阅读下列短文.从每题所给的四个选项中.选出最佳选项.Tonight, my piano concert was the most important thing in my family. My grandparents were coming by plane to hear me play. Even my busy Aunt Dianne who is on TV every n 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Tonight, my piano concert was the most important thing in my family. My grandparents were coming by plane to hear me play. Even my busy Aunt Dianne who is on TV every night reading the news, was coming.

But one thing was for sure. I would never win an award for my piano playing. And that's just because the more I practiced ,the more nervous I got. So there I was, on stage, in my beautiful dress, and I sat down at the piano. But when I started to play, I hit a wrong note. I told myself to start over. But then I hit the wrong note again. It was as if I hadn't practiced at all.

Finally the disaster was over. I ran off the stage. I couldn't understand why people were applauding. But they were. My mom and my dad had flowers for me, and we were all supposed to go out for a nice dinner, but I couldn't. I just wanted to go home and cry and never go anywhere again. After we went back home, Aunt Dianne just came in and sat down on the side of my bed.

"It was my first night on the air," she said."I had never been on television before, and I made a mistake. I mispronounced my name and the name of the news show. And you know what? No one even noticed but me. Just like tonight, no one noticed—just you". Aunt Dianne was right. I think we are harder on ourselves than anyone else is. Maybe I will leave my room. And maybe, I'll play the piano again.

1.The underlined part "the disaster" in paragraph 3 refers to ________．

A．the loud cheer of the audience

B．the laughs from the audience

C．the author's piano performance

D．the author's long dress

2.We can infer from the text that ________.

A．music played a big role in the author's life

B．the author enjoyed staying with her family

C．piano practice made the author fell confident

D．the author got support from her family

3.What did the author learn from her piano performance?

A．Don't be too hard on yourself.

B．Things seldom go as well as people expect.

C．No one will care what others have done.

D．Never think much of a matter.

4.What would be the best title for the text?

A My piano lesson B. My family and I

C. My aunt Dianne D. A piano concert disaster

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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下短文。短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线, 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2、只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起) 不计分。

The other day, I was invited my friend Sam’s home for dinner. I felt a bit surprising when I saw Bill there. It was two month since we two had quarreled, so I was embarrassed and didn’t know how to do. I sat down on the sofa but began to watch TV. Later Sam came to ask me to make up with Bill. Until then I realize that Sam had arranged the meeting on purpose. He went up to Bill and greeted him warmly, smiled at him. He looked very happily and talked with me excitedly. That night, we had a great fun together.

Many people believe that you lose the ability to learn new languages as you get older. Language experts, however, will tell you that you’re never too old to learn a new language. As you get older, it can be more difficult to learn a new language, though.

Children and adults learn new languages in different ways．For children, language is their life. They study for thousands of hours every year, because they need to learn languages to become part of their communities. Adults, on the other hand，are already part of a language community. Learning a new language means becoming part of another language community, and adults seldom get the chance to practice as much as young children do.

Moreover, children learning a new language are expected to make mistakes. This gives them freedom when learning to be daring and confident. Adults, however, often feel pressured to be perfect when learning a new language. This can discourage many people and make it even harder to learn a new language.

Research has shown that children who learn a new language when they are very young will not be likely to have a “foreign” accent when speaking a different language. Some scientists also believe that it can take up to 10,000 hours of study to master a new language. This can be difficult for adults to achieve, but young children can accumulate(积累) those hours over several years as they grow up.

When young children learn a new language, they come to see multiple languages as a “normal” part of society. This mindset (思维模式) helps them learn a new language without feeling like they’re doing something unusual or “too hard”.

So if you want to learn a new language, go for it! It’s never too late to learn a new language. If you’re older, it may take more work, but it can be done. If you’re a young child, though, now is the time to step out and learn a new language!

1.By “language is their life”, the author means that children ________.

A. can’t live without language

B. lead a happy life every day

C. practice a new language a lot

D. are good at speaking language

2.What may make it hard for the old people to learn a new language?

A. They usually have too many interests.

B. They are afraid of being laughed at.

C. They think making mistakes is natural.

D. They always make all kinds of mistakes.

3.According to the author, a new language ________.

