“Mama, when I grow up, I’m going to be one of those!” I said this after seeing the Capital Dancing Company perform when I was three. It was the first time that my __36__ took on a vivid form and acted as something important to start my training. As I grew older and was __37__ to more, my interests in the world of dance __38__ varied but that little girl’s dream of someday becoming a __39__ in the company never left me. In the summer of 2005 when I was 18, I received the phone call which made that dream a __40__; I became a member of the company __41__ back to 1925.
As I look back on that day now, it surely __42__ any sense of reality. I believe I stayed in a state of pleasant disbelief __43__ I was halfway through rehearsals (排练) on my first day. I never actually __44__ to get the job. After being offered the position, I was completely __45__. I remember shaking with excitement.
Though I was absolutely thrilled with the chance, it did not come without its fair share of __46__. Through the strict rehearsal period of dancing six days a week, I found it vital to __47__ up the material fast with every last bit of concentration. It is that extreme __48__ to detail (细节) and stress on practice that set us __49__. To then follow those high-energy rehearsals __50__ a busy show schedule of up to five performances a day, I discovered a new __51__ of the words “hard work.” What I thought were my physical __52__ were pushed much further than I thought __53__. I learned to make each performance better than the last.
Today, when I look at the unbelievable company that I have the great __54__ of being a part of, not only as a member, but as a dance captain, I see a __55__ that has inspired not only generations of little girls but a splendid company that continues to develop and grow-and inspires people every day to follow their dreams.

【小题1】
A.hobby B.plan C.dream D.word
【小题2】
A.connected B.expanded C.exposed D.extended
【小题3】
A.rarelyB.certainly C.probably D.consistently
【小题4】
A.director B.trainer C.leader D.dancer
【小题5】
A.symbol B.memory C.truth D.reality
【小题6】
A.bouncing B.dating C.turning D.tracking
【小题7】
A.lacksB.addsC.makesD.brings
【小题8】
A.while B.since C.until D.when
【小题9】
A.caredB.expectedC.askedD.decided
【小题10】
A.motivatedB.relaxedC.convincedD.astonished
【小题11】
A.challengesB.profitsC.advantagesD.adventures
【小题12】
A.putB.mixC.buildD.pick
【小题13】
A.attentionB.associationC.attractionD.adaptation
【小题14】
A.apartB.asideC.offD.back
【小题15】
A.overB.byC.withD.beyond
【小题16】
A.functionB.meaningC.expressionD.usage
【小题17】
A.boundariesB.problemsC.barriersD.efforts
【小题18】
A.necessaryB.perfect C.properD.possible
【小题19】
A.talent B.honor C.potential D.responsibility
【小题20】
A.victory B.trend C.tradition D.desire

Inspiration
“Mama, when I grow up, I’m going to be one of those!” I said this after seeing the Capital Dancing Company perform when I was three. It was the first time that my __36__ took on a vivid form and acted as something important to start my training. As I grew older and was __37__ to more, my interests in the world of dance __38__ varied but that little girl’s dream of someday becoming a __39__ in the company never left me. In the summer of 2005 when I was 18, I received the phone call which made that dream a __40__; I became a member of the company __41__ back to 1925.
As I look back on that day now, it surely __42__ any sense of reality. I believe I stayed in a state of pleasant disbelief __43__ I was halfway through rehearsals (排练) on my first day. I never actually __44__ to get the job. After being offered the position, I was completely __45__. I remember shaking with excitement.
Though I was absolutely thrilled with the change, it did not come without its fair share of __46__. Through the strict rehearsal period of dancing six days a week, I found it vital to __47__ up the material fast with every last bit of concentration. It is that extreme __48__ to detail (细节) and stress on practice that set us __49__. To then follow those high-energy rehearsals __50__ a busy show schedule of up to five performances a day, I discovered a new __51__ of the words “hard work.” What I thought were my physical __52__ were pushed much further than I thought __53__. I learned to make each performance better than the last.
Today, when I look at the unbelievable company that I have the great __54__ of being a part of, not only as a member, but as a dance captain, I see a __55__ that has inspired not only generations of little girls but a splendid company that continues to develop and grow-and inspires people every day to follow their dreams.

