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Rupert Murdoch, the Australian-born American media owner was voted Best of British by the Sunday Express in London last week. He is the most famous 1 owner in the world and 2 newspapers and TV channels across the world. 3 now he has been called the greatest 4 in Britain by one of his biggest rivals (竞争对手) . The paper, which competes for _ 5 with Murdoch's own papers, called him "the man who made modem Britain" and it 6 Murdoch for his willingness to take risks. 7 said he had brought a "revolution" to television and newspaper production. Rupert Murdoch、was born in Melbourne, 8 , in 1931. Today he is better _ 9 as the owner of News Corporation Ltd., a media group that owns many different _10 of media: television, films, books, and the Internet. 11 becoming the success he is today, Murdoch studied at Oxford University in Britain. He returned to Australia in 1952, when he 12 The Adelaide News from his father. His life since then can be seen as a series of international jumps in which he's 13 more and more newspapers and TV stations. In the 1960s, it was The Mirror in Sydney and the Sun, in London; in the 1970s, he bought the New York Post; in the 1980s, he took on Hollywood when he bought 20th Century Fox and Fox TV. At this time he also bought The Times and The Sunday; Times in London. And most 14 in the 1990s, he bought Star Television in Asia. His company has also formed a joint-venture(合资的) television company with the Chinese Government, Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings Ltd(凤凰卫视控股有限公司 ). It 15 six channels-Xingkong weishi, Channel V, Star Movies, National Geographic Star Sports and ESPN-to millions of Chinese 16 . One 17 how Murdoch could have found the time for love and relationships since he owns such a big business. In 1967, he married Anna Troy, whom he met 18 _she was a reporter on The Sydney Daily Mirror. The couple got 19 in 1998. The next year, he married Chinese-born Wendy Deng. Deng, Murdoch's third wife, is 37 years younger than Murdoch and used to work 20 Star TV in HongKong. The 71-year-old Murdoch is now father of five children after Deng gave birth to a baby daughter last year. | ||||
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Last week I was invited to a doctor's meeting at the Ruth hospital for incurables. In one of the wards a patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me. I could see that he hadn't long to 1 , but he came up to me and placed his right foot close mine on the floor. "Frank!" I cried in astonishment. He couldn't 2 , as I knew, but all the time 3 his foot against mine. My 4 raced back more than thirty years to the 5 days of 1941, when I was a student in London. The 6 was an air-raid shelter, in which I and about hundred other people slept every night. Two of the regulars were Mrs. West and her son Frank. 7 wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers got to 8 each other very well. Frank West 9 me because he wasn't 10 , not even at birth. His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had 11 of a mind than a baby has. His " 12 " consisted of rough sounds-sounds of pleasure or anger and 13 more. Mrs. West, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, as she had to be, of course, because Frank 14 on her entirely. He needed all the 15 of a baby. One night a policeman came and told Mrs. West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder. She 16 nearly everything she owned. When that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the 17 ones. So before we 18 that morning, I stood beside Frank and 19 my right foot against his. They were about the same size. That night, then, I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for Frank. But as soon as he saw me he came running and placed his right foot against mine. After that, his 20 to me was always the same. | ||||
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科目:高中英语 来源:陕西省同步题 题型:完形填空
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My brother, Mark, died in a traffic accident four years ago.He was my big brother and__1__looked after me.I am__2__today for all of the special times we had as running partners, and times__3__driving to different races, where we had so many__4__about life in general.I__5__these talks terribly at this time of the year. __6__, I am so happy he shared with me the__7__of his faith.He was always so__8__to people, and I had been with him many times__9__we pulled over to help someone in need, __10__a smile and helping them get back on the road.So I was not__11__when he told me of the time when he was__12__ in college:It was the end of the month.To make matters worse, it was Friday and he had no__13__in his pocket for the weekend.Payday was Monday and he had no gas money to get home to__14__my dad and no money to buy food but he had faith that helping others__15__helping yourself. On his way home from classes that day, as he was driving along, he noticed a guy ahead of him __16__his lumber (木材) all over the road as he turned the corner.Mark__17__right over and helped him load the lumber back into his truck.The guy was so thankful and__18__his hand to Mark, and in it was one hundred dollars.Mark couldn't believe his__19__.He told him that was unnecessary but the man __20__and off he drove. I still think of Mark sitting there telling me that story, with tears in his eyes, and how faithful he was. | ||||
