题目内容
He continued working in spite of ________ his hands.
| A.cut | B.cutted | C.cuts | D.cutting |
D
解析
As we all know, Charles Dickens is considered to be a great English writer. He’s very famous not only in Britain, but also in many other 31 in the world. He was born in 1812 and he lived in London. He wrote lots of books, and he also liked 32 . He was an actor.
Maybe it’s interesting to hear that and that’s 33 his books were so good. He gave public readings of his stories that were very popular. His stories first appeared in a magazine, in parts. People always wanted 34 part. He wrote a lot, and most of them are popular. There are films and plays of them 35 : Oliver Twist became a famous musical play, and Great Expectations was a wonderful 36 __.Dickens’ early life was very hard. His family was poor, and his mother sent him out to work in a factory when he was 12. He 37 it, but he used his experiences in his writing. He married Catherine Hogarth and they had a big family. He continued to write 38 he died. When he died in 1870, he was 39 a story. But what a pity! We’ll never know _40_ it ended.
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As darkness fell, hundreds of people in the Swiss village left their houses. They were staring(注视)forward at the mountain top in the distance. It was covered with ice and snow-beautiful and dangerous.
The huge mountain is called Matterhorn. Mountain climbers had 40 the top through the southem route(路线). But no one had ever dared to try a winter climbing up the northern side. But now one man was daring to try the 41 route. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber 42 Italy.
For two days he had climbed. The village people had watched him anxiously(焦虑). Now they were waiting to see his signal. If he planned to 43 the next day, he would light(点燃)a green signal(信号). A red light would mean that he was turning back.
A tiny green light 44 high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people 45 . The next day he continued his way upward. He was so lonely and so 46 ! But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the green light. In the morning, Bonatti 47 . He could not see the top;he knew he was 48 there. Though the climb was painful, he moved up.
Bonatti had spent months 49 for the climb. Was the training enough? Did he have the strength and skill to climb to the top?
He was finally at the top! News about his. 50 was radioed to the world.
The trip down the southern route was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the “ 51 ” and would be well remembered as a climber of all time.
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Once there was a piano player in a bar (酒吧). People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.
“I don’t sing,” said the man.
But the lady told the waiter, “I’m tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!”
The waiter shouted across the room, “Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!”
So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!
He had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.
You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.
【小题1】The lady asked the player to sing a song because ________.
| A.she had paid him for this |
| B.she knew him very well |
| C.she was tired of listening to the piano. |
| D.she enjoyed his singing |
| A.the lady helped him a lot |
| B.he caught the chance(机会) |
| C.he continued to play in the bar |
| D.he played the piano well |
| A.fail to realize | B.forget to use |
| C.try to develop | D.manage to show |
| A.hide it and wait |
| B.ask others for help |
| C.pay no attention to it |
| D.work hard to improve yourself |
| A.Sing in the Bar |
| B.Achieve Success in Life |
| C.Never Lose Heart |
| D.Find Your Hidden(隐藏的) Talent |