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Last Thursday, the day before I got in the plane to fly to China, I went to see a movie. It wasn't just any movie, but the recently released (上映) Harry Potter blockbuster. “The Philosopher's Stone” that has 1 Britain, America, and now Japan, by storm.
The film is a tale of witchcraft 2 in modern-day Britain. Based on a book by J.K. Rowling, 3 tells the story of a very 4 baby, scarred at birth by an evil wizard who kills his parents. The only legacy (遗赠物) of the tragedy is a red 5 on the baby's forehead and magical 6 , inherited (继承) from his mother and father, to fight against and overcome evil.
The Harry Potter myth was founded five years ago by Joanne Rowling, a 7 single mother living in Edinburgh, in the north of the United Kingdom. To date, 110 million 8 of her books have been sold worldwide. But before her publishers would 9 the first manuscript (手稿), Joanne Rowling 10 agree to change her name on the book cover to J.K. Rowling 11 it was feared that children, 12 young boys, 13 not read an adventure story written by a woman. 14 , when the books became an overnight success, did it become generally known that the talented and creative author was 15 a young and attractive woman.
At the start of production, forty thousand 16 actors were auditioned (试演) and 17 for the screen role, yet Daniel Radcliffe was discovered when the producers took a 18 and went out to a theatre in London's west end. There in the 19 row sat young Daniel who was visiting the theatre with his father for an evening's entertainment. Daniel was screen tested and with J.K. Rowling's agreement was immediately 20 the part. Now kids around the world together with their parents are quite familiar with Harry Potter and the actor Daniel Redcliffe.
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1．take带，拿． 2．此处应为set（情景，片断）． 3．which干扰性极强，在该空需一个主语同时又作Based on a book…的逻辑主语． 4．由scarred at birth by an evil wizard可知应选D（＝the movie）． 5．mark斑点；sign迹象；note注意；characher特点． 6．由下一句…fight against and overcome evil可知有神奇的力量，energy精力． 7．由single mother（单身母亲）可知lonely（孤独）正确． 8．copy一份；piece张；set套．故B正确． 9．在出版商接受她的剧本手稿之前得让Joanne Rowling修改． 10．客观原因迫使她改名，因此had to正确． 11．此后表原因． 12．particularly尤其；frequently经常地；recently最近地．故A正确． 13．对（过去）将来进行推测． 14．倒装句型only＋状语＋助动词＋句子． 15．in fact实际上（表以前不为人所知后的真相大白）． 16．常识问题，其主演应是child． 17．examine考试，测验；check核对；test试（尝试）．故test正确． 18．去剧院当然是take a break（休息）时去，其他均不正确． 19．next“相邻的”最佳． 20．给了Daniel这个角色，故offer正确． |
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I have a friend named Monty Roberts. He has let me use his horse ranch(养马场)to put on events to raise money for youth at risk programs.
Last time I was there he introduced me by saying, “I want to tell you why I let you use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of an itinerant(流动的)horse trainer. When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be when he grew up.”
“That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of owning a horse ranch someday. He put all his heart into the project and wrote about his dream in great detail. He even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of the buildings, stables and the track, and even a detailed floor plan for a 4000-square-foot house on it.”
“The next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later ,he received a large red “F” on his paper with a note, ‘See me after class.’ The boy went to see the teacher and asked why. The teacher told him there was no way for a young boy like him to do that because owning a horse ranch required much money and resources, and then added ‘If you’ll rewrite his paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.’”
“The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father what to do. His father said, ‘Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it’s a very important decision for you.’”
“Finally, a week later, the boy turned in the same paper without any change and stated, ‘You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream.’”
“I tell you this story because you are sitting in my 4000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the fireplace.”
Don’t let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.
1. The teacher gave him an “F” for his written paper because the
teacher thought .
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A．he didn’t do a good job in his studies |
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B．he described an unrealistic goal in his paper |
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C．he came from an itinerant horse trainer’s family |
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D．he wrote his paper without the help of his father |
2. Why did the boy turn in the same paper without any change?
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A．Because he made up his mind to stick to his dream. |
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B．Because his father stopped him from rewriting it. |
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C．Because he was angry about his teacher’s words. |
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D．Because he had put too much of his heart into it. |
3. From the story we can infer that the boy was actually .
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A．Monty himself |
B．the author himself |
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C．Monty’s friend |
D．an unknown person |
4. According to the passage, the following statements are true EXCEPT
that .
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A．the boy was very interested in having a horse ranch of his own |
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B．the boy might have got a higher grade if he’d rewritten his paper |
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C．the boy succeeded in turning his dream into reality in the end |
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D．the boy wouldn’t have reached his goal without his father’s support |
5. The author wrote this passage mainly to
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A．tell people how to describe their goals |
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B．warn people against dream stealers |
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C．encourage people to stick to their dreams |
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D．teach people how to write their papers |
完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
When Wilson got to the airport, 36 flight was already being called 37 the loudspeakers. The day before he had given up his 38 for a morning flight and had booked（预定）an afternoon 39 instead. He had to go to the reservations（预定）desk to collect his 40ticket.
He apologized for being 41.The reservations clerk（预订票的职员）smiled and began to look through the reservations in front of her. Then her 42 disappeared and 43 began to look 44 .
“Your ticket doesn’t seem to be here, ” she said. “Let me check it with the computer. ”The 45 clicked（滴答声）and whirred（飕飕声）and 46 began to flash 47 , his flight was called a second time. Wilson became very 48 . 49 the girl looked 50 .
“There’s been a mistake. Your new ticket was sent to you by post. That’s why it isn’t here”, she said. 51 took her only a 52 time to write 53 a new one. Wilson managed to catch the plane just before it took 54 . “What a way to start a 55 !” he thought.
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