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【2011·河南省示范性高中五校联考】
If you are a fan of the Newbery-Award winning book Bridge to Terabithia, then you're going to love author Katherine Paterson's new creation The Day of the Pelican(鹈鹕). In the book, Paterson takes readers on a journey with 12 year-old Meli Lleshi and her Albanian family of seven.
The family lives in Kosovo, in eastern Europe. The country is at war with neighboring Serbia. Eventually, life becomes too dangerous in Kosovo, so the Lleshis have to pack up and move out of their home. To Meli, leaving meant giving up her whole life. She will have to say goodbye to her friends, home, school and Baba's market. Worse, the family's trouble began, in Meli's mind, when she drew a picture of her teacher with a pelican nose and had to stay after school as punishment.
As the Lleshis travel along the road at night, they come across burning homes and other refugees just like them. Living in a tiny tent surrounded by many other people becomes tiring, and but for Baba's and Mama's efforts to keep the family together, the family would probably have given up. Every night, Meli longs to go home and Baba tells her, "Your home is with your family." With everyone already crowding together for food, now is not the time to complain. The family needs all their courage to keep going. "We have to be very patient and very brave," Meli says.
Soon, traveling from place to place becomes too much of a hassle(争论) and nearly breaks the family apart. Baba makes an important decision. The family will be moving to an exciting new country. There will be no enemies and no one to run from. They will be able to stay in one place and build a new life. Although Meli still longs for home she wonders if this will finally mean freedom for her family.
The Day of the Pelican is a book you won't be able to put down. Those who enjoy realistic fiction will love this moving story about Meli and her family.
67. What’s the author’s purpose in writing this passage?
A. To tell us how happy we are to live a peaceful life.
B. To explain how the Lleshis survived the war.
C. To get us to learn about a new book.
D. To introduce a book Bridge to Terabithia
68. Why did the family move to other countries?
A. Because they wanted to find well-paid jobs.
B. Because they had to escape from the war.
C. Because Meli and her family needed food.
D. Because they just looked for adventure.
69. The third paragraph is mainly about _______.
A. Baba’s importance during the trip
B. complaints about the life journey
C. various difficulties as travellers
D. ways to get the family together
70. From the passage we can learn that ______.
A. The Day of the Pelican won the Newbery-Award
B. Meli no longer longs for home in the new place
C. the family found the freedom and settled down
D. without Baba’s encouragement the family would have broken
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A group of frogs was traveling through the woods and two of them fell into a pit(坑). All the other frogs gathered around it and watched as the two frogs tried to jump out. The pit was very deep and it looked as if there was no way , so they started yelling at the two frogs to . "The pit is too deep. You will die," they said together. When the frogs kept trying, the crowd yelled . After a while, one of the frogs believed what the others were saying, and fell down and .
But , the second frog kept jumping hard the negative remarks of those that kept yelling at her to accept the and just die. Finally, with one big leap, she it out of the pit!
In fact, the second frog was and unable to hear what the others had been saying. She thought they had been her on the entire time they were yelling! What she had considered as encouragement her to try harder and succeed. And that made all the !
With a positive and being deaf to others' opinions, the second frog reached her goals by using such as encouragement, instead of being by others like the first frog, who failed to develop her to struggle for survival. , when we overcome others' criticism or comments, we can do anything we set our minds to, just as the second frog did.
1.A. away B. out C. on D. over
2.A. give up B. give out C. drop out D. drop in
3.A. lost B. missed C. trapped D. tired
4.A. higher B. louder C. clearer D. bigger
5.A. died B. stopped C. rested D. watched
6.A. obviously B. disappointingly C. undoubtedly D. amazingly
7.A. besides B. for C. despite D. except
8.A. problem B. life C. chance D. fate
9.A. made B. jumped C. took D. saved
10.A. dumb B. deaf C. lame D. blind
11.A. calling B. holding C. cheering D. pushing
12.A. mistakenly B. Brightly C. roughly D. perfectly
13.A. let B. attracted C. inspired D. kept
14.A. result B. difference C. achievement D. progress
15.A. expression B.Emotion C. soul D. attitude
16.A. possibility B. certainty C. cruelty D. negativity
17.A. influenced B. threatened C. suspected D. advised
18.A. energy B. spirit C. potential D. mood
19.A. However B. Thus C. Finally D. Actually
20.A. surprising B. annoying C. discouraging D. confusing
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