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    (2013·高考北京卷)Leaping on a narrow balance beam(平衡木) is not easy.But Lola Walter，a 13­year­old gymnast，is an expert at it.
    To perfect her skills，Lola____for four hours a day，five days a week.At the state championships in March，she finished seventh out of 16 girls.
    That’s especially impressive，____she is legally blind，born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift(移动)constantly.She often sees double and can’t____how far away things are.
    When she was little，her mom____that even though she couldn’t see____，she was fearless.So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three.She loved the____right away and gymnastics became her favorite.
    Though learning gymnastics has been more____for her than for some of her teammates，she has never quit.She doesn’t let her____stop her from doing anything that she wants to.
    She likes the determination it takes to do the sport.Her biggest____is the balance beam.Because she has double vision，she often sees to beams.She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine.Sometimes she even closes her eyes.“You have to____your mind that it’ll take you where you want to go，”says Lola.
    To be a top­level gymnast，one must be brave.The beam is probably the most____for anyone because it’s four inches wide.At the state competition，Lola didn’t fall____the beam.In fact，she got an 8.1 out of 10—her highest score yet.
    Lola doesn’t want to be____differently from the other girls on her team.At competitions，the judges don’t know about her vision____.She doesn’t tell them，because she doesn’t think they need to know.Her mom is amazed by her____attitude.
    Lola never thinks about____.She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics.Her____is to reach level 9.She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she’s learned to other kids____she grows up.
    Lola is____of all her hard work and success.She says it’s helped her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics too.Her____for others is “just believe in yourself.”
    小题1:
    A．runsB．teaches
    C．trainsD．dances
    小题2:
    A．sinceB．unless
    C．afterD．though
    小题3:
    A．tellB．guess
    C．assumeD．predict
    小题4:A.suspected   B remembered   
    C．imagined D．noticed
    小题5:
    A．deeplyB．well
    C．aheadD．closely
    小题6:
    A．taskB．sport
    C．eventD．show
    小题7:
    A．boringB．enjoyable
    C．difficultD．satisfactory
    小题8:
    A．talentB．quality
    C．natureD．condition
    小题9:
    A．doubtB．advantage
    C．challengeD．progress
    小题10:．
    A．examineB．express
    C．openD．trust
    小题11:
    A．fearfulB．harmful
    C．unfairD．inconvenient
    小题12:
    A．toB．on
    C．offD．against
    小题13:．
    A．greetedB．treated
    C．servedD．paid
    小题14:
    A．pains B．stresses
    C．injuriesD．problems
    小题15:
    A．positiveB．friendly
    C．flexibleD．cautious
    小题16:
    A．defendingB．quitting
    C．winningD．bargaining
    小题17:
    A．standardB．range
    C．viewD．goal
    小题18:
    A．untilB．as
    C．whenD．before
    小题19:
    A．proudB．tired
    C．ashamedD．confident
    小题20:
    A．planB．advice
    C．rewardD．responsibility

