Angela Chang(张韶涵) didn’t know it would be so hard to turn singing into a career(失业). She went to many different record companies. But she was always turned down for looking too young and small.
“I’d never had such difficulties before,” Chang said. But Chang’s talent was finally accepted in 2002. When she got a piece of work, she cried.
She soon became a star. Her first album Over the Rainbow sold very well. She won many awards.
“You wouldn’t believe such a beautiful 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.”
But the 25-year-old girl has other talents too. Chang is also an actress. She has played a role in the popular TV plays, My MVP Valentine and At Dolphin Bay. Many people remember her common-girl parts in the plays. But acting is difficult. Chang once acted so badly that she was nearly fired(解雇). Another time it took her 27 tries to get a scene(一场戏) 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, Pandora 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 wings(隐形的翅膀). They fly me to the skies and give me hope.” The phrase “turned down” in the first paragraph means “________________”.
| A．承认 | B．拒绝 | C．开除 | D．雇用 |
Many record companies refused to co-operate(合作) with her because ______________.
| A．she looks very common | B．she is too young |
| C．she doesn’t sing very well | D．she looks young and small |
Which of the following is NOT right?
| A．She won many awards for the album Over the Rainbow. |
| B．She has made four films. |
| C．One musician spoke highly of(赞扬) her. |
| D．She is not only a singer but an actress. |
Although acting is difficult for her, she never gives up because ______________.
| A．she is strong-minded |
| B．people like her films |
| C．she is interested in acting |
| D．she acted in the popular TV plays |
Which do you think is the best title of the passage?
| A．The Small Girl. | B．Four Albums. |
| C．I have a Pair of Invisible Wings. | D．A Poor Actress. |
| u A LITTLE PRINCESS Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett ￥18.3 (online) Motherless Sara Crewe was sent home from India to school at Miss Minchin’s. Her father was very rich and she lived a rich and comfortable life. Then her father died and Sara lost everything. She had to learn to do with her changed life. Her strong character made her able to fight successfully against her poverty(贫穷) and the scorn(嘲笑) of her fellows(伙伴). It’s an excellent book with 4 tapes(磁带) for children. |
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u PETER PAN Author: J.M Barrie ￥15 (in bookstores) ￥12 (online) It is a children’s story full of imagination and adventures(冒险), which is about Wendy, John, and Michael Darling’s adventures in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up. The children are happy and lovely. (with 2 tapes) |
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| u UNCLE TOM’S CABIN(小屋) Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe ￥20 (in bookstores) The most famous novel in American history, Uncle Tom’s Cabin talked about the struggle between free states and slave(奴隶) states during the American Civil War(美国内战) and is as powerful today as when it first came out 150 years ago. |
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u THE SECRET GARDEN Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett ￥35 (in bookstores) ￥30 (online) Mary Lennox, a sickly orphan(孤儿), finds herself in her uncle’s dark house. Why are so many rooms locked? Why is one of the gardens locked? And what is that crying she hears at night? Through the power of hope, friendship, and the magic of nature, the brave girl brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life. |
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u GONE WITH THE WIND(乱世佳人) Author: Margaret Mitchell ￥25 (in bookstores) ￥18 (online) Gone With the Wind is a best-seller, which tells a story that happened in the American Civil War. Scarlett O’Hara is a woman in the story who is full of energy. She is strong and saves her family but is very selfish at the same time. |
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根据短文内容，选最佳择答案, 并在答题卡上按要求作答。 All of the following books have children as their main characters except _____.
| A．PETER PAN | B．GONE WITH THE WIND |
| C．A LITTLE PRINCESS | D．THE SECRET GARDEN |
We can know from the passage that _________.
| A．two of the above books are written by Frances Hodgson Burnett |
| B．we can buy 5 kinds of the above books in bookstores |
| C．there are only three books with tapes |
| D．THE SECRET GARDEN is ￥5 cheaper in bookstores than online |
If you buy THE SECRET GARDEN and PETER PAN online, you have to pay _________.
| A．￥30 | B．￥12 | C．￥50 | D．￥42 |
Mary brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life with the help of ____.
a. the power of hope b. friendship c. her uncle d. nature’s magic
| A．a, b, c | B．a, c, d | C．a, b, d | D．all of the above |
.How many stories happened in the American Civil War?
| A．One | B．Two | C．Three | D．Four |
Computer technology has become an important part of people’s life．This technology has its own special words．One well-known computer word is Google．It’s the name of a popular “search engineer(引擎)” for the Internet．People use the search engineer to find information about almost any subject on the Internet．The people who started the company named it Google because in math Google is a very large number-One hundred zeros follow the number one．When you “Google” a subject, you can get a lot of information about it．
If you Google someone, you might find that person’s name on a blog (博客)．A blog is short for a Web log．It’s a personal Web page．Some people write blogs to express their opinions and ideas over the Internet．Some use them to share their lives with faraway friends or family．Others write blogs to help them deal with sickness, money problems or to choose movies to see or books to read．Some people add information to their blogs every day．People who have blogs are called bloggers．
根据短文内容, 判断下列句子的正误,正确的为“T”，错误的为“F”。并在答题卡上将答案涂黑。Google and Blog are two kinds of popular search engineer．
．One can use Google to search the Internet for all information he wants．
．People may use blogs to share their opinions or ask others for help．
．Bloggers must add information to their blogs every day．
From the passage we can infer ( 推断) that computer technology is changing people’s life．
If you think texting(发短信) while walking is dangerous, just wait until everyone starts wearing Google's smart, Internet-connected glasses. These glasses can do anything you now need a smartphone or tablet computer(平板电脑) to do —and then some.
