A small man ih his wheelchair gently makes his way into Line 2 subway. He pulls out his microphone, MP3 player and speaker. He clears his and smiles uncomfortably. “I’m always a bit nervous when I get started,” he says in a quiet . For now, Gao Xiaowei sings in subways in Beijing, this is the he makes a living.
Born in Jiangsu Province on a farm, Gao was a happy and baby. He explains a small illness caused an unfortunate event at the age of three. “At that time, rural medical conditions were very poor and the doctor wasn’t very ”.
Gao didn’t like depending on others. his parents didn’t allow him to leave his hometown, he ran away from home to find out what life offer him. “I sold all kinds of toys. But now singing in subways can let me live day by day better than things before.”
Gao his brightest days in Beijing performing music with two friends. “We to sing in a busy subway at Wangfujing. At that time, many people appreciated us, and we were by Beijing TV and some newspapers.” But Beijing is a city where people come and go, and Gao has struggled(斗争) with loneliness since his friends returned to their hometown.
Fortunately, music to play an important part in his life. “It can give me of mind. Although my life isn’t very good, I need than just food and music gives me a lot of spiritual (精神的) comfort.
A.face B.throae C.head D.back
A.station B.sound C.voice D.place
A.part B.project C.cost D.way
A.disabled B.healthy C.unusual D.well-known
A.how B.what C.where D.who
A.professional B.confident C.energetic D.creative
A.Because B.If C.But D.Though
A.must B.need C.could D.should
A.borrowing B.receiving C.providing D.selling
A.finished B.practiced C.spent D.found
A.wanted B.used C.stopped D.pretended
A.included B.influenced C.interested D.interviewed
A.countinues B.happens C.develops D.describes
A.problem B.prediction C.peace D.pressure
A.less B.more C.fewer D.worse
Sudha Chandran, a well-known dancer from India, had to have her right leg cut after a car accident. She was also
on her career path.
Though the accident brought her bright career to a
, she didn’t give up. In the
months that followed, Sudha met a doctor who developed a man-made rubber
filled with sponge (海绵). So
she wanted to go back to dance after she had been fitted with her new leg. Sudha knew that she believed in herself and could realize her dream, so she began her courageous journey back to the world of dancing ---
to walk, turn, jump, balance, bend, stretch, twist, twirl...
After every recital (music, dance given by one person) she would ask her dad about her performance. “You
have a long way to go” was the answer she used to get in return. In January 1984, Sudha made a historic
by giving a public recital in Bombay. She performed in such a great success that it moved everyone to tears and this
pushed her to the highest position again. That evening when she asked her dad the
question, he didn’t say anything. He just touched her feet as praise.
Sudha’s comeback was so moving that a film producer
to make the story into a hit film.
When someone asked Sudha how she had managed to dance again, she said quite simply, “You don’t need feet to dance.
is impossible in this world. If you have the will to win, you can achieve anything.” (266)
A.takenoff B.cutoff C.keptoff D.putoff
A.top B.level C.point D.stop
A.unforgettable B.different C.painful D.dangerous
A.flower B.leg C.gift D.box
A.strangely B.lonely C.strongly D.heavily
A.learning B.remembering C.wanting D.starting
A.yet B.ever C.also D.still
A.change B.movement C.comeback D.promise
A.story B.performance C.decision D.accident
A.same B.new C.normal D.strange
A.allowed B.had C.refused D.decided
A.Nothing B.Anything C.Something D.Everything
完形填空(10分)
Yesterday afternoon I went to the hospital ____ my mother. She had been sent there the day before. I was going into the hospital ____ I suddenly met an old friend of ____ , Mr Black. I was very happy to see him. We had not seen each other ____ we left school five years ago. He looked worried. I asked him ____ he was worried about. He told me that he had just had a tooth taken out. I thought that there was____ serious about it and I said so. But he said, “I’m worried because the doctor has taken out a____ when the doctor finished. I couldn’t tell him what had happened to me because my mouth was filled ____ cotton. Ten minutes later, after the cotton was pulled out, I was able to tell the doctor that the bad tooth was ___ there.” He said that he was _____ to hear that . “I will have another operation.”
