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The adolescent girl from Tennessee was standing on the stage of a drama summer camp in New York. But the girl didn't feel joyful. She was not the leggy, attrac?tive Hollywood type. In fact, she described herself as stupid.

This girl was Reese Witherspoon, who had wanted to be a country singer and admired and respected Dolly Parton very much.

That day at the end of the camp her coaches told her to forget about singing. They suggested she think about another career. She took their words to heart. After all,why shouldn't she believe the professionals?

But back at home in Nashville, her mother―a fun?ny, happy, optimistic woman—wouldn't let her feel de?pressed. Her father, a physician, encouraged her to achieve in school. So she worked hard at everything and was accepted into Stanford University.

And at 19, she got a part in a low-budget movie called Freeway, which prepared for her role in the mov?ie Pleasantville. But her big break came with Legally Blonde.

"If you can't sing and you aren't charming, play to your strengths. If you're going to make it in this busi?ness, better focus on what you're good at,"she told the interviewer later.

And then came the offer that took her back to her Nashville—playing the wife of a country star Johnny Cash,a singing role.

All of a sudden the old fears learned on that sum?mer stage were back. She was so nervous on the stage. But she didn't give up on the movie or herself. She spent 6 months taking singing lessons again. She learned to play the autoharp. And the hard work built up her confi?dence.

Last March, Reese Witherspoon walked up on an?other stage, the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, and ac?cepted the Oscar as Best Actress for her heartbreaking, heart-warming singing role as June Carter Cash in Walk the Line.

1. Why was Reese Witherspoon sad that day?

A.The experts advised her to give up singing.

B.Dolly Parton told her to leave the stage.

C.The coaches described her as foolish.

D.The professionals considered her ignorant.

2.What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?

A.Reese was an optimistic girl.

B.Her parents supported her a lot.

C.Her parents were disappointed with her.

D.Reese blamed herself all day long.

3.How did Reese succeed in playing the singing role?

A.She did her best to make herself leggy and at?tractive.

B.She tried hard to forget about that summer stage.

C.She practised autoharp lessons for more than 6 months.

D.She regained her confidence through hard work.

4.What can we learn from Reese's experience?

A.Two heads are better than one.

B.When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

C.Where there is a will, there is a way.

D.Hope for the best,and prepare for the worst.

【文章大意】本文讲述瑞茜•威瑟斯彭专注于自己的表演特长,

勇往直前,战胜挫折的经历。她不懈的努力让她的梦在好莱坞的柯达剧院绽放,她凭借在影片《一往无前》里饰演的琼•卡特•卡什这一歌唱角色获得了奥斯卡最佳女演员奖。

A 细节理解题。根据第一段中的"But the girl didn't feel joyful."和第三段中的"That day at the end of the camp her coaches told her to forget about singing. 丁hey suggested she think about another career."可知,夏令营结束时,老师们告诉她应该忘掉唱歌这件事,另谋出路。

B 推理判断题。根据文中第四段的"…her mother… wouldn't let her feel depressed. Her father -. encouraged -. So …Stanford University."可知她的妈妈可不会让她感到丝毫沮丧。她的爸爸鼓励她在学业上有所成就。她凡事努力,终于被斯坦福大学录取。故可以推断父母对她大力支持。

D细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的"…the old fears—were back... But she didn't give up... She spent 6 months taking singing… the hard work built up her confidence."可知她没放弃那部电影,也没放弃自己。她用六个月的时间重新开始学习声乐。她还学会了演奏竖琴。不懈的努力让

她重拾信心。

C推理判断题。全文讲述瑞茜•威瑟斯彭专注于自己的表演特长,在风雨中百折不挠,勇往直前的经历。因此,最佳答案为C。

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Ⅲ.语法填空[2015 •甘肃天水市第5次检测]

阅读下面材料,在空白处填人适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

What is the most popular communication tool today? 14.______ your answer is QQ or MSN, I must say you're a bit old-fashioned.  Today, a new form of communication "WeChat" , which 15. ___________    (own) a Chinese name Weixin, is becoming the most influential text and voicing tool all over the world.

  What advantages do WeChat have? First, WeChat is 16._____ relative cheap way of communication; that is to say, it uses network traffic instead of telephone fare. Next. we can know 17._____ is going on at any time.And we can have 18. ___________   (easy) access to information available than other messaging tools.

What roles does it play 19. __________ our daily life? According to the latest report, the number of the registered users on WeChat platform has topped 200 million and it has expanded its business to overseas market. Can you imagine that a mobile phone 'appJ is so 20. ____________  (appeal) that it reaches 200 million users within 8 months? WeChat itself has become the most popular mobile chat application in the world, A large 21._____________of people have become " WeChataholic,", which means they keep staring at the mobile phone all the time and can't live without 22.______However, while enjoying its great convenience, people should not ignore the danger of 23. ______________   (cheat), for information on WeChat is publicly known.

