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。

How To Become Smarter

There are three things that will get you ahead in life: Good looks, smarts and being considered as being smart. The first is God-given. 1. In this article we explore some different ways to become smarter.

Go to college, and get an education. 2. It means that you will have been exposed to many different ideas and hopefully you will have learned how to think. Being able to think outside the box and for yourself are features smart people possess.

Read books and educational magazine. 3. Educational magazines such as Discovery or National Geographic are a wealth of knowledge that you can share with others, thus making you sound very smart. If you do watch television, try watching something where you can learn such as the History Channel, Discovery etc.

Expand your vocabulary. Try to learn one new word a week. It does not seem like much, but adding 52 new word to your vocabulary will make you appear much smarter. Subscribing to vocabulary. com is a good start. 4. This way you are actually getting 365 words a year, but that is usually more than most people can absorb.

5. Uneducated people and people not considered as being smart tend to do this. They hear an outrageous(骇人的) claim and they repeat it to the nearest ear. You can do much harm to your quest for being smart if you are known for giving bad information.

A. That is my exact point.

B. And unluckily most of us are not good-looking.

C. You will have a new word sent to your e-mail address daily.

D. The programs actually provide you with information you can see.

E. Reading books works the brain out more than viewing television.

F. Do not repeat everything people tell you until you know that it is true.

G. College does not necessarily mean you will be smarter, just educated.

阅读下面短文,从短文后面各题的四个选项(A、B、C 和D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didn’t like attention drawn to myself. And ________ otherwise assigned (指定) a seat by the teacher, I always ________ to sit at the back of the classroom.

All this ________ after I joined a sports team. It began when a teacher suggested I try out for the basketball team. At first I thought it was a crazy ________ because I didn’t have a good sense of balance, nor did I have the ________ to keep pace (跟上) with the others on the team and they would make fun of me. But for the teacher who kept insisting on my “________ for it”, I wouldn’t have decided to give a try.

Getting up the courage to go to the tryouts was only the ________ of it! When I first started ________ the practice sessions, I didn’t even know the rules of the game, much ________ what I was doing. Sometimes I’d get ________ and take a shot at the wrong direction — which made me feel really stupid. ________, I wasn’t the only one “new” at the game, so I decided to ________ on learning the game, do my best at each practice session, and not be too hard on myself for the things I didn’t ________ “just yet”.

I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the ________ and the “moves”. Being part of a team was fun and motivating. Very soon the competitive ________ in me was winning over my lack of confidence. With time, I learned how to play and made friends in the ________ — friends who respect my efforts to work hard and be a team player. I never had so much fun!

With my ________ self-confidence comes more praise from teachers and classmates. I have gone from ________ in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call attention to myself, ________ raising my hand — even when I sometimes wasn’t and not 100 percent ________ I had the right answer. Now I have more self-confidence in myself.

1.A. asB. untilC. unlessD. though

2.A. hopedB. agreedC. meantD. chose

3.A. continuedB. changedC. settledD. started

4.A. ideaB. planC. beliefD. saying

5.A. rightB. chanceC. abilityD. patience

6.A. goingB. lookingC. cheeringD. applying

7.A. pointB. halfC. restD. basis

8.A. enjoyingB. preparingC. attendingD. watching

9.A. lessB. laterC. worseD. further

10.A. committedB. motivatedC. embarrassedD. confused

11.A. InterestinglyB. Fortunately

C. ObviouslyD. Hopefully

12.A. focusB. actC. relyD. try

13.A. wantB. doC. supportD. know

14.A. stepsB. ordersC. rulesD. games

15.A. rolesB. partC. mindD. value

16.A. processB. operationC. movementD. situation

17.A. expressedB. improvedC. preservedD. recognized

18.A. dreamingB. playingC. relaxingD. hiding

19.A. byB. forC. withD. to

20.A. luckyB. happyC. sureD. satisfied

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,选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Here’s a surprising fact: Of the 1.1 million firefighters in the United States, about 780,000 are volunteers. Roughly a third of the population is ________ by mostly- or all-volunteer fire departments.

Also ________, perhaps. Sometimes they have to pay for their own gear.

