(2013·高考北京卷)Leaping on a narrow balance beam(平衡木) is not easy.But Lola Walter，a 13?year?old gymnast，is an expert at it.

To perfect her skills，Lola____for four hours a day，five days a week.At the state championships in March，she finished seventh out of 16 girls.

That’s especially impressive，____she is legally blind，born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift(移动)constantly.She often sees double and can’t____how far away things are.

When she was little，her mom____that even though she couldn’t see____，she was fearless.So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three.She loved the____right away and gymnastics became her favorite.

Though learning gymnastics has been more____for her than for some of her teammates，she has never quit.She doesn’t let her____stop her from doing anything that she wants to.

She likes the determination it takes to do the sport.Her biggest____is the balance beam.Because she has double vision，she often sees to beams.She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine.Sometimes she even closes her eyes.“You have to____your mind that it’ll take you where you want to go，”says Lola.

To be a top?level gymnast，one must be brave.The beam is probably the most____for anyone because it’s four inches wide.At the state competition，Lola didn’t fall____the beam.In fact，she got an 8.1 out of 10—her highest score yet.

Lola doesn’t want to be____differently from the other girls on her team.At competitions，the judges don’t know about her vision____.She doesn’t tell them，because she doesn’t think they need to know.Her mom is amazed by her____attitude.

Lola never thinks about____.She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics.Her____is to reach level 9.She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she’s learned to other kids____she grows up.

Lola is____of all her hard work and success.She says it’s helped her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics too.Her____for others is “just believe in yourself.”

1.A.runsB．teaches

C．trains? D.dances

2.A.since? B.unless

C．after? D.though

3.A.tell? B.guess

C.assume? D.predict

4.A.suspected? B remembered

C．imaginedD．noticed

5.A.deeply? B.well

C.aheadD．closely

6.A.task? B.sport

C.eventD．show

7.A.boringB．enjoyable

C．difficult? D.satisfactory

8.A.talentB． quality

C.nature? D.condition

9.A.doubt? B.advantage

C．challenge? D．progress

10.．A.examine? B．express

C．openD．trust

11.A.fearful? B．harmful

C．unfair? D．inconvenient

12.A.toB．on

C．off? D.against

13.．A.greetedB．treated

C．served? D.paid

14.A.pains? B.stresses

C．injuriesD．problems

15.A.positive? B.friendly

C.flexibleD．cautious

16.A.defendingB．quitting

C.winningD．bargaining

17.A.standardB．range

C．viewD．goal

18.A.untilB．as

C.when? D.before

19.A.proudB．tired

C．ashamed? D.confident

20.A.planB．advice

C.reward? D.responsibility

(2013·高考北京卷)________makes the book so extraordinary is the creative imagination of the writer.

A．That? B．What

C．Who? D．Which

(2013·高考北京卷)Experts believe________people can waste less food by shopping only when it is necessary.

A．why? B．where

C．that? D．what

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A．The heat of the EP.

B．The safety of the EP.

C．The appearance of the EP.

D．The material of the EP.

2.From the passage，we can learn that the EP________.

A．doesn’t burn up oxygen

B．runs without any noise

C．makes people get sleepy

D．is unsuitable for children and pets

3.The underlined word“evenly”in Paragraph 4 probably means________.

A．continuously B．separately

C．quickly D．equally

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A．persuade people to buy the product

B．advise people to save on heating bills

C．report the new development of portable heaters

D．compare the functions of different heater brands

Urbanization

(2013·高考北京卷)Until relatively recently，the vast majority of human beings lived and died without ever seeing a city.The first city was probably founded no more than 5,500 years ago.__ 1.__In fact，nearly everyone lived on farms or in tiny rural (乡村的) villages.It was not until the 20th century that Great Britain became the first urban society in history—a society in which the majority of people live in cities and do not farm for a living.

Britain was only the beginning. 2.__The process of urbanization—the migration (迁徙) of people from the countryside to the city—was the result of modernization，which has rapidly transformed how people live and where they live.

In 1990，fewer than 40% of Americans lived in urban areas.Today，over 82% of Americans live in cities.Only about 2% live on farms.__ 3.__

Large cities were impossible until agriculture became industrialized.Even in advanced agricultural societies，it took about ninety?five people on farms to feed five people in cities._ 4._Until modern times，those living in cities were mainly the ruling elite(精英) and the servants，laborers and professionals who served them.Cities survived by taxing farmers and were limited in size by the amount of surplus food that the rural population produced and by the ability to move this surplus from farm to city.

Over the past two centuries，the Industrial Revolution has broken this balance between the city and the country. 5._Today，instead of needing ninety?five farmers to feed five city people，one American farmer is able to feed more than a hundred non?farmers.

A．That kept cities very small.

B．The rest live in small towns.

C．The effects of urban living on people should be considered.

D．Soon many other industrial nations became urban societies.

E．But even 200 years ago，only a few people could live in cities.

F．Modernization drew people to the cities and made farmers more productive.

G．Modern cities have destroyed social relations and the health of human beings.