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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. -Eleanor Roosevelt My home is a place of great beauty and agricultural richness, as well as of war and natural disasters. When I was only fourteen years old, I was filled with__1__in spite of the terrible surroundings.The families living here, who tried to make their living from the land, __2__great losses. I felt sorry especially for the__3__, but I__4__to be hopeless.I decided that where I was, I could do__5__to help them.I began knocking on every door and saying to each person who__6__my knock, "I know that you are__7__and give the birds that come to your yard a little__8__.Please consider me your bird.Give me only a handful of rice each week when I come to your__9__.I will take it to the temple where it can be given to the__10__children." No one seemed to__11__giving me a handful of rice, even__12__they had little themselves.On Sunday, I would go to the__13__and give my handfuls of rice to the monks to__14__to the children. One day, I came to a house that had__15__to give.I told my story and asked if I could be their bird. The woman called her daughters, and__16__gave me fifty cents, as well as the handful of rice!I began to ask for__17__and rice from the other "bird feeders", and they gave them to me.Everyone was happy to be helping those who were suffering, even__18__only this small way.The temple was soon able to help everyone who came to them for food and clothing. "Consider me your bird." My__19__idea had not stopped the war, but anyway, it was__20__some peace. | ||||
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科目:高中英语 来源:同步题 题型:完形填空
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"This Friday we'll have the yearly Egg Drop Challenge," said our science teacher,Mr Baker. "You can work alone or with a partner. " My friend,Cassie,and I smiled at each other. We always worked on projects 1 . The 2 of the challenge was simple-to build a protective container to keep an egg from breaking when 3 the stadium wall. I made my sandwich that afternoon while waiting for Cassie. 4 the butter-cream gave me an idea. "1 have a brilliant design for our 5 container!"I said when Cassie arrived. "We can 6 the egg with some butter-cream. " "Why not pit the egg in a basket with a parachute(降落伞) 7 ," Cassie rolled her eyes. "The parachute is better than that stupid idea. " I couldn't believe it. Of course we'd had our little 8 in the past,but she'd never called any of my ideas " 9 " before. "Then I'll build mine and you build yours ! " 10 words had been out,our friendship was challenged. When Friday finally arrived,I had to 11 Cassie's Egg Force One looked pretty good. 12 , my Egg-cellent Egg Cream didn't look quite scientific. We kids carried our containers up three stadium steps and dropped them over the side wall. Those whose eggs broke were out;those whose eggs survived 13 three more steps and dropped them again. This would go on till the last egg broke. After four rounds,only Cassie and I were 14 . I let go of my box. I heard someone say "ew" after seconds.Had my egg broken? I raced down the 15 . The side walk was dotted with egg shells(蛋壳) from those 16 drops. Finally I found my little Egg-cellent Egg Cream. "That looks like egg drop soup,Laura," Cassie said. She was holding her Egg Force One. My 17 raced.Had she won? I looked at her basket. 18 . "My egg bounced 19 ,"she explained,pointing to a broken shell. " A tie (平局 ) , " Mr Baker said. Cassie looked at me,and her glare 20 . I laughed. She smiled… | ||||
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Long long ago, there was a small village. This village had a 1 tradition. At the beginning ofevery year, any boy who had reached the age of majority (成年)was given land and money to build a home. The boy had to 2 his home before winter. If his home failed to endure thecold weather in winter, the villagers could not 3 him inany way. One 4 , Paul and Mare reached their majority. They 5 their land and money and decided to search nearby villages for ideas on building their homes. In each village, they found the nicest 6 and talked to the owners. Each owner gladly offered 7 . After Marc saw several homes, he 8 the best ideas and went back to his own land. Paul, 9 , continued collecting more ideas. Soon he had so many great ideas that he began to 10 some of them. But he always believed he could find even better ideas in the next village. Marc began building his home. He had several false starts, 11 his home gradually rose from his land. By fall, Marc had finished his home. It wasn't perfect,but it was strong and he could 12 it later. Paul enjoyed all the beautiful homes and 13 with home owners. The first snow came and Paul, realizing he was running out of time, 14 back to his land. He built the best home he could in the time he had, but it was 15 . The first winter storm destroyed his home and he froze to 16 .The villagers mourned for him. Marc 17 the winter. Each year, Marc searched for other good ideas he could use to make his own home look better. He became a leader in the village, 18 a family, and lived a happy, content life. We all build and improve our own mental homes. It's 19 and fun for us to search for ideas from other mental home owners, but we only improve our own mental home if we actualIy 20 the best ideas. | |||
