(2013·高考湖南卷)“What do you want to be？”asked Mrs.Crawford.“Oh，I________president，”said the boy，with a smile.

A．have been? B．am

C．was? D．will be

Tell a story and tell it well, and you may open wide the eyes of a child, open up lines of communication in a business, or even open people’s mind to another culture or race.

People in many places are digging up the old folk stories and the messages in them. For example, most American storytellers get their tales from a wide variety of sources, cultures, and times. They regard storytelling not only as a useful tool in child education, but also as a meaningful activity that helps adults understand themselves as well as those whose culture may be very different from their own.

“ Most local stories are based on a larger theme,” American storyteller Opalanga Pugh says, “ Cinderella(灰姑娘), or the central idea of a good child protected by her goodness, appears in various forms in almost every culture of the world.”

Working with students in schools, Pugh helps them understand their own cultures and the general messages of the stories. She works with prisoners too, helping them knowing who they are by telling stories that her listeners can write, direct, and act in their own lives. If they don’t like the story they are living, they can rewrite the story. Pugh also works to help open up lines of communication between managers and workers. “For every advance in business,” she says, “ there is a greater need for communication.” Storytelling can have a great effect on either side of the manager-worker relationship, she says.

Pugh spent several years in Nigeria, where she learned how closely storytelling was linked to the everyday life of the people there. The benefits of storytelling are found everywhere, she says.

“I learned how people used stories to spread their culture,” she says, “ What I do is to focus on the value of the stories that people can translate into their own daily world of affairs. We are all storytellers. We all have a story to tell. We tell everybody’s story.”

22.     What do we learn about American storytellers from Paragraph 2?

   A. They share the same way of storytelling.

   B. They prefer to tell the stories from other cultures.

   C. They learn their stories from the American natives.

   D. They find storytelling useful for both children and adults.

23.     The underlined sentence (Paragraph 4) suggests that prisoners can _____.

   A. start a new life                        B. settle down in another place

   C. direct films                            D. become good actors

24.     Pugh has practised storytelling with _____ groups of people.

   A. 2              B. 3               C. 4             D. 5

25.     What is the main idea of the text?

   A. Storytelling can influence the way people think.

   B. Storytelling is important to the growth of business.

   C. Storytelling is the best way to educate children in school.

   D. Storytelling helps people understand themselves and others.

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

 I teach biology at UNLV three times per week . Last Monday , at the beginning of class , I cheerfully asked my   21  how their weekend had been . One young man said that his weekend had not been so   22   . He had his wisdom teeth removed . Then he went on to ask me why I always seemed to be so     23   .

His question   24   me of something I’d read somewhere before : “Every morning when you get up , you have a   25   about how you want to deal with life that day .” I said . “I choose to be cheerful .”

“Let me give you an example ,” I continued ,   26   all sixty students in the class . “In   27   to teaching here at UNLY , I also teach out at a   28   in Henderson , 17 miles down the highway from where I live . One day a few weeks ago I drove those 17 miles to Henderson . I   29   the highway and turned onto College Drive . I only had to drive another quarter mile down the road to the college . But just then my car   30   .I tried to start it again , but the   31   wouldn’t work .   32   I turned my flashers on , took my books , and   33   down the road to the college .”

“As soon as I got there , I called and   34   for a tow truck to meet me at my car after   35   . The secretary there asked me what had happened . ” This is my   36   day .” I replied , smiling .

She was   37   . “What do you mean ?”

“My car could have broken down anywhere along the highway . It didn’t .” I relied . “  38  , it broke down in the perfect place : off the highway ,   39   walking distance of here . I’m still able to teach my class , and I’ve been able to get the tow truck to meet me after class . If my car was meant to break down today , it couldn’t have been arranged in a more convenient   40   .”

I ended my story . In spite of the early hour , no one in my class seemed to be asleep . Somehow , my story had touched them .

