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Shark O’Neill of NBA

  Wherever he appears, people will get shocked at the sight of him-a black colossus(巨人)or an iron tower.

  With a height of 2.16 meters and a weight of 138 kilograms, he wears shoes size 57 that are like two small boats.His hands are as large as two cattail leaves(香蒲叶).He always shakes hands carefully and gently with others for he is afraid of hurting them.He smiles gently so that his resonant(洪亮的)voice won’t frighten them.He even begins his chatting with care.

  Shark O’Neill, 22, has become a new famous NBA player and is a rising superstar or a dark horse.Now he has signed a 7-year contract worth $40 million with the Orando Magics.In addition, he will get another huge amount of $ 30 million from the advertisements all over the world.The NBA experts think he’ll be a billionaire(亿万富翁)at the age of 25, the highest record of its kind.

  Shark O’Neill’s mother is busy answering and handing almost 1000 letters a day which come mainly from his fans, while his father, Phillip, is in charge of O’Neill’s business management.Phillip, who himself was an excellent basketball player before, trained his son to be a world famous player.It is his father who pushed O’Neill to the throne(宝座)of NBA.

  O’Neill succeeds.He is another superstar after Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson of NBA.

(1)

People who see O’Neill will be shocked because ________.

[  ]

A.

he shakes hands gently with others

B.

he speaks with shyness

C.

he is very black

D.

he is like an iron tower

(2)

In the third paragraph the underlined phrase“dark horse”means ________.

[  ]

A.

a black player

B.

a black NBA player

C.

an American rider

D.

a surprise

(3)

Which of the following is not a famous player of NBA?________.

[  ]

A.

Phillip

B.

Shark O’Neill

C.

Michael Jordan

D.

Magic Johnson

(4)

Which of the following is not true?________.

[  ]

A.

Shark O’Neill is thought to be a billionaire in three years

B.

Phillip did a lot for O’Neill’s success today

C.

Shark O’Neill gets a lot of money from his fans

D.

Shark O’Neill is a black American


第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从16-35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从16-35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
It was 4 o’clock in the morning, when I received the phone call.
“This is the emergency room calling and your son was just   16   in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. We have called for a(n)   17   and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle.” Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately this was   18  .
The doctor described the   19  , which caused the burns. At 6 a.m, our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers in the courtyard of their apartment. When they   20   the charcoal(木炭), it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much gasoline(petrol). The flames    21   my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to well over his head.
22  , one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped my son, and   23   him on the grass. While it saved his life, it was not in   24   to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars(伤疤).
After he   25   from the treatments, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery(整容)for 6 months   26   it takes that long for the skin to stop shrinking and wrinkling. So, he had to return to college with scars typical of severe burns.
When I was a child, my mother told my sister, who had a 10-inch very   27   scar on her arm, “Nancy, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It does not mean they will not   28   it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you.”
I   29   this wisdom on to my son. He took my advice to   30   and returned to school with his head held high--- glad he was alive.
By the end of the six-month waiting period, he decided that the scars did not   31  , so he made the   32   to give up any plastic surgery we all have “scars” that we believe   33   people to keep away from us. And we spend a lot of time thinking that if only we looked differently, or dressed differently, people would like us better.
But you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judging yourself by these same   34   standards. Put your imperfections out of your mind and concentrate on what you value   35    yourself, and your beauty will shine through.
16. A. brought        B. given               C. turned              D. showed
17. A. doctor         B. hospital       C. aircraft              D. ambulance
18. A. serious         B. terrible       C. dangerous           D. important
19. A. event          B. process       C. reason              D. accident
20. A. got            B. lit            C. burned          D. moved
21. A. took           B. held             C. caught           D. attracted
22. A. Fortunately      B. Surprisingly   C. Happily             D. Slowly
23. A. pushed         B. threw         C. dropped            D. rolled
24. A. shape           B. place         C. fact                D. time
25. A. benefited        B. recovered      C. suffered             D. relaxed
26. A. if                   B. while               C. because             D. although
27. A. normal        B. violent              C. obvious             D. popular
28. A. mention         B notice         C. 1augh              D. hide
29. A. sent           B. kept          C. handed                 D. passed
30. A. heart           B. life           C. practice             D. considerate
31. A. grow          B. matter         C. exist               D. appear
32. A. mistake        B. effort          C. decision           D. request
33. A. invite          B. cause          C. allow             D. remind
34. A. false          B. strict          C. moral             D. general
35. A by              B. over           C. beyond          D. within

第二卷

第四部分写作(共两节,满分35分)

第一节:对话填空共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)

M: What are you doing here (76)a_____?                                                 76. __________       

W: Just looking at the lights. I like to look at the city at night.                              