I ________ this because I volunteer as a firefighter in Durango, Colorado. I responded to more than 50 calls in 2014, everything from ________ to car accidents. In that period, I spent close to $1,000 on optional gear not supplied by my ________, things like higher-quality flashlights, knives, and better gloves, which make my ________ easier.

Yesterday, a ________ was introduced in Congress that would give a significant tax break to those who volunteer their time as ________ responders. I hope it passes, not because it will put some money in my pocket ________, hey, (that’ll be nice) but because it will ease the financial burden on volunteers and acknowledge their time commitment. I believe it will ________ more people to help.

And we ________ that.

In ________ areas where population density is low and calls for fire and EMS services are relatively rare, it just doesn’t ________ to have career firefighters on the staff 24/7 (全天候). ________, volunteers are used to fill in the ________. We are ready to put our regular lives aside to help someone on what is the ________ day of their life. We have likely never met before, and might never again, but it doesn’t ________ in a crisis. Without volunteers, the whole system would collapse.

There’s a T-shirt that’s popular among us, reading “For Pride, Not ________.” We volunteer because we know our ________ need us. We don’t need a small tax break. Without one, we’ll still put on our gear when the alarm goes off without any ________. But we’d appreciate one, and if it encourages more people to join us, it’s worth it.

1.A. taughtB. inspiredC. supportedD. protected

2.A. surprisingB. amusingC. pleasingD. worrying

3.A. appreciateB. knowC. proveD. analyze

4.A. wildfiresB. wars

C. lightningD. embarrassments

5.A. companyB. departmentC. teamD. family

6.A. mannerB. lifeC. projectD. job

7.A. guestB. politicianC. billD. word

8.A. wiseB. proudC. sameD. first

9.A. soB. whenC. thoughD. because

10.A. encourageB. persuadeC. inviteD. allow

11.A. neglectB. needC. predictD. admit

12.A. darkB. ruralC. dirtyD. cold

13.A. end upB. stand outC. work outD. make sense

14.A. RecentlyB. QuicklyC. InsteadD. Besides

15.A. timeB. holeC. formD. gap

16.A. busiestB. hottestC. worstD. shortest

17.A. matterB. passC. existD. happen

18.A. SatisfactionB. PayC. StrengthD. Education

19.A. communitiesB. neighborsC. childrenD. patients

20.A. disappointmentB. troubleC. hesitationD. anxiety

I had the meanest mother in the whole world. While other kids ate candy for breakfast, I had to have porridge, eggs or toast. When others had Cokes and candy for lunch, I had to eat a sandwich. But at least I wasn’t alone when I was sad. My sister and two brothers had the same mean mother as I did.

My mother preferred to know where we were at all times. She had to know who our friends were and where we were going. We had to clean clothes and take a bath every day. The other kids got to wear the same clothes for days. We could not lie in bed “sick” in order to miss school.

The worst is yet to come. We had to be in bed by nine each night and get up at night the next morning. We couldn’t sleep till noon like our friends. So while they slept, my mother was brave to break the Child Labor Law. She made us work. We had to wash dishes, make beds, and learn to cook and all kinds of things at home. I believe she lay awake thinking up all things for us to do.

My mother was a complete failure as a mother. Two of her child received higher education. None of us have ever been taken away by the police or divorced (离婚). So she forced us to grow up into educated and honest adults. I am now trying to raise my three children this way. I am filled with pride when my children call me “mean.” Why? Because now I thank God every day for giving me the meanest mother in the world.

1.Why couldn’t the author eat candy for breakfast?

A. Her mother couldn’t afford (买得起) for candy.

B. She preferred cereal, eggs or toast to candy.

C. Her mother thought it not good to eat candy for breakfast.

D. Her mother had to give candy to the author’s sister and two brothers.

2.The author’s mother made her children work because ________.

A. she had trouble failing into sleep

B. she had no time to do the housework

C. she was teaching her children to live by themselves

D. she couldn’t keep such a big family without her children’s help

3.What can we infer from the text?

A. The author is strict with her children.

B. The author is not happy to have such a mean mother.

C. The author’s mother broke the Child Labor Law to make money.

D. The author’s mother failed to educate her children to be honest.

4.From the text we learn that the author ________.

A. dislikes her mother

B. is very grateful to her mother

C. is polite to her mother

D. is tired of her mother

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