I used to watch a little girl playing basketball every day from my kitchen window. One day I asked her why she practiced so much. She said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a scholarship. I like basketball and I want to be the best player in college. My dad told me, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.”

She never changed her mind. I watched her through those junior high years and into senior high school. One day before she graduated from high school, I saw her sitting on the grass sadly. I asked her what was wrong. She told me that her coach said she was too short to be a good basketball player, so she should stop dreaming about going to college. She was heartbroken and it made me feel bad too. Then she smiled and told me her father said that the coach was wrong. He did not understand the power of dream. Her father said to her, “If you really want to play for the scholarship of a good college, nothing but you yourself can stop your dream.” He told her again, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.”

The next year, she and her team went to a big game. She was seen by a coach of a famous college team and was offered a scholarship to the women’s basketball team of their college. She was to get the college education that she had dreamed of and worked for all those years.

“If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.” It is true.

45. What is the only way for the girl to go to a good college according to the passage?(No more than 10 words)

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46. Give a definition to the underlined word “count”.( No more than 5 words)

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47. Why is the girl so sad? ( No more than 20 words)

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48. What is the girl’s father’s purpose by saying “If you really want to play for the scholarship of a good college, nothing but you yourself can stop your dream.”?(No more than 10 words)

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49. What have you learned from the story? ( No more than 30 words)

In order to host the Olympics, a city must submit a proposal(提交提案) to the IOC. After

all proposals have been submitted, the IOC votes. If no city with the fewest votes is eliminated, the voting continues, until a majority winner is determined. Typically the Games are awarded several years in advance, allowing the winning city time to prepare for the Games.

In selecting the site of the Olympic Games, the IOC considers a number of factors, and chiefly among them is which organizing committee seems most likely to stage the Games effectively. The IOC also considers which parts of the world have not yet hosted the Games. For instance, Tokyo, the host of the 1964 Summer Games, and Beijing, that of the 2008 Games, were chosen in part to popularize the Olympic movement in Asia. Because of growing importance television worldwide, the IOC in recent years has also taken into account the host city’s time zone. Whenever the Games take place in the USA or Canada, for example, American television networks are willing to pay specially higher amounts for television rights because they can broadcast popular events live in the best viewing hours.

Once the Games have been awarded, it is the duty of the local organizing committee----not the IOC or the NOC of the host city’s country to provide them with money. This is often done with a part of the Olympic television revenues(收入), and corporate sponsorships(社团赞助), tickets sales, and other smaller revenue sources. In many cases there is also direct government support. Although many cities have achieved amounts of money by hosting the Games, the Olympics can be financially risky. When the financial gains from the Games were less than expected, the city was left with large debts.

41. _______will be determined to host the Olympic Games by the IOC.

A. A city that submits a proposal       B. One that hasn’t hosted the Games

C. A city that has perfect time zone    D. A majority winner in voting

42. If the Games take place in Canada, American television networks___.

A. are willing to pay much higher amounts for television rights

B. will be forbidden to broadcast live sporting events

C. can’t broadcast popular events live in the best viewing hours

D. will not pay for the Canadian television networks

43. According to the last paragraph, which following statement is true?

A. The host city must be left with large debts 

B. The city may achieve a lot of money

C. There is no financial risk in hosting the Olympic Games

D. It is impossible that the host city couldn’t make money

44. Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?

A. Applying for host for Olympics            B. Winner or loser

C. How to host Olympic Games              D. The Olympic Games

The booking notes of the play “the Age of Innocence”:

Price: $10

BOOKING

There are four easy ways to book seats for performance:

------ in person

The Box Office is open Monday to Saturday, 10 a. m. -8 p. m.

------ by telephone

Ring 01324976 to reserve your tickets or to pay by credit card(Visa, MasterCard and Amex accepted)

------ by post

Simply complete the booking form and return it to Global Theatre Box Office.

------ on line

Complete the on-line booking form at www. Satanfiedtheatre. com

DICOUNTS:

Saver: $2 off any seat booked any time in advance for performances from Monday to Thursday. Savers are available for children up to 16 years old, over 60s and full-time students.

Supersaver: half-price seats are available for people with disabilities and one companion. It is advisable to book in advance. There is a maximum of eight wheelchair spaces available and one wheelchair space will be held until an hour before the show.

