完形填空,阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Lisa has always been overweight. She wanted to lose weight, not just because she wanted to _______ more beautiful and he healthier, but also because it would make life easier. For example, it was______ for Lisa to find ready-made clothes that would fit. She had to ask a tailor(裁缝) ______ clothes that were large enough. In school, she needed a special chair______ was bigger and stronger than the other chairs. If she went for a walk, she got tired very quickly. She was also unhappy about the way people treated______ sometimes. “People look at me and even make fun of me. That’s unfair! It’s true that I’m overweight, but I don’t think people______ treat me differently because I’m big. I can’t enjoy _____ with my friends because I’m afraid of getting fatter.” Her friends and family never made fun of her. They tried to help her______ . They wanted her to be happy and healthy. Sometimes when Lisa was feeling sad, she didn’t want to speak to _____.
But now things ____ quite different. Last month her classmates were preparing for the School_____ Week. Someone advised Lisa to play the lead role of the proud Queen(女王) who was tall and fat. Lisa ____ and practiced a lot.
Soon after the play, Lisa became the star! She did _____ well that everybody remembered the proud Queen. They stood around her and said “ _____ ” to her. She even won the School Best Actress Award for her wonderful performance.
Now Lisa doesn’t worry ______ being fat any more. She believes in the English saying “Every dog has its day.”
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A game of “catch” is just two people throwing a ball back and forth (来回地). They might have baseball , or they might use their hands.In fact, playing catch is part of baseball to make you get used to using a ball and a glove. But any American kid will tell you it’s much more than that.
Playing catch is a time for kids to be with their . It’s a time when there’s nothing to worry about besides catching a ball. It’s a time when words move as smoothly as the ball itself back-and-forth, easy and relaxing. It’s an excuse to spend time .When you ask some adults(成年人) to the good memories of their dads, they nearly always say something about playing catch. Why? Probably because dads are usually very with their work. A catch game is a time that is only for one thing. This is a time when a kid has his or her dad’s attention. There is no work, no phone and no other people around to take your dad away you. For the time of playing a game of catch—your dad is all .
A．gloves B．yards C．skills D．caps
A．team B．practice C．match D．club
A．fathers B．mothers C．friends D．classmates
A．alone B．once again C．as usual D．together
A．talk about B．looked for C．point out D．hear of
A．strict B．busy C．bored D．careful
A．off B．to C．for D．from
A．his B．hers C．yours D．theirs
Julia was a very beautiful woman. She was tall and her skin was white and smooth. She only had one: she was a little bit fat. So she took part in a club, and didn’t eat anything that might make her put on weight.
At a party, Julia told us that she had her family’s favorite delicious cake over the weekend, and they had eaten half of it at dinner that evening. The next day, Julia kept staring at the other half and finally she cut a piece for herself. One piece led to another, and soon she had finished the cake.She went on to tell us that she was so that she could not stop herself from eating the cake and her husband would be so unhappy. Everyone her, until someone asked: “What did your husband say when he found out?”Julia smiled happily. “He found out,” she answered. “I made another cake and ate half of that one too.”A. problemB. hopeC. advantage
A. sportsB. dietC. music
A. made B. boughtC. eaten
A. largeB. halfC. small
A. surprisedB. sadC. angry
A. thanked B. punishedC. pitied
A. never B. seldomC. sometimes
Today ,I want to tell you a story about something I did when I was 14 years old. I made some friends in school they turned out to be bad. They were some boys who stole（偷盗） and sold them. Whenever we were stealing a bike , a boy named John would break the lock two other boys were watching out. Then one of us would the bike to a cave （洞穴）. The next day ,we would meet there and repaint the bike. When we stole four or five bikes ,we would sell them a few hundred dollars.
One afternoon ,we went to an apartment in Bukit Batok. We found a bike on the fifth floor and started to work on the . It was hard to break. We spent 10 minutes it. We were about to escape with the bike when the owner of the bike came out of the elevator. “ My bike !” he .
