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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1--20各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳的选项,并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

Some people are just born to be failures. That’s the way some adults look at ______ kids. Maybe you've heard the saying, “A bird with a ______ wing will never fly as high.” I'm sure that T. J. Ware was made to ______ this way almost every day. At high school, T. J. was the best-known troublemaker in his town. He was a silent boy, didn’t answer questions and often ______ .

I met T. J. for the first time at an activity aimed at getting students more involved in community charity. When I ______, the community leaders ______ me that T.J. had the longest arrest(拘留) record in the history of town. Actually, I wasn’t the first to hear about T.J.’s darker side as the first words of ______ .

At the start of the activity, T. J. was just ______ outside the circle of students, against the back wall, with a(n) ______ look on his face. He didn’t readily join the discussion groups, and didn’t seem to have much to say. But gradually, the interactive games ______ him in. T. J. shared his great thoughts on ______ . The other students ______ his ideas and were impressed with his passion for helping those in need. ______ , they elected T. J. co-chairman of the group.

After the activity, T. J. started showing up at school and being active in class, which none of his teachers expected. More ______ , two weeks later, T. J. led a group of 70 students in a drive to collect ______ . They collected a school______ : 2,854 cans of food in just two hours, (the shortest time in the history of town) enough to take care of ______ families in the area for 75 days.

T. J. reminds us that a bird with a broken wing only needs ______ . Once it has ______ , it can fly higher than the rest. Now T. J. is ______ quite nicely as a chairman of a nationwide charity organization.

1.A. failed B. troublesome C. annoyed D. worried

2.A. single B. faulty C. burden D. broken

3.A. think B. walk C. feel D. struggle

4.A. fought B. drove C. challenged D. laughed

5.A. looked up B. stood up C. finished up D. turned up

6.A. warned B. suggested C. reminded D. reached

7.A.explanation B. communication C. introduction D.instruction

8.A. standing B. laughing C. hiding D. wandering

9.A. worried B. interested C. indifferent D. puzzled

10.A. allowed B. showed C. drew D. put

11.A. games B. concerns C. school D. charity

12.A. ignored B. welcomed C. doubted D. misunderstood

13.A. However B. Besides C. Anyway D. Therefore

14.A. importantly B. surprisingly C. luckily D. popularly

15.A. money B. rubbish C. cans D. food

16.A. restaurant B. record C. yard D. term

17.A. needy B. lonely C. friendly D. likely

18.A. persuading B. mending C. observing D. teaching

19.A. healed B. noticed C. appeared D. changed

20.A. behaving B. growing C. flying D. achieving

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Running for a Dream

I will never forget that November day.It was hotter than normal.This was the ____ my father and I had waited so long for, because we had been working towards this race for three years.Dozens of familiar faces from church and school flashed across my view.They had come ____ me.I saw worry and ____ on my father’s face.Then the race began!

For the first two and a half miles, I felt ____.I had never before been so ready for something.The weeks leading up to the race were filled with controlled ____ and a strict diet.My friends hadn’t seen me in weeks, but they understood the ____ required to make my dream a reality.As in all of my races, I didn't ____ out in the front, I loved the pleasure of passing people as my strength overtook their premature speed.

Then without warning, my strength began to decrease.Neck and neck with one of my greatest competitors, I ____ see the finish line.I had begun the final dash into ___ when my knees became weak and my legs gave way.Nothing I could do would make them ____ weight.

I watched as runners rushed by me.____ I knew my dreams of victory were destroyed, I had to finish the race.However, my legs hurt badly.With all of the ____ left in me, I got on my hands and knees and crawled (爬), inch by inch, across the finish line.Voices, both ____ and familiar, cheered me on.They gave me the courage to keep ____ until the very end.

The doctors were there in seconds, but my eyes searched the crowd for him.There was only one person I wanted to ____ to.I whispered, “I’m so sorry, Dad, I'm so sorry I ____ you.” He looked at me, saying, “You could never disappoint me.Sometimes these things just ____.All that matters is that you did your best.”

“But we worked so ____.What about our dream?” He reached over for my hand and said, “Don't you know that you are my dream and it has come true?”

It wasn't long before my running shoes were back on, marking a ____ path for my journey, I learned that all of the miles, the tears, the sweat, and the pain my dad and I experienced together were not for a ____.What I realized, though, was that to him, I was the greatest prize he had ever won.

1.A.dream B.weather C.result D.day

2.A.for B.to C.across D.over

3.A.coldness B.astonishment C.excitement D.amusement

4.A.proud B.great C.nervous D.afraid

5.A.programs B.studies C.instructions D.practices

6.A.sacrifice B.potential C.patience D.attention

7.A.look B.move C.start D.come

8.A.should B.could C.must D.need

9.A.relief B.spirit C.pleasure D.glory

10.A.give B.feel C.hold D.add

11.A.Where B.Because C.If D.Although

12.A.trust B.emotion C.strength D.confidence

13.A.loud B.foreign C.soft D.firm

14.A.going B.running C.fighting D.training

15.A.refer B.talk C.listen D.agree

16.A.frightened B.disturbed C.disappointed D.bored

17.A.develop B.change C.follow D.happen

18.A.late B.hard C.closely D.quickly

19.A.new B.near C.rough D.narrow

20.A.wish B.duty C.rank D.race

In 1947 a group of famous people from the art world headed by an Austrian conductor decided to hold an international festival of music,dance and theater in Edinburgh. The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War.

At the same time, the “Fringe” appeared as a challenge to the official festival.Eight theater groups turned up uninvited in 1947,in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform,and they did so in a public house disused for years.

Soon,groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University, and later from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge,Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theater by little-known writers of plays in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh.

Today the “Fringe”,once less recognized, has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of theater,music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts. And yet as early as 1959,with only 19 theater groups performing,some said it was getting too big.

A paid administrator was first employed only in 1971, and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself. In 2004 there were 200 places housing 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries. More than 1,25 million tickets were sold.

1.What was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival at he beginning?

A. To bring Europe together again.

B. To honor heroes of World War 11.

C. To introduce young theater groups.

D. To attract great artists from Europe.

2.Why did some uninvited theater groups come to Edinburgh in 1947?

A. They owned a public house there.

B. They came to take up a challenge.

C. They thought they were also famous.

D. They wanted to take part in the festival.

3.Who joined the "Fringe" after it appeared?

A. Popular writers.

B. University students.

C.Artists from around the world.

D. Performers of music and dance.

4.We may learn from the text that Edinburgh Festival___.

A. has become a non-official event

B. has gone beyond an art festival

C. gives shows all year round

D. keeps growing rapidly

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