In Google's video, a guy wearing the "Project Glass" is shown getting subway information, making an appointment with a friend for coffee and showing the directions in a bookstore, all with the help of the glass. It ends with him playing an instrument for a woman and showing her the sunset through a video chat.
The "Project Glass" Google displayed have a sleek(光滑的) wrap-around look and appear nothing like 3-D glasses. In development for a few years, the project is the idea of Google X, the online search-leader's secret department that produced the self-driving car and could one day send elevators into space.
Google posted the video and short blog post about “Project Glass” on April 4th, asking people to offer feedback(反馈) through its Google Plus social network. By April 5th, about 500 people did, voicing a mix of amazement and concern about the new technology. What if people used it in cars and could not concentrate on driving? What about the effect on(对……有影响) your sight of having a screen so close to your eye?
Some asked for the glass, but Google isn't giving those out just yet. The company didn't say when normal people can expect to get their hands on a piece of Project Glass, but going by how quickly Google will come out with new products, it may not be long. Enderle said that it could be about six months to a year before wide tests are coming, and a year or more for the first version(版本) of the product. This passage mainly talks about .
A. an invention B. a video C. GoogleThe of the “Project Glass” is not mentioned in this passage.
A. shape B. inventor C. priceIf you want to buy such a piece of glass, you should wait at least for .
A. a year B. 6 months C. 3 months We can’t use the glass to .
A. communicate with others
B. keep away from the sun
C. get information Which of the statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The “Project Glass” looks like 3-D glasses.
B. Many people think that the glass may help a lot while driving.
C. Some people worry that the glass will be bad to our sight while wearing it.
A ban on smoking in most public places goes into effect(效果) on Sunday in China - home to a third of the world's smokers. That means around 300 million smokers will no longer be allowed to light their cigarettes in the "enclosed public places." These include hotels, restaurants, theaters and public transport waiting rooms. The ban does not cover offices or factories.
The campaign is aimed at controlling(控制) the number of deaths from smoking-related illnesses, running at a million a year. According to the World Health Organization, more than 3,000 people die every day in China because of smoking. Health experts also hope it will help Chinese to raise the knowledge of the dangers of smoking.
But the new rules have been criticized because they do not include punishments(处罚) for those who choose not to obey them.Most people worry that Chinese smoking ban may have little effect.
Business owners often hate rules that force(强迫) them to ban smoking on their restaurants, bar, cafe..., because many customers(顾客) do not like the rules and complain. Often you find people smoking at the next table while you are eating your meal or having a drink in a bar.
It appears that many Chinese people don’t know the dangers of smoking. Research suggests only one in four knows the harm(害处) cigarettes or second-hand smoke can cause.
At the same time the government makes a lot of money from the sales of cigarettes by the state-owned firms that make and sell all tobacco products throughout the country.The word “ban” in the first sentence means .
A. 禁令 B. 责骂 C. 罚款 Every year people died in China from smoking-related illnesses.
A. more than 3,000 B. about a million C. nearly 300 million According to the new ban, smokers can smoke .
A. in the restaurants B. in the airport waiting room C. in the office We can find reasons in the passage to explain why people worry about the effect of the ban.
A. three B. four C. five. The best title for this passage is .
A. A new ban on smoking in China
B. Smoking culture in China
C. Dangers of smoking in China
This year is a leap year. Leap years are years with 366 days, instead of the usual 365. Leap years are necessary because the actual length of a year is 365.242 days, not 365 days, as commonly stated. Basically, leap years come every 4 years, and most years that can be evenly(平均地) divided by 4 have 366 days. This extra day is added to the calendar on February 29th which is known as a leap day. Why leap is used here? Leap means jump.
However, there is one exception to the leap year rule about century years. Century years are only considered as leap years if they are evenly divided by 400. Therefore, 1900 was not a leap year, but 2000 was a leap year.
A person who is born on February 29th may be called a "leapling" or a "leap year baby". In non-leap years, some leaplings celebrate(庆祝) their birthday on either February 28th or March 1st. In England and Wales or in Hong Kong, a person born on February 29th, 1996, will have legally(法律上) reached 18 years old on March 1st, 2014. If he or she was born in the United States, Taiwan or New Zealand, his or her legally birthday will come a day earlier.
There is a popular custom in some countries that a woman may ask a man to marry her on February 29th. If the man refuses, he then has to give the woman money or buy her a dress.
Since leap days are special days, people nowadays want to do something different within the 24 extra hours.Big jumps are the most popular ones.
Some salaried(领薪水的) workers want to get pay for their extra day’s work. But in my opinion, if you know why there is a leap day, you will get the answer to this problem. The next leap year is .
A. 2014 B. 2016 C. 2018 American boy Toby is a leapling. Next year he will probably to have his birthday party on .
A. February 28th B. February 29th C. March 1st Which picture is about popular custom on leap days?
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C. 
. Many people like to have a big jump on leap days probably because .
A. it’s a custom B. they are leaplings C. leap means jumpWe can learn from the passage that .
A. 2100 will not be a leap year
B. every year leaplings celebrate their birthday on either February 28th or March 1st
C. it is necessary to pay the salaried workers for the leap day’s work
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