down |
C.passing away |
D.passing by |
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（8）A.grew |
B.dropped |
C.disappeared |
D.appeared |
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（9）A.beginning |
B.morning |
C.end |
D.middle |
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（10）A.and |
B.but |
C.though |
D.or |
A woodcutter was walking through the forest when a small tree called to him.It said， "Hello friend.Can you cut down those bigger trees？They are blocking（遮挡） the sun.It is so （1） here that I have no room to spread my roots（根）.Besides，I can't （2） the wind."
The little tree held out its tiny leaves.It looked so sad. "If those trees were gone，I would be able to（3） .A year from now，I'd be the biggest tree here，" It continued. "But for now，I'm just a small tree."
The man thought for a while and agreed.He walked over to the bigger trees and started cutting them down.Soon，he cleared lots of （4） around the small tree.Now it would be able to grow bigger and become the biggest tree in that area.
But something else happened instead.The sun's （5） came first，burning the small tree，which wasn't used to（适应） so much sunlight.Heavy wind and rain came﹣ without the bigger trees there，the small tree was hit by the storm.Soon，the tree was nearly（6） .
A snake saw what had happened and said，"You've been quite （7） .You brought this on yourself.If you had left the bigger trees alone，the sun and storm wouldn't have hurt you so badly.They （8） you.If you had just waited longer，you would have grown to be just as big as them.You would be strong.But now，you're nearly gone."
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（1）A.cold |
B.wide |
C.noisy |
D.crowded |
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（2）A.follow |
B.control |
C.feel |
D.stop |
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（3）A.grow |
B.live |
C.win |
D.rest |
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（4）A.grass |
B.wastes |
C.space |
D.leaves |
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（5）A.care |
B.heat |
C.fire |
D.wish |
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（6）A.lonely |
B.dead |
C.strong |
D.tired |
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（7）A.rude |
B.special |
C.lucky |
D.stupid |
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（8）A.served |
B.needed |
C.protected |
D.changed |
On the first day of school，Socrates（苏格拉底） told his students， "Today，we'll only learn one thing.That is to swing（甩动） your （1） forward and backward."
He showed them and （2） a result all the students laughed. "Sir，is it also learned？" one of the students laughed." Of course!You think this is a simple thing，but it （3） easy in fact." Socrates replied （4） .Hearing this，the students laughed even harder.
Without being a little angry，Socrates said， "In this class I'll teach you how to learn this action well.After that，start today， （5） you will do it 100 times a day."
At first，the students all swung their arms and said to （6） ， "How easy and funny it is!" Ten days later，Socrates asked， "Who still sticks to swinging his arm？" About 80% of the students （7） their hands.Twenty days later，Socrates asked， "Who still keeps on swinging his arm？"About 50% of them put up their hands while the other students（8） silent.Three months later，Socrates asked again.This time，（9） raised his hand except one student.He was Plato（柏拉图）.
Perseverance（坚持不懈） is the simplest yet most difficult thing in the world，because everyone can do it，but not everyone will do.Plato was very （10） just because of his perseverance.Only the one who can hold on a simple thing may make it.
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（1）A.arm |
B.hand |
C.head |
D.leg |
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（2）A.for |
B.in |
C.on |
D.as |
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（3）A.won't |
B.doesn't |
C.isn't |
D.can't |
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（4）A.seriously |
B.angrily |
C.happily |
D.sadly |
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（5）A.but |
B.and |
C.or |
D.so |
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（6）A.ourselves |
B.themselves |
C.yourselves |
D.himself |
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（7）A.raises |
B.are raising |
C.have raised |
D.raised |
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（8）A.kept |
B.sounded |
C.was |
D.began |
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（9）A.everybody |
B.somebody |
C.anybody |
D.nobody |
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（10）A.lucky |
B.unlucky |
C.successful |
D.unsuccessful |