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Last Wednesday Obama becomes the first black president in US history.1.______
Obama was born in 1961, an African father and a white American2.______
mother from a small town in the US. His unusually background made3.______
him wonder at who he was. When he was young, his hard work4.______
made him star at Harvard. Later, he became only the third black senator5.______
in US history. During his race to the high post in the US, Obama6.______
talked about his background. He called for a United States of America,7.______
other than a white America or a black America. Obama’s success has8.______
made Martin Luther King’s dream comes true. That is: A man should not9.______
be judged by the color of his skin, and by the content of his character.10.______
[答案]
1.becomes→became。根据句子中的时间状语Last Wednesday可知,此处应用过去时。
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In a national spelling contest in America, an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her __1__ voice the judges were not sure if she spelled the word with the letter A or E. They talked it over and __2__ decided to simply ask her what she had said. By now, the girl knew she had __3__ the word. But instead of lying, she told the truth that she had said the __4__ letter-so she lost the contest.
As the girl walked off the __5__, the entire audience stood to their feet clapping to applaud her __6__. Later, dozens of newspaper reporters wrote about this 11-year-old girl’s honesty, even when it __7__ her the contest. But the fact is that she __8__ the biggest contest that day: the contest of her __9__.
Probably the biggest test of our character is what we would do if we knew we would never get __10__. This young girl could easily have __11__ and nobody would have known it but herself. But that’s just it: She would know she did wrong. It’s been said, “If you __12__, you make yourself cheap.” This young girl was strong and smart enough to prize her own __13__ and character rather than the prize from a spelling __14__. Her respect for herself was more important than any __15__ others might give her for winning a contest. She knew she would have to live with herself and the __16__ she made in that moment will have long-lasting influence.
It’s so true that the choices you make today __17__ what you are tomorrow. Our children will __18__ our behaviour much more than our advice. So if we went them to __19__ to be honest, we must show them the way by being honest ourselves. Remember, our kids are __20__ what we do and how we live even when we don’t think they see or know.
1. A. high B. sweet
C. tough D. soft
2. A. finally B. kindly
C. secretly D. totally
3. A. forgotten B. mispronounced
C. misspelled D. lost
4. A. correct B. wrong
C. different D. same
5. A. stage B. studio
C. test D. classroom
6 A. bravery B. honesty
C. courage D. cleverness
7. A. cancelled B. cost
C. offered D. wasted
8. A. achieved B. broke
C. won D. defeated
9. A. reputation B. knowledge
C. life D. character
10.A. paid B. awarded
C. caught D. reported
11.A. escaped B. lied
C. changed D. answered
12.A. accept B. fight
C. cheat D. insist
13.A. conscience B. feeling
C. diligence D. modesty
14.A. contest B. champion
C. judge D. expert
15.A. sense B. pride
C. respect D. awareness
16.A. plan B. conclusion
C. discovery D. choice
17.A. make B. change
C. keep D. create
18.A. give B. take
C. follow D. set
19.A. grow up B. bring up
C. take up D. come up
20.A. recording B. inspecting
C. correcting D. watching
[答案]
这是一篇讲述“诚实”的文章。文中小女孩参加了单词拼写比赛,在比赛中,她勇于承认自己犯的拼写错误,虽然她没有赢得比赛,但她的诚实征服了所有的人。
1.D。从下文知,她的声音很轻(soft),以至于裁判不确定她说的是a还是e。其他选项都不符合语境。
2.A。裁判讨论了一番,最终(finally)决定……。
3.C。从上下文可知,到此时,小女孩知道她拼错了(misspelled)单词。
4.B。从上文知,她知道自己拼错了,但她没有撒谎,而是说出她拼错了(wrong)字母。
5.A。由常识可知,小女孩走下了舞台(stage)。其他选项都不符合语境。
6.B。从上下文可知,观众为小女孩的诚实(honesty)而鼓掌。
7.B。cost sb. sth.表示“花费某人某物”,这里表示,诚实使她没有赢得比赛。
8.C。由语境可知,但她赢得了(won)最大的比赛,那就是人格(character)的比赛。
9.D。第三段第一句有提示。
10.C。get caught表示“被抓住,被发现”。这里是说:如果我们知道永远不会被发现,我们会怎么做。
11.B。从上文知,小女孩本可以撒谎(lied)的。
12.C。从上下文可知,此处表达的意思为:如果你作弊(cheat)……。
13.A。从下文中的“character”可知,这里应该用conscience。
14.A。从上文知,小女孩参加的是拼写比赛(contest)。
15.C。该句前面的respect有提示。
16.D。考查词组make the choice。小女孩当时做出的选择将对以后的人生产生深远的影响。下一段开头也有提示。
17.A。从上下文知,作者发表了自己的看法:你今日做出的选择造就你明日的自己。
18.C。由语境可知,此处指“身教胜于言传”。
19.A。由常识可知,如果我们希望我们的孩子长大(grow up)后变得诚实……。
20.D。上文提到大人的榜样作用很重要,所以要记住:我们的孩子正看着(watch)我们……。
15.C
14.C。本题考查介词的用法。句意:这种鱼生活在太平洋西海岸附近一个小岛的周围。介词off有一种用法,表示“离……不远处。”
13.A。本题考查强调句型和名词性从句的运用。句意:直到天黑他才发现他所想到的就是解决这个问题的正确方法。“It was not+until+时间状语+that+主句”是强调句型,用于强调时间;he found后接宾语从句,what作该宾语从句的引导词和主语,he thought为插入语。
12.B。make在本句中为系动词,意为“成为”,加名词作表语;form“形成、组成”,表示由多个部分组成为一个整体。get和grow作连系动词,其后直接加形容词作表语,不用名词。
11.C。Judging from...“从……来判断”,从句为独立结构,无其它变化形式,不必考虑与主句的主语是否一致。
10.A。此处应为“长达一小时”,as long as“长达”,所以选A。
9.C。namely“即;也就是说”。
8.B。本题考查非限制性定语从句。A、C、D选项均不能引导非限制性定语从句,whose从意思上就是the floods’。
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