完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
My job was to make classroom observations and encourage a training program that would enable students to feel good about themselves and take charge of their lives. Donna was one of the volunteer teachers who participated in this  36 .
One day, I entered Donna’s classroom, took a seat in the back of the room and   37 .All the students were working on a task. The student next to me was filling her page with “I Can’ts.” “I can’t kick the soccer ball.” “I can’t get Debbie to like me.” Her page was half full and she showed no    38   of stopping. I walked down the row and found   39  was writing sentences, describing things they couldn’t do.
By this time the activity aroused my    40   , so I decided to check with the teacher to see what was going on,    41    I noticed she too was busy writing “I can’t get John’s mother to come for a parents’ meeting.” …I felt it best not to interrupt.
After another ten minutes, the students were instructed to fold the papers in half and bring them to the front. They placed their “I Can’t” statements into an empty shoe box. Then Donna   42    hers. She put the lid on the box, tucked it under her arm and headed out the door.
Students followed the teacher. I followed the students. Halfway down the hallway Donna got a shovel(铲子) from the tool house, and then marched the students to the farthest corner of the playground. There they began to    43  . The box of “I Can’ts” was placed at the    44   of the hole and then quickly covered with dirt. At this point Donna announced, “Boys and girls, please join hands and     45    your heads.” They quickly formed a circle around the grave.
Donna delivered the eulogy(悼词).“Friends, we gathered here today to honor the memory of ‘I Can’t.’ He is   46  by his brothers and sisters ‘I Can’ and ‘I Will’. May ‘I Can’t’ rest in    47  . Amen!”
She turned the students    48    and marched them back into the classroom. They celebrated the    49    of “I Can’t”. Donna cut a large tombstone from paper. She wrote the words “I Can’t ”at the top and the date at the bottom, then hung it in the classroom. On those rare occasions when a student forgot and said, “I Can’t,” Donna    50    pointed to the paper tombstone. The student then remembered that “I Can’t” was dead and chose other statement.

【小题1】
A.jobB.projectC.observationD.course
【小题2】
A.checkedB.noticedC.watchedD.waited
【小题3】
A.scenesB.sensesC.marksD.signs
【小题4】
A.nobodyB.somebodyC.everyoneD.anyone
【小题5】
A.curiosityB.suspectC.sympathyD.worry
【小题6】
A.andB.orC.butD.so
【小题7】
A.addedB.wroteC.madeD.folded
【小题8】
A.cryB.prayC.digD.play
【小题9】
A.backB.bottomC.topD.edge
【小题10】
A.dropB.raiseC.fallD.lift
【小题11】
A.rememberedB.punishedC.removedD.replaced
【小题12】
A.silenceB.heartC.peaceD.memory
【小题13】
A.downB.upC.offD.around
【小题14】
A.birthB.passingC.lossD.starting
【小题15】
A.simplyB.hardlyC.seriouslyD.angrily

Nick Santonastasso has one arm equipped with one finger. He has no legs. He also has no limitations(局限).
“ I know anything’s possible ,” the 12-year-old told TODAY ’s Ann Curry.
He can play baseball and football, play the keyboard and drums, and play video games with his brothers.
When Nick was born, he suffered a disease only found in 11 other people. The Santonastassos had three other children, and they decided to treat Nick the same as others, with love but without excuse
“ We’re supposed to be heroes to our children, but Nick is a hero to us,” his father Michael said. But heroes have heroes, too, and Nick’s is Tiki Barber, the former football superstar who retired last year and became a reporter for TODAY. Curry told Nick that for his birthday, the show wanted to give him a new skateboard. The person who presented it to him was Barber.
“ You’re an inspiration,” Barber said. “ There are a lot of kids who might be at a disadvantage.
You give them strength.”
Curry observed that most parents try to protect their kids from failure, but the Santonastassos didn’t do that with Nick.
“Absolutely not, “Nick’s mother Stacey said. “ If you do have a small failure, it just makes you stronger to succeed at the next stop.”
“ It builds self-confidence in yourself to try it again,” Nick added.
Recently, Nick entered a drawing in a statewide contest in New Jersey. His drawing was a tree with a spreading canopy (树冠) and deep toots. Above the tree were the words, “The roots of a family are…” Below the ground, the roots spelled out the final word for the message: “ Love.”
It won the contest. The judges didn’t know Nick’ physical condition. He won on merit (成绩), the same way he does everything else in life.
【小题1】How did the Santonastassos treat Nick?

A.They gave him much more careB.They treated him as a normal boy
C.They made excuse for his failureD.They protected him from failure.
【小题2】In the opinion of Barber, Nick__________.
A.would learn a lot from his failure.B.would become a star in playing skateboard.
C.set a good example to other disabled kidsD.proved a real hero to other heroes
【小题3】What message did Nick’s drawing express?
A.Love is the “root” of a family.B.Each family has its own value among its members.
C.Trees without deep roots can’t grow tall and strongD.Roots are the most important of a tree.
【小题4】According to the passage, ______ other people have the same disease as Nick’s.
A.twoB.threeC.elevenD.twelve
【小题5】 What might be the most suitable title for the passage?
A.Nothing Is ImpossibleB.Keep Trying ForeverC.The rootsD.Nick and his Skateboard

A young man from a village called Nawalapitiya married a young woman from Maliyuwa, a nearby village. They lived with the man’s big family—his parents, his brothers, their wives and children. The family kept an elephant, in which the young woman soon took a great interest. Every day she fed it with fruit and sugar.
Three months later the woman went back to her parents’ home, having quarreled with her husband. Soon the elephant refused to eat and work. It appeared to be ill and heart-broken. One morning after several weeks the animal disappeared from the house.
It went to the woman’s home. On seeing her, the elephant waved its trunk and touched her with it. The young woman was so moved (感动) by the act of the animal that she returned to her husband’s home.
【小题1】The writer wrote the story in order to ______.

