We once had a poster competition in our fifth grade art class.
“You could win prizes,’’our teacher told US as she wrote the poster information on the blackboard. She passed out sheets of construction paper while continuing,“The first prize is ten dollars. You just have to make sure that the words on the blackboard appear somewhere on your poster. ”
We studied the board critically. Some of US looked with one eye and held up certain colors against the blackboard,rocking the sheets to the fight or left while we conjured up our designs. Others twisted their hair around their fingers or chewed their erasers while deep in thought. We had plans for that ten—dollar grand prize,each and every one of US. I'm going to spend mine on candies,one hopeful would announce,while another practiced looking serious,wise and rich.
Everyone in the class made a poster. Some of us used parts of those fancy paper napkins,while others used nothing but colored construction paper. Some of US used big designs,and some of us preferred to gather our art tidily down in one comer of our poster and let the space draw the viewer's attention to it. Some of US would wander past the good students’ desks and then return to our own projects with a growing sense of hopelessness. It was yet another grown-up trick of the soil they seemed especially fond of。making all of US believe we had a fair chance,and then always—always—rewarding the same old winners.
I believe I drew a sailboat,but I can’t say that with any certainty. I made it. I admired it. I determined it to be the very best of all of the posters I had seen,and then I turned it in.
Minutes passed.
No one came along to give me the grand prize,and then someone distracted me,and I probably never would have thought about that poster again.
I was still sitting at my desk,thinking,What poster? When the teacher gave me an envelope with a ten-dollar bill in it and everyone in the class applauded for me.
46. What was the teacher's requirement for the poster?
A. It must appear in time.
B. It must be done in class.
C. It must be done on a construction sheet.
D. It must include the words on the blackboard.
47. The underlined phrase in paragraph 3 most probably means _____________.
A. formed an idea for
B. made an outline for
C. made some space for
D. chose some colors for
48. After the teacher’s words,all the students in the class _________.
A. 1ooked very serious
B. thought they would be rich
C. began to think about their designs
D. began to play games
49. After seeing the good students’ designs,some students _________.
A. 1oved their own designs more
B. thought they had a fair chance
C. put their own designs in a comer
D. thought they would not win the prize
50. We can infer from the passage that the author ______________.
A. enjoyed grown-up tricks very much
B. 1oved poster competitions very much
C. felt surprised to win the competition
D. became wise and rich after the competition

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   I was standing on stage before 200 people, dressed up as George Washington. I had the lead role in my sixth grade  36  and, for the past two months, I had walked back and forth in my room   37  to say my lines.

    Now it was time to give a  38  , and my heart was beating rapidly. At my  39 , I began to speak smoothly and clearly, but then it  40  : I stuttered(口吃). I knew I would, and I did.

    From that moment on, I  41  that my role in that play would be my first and my last. My speech problem affected  42  .

    As a child, I struggled to say a full sentence, repeatedly hearing the  43  comments of my parents. “Take a deep breath and think about what you’re going to say.” I was too  44  to admit I had a problem.

     45  my school career progressed my speech problem became less noticeable, but it never 46  . It held me back.

    After realizing that class officers had to speak in front of the entire student body, I  47 running in class elections . I feared reading aloud and meeting new people.

    I would  48  sit in my room and cry, imagining what it would be like to be  49 , like everyone else.

    Finally, I came to my senses. I read articles about famous people who 50  their speech problems. I  51  the fact that I do have a problem that will always be with me.

    It has made me a  52  person and, with time, I know I’ll gain the confidence to stand up and 53  to myself that it will never hold me back.  54  , I know that I’m not the only one who  55 , because nobody is perfect.

1.  A. play             B. game                 C. dance                D . concert

2.  A. desiring             B. waiting         C. struggling           D. hesitating

3.A. test               B. performance     C. suggestion           D. judgment

4.A. sight              B. angle                C. news             D. turn

5.A. happened           B. seemed           C. broke                D. remained

6.  A. urged                B. promised         C. admitted         D. repeated

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

8.A. exciting           B. surprising           C. puzzling         D. annoying

9.A. ashamed            B. willing         C. weak             D. eager

10.A. Though            B. As               C. Before               D. Unless

11. A. failed               B. disappeared          C. burst                D. combined

12.A. insisted on           B. put off             C. approved of          D. gave up

13.A. never             B. seldom           C. sometime         D. constantly

14.A. normal            B. special         C. usual                D. alive

15.A. realized          B. refused          C. overcame         D. avoided

16. A. doubted          B. changed          C. hid              D. faced

17.A. stronger          B. greater              C. wiser                D. purer

18. A. explain          B. prove                C. respond          D. scream

19.A. On the contrary       B. On the other hand    C. Above all            D. At most

20. A. attempts         B. argues              C. suffers              D. risks

 

 

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