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通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
When I was about twelve years old. I had an enemy (敌人),a girl who liked to tell me about my shortcomings. She always   1 me that I was very short, and I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much, and so on. I tried to stand all of these as long as I could. Finally, I became very   2 . I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.
He listened to me   3 , and then asked, “Are the things that she said true or not? Jane, have you ever   4 what you’re really like? Now you have that girl’s   5 . Go and make a list of everything she said and find out if that are   6 . Pay no attention to the things that are not true.”
I did   7  he told me. To my great surprise, I found that about half of the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t    8 , like being very short, but a good number of them I could. I wanted to change the bad things in me, and for the   9  time I knew something about myself in a very clear way.
I brought the list back to my father. He   10  to take it. “That’s only just for you,” he said, “You know better than   11  else the truths about yourself, but sometimes others’ opinions are also important, so you have to learn how to  12 , and not just close your ears in anger and feel hurt. When something   13 is said about you is true, you’ll find that it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think that they know you. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to all of them.
  14  hear the truth and do what you think is the right thing to do.”
I have remembered my father’s   15  at many important moments. I have never had a better piece of advice in my whole life.

【小题1】
A.reminded B.saidC.shoutedD.laughed
【小题2】
A.dullB.braveC.angryD.happy
【小题3】
A.quietlyB.carelesslyC.casuallyD.differently
【小题4】
A.came outB.dealt withC.got overD.thought about
【小题5】
A.strategiesB.ideasC.photosD.books
【小题6】
A.crazyB.trueC.strictD.simple
【小题7】
A.asB.againstC.sinceD.for
【小题8】
A.produceB.checkC.borrowD.next
【小题9】
A.decidedB.likedC.wantedD.refused
【小题10】
A.everythingB.anyoneC.nothingD.anything
【小题11】
A.shoutB.teachC.listenD.read
【小题12】
A.thatB.whyC.whereD.who
【小题13】
A.soB.orC.forD.but
【小题14】
A.featuresB.excuseC.adviceD.promises

Have you ever wondered?
1. Why do airplanes take longer to fly west than east?
It can take five hours to go west-east from New York (NY) to London but seven hours to travel east-west from London to NY. The reason for the difference is an atmospheric phenomenon known as the jet (喷射) stream. The jet stream is a very high altitude wind which always blows from the west to the east across the Atlantic. The planes moving at a constant air speed thus go faster in the west-east direction when they are moving with the wind than in the opposite direction.
2. What would happen if the gravity on Earth was suddenly turned off?
Supposing we could magically turn off gravity. Would buildings and other structures (建筑物) float away? What happened would depend on how strongly the things were attached to the Earth. The Earth is moving at quite a speed, moving at over a thousand miles per hour. If you turn something around your head on a string (细绳), it goes around in a circle until you let go of the string. Then it flies off in a straight line. ‘Switching off’ gravity would be like letting go of the string. Things not attached to the Earth would fly off in a straight line. People in buildings would suddenly shoot upwards at a great speed until they hit the ceiling. Most things outside would fly off into space.
【小题1】What information can we get from the first passage?

A.It is the jet stream that affects how fast airplanes fly.
B.Planes go slower when they are moving with the wind.
C.It takes more time to fly from NY to London than from London to NY.
D.The jet stream always blows from the east to the west across the Atlantic.
【小题2】The word “shoot” underlined in the 2nd passage probably means “__________”.
A.send forB.move quickly
C.come outD.grow quickly
【小题3】It can be inferred that without gravity __________.
A.buildings and other structures would float away
B.trees and buildings would not so easily fly off
C.something around your head would not float away
D.everything outside buildings would fly off into space
【小题4】Which of the following statements is not mentioned in the passage?
A.It takes seven hours to travel from London to New York.
B.The earth is moving at a high speed
C.Everything on the earth will float away if there’s no gravity.
D.Everything not attached to the earth would fly off in a straight line.
【小题5】Where can we most probably read this text?
A.In a research paper.
B.In a short story.
C.In a travel magazine.
D.In a student’s book.

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