Suzie goes to her art class on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. She always looks forward to those days when she can do things all afternoon. What Suzie likes best is the good feeling she gets when she has finished working on a piece of . And then when she takes it home to her parents, she feels so proud of what she has made.
On Wednesday afternoons Suzie writes articles for the newspaper. When she first moved to her new school, she wrote an article about how it feels to be a student in a new school. Her second article in the newspaper was about a(n) from her school who had just finished writing a book. Suzie the teacher what it feels like to be a published author. And then she what she found out with the rest of the school.
Another time she wrote an article about why she thought the school should have two short a day instead of a long one. Lots of her friends thought that this would be a good idea too. Many teachers also with Suzie’s suggestion.
Would you believe the principal (校長) of the school asked everyone to have a about Suzie’s suggestion? The principal always thinks that students should help decide how the school should be .
During the vote, each person in the school voted. At last, the school that two short breaks would be better than one long break. And all of that happened because of Suzie’s suggestion in the school newspaper.
On the day the newspaper out each month, the first thing Suzie does is to where her article is in the newspaper. And each time at the beginning of her article are the words: By Suzie Jefferson.
1.A. sensitive B. creative C. positive D. instructive
2.A. cloth B. art C. articleD. picture
3.A. show B. explain C. introduce D. reward
4.A. national B. local C. school D. educational
5.A. accustomedB. fresh C. strangeD. regular
6.A. author B. artist C. student D. teacher
7.A. told B. asked C. examined D. obeyed
8.A. described B. recorded C. sharedD. forgot
9.A. classes B. breaks C. activities D. sports
10.A. discussed B. argued C. disagreed D. agreed
11.A. voteB. choice C. question D. decision
12.A. performedB. run C. achieved D. established
13.A. imagined B. expected C. decidedD. requested
14.A. puts B. takes C. gives D. comes
15.A. consider B. check C. readD. place
科目:高中英語 來源:2015屆江西省贛州市六校高二上學期期末聯(lián)考英語試卷(解析版) 題型:完型填空
Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so that I decided to write an article about her.
I Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career .She and told me to come to her Studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of mind. I I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.
I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…?” I soon realized that Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The was almost unbearable. I struggled for days draft(草稿)after draft. Finally I put my manuscript(手稿)into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.
It didn’t take long. My manuscript . How stupid of me! I thought. How could I
in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.
Five years later, I was moving to California. While my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in :
Ms Profit,
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to your story soon.
Shocked, it took me a long time to . Fear of rejection cost me greatly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and the chance of having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of writing. Today, I have become a full-time writer. Looking back on this , I learned a very important lesson: You can’t to doubt yourself.
1.A. joyB. voice C. speech D. smile
2.A. proudB. activeC. satisfiedD. moved
3.A. visited B. emailedC. phonedD. interviewed
4.A. agreedB. refusedC. hesitatedD. paused
5.A. repliedB. discoveredC. explainedD. knew
6.A. seriouslyB. patientlyC. nervouslyD. quietly
7.A. blamingB. foolingC. invitingD. urging
8.A. hardshipB. failureC. commentD. pressure
9.A. withB. byC. onD. in
10.A. Disappeared B. returnedC. spreadD. improved
11.A. Compare B. struggleC. surviveD. Compet2e
12.A. ignore B. deliverC. faceD. receive
13.A. Decorating B. repairingC. cleaningD. leaving
14.A. surprise B. anxietyC. horrorD. trouble
15.A. Subjective B. detailedC. privateD. complex
16.A. broadcast B. createC. publishD. Asses7s
17.A. recover B. prepareC. escapeD. Concen9trate
18.A. Energetic B. endlessC. typicalD. enjoyable
19.A. Experience B. successC. benefitD. accident
20.A. attempt B. affordC. expectD. Pretend
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Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.
When Mary was hospitalized with heart trouble in 1989, they decided it was time to get serious. Richard, who worked for a business company, was eager to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her demanding job.
They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry. “We knew it had to be a specialty store because we couldn’t match the big chains dollar for dollar,” says Mary. One figure caught her attention: She’d read somewhere that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries (推理小說), and many buyers spent more $300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.
On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Café near their home. With three children in college, the couple could not spend all the family’s money to start a shop. To cover the $100,000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from relatives and from an bank.
The store merely broke even in its first year, with only $120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract customers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and served dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited dozens of writers to discuss their stories.
Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about $420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales clerks, Richard and Mary together earn about $34,000.
“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income,” says Richard. “This has always been about an enjoyable life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.”
1.When Mary was in hospital, the couple realized that ____.
A.they had to put their plan into practice
B.health was more important than wealth
C.heart trouble was a serious illness
D.they both needed to stop working
2.After Mary got well from her illness they began _____.
A.to study industrial management
B.to buy and read more mystery books
C.to do market research on book business
D.to work harder to save money for the bookstore
3.How did their bookstore do in the first year?
A.They had to borrow money to keep it going.
B.They made just enough to cover all the costs.
C.They succeeded in earning a lot of money.
D.They failed though they worked hard.
4.According to Richard, the main purpose of running the bookstore is _____.
A. to pay for their children’s education
B. to get to know more writers
C. to set up more bookstores
D. to do what they like to do
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Mark needs to learn Chinese ______ his company is opening a branch in Beijing.
A. unless B. until C. although D. since
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The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome stuff(東西) they call “books”.
