I can never remember feeling good about myself. From the time I was a little child I always felt nobody ___1_____ me—not my parents, my brothers, my sisters, nobody. I never had any friends, anyone I could tell everything to. I liked to ____2_____ friends, but nobody seemed to care for me. I also had a lot of problems with my _____3_______. Until grade nine I was a head taller than everybody else. My classmates always called me names like Pole or Long-Legs. I felt the others were ____4_____ me.
Things weren't much better at home. The only way I could _____5_____ my problems when I was a little child was to cry a lot. My mother didn't quite ____6____ my feelings and the _____7_____ annoyed(使生气)her and made her nervous.
Nobody in the family ever made an effort to understand me or even to talk to me. My family isn't exactly what you'd call warm. There's never any expression of _____8______. I'm sixteen and I can't remember my mother or father ever kissing us.
Things started getting really bad in high school. I changed schools. In the old school ______9______ I didn't have any friends, I still had classmates to go out with; in the new school I had no one. At that age everybody's in groups. I felt out of it. I tried, but I couldn't _____10______ with the others. I didn't like them. I thought something was wrong with me. They thought I was strange.
1.A. talked B. liked C. spoke to D. told
2.A. have B. make C. find D. meet
3.A. weight B. name C. height D. study
4.A. shouting to B. playing with C. agreeing with D. laughing at
5.A. look at B. deal with C. work out D. meet with
6.A. understand B. hear C. learn D. like
7.A. shouting B. laughing C. talking D. crying
8.A. smile B. voice C. anger D. love
9.A. even though B. since C. because D. as though
10.A. study B. speak C. walk D. get on
1. B. 解析:根据语篇的基调及下文中的“I never had any friends.”应选B。
2. B. 解析:根据后半句的转折及固定搭配,应是“我喜欢交朋友”,而不是“我喜欢有朋友”,故选B。
3. C 解析:根据下文中提到的“My classmates always called me names like Pole or Long-Legs”,我们可知作者在这里指的身高。故选C。
4. D 解析:常识可断定选D。
5. B. 解析:deal with“解决问题”,而work out是“计算出”。
6. A. 解析:下文说“妈妈很生气”,说明她“不能明白”我的感情。
7. D. 解析:根据上文得出。
8. D. 解析:根据语篇的基调,既然不是一个温的家庭就没有爱的表达。
9. A. 解析:even though=even if, 是“即使” ; as though=as if, 是“好像”。
10. D. 解析:短语搭配,“和某人相处”之意。
科目:高中英语 来源:广州市普通高中毕业班综合测试 题型:050
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ERabat, April 12 (Xinhua) —— About a billion people in the world today are still facing the danger of malaria(疟疾) and nearly two million people die of the illness yearly, said Prof. Marc Gentilini of France in Agadir, according to local newspaper reports.
The statement was made at the medicine conference of French-speaking countries held in Agadir, Morocco, this week.
Las Vagas, Nev. , Nov. 21 ——Fire swept from the kitchen through the Casino of the MGM Grand Hotel here just after dawn this morning, trapping about 3500 guests and employees. Local officials said that more than 80 people were killed, most dying of smoke taking in above the 20th floor of the 26-story hotel. At least two jumped to their deaths. Several hundred were injured.
There was little warning as the fire violently spread through the first and second floors with great strength. Thick black smoke through the hotel and rose 5,000 feet above the roof.
No alarm was sounded, according to fire officials, who said that equipment in the basement had been destroyed before the hand alarm was set off. Many guests said that they were awakened by knocks on the door or the sound of breaking glass as people sought safety from the smoke. There are no smoke alarms in the building, which was built in 1973 in agreement with the 1970 Clark County Building Law.
Sussex, May 26 (The Daily Mail) —— Mrs Myra Webb, who was told by doctors that she would never hear again, lived for six years in a world of silence.
But yesterday she heard a blackbird sing in the garden of her home at Brighton, Sussex. “My hearing is coming back ——and it's wonderful,”she said.
Mrs Webb, 26, is said to be the first woman in Britain to have her hearing brought back by acupuncture, the needle treatment widely practiced in China.
After six months' treatment she can listen to music again, carry on a conversation with the aid of a hearing aid, and she has got a job as a typist with the South Eastern Electricity Board.
“It's wonderful to hear people talk,” she said at her home in Stanstead Crescent, Woodingdean, Brighton.
Mrs Webb began to lose her hearing at the age of 12 after a serious illness. “By the age of 20 I had no hearing whatever. ”
“A friend told me about acupuncture and I went weekly for treatment. One night when I was in the kitchen I heard a weak sound and realized it was my musical kettle boiling. I went weak at the knees. My hearing has slowly improved since. ”
Her husband David, a 26-year-old manager, said, “She is so happy and excited by the results and is continuing the treatment. ”
1.What do you NOT learn from the news reports?
