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1、9U4阅读培优题完形填空1Arc you still listening to Westlife or Take That? You arc out of date. One of （he 1 pop stars in Britain right now is 16-ycar-old Declan Galbraith. While most boys at enjoying playing computer games and sports, he is touring the world 2 in front of thousands of people.Last month Galbrai

2、th arrived in China. He held a concert on May 24th to perform for his Chinese 3Galbraith has an amazing 4 Tiie music he sings is diverse （多 变 的 ）and unusual for someone at his age. As well as singing popular songs including Ill be There and Angels, Galbraith 5 perfonns traditional songs such as Dann

3、y Boy .6 Galbraith first appeared in a local play, he was only at the age of seven. After 7 he had a talent for singing, he began entering talent competitions and won 15 of them.Soon after, recording companies knocked at his door and at the age of 9 he signed his 8 record coniracM合同）for 1 million. H

4、is first album （专辑）.the9 of songs, became a big 10In 2003, Galbraith even helped to 11 the world record, for the most people taking part in a sing-along. He sang Tell Me Why 12 wilh 10,000 children and was also linked by radio and satellite, with more than 80,000 children in their schools all over 1

5、3At 14 he is just enjoying the moment because he knows that itSimon was a middle-aged leather businessman. He always failed in his career, which made him a depressed（沮丧的）man. So he oftenwill not last forever.I just feel honored to have been given the chance, hesays. My greatest wish is 15 music peop

6、le enjoy.1. A. hottestB. coldestC. strongestD. oldest2. A. singingB. dancingC. interviewingD. cheering3. A. studentsB. performersC. fansD. stars4. A. hobbyB. voiceC.chanceD. experience5. A. alwaysB. seldomC. againD. also6. A. WhenB. SinceC. AfterD. If7. A. hopingB. realizingC. rememberingD. dreaming

7、8. A. firstB. lastC. newestD. cheapest9. A. competitionB. collectionC. contractD. programme10. A. successB. concertC. mistakeD. trouble11. A. keepB. forgetC. breakD. write12. A. alone B.lonelyC. aliveD. live13. A. China B.BritainC. AmericaD. Canada14. A. onceB. timesC. lastD. present15. A. quicklyB.

8、 slowlyC. possibly2D. simply16 that he had been cheated by others. One day he toldhis wife he was so disappointed with the city that he had to leave.So his family moved to another city. It was theof a weekend. When Simon and his wife were busily tidying up their new home, the light suddenly went out

9、. They had（o 18 work. Simon was regretful to have forgotten （obring along candles and had to wail 19 in a low mood. Justthen he heard slight, hesitant （犹豫不决的）knock on his door that sounded 20 in the quiet night.“Whos it? he wondered, since Simon knewin this city. And this was the moment he especiall

10、y hated to be disturbed, so he went to the door and opened it21 . At the door was a little girl, shyly asking. 4tSir, do you have candles? Im your 23. ” “No,”answered Simon quickly and shut the door in 24.“What a nuisance （讨厌鬼）!” He complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down th

11、an somebody came to 25things.After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found （he same girl outside.26 this time she was holding two candles, saying, *1 live upstairs. My grandma told me you might need candles. She sent me here to give you these.* Simon was very 27 by what he saw. W

12、hen he became fullyaware, he said, “Thank you and your grandmother. God bless you!”At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his28 in life. It was his loneliness with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was actually nobody else but 29, for his life had been darkened by his col

13、d30.16. A. hopedB. toldC. complainedD. advised17. A. momingB. afternoonC. eveningD. noon18. A. changeB. stopC. talk aboutD. think about19. A. helplesslyB. worthlesslyC. fearlesslyD. cheerlessly20. A. noisyB. clearC. terribleD. strange21. A. somebodyB. nobodyC. somethingD. nothing22. A. surprisinglyB

14、. impatientlyC. slowlyD. willingly23. A. friendB. relativeC. studentD. neighbor24. A. fearB. dangerC.angerD. silence25. A. askB. destroyC. buyD. borrow26. A. ButB. AndC. SoD. For27. A. frightenedB. pleasedC. puzzledD. surprised28. A. failureB. sadnessC. complaintD. business29. A. itselfB. himselfC.