A. can be grasped by the old people easily

B. can never be learned by the old people

C. can be learned by both the old and the young

D. is an important skill for the old people

4.The author develops this passage by ________.

A. making several comparisons(对比)

B. presenting research findings

C. offering some typical examples

D. telling some interesting stories

阅读理解。

Scientists around the world have been studying the warming of waters in the Pacific Ocean known as El Nino. The appearance of El Nino is known to affect the weather around the world. Scientists still do not completely understand it. Yet they now find they can use it to tell about the future in different areas of the world.

One example is the work of two scientists at Columbia University in New York, Mark Cane and Gordon Eshel. A scientist of Zimbabwe（津巴布韦）, Roger Buckland worked with them. They have found that when El Nino appears, Zimbabwe has little or no rain. This means corn crops in Zimbabwe are poor. The last El Nino was in 1991 to 1993. That was when southeastern Africa suffered a serious lack of rain.

The scientists wrote about their recent work in the publication Nature. Their computer program can tell when an El Nino will develop up to a year before it does. They suggest that this could provide an effective early warning system for southern Africa, and could prevent many people from starving.

1.El Nino is known as ________.

A. the changing of the weather in southern Africa

B. the weather which brings drought (旱灾) to Africa

C. the warming of waters in the Pacific Ocean

D. the weather phenomenon that brings heavy rains to Africa

2.Scientists study El Nino in order that ________.

A. they can put all this information into their computers

B. they can tell why Zimbabwe has little or no rain

C. they can do some research work in this field

D. they can provide a kind of early warning to the place that will suffer from drought

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Scientists come to understand how El Nino appears.

B. Three scientists from the USA work on this subject.

C. El Nino has something to do with Zimbabwe’s poor crops.

D. Southern Africa suffered a serious drought and many people died from hunger.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I used to abandon(放弃) myself to despair(绝望). Last year, my mother ______ from a stroke(中风） and had a operation on her brain. I felt my whole life turn upside down and I had no ______ what I could do to help her to relieve her ______. Tears welled up in my eyes whenever I was alone.

Last month I ______ a precious watch, which was an 18-year-old birthday gift from my father. I could not fall asleep for a couple of nights because I felt ______ about the loss.

There have been many ______ like these in my life. I could never figure out how to deal with such tough things ______ I read “ If You Have a Lemon, Make a Lemonade” by American writer Dale Carnegie.

“When the wise man is handed a lemon, he says, ‘What ______ can I get from this? How can I ______ my situation? How can I turn this lemon into a lemonade?’” He wrote.

I suddenly ______ that life is full of ups and downs, so I need to stay ______ all the time. Now when I think of my past, I wish I could have handled things ______. When my mother was fighting for ______, I should have held her hands in mine, telling her things would get better instead of ______ and crying.

Several weeks ago, I took part in a campus singing competition. I didn’t ______ a prize. If I had not ______ the article, I would definitely have felt ______ again. But instead, I smiled after the competition. I was happy that at least I had got some stage ______.

Life is not just a bed of roses. There are thorns as well, but these thorns help us become ______ and strong. When life ______ us a lemon, let’s try to make a lemonade.

1.A. resultedB. sufferedC. survivedD. escaped

2.A. hopeB. wonderC. ideaD. doubt

3.A. painB. anxietyC. fearD. pressure

4.A. receivedB. soldC. fixedD. lost

5.A. unbelievableB. shamefulC. angryD. terrible

6.A. diseasesB. memoriesC. incidentsD. difficulties

7.A. whenB. untilC. thoughD. since

8.A. lessonB. lemonadeC. decisionD. challenge

9.A. controlB. acceptC. improveD. avoid

10.A. realizedB. thoughtC. discoveredD. predicted

11.A. healthyB. independentC. seriousD. positive

12.A. exactlyB. differentlyC. easilyD. practically

13.A. recoveryB. lifeC. freedomD. happiness

14.A. shoutingB. hidingC. quarrelingD. regretting

15.A. expectB. missC. winD. refuse

16.A. figured outB. written downC. found outD. come across

17.A. embarrassedB. discouragedC. excitedD. concerned

18.A. performanceB. experienceC. progressD. effect

19.A. braveB. calmC. greatD. clever

20.A. showsB. makesC. givesD. sends

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。

1. If you are growing tomatoes in your backyard for sale you are producing for the market. You might sell some to your neighbor and some to the local manager of the supermarket. But in either case, you are producing for the market. 2. If people stop buying tomatoes, you will stop producing them.