    小题1:C
    小题2:A
    小题3:A
    小题4:D
    小题5:B
    小题6:B
    小题7:C
    小题8:D
    小题9:C
    小题10:D
    小题11:A
    小题12:C
    小题13:B
    小题14:D
    小题15:A
    小题16:B
    小题17:D
    小题18:C
    小题19:A
    小题20:B
    　本文为夹叙夹议的文章。全文讲述了一个身残志坚的女体操运动员——Lola Walter。她虽然视力有问题，但是却克服自身条件的不足和常人所不能克服的困难，努力练习体操，希望将来能把自己的所学传授给别的孩子。她建议我们要相信自己。
    小题1:解析：选C。联系前半句“为了使她的技术完美”我们知道，她每周要训练五天，每天训练四个小时，因此，此处要用trains(训练)一词。
    小题2:解析：选A。“That’s especially impressive...”的原因是“she is legally blind”，前后是因果关系，因此，此处用since引导原因状语从句。
    小题3:解析：选A。前文提到她的眼睛有毛病，因此，此处指“她看不出/不知道东西离她有多远”，要用tell一词，can’t tell意为“不知道，看不出”。guess猜；assume假定，假设；predict预测，均与语境不符。
    小题4:解析：选D。她妈妈无意当中注意到她即使看不清东西，她也不害怕，因此，此处要选D项，指“无意中注意到”。suspect怀疑；remember记住；imagine想象，均不符合语境。
    小题5:解析：选B。文章第三段就提到了，她视力有问题，看物体时出现叠影，看不清物体离她有多远，因此，此处要选well。
    小题6:解析：选B。通篇都在叙述Lola练习体操，此处用the sport指代gymnastics。
    小题7:解析：选C。因为她视力有问题，很明显她学习体操比其他队友要困难(difficult)。
    小题8:解析：选D。她是一个很有决心的女孩，她不会让她自身的状况阻止她做她想做的事情。由文章内容可知，此处是指“她视力有问题”这一自身状况，因此选用condition一词，意为“条件”。talent才能；quality品质；nature本性，均不符合语境。
    小题9:解析：选C。由本段后面的内容可知，由于她在看物体时有叠影，常常看到两个平衡木，所以平衡木是她最大的挑战(challenge)。
    小题10:解析：选D。她闭上眼睛是因为她相信(trust)她的感觉，相信它能带她去她想去的地方。
    小题11:解析：选A。因为平衡木只有四英寸宽，因此我们可以说它是最令人害怕的。此处选用fearful，指“令人恐惧的，令人害怕的”。harmful有害的；unfair不公平的；inconvenient不方便的，均不符合语境。
    小题12:．解析：选C。fall off从……上掉下来，此处指“她在国家级的比赛中没有从平衡木上掉下来”。后面提到“她得到8.1分——她的最高分”。
    小题13:解析：选B。她不想受到与队里别的女孩不一样的对待，指“她希望教练能把她当正常的女孩来看待”。因此，此处要选treated，有“对待”之意。
    小题14:解析：选D。上文已提到她有视力方面的问题。
    小题15:．解析：选A。在队里时她不希望受到特别的优待，在打比赛时不想让裁判知道她视力有问题，这是因为她把自己当成一个正常人，妈妈对她这种乐观的生活态度感到很吃惊。positive积极的，乐观的，符合语境。friendly友好的；flexible灵活的；cautious小心翼翼的，均不符合语境。
    小题16:解析：选B。整篇文章提到她是个很有决心的女孩，她是永远不会放弃的。quit退出，放弃。文中第五段提到never quit(永不放弃)，这也是关键提示。
    小题17:解析：选D。达到9级是她的目标，因此此处选用goal，表示“目标”。后面提到她想成为体操教练，也说明她是一个有明确目标的人。
    小题18:解析：选C。当她长大后，她要当一名体操教练，把她的所学传授给别的孩子。when she grows up为when引导的时间状语从句。
    小题19:解析：选A。be proud of对……自豪；be tired of对……厌倦；be ashamed of对……羞愧；be confident of对……有信心。她对她所有的努力和成功当然是很自豪的。
    小题20:解析：选B。“just believe in yourself”是她给别人的建议，因此advice(建议，劝告)为最佳选择。
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    "My dream has come true．I have always wanted to be a Grand Slam （大满贯） champion．"These are the words of the Chinese tennis player Li Na after she became the first Asian woman to win the Australian Open final on Jan．25th．2014．
    "People were saying I'm getting old．So this is a great success for such an old woman．" the 32-year-old girl joked．
    Miss Li has a tattoo （文身）．She has dyed her hair many different colors．And, at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she told her fans to "shut up" when they got too noisy in their support．
    Li Na was born in Wuhan．She started to play tennis at the age of 6．She once recalled: "As a child．I suffered a lot because every day I had to wake up early to practice．After school I had to practice more．I didn't have time to play．"
    Luckily, the strong girl didn't give up．thus making history for Chinese tennis time after time．Now the new champion is already thinking about winning another Grand Slam title．"When you have one title, surely you will think about another," she says．not hiding her ambition．
    "Chinese people are so lacking in confidence on the tennis court．If there is a person like me who can prove we Chinese can do it, the other young players in China will feel the same," she said．
    小题1:Li Na began to learn playing tennis in the year of _____．
    A．1988B．1982 C．1986 D．1990
    小题2:We can learn from the passage that _____．
    A．Li Na is always impatient with her fans
    B．Li Na is an old girl
    C．Li Na is a fashionable girl
    D．Li Na is a girl without ambition
    小题3:When she began to play tennis, Li Na was _____．
    A．happy B．sadC．excitedD．bored
    小题4:Which of the following is WRONG about Li Na?
    A．Li Na took part in the 2008 Beijing Olympics．
    B．Li Na has already won a Grand Slam champion．
    C．Li Na had to wake up early to practice playing tennis．
    D．Li Na said she lacked confidence on the tennis court．
    小题5:The passage mainly tells us _____．
    A．something about the tennis
    B．something about how to play tennis
    C．the Chinese people and the tennis
    D．the Grand Slam champion—Li Na

