阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项

Wings of Angel

    I used to hate myself because I wasn’t “normal”. Everyone else could play on the monkey bars and ride on a bicycle, but not   36  . I had a severe spinal cord disorder(脊髓病) and I knew I would always be much   37  than others.

I hated going to school and I hated   38   at me. I hated seeing others smiling broadly and standing   39  and tall. And most of all, I hated looking in the   40  and seeing an ugly and hunchback(驼背).

My friends found me   41  because I didn’t let other get close to me. I thought I was going to go on like this for the rest of my life   42  Angela appeared.

That afternoon, I was sitting by myself in a corner of the school—a spot where no one would

  43  me. That’s when I first heard your voice.

“Hi. Can I sit down?”

I raised my head and there she was, with an irresistible smile on her round face.

“What are you looking at?” you asked.

“Ants.”

“What are they doing?”

 “No   44  .”

“I bet they’re playing games and make friends. Don’t you think so?”

That was how our   45  started and it didn’t stop. We talked about everything under the sun—the ants, the clouds, my little niche(处境)—until it was sunset.

Then suddenly, you saw my   46  . She just stared.

My heart   47  . What I feared most had happened and I knew for sure she would   48   me now.

She stood up, pointed at my back and said, “I know why your back is hunched.”

I closed my eyes like a criminal waiting to be   50  . I begged in my heart for her to   51  , but you just kept on going. “I know what you’ve got in there. Do you?”

“No,” I answered   52  .

She bent and whispered in my ears.

“Your back is bunched because you’ve got a pair of wings from the angels.”

I was   53  . I looked into your eyes and her   54  touched my heart. From that day on, I started to learn to   55  myself because I have the wings of an angel and a kind – hearted friend.

36.A.them B.it      C.mo    D.her

37.A.sadder      B.shorter      C.weaker     D.slower

38.A.looking    B.smiling     C.aiming      D.glaring

39.A.still   B.alone C.straight     D.together

40.A.street B.sun    C.corner      D.mirror

41.A.distant      B.stubborn   C.hopeless    D.unfortunate

42.A.after B.before      C.since D.until

43.A.disturb     B.seek  C.interrupt   D.ignore

44.A.wonder     B.idea   C.sign   D.action

45.A.connection       B.competition      C.conversation     D.comprehension

46.A.face  B.back  C.eyes  D.shoulders

47.A.sank  B.beat  C.broke       D.ached

48.A.care for    B.rely on     C.look down upon      D.put up with

49.A.that   B.how  C.whether    D.why

50.A.accused    B.arrested    C.punished   D.sentenced

51.A.relax B.leave C.stop   D.pause

52.A.shyly B.weakly     C.proudly    D.firmly

53.A.astonished B.ashamed   C.annoyed    D.amused

54.A.wisdom    B.generosity C.honesty     D.kindness

55.A.control     B.like   C.comfort    D.enjoy

When someone says, "well, 1 guess I will have to face the music. It does not mean he is planning to go to a concert. It is something far less pleasant like being called in by your boss to explain why you did this and did that, and why you did not do this or that. Terrible music indeed, but it has to be faced. At some time or another, every one of us had to "face the music", especially as children. We can all remember father's angry voice, "I want to talk to you!" and only because we did not obey him. What an unpleasant business it was!
The phrase "to face the music" is familiar to every American, young or old. It is at least 100 years old. Where did the expression come from?
The first explanation comes from the American novelist James Penimore Cooper. He said in 1851 that the expression was first used by actors while waiting in the wings to go on stage . When they got their signal to go on, they often said, "Well, it's time to go to face the music." And that is exactly what they did face the orchestra  which was just below the stage.
46. The passage mainly tells us______.
A. how the phrase “to face the music” developed in its own way   
B. what the phrase “ to face the music ” means   
C. when the phrase "to face the music" came into being
D. all the above
47. A person has to face the music especially as he is______.
A. a child      B. a young man     C. a grown-up      D. a player
48.______used the phrase "to face the music" for the first time.
A. Actors     B. The boss        C. The director       D. Cooper     
49. Which of the following statements is wrong?
A. The actor stayed on the stage to enjoy the music.
B. To face the music is usually an unpleasant thing.
C. The original meaning of the phrase “to face the music ” is to face the orchestra.
D. The phrase “to face the music” has been used for more than one century.
50. According to the passage the connotation of the phrase “to face the music” is____
A. to listen to the music               B. to go through something unpleasant    
C. to stand in front of the stage        D. to go to the concert 

Once upon a time in a land far away, there was a wonderful old man who loved everything:animals, spiders, insects...

One day while walking through the woods, the nice old man found a cocoon(茧)of a butterfly.He took it home.A few days later, a small opening appeared; he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole.Then it seemed to stop making any progress.It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no farther.Then the man decided to help the butterfly, so he took a pair of scissors and cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon.

The butterfly then appeared easily.

But it had a swollen body and small, fragile wings.The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would be smaller in time.Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling (慢慢爬行)around with a swollen body and fragile wings.

It never was able to fly.

What the man in his kindness and hurry did not understand was that the limited cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were Nature's way of forcing fluid (液体)from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life.If we were allowed to go through our life without any obstacles and difficulties, it would disable us.We would not be as strong as what we could have been.And we could never fly.

【小题】The butterfly could never fly because ________.

A.it was too fat and strong.

B.it loved crawling around.

C.it got out of the cocoon easily.

D.it didn’t get through the cocoon .

【小题】The text is most likely to be found in a book about__________.

A.popular science                  B.humorous stories.

C.successful people                D.philosophy events .

【小题】What is the implied meaning of the passage?

A.Life without any obstacles and difficulties is perfect.

B.Obstacles and difficulties contribute to success.

C.Never help a butterfly to get out of the cocoon.

D.A butterfly can never fly without going through the cocoon.

 

 

     Along the river banks of the Amazon and the Orinoco there lives a bird that swims before it can fly, flies like a fat chicken, eats green leaves, has the stomach of a cow and has claws (爪) on its wings when young. They build their homes about 4.6m above the river, an important feature (特征) for the safety of the young. It is called the hoatzin.

      In appearance, the birds of both sexes look very much alike with brown on the back and cream and red on the underside. The head is small, with a large set of feathers on the top, bright red eyes, and blue skin. Its nearest relatives are the common birds, cuckoos. Its most striking feature, though, is only found in the young.

      Baby hoatzins have a claw on the leading edge of each wing and another at the end of each wing tip. Using these four claws, together with the beak (喙), they can climb about in the bushes, looking very much like primitive birds must have done. When the young hoatzins have learned to fly, they lose their claws.

      During the drier months between December and March hoatzins fly about the forest in groups of 20 to 30 birds, but in April, when the rainy season begins, they collect together in smaller living units of two to seven birds for producing purposes.

1.What is the text mainly about?

    A.Hoatzins in dry and rainy seasons.

    B.The relatives and enemies of hoatzins.

    C.Primitive birds and hoatzins of the Amazon.

    D.The appearance and living habits of hoatzins.

2.Young hoatzins are different from their parents in that       

    A.they look like young cuckoos

    B.they have claws on the wings

    C.they eat a lot like a cow

    D.they live on river banks

3.What can we infer about primitive birds from the text?

    A.They had claws to help them climb.

    B.They could fly long distances.

    C.They had four wings like hoatzins.

    D.They had a head with long feathers on the top.

4.Why do hoatzins collect together in smaller groups when the rainy season comes?

    A.To find more food.

    B.To protect themselves better.

    C.To keep themselves warm.

    D.To produce their young.

 

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