[ ]
A.Prof. Marc Gentilini attended the medicine conference in Agadir and made a speech.
B.There are no smoke alarms in the MGM Grand Hotel because that was not demanded by the law when it was built.
C.It was acupuncture that cured Mrs Webb of deafness.
D.Mrs Webb is now able to talk with others without difficulty.
2.Why so many people died in the fire on MGM Grand Hotel?
[ ]
A.Because 3500 guests and employees were trapped.
B.Because they couldn't take in enough oxygen.
C.Because people jumped down from the 20th floor.
D.Because big fire suddenly swept from the kitchen throughout the hotel.
3.Many guests were awakened at dawn because ________ .
[ ]
A.they took in thick smoke
B.they felt the heat of big fire
C.they heard the noise
D.the employees rang the hand alarm
4.What does “I went weak at the knees” mean in the last item of news?
It means “ ________ ”.
[ ]
A.I felt terribly shocked
B.I felt weak and had to drop to my knees
C.I was so touched that I could not move a little
D.I was extremely delighted
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科目:高中英语 来源:2004全国各省市高考模拟试题汇编(天利38套)·英语 题型:050
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(1)Rabat, April 12 (Xinhua) About a billion people in the world today are still facing the danger of malaria (疟疾) and nearly two million people die of the illness yearly, said Prof. Mare Gentilini of France in Agadir, according to local newspaper reports.
The statement was made at the medicine conference of French - speaking countries held in Agadir, Morocco, this week.
(2)
Las Vegas, Nev., NOV. 21Fire swept from the kitchen through the Casino of the MGM Grand Hotel here just after dawn this morning, trapping about 3,500 guests and employees. Local officials said that more than 80 people were killed, most dying of smoke taking in above the 20th floor of the 26 - story hotel. At least two jumped to their deaths. Several hundred were injured.
There was little warning as the fire violently spread through the first and second floors with great strength. Thick black smoke through the hotel and rose 5,000 feet above the roof.
No alarm was sounded, according to fire officials, who said that equipment in the basement had been destroyed before the hand alarm was set off. Many guest said that they were awakened by knocks on the door or the sound of breaking glass as people sought safety from the smoke. There are no smoke alarms in the building, which was built in 1973 in agreement with the 1970 Clark County Building Law.
(3)
Sussex, May 26 (The Daily Mail)Mrs Myra Webb, who was told by doctors that she would never hear again, lived for six years in a world of silence.
But yesterday she heard a blackbird sing in the garden of her home at Brighton, Sussex. “My hearing is coming backand it's wonderful.” she said.
Mrs Webb, 26, is said to be the first woman in Britain to have her hearing brought back by acupuncture, the needle treatment widely practised in China.
After six months' treatment she can listen to music again, carry on a conversation with the aid of a hearing said, and she has got a job as a typist with the South Eastern Electricity Board.
“It's wonderful to hear people talk,” she said at her home in Stanstead Cresent, Woodingdean, Brighton.
Mrs Webb began to lose her hearing at the age of 12 after a serious illness. “By the age of 20 I had no hearing whatever.”
“A friend told me about acupuncture and I went weekly for treatment. One night when I was in the kitchen I heard a weak sound and realized it was my musical kettle boiling. I went weak at the knees. My hearing has slowly improved since.”
Her husband David, a 26-year-old manager, said, “She is so happy and excited by the results and is continuing the treatment.”
1.What do you NOT learn from the news reports?
[ ]
A.Prof. Mare Gentilini attended the medicine conference in Agadir and made a speech.
B.There are no smoke alarms in the MGM Grand Hotel because that was not demanded by the law when it was built.
C.It was acupuncture that cured Mrs Webb of deafness.
D.Mrs Webb is now able to talk with others without difficulty.
2.Why so many people died in the fire on MGM Grand Hotel?
[ ]
A.Because 3,500 guests and employees were trapped.
B.Because they couldn't take in enough oxygen.
C.Because people jumped down from the 20th floor.
D.Because big fire suddenly swept from the kitchen throughout the hotel.
3.Many guests were awakened at dawn because ________.
[ ]
A.they took in thick smoke
B.they felt the heat of big fire
C.they heard the noise
D.the employees rang the hand alarm
4.What does “I went weak at the knees” mean in the last item of news? It means “________”.
[ ]
A.I felt terribly shocked
B.I felt weak and had to drop to my knees
C.I was so touched that I could not move a little
D.I was extremely delighted
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