A. students     B. schoolmates       C. children         D. teachers     

A. bad           B. sad          C. good          D. free

A. grateful      B cheerful           C. hopeful          D. thankful

A. reminded      B. informed  C. told     D. warned

A. decision       B. preference   C. judgment   D. choic

A. showing     B. demanding    C. commanding D. addressing

A. contribution   B. addition   C. devotion   D. application

A. college        B. school       C. university   D. institute

A. found        B. exited      C. crossed  D. entered

A. broke          B. ended        C. died      D. finished

A. instrument     B. engine       C. wheel        D. light      

A. So          B. But      C. And      D Or

A. drove           B. marched  C. rode     D. followed

A. prepared        B. looked       C. arranged    D. waited       

A. work            B. study        C. lunch       D. class

A. usual          B. lucky     C. unusual   D. unlucky       

A. astonished      B. excited  C. pleased      D. puzzled

A. Anyway     B. Also     C. Instead    D. Still

A. beyond      B. without    C. within       D. along

A. order          B. way  C. need       D. situation

Over the past 20 years, AIDS and war have claimed the parents of 2．4 million Ugandan children．When Alexis Hefley first visited the country,, in 1993, she saw the children’s sorrow, but the former Texas banker also spotted "a world of possibility"．She watched as they danced for tourists to earn money, and she had a thought: If people in America could see them perform, they’d support them too．                   
The children’s passion and talent inspired Hefley to work with the kids at an orphanage（孤儿院）in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda, to organize a traveling dance troupe（团）．The goals: to give the problems in Uganda a human face, to raise awareness and to raise money．
The first tour touched down at six American cities in 1994．Today, the 22-member troupe, known as the Spirit of Uganda, travels across America every two years．The young performers bring their energy and joy to audiences across the U．S．and help support hundreds of Ugandan orphans back home．Among the young dancers, some earn scholarships to attend the U．S．colleges, and then return to their country to help rebuild it．
Photojournalist Douglas Menuez first photographed the troupe in 2006 -?a project that led to his new book, Transcendent Spirit, from which these images are drawn．At each performance, the dancers’ faces show pure joy, quite an achievement given the hardships they’ve faced．"They look to the future, not the past," explains Menuez．"They embrace beauty and good in the world．" As one dancer puts it, "People think we have lost our parents．We’ve had so many problems．But then they see us perform．They see our smiles．And they learn that life goes on．"

1. 1.

   What are the first two paragraphs mainly about?

   1. A.
      How miserable Ugandan orphans’ life is．
   2. B.
      How the dance troupe was set up．
   3. C.
      How the young dancers earned money．
   4. D.
      How the orphans lost their parents．
2. 2.

   What do we learn about the Spirit of Uganda?

   1. A.
      It was started by a journalist．
   2. B.
      It travels across the U．S．annually．
   3. C.
      It consists of two dozen performers．
   4. D.
      Its dancers have chances to study in the U．S．
3. 3.

   In the eyes of Menuez, the young performers are______.
   

   1. A.
      beautiful
   2. B.
      talented
   3. C.
      optimistic
   4. D.
      humorous
4. 4.

   What might be the most suitable title for the passage?

   1. A.
      Ugandan orphans turn tragedy into dance
   2. B.
      Transcendent Spirit: A close look at Uganda
   3. C.
      AIDS and war are claiming people’s lives
   4. D.
      Lots of people are helping Ugandan orphans

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

 I teach biology at UNLV three times per week . Last Monday , at the beginning of class , I cheerfully asked my   21  how their weekend had been . One young man said that his weekend had not been so   22   . He had his wisdom teeth removed . Then he went on to ask me why I always seemed to be so     23   .

His question   24   me of something I’d read somewhere before : “Every morning when you get up , you have a   25   about how you want to deal with life that day .” I said . “I choose to be cheerful .”

“Let me give you an example ,” I continued ,   26   all sixty students in the class . “In   27   to teaching here at UNLY , I also teach out at a   28   in Henderson , 17 miles down the highway from where I live . One day a few weeks ago I drove those 17 miles to Henderson . I   29   the highway and turned onto College Drive . I only had to drive another quarter mile down the road to the college . But just then my car   30   .I tried to start it again , but the   31   wouldn’t work .   32   I turned my flashers on , took my books , and   33   down the road to the college .”

“As soon as I got there , I called and   34   for a tow truck to meet me at my car after   35   . The secretary there asked me what had happened . ” This is my   36   day .” I replied , smiling .

She was   37   . “What do you mean ?”

“My car could have broken down anywhere along the highway . It didn’t .” I relied . “  38  , it broke down in the perfect place : off the highway ,   39   walking distance of here . I’m still able to teach my class , and I’ve been able to get the tow truck to meet me after class . If my car was meant to break down today , it couldn’t have been arranged in a more convenient   40   .”

I ended my story . In spite of the early hour , no one in my class seemed to be asleep . Somehow , my story had touched them .

1. A. students     B. schoolmates    C. children         D. teachers     

2. A. bad        B. sad          C. good          D. free

3.A. grateful      B cheerful        C. hopeful          D. thankful

4. A. reminded       B. informed  C. told     D. warned

5. A. decision        B. preference   C. judgment   D. choic

6.A. showing      B. demanding    C. commanding D. addressing

7. A. contribution    B. addition   C. devotion   D. application

8. A. college     B. school       C. university   D. institute

9.A. found        B. exited       C. crossed  D. entered

10. A. broke          B. ended        C. died      D. finished

11. A. instrument     B. engine       C. wheel        D. light      

12.A. So          B. But      C. And      D Or

13.A. drove           B. marched  C. rode     D. followed

14.A. prepared        B. looked       C. arranged    D. waited       

15.A. work            B. study        C. lunch       D. class

16. A. usual          B. lucky     C. unusual   D. unlucky       

17.A. astonished      B. excited  C. pleased      D. puzzled

18. A. Anyway     B. Also     C. Instead    D. Still

19.A. beyond      B. without    C. within       D. along

20. A. order          B. way   C. need       D. situation