We dropped the bike and ran down but two policemen nearby us. We were taken to the police station. Our parents were called and our teachers were told what had happened. The police took down what we had done. The next day ,a bright Sunday, I to the Boys’ Home.
Life in the Boys’ Home was very hard but it me a very important lesson. I learnt that stealing was not right. At the Boys’ Home ,the officers helped me and encouraged me my ways. I decided to stealing.
To this day , I feel so for what I have done. I hope you will learn something from my story.
A．and B．or C．but D．so
A．bikes B．books C．Suitcases D．backpacks
A．When B．while C．since D．after
A．fetch B．Pull C．fill D．take
A．To B．with C．by D．for
A．Tuesday B．Friday C．Saturday D．Sunday
A．floor B．lock C．elevator D．bike
A．breaking B．to break C．break D．broken
A．said B．walked C．Shouted D．stopped
A．saw B．pointed C．impressed D．caught
A．sent B．was sending C．was sent D．would send
A．offered B．taught C．told D．passed
A．to change B．change C．to keep D．keep
A．pick up B．put up C．look up D．give up
A．scared B．sorry C．confident D．excited
Be yourself
We wish that we could be better at sports or more attractive. We wish we had nicer clothes or more money. Everyone likes to feel that lie or she is special.____ ____ , many of us grow up believing that we’re not special at all. We believe we are not good enough just as we are.
Most parents want us to be the best we can be. Very often, they________us to others. By doing this, they try to encourage us to do better. They mean well, but the message we often get is that we’re not good enough. We begin to believe that the only way we can be special is by being better than someone else, but we are often_______.There will always be someone out there who is better than we are at something. Plenty of people around may not be as smart as we are, but they are better at sports. Or they may not be as good-looking, but they have more money. It is ______ for us to be better than everyone else all the time.
We all want the things that we believe will make us better people. But very often we don’t realize that we already have________us the very things that we want. These things make us different from others. When we are growing up, ______sometimes forget to tell us that we are special, that we are good enough. Maybe no one told them when they were growing up. Anyway, it’s up to us to remind them from time to time that each of us, in our own way, is special. What we are is enough.
A．Again B．Next C．Besides D．However
A．describe B．compare C．introduce D．prefer
A．lonely B．forgetful C．disappointed D．nervous
A．helpful B．impossible C．necessary D．unfair
A．inside B．among C．around D．for
A．friends B．scientists C．parents D．doctors
A young man went to visit a wise man living deep in the mountain for the wisdom of life.
“Excuse me! Could you please tell me what the most day in our lives is？Is it the day when we were born or the day we ？Is it the day when we fall in love or the day we succeed？”The young man asked.
“ The most important day in our lives is today. ”The wise man replied calmly.
“Why？”The young man felt more than . “Is it because there is a moving event taking place today？”
“No. Nothing has happened today. ”
“Is it because of my visit？”
“Even if nobody visited me today, today is very important because today is the only wealth we have. No matter how memorable yesterday is, it has gone by like a ship going down into the sea; no matter how bright tomorrow may be, it is yet to come; but no matter how common today is, it is our control (控制). ”
The young man still wanted to ask something, while the wise man him and said, “When we are talking about the meaning of today, we have a lot of it. ”
The young man nodded and then went down the mountain.
Actually, today is the only we have. So, what we should do now is to yesterday and tomorrow and catch fast today!
A．important B．necessary C．comfortable D．funny
A．miss B．die C．grow D．start
A．Nothing B．None C．No one D．Neither
A．awful B．pleased C．surprised D．excited
A．yet B．already C．ever D．still
A．for B．under C．on D．with
A．stopped B．refused C．encouraged D．ordered
A．treasured B．handed C．wasted D．avoided
A．excuse B．way C．chance D．plan
A．forget B．remember C．call D．treat