I’m dreaming of owning a studio — modern, comfortable, and        suitable for making records.

A.a(chǎn)fter all        B.a(chǎn)bove all           C.in all        D.first of all

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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解

The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during the break .She seemed so small as she pushed her way __36_ the crowd of boys on the playground .  She___37__ from them all.

  I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing __38__.She would practice dribbling(運(yùn)球) and shooting over and over again, sometimes until __39__. One day I asked her __40__ she practiced so much. She looked __41___in my eyes and without a moment of hesitation she said, "I want to go to college. The only way I can __42__ is that if I get a scholarship, I am going to play college basketball. I want to be __43__. My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don't count."

  Well, I had to give it in to her--- she was __44__.One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head __45_ in her arms. I walked toward her and quietly asked what was _46___. "Oh, nothing," came a soft reply. "I'm just too short." The coach told her that at her height she would probably __47__get to play for a top ranked team,___48__offered a scholarship. So she _49___stop dreaming about college.

  She was __50___ and I sensed her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They just didn't __51__ the power of a dream. He told her __52__she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship,  __53___could stop her except one thing-- her own attitude. He told her again," if the dream is big enough, the facts don't count."

    The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college recruiter(招聘人員). She was indeed offered a __54__ .She was going to get the college education that she had __55___and worked toward for all those years.

A. through             B. across               C. over                 D. into

A. brought out         B. showed out       C. stood out          D. worked out

A. only                     B. lonely              C. simply              D. alone

A. dark                     B. dawn            C. midnight          D. daybreak

A. how                     B. when                C. why                 D. what

A. worriedly              B. shyly                C. quietly             D. directly

A. go                     B. get                   C. enter                D. attend

A. worse                B. better              C. the best            D. the worst

A. determined         B. encouraged       C. fixed                D. fascinated

A. covered            B. enclosed           C. dropped            D. buried

A. the affair              B. the wrong         C. matter              D. the matter

A. ever                     B. even                 C. once                 D. never

A. far more                   B. much less         C. much fewer      D. many more

A. should               B. must                C. can                  D. may

A. overjoyed             B. moved              C. embarrassed      D. heartbroken

A. understand          B. experience       C. learn                D. believe

A. even if              B. as if                 C. that if               D. only if

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

A. prize                    B. medal               C. scholarship       D. position

A. dreamed of         B. accepted           C. thought of        D. appreciated

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科目:高中英語 來源:2013屆山東省德州市某中學(xué)高三12月月考英語試卷(帶解析) 題型:閱讀理解

Joe came to New York from the Middle West, dreaming about painting. Delia came to New York from the South, dreaming about music. Joe and Delia met in a studio. Before long they were good friends and got married.
They had only a small flat to live in, but they were happy. They loved each other, and they were both interested in art. Everything was fine until one day they found they had spent all their money.
Delia decided to give music lessons. One afternoon she said to her husband:
“Joe, , I’ve found a pupil, a general’s daughter. She is a sweet girl. I’m to give three lessons a week and get $5 a lesson.”
But Joe was not glad.
“But how about me?” he said.” Do you think I’m going to watch you work while I play with my art? No, I want to earn some money too.”
“Joe, , you are silly,” said Delia. “You must keep at your studies. We can live quite happily on $15 a week.”
“Well, perhaps I can sell some of my pictures,” said Joe.
Every day they parted in the morning and met in the evening. A week passed and Delia brought home fifteen dollars, but she looked a little tired.
“Clementina sometimes gets on my nerves. I’m afraid she doesn’t practice enough. But the general is the nicest old man! I wish you could know him, Joe.”
And then Joe took eighteen dollars out of his pocket.
“I’ve sold one of my pictures to a man from Peoria,” he said, “and he has ordered another.”
“I’m so glad,” said Delia. “Thirty-three dollars! We never had so much to spend before. We’ll have a good supper tonight.”
Next week Joe came home and put another eighteen dollars on the table. In half an hour Delia came, her right hand in a bandage.
“What’s the matter with your hand?” said Joe. Delia laughed and said:
“Oh, a funny thing happened! Clemantina gave me a plate of soup and spilled some of it on my hand. She was very sorry for it. And so was the old general. But why are you looking at me like that, Joe?”
“What time this afternoon did you burn your hand, Delia?”
“Five o’clock, I think. The iron-I mean the soup-was ready about five, Why?”
“Delia, come and sit here,” said Joe. He drew her to the couch and sat beside her.
“What do you do every day, Delia? Do you really give music lesson? Tell me the truth.”
She began to cry.
“I couldn’t get any pupils,” she said, “So I got a place in a laundry ironing shirts. This afternoon a girl accidentally set down an iron on my hand and I got a bad burn. But tell me, Joe, how did you guess that I wasn’t giving music lessons?”
“It’s very simple,” said Joe. “I knew all about your bandages because I had to send them upstairs to a girl in the laundry who had an accident with a hot iron. You see, I work in the engine-room of the same laundry where you work.”
“And your pictures? Did you sell any to that man from Peoria?”
“Well, your general with his Clemantina is an invention, and so is my man from Peoria.”
And then they both laughed.
【小題1】To support the family, Delia worked as             .

