完形填空

No One Words But My Own

The classroom was full of those of us who wanted to work on the school newspaper. 1 didn’t write a lot. but working on the paper sounded like fun. I ____the idea of being a reporter, interviewing my friends, and covering middle school events.

To be chosen, we had to turn in an example of our ____ . I wrote an article

about the joys of summer,and showed it to my father,a talent poet he read it and frowned (皱眉).

“It’s okay.” my father said, taking out a pencil “But how about changing this sentence to ..." And as a result, he rewrote the whole piece—without me, for 1 never said anything to _____ him.

No surprise—his version(版本)was _____ . He had a gift for language. It was so much better than my piece that I turned in his version instead of mine.

"Welcome to the Dundee School News," my teacher said to me. But before 1 could be ____ about the news, he added, “ Based on that excellent article you wrote about summer, I expect you to write a personal opinion article every week for the second page of the paper."I was so surprised!. I was unable lo write at that level, but I couldn’t tell the_____ to the teacher, and I couldn’t ask my father for help, either.

That term working on the paper was really painful. And my teacher clearly expressed his ____.

“Can’t you write something more like the first piece you wrote?”he said ,each time 1 turned in my article.

I couldn't, because at that age, I didn't have my fathers ability and experience as a writer. Week after week, I tried hard, but my writing never _____ the level of the first article.

At last, to my total shame, another student took my place. I ____ that my father rewrote my first article himself, instead of simply trying to help me to improve it .But in my heart I knew it was my fault (错误)because I allowed him to do it. Later,I did become a successful writer on my own.looking back,I realized that the pain and shame of that school experience had a ____ side. It taught me to depend on myself and be myself.So every day,I try to use my own words,find my own style and be my own best self.It feels great.

1.A.gave B.shared C.liked D.welcomed

2.A.report B.writing C.homework D.newspaper

3.A.help B.stop C.allow D.praise

4.A.different B.common C.popular D.wonderful

5.A.excited B.worried C nervous D.confident

6.A.truth B.excuse C feeling D.answer

7.A.honesty B.patience C.hope D.disappointment

8.A.set B.reached C raised D.changed

9.A.agreed B.realized C.remembered D.complained

10.A.magic B.serious C.bright D.strange

A group of swans(天鹅) flew down to a beach where a crow was jumping around . The crow(乌鸦) watched them with disdain (鄙视).

“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is! ”

One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.

Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments (评价) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.

The swan pretended not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick?”“ No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life… “

The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.

1. What’s the correct order of the following events?

a. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.

b.The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.

c. The crow had to ask the swan for help.

d.The swan accepted a challenge of performing flying tricks.

A. a , d , b , c B. a , b , d , c

C. d , a , c , b D. d , c , a , b

2. Who has better skills according to the passage?

A. The swan. B. The crow.

C. Both the swan and the crow. D. He didn’t know.

3.What does the underlined word “exhausted” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. Bored. B. Nervous. C. Tired. D. Frightened.

4.Which of the following is right according to the text?

A. A group of crows met a swan on a beach.

B. The crow could fly as well as the swan.

C. The swan wasn’t afraid of the challenge.

D. The swan flew away and the crow died.

5.What can we learn from the passage?

A. No pains, no gains.

B. Pride goes before a fall.

C. The early bird catches the worm.

D. Practice makes perfect.

Dear Amy,

I couldn’t read your two e-mails until today because my computer was broken. I’m so sorry to hear about your problem, but I’m glad you’re feeling better and are recovering(康复). I’m surprised that in China someone’s liver(肝脏) matched(适合) yours! This is really a moving story—a stranger donated part of his liver to a girl he doesn’t even know!

You’re right. We shouldn’t care too much about our weight. I’m happy you stopped taking medicine to lose weight. From your photo I can see you are now looking very well in the hospital. To keep slim(苗条) is important, especially for an actress, but nothing is more important than health. Your doctor’s advice is really very good—exercise for at least half an hour every day and eat lots of fruit and vegetables.

It’s not only in your country. It’s the same here with us Chinese—many people are always taking medicine to lose weight. That is often dangerous. But in fact, some of them are not overweight(超重) at all. I hope these people can learn something from your story. Hope you will leave hospital as soon as possible.

Love

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1.Who does “a girl” in the letter mean?

A. The writer of the letter.

B. Amy.

C. A stranger.

D. An unknown person.

2.What does Amy do?

A. An actor. B. A stranger. C. An actress. D. A doctor.

3.Which country is the writer of the letter from?

A. America. B. China. C. Germany. D. England.

4.The doctor advised Amy to .

A. care too much about her weight

B. keep slim

C. donate part of her liver

D. exercise every day and eat healthy food

5.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Amy has probably just received an operation(手术) on liver.

B. Amy is now probably in hospital recovering.

C. A Chinese man donated part of his liver to Amy

D. Amy is now still taking medicine to lose weight.

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