阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1—10各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C)中,选出最佳选项。
Everyone is good at something, for example, singing, dancing or playing instruments (乐器).Amy and Danny are my good friends.Amy sings the best_______us.She joined lots of singing competitions and won many_______.Danny has a talent for playing the piano.His mom_______him a piano as a gift on his eighth birthday.Then he started to play it.What about me? I’m good at_______.There is a talent show in our school every year.It is a_______event (事件), and most students take part in (参与) it.It’s up to the teachers and students to_______who sings the best or plays the piano the most______.
Last year, Amy and Danny_______the show.But I didn’t, because I thought no one would go to a talent show to watch a kid draw a picture._______of them practiced hard before the show.Amy won the second prize.Danny didn’t win a prize, but he was_______very happy.“The most important thing is that I tried my best to do it,” he said.
A.of B.as C.for
A.screens B.prizes C.tickets
A.acted B.chose C.gave
A.dancing B.acting C.drawing
A.fresh B.great C.similar
A.know B.decide C.reach
A.beautifully B.beautiful C.good
A.answered B.watched C.joined
A.All B.Both C.Any
A.clearly B.still C.either
My friends and I had just finished lunch at a hotel when it started to rain heavily. When it became lighter, I decided to get my , which wasparked at my office three streets away.
My friends that I shouldn’t go, mainly because I was seven months pregnant(怀孕) then. I promised them that I’d be very .One of them wanted to come with me but I asked her to stay with another friend who needed help her baby.
I walked out of thehotel and started making my way to the car. At the crossing, a van stopped and a man came out with an umbrella. Before I knew what was happening, he walked right me and told me he’d escort(护送)me. Although I refused, he said that he would.
During ourwalk, he kept telling me to walk slower, as the ground was . When we got to the car park, Ithanked him and he went away. I did not get hisname and can recognize(认出) him now. Did he stop for me? I’ll never know.
So how did I pay it forward? I was at home when Inoticedtwo Indian workers in the heavy rain. They were probably on their way to the working place near my home. I went out and passed them my . I told them they should take andkeep it. They were surprised by my action. They were very grateful to me, probably why astranger was offering such kindness. I was so relaxed and happy that day.
A.money B.bag C.car D.raincoat
A.argued B.received C.calmed D.disliked
A.brave B.careful C.proud D.helpful
A.for B.about C.with D.on
A.through B.past C.below D.beside
A.wet B.dry C.tough D.crowded
A.often B.even C.hardly D.nearly
A.fighting B.playing C.working D.walking
A.umbrella B.coat C.love D.kindness
A.trained B.wondered C.talked D.refused
For five months l walked past a homeless man on my way to work. He was his late twenties, a little older than me. Every time I saw him I wanted to do something to him. Then, one day, I finally walked to him.
I introduced myself first and then I offered him two .I said, “I could either give you a laptop, and teach you how to write computer code, or give you $100 in cash." He was surprised, but I could see there was in his eyes. He wasn't sure what coding is so I that it's the language of computer programs. He told me his name was Leo, and accepted my offer. I agreed every day for two months to him for an hour.
I do believe in the power of . I was home-schooled by my mother, herself a software engineer, and she planted in me the joy of learning. By the age of 12,I had my own business designing websites and had earned $3,000. I was sure that 4 Leo learned how to write computer code, it could be a way for him to turn things around. Later, I've learnt that Leo became homeless after he his job in 2011.I hope Leo will be offered a job one day after he has learnt how to write computer code.
A.at B.in C.with D.on
A.educate B.surprise C.help D.protect
A.rights B.duties C.choices D.decisions
A.joy B.worry C.suffering D.sadness
A.imagined B.explained C.proved D.shouted
A.show B.teach C.guide D.search
A.love B.competition C.imagination D.education
A.set up B.cared about C.put up D.given up
A.unless B.though C.before D.if
A.lost B.found C.refused D.got
Lang Lang is a world-class young pianist who grew up in Shenyang. He went to a piano school in Beijing when he was just eight. “You need fortune(运气), ” his father said. “But you work hard, no fortune will come.”
What made him sad was that his piano teacher in Beijing didn’t like him. “You have no .You will never be a pianist.” As an eight-year-old boy, Lang Lang was badly . He decided that he didn’t want to be a pianist any more. For the next two weeks, he didn’t touch the piano. Wisely, his father didn’t , but waited.
Luckily the day came when his teacher asked him to play some holiday songs. He didn’t want to, but as he placed his fingers on the piano keys, he he could show other people that he had ability to do it well. That day he told his father that he wanted to with a new teacher. From that point on, everything turned around.
He started competitions in the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition. When it was announced that Lang Lang had won, he was too to hold back his tears. Soon it was clear that he couldn’t stay in China forever—he had to play on the world’s big stages. In 1997 Lang Lang again, this time to Philadelphia, US. There he spent two years practicing and by 1999 he had worked hard enough for fortune to take over. After his performance at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, gigs (演奏会) in Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall started pouring in. Lang Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots(找到) him, and lets him shine.
A.if B.unless C.when D.since
A.piano B.knowledge C.fortune D.talent
A.hurt B.ill C.broken D.scared
A.hear B.push C.eat D.sleep
A.realized B.explained C.forgot D.noticed
A.argue B.dance C.study D.interview
A.winning B.beating C.watching D.refusing
A.annoyed B.mad C.tired D.excited
A.started B.left C.moved D.performed
A.helpful B.meaningful C.successful D.useful
One day I found that my computer disappeared(消失). I looked for it everywhere. I asked, “Where is my computer?” Dad rushed into my room and shouted at me , “Your computer? I sold it! I found you were spending too much time playing online games!”
I was very unhappy, but I knew it was to beg(乞求) him for my computer. All day long, I did but sit in front of my desk. Thinking of my homework and reports, I was even more . I couldn’t look up information on the Internet. What was more, getting used to typing(打字) on the computer, I wrote so just like a primary school student. I usually spent more than four hours talking with my friends online. But what could I do now?
I to go out and talk a walk. I walked into a park. I saw kids playing or doing exercise in the park and having fun. I suddenly felt . “How long ago did I last come to this park?” I asked myself. I used to play in the park every afternoon with my classmates. We played basketball and had a lot of fun. What happened to me? can I choose to lock myself in a room in front of a computer, wasting my time, doing nothing useful? I am a .
A.angrily B.sadly C.happily D.carefully
A.So B.If C.Although D.Because
A.useful B.useless C.helpful D.possible
A.everything B.something C.nothing D.anything
A.happy B.unhappy C.angry D.worried
A.quickly B.slowly C.well D.happily
A.forgot B.decided C.helped D.hated
A.angry B.disappointed C.relaxed D.unhappy
A.How B.What C.When D.Who
A.fool B.guest C.leader D.wiser
Mr Jones went to the sea for a holiday one summer.He in a cheap hotel he was not a rich man.At 7:00 am the first morning a woman came and said,”Please get up.”Mr Jones hated getting up .”I’m still tired.”The woman went away,but at 8:00 am one came and said to Mr Jones,“ please get up.We need the sheets(床单) your bed.”Mr Jones still wanted to sleep,so he answered ”Why?”“ Because breakfast is starting,”answered the woman,“ and we need them on our tables. They are our tablecloth, .”
A.stay B.stayed C.stays D.staying
A.because B.when C.and D.or
A.for B.from C.on D.at
A.early B.late C.later D.last
A.even B.any C.very D.some
A.same B.different C.another D.the other
A.in B.from C.with D.up
A.angry B.happy C.angrily D.more angry
A.putting B.putted C.to put D.puts
A.too B.also C.either D.as well