阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36至55各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选项。
When I was about twelve, I suddenly developed a great passion(爱好) for writing poetry. I 36 all my other hobbies. Such as 37 stamps, and spent all my 38 time reading poetry and writing it. This habit of 39 poetry on every possible occasion soon got me into trouble at school. If a lesson did not 40 me, I would take out my 41 and start writing poems in class. Of course I did this very 42 , but it was not long before I got 43 . One day while I was 44 writing a poem during a geography lesson, I looked up to find the teacher 45 over me, looking very angry because I was not 46 attention. He tore the poem up, with a 47 not to waste time in his lesson. All the same I was convinced（深信）that I had written a good poem, so that evening I wrote it out again from 48 . Not long after, I read about a poetry 49 and I decided to send in my 50 . Weeks later, long after I had given up hope. I got a letter telling me I had won first 51 .Everyone at school was very impressed except the 52 teacher, who 53 me more carefully than ever, He was quite 54 I was not going to write poetry in his 55 .
A．gave up B．hand out C．kept on D．bought in
A．arranging B．collecting C．gathering D．keeping
A．additional B．extra C．other D．spare
A．doing B．making C．writing D．praising
A．interest B．attack C．take in D．strike
A．dictionary B．notebook C．textbook D．handbook
A．anxiously B．attentively C．carefully D．silently
A．caught B．lost C．gone D．stricken
A．busy B．ready C．careful D．happy
A．going B．standing C．walking D．beating
A．calling B．devoting C．giving D．paying
A．warning B．notice C．word D．look
A．heart B．mind C．memory D．thought
A．contest B．quiz C．race D．meeting
A．poem B．composition C．papers D．homework
A．position B．prize C．reward D．victory
A．English B．physics C．chemistry D．geography
A．guarded B．inspected C．observed D．watched
A．determined B．fixed C．known D．made
A．school B．lesson C．home D．office
At the age of five, Shizuka Arakawa started to take skating lessons. Her motivation was :wearing pretty outfits! Very quickly, she a passion for skating, and she decided to all her free time to training. At the age of eight, she was already to perform a triple salchow (三周跳). The young girl from won five national championships, three times as a junior and twice as a senior.
In 1998 in Nagano, Shizuka Arakawa for the first time in the Olympic Games, at the tender age of 16. Japan had high for her. the Emperor and Empress of Japan came to see her performance. She finished thirteenth in the rankings. Four years , she was not present at the Salt Lake City Games. The skater finished second in the Japanese national championships and was not in the Japanese Olympic team. In of this, Shizuka Arakawa was successful in championships, such as the Four Continents and NHK(日本广播协会)Trophy. In 2004 in Dortmund, she became women’s world skating champion.
In 2006, after a year-long period in which she almost her career, Shizuka Arakawa took in the Turin Olympic Games. A new coach and a new programme had a new, invigorated(充满活力的)Shizuka. The short programme was a real challenge the Japanese skater. She performed a noteworthy sequence to Chopin’s “Fantasie Impromptu”, finishing third. On 23 February, 2006, she performed a perfect long programme. by Puccini’s “Fantasy for Violin”, she performed splendidly and she obtained a of 191.34, which won her the top step of the winner’s podium(领奖台) in Turin.
A．complex B．bright C．simple D．stupid
A．developed B．became C．interested D．realized
A．occupy B．spend C．refer D．devote
A．ready B．able C．willing D．used
A．China B．Japan C．America D．Russia
A．attended B．prepared C．entered D．participated
A．hopes B．ambition C．chances D．help
A．Ever B．Already C．Even D．Still
A．middle B．final C．general D．beginning
A．after B．before C．ago D．later
A．contained B．win C．held D．included
A．spite B．charge C．honor D．possession
A．others B．another C．other D．else
A．character B．figure C．creature D．portrait
A．ruined B．ended C．left D．fired
A．part B．pride C．control D．turns
A．resulted B．caused C．accessed D．produced
A．at B．towards C．for D．upon
A．Danced B．Accompanied C．Followed D．Played
A．score B．level C．point D．top
The survey about childhood in the Third World shows that the struggle for survival is long and hard. But in the rich world, children can from a different kind of poverty — of the spirit. , one Western country alone now sees 14, 000 attempted suicides ( 自杀 ) every year by children under 15, and one child five needs psychiatric (心理上的) advice.
There are many good things about in the Third World. Take the close and constant relation between children and their parents, relatives and neighbors for example. In the West, the very nature of work puts distance between and children. But in most Third World villages mother and father do not go miles away each day to work in offices. , the child sees mother and father, relations and neighbors working and often shares in that work..
A child in this way learns his or her role through joining in the community's ：helping to dig or build, look after animals or babies -- rather than playing with water and sand in kindergarten, keeping pets playing with dolls.
These children may grow up with a less oppressive sense of space and time than the children. Their sense of days and time has a lot to do with the change of seasons and positions of the sun or the moon in the sky. Children in the rich world, , are provided with a watch as one of the signs of growing up, so that they can along with their parents about being late for school times, meal times, bed times, the times of TV shows …
Third World children do not usually to stay indoors, still less in high-rise apartments. Instead of dangerous roads, "keep off the grass" signs and "don't speak to strangers", there is often a sense of to study and play. Parents can see their children outside rather than observe them from ten floors up.