I was going to have my examination the next day. “When can I go to bed?” I asked myself. I didn’t answer. In fact I dared not.
The clock struck twelve. “Oh,dear!” I cried. “Ten more books to read before I can go to bed!” We pupils are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.
The clock struck one. I was quite desperate(絕望的) now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, “Oh, God, please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards,Amen.” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.
1.When the author was going over his lessons, all the others in the house were ________ .
A. asleep B. outside C. working in bed D. quietly laughing at him
2.He underlined word “wretched” in Paragraph 3 probably means _______ .
A. very happy B. disappointed C. very unhappy D. hopeful
3.Reviewing his lessons didn’t help him because .
A. it was too late at night
B. he was very tired
C. his eyes lids were so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open
D. he hadn’t studied hard before the examination
4.What do you suppose happened to the author later?
A. He went to a church to pray again
B. He passed the exam by sheer luck
C. He failed in the exam
D. He was punished by his teacher
5.The best title for the passage would be __________ .
A. The Night Before the Examination
B. Working Far into the Night
C. A Slow Student
D. Going Over My Lessons
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____ more attention, the trees could have grown better.
A. Given B. To give C. Giving D. Having given
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Zhanglin was lost in computer games during his last year in high school, otherwise he _____ a student at Beijing University.
A. would have beenB. can be C. has beenD. had been
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President Barack Obama has complained about the loss of privacy that comes with being leader of the United States, regretting the loss of simple pleasures such as a long walk or a trip to the car wash or supermarket.
“I just miss---I miss being anonymous,” he said. “I miss Saturday morning, rolling out of bed, not shaving, getting into my car with my girls, driving to the supermarket, squeezing the fruit, getting my car washed, taking walk. I can't take a walk”.
His dream, he said, was to “go through Central Park and watch for passing by…spend the day watching people --- I miss that”.
Faced with angry criticism for playing more golf than most previous occupants of the White House, he explained that the sport was simply the best way of getting away from it all. “It's the only excuse I have to get outside for four hours.” he told Hearst magazines.
Though he said he enjoyed his life in the White House, he felt disappointed with some of the ways of Washington, which he has failed in his permission to change, such as the "kabuki dance" among political parties before serious policy discussions begin. His comments may be seen as vindication(證實)by critics who have accused him of appearing too detached(漠然), and being slow to engage in vital issues such as Libya and the near shutdown of the US government last week.
Since arriving at the White House in January 2009, Mr. Obama has already racked up 60 rounds of golf in office, more than George W Bush did in his eight years. In terms of ability, Golf Digest magazine has ranked Mr. Obama eighth out of the 18 presidents who played the game since it became established in the early 20th century.
1.What do the second paragraph and the third paragraph mainly tell us?
A. Obama likes living a busy life.
B. Obama used to spend most of his time with his family.
C. Obama wishes to enjoy simple pleasures.
D. He used to wash his car himself.
2.According to Obama, he plays golf to .
A. release his pressure B. keep fit
C. balance his work D. show his ability
3.We can infer from the passage that Obama is kabuki dance.
A. curious about B. interested in
C. content with D. tired of
4.Which of the following statements is from the critics?
A. The president lost lots of privacy, but he loves the life in the White House.
B. There are always unnecessary procedures among political parties.
C. The president seems to be indifferent (漠不關心的) towards some really important issues.
D. The president is really a great golf player.
5.What is the passage mainly about?
A. Obama's favorite pastime.
B. Obama’s complaints about lack of privacy as president.
C. The public's criticism of Obama.
D. Obama's regrets for being the US president.
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No one knows why we sleep, but it’s certain that we need to. People who are prevented from sleeping begin to suffer obvious effects after a few days—they think less clearly, and they fall asleep during the working hours; some may have hallucinations(幻覺).?
There are no rules about sleep. Generally speaking, grown-ups sleep about 7 and a half hours each night and probably more than 60 per cent get between seven and eight hours. But perhaps eight per cent are quite happy with 5 hours or less, and four per cent or so find that they want ten hours or more. If you feel all right, you’re probably getting enough sleep. The important thing is not to worry how much other people get—their needs may be different. Exercise doesn’t seem to increase the need for sleep—office workers, for example, sleep for about as long as people doing physically active work.?
Children sleep more than grown-ups—perhaps 14 to 18 hours soon after birth, going down to grown-up levels by early teenage. Sleep patterns also tend(傾向) to be different in the elderly, who may sleep less at night than they did when younger, find sleep getting more broken, and often make it a rule to sleep during the daytime.
1.According to the passage, some people are unable to think clearly because ___________ .
A. they have hallucinations
B. they feel sleepy during the working hours
C. they don’t have enough sleep
D. they are certain to be kept from going to bed
2.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. All grown-ups must have at least eight-hour sleep.
B. Most of grown-ups sleep for seven or eight hours.
C. Quite a few people need only 5 hours or less for them to sleep.
D. No grown-ups sleep more than ten hours.
3.Whether you have got enough sleep is judged by__________.
A. how many hours you have slept
B. how many hours you need to sleep
C. whether you do exercise and physical work
D. whether you feel fresh and energetic
4.According to the passage, a boy of 14 years old sleeps__________.
A. as long hours as a grown-up
B. much longer hours than a grown-up
C. for 14 hours each night
D. for less than 8 hours per night
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