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    科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：阅读理解

    Actress Hayden Panettiere recently got into trouble with Japanese fishermen as she tried to stop them from killing dolphins.
    The 18-year-old star with some other surfers sailed out to reach the dolphins in order to stop them from being driven into a nearby pool and killed, but the six surfers, from Australia and the United States, were stopped by a fishing boat before they could reach them. The fishermen blocked their way with a boathook (钩篙). It was an ugly, unfriendly and life-threatening struggle before the surfers were forced to return to the beach. It is believed that the dolphins were later taken into a pool and killed.
    Panettiere, who is a brave surfer and loyal animal protector, made up her mind to save the dolphins of Japan and said, "It was really frightening. Some of us were hit by the boathook, but in the end all we were really worried about the dolphins. It was so sad. We were so close to them and they were jumping out of the water to see us." Breaking down in tears, she added, "One little baby dolphin stuck his head out and looked at me and the thought that it’s no longer with us is really hard to take."
    The surfers left the country to avoid arrest (逮捕) by the Japanese police. Panettiere is now back in Los Angeles.
    More than 22,000 dolphins are killed by fishermen in Japan every year. Many Japanese believe dolphins should be treated like fish. They have been hunting dolphins for centuries and see any criticism (批评) of this as an attack on their culture. 
    小题1:Why did the surfers get into trouble with the fishermen in Japan?
    A．They said something that hurt the fishermen.
    B．They entered a pool which wasn’t allowed to go into.
    C．They attacked Japanese culture.
    D．They tried to stop the fishermen from killing the dolphins.
    小题2:From Paragraph 3, we can learn that Panettiere ________.
    A．was really frightened and sad
    B．succeeded in saving the dolphins
    C．cried when they were hit by the boathook
    D．didn’t like the Japanese fishermen
    小题3:Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?
    A．What Happened While Surfing in Japan
    B．Hayden Panettiere Cried in the Sea of Japan
    C．People Worldwide Are Against Killing Dolphins
    D．Protect the Wild Animals

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    科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：阅读理解

    Nelson Mandela is respected and admired across the world. And to South Africans he is a superstar. He is a hero who shocked the world by fighting for peace between races, despite the 27 years he spent in the prison of the South Africa’s white, racist regime(政权)
    Mandela, who won the nation’s first all-race elections after the fall of apartheid(种族隔离) in 1944,retired in 1999. But he remains as popular as ever.
    “He’s loved by all people, whether you’re white or black, whether you’re young or old,” said Ali Bacher, South Africa’s former cricket(板球) chief.
    His popularity has inspired an entire national industry. His portrait has appeared at many places, including on some goods. His face has appeared on a South African coin, a metropolitan(首都)area was named in his honor and some business leaders hope to build a massive, rotating statue in his likeness---- the Statue of Freedom. It would stand taller than New York’s Statue of Liberty.
    His popular appeal is similar to that of John F. Kennedy wth US or Winston Churchill in Britain, but few politicians in his times have achieved his level of admiration, said Tom Lodge, head of the political science department of the University of the Witwatersrand.“ Sometimes it isn’t completely appreciated what a skilled performer Mandela has been throughout his political career. He is a very ,very clever man,”However , he is far from perfect.
    Most articles for his birthday, which appeared in every major South African newspaper on the day, briefly mentioned that Mandela did have his shortcomings. Then they returned to their flowing praises. “Through the ages, the human race has had its icons（偶像）---- men and women who rose above ordinary people to inspire their generation,” The Mail and Guardian Weekly said. “In our generation, the gods presented us Nelson Mandela.”
    小题1:Nelson Mandela is loved by all the people of South Africa because_____________.
    A．he’s as popular as Kennedy and Churchill
    B．he spent 27 years in prison
    C．he’s a great fighter against the racialism
    D．he’s the first all-race elections president
    小题2:Which of the following statements about Mandela’s portrait is true ?
    A．It helps develop business
    B．It appears on the Statue of Freedom
    C．It is used to raise money for the Statue of Freedom
    D．It is similar to that of John F. Kennedy or Winston Churchill
    小题3:The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means “_____________”
    A．Mandela is as great as a god
    B．We are proud to live in Mandela’s time
    C．Mandela lives together with us all
    D．We are proud to know Mandela
    小题4:What can we infer from the text?
    A．Mandela is a very skilled politician
    B．Most articles specially stressed Mandela’s shortcomings.
    C．The Statue of Freedom is a present for Mandela’s birthday.
    D．The article may have appeared in a newspaper on Mandela’s birthday.

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