第三节回答问题（共 3 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 6 分）
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ANGELA Chang didn’t think it would be so hard to turn singing into a career. She went to many different record companies. But the Taiwanese girl was always turned down for looking too young and small.
“I’d never had such difficulties before,” Chang said. “My confidence was smashed (粉碎) to pieces.”
Chang's talent was finally recognized in 2002. When she got a contract (合同), she burst into tears.
She soon became a star. Her first album Over the Rainbow (《飞越彩虹》) sold very well. She won many awards.
“You wouldn't believe such a powerful voice could come from such a small body,” said one musician after hearing Chang sing. “She has a special voice. You can't forget it.”
Never give up
But the 25-year-old has other talents too. Chang is also an actress. She has starred in the popular Taiwanese TV dramas, My MVP Valentine (《MVP情人》) and At Dolphin Bay (《海豚湾恋人》). Many people remember her ordinary-girl parts in the dramas.
But acting is difficult. Chang once acted so badly that she was nearly fired. Another time it took her 27 tries to get a scene right.
“I cried when I got back home,” Chang said. “But I knew that I wouldn't always fail. You only fail when you give up.”
Now with four albums behind her－Over the Rainbow, Aurora (《欧若拉》), Pandora (《潘朵拉》) and Flower in the Wonderland, it's clear that Chang and music were made for each other. As she sings in one song: “I have a pair of invisible (隐形的) wings. They fly me to the skies and give me hope.”
58. What was her first album? (回答词数不超过 3个)
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59. Why was Chang always turned down?(回答词数不超过 7个)
_______________________________________________________________________________60. What talents does Chang have according to the passage? (回答词数不超过5个)
根据首字母或中文提示，补全单词。That kind of electronic dictionaries is well designed, and it is especially s______ for high school students learning English.
“Are famous film stars always getting leading roles in movies?” “Not n________.”
With the development of economy, a lot of companies have s______up in the industrial area.
Going the shopping mall, you will see T-shirts in a wide v______ of colors intended for all kinds of people.
The electric products produced in our company have good quality and usually a three-year g________.
Professor Tudor is leaving for New York to attend an important international medical c________ next week.
At the exhibition we saw a kind of record player, which had to be w________ up by hand and could only play for two minutes.
This small electronic device is used to control an e_______ current passing through the machine.
I’ve got two tickets for tonight’s concert given by the Russian artists. Would you like to a__________ me to go and enjoy it, Amy?
I have total f_______in my best friends and believe that they are honest in this case.
Their company bought the __________（专利） and applied the technology to create the new type of car.
It is considered that digital TV is ___________(优越的) to satellite TV because it allows the same services to be delivered with clearer pictures.
All of them said they didn’t like the design, but p________(就个人而言 ) I thought it was very fashionable.
Five years after the International standards for digital TV were established ________（消费者）could have access to more than 200 channels in the USA.
The Chinese __________（电信） industry is huge, and the amount of profit involved is unbelievably enormous.
The boy tried to work out the maths problem by drawing a __________（平行线） between the two sides.
I don’t think this program is practical and capable of calculating your_______（预算） for the year.
By that time, digital TV ________（信号）had been received by 55 percent of households in the European country.
With interactive TV programming, you can play along with game shows, respond to ________________（问卷） and chat to other viewers.
These measures to be taken soon will all bring great _________________（方便） and delight to the citizens’ lives.
A new report says the number of foreign students at colleges and universities in the United States increased by three percent last year. This has been the first obvious increase since 2001.
American schools last fall had 583,000 foreign students. The record is 586,000. That was set in 2002 after many years of gains. But after that the numbers fell. The terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001 led to more visa (签证) requirements. Now stronger efforts are being made to get more foreign students to study in the United States.
China remained in second place in front of South Korea but behind India, which sent almost 84,000 students last fall. The number of Japanese fell sharply by nine percent, although it remained in fourth place.
There were three percent drops from Indonesia and Kenya, the only African country in the top twenty last year. But there were obvious increases from Saudi Arabia, Nepal and Vietnam. The number of Saudi students more than doubled, rising to nearly eight thousand.
For a sixth year, the University of Southern California in Los Angeles had the most foreign students. Columbia University in New York was second. Other schools in the top five were New York University, the University of Illinois and Purdue University.
Unlike American students in other countries, who often choose history and language study, the leading area of study in the USA was business and management. Second was engineering.
