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When William, a 10-year-old boy planned to learn the piano, the music teacher was reluctant （不愿意）to accept him. She   31  her students to start their music lessons at a young age when their   32  were able to move quickly and easily.
“William, why do you want to learn the piano?” the teacher asked.
“I want to play for my mother.”
She noticed the   33  in his eyes as he answered her. She had no heart to   34  and accepted William as her student. But at each music lesson, William appeared to be in a hurry and played   35  “My mother is waiting outside for me,” he would tell the teacher. She was tempted to advise William not to   36  his time with lessons anymore as he   37  hit the right notes. 38  there was something about William — - she was fascinated with the tender look in his eyes   39  he mentioned “Mother”.
Suddenly, William stopped coming for his lessons. At the end of the semester year, the music teacher decided to   40  a piano recital (独奏会) for her students and she asked them to participate.
She was   41  to find William’s application to contribute a musical piece. She would place him last in the recital   42  he made mistakes.
The day came and William appeared. 43  it was his turn to play, William bowed before the audience and said he was thankful for the music teacher’s   44  with him. “Tonight I am dedicating (献)my music to my mother.” he said.
Everyone later asked why William did not bring his mother as she would   45  be proud. William replied, “My mother was   46  and she could never 47  me play during her life time.   48   she sacrificed her time and money to let me learn the piano. This morning Mother passed away. I am sure she is now 49  as she can hear my piano recital. I chose a piece of piano music by Beethoven. As you all know, Beethoven was deaf by the end of his career. But music always symbolized his   50  for freedom and I would like to dedicate it to Mother.”
小题1:.

A．hoped

B．persuaded

C．allowed

D．preferred

小题2:.

A．fingers

B．brains

C．eyes

D．arms

小题3:.

A．surprise

B．joys

C．tears

D．disappointment

小题4:.

A．put him down

B．turn him down

C．put him off

D．turn him off

小题5:.

A．badly

B．nicely

C．carefully

D．patiently

小题6:.

A．pass

B．take

C．kill

D．waste

小题7:.

A．ever

B．never

C．even

D．always

小题8:.

A．Instead

B．Therefore

C．Then

D．But

小题9:.

A．at one time

B．from time to time

C．each time

D．the first time

小题10:.

A．support

B．take

C．intend

D．organize

小题11:.

A．delighted

B．surprised

C．curious

D．angry

小题12:.

A．as far as

B．if only

C．in case

D．now that

小题13:.

A．Until

B．Since

C．While

D．When

小题14:.

A．patience

B．advice

C．guide

D．concern

小题15:.

A．surely

B．gradually

C．finally

D．quickly

小题16:.

A．blind

B．deaf

C．ill

D．wounded

小题17:.

A．watch

B．appreciate

C．teach

D．hear

小题18:.

A．Besides

B．Then

C．Yet

D．Otherwise

小题19:.

A．happy

B．relaxed

C．free

D．sad

小题20:.