M: Everybody is standing around the piano and singing.

Don’t you want to (77)j_____us?                                                                   77. __________       

W: I’d (78)r_____stay out here for a few minutes.                                        78. __________       

Look down there where I’m pointing.

M: I don’t see anything (79)s_____.                                                             79. __________        

W: That’s (80)w_____I used to live when I was a child.                                 80. __________       

M: What kind of neighborhood was it?

W: A very (81)p_____one. Everybody was supposed to work                          81. __________        

hard and end up with a house in the outer area of the city.

M: But you’ve ended up with a flat in the sky.

W: Yes, and I don’t want to lose it.

M: I think that means that all of us had (82)b______go                                         82. __________       

home soon so that you can get a little (83)s_____.                                        83. __________        

W: I do have to be at the (84)o______in the morning.                                    84. __________       

M: Tell me, how do you do it, both work so hard and play so hard?

W: I don’t know. I just like to do (85b_____. And I don’t need much sleep.            85. __________       

 

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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In college I had a part-time job at a shop downtown that sold doughnuts(a kind of cake) and coffee. The small shop,  36   on a block where a dozen buses stopped, it provided food to people who had a few minutes to wait for their  37  .

    I  38  coffee in takeout cups and patiently waited on customers who’d point through the glass case and say, “No, not that one, the one two rows over.”

    Every afternoon around four o’clock, a group of school children would burst   39  the  shop. Adults would glance in, see the crowd and   40  on. I didn’t   41  if the kids waited for the bus in the shop.

    I came to know them pretty well. The girls would talk about school. The boys were more quiet, choosing not to   42   their secrets, but still, they’d wait every day in the store   43  their bus came.

       Sometimes I'd hand out bus fare (车费) when a ticket went  44  — always repaid the next day.When ii snowed, the kids and I would wait  45  for a very late bus.They'd call their parents to let them know they were okay.At _ closing time I wouldn't  46  the door, and the kids and I would wait in the warm store until their bus finally arrived.

       I  47  a lot of doughnuts on snowy days.I enjoyed my pals (伙伴), but it never  48   to me that I played an important part in their lives—until one Saturday afternoon when a serious-looking man came into the store and asked if I was the girl who worked weekdays around four o'clock.I  49  it was true, and he introduced himself   50  the father of two of my favorites—a brother and sister team.

       "I want you know I appreciate what you do for my children.I  51  about them having to take two buses to get home.It  52   a lot that they can wait here and you are keeping an eye on them."

       I told him it wasn't a big  53  .that I enjoyed the kids.

       "No, you don't understand.When they're with the doughnuts lady, I know they're  54  .It is a big deal.And I'm grateful."

       So I was the Doughnuts lady.I not only had received a   55  .I had become a landmark.

1.A.existed                B.located          C.lied                 D.stood

2.A.ride                  B.train            C.passengers          D.cars

3.A.tasted                 B.had             C.made               D.poured

4.A.into                  B.out                                            C.for           D.along

5.A.go                    B.come            C.pass       D.pull

6.A.consider              B.mind          C.think               D.realize

7.A.hear                  B.notice           C.share               D.show

8.A.when                 B.before           C.after                D.until

9.A.stealing               B.disappearing      C.missing             D.remaining

10.A.happily             B.anxiously        C.sadly               D.bravely

11.A.lock                B.open            C.watch               D.keep

12.A.ate up               B.gave away       C.let out              D.sent away

13.A.stuck                B.reminded        C.moved     D.occurred

14.A.admitted             B.talked           C.guessed    D.refused

15.A.for                B.to                                             C.as           D.like

16.A.care                B.worry           C.frighten    D.wonder

17.A.means               B.takes            C.has                  D.gives

18.A.pride                B.pleasure         C.deal                D.help

19.A.controlled            B.behaved         C.alive       D.safe

20.A.word                B.title             C.prize       D.award

 

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