15、the girlD. the wife30. A. opinionB. behaviorC. mindD. look3I will always appreciate my father and his faith.As I held my fathers hands one night, I couldnt help but notice their calluses（老 茧）and roughness. His hands tell the story of his life as a1_, including all his struggles.One 2_, I remember, a

16、 drought hit Ontario, turning it into aburning desert. On one of （hose hot mornings I was picking sweet corn wilh my dad to fill the last3from the grocery store. Fifty dozen was allwe needed, which4took twenty minutes. That morning, however,the process didnt go quickly. After forty minutes of 5 walk

17、ing in the field, we6needed twenty dozen. I was completely frustrated andangry.7the basket heavily, I declared. t4if the store wants its lasttwenty dozen, they can pick it thcnisclvcs! Dad laughed. 4tJust think, iny little girl, only8dozen left for each of9and then wcrc donc.Such is Dad-iwhatever pr

18、oblem he10, he never gives up._11,the disastrous effects of the drought were fell all over our county. Il was a challenging time for everyone, -12 Dad remained optimistic. He13to be grateful for other things like good health and food on our plate. Only then did I tmly begin to14Dad and his faith tha

19、t guidedus through the hard times.Dad is also a living example of real _15. From dawn to dusk, he works countless hours to16our family. He always puts ourhappiness _17 his own, and never fails to cheer me on at my sportsgames18his exhauslion（疲劳）after long days. His loving andselfless nature has insp

20、ired me to become more sympathetic and19others first.Dad, the life20I have learned from you will stay with meforever. You arc my father, teacher, friend and. most importantly, my hero.1 .A. farmerB. grocerC. gardenerD. teacher2.A. springB. summerC. aulumnD. winter3.A. gapB. formC. orderD. position4.

21、A. usuallyB. repeatedlyC. finallyD. really5.A. happilyB. aimlesslyC. easilyD. hardly6.A. yetB. evenC. stillD. nearly7.A. CuttingB. TakingC. PickingD. Dropping8.A. fiveB. tenC. twentyD. fifty9.A. themB. youC. meD. us10.A. brings upB. meets withC. works outD. thinks about11 .A. ThankfullyB. StrangelyC

22、. HopefullyD. Unfortunately12.A. orB. butC. forD. so13.A. happenedB. stoppedC. aimedD. continued14.A. faceB. examineC. appreciate D. question15.A. loveB. prideC. friendshipD. honesty16.A. settleB. startC. supportD. impress17.A. beforeB. afterC. besideD. underI8.A. in terms ofB. in control of C. in s

23、pite of D. in place of19.A. puttingB. cheeringC. thinkingD. turning20.A. stylesB. waysC. lessonsD. history首字母As youve just found out, opening a book doesnt require much effort. However, even that would be (l)i if you spentthe night on the streets.After lying for hours on cold ground, with only a thi

24、n sleeping bag to protect you from rain or ice, your fingers would probably be so numb (麻 木的)that you could hardly (2) m them. Youd mostlikely spend the day trying to find something to cat and somewhere to shelter from the freezing cold.You might be suiprised to hear that the number of people sleepi

25、ng rough in London has doubled in the last five years and has (3) i by 30% across the rest of the country during the last two years.Once we bring a homeless person out of the freezing cold, we need your help to give him a (4) w welcome at St Mungosvery much.Will you please give a Christmas gift of25

26、, which could (5) pa homeless person with a St Mungos welcome pack? It could have a towel, shampoo, soap (月巴皂), so a homeless person can have a hot (6) s_ and a proper clean up. The difference you could make wont end there. You see, welcoming someone into warmth and safety is just the (7) b. You rea

27、lly could enable someone to change their life for good.For Harvey, it was losing his job that led to him becoming homeless. Since Harvey was welcomed into St Mungos, he has received (8) t for his health and so much more. After he tookcourses in useful life skills, he recently moved into his own flat

28、.With your gift, you could help us offer a warm welcome to someone (9) 1 Harvey whos come in from the freezingstreets. Im sure youll (10) a (1) thats a wonderful present to give at Christmas. I hope you will send 25, or as much as you can, today.2How do we know the time? A clock, a watch or a cell p

29、hone can help us. However many years ago there were no clocks and knowing ihe time was not so easy. Over the centuries people have developed different w I of telling the time.About 5,500 years ago, the Egyptians i 2 the sunclock. This was a tail stone structure. Its shadow showed the movement of the

30、 s 3 they were able to determine midday.About 3,50() years ago, the Egyptians made a sundial. It was smaller than the sun clock and could measure the time for half a day. On c 4 days or at night it was impossible to tell the time with a sun clock or a sundial.Water clocks were the f5 clocks not to u