, twelve million children under five still die every year through hunger and disease. But childhood in the Third World is not all
A．come B．survive C．suffer D．learn
A．As usual B．In fact C．For instance D．In other words
A．in B．by C．to D．under
A．childhood B．poverty C．spirit D．survival
A．neighbors B．fathers C．adults D．relatives
A．Anyhow B．Instead C．However D．Still
A．away B．alone C．nearby D．along
A．working B．living through C．playing D．growing up
A．fun B．life C．study D．work
A．by B．through C．from D．with
A．or B．but C．and D．so
A．Western B．good C．poor D．Eastern
A．at any moment B．at the same time C．on the other hand D．on the whole
A．easiest B．quickest C．happiest D．earliest
A．care B．worry C．hurry D．fear
A．dare B．expect C．have D．require
A．freedom B．danger C．disappointment D．control
A．eagerly B．anxiously C．impatiently D．proudly
A．Above all B．In the end C．Of course D．What's more
A．poor B．good C．rich D．bad
Alcohol is often taken as a symbol of a special celebration or as a sign of friendship. So it is to see people toasting with a large glass of alcohol to the health or fortune. Unfortunately, every year, alcohol also ruins thousands of lives and destroys many happy families.
Some people drink alcohol to their tension or pain. They mistakenly think that through drinking, they can from their problems and worries. But it is never a . During those hours of drinking, alcohol only numbs their senses and makes them forget their worries. However, when they wake up, their problems are still unsolved.
A alcohol drinker is running the great risks of getting heart diseases and liver failure. Too much alcohol taken into the body system, death will occur. Alcohol also affects unborn babies disastrously. Those pregnant mothers with alcohol in their blood system risk causing their unborn babies to suffer from defects (缺陷) at birth. , babies are innocent victims due to their mothers’ mistakes. Therefore they should be extremely cautious of any alcohol and it is better to all drinking during pregnancy.
Drunken driving is one of the worst of alcohol abuse. Every year, many lives are lost due to driving on roads and highways. A drunk driver cannot see and judge the distance clearly and will find it difficult to control his vision and on the road, so he fails to control over his reflexes. That is how accidents occur. Not only does he hurt himself but also other innocent road users.
A．normal B．ideal C．common D．regular
A．increase B．create C．produce D．relieve
A．differ B．escape C．solve D．cancel
A．solution B．success C．fact D．decision
A．social B．addicted C．heavy D．light
A．seldom B．hardly C．eventually D．strongly
A．proper B．excessive C．little D．no
A．After all B．Above all C．First of all D．All in all
A．run out B．leave out C．carry out D．cut out
A．reasons B．effects C．causes D．examples
A．normal B．careless C．dangerous D．drunken
A．judgment B．patience C．emotion D．imagination
Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important : giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You needn’t worry if you money.
This is how I with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store in my mind, I step in and make the to the storekeeper. If an accident takes place, the of which I think the local police could use, I him up and tell him about it, though I am not in here. I found a rule about this world is to give getting something back, though the often comes in an unexpected form.
One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special letter to my home, though it was to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of . More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was . I was told at the window that there were boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long list. As I was about to be , the postmaster appeared in the . “Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering an __ delivery to your home?” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office we make one specifically for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get but complaints.”
A．difference B．research C．speech D．discovery
A．earn B．lack C．spend D．steal
A．experienced B．connected C．cooperated D．experimented
A．strikes B．flashes C．happens D．attempts
A．appeal B．request C．suggestion D．demand
A．story B．damage C．challenge D．material
A．call B．hold C．cheer D．pick
A．possession B．trouble C．place D．charge
A．plus B．without C．for D．before
A．process B．goal C．return D．concern
A．replied B．addressed C．driven D．brought
A．invitation B．apology C．complaint D．appreciation
A．discussing B．providing C．applying D．starting
A．enough B．extra C．no D．other
A．admitting B．relating C．buying D．waiting
A．positive B．shocked C．discouraged D．optimistic
A．doorway B．window C．home D．yard
A．unfamiliar B．unexpected C．unknown D．uncertain
A．in case B．now that C．even if D．rather
A．nothing B．something C．anything D．Everything
I was driving in my car the other day. The sun was out, the radio was playing, and I was ____ along. The song was a ____ one and even my weak voice sounded good singing it. Then it ____, however. The sweet sound of the music ____ and there came the ____ news. Gas prices ____ again. Fans of two sports teams got into fight. I sighed and wondered about this ____ world we live in.
____, I could take no more and turned off the _____. Silence seemed preferable to listening to ____ else about the crazy, competitive society we live in. I slowed down as I entered a town and ____ the people as I drove by. A tall man was ____ an elderly lady out of a car and helping her place her walker so she could go into store. A smiling woman was ____ food onto the square while a dozen birds flew down to enjoy the ____ being laid out before them. A young man was walking along, carrying his ____ safely in his arms. When the daughter pulled the hat off his head, they both ____. I laughed too as I looked at all of his ____. The radio may have been off in my car, _____ in my heart I was _____ singing.
In truth, this world could have more kindness and less _____. Kindness makes us all winners in this life and our life is full of kindness, love and joy.
A．talking B．singing C．walking D．driving
A．long B．boring C．joyful D．sad
A．appeared B．remained C．happened D．stayed
A．ended B．continued C．jumped D．fell
A．sports B．business C．unpleasant D．welcome
A．cut B．changed C．going down D．going up
A．exciting B．interesting C．unusual D．crazy
A．Finally B．Generally C．Secretly D．Calmly
A．television B．radio C．gas D．lights
A．anything B．everything C．something D．nothing
A．touched B．watched C．avoided D．recognized
A．freeing B．protecting C．helping D．keeping
A．collecting B．moving C．covering D．throwing
A．water B．bread C．grass D．food
A．daughter B．son C．dog D．cat
A．stopped B．stood C．laughed D．shouted
A．weakness B．kindness C．loneliness D．safeness
A．for B．or C．and D．but
A．still B．just C．soon D．first
A．silence B．development C．competition D．sickness
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