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B. hopeful B. make B. encourage B. summer B. received B. jobs B. drinks B. gathered B. finally B. believe B. although B. rebuild B. achievements B. rushed B. funny B. death B. loved B. earned B. easy B. bring |
C. literary C. complete C. scold C. autumn C. recognized C. houses C. attention C. created C. however C. replace C. but C. sell C. struggles C. flew C. small C. sadness C. survived C. contacted C. dangerous C. collect |
D. cultural D. buy D. persuade D. spring D. advice D. presents D. advice D. understood D. furthermore D. doubt D. so D. improve D. arguments D. moved D. amazing D. illness D. spent D. raised D. special D. apply |
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Lucky to have him When I met him, I had a lot of anger inside of me. I never had a father, though in my neighborhood that's not__2__. I know some kids just like me. You have to__1__yourself. There are fights and killings all the time. I have friends who ended up in jail or pregnant. I could have ended up that way, too, __3__ Mr Clark and my mom wouldn't let that happen. Mr. Clark worked long hours, making sure I did my work. My grades rose. In fact, I did so well that in sixth grade, I entered the__4__class, and Mr. Clark was the teacher. I felt so__5__to have him a second year! He took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera. Before the show, he__6__us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full. We didn't want to let him__7__, so we listened to him attentively. __8__of us were surprised when Mr. Clark was selected as Disney's 2000 Teacher of the Year. When he learned he'd won, he said he would__9__three names out of a hat; he would go to Los Angeles to get the__10__with those students. But __11__it came time to draw names, Mr Clark said, "You're all going." He got__12__to fly all 37 of us out to Disneyland in California and put us up at the Hilton. People were__13__, but Mr. Clark really cared about us. There's no way I can__14__most teachers doing that. No way. But he saw something in us that nobody else saw. On graduation day, there were a lot of tears. We didn't want his class to__15__. In the new school year, we were all happy when Mr. Clark__16__in our class once again. He's been a__17__in our lives. In 2003, Mr. Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to__18__school supplies and visit orphanages. It was the most amazing__19__of my life. It's now my__20__to one day start a group of women's clubs, helping people from all backgrounds. | ||||
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The following is a true story. It shows that potential discovered may lead to success. A young man traveled by train. As it was running across a__1__, passengers looked out of the__2__idly and aimlessly. When the train came near a bend it__3__and then an unadorned (简陋的) house came into__4__. It was so obvious__5__the deserted landscape that everybody on the train began to "__6__" it with their eyes wide open. Some passengers__7__began a discussion about it. The young man was also__8__by the scene. On his return he__9__the train at the nearest station and found his__10__to the house. Its__11__told him that troubled by the__12__of the train he wanted to sell the house but__13__would buy it. Soon the young man__14__three thousand dollars for the house, regarding it as a__15__site for advertisement. It was facing the railway__16__where the train had to slow down and the__17__ passengers would cast their eyes at the house to__18__themselves. He managed to get__19__to big companies and tried his best to convince them of the advantage of the place for__20__. Finally the CocaCola Company took a lease on (租用) it to put up promotion signs. The young man was paid 180 thousand dollars for a threeyear rent. | ||||
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Henry was not 1 at math. Even when the teacher explained something a second time, he still couldn't 2 it. "Never mind. I'll sit 3 the boy who's the best at 4 , " Henry thought, "and 5 his answers." The day of the exam 6 , and Henry sat next to Allan, 7 was 8 at the top of the class in math. Henry copied Allan's answers 9 his own exam paper. At the end of the exam, the teacher said, "Well, boys and girls, I've decided to give a red 10 to the student who got the 11 grade. It's 12 for me to decide who I'll give the star to, however, 13 two students, Henry and Allan, got the 14 grade." After a moment she went on, " 15 I've decided to give the star to 16 this time." Henry was 17 when he heard this. He stood 18 and said, "But I got the same grade as Allan, madam." "That's 19 ." The teacher said. "However, Allan's answer to Question 6 was 'I don't know.', but 20 was 'Nor do I.'" | ||||
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