31、sethe sun. The idea is simple. Water flows from one container(容器)lo another. When the water reaches a certain I 6 itmoves a lever (控制杆)and this shows the hours. The Egyptians used water clocks about 3,400 years ago. These clocks were popular in the Middle East and China but they f 7 to keep accurate

32、(精确的)lime.In the 13th century, the mechanical clock was invented. This was more accurate, b8 was expensive to make.Over ihe next few centuries il was developed. For example, springs(发条)were added around 1500. This i 9accuracy and allowed clocks to be smaller.In 1927, the first quartz clock was devel

33、oped. Clocks became cheaper to build and own. People began depending on them more and more to run businesses, markets and so on.More recently, in 1956, came (he digital clock. And nowadays satellites(人造卫星)send our cell phones the time to the exact second. There has been a lot of progress in timekeep

34、ing but some things never c 10. Man of us still have troublegetting out of bed on lime and not missing appointments. 阅读理解The immune sysiem is the bodys defender. Il identifies, tracks down, and destroys troublemakers before they can hurt the body. Those troublemakers may be, for example, bacteria fr

35、om a cut or splinter, a measles germ, a cold bug, or even a cancer cell. These invaders try to take over our tissues and feed off our bodics, nutrients. If they succeed, we become sick or, sometimes, even die. Ifs the job of our immune systems (o destroy these invaders before they destroy us.Say you

36、 picked up a flu virus last week. Perhaps it entered your body through a cut from a drinking glass, or from the air you breathe. Of course, you didnt feel it, but the virus made its way into your bloodstream. As soon as it entered your body, it began to reproduce. Viruses have only one goal: to take

37、 over your cells. Once inside your body, viruses try to enter cells and disrupt their normal work. If left alone, these viruses would hurt so many cells that you would weaken, or worse, get a serious illness.But this flu virus should not be so complacent as it seems to be. As it reproduces in your b

38、loodstream, the virus is met by a certain kind of white blood cell, the lymphocytes. The lymphocytes are the foot soldiers that keep you alive.The number of lymphocytes in your body is hard to imagine. Thousands of them could fit in the period at the end of this sentence. Your body holds about a tri

39、llion thats 1,000.000,000.000 of them. or about 3.000 in every drop of blood. Since you began reading this sentence, over 800,000 of Ihem have been crealed and deslroyed.Some of these lymphocytes pass through a small walnut-sized organ called ihe thymus. The thymus is the base of the neck. Here, spe

40、cial hormones turn lymphocytes into fighting cells, called T cells. T cells have one lenific talent: They can tell the difference between friend and foe: what should be in our bodies and what shouldnt. They do not affect the bodys healthy cells. Yet they attack everything that is foreign to our bodi

41、es, such as germs, transplants, and even our own cells which have become abnormal, as in (he case of cancer.1 .What is the function of our immune system?A. To take over our tissues and feed off our bodies nutrients.B. To prevent bacteria or germs from entering the body.C. To destroy the troublemaker

42、s in order (hat they might not hurt the body. D. To fight against T cells.2 .What does the underlined word “lymphocytes in paragraph 3 mean? A. Food soldiers. B. Flu virus.C. White blood cells. D. Troublemakers.3 .The last sentence in paragraph 4 since you began reading this sentence, over 800,000 o

43、f them have been created and destroycd, implies that A. this sentence contributes to (he increase of the number of lymphocytes in your bodyyou would not realize (hat lymphocytes reproduce themselves rapidly but for this sentenceB. because you read this sentence, a large number of lymphocytes have be

44、en consumedthe number of lymphocytes in your body is extremely large4. Which of the following questions best summaries ihe main idea of the whole passage?A. How does the immune system attack the flu virus?B. How does the immune system function in our body?C. How do the lymphocytes work in our body?D

45、. What is the so-called immune system?完形填空1-5AACBD 6-1() ABABA II-15CDBDD16. C 17. C 18. B 19. A 20. B 21. B 22. B 23, D 24.C 25. D 26. A 27. D 28. A 29. B 30. CI .A2.B3.C4.A5.B6 .C.D8.B9.D10.Bll.D12.B13 .D14 .C15 .A16 .C17 . A18 .C19 . A2O.C首字母1. impossible ; 2.move; 3.increased ; 4,warm : 5.provide : 6.shower ：7.beginning； S.treatment ： 9.1ike: 10.agree/accept.ways invented sun cloudy first level failed but improved change阅读理解CCDB