－Why didn't you tell Anna the truth?

－________.

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A．Yes, I was afraid to be scolded by her

B．No, but I want to

C．But I did

D．I always hate telling lies

—Mum, it’s fine today. I want to skate on the lake.

—Don’t you think the ice is too thin to _______ your weight?

A．accept

B．catch

C．bear

D．take

 

I used to watch her from my kitchen window. She seemed so small as she muscled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during break. I remember the first day I saw her playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she ran circles around the other kids. She managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her but no one could. I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing alone.

One day I asked her why she practiced so much. Without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a scholarship. I am going to play college basketball. I want to be the best. My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.” Well, I had to give it to her—she was determined. I watched her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her school team to victory.

One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head in her arms. I walked across the street and sat down in the cool grass beside her. Quietly I asked what was wrong. “Oh, nothing,” came a soft reply, “I am just too short.” The coach told her that at 5’5” she would probably never get to play for a top ranked team—much less offered a scholarship—so she should stop dreaming about college. She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat tighten as 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 did not understand the power of a dream. He told her that if she truly wanted a scholarship and that nothing could stop her except one thing — her own attitude.

The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was offered a scholarship and on the college team. She was going to get the college education that she had dreamed of.

The author was probably the girl’s        .

A．neighbor       B．friend              C．mother       D．teacher

Why was the girl heartbroken?

A．She was considered too short to be a top player.

B．Her coach stopped her training because of her height.

C．She couldn’t be on a college basketball team.   

D．She wouldn’t be admitted by an ideal college.

We can learn from the passage that        .

A．her family wouldn’t like to pay her college fee  

B．her father forced her to play basketball in collage

C．being a top basketball player can win you a scholarship for college

D．she wouldn’t like to turn to his father for help when in difficulty

Which word can best describe her father?

A．Encouraging.      B．Optimistic.        C．Stubborn.       D．Cruel.

Which proverb best matches the story?

A．Practice makes perfect.                     B．Rome was not built in a day.

C．Where there is a will, there is a way.           D．Pride comes before a fall.

Streit was an experienced safecracker who never used force — either against people or safes. He was a real  11  of his trade and it took him only 19 minutes to open the most difficult   12  he had ever met. In about 10 years,   13   by his brother Stefan, he took about ?33,000,000 —from the safes of 28 banks in Austria. On his last job, he   14  the safe door open and ?80,000 behind. With the   15  was a note, ''We don't need all that much''. A witness   16  his car and Streit was caught by the police. Then he was sent to Austria's Stein Prison to serve a six-year   17  . He boasted (吹嘘) at his trial that he would continue   18  the law, ''I'm a thief and I shall use every opportunity.'' In spite of the   19  , prison officials moved Streit to the prison's blacksmith shop. One day during the week before Christmas,

Streit   20  . Searchers found all his doors were well locked. Streit had   21  to make a set of keys and let himself out. Not to   22  , though. After crossing into Bavaria, Streit   23  the suspicion (怀疑) of German customs police on purpose and got himself   24  . ''I want to be in a German prison, ''he   25  to the surprised police. ''As German courts give much milder (温和的) sentences for   26  like mine and will   27  the time I would otherwise have served in Stein Prison.'' In prison, Streit   28   his keepers to let him telephone his former keeper, Karl Schreiner of Stein Prison. ''I'm sorry   29   I caused trouble. I didn't want to   30  anybody by escaping. Conditions weren't that bad. In fact the food was better than it is here.''

1.                A．artist           B．dancer         C．composer D．musician

 

2.                A．bank           B．safe            C．prison    D．door

 

3.                A．offered         B．trained         C．helped   D．respected

 

4.                A．made          B．left            C．broke    D．removed

 

5.                A．safe           B．job            C．door D．money

 

6.                A．recognized      B．stole           C．rode     D．broke

 

7.                A．treatment       B．holiday         C．freedom  D．sentence

 

8.                A．obeying        B．breaking        C．respecting D．destroying

 

9.                A．sentence       B．trial            C．warning  D．suggestion

 

10.               A．disappeared     B．starved         C．survived   D．worked

 

11.               A．tried           B．decided        C．managed D．expected

 

12.               A．safety          B．freedom        C．hometown D．prison

 

13.               A．attracted       B．offered         C．removed  D．admitted

 

14.               A．recognized      B．relaxed         C．arrested   D．encouraged

 

15.               A．went          B．lied            C．negotiated     D．explained

 

16.               A．crimes         B．robbery        C．money    D．mistakes

 

17.               A．multiply        B．lose           C．add  D．reduce

 

18.               A．cheated        B．persuaded      C．expected D．helped

 

19.               A．though         B．but            C．for   D．if

 

20.               A．injure          B．steal           C．embarrass D．Accuse

 

 

—The Apple store is having a sale this week. Shall we go and have a look?

—_______. And I want to pick up a cell phone for my mother.

A. You are right         B. I hope so      C. Let me see         D. I’d love to