A.show that elephants are very clever
B.tell how a woman trained a wild animal
C.show that women care more for animals than men do
D.tell how an animal reunited (团圆) a husband and wife
【小题2】The woman left her new home ______.
A.to visit her own parents in Maliyuwa
B.to see if the elephant would follow her
C.because she was angry with her husband
D.because she was tired of the large family
【小题3】After the young woman left her husband’s home, the elephant ______.
A.returned to the forestB.was sad because it missed her
C.went to look for a new homeD.was sick because nobody fed it
【小题4】The young wife went back to her husband because ______.
A.she knew he had sent the animal to her
B.the elephant had come to look for her
C.her parents told her to
D.she missed her new home

A friend is better than fortune. A friend is worse than poison in some cases. 
The two sentences above have opposite meanings and seem to be unreasonable, but they can be explained as follows: the first refers to all good friends who drive us towards good while the second all bad ones who lead us into bad ways.
  My ideal friend is of course a good friend whose goodness is shown below — he has no bad habits, such as smoking and drinking. He lives in frugality (节俭). He studies hard so as not to waste his golden time. At home he honors his parents and loves his brothers; at school he respects his teachers and shares the feelings of his classmates. He treats those truly who are true to him. In a word, he has all the good characteristics that I don’t have. I can follow him as a model. With his help I can be free from all difficulties.
Indeed, if I have such a person as my friend, I shall never fear difficulty and I shall never know the existence of the word “failure”.
【小题1】This passage tells us ____.

A.how to make friends with others
B.how to help friends
C.what kind of person the writer’s friend is
D.what kind of person we should make friends with
【小题2】According to the writer, an ideal friend refers to _______.
A.a friend without bad habits
B.a famous man
C.a perfect man
D.a respectable man
【小题3】From the passage we can learn that ________.
A.the writer and his ideal friend have a lot to learn from each other
B.the writer has a lot to learn from his ideal friend
C.the writer’s ideal friend has a lot to learn from him
D.the writer has only a little to learn from his ideal friend
【小题4】From the second paragraph, we can infer the writer is sure that _______.
A.friendship means a great deal to him
B.nothing can be done without friends
C.he who does not smoke or drink must be a good friend
D.good friends should always help each other

It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in almost a month. The crops were dying. Cows had stopped giving milk. The streams were long gone back into the earth. If we didn’t see some rain soon we would lose everything.

I was in the kitchen making lunch for my husband and his brothers when I saw my six-year old son, Billy, walking toward the woods. He was obviously walking with a great effort... trying to be as still as possible. Minutes after he disappeared into the woods, he came running out again, toward the house.

Moments later, however, he was once again walking in that slow purposeful long step toward the woods. This activity went on for over an hour: walking cautiously to the woods, then running back to the house. Finally, my curiosity got the best of me. I crept out of the house and followed him on his journey.

He was cupping both hands in front of him as he walked; being very careful not to spill(溅出) the water he held in them. Branches and thorns slapped his little face but he did not try to avoid them. He had a much greater purpose. As I leaned in to spy on him, I saw the most amazing site.

Several large deer appeared threatening in front of him. But Billy walked right up to them. I almost screamed for him to get away. And I saw a baby deer laying on the ground, obviously suffering from heavy loss of water and heat exhaustion, lift its head with great effort to lap(舔) up the water cupped in my beautiful boy’s hand.

I stood on the edge of the woods watching the most beautiful heart I have ever known working so hard to save a life. As the tears that rolled down my face began to hit the ground, they were suddenly joined by other drops... and more drops... and more. I looked up at the sky. It was as if God, Himself, was weeping with pride.

1.What can be learned from Paragraph 1?

A.The writer lived in the hottest place.

B.It wouldn’t rain during the dry season.

C.All the crops in the area were dead.

D.People were in great need of rain.

2.Billy walked carefully to the woods because ______.

A.he was not old enough to walk freely

B.he didn’t want to be followed by his mother

C.he tried not to spill the water in his hands

D.he wanted to attract his mother’s attention

3.Why did the writer almost scream for Billy to get away?

A.Because she saw the most amazing site in the woods

B.Because those large deer appeared dangerous

C.Because she saw a baby deer laying on the ground

D.Because the deer suffered from heavy loss of water

4.After learning about the truth, the author felt _______.

A.curious and confused                    B.scared and excited

C.moved and curious                      D.proud and moved

5.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A.The Water of Life                       B.Importance of Water

C.How to Save Animals                     D.Animals in Danger

 

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