A．effort

B．struggle

C．belief

D．challenge

小题1:. D
小题1:.A
小题1:.C
小题1:.B
小题1:.A
小题1:.D
小题1:.B
小题1:.D
小题1:.C
小题1:.D
小题1:.B
小题1:.C
小题1:.D
小题1:.A
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小题1:.B
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本文以William学钢琴、上课表现、音乐会演奏为线索，描述了William为了实现母亲的愿望而学习钢琴，最后在音乐会上为已去世的母亲献上一曲贝多芬的乐曲，从中表现了 William对母亲的挚爱。
小题1:．D　词汇运用题。题干中的“her students to start”属于sb.to do 搭配。hope不能跟这种搭配。其他选项都可跟sb.to do 搭配，但在这种语境中，只能是preferred符合意义上的要求，指宁愿她的学生们在很小年龄的时候开始学音乐。
小题1:．A　生活常识题。与“弹钢琴”有联系的当然是fingers。
小题1:．C　行文逻辑题。根据故事的结局可知，Williams的妈妈患病，危在旦夕，所以他一说起妈妈就会难过。
小题1:．B　词汇运用题。根据语境可知，此处要用turn him down表示“拒绝”。put him down“奚落某人”；put him off“拖延”；turn sb off“打发某人走”，此句意为“她无心拒绝他”。
小题1:．A　语境判断题。与前面的“in a hurry(急急忙忙)”相一致，此处要用played badly意指“弹钢琴也是处处是错”。
小题1:．D　语境判断题。此处表示出了音乐老师对William的失望。所以她很想告诉他别再把时间浪费在音乐方面了。
小题1:．B　行文逻辑题。此处是指老师想劝William别浪费时间学音乐了，是因为他从来没有弹出一个准确的音符。
小题1:．D　行文逻辑题。此处表达了老师的矛盾心理，一是劝他别把时间浪费在学音乐上了，另一方面William每当提到妈妈时候，眼中就流露出温柔的眼神，这位老师被深深地吸引住了。
小题1:．C　语法判断题。each time在此处引导时间状语从句，意为“每当……时候”。
小题1:．D　词汇运用题。学期末，音乐老师想组织一音乐演奏会。support“支持”；intend“打算；企图”；organize“组织”。
小题1:．B　行文逻辑题。因为William后来都没来学了，所以看到他申请参加独奏会，老师应该惊讶。
小题1:．C　语法题。“以防他会出错”是“所他放在最后一位表演”的目的。as far as“就……而言”；if only“要是……就好了”；now that“既然”。
小题1:．D　语法题。此处意指“当该轮到他表演的时候”。
小题1:．A　行文逻辑题。从前文可看出，音乐老师虽然认为他不适合学音乐，但还是对他很耐心的，所以，这个时候William要感谢的自然是她的patience。advice“忠告”；guide“指导”；concern“关心；担心”，这三个词均与行文没有联系。
小题1:．A　生活常识题。根据常识，孩子演奏家长肯定很自豪和高兴。
小题1:．B　行文逻辑题。William在后文提到Beethoven的“deaf”，由此推知，此处要用deaf。
小题1:．D　由第16个空推知此处要用hear，指妈妈在有生之年不能听到他的钢琴演奏了。
小题1:．C　行文逻辑题。此处的意思是“她虽然听不到我的演奏，但她还是牺牲时间和钱让我学钢琴”。
小题1:．A　语境判断题。现在妈妈在天堂能够听到了我的钢琴演奏，所以她一定高兴的。
小题1:．B　行文逻辑题。此处的意思是提“对已失聪的贝多芬来说，音乐象征着追求自由的奋斗”。此处要用struggle表示此义。effort“努力”；belief“信念”；challenge“挑战”。

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A．allowed

B．protected

C．positioned

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D．fill

小题13:

A．decision

B．pleasure

C．trouble

D．matter

小题14:

A．insect

B．problem

C．hole

D．feather

小题15: A. after B. until C

. before D. once

小题16:

A．nothing

B．anything

C．something

D．everything

小题17:

A．study

B．aim

C．dream

D．life

小题18:

A．waste

B．lack

C．worth

D．danger

小题19:

A．think

B．find

C．wonder

D．warn

小题20:

A．bad

B．practical

C．useless

D．meaningful

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科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：阅读理解

William H. Gates is chairperson and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation．

the worldwide leader in software services and internet technologies for personal and business computing．
Bill Gates was born on October 28．1 955 in a family having rich business，political and community service background．His great—grandfather was a state legislator(立法者)and a mayor，his grandfather was vice president of national bank and his father was a lawyer．
Bill strongly believes in hard work. He believes that if you are intelligent and know how to apply your intelligence，you can achieve anything．From childhood Bill was ambitious, intelligent and competitive．These qualities helped him to attain top position in the profession he chose．1n school，he had an excellent record in mathematics and science．Bill’s parents came to know their son’s intelligence and decided to send him to a private school，known for its good academic environment．It was a very important decision in Bill Gates’ life where he was first introduced to a computer．Bill Gates and his friends were very much interested in computer and formed “programmer’s Group” in late l968．
Later，Bill Gates and his close friend Allen started a new company of their own，Traf-O-Data．They developed a small computer to measure traffic flow．From this project they earned around$20，000．In 1973．he left home for Harvard University．He did well over there，but he couldn’t find it interesting．He spent many long nights in front of the school’s computer and the next day asleep in class．
Within a year．Bill Gates dropped out from Harvard．Then he formed Microsoft．Microsoft’s vision is“ A computer on every desk and Microsoft software on every computer”．His belief in high intelligence and hard work has put him where he is today．He does not believe in mere(纯粹的)luck，but just hard work and competitiveness．
Bill Gates is not a greedy person．In fact，he is quite a giving person when it comes to computers，internet and any kind of funding．Several years ago, he visited Chicago’s Einstein Elementary School and announced grants benefiting Chicago’s schools and museums where he donated(捐款)a total of $1 1 0，000，a bunch of computers，and provided internet connectivity to a number of schools．Secondly，Bill Gates donated 38 million dollars for the building of a computer institute at Stanford University．Gates has decided to give away 95％of all his earnings when he retires．
小题1:．How old was Bill Gates when he retired f

rom Microsoft in late

June of 2008?

A．52．

B．55．

C．60．

D．62．

小题2:．What does Bill Gates believe are most important in achieving success?

