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完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意, 然后从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。(本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分)
A daughter was born sick. The doctor told the girl’s father that the 35 was that she couldn’t run over 400 metres at a time, or a terrible problem might happen to her. The father felt really sad about it. He asked the doctor if there were any 36 to cure it. The doctor shook his head. How blue the father felt! But the man still didn’t give up his 37 .
He began to pay attention to any news from about the girl’s health. One day, a piece of news from a newspaper attracted him, which 38 if you keep saying the same words to a person every night when he or she is 39 , it will have a magical power. From that day on, every night, when the girl fell asleep, the father would say to her, “you will be beautiful and healthy in the future. No matter (无论) what you will be I will always love you.” The father 40 doing the same thing every night for over 16 years. Year after year, magic 41 . As the girl grew up, she became healthier and healthier. Later she 42 took part in a 3000-metre cross-country race and won a prize. In 2014, the parents took the girl to the doctor again. The doctor could
not believe his eyes when he saw the report. He said it was a(n) 43 that he had never met before.
Later, the girl said—Whenever I thought of my father’s 44 , I was deeply moved. I’ll spend all the rest of my life to give my father a happy life. My dear father, love you forever.
35. A. best B. worst C. least D. latest
36. A. needs B. time C. ways D. thoughts
37. A. decision B. pity C. hope D. plan
38. A. told B. talked C. spoke D. said
39. A. sleeping B. watching C. reading D. hearing
40. A. started B. kept C. has kept D. starts
41. A. failed B. worked C. went D. died
42. A. ever B. almost C. never D. even
43 A. wonder B. waste C. accident D. problem
44. A. face B. words C. cry D. shouts
四、阅读理解 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容在A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（本大题共26分，每小题2分）
A
Three rich ladies met every day by the river. They sat there and talked the whole day. Once the three ladies quarreled(争吵). One of them said. “Look, how white and beautiful my hands are!” Another one said, “My hands are more beautiful.” The third one said, “Mine are the most beautiful ones.” An old beggar（乞丐） woman came up to them. “Beautiful ladies,” she said, “I’m hungry. Please give me something to eat.”
But the three ladies gave her nothing. They only asked, “Tell me, old woman, which one of us has the most beautiful hands?”
A peasant（农民）woman was also sitting by the river. She was poor and her hands were rough（粗糙的） because of hard work. The old woman came up to her and said, “I’m hungry. Please give me something to eat.” The peasant woman took out her only cake she had and gave her a half.
The old woman ate it and drank some water. Then she took the peasant woman by the hand, brought her before the rich ladies and said, “Now, I shall tell you whose hands are the most beautiful. The hands of the poor peasant woman are rough because of work, but they give us food; they are far more beautiful than your hands which have never done anything.”
45. The three ladies ___________.
A. had a quarrel every day B. were rich but unkind
C. had a talk about their hands every day D. lived by the side of the river
46. The old woman asked for something to eat, ___________.
A. but none of the three rich ladies gave anything to her
B. but only one of the three ladies gave her half a cake
C. because she wanted to know whose hands were beautiful
D. because she wanted to know which lady was the richest
47. The peasant woman’s hands were not so white as the three ladies’ ___________.
A. because of the hard work she had done B. but she was stronger than any of them
C. so she didn’t quarrel with the three ladies D. but she was more beautiful than any of them
B
Many daily American expressions are based (以……为基础) on colours.
Red is a hot colour. Americans often use it to represent heat. When they say “red-hot”, that means they are very angry about something. Loud music is popular with many people. Some may say that such music is red-hot.
Pink is a lighter kind of red. People sometimes say “I’m in the pink” when they are in good health. The expression was first used in America at the beginning of the 20th century. It probably comes from the fact that many babies are born with a nice pink colour that shows that they are in good health.
Blue is a cool colour. The old Blues music in the United States is the opposite of red-hot music. Blues is slow and sad. Someone who is “blue” is very sad.
The colour green is natural for trees and grass. But it is an unnatural colour for humans. A person who has an upset stomach may say “I’m feeling a bit green”. A person on a boat who is feeling very sick from high waves can be said “look very green”. Sometimes a person may be very jealous because he does not have anything as nice as someone has, like a fast new car. That person may say “I’m green with envy”. Some people are green with envy because someone has more dollars or “greenbacks”. Dollars are called greenbacks in American slangs because that is the colour of the bottom of their bank notes.
The colour black is used often in expressions. People may say “it’s a black day” when everything goes wrong on that day.
In some cases, colours describe a situation. Blackouts were common during the World War II. All the lights in a city were turned off at night to make it difficult for enemy(敌人) planes to find their aims in the dark.
48. What does “I’m in the pink” mean?
A. I’m sad. B. I’m happy. C. I’m healthy. D. I’m worried.
49. We describe a day on which everything goes wrong as ______.
A. a red day B. a green day C. a pink day D. a black day
50. Which of the following sentences is TRUE, according to the passage?
A. People in the USA use the colour black to express heat.
B. If you are blue, you are very happy.
C. Blue and red are both warm colours.
D. If someone is very rich, you may be green with envy.
C
Spending two or three hours playing outdoors each day can reduce the chance of becoming short-sighted, a research shows. It challenges the belief(信念) that short-sightedness is caused by computer use, watching TV or reading in weak light.
The Australian government researchers believe that the sunlight is good for people’s eyes. They compared the vision(视力) and habits of 100 seven-year-old children in Singapore and Australia. In all, 30% of the Singaporean children were short-sighted—this rate(比率) was ten times higher than Australian children.