A.saw B. to see C.seen D.seeing
A.while B. when C.after D.as
A.I B. me C.my D.mine
A.since B. for C.as D.when
A.why B. how C.whom D.what
A.something B. anything C.nothing D.everything
A.had one B.wrong one C.bad tooth D.one tooth
A.by B.with C.of D.almost
A.already B.also C.yet D.still
A.glad B.happy C.sorry D.angry
This story is about Mrs. Jones, an 82-year-old lady. her life was hard, she was always nicely dressed every day.
This morning Mrs. Jones was moving to the nursing home(养老院). The nursing home was very .
After hours of waiting, Mrs. Jones still smiled sweetly when she was told that her room was ready. the way to her room. I told her what the room was like.
Suddenly she said, “I love !”
“ Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room yet!” I was surprised at her reply.
She stopped and said, “Whether I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the furniture is . It depends on how I decide to the room. I have already decided to love the room before I see it .”
Then she continued, “I have a . I can spend the day in bed and consider how tiny my room is. Or I can just get out of bed and be thankful that I can enjoy a new day. Each day is a , I’ll enjoy my life and all the happy memories that I have stored in my bank account(帐户) before.”
Life is like a bank account. You can take out what you’ve put in. If you have put a lot of in your bank account, you can take out some of it when you feel sad.
Attitude(态度)is everything.
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Adam Lee is a very popular man in Ottawa. He is not famous in sports or the arts, people in the streets know about him, especially the .
For those people, he is “Gloves Lee”. How did he get that ? He looks like any other businessman, wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase (公文包). But he’s . His briefcase always has some gloves.
In winter, Mr. Lee walks in the streets, looking around at people. He stops when he someone with no gloves. He gives them a pair and then he moves on, looking for more people with cold .
On winter days, Mr. Lee gloves. During the rest of the year, he buys gloves. People who have heard about him him gloves, and he has many in his apartment.
Mr. Lee began doing this 21 years ago. Now, many poor people in the city know him and his behavior. But people who don’t know him are sometimes surprised by him. They don’t realize that he just wants to make them happy. A pair of gloves may be a thing, but it can make a big difference in winter.
A.or B.so C.but D.and
A.old B.young C.rich D.poor
A.job B.name C.chance D.message
A.calm B.different C.crazy D.honest
A.helps B.chooses C.greets D.sees
A.hands B.feet C.faces D.ears
A.searches for B.picks up C.gives away D.puts on
A.call B.send C.lend D.show
A.understand B.dislike C.study D.excuse
A.big B.good C.small D.useful
阅读下面短文,从下列各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中、选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
Lesson from Dad
When he was 11years old ,he loved fishing in the lake near his family’s house in New Hampshire.
On the day before bass season began ,he and his father ________in the evening . When his fishing pole bent over ,he knew something _________ was on the other end . The boy skillfully pulled the fish in . It was the largest one he had ever __________,but it was a bass .
The boy and his father looked at the handsome fish . The father looked at his watch . Ithe was 10p. m. .
--two hours __________bass season began . He looked at the fish ,then at the boy .
“You’ll have to __________,soon ,”he said .
“Dad!”cried the boy .
“There will be other fish ,”said his father .
“Not as his as this one ,”cried the boy .
He looked around the lake . ________other fishermen or boats were anywhere around . He looked again at his father’s stem face . He knew that it was __________to change the decision . Slowly ,he lowered the fish back into the water .
That was thirty –four __________ago . Today,the boy is a successful architect in New York City. He has never caught such a large fish , _________he does see that fish again and again –every time he faces a question of right and wrong . His father taught him it is the practice of doing right that is ___________.
Do we do right when no one is looking ?
A.went boating B. went fishing C. went swimming
A.huge B.light C.small
A.eaten B.seen C.bought
A.after B.when C.before
A.look it over B.put it back C.pick it up
A.No B.Any C.Some
A.suitable B.impossible C.necessary
A.weeks B.months C years
A.or B.and C.but
A.difficult B.terrible C.dangerous
完形填空(共15分,每小题1.5分)
阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择最佳选项。
It’s not easy to be an astronaut’s son. Everybody expects you to be perfect, but I’m just a fourteen-year-old kid, and I’m not a special___, too, when it comes to math, geography, music, and baseball.