A．Intelligence and luck．	B．Hard work and intelligence．
C．Money and interest．	D．Good education and ambition．

小题3:．What is the most important turning point in Bill Gates’ life?

A．He left home for Harvard University．

B．He dropped out from Harvard University．

C．He and his friend Allen started a new co

mpany．

D．He was sent to a private school where he first studied computer．

小题4:．What kind of person can we say about Bill Gates?

A．Wealthy，greedy and successful．

B．Ambitious，Intelligent and se

lfish．

C．Intelligent．successful and generous．

D．Lazy，intelligent and competitive．

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科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：阅读理解

It was on a warm day last summer. I was walking by the sea. The waves came and went. But I didn’t see them. I was lost in my thoughts.
A row of small holes soon caught my eyes. They lay in the sandy earth by the side of a road. In a minute I would have stepped on them.
What are these holes? I wondered. It had an answer soon. A fat, hairy insect crawled up from the earth. It had a wide tail. It was using the tail to dig in the ground.
The insect moved round and round in one spot(地点). Soon it had made another hole. When it was finished, the insect hid at the bottom. It covered its head with sand.
By now my thoughts of the early morning had gone. This new hole and the insect were all my world. So I sat quite still by the side of the road. And I waited.
As I watched, a small ant crossed the road. It passed my foot, a

nd then it crossed the sandy earth. In a little while it reached the edge of the hole. I saw it start to fall in. The ant tried to turn back. But it couldn’t.
And then I knew. I knew why the holes were there. For just then the fat insect came up out of the hole. It ate the ant who was trapped there.
Later I learned the insect’s name. It’s called ant lion. It digs holes to catch ants.
I’ll never forget that day. The holes looked so small to me. But to the ant and the ant lion they were the whole world.
I took my walks by the sea that summer. But I never aga

in learned as much as I did on the one.
小题1: What did the ant lion use to dig holes?

A．Its tail

B．Its feet.

C．Its head

D．Its whole body

小题2: Why did the ant lion hide in the hole?

A．To keep the sun away	B．So no one would catch it.
C．So the ant wouldn’t see it	D．To keep warm.

小题3: Why did “I” sit down by the side of the road?

A．To think	B．To eat her lunch
C．To watch the little holes	D．To catch ants.

小题4:Why did the ant lion dig the holes?

A．To play a game	B．To catch its food
C．To hide its eggs	D．To hide from its enemy

小题5:Why did “I” never forget that day?

A．Learned something	B．Had a nice time
C．Saw the ant lion whenever she took a walk
D．Felt sorry for the ant.

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科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：阅读理解

Count Me Out
Call me old-fashioned. Call me old. Call me what you want, but refuse to become part of this new Internet world.
I do not possess a computer at home or at the office. Actually, I stopped going to an office 35 years ago, when all communications were done with a pen, a typewriter, or, if the matter was of world-shaking importance, over the telephone. Likewise, if you like something advertised in a newspaper or magazine, you visited the shop selling it at the given address, or you phoned, the number shown. Then you spoke to the fellow and asked for further details.
Tell me what you think of the following ad that appeared the other day in the newspaper. It was for a cure for cancer and this is what it said: “Awareness is the key. Visit spfulford. com at the awareness site.” There was no address or telephone number for the site. So what do unfortunate people without a computer do it they are seeking a cure for their illness?
There are, I am told, certain advantages in having access to the Internet. You can, for example, send love messages across the world or even get married to someone that you meet online. This bit doesn’t interest me; I have been happily married for 60 years. There are, of course, other activities for Internet users besides finding love. They can pay bills, order groceries, or discuss with their doctors.
And this is by no means all. More amazing things are yet to come in the near future. I read a newspaper report recently that quoted Stephen Hawking, an important British scientist. “The complexity of a computer as it exists today is probably less than the brain of an earthworm,” he said. “But, as technology advances, computers will become more complex, and a time may come when the Internet may develop ‘consciousness.’ In other words, the Internet will be able to think, have feelings, and may well be able to act on its own.”
If Professor Hawking is right, I may change my attitude about conjurers. As I grow older each day, I would like one of those that not only thinks for me but also accepts responsibilities for all my mistakes.
小题1:What’s the meaning of the title “Count Me Out”?

A．Get me out of the Internet world.

B．Computers are trying to take control of life.

C．Modern technology pushes old people away.

D．Do not expect me to be a supporter of the Internet.

小题2:According to Paragraph 2, the author thinks computers are .

A．unnecessary

B．convenient

C．expensive

D．advanced

小题3:What might the author like about the future computer?

A．Taking blames.	B．Curing illnesses.
C．Delivering messages.	D．Responding to emotions.

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