Standby: best available seats are on sale for $6 from one hour before the performance for people eligible(suitable)for Saver and Supersaver discounts and thirty minutes before for all other customers.

Group Bookings: there is a ten per cent discount for parties of twelve or more.

School: school parties of ten or more can book $6 standby tickets in advance and will get every tenth ticket free.

Please note: we are unable to exchange tickets or refund money unless a performance is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

36. If you want to book a ticket, you CANNOT _____

A. go to the Box Office on Sundays.

B. ring the booking number and pay for the tickets by credit card.

C. use the Internet.

D. complete a booking form and post it to the Box Office.

37. According to the notes, who can get $2 off?

A. The people who book the tickets on Fridays. 

B. An 18-year-old teenager.

C. A 55-year-old woman.                   

D. A 20-year-old full-time college student.

38. If you make a group booking for a group of 14 adults, how much should you pay?

A. $120                 B. $126                     C. $140                  D. $150

39. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. There are only 8 wheelchair spaces in the theatre.

B. A school party of 15 students should pay 90 for the standby tickets.

C. A group of 12 persons can get 10 per cent discount.

D. The audience can’t refund money if the performance is on show.

40. What kind of tickets are the cheapest?

A. The standby tickets for school parties of ten or more.

B. The standby tickets.

C. The tickets for Saver discount.

D. The tickets for group booking.

Chinese swimmer Xiong Guoming made a record at the 1993 Asian Games in Japan, but

was punished for taking banned medicine. His record was   16   and he was not   17  to take part in any other competitions for two years.

It was a great   18  and   19   for Xiong, one of the best-known swimmers in the world. This bad news harmed the fame of the Chinese swimming team, and resulted   20   in all Chinese records in swimming. However, the so-called banned medicine was, in fact,   21__    traditional Chinese health food.

It may have been   22  to Xiong, as he had no  23  of some of the banned chemical elements in the health food. The failure was a sudden blow to him. He became very disappointed.   34   only 20 years old, he  25   the life style of a retired man, passing his time in doing such things as keeping pets and growing flowers. Day after day, he was worried and displeased.

Back to the training pool was all the more difficult to him. To other people, it was just a   26    of getting prepared for a competition, but to him, it was to rebuild self-confidence first. He did not lose heart, after all.  27   advice and help of his coach and leaders of the swimming team, Xiong decided to   28   swimming again as his career.

29  expected, Xiong took first place again. In the recent Eighth National Games, he took a number of titles, and broke an Asian record. Tears ran down his cheeks as he was receiving the gold medals. In the thundering applauses(鼓掌欢迎)Xiong felt as if he had been given a new birth. "I want to   30   the world that I am a good swimmer, and that I do not cheat anyone    31  . My   32   depends upon my sweat," Xiong said. He also   33  thankful to those who had helped and cared for him when he was   34 .

Xiong, the young swimmer with a brighter future, is well   35   his way to the coming Olympic Games.

B. taken away

B. allowed 

B. surprise 

B. shame    

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B. unfair

B. idea 

B. Being  

B. lived 

B. result  

B. According to 

B. go on     

B. As   

B. show      

B. any place    

B. honor  

B. felt  

B. in low spirits 

B. going 

 

D. cancelled

D. supposed

D. chance

D. failure

D. in doubt

D. at most

D. kind

D. taste

D. At the age of

D. followed

D. kind

D. Looking forward to

D. keep on

D. Which

D. persuade

D. any longer

D. success

D. looked

D. in the dark

D. on

 

C. forbidden

C. forbidden

C. loss  

C. sorry    

C. in surprise 

C. mostly 

C. unusual

C. way  

C. Though

C. led 

C. way 

C. Belonging to

C. go on with

C. Never

C. prove   

C. any more     

C. prize  

C. appeared  

C. in high spirits. 

C. in  

 
16. A. stopped                      

17. A. admitted                      

18. A. fight                             

19. A. damage                      

20. A. in trouble                    

21. A. almost                           

22. A. wrong                 

23. A. opinion                             

24. A. Even                               

25. A. liked                                

26. A. matter 

27. A. Thanks to           

28. A. take up                     

29. A. Being                          

30. A. tell                     

31. A. anywhere             

32. A. future                         

33. A. was                             

34. A. in danger            

35. A. finding                         

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