Both groups spend a similar amount(数量) of time reading, watching television and playing computer games. However the Singaporean children spent an average (平均) of only half an hour a day outdoors—90 minutes less than the Australian children.
Professor Ian Morgan, from the Australian Research Council’s vision Centre, said, “Humans are naturally long-sighted, but when people begin to go to school and spend little or no time outdoors, the number of short-sighted people gets larger. We’re also seeing more and more short-sighted children in cities all around the world and the main reason may be that city children spend less time outdoors.
Daylight can be hundreds of times brighter than indoor light. But why does playing outside stop us from becoming short-sighted? Scientists believe that natural light has a special chemical(化学物质) which stops the eyeball from growing out of shape and stops people from becoming short-sighted.
So be outdoors. It doesn’t matter if that time is spent having a picnic or having sports.
51. How much time did the Australian children spend outdoors on average according to the research?
A. 30 minutes. B. 60 minutes. C. 90 minutes. D. 120 minutes.
52. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. If people spend less time outdoors they will certainly become short-sighted.
B. There are fewer short-sighted Singaporean Children than Australian children because
they have more knowledge of protecting their eyesight.
C. There will be fewer risks of getting short-sighted if people spend two or three hours a day playing outside.
D. When people begin to go to school they will become long-sighted.
53. What is the fifth paragraph mainly about?
A. Why natural daylight has a special chemical.
B. Why daylight stops people from becoming short-sighted.
C. Why daylight is much brighter than indoor light.
D. What the special chemical which can stop eyeballs from growing out of shape is.
D
Dragons are not real animals, but look like combination(组合体)of many animals such as snakes, fish and deer. They have two horns(角)and a long moustache(胡子).With fantastic powers, they fly in the sky or swim in the sea. They can make rain, too. The Chinese dragon is a symbol of strength and good luck. The rulers of ancient China loved dragons. Their clothes were covered with pictures of dragons.
We are proud to call ourselves the “descendants(传人) of the dragon”, In Chinese, "excellent" people are often called "dragons", a number of Chinese sayings and idioms talk about dragons, for example, "Hoping one’s child will become a dragon”, which means hoping he or she will be successful.
It is said that people born in the Year of the Dragons have certain characteristics. They are creative, confident, brave and quick-tempered. There are some Famous “dragons” who have done excellent things, for example, the great man Deng Xiaoping, the famous businessman Li Jiacheng and the movie star Zhao Wei. They are all very successful.
There are also some traditional festivals about dragons in China. Such as Dragon Head-Raising Day and Dragon Boat Festival .We have different kinds of activities to celebrate them. These two festivals come every year, but the Year of the Dragon comes every twelve years.
The dragon is very important in Chinese culture. As the “descendants of dragon”, it is necessary for us to know the views on dragons in our culture. It can help us understand why our parents always want us to be "dragons".
54. In the passage, the underlined sentence “Hoping one's child will become a dragon” means____ in Chinese.
A.龙马精神 B.龙飞凤舞 C.望子成龙 D.龙腾虎跃
55. What characteristics may the people born in the Year of the Dragon have?
They may be______.
A. creative, confident, brave and powerful
B. creative, confident, brave and quick-tempered
C. lovely, confident, brave and quick tempered
D. lucky, confident, creative and successful
56. 2015 is the Year of the Sheep. Which of the following years is the Year of the Dragon?
A. 1988. B. 1998. C. 2008. D. 2018.
57. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Dragons are real animals.
B. The “descendants of the dragon” are often called “dragons”
C. People born in the Year of the Dragon must be successful.
D. There are many Chinese sayings and idioms about dragons
七、 任务型阅读 根据短文内容完成表格中所缺信息，在答题卷上相应的横线上填写答案，每空限填一个单词。（本大题共5空，每空1分，共5分）
We often see top students around us and everyone knows about them. Let us take Jenny as an example. She is the monitor of our class. She spends a lot of time working for our class. But she still gets good grades in all subjects. How do students like Jenny do that? When I asked her, she said, “Hard work is not the whole story. It’s not how long you sit at the desk with your books open. It’ s what you do while you are sitting.” Indeed, we can see many top students spend fewer hours on their studies than their classmates. Jenny gave me some valuable suggestions.
If your math teacher assigns(分派) five problems you should do six. If your Chinese teacher assigns eight pages of reading, you should read nine. The more you practice, the more you learn.
Studying is a matter of personal preference(偏爱), so choose the way you are most comfortable with. Some people like working at night when the house is quiet, while others like doing their work early in the morning. Still others like studying as soon as they arrive home from school while the work is fresh in their minds. No matter which way you use, try to do your best.
Studying is your business and business comes before entertainment(娱乐). When you are studying, phone calls should go unanswered, TV shows unwatched, snacks uneaten. Studying is the only thing in your mind. Nothing can pull you away from what you are studying.
Studying is like eating. You chew(咀嚼) it one bite at a time. You can plan what to do today, but don’t do too much. When you can’t finish the work you planned to do, you may lose confidence. On the other hand, you will not study well without a good plan. It all depends on how you arrange your time.
The students who hand in a clearly written paper is already half way to an A. Neat(工整的) papers are likely to get higher marks than sloppy(被泼水弄湿的) ones. When you write neatly and do your work carefully, the thoughts in your mind are clear. You can avoid making more mistakes.