A.a(chǎn) tutor B.a(chǎn) music teacher C.a(chǎn) laundry assistant D.a(chǎn)n artist
【小題2】It happened that             .
A.a(chǎn) man from Peoria liked Joe’s picturesB.Delia earned $15 dollars a week easily
C.Clemantina and the general were kind D.the couple worked at the same laundry
【小題3】Who hurt Delia’s hand?
A.The general B.ClemantinaC.A girl D.Herself
【小題4】We can infer from the underlined sentence that             .
A.Clemantina was an invention of the general
B.Clemantina was an invention of the man from Peoria
C.the general, Clemantina and the man from Peoria were the couple’s clients
D.there were no such men as the general, Clemantina and the man from Peoria
【小題5】The couple’s attitude towards each other is             .
A.honestB.faithfulC.a(chǎn)shamed D.heartbreaking

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科目:高中英語 來源:四川省2010屆高三考前適應(yīng)訓(xùn)練英語試題 題型:閱讀理解

 

After too long on the Net,even a phone call can be a shock. My boyfriend‘s Liverpudlian accent suddenly becomes too difficult to understand after his clear words on screen; a secretary‘s tone seems more rejecting than I’d imagined it would be. Time itself becomes fluid- hours becomes minutes, and alternately seconds stretch into days. Weekends, once a highlight of my week,are now just two ordinary days.

For the last three years,since I stopped working as a producer for Charlie Rose,I have done much of my work as a telecommuter. I submit (提交) articles and edit them by E-mail and communicate with colleagues on Internet mailing lists. My boyfriend lives in England, so much of our relationship is computer-mediated.

If I desired,I could stay inside for weeks without wanting anything. I can order food,and manage my money,love and work. In fact,at times I have spent as long as three weeks alone at home,going out only to get mail and buy newspapers and groceries.  I watched most of the blizzard of 96 on TV.

 But after a while,life itself begins to feel unreal. I start to feel as though I’ve merged (融合) with my machines,taking data in spitting them back out, just another node (波節(jié))on the Net. Others on line report the same symptoms. We start to strongly dislike the outside forms of socializing. It’s like attending an A. A. meeting in a bar with everyone holding a half-sipped drink. We have become the Net opponents’ worst nightmare.

What first seemed like a luxury,crawling from bed to computer,not worrying about hair,and clothes and face,has become an avoidance,a lack of discipline. And once you start replacing real human contact with cyber-interaction,coming back out of the cave can be quite difficult.