Well, to be honest, I often dream about being some kind of or doing something special—like saving a child from a burning building. I was daydreaming at school one morning when my teacher said there would be a Father’s Day writing competition for the whole school. “I we have a winner right here in my class.”
After school I walked home, thinking about the essay I would write. My father is an astronaut, I would start out. No, I decided. I wouldn’t do that. The whole country and maybe even the whole world saw my father as an astronaut, but that wasn’t I saw him.
How did I see my father? Hmm.
I saw him sitting with me in the dark when I had a terrible dream. I how he hugged me for hours when my dog Spotty was ____ by a car. Yes, to me, he wasn’t just a world-famous astronaut. He was my dad.
My parents and I went to school Thursday night. There were so many people in the big hall! The third prize was announced and it was not me. I was relieved and disappointed. The second prize was announced. It was me .
I went up to the stage and read what I had written, “My father’s son”. When I finished, the people ____ and cheered. I saw my father blowing his nose. Dad cleared his throat and put his hand on my shoulder. “Son, this is the _____ moment of my life.”
It was the proudest moment of my life, too. Maybe I’ll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but it was ____ just to be my father’s son.
A.one B.Son C.student D.person
A.astronaut B.Hero C.dad D.man
A.think B.Guess C.know D.hope
A.the way B.the truth C.the father D.the face
A.felt B.thanked C.remembered D.noticed
A.killed B.stopped C.thrown D.carried
A.seriously B.surprisingly C.exactly D.excellently
A.stood up B.sat up C.calmed down D.walked down
A.best B.luckiest C.happiest D.proudest
A.right B.Special C.enough D.Different
完型填空(共15小题,每小题1分,计15分)
There was a blind girl who hated herself because she wasn’t able to see anything. In fact, she ____ nobody except her boyfriend, for he was always ___ to help her. She often told her boyfriend, “ If I could see the ____ , I would marry you.”
One day, someone donated a pair of ____ to her. When the bandages(绷带) came off, she was able to see everything, including her boyfriend, for the ____ time. He asked her, “ Now that you could see everything, will you ____ me?” The girl looked at her boyfriend and was greatly surprised to see that he was ___ . She had never hoped that. She wouldn’t like to be with a blind husband for the rest of her life, so she ___ to marry him. Her boyfriend left in tears and a few days later wrote a ____ to her, saying, “ My dear, take good care of your eyes. ___ they are yours, they were mine.”
This is how the human brain(人脑) often works when our status(地位) changes. Only a very few remember what ____ was like before. And we often ask for more than we need. Life is a gift. Today, before you complain(抱怨) about ___ of your food, think of someone who has nothing to _____ . Before you complain about your old ___ , think of the people who are living in the streets. And when you are tired and complain about your job, think of those who have no jobs. So____ what you have and don’t forget your past.
A.forgot B.loved C.disliked D.thanked
A.ready B.unhappy C.angry D.sad
A.sight B.world C.earth D.people
A.shoes B.glasses C.trousers D.eyes
A.first B.second C.next D.last
A.follow B.love C.marry D.see
A.ugly B.sick C.short D.blind
A.decided B.agreed C.refused(拒绝) D.wanted
A.diary B.note C.song D.story
A.Before B.After C.Once D.Since
A.mind B.work C.school D.life
A.taste B.size C.color D.shape
A.do B.wear C.eat D.make
A.food B.house C.clothes D.bus
A.spend B.enjoy C.pay D.take
完形填空。(每小题1.5分,共15分)
One day a wise young man was walking along the beach when he saw a young man far away picking up something and very gently throwing it into the sea. As he got ______, he called out to the young man, “Good morning! What are you doing?”
The young man _________, looked up and replied, “Throwing starfishes into the sea.”
“Why are you throwing starfishes into the sea?”
The sun is up and the _________ is going away. And if I don’t throw them in, they will ________.
“But, young man, don’t you ______ that there are miles of beach and starfishes all along it. You can’t ______ make a difference!”
The young man ________politely. Then he picked another starfish and threw it into the sea and said, “It made the difference for that ________.”
There is something very ________ in each and every one of us. We have all been given the ability to make a difference to shape the future. We must each find our own starfish. And if we throw our starfish wisely and well, the _______ will be better.
