题目内容
. ________ fun it is to jump into a pool or go swimming in summer!
A. What a B. How C. How a D. What
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I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didn’t like attention drawn to myself. And 36 otherwise assignen(指定)a seat by the teacher, I always 37 to sit at the back of the classroom.
All this 38 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 39 because I didn’t have a good sense of balance, nor did I have the 40 to keep pace with the others on the team and they would tease me. But for the teacher who kept insisting on my “ 41 for it”, I wouldn’t have decided to give a try.
Getting up t he courage to go to the tryouts was only the 42 of it! When I first started 43
the practice sessions, I didn’t even know the rules of the game, much 44 what I was doing. Sometimes I’d get 45 and take a shot at the wrong direction—which made me feel really stupid. 46 , I wasn’t the only one “new” at the game, so I decided to 47 on learning the game, do my best at each prctice session, and not be too hard on myself for the things I didn’t 48 “just yet”.
I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the 49 and the “moves”. Being part of a team was fun and moticating. Very soon the competitive 50 in me was winning over my lack of confidence. With time, I learned how to play and made friends in the 51 — friends who respect my efforts to work hard and be a team player. I never had so much fun!
With my 52 self-confidence comes more praise from teachers and classmates. I have gone from “53” in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call attention to myself, 54
raising my hand — even when I sometimes wasn’t and not 100 percent 55 I had the right answer. Now I have more self-confidence in myself.
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A.as | B.until | C.unless | D.though |
A.hoped | B.agreed | C.meant | D.chose |
A.continued | B.changed | C.settled | D.started |
A.idea | B.plan | C.belief | D.saying |
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A.going | B.looking | C.cheering | D.applying |
A.point | B.half | C.rest | D.basis |
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A.less | B.later | C.worse | D.further |
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A.focus | B.act | C.rely | D.try |
A.want | B.do | C.support | D.know |
A.steps | B.orders | C.rules | D.games |
A.roles | B.part | C.mind | D.value |
A.process | B.operation | C.movement | D.situation |
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A.by | B.for | C.with | D.to |
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Getting close to active or erupting volcanoes can be dangerous. But for Michael Rampino, it’s all in a day’s work. Rampino is a volcanologist, a scientist who studies volcanoes and how they affect our planet. Rampino has been close to red-hot lava flows (熔岩流) in Hawaii and explosive volcanoes in Indonesia. He knows when to get close to an active volcano and when to back away.
Rampino wasn’t always a volcanologist. He worked for NASA for seven years. He studied rocks until he began to research climate change and the effects that volcanoes have on climate. He became interested in the subject. “Once I started working with volcanoes,” Rampino said, “I was hooked.”
Rampino is a professor at New York University. As part of his job, he travels to areas where volcanoes have been active. “Active” means they have erupted within the past few centuries and probably will erupt again. Rampino studies the deposits (沉积物) of ash and other materials from the eruptions. The ash may hold clues to what happened to the Earth in the distant past. It may also help scientists predict what could happen to Earth’s climate in the future.
Rampino doesn’t work alone. He works with a team of scientists who use computers to stimulate (模拟) the effects volcanoes have on Earth’s atmosphere.
Being a volcanologist may be hard work, but it’s also fun. “It’s cool traveling the world studying “to understand the events that have shaped Earth’s history.”
【小题1】To Rampino, being close to active volcanoes is _____.
A.scary but necessary | B.adventurous but meaningful |
C.impossible and unnecessary | D.dangerous but urgent |
A.trapped | B.touched | C.attracted | D.frightened |
A.warn people to protect the environment |
B.support the study of Earth’s future climate |
C.tell the future eruption time of the volcanoes |
D.reduce the possibility of the volcanoes’ eruptions |
A.People. | B.History. | C.Climate. | D.Business. |