通读下面的短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选择最佳选项。

    A school was near my home and I often watched the kids from my window when they played basketball. One day, I saw a little girl playing with boys. __1__played very well and no one could stop her. Sometimes, I saw her play __2__. She often practiced by herself until dark.

    One day I asked her __3___she practiced so much. She said, “I want to go to university. The only way I can go is to get a scholarship（奖学金）. I like to play basketball. If I play well, I can get a scholarship. My father told me that if the __4__is big enough and work hard for it, I can be successful.” Then she smiled and ran to go practice.

    I watched her through junior high and into high school. Every week, she and her school team won（赢）in the basketball matches.

    One day, I saw her ___5___in the grass. I went over there and sat down beside her. I asked her what was wrong. “Oh, nothing,” she answered, “I am just too short.” The coach（教练） told her that she would probably never play for a university team, so she should ___6__her dream about university.

    She was sad, but she told me that her father said those coaches were not _7__. They did not understand the power（力量） of a dream. He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good university, and wanted a scholarship, _8_could stop her.

    The next year, when she and her ___9_went to the Northern California match, a university recruiter（招生官员） noticed her and __10___her a full scholarship. Her dream finally came true.

1 A. They                     B. She                        C. He                        D. It

2 A. slowly                   B. happily                   C. safely                    D. alone

3 A. why                      B. how                       C. where                   D. when

4 A. dream                    B. cause                     C. advice                   D. matter

5A. playing                    B. crying                    C. standing                D. sitting

6 A. forget                    B. leave                      C. think                     D. throw

7A. happy                     B. strange                   C. right                      D. wrong

8 A. anything                 B. something               C. nothing                  D. everything

9A. teacher                   B. mother                   C. team                     D. father

10A. bought                  B. offered                   C. found                    D. brought

请阅读短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容从下面方框中的七个选项中选出五个还原到短文中，使短文意思通顺、结构完整。（每小题2分）

Newspapers are not nearly as popular today as they were in the past. ? 1.?? Most people read only the sports pages, the advice or the gossip（闲话，绯闻）columns, the comics, and perhaps the classified advertisements.

Most people don't take the time to read the real news. ??? 2.?? These techniques（技术，手段）are used on the front page because it is the first thing you see when you pick up the paper. The first page attracts attention and encourages the reader to look through the rest of the paper. ??? 3.??? If the headline is horrible（恐惧的）enough or frightening enough or wild enough, perhaps they will go on to read the front page anymore. They may read the headlines, but that is all, then they turn to the sports page, or comics, or advertisements. It seems that people do not want the news from a newspaper anymore.? ? 4.?

More people watch television news because it is easier and more interesting than reading a newspaper. What about you? Do you read news from a newspaper??? 5. Or do you care about news at all? Would you mind if there were no news?

A. They say they get the news on the television now.

B. There are not very many people who seriously read a newspaper every day.

C. More and more people read newspapers every day.

D. They attempt（试图）to catch the reader's interest with pictures and exciting headlines（大字标题，新闻提要）

E. Do you think it is easier to get the news from television?

F. They like reading stories.

G. This is why editors always look for a good first page story and headline to make them stop and look.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项，使文章完整、通顺。

My twin brother is called Daniel, and he is four___younger than me. Our birthdays are ____ on the 5th of January. We have the same eyes and noses. Most people say we ____ the same, but Daniel looks a little ____than me. We aren’t in the same class at school, ____ my parents want us to be a bit different. We often _____ the same way, but we choose different______ .I like red and he likes blue. I think we are very_____ .He is really, really active, and he_____ every day. He also plays computer games a lot but I don’t.  At school I always come top, but he hardly ever does well_____ the exams. So teachers often say we are very different .

1.A. years            B. weeks         C. minutes       D. days

2.A. all               B. both          C. also          D. either

3.A. look             B. think          C. sound        D. see

4.A. taller            B. hotter         C. tall           D. short

5.A. because          B. if             C. though        D. but

6.A. study            B. play           C. wear         D. put on

7.A. colors           B. kinds          C. prices         D. style

8.A. serious          B. quiet          C. different       D. atletic

9.A. sleeps           B. exercises       C. studies        D. smile

10.A. in             B. at             C. for            D. on

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从左面的五个选项中，选择恰当的句子还原到文章中，使短文意思通顺、结构完整。

“We’re reading the first part of a book that doesn’t end…”1. But I have always liked them because they always remind us that the future can be anything we want to make it．We can make it anything that we can imagine．

2. If we plant good seeds(种子)，we have good products．If our seeds aren’t good，we get useless products．3.．

I want the future to be better than the past．4. We all should care about the future， because that’s where we will spend the rest of our lives．

The past is gone．5. The future is before us．It is changeable．Everything we do will affect it．Each day brings with it something new in our homes and in our business，but only if we realize them．We’re just at the beginning of everything we study．

A．We are all like farmers．

B．I don’t know who wrote these words．

C．There is nothing we can do to change it．

D．If we plant nothing at a11．we get nothing at all_

E．I don’t want it filled with mistakes that happened many times before．

请阅读短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容从下面方框中的七个选项中选出五个还原到短文中，使短文意思通顺、结构完整。（每小题2分）
Newspapers are not nearly as popular today as they were in the past.   【小题1】  Most people read only the sports pages, the advice or the gossip（闲话，绯闻）columns, the comics, and perhaps the classified advertisements.
Most people don't take the time to read the real news.     【小题2】  These techniques（技术，手段）are used on the front page because it is the first thing you see when you pick up the paper. The first page attracts attention and encourages the reader to look through the rest of the paper.     【小题3】    If the headline is horrible（恐惧的）enough or frightening enough or wild enough, perhaps they will go on to read the front page anymore. They may read the headlines, but that is all, then they turn to the sports page, or comics, or advertisements. It seems that people do not want the news from a newspaper anymore.   【小题4】  
More people watch television news because it is easier and more interesting than reading a newspaper. What about you? Do you read news from a newspaper?  【小题5】  Or do you care about news at all? Would you mind if there were no news?