A. better B. farther C. closer
A. continued B. stopped C. watched
A. water B. wind C. boat
A. leave B. die C. run
A. believe B. realize C. expect
A. possibly B. hardly C. especially
A. replied B. argued C. listened
A. one B. time C. place
A. special B. brave C. strange
A. family B. country C. world
完形填空
An old man lived in a nice house with a large garden. He took care of his flowers all the time, watering and fertilizing(施肥) them.
One day a young man went by the garden. He looked at the beautiful flowers, thinking how happy he could be if he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, suddenly he found the old gardener was blind. He was very _______ about this and asked, “You can’t see these flowers. Why are you busy taking care of them every day?”
The old man smiled and said, “I can tell you four _____. First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, ______ I can’t see these flowers, I can touch them. Third, I can ______ the sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s_____.”
“Me? But you don’t know me,” said the young man.
“Yeah, it’s true that I don’t know you. But I know that flowers are angels(天使) that everybody ______. We enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”
The blind man’s work opened our eyes and ______ our hearts, which also made his life ______. It was just like Beethoven, who became deaf in his later life and wrote many great musical works. Beethoven himself couldn’t ______ his wonderful music, but his music has ______millions of people to face their difficulties bravely. Isn’t it one kind of happiness?
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Hello, I’m Mrs. Smith. Here __________ some lost things (东西)._________ in the “Lost and Found” box. This is a watch. __________ is blue. David found it this morning. Is it ________ ? That is a jacket. It is yellow and black. Alan found it this afternoon. Those are _________ pencils. One is blue. One is red. Mary found them in __________ classroom. By the way, Jack lost his ________ . It’s a white key. He must find it. Can you _________ Jack? Boys and girls, if (如果) you lose something, you can ask me _________ help, Call me. My _________ number is 887-9569.
A.am B.is C.are D.be
A.It’s B.They’re C.You’re D.I’m
A.That B.This C.It D.One
A.mine B.yours C.your D.my
A.two B.three C.four D.five
A.he’s B.she’s C.his D.her
A.pen B.pens C.keys D.key
A.help B.ask C.spell D.thank
A.at B.about C.for D.of
A.photo B.school C.card D.phone
完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分,计15分)
阅读下列短文,从文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。
Long long ago there was a poor little girl who lived near a forest. She had no family and no one to love her. So she often sad and lonely.
One day, when she was walking in the forest, she found that a small was trapped unluckily in a bush. The butterfly tried to fly away failed. The kind little girl saved the butterfly with great care. Instead of flying away, the butterfly turned into a beautiful fairy (仙女). The little girl was very .
“Thank you for me. You are so kind. I will make any of your dreams come true.” said the fairy.
The little girl thought for a moment and then said, “I want to be !”
The fairy said, “Very well. I will help you.” And she said something in the little girl’s ear. Then the fairy disappeared.
As the kind little girl grew up, she was ready to help people in need and was popular among the villagers. No one in the village was as happy as she was. Everyone asked her the of her happiness. She always smiled and , “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a kind when I was a little girl.”
When the kind girl became a very old woman and was dying, the neighbours in the all gathered (聚拢) around her bed because they were that her secret of happiness would die with her. They asked, “Please tell us the kind fairy said.”
The lovely old woman still and said, “She told me that everyone needed me, no matter how safe they seemed, no matter how rich or poor, no matter how old or . She said that helping others would make me happy all my life.”
A.thought B.found C.sounded D.felt
A.butterfly B.bird C.snake D.squirrel
A.so B.or C.but D.as
A.surprised B.tired C.crazy D.nervous
A.catching B.hearing C.killing D.saving
A.smart B.happy C.rich D.famous
A.always B.never C.seldom D.hardly
A.problem B.secret C.power D.lesson
A.asked B.hoped C.answered D.spoke
A.king B.fairy C.ghost D.princess(公主)
A.village B.town C.city D.world
A.excited B.pleased C.glad D.afraid
A.that B.what C.how D.why
A.shouted B.cried C.smiled D.jumped
A.young B.great C.nice D.quiet
Dad lost his job after arguing with the boss, and when Christmas came that year, we had no money________. On Christmas Eve, Dad took me out into the park. I had a blanket wrapped around me, so I________to share it with Dad, but he said no thanks. We________at the sky. Those shining stars were one of the________treats for people like us who lived out in the wildness. Rich city people, he’d say, live in________flats, but their air was so polluted that they________not even see the stars.