【小题1】
A.hobby B.plan C.dream D.word
【小题2】A connected    B. expanded         C. exposed          D. extended
【小题3】
A.rarelyB.certainly C.probably D.consistently
【小题4】
A.director B.trainer C.leader D.dancer
【小题5】
A.symbol B.memory C.truth D.reality
【小题6】
A.bouncing B.dating C.turning D.tracking
【小题7】
A.lacksB.addsC.makesD.brings
【小题8】
A.while B.since C.until D.when
【小题9】
A.CaredB.ExpectedC.AskedD.Decided
【小题10】
A.motivatedB.relaxedC.convincedD.astonished
【小题11】
A.challengesB.profitsC.advantagesD.adventures
【小题12】
A.put B.mixC.buildD.pick
【小题13】
A.AttentionB.associationC.attractionD.adaptation
【小题14】
A.apartB.asideC.offD.back
【小题15】
A.overB.byC.withD.beyond
【小题16】
A.functionB.meaningC.expressionD.usage
【小题17】
A.boundariesB.problemsC.barriersD.efforts
【小题18】
A.necessaryB.perfect C.properD.possible
【小题19】
A.talent B.honor C.potential D.responsibility
【小题20】
A.victory B.trend C.tradition D.desire

Famous as “the king of chefs and the chef of kings,” Auguste Escoffier helped raise the position of cooking from a laborer’s task to an artist’s job. Escoffier was born on October 28, 1846, in the small village of Villeneuve-Loubet, near Nice, France. Among the key figures in the boy’s life was his father, who worked primarily as a blacksmith(铁匠). His grandmother, an enthusiastic cook, was perhaps more responsible than anyone for introducing the boy to an appreciation of the delights of cooking.

Young Escoffier attended the local school until age 12, upon which time his father thought it necessary that the boy learn a trade. In school he had shown a talent for drawing, yet he was told to regard this art only as a hobby, and to find his career in a more practical profession. Thus his father took him to Nice in 1859, where he would work as an apprentice(学徒)in his uncle’s restaurant, the respectable Le Restaurant Francais.

At Le Restaurant Francais, Escoffier was not treated as the close relative of the boss. Rather, he experienced a classically demanding apprenticeship. For this strictness of training he would later, in his memoirs(回忆录), express gratefulness. During this time Escoffier also attended night school, and had to deal with his studies as well as the demands of a promising career.

When Escoffier was 19 and had taken on yet more responsibilities in his uncle’s restaurant, a customer recognized his skills and offered him work in Paris. This was the owner of Le Petit Moulin Rouge, one of the finest restaurants in Paris, where Escoffier was to become a sous-chef, ranking below the head chef. After three years in this position, he rose to the level of head chef, wearing the respected chef’s hat.

1.It was his __________ who first influenced Escoffier to be interested in cooking.

A.father

B.mother

C.uncle

D.grandmother

2.We can infer that as a schoolboy, Escoffier might hope to be __________.

A.a chef

B.a businessman

C.an artist

D.a blacksmith

3.According to Paragraph 3, Escoffier __________.

A.was badly treated by his uncle

B.showed great interest in writing

C.disliked working as an apprentice

D.was thankful for the strict training

4.Which of the following can best describe Escoffier?

A.Hard-working.

B.Honest.

C.Warm-hearted.

D.Modest.

5.What is the text mainly about?

A.How to become a chef in France.

B.The influence of Auguste Escoffier.

C.What an apprentice is required to do.

D.The early life of a famous French chef.

 

The temperature of the sun is over 5000 degrees Fahrenheit at the surface, but it rises to perhaps more than 16 million degrees at the center.The sun is so much hotter than die earth that matter can exist only as a gas, except at the core.In the core of the sun, the pressures are so great against the gases that, despite the high temperature, there may be a small solid core.However, no one really knows, since the center of the sun can never be directly observed.

Solar astronomers do know that the sun is divided into five layers or zones.Starting at the outside and going down into the sun, the zones are the corona, chromosphere, photosphere, convection zone and finally the core.The first three zones are regarded as the sun's atmosphere.

But since the sun has no solid surface, it is hard to tell where the atmosphere ends and the main

body of the sun begins.

The sun's outermost layer begins about 10000 miles above the visible surface and goes outward for mllions of miles.This is the only part of the sun that can be seen during an eclipse(日食) such as the one in February 1979.At any other time, the corona can be seen only when special instruments are used on cameras and telescopes to shut out the glare of the sun's rays.

The corona is a brilliant, pearly white, filmy light, about as bright as the full moon.Its beautiful rays are a sensational sight during an eclipse.The corona's rays flash out in a brilliant fan that has wispy spikelike(一束束穗状) rays near the sun's north and south poles.The corona is thickest at the sun's equator.

The corona rays are made up of gases streaming outward at tremendous speeds sad reaching a temperature of more than 2 million degrees Fahrenheit.The rays of gas thin out as they reach the space around the planets.By the time the sun's corona rays reach the Earth, they are weak and invisible.

1.Matter on the aim can exist only in fee form of gas because of the sun's ___.

     A.size          B..age              C.location        D.temperature

2.All of the following are parts of the sun's atmosphere EXCEPT the ___.

     A.corona             B.chromosphere           C.photosphere     D.core

3.According to the passage, as the corona ra5,'s reach -die plaasts, they become ___.

     A.hotter         B.clearer          C.thinner            D.stronger

4.Which of 'die following do the paragraphs following the passage most likely discuss?

     A.The remaining layers of the sun.

     B.The evolution of the sun to its present form.

     C.The eclipse of February 1979.

     D.All the above.

 

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