The new report also says more than 220,000 Americans studied in other countries. That was during the 2005-2006 school year. It was a record number, and an increase of eight and a half percent from the year before. But only five percent of them stayed for a full year. After 2002, the number of foreign students in the USA fell mainly because ____ .
| A．Americans were worried that foreign students might attack them |
| B．few American universities welcomed students from abroad |
| C．their own countries could offer them a better education |
| D．it was harder for foreign students to get permission to study in the USA |
Which of the following Asian countries has the largest number of students studying in the USA?
| A．China. | B．Japan. | C．South Korea. | D．India. |
Which subject is the most attractive to foreign students in the USA?
| A．Business and management. | B．History. |
| C．Engineering. | D．Language. |
We can learn from the passage that ____ .
| A．Kenya is the only African country that has students in the USA |
| B．now foreign students are encouraged to study in the USA |
| C．the number of students studying in America always increases |
| D．the number of foreign students in the USA will keep increasing in the future |
In which section of a newspaper could you most probably read this passage?
| A．Culture. | B．Science. | C．Education. | D．Business. |
“Linda, if beating yourself up were an Olympic sport, you’d win a gold medal!”
Annabel, my close friend, stunned（使…震惊）me with that frank observation after I told her how I had mishandled a situation with a student in a third-grade class where I was substituting（代替）. “I should never have let him go to the boy’s room without a pass! It was my fault he got into trouble with the hall monitor! I’m so stupid!”
My friend burst out laughing, and then made her “Olympic” comment. After a brief period of reflection I had to admit that she was right. I did put myself down an awful lot. Why, just during the previous day I had called myself “a slob” for having some papers spread out on my desk, “ugly” when I left the house without makeup and “an idiot” when I left the house for an emergency substitute job without my emergency lesson plan.
In a more reflective tone, Annabel said, “I once took a workshop at church where the woman in charge had us list all the mean things we say about ourselves.”
“How many did you have on your list?” I asked.
“Fifteen,” she confessed. “But then the teacher said, ‘Now turn to the person next to you and say all the items on your list as if you were speaking to that person!’ ”
My jaw dropped，“What did you do?”
“Nothing. Nobody did. We all just sat there, until I said, ‘I could never say these things to anyone else!’ ”
“And our teacher replied, ‘Well, if you can’t say them to anyone else, then don’t ever say them to yourself!’ ”
My friend had a point. I would never insult a child of God---and I’m God’s child, too!
God, today let me be as kind to myself as I would be to another of Your children.What does Annabel mean by the first sentence of the passage?
| A．The writer is a good athlete. |
| B．The writer scolds herself too much. |
| C．She is encouraging the writer |
| D．A gold medal is not a big deal. |
What does the writer intends to tell us through the second and third paragraphs?
| A．She has low self-esteem over some small things. |
| B．She often makes serious mistakes in daily life. |
| C．She is a third-grade teacher. |
| D．She cares too much about her appearance. |
We can infer that the underlined word “slob” might be _____.
| A．something untidy | B．someone dangerous | C．something dirty | D．someone lazy |
What can we learn about Annabel?
| A．She used to put herself down a lot. |
| B．She often goes to church. |
| C．She was in charge of a workshop. |
| D．She used to be too shy to talk to others. |
What does the writer mean by the last sentence of the passage?
| A．She is ready to turn to God for help. |
| B．She will be kind to all children. |
| C．She won’t insult(侮辱) herself as well as others. |
| D．She is willing to be a child of God. |
James’s New Bicycle
James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully __1__ the coins that lay on the bed.
$24.52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least $90! __2__ on earth was he going to get the __3__ of the money?
He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was __4__ to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do. There was no __5__ asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to __6__.
There was only one way to get the money, and that was to __7__ it. He would have to find a job. __8__ who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr. Clay for advice, who usually had __9__ on most things.
“Well, you can start right here,” said Mr. Clay. “My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing.”
That was the __10__ of James’s odd-job business. For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He was amazed by the __11__ of jobs that people found for him to do. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He lost count of the __12__ of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the __13__ increased and he knew that he would soon have __14__ for the bicycle he longed for.
The day __15__ came when James counted his money and found $94.32. He __16__ no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode __17__ home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard __18__ for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more __19__ he had bought it with his own money. He had __20__ what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even than the bicycle.
A．cleaned B．covered C．counted D．checked
A．How B．Why C．Who D．What
A．amount B．part C．sum D．rest
A．brave B．hard C．smart D．unfair
A．point B．reason C．result D．right
A．split B．spend C．spare D．save
A．borrow B．earn C．raise D．collect
A．Or B．So C．For D．But
A．decisions B．experience C．opinions D．knowledge
A．beginning B．introduction C．requirement D．opening
A．similarity B．quality C．suitability D．variety
A．brand B．number C．size D．type
A．effort B．pressure C．money D．trouble
A．all B．enough C．much D．some
A．finally B．instantly C．normally D．regularly
A．gave B．left C．took D．wasted
A．patiently B．proudly C．silently D．tiredly
A．applying B．asking C．looking D．working
A．since B．if C．than D．though
A．deserved B．benefited C．achieved D．learned
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