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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。
Ask Steveland Morris and he'll tell you that blindness is not necessarily disabing. Steveland was born earlier than the expected time and totally without sight in 1950．He became Stevie Wonder
composer, singer, and pianist. The winner of ten Grammy awards, Stevie is widely admired for his great contributions to the music world.
As a child, Stevie learned not to think about the things he could not do, but to fix his attention on the things that he could do. His parents encouraged him to join his sighted brothers in as many activities as possible. They also helped him to sharpen his sense of hearing, the sense upon which the visually disabled are so dependent.
Because sound was so important to him, Stevie began at an early age to experiment with different kinds of sound. He would bang things together and then imitate the sound with his voice. Often depending on sound for entertainment, he sang, beat on toy drums, played a toy hamonica, and listened to radio.
Stevie soon graduated from toy instruments to real instruments. He first learned to play the drums. He then mastered the harmonica and the piano. He became a member of the junior church choir and a lead singer. In the evenings and on weekends, Stevie would play different instruments and sing popular songs in the front of neighbors' homes.
One of Stevie's recordings was overheard by Ronnie White, a member of a popular singing group called The Miracles. Ronnie immediately recognized Stevie's gift and took him to audition (试音) for Berry Gordy, the president of Histville USA, a large recording company now known as Motown. Stevie recorded his first hit “Fingertips” in 1962 at the age of twelve, and the rest of Stevie's story is music history.
1．By saying “Stevie soon graduated from toy instruments to real instruments”, the author means that ________.
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A．Stevie started to play real instruments
B．Stevie gave up all his toy instruments and began to buy many real instruments
C．Stevie began to study in a real instruments school
D．Stevie finished his study at a toy instrument school
2．To whom did Steveland should owe his success?
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A．Just Ronnie White.
B．His parents and brothers.
C．His teachers.
D．His parents, brothers and Ronnie White.
3．The best title for this passage might be ________.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：053
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In the 1940s, Pinehaven Park was one of Crafton City's loveliest recreation(娱乐)areas. Over 40 acres of woods and fields were open to the public. In the 1950s, part of the park was taken over by Crafton City's garbage. Fifteen acres were to be used for landfill disposal(理置). As time went on, more and more of the park was used for garage disposal and less for recreation. Two years ago, the park was closed to the public for good. Along with household garbage, industrial chemicals had for years been dumped (倾倒)in the Pinehaven landfill. These poisonous chemicals had begun to seep(渗)back up through the soil. All of Pinehaven Park had become dangerously polluted.
Last year, the fish in the Crafton River began to die. After a series of investigations(研究), it became clear that the people of Crafton City were not to blame. 100～150 miles upstream, big paper mills were dumping industrial wastes into the river. Little by little, the level of poison in the river began to rise. Finally, it became so polluted that the fish themselves could no longer survive.
Downtown Crafton used to be a quiet area. Ten years of remarkable growth changed that in a big hurry. But with Crafton City's new prosperity(繁荣)came a new problem: air pollution. And it is a serious problem. Air pollution levels in Crafton are regularly reaching those of the nation's large industrial cities.
(1)Which of the following best states the central idea of the passage?
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A．Chemical dumping is a serious threat to Crafton City's soil.
B．The rapid growth of industry has brought air pollution to Crafton City.
C．The disposal of garbage can destroy recreation areas.
D．Industrial growth and progress have resulted in the pollution of Crafton City's water, air, and soil.
(2)According to the passage, what portion of the park had originally been marked for use as a garbage dump?
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A．Less than half B．Exactly half
C．About one third D．Most of it
(3)As it is used in the passage, the phrase“for good”means ________.
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A．practically B．for ever
C．thoroughly D．advantageously
(4)According to the passage, one result of dumping industrial chemicals into the landfill was that ________.
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A．the land became unsafe for humans
B．the animals on the land died
C．the poisonous chemicals were washed into the nearby river
D．the smoke from the chemicals polluted the air surrounding the landfill
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科目：高中英语 来源：四川省绵阳中学2009－2010学年高一下学期入学考试英语试题 题型：050
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