At times, I turn on the television and just leave it to chatter in the background, something that I'd never done previously. The voices of the programs soothe (安慰) me, but then I'm jarred (使感不快) by the commercials. I find myself sucked in by soap operas, or compulsively (強(qiáng)制性能地) needing to keep up with the latest news and the weather. "Dateline," "Frontline," "Nightline," CNN, every possible angle of every story over and over and over, even when they are of no possible use to me. Work moves from foreground to background.

1.Compared to the clear words of her boyfriend on screen, his accent becomes____

    A.unreal       B.unbearable       C.misleading       D.not understandable

2.What does the last paragraph mean

    A.Having worked on the computer for too long, she became a bit strange.

B.She is so interested in TV programs that she often forgets her work

    C.She watches TV a lot in order to keep up with the latest news and the weather.

    D.She turns on TV now and then in order to get some comfort from TV program.

3.What is the author’s attitude to the computer?

    A.She has become bored with it.

    B.She dislikes it because TV is more attractive.

    C.She dislikes it because it cuts off her relation with the outside world.

    D.She likes it because it is very convenient.

4.The underlined phrase “coming back out of the cave ”probably means_______.         

A.going back to the dreaming world         B.coming back home from the outside world

C.restoring direct human contact            D.getting away from living a strange life

 

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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解

Patti Page, the top-selling female artist of the 1950s with more than 100 million records sold, died on January 2nd, 2013, when she was 85. She was one of the most beloved singers of the post-war era. Take her “Tennessee Waltz” for example, it sold more than 10 million copies and was her biggest hit (成功).

Born in Claremore, Oklahoma, a small town near Tulsa, Page once dreamed of a career in commercial art. Her first job in the art department at a local radio station soon led to her performing 15-minute program on her own.

At age 20, Page was discovered by big-band leader Jack Rael, who gave up his job to become her manager. The next year, she signed her first recording contract with Mercury Records and enjoyed her first hit record soon. She stayed with Mercury for the next 14 years and recorded hit after hit including: “With My Eyes Wide Open, I’m Dreaming” and “Old Cape Cod”.

Her last hit was “Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte”, recorded for the Bette Davis movie of the same name. And then, there was “Doggie in the Window”. The creative tune was a huge hit, but with its repeated barking sounds and silly lyrics (歌詞), the song has been used by many people as an example of all that was wrong with pop music in the early 1950s.

Throughout the 1950s, Patti Page made regular appearances on a variety of television shows and in 1957 she was chosen to host the musical program “The Big Record”. The following year, Page appeared in her own CBS television series “The Patti Page Show”. She continued to record and perform into the 21st century, most recently releasing an album of songs for children, a Christmas record, and a new “best of” collection.

Besides music, Patti Page did a bit of acting. She co-starred with the Oscar-winning Burt Lancaster in “Elmer Gantry”, and also starred on stage in the musical play “Annie Get Your Gun”.

41. According to the passage, Patti Page ______.

A. wanted to be a singer as a child

B. was born in a small town in 1927

C. was known mainly for her acting skills

D. started her work as a TV program hostess

42. According to the passage, which one of her following recorded songs was criticized(批評(píng))?

A. “Old Cape Cod”

B. “Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte”

C. “Doggie in the Window”

D. “With My Eyes Wide Open, I’m Dreaming”

43. The “Tennessee Waltz” is mentioned in the passage in order to show that ________.

A. Patti Page was a beloved singer

B. Patti Page had talents for singing

C. Patti Page’s songs are pleasant to hear

D. Patti Page was good at recording songs

44. We can know from the passage that Patti Page ______.

A. got to know Jack Rael in 1945

B. left Mercury Records at the age of 35

C. appeared in “The Patti Page Show” in 1957

D. wrote all songs for children in her late life

45. It is inferred from the passage that _______.

A. Patti Page gave up singing in public in her late life

B. Patti Page’s gift for music began to be shown in her childhood

C. Patti Page’s great success was because of her luck and others’ help

D. Patti Page was not only a successful singer but also an actress

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