“________your favorite star.” Dad said that night. He told me I could have it for keeping. He said it was my Christmas________. “You can’t give me a star,” I said, “________owns the stars.”
“That’s right,” Dad said, “But you can suppose it is yours. And when you do that, it is yours.”
I________ my head, looked at the stars, and tried to figure out which was the best one. Then, I found one.
“I want that one.” I said.
Dad smiled. “That’s Venus(金星),” he said, “Venus was only a planet. She looked bigger and brighter because she was much________ than the stars. Poor old Venus didn’t even make her________ light. She shone only from reflected(反射)light.”
“I like it anyway,” I said, “I had loved Venus even________that Christmas. You could see it in the early evening, and if you got up early, you could still see it in the morning, after all the stars had disappeared.”
Dad said, “Ok, it’s Christmas. I________ your decision. You can have it if you want.” And he gave me Venus.
We all laughed about the kids who believed in the Santa myth(圣诞传说)and got nothing for Christmas but a bunch of cheap plastic toys. “Many years later, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten,” Dad said, “you will________ have your star.
A.at first B.at once C.at all D.at least
A.asked B.provided C.required D.offered
A.looked up B.looked for C.look out D.look after
A.strange B.special C.important D.impossible
A.fantastic B.ugly C.old D.poor
A.needed B.could C.should D.had better
A.pick up B.take out C.put out D.pick out
A.dinner B.card C.party D.present
A.Everybody B.Somebody C.Anybody D.Nobody
A.lowed B.put C.raised D.rose
A.slower B.farther C.closer D.higher
A.alone B.lonely C.strong D.own
A.when B.before C.after D.until
A.dislike B.refuse C.accept D.consider
A.even B.never C.already D.Still
完形填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
阅读下面短文,从各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Several years ago, I was at a train station in Amsterdam. I saw a young homeless man people for money so he could buy breakfast. Most of the simply took no notice of the young man or gave him a dirty look. There was one exception(例外) though: an older, well-dressed lady. When the young homeless man moved this elegant lady, she turned and looked straight into his eyes and asked, “How much do you need?” I couldn’t hear what the young man said but watched the old man pulled several bills(纸币) from her wallet and them in the young man’s hands.
I don’t know whether the young man actually used this money for breakfast or for some other purpose. What I do know is that I saw two completely different reactions(反应) to the same . I saw people who were either afraid or annoyed or distrustful(猜疑的). And then I saw this old lady who the homeless man as her brother. I decided then and there that, even though we have to be in this world, I would rather be like her.
Every day may bring us many chances for . The key is to do it or not.
A.asking B.calling C.disturbing D.kidnapping
A.guests B.audience C.neighbours D.travelers
A.from B.after C.before D.over
A.softly B.sadly C.loudly D.hopefully
A.because B.unless C.as D.although
A.cheeked B.put C.covered D.threw
A.location B.survey C.situation D.programme
A.ordered B.treated C.required D.recommended
A.famous B.creative C.careful D.successful
A.richness B.happiness C.fitness D.Kindness
完形填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
Once, a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well. After they their work, he left them, saying, “When the sun is down, I will come and see your work.”
At last one of them said, “What’s the use of doing this foolish work? We can fill the basket.” man answered, “That is none of your business.” The first man said. “You may do as you like, but I am not going to work at so foolish.” He his bucket and went away. The other man said no word, and kept on carrying . At last the well was almost .
As he poured the last bucket of water into the basket, he saw a bright thing in it. He picked it up. It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came. he saw the ring, he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted. He told him to keep the ring for himself. “You so well in this little thing,” he said, “ now I know I can believe you with many things.”
A.finished B.did C.began D.had
A.ever B.never C.easily D.no
A.The other B.Another C.One D.A second
A.anything B.something C.nothing D.everything
A.picked up B.put away C.took away D.threw away
A.water B.basket C.well D.work
A.full B.empty C.filled D.clean
A.While B.As soon as C.Before D.Since
A.have done B.will do C.do D.are doing
A.what B.why C.when D.that