题目内容
Mary has _________ 18-year-old daughter who has ________ gift for singing
- A.a; a
- B.an; the
- C.an; a
- D.the; a
“玛丽有个18岁的女儿,她对唱歌很有天赋。”因为18是元音开头所以用an have a gift for“有天赋”,答案C。
Writer and power chair adventurer Mary Laver has not walked for twenty years. Yet the cheerful and positive 60 year old is not only refusing to let her disability get her down ---- she is also planning to cross the length of Britain in a power wheelchair.
Getting ready for the trip is not easy. She has already run into many problems - not least officials and organizations who view her as a health and safety risk. One police officer wrote to Mary requesting:
1. The proposed route through our area with road numbers.
2. The dates and times each day that this will be taking place.
3. The location details of the proposed overnight stops.
4. The names and mobile phone contact details of the Support Crew.
Another police officer asked her to travel off road! As Mary told me, this was unacceptable - as a power wheelchair user with limited movement she needs to be"gettable".
There are other problems in her way though - she is, after all, in her 60’s and has severe rheumatoid arthritis(风湿性关节炎). However, unlike many other people with arthritis, she is no longer in pain.
"When you are in a power chair and it is going at eight miles an hour, believe me it feels fast … to me it is the Formula One(一级方程式赛车) chair of electric wheelchairs."
At the end of the interview, I asked Mary if she had a message for any other power chair users who wanted to do a challenge, and her reply was simple:"Just do it!"
【小题1】What is Mary Laver planning to do?
| A.Travel to write a power wheelchair adventure. |
| B.Travel across Britain in a power wheelchair. |
| C.Prove she can do what a man can in driving. |
| D.Try a fast Formula One power chair sport. |
| A.He tried to stop her. | B.Mary’s adventure is valueless. |
| C.The power chair is too fast. | D.He wanted to ensure her safety. |
| A.She’ll have a try whatever difficulties she may have. |
| B.A road for a power wheelchair user is a must for her. |
| C.Mary has to jump off her wheelchair once on the road. |
| D.With rheumatoid arthritis, she need some field help. |
| A.Be brave though disabled. | B.Fear no challenges at all. |
| C.Take action right away. | D.Make it whoever you are. |
Few of us haven’t read Cinderella, the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyone’s heart—we all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity(默默无闻).
Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high school.
Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with other girls, she is invisible. However, her world changes completely when a famous teenager pop singer, Joey Parker, appears.
Joey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are not—kind, handsome and desirable. Mary and Joey’s paths cross at a ball. They meet and fall in love with each other. But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams. Of course, there is a wicked(邪恶的) stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies. Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesn’t get into the top dance school. Her two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary, even if that means embarrassing her.
The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern day twists to the classic fairy tale. Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, although the actors are all beautiful. There is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies.
“The movie takes the Cinderella fairytale as its jumping off point,” writes movie critic Amber Wilkinson. “The focus is firmly on following your dream.”
1.The first paragraph is mainly to ____________.
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A.build interest and lead us to Mary’s secret dream |
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B.remind us why Cinderella is popular all the years |
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C.inform us of the main topic of the whole passage |
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D.tell us how interesting the fairy tale Cinderella is |
2.In the movie, Mary Santiago is the main character who _____________.
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A.is brave in expressing her love |
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B.is attended badly by the stepmother |
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C.has a dream of meeting a prince |
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D.is embarrassed by the pop singer |
3. What can we infer from the passage?
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A.Joey is just like other boys in Mary’s class. |
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B.Mary’s mother influences her a lot in singing. |
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C.Not many people have a dream to be realized. |
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D.The MP3 player helps Joey in finding Mary. |
4.The passage is mainly about ___________.
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A.an introduction to a film |
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B.a review about a film |
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C.an essay about dreams |
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D.an advertisement of Cinderella |
5.According to the passage, Another Cinderella Story ________.
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A.follows Cinderella with nothing new |
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B.pays more attention to the looks of the actors |
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C.encourages young people to follow their dreams |
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D.focuses more on materialism than other films |