根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

A“Gap Year”is a period of time when a student takes a break before going to university.It is often spent travelling or working.1..The advantages of taking a gap year are as follows:

2..Although you don’t have to go abroad to experience gap years,most gap year students catch the chance to travel abroad.You are able to work out who you are and what you are for.The experiences of different cultures offer you interesting lessons.

Face Challenges and Have Fun.A gap year is not only a time to take a vacation,but also a time to face challenges.Gap year students usually work,volunteer or take service projects.You have to learn how to get along in the real world.This process isn’t always easy,but it is an important part of growing up.3.

Save Money and Improve Your College Admission Chances.There’s a common thought that gap years are only for rich students,but it isn’t true.4..Gap year students often take a part-time job.Besides,at the end of a gap year,students are much more likely to know what to study in college.Clear learning goals can keep the students working hard instead of wasting time and money playing.

Imagine an admission officer trying to admit only one between two students.Both of them are excellent and have high grades.However,one student has much practical experience or has volunteered in his vacation.5.

A.Make full preparations for the gap year.

B.Only in this way can you enjoy life and have fun.

C.Actually,taking a gap year can save your money.

D.Who do you think the admission officer will choose?

E.It can give young people useful learning experiences and new skills.

F.Challenges always come first before fun.

G.Learn about the World and Yourself.

SECTION B (共12小题;每小题 1分,满分12分)

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

I just read a beautiful story. It is about a little girl, a movie and a corporation. , if crying at work might be a problem, you should wait until you get home to read it. Trust me.

10-year-old Colby Curtin of Huntington Beach, California, had been with a rare form of cancer for three years. This month, it became that Colby would probably die soon. The one thing she wanted to do before she died was to see the movie Up. She’d been by the previews.

But Colby’s health was so that she could not be taken to the theater, and Up is only playing in theaters. By June 9, it was clear Colby wouldn’t it. A family friend began desperately dialing numbers at Pixar. She finally to someone and told them Colby’s will. After a discussion, Pixar to help.

Colby’s mother asked her, “Do you think you can hold on?” “I’m to die, but I’m going to wait for the movie, ”the girl replied.

On June 10, Pixar an employee to the Curtin’s home and showed the film on DVD-possibly the only DVD copy of the movie that exists.

Here’s what her mom said, “When I watched it, I had really no idea about the or the theme of the movie. I just know that word ‘Up’ and all of the balloons and I swear to you, for me it meant that Colby was going to go up, up to . ”

Colby died seven hours after watching the movie.

1.A. However B. Besides C. Therefore D. Finally

2.A. sticking B. suffering C. keeping D. living

3.A. clear B. uncertain C. sorry D. sure

4.A. fascinated B. fond C. interested D. surprised

5.A. good B. poor C. healthy D. ordinary

6.A. do B. see C. make D. survive

7.A. got over B. got away C. got down D. got through

8.A. refused B. hoped C. agreed D. offered

9.A. scared B. ready C. afraid D. sad

10.A. planned B. made C. shipped D. flew

11.A. trick B. contents C. hint D. disadvantage

12.A. sky B. balloon C. heaven D. sea

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

When people think of Hollywood, they think of the city where dreams come true.This did not apply to F.Scott Fitzgerald, a screenwriter who had his share of ups and downs in this land.Fitzgerald was not a successful Hollywood writer because he was not good at the career path he chose.He was an amazing novelist, but his efforts of turning them into screenplays ended in disappointment and confusion.It was because of a lack of potential for screenwriting as well as his addiction and desire to be famous.

Growing up as a boy, Fitzgerald went to movies a lot.He wanted to write stories that would eventually turn into movies.The problem was: just because Fitzgerald wanted to do something didn’t necessarily mean that he was good at it.He made his attempts, but most of these efforts ended in disappointment because he thought about the change from script(剧本)to screen too much.His plot was too detailed and complicated; his tone was too serious or his dialogue too sentimental(感伤的).

Fitzgerald’s quick rise to fame also led to his fall.In life, things are not meant to happen all at once, all that the same time but it did for Fitzgerald.At his best time, three of his early stories were made into short films, including The Great Gatsby and Babylon Revisited.As the twenties approached, he was gradually forgotten by the reading public.He became drunk and constantly took pills both to sleep and wake up.His marriage was destroyed and his wife broke down mentally.He seemed unsure about his life.

Fitzgerald had another chance at success when many opportunities came his way, including revisions of Emlyn William’s play The Light of Heart and production of one of his own scripts, Cosmopolitan.However, these were all put aside and he was right back where he started, left behind and called a “ruined man”.Fitzgerald simply wanted too much in his life.He wanted “to be both a great novelist and a Hollywood success, to write songs like Cole Porter and poetry like John Keats”.His addiction to fame held him back and led to his failure as a Hollywood writer.

1.Which is a reason that Fitzgerald failed in screenwriting?

A.He was not talented in screenwriting.

B.He had a miserable family life.

C.He spent too much time watching movies.

D.He was greedy for money in his life.

2.Fitzgerald’s screenwriting was _____.

A.disappointing in ending

B.complex in plot

C.playful in tone

D.simple in dialogue

3.Which of the following was NOT written by Fitzgerald?

A.The Great Gatsby

B.Babylon Revisited

C.The Light of Heart

D.Cosmopolitan

4.When Fitzgerald had another chance at success, he ______.

A.took full advantage of it

B.went back home to start business

C.refused to make changes

D.started to write songs and poems

5.What is the best title of the passage?

A.Fallen for Fame Addiction: F.Scott Fitzgerald

B.An Inch into Fame: F.Scott Fitzgerald

C.F.Scott Fitzgerald: A Great Novelist

D.F.Scott Fitzgerald: A Great Screenwriter

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