If you take care of a sick person to earn money, you are producing for the market. If your father is a steel worker or a truck driver or a doctor or a grocer, he is producing goods or service for the market.

3. You may spend money in stores, supermarkets, gas stations and restaurants. Still you are buying from the market. When the local grocer hires you to drive the delivery truck, he is buying your labor in the labor market.

4. But for each person or business that is making and selling something, it is very concrete. If nobody buys your tomatoes, it won't be long before you get the message. ___5.__It is telling you that you are using energies and resources in doing something the market doesn't want you to do.

A. The market may be something abstract.

B. The sellers are always smarter than buyers.

C. When you spend your income, you are buying things from the market.

D. The market is a concept.

E. One has to make his ends meet when shopping.

F. The market is telling you something.

G. Your efforts are being directed by the market.

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

We may be very 1. __________ (please ) with the rapid progress we have made in every field of study , but we have almost done nothing2.__________ ( improve ) our present examination systems which focus 3._________ testing the students’ memory instead of their ability . As soon as a child begins school , he enters a world of examination 4._________ will decide his future of job . In fact , a good examination system should encourage students to think for 5.__________ ( they ) . But the examination system now forces the students to remember 6.__________ is taught to get high marks . Thus the students who come out first in the examination are often the 7.__________ ( good ) in memorizing . What’s worse , such an examination system often 8._________ ( drive ) teachers to cram all the time and forces them to train students what to do with the (9._________ ( come ) examination .

There must be 10._________ better way to test a student’s true ability as well as their knowledge .

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注意： 1. 可适当增加细节，使结构完整 2. 词数120左右

词汇：学生会主席 president of Students’ Union

When you’re a junior in high school, three little letters quickly become larger than life: SAT.

At the start of my junior year, I realized that the environment was packed with competition. Surprisingly, this pressure didn’t come from adults. It came from the other students. Everyone in my grade had college on the brain. To get into the college of our choice, we all believed, we had to outcompete and outscore everyone else with less sleep, because time for sleeping was time you didn’t spend studying for the SAT.

I let myself get swept up in the pressure. My new motto was, if I wasn’t in every single honor level class, I wasn’t doing enough. I was bad-tempered and I couldn’t focus. I stopped talking to my friends and my mom, and I couldn’t figure out who I was. I didn’t have the confidence to know that my own passions and unique skills were what would make me stand out to colleges.

That’s when I realized: I am not my SAT score. Trying to stick to what I thought colleges wanted masked who I really am. I decided to rely on my strengths and get away from the crazy pressure I was putting on myself.

Instead of forcing myself into higher levels of math, I took on an extra history class. I learned how to love what I was doing and not what I thought I was supposed to do. I learned to shine as an individual, not a faceless member of the crowd. And I found that not only was this better for my happiness, but it also made me more effective and efficient when I studied.

To me, individuality means having the confidence to decide who I am and who I want to be, and a number on a page is never going to change that. I am more sure of myself, and more ready to apply for college, than ever.

1.At the start of the junior year, the author decided to study for the SAT ________.

A. to overcome the pressure from other high school students

B. to test how good she was at studying compared to others

C. because it was exciting to compete with others to get into college

D. because she was eager to get an advantage over others in the competition

2.When did the author realize she shouldn’t just compete for scores?

A. When she got in every single honor level class.

B. When everybody stopped talking to her.

C. When she found she was no longer her usual self.

D. When she forced herself to take advanced maths.

3.What can you infer from Paragraph 5?

A. She tried to live as who she was, not just a student focusing on grades.

B. She learned to team up with others and so gained efficiency.

C. She managed to do well in both maths and history classes.

D. She wanted to be number one and no one could change her mind.

4.Which statement best expresses the main idea of the passage?

A. Pressure brings out the best in you.

B. You will stand out by being your best self.

C. Things will happen whether you like it or not.

D. Life is just a matter of decisive times.

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