Some years ago when I was in my second year in university, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting.  Salome's     5     filled the room and brought the theatre to life.  I was so 6 that I decided to write an article about her.

I 7 Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She    8    and told me to come to her studio

next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. 1  9 1 was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn't even written a grocery list.

I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there 10 , taking notes and asking questions that be?gan with "Can you tell me " I soon realized that

11 Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The 12 was almost unbearable (不可容忍的).I struggled for days 13 draft after draft. Finally I put my manu?script (手稿)into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.

It didn't take long. My manuscript 14 . How stupid of me ! I thought. How could I 15 in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn't 16 the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.

Five years later, I was moving to California. While 17    my apartment, I came across the unopened enve?lope. This time 1 opened it and    18    the editors' letter in disbelief: Dear Ms Pro fit

Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet ive need some 19 materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We •would like to 20 your sto?ry soon.

Shocked, it took me a long time to 21 Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and the chance of having my article appear in a major magazine.   More importantly,  I lost years of

22 writing. Today, I have become a full-time writ?er. Looking back on this 23 , I learned a very im?portant lesson: you can't 24  to doubt yourself.

5.A. joy     B. speech

C.voice       D. smile

6.A. active B. moved

C.satisfied   D. proud

7.A. visited       B. e-mailed

C.phoned    D. interviewed

8.A. refused      B. agreed

C.hesitated  D. paused

9.A. replied       B. discovered

C.knew       D. explained

10.A. seriously    B. patiently

C.nervously D. quietly

11.A. fooling      B. blaming

C.inviting                    D. urging

12.A. hardship     B. failure

C.pressure   D. comment

13.A. on      B. with

C.by    D. in

14.A. disappeared       B. returned

C.spread       D. improved

15.A. compare     B. survive

C.compete   D. struggle

16.A. ignore B. deliver

C.receive    D. face

17.A. repairing    B. cleaning

C.decorating     D. leaving

18.A. read    B. saw

C.found      D. noticed

19.A. memorial   B. private

C.relevant   D. reliable

20.A. broadcast   B. publish

C.create      D. assess

21.A. prepare      B, escape

C.recover    D. concentrate

22.A. enjoyable   B. energetic

C.typical     D. endless

23.A. success       B.  experience ,

C.benefit     D. accident

24.A. attempt      B. pretend

C.  afford      D. expect

I.阅读理解

A [2015 .山东省滕州高三模拟]

  As I grew older, my dad and I grew further apart. We al?ways had totally different opinions. He thought that college was a waste of time, but for me it was important to finish col?lege. He wanted me to work my way to the top as he had done in his field, but I wanted a different life. There was a time when we did not talk with each other.

A few months ago, I heard that my 84-year-old dad was in poor health. When he called and asked whether I could move from Colorado back to Tennessee to help him, I knew he was seriously ill. I am his only child and so it was time to meet my father's requirement.

Two weeks after moving back, we bought a boat and started fishing again. Fishing was one of the few things that we did while I was young and that we both enjoyed. It is strange but true that as we are fishing we are able to put things that have kept us apart for so many years behind us. We are able to talk about things that we have never talked about before. Fishing has been healing the old wounds that have kept us apart.

  It is not important how many fish we catch. It is about enjoying the relationship that we have not had for years. I' m 62 and he is 84. When we are on the lake fishing, it is like two kids enjoying life. It is far better to find a way to put the un?happy past behind. I am so lucky to spend the happy time with my father in his last years. Now my heart is filled with love. A smile always graces my lips.

1. The author and his father became further apart because

 A.     they lived very far from each other

B.     they seldom went to see each other

C.     they only communicated by phone

D.     they had different views on things

2. Why did the author come back to Tennessee?

 A.     Because his father invited him to work there.

B.     Because he decided to live in a different city.

C.     Because his father was ill and needed caring.

D.     Because he regretted being rude to his father.

3.For the author, fishing with his old father___________ .

A. helps cure his father's disease

B. makes him realize the importance of relaxation

C.is a good way to get close to nature

D. provides a chance for them to communicate

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A. Fishing brings us together

B.Forgiving is difficult

C. Memories of old days

D.My beloved father

It is a great truth because once we truly understand and accept it, then life is no longer difficult.

Most do not fully see this truth. 9 . It seems to them that their difficulties represent a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else upon their families, their class, or even their nation.

10  Problems , depending on their nature , cause us sadness or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes an end?less series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy. 11 .

12 . When we desire to encourage the growth of the human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems, just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. 13  As Benjamin Franklin said, "Those things that hurt, instruct. " It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.

A.Problems are the serious test that tells success from failure.

B.Life is not a trap set for us by God so that he can condemn(责难)us for failing.

C.It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn.

D.Yet, it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning.

E. Instead they complain about their problems and dif?ficulties as if life should be easy.

F. We can register to make money and participate in problem-solving collaboration(合作)groups.

G. What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one.

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