Maybe you’ve heard of many musical bands, but have you heard of Little Big Town, a country musical group? There are four members in this band, Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook and Phillip Sweet. They had a hard time when they began their band at first, but they didn’t give up. Now it becomes very popular.
“We take care of each other and we take care of the music,” Karen Fairchild once said after one of their shows. As a fan of this band, I once had a chance to hang out with the members of Little Big Town. We talked about their hard beginning. At that time, they even didn’t have their own stage.
Fairchild also told me how the four of them were together when they were in trouble. Not only did they stand together on stage but also in their daily life. For example, they were right there when Phillip Sweet was caring for his daughter for the first time. They encouraged Kimberly Schlapman when they found her husband passed away. At that time Kimberly was very sad to lose her husband. “When we have lived such a hard life together, it bonds (联系) us tightly,” Phillip Sweet said. “We find true happiness is the joy of doing what we do for a living. We love the hard beginning. We also love the wonderful future.”
1. What is Little Big Town?
A. It’s a rock musical group.
B. It’s a country musical group.
C. It’s a small town.
D. It’s a piece of music.
2.Who is the writer of this passage?
A. He is a member of this band.
B. He is a writer of lyrics.
C. He is a fan of this band.
D. He is the leader of the band.
3.From the passage we know that ______.
A. five members are in the band
B. the band had a good beginning
C. Phillip Sweet has a son
D. the members of the band are true friends
4.The underlined phrase means “______” in Chinese.
A. 传递 B. 去世 C. 停止 D. 失业
5.What does the writer want to tell us?
A. Starting a musical band is difficult.
B. Starting a musical band can make money.
C. Being together helps the band get over the hard time.
D. Standing together on stage makes the band famous.
A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office a street urchin(顽童) was walking around a shining car. “Is this your car, Paul?” he asked.
Paul answered,“Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.”The boy was surprised.“You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn't cost you anything. Boy, I wish…” He hesitated(犹豫).
Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.
“I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in surprise, then he said again, “Would you like to take a ride in my car?”
“Oh, yes, I'd love that.”
After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said，“Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?”
Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again, “Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked.
He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled(残疾) brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car.
“There he is. Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn't cost him a cent. And some day I'm going to give you one just like it...then you can see for yourself all nice things in the Christmas window that I've been trying to tell you about.”
Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.
1.The street urchin was very surprised when_______.
A. Paul received an expensive car
B. Paul told him about the car
C. he saw the shining car
D. he was walking around the car
2.From the story we can see the urchin _______.
A. wished to give his brother a car
B. wanted Paul's brother to give him a car
C. wished he could have a brother like Paul's
D. wished Paul could be a brother like that
3.The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house________.
A. to show his neighbors the big car
B. to show he had a rich friend
C. to let his brother meet Paul
D. to let his brother know about his wish
4.We can infer(推断) from the story that______.
A. Paul couldn't understand the urchin
B. the urchin had a deep love for his brother
C. the urchin wished to have a rich brother
D. the urchin's wish came true in the end
5.The best name of the story is ______.
A. Christmas Present
B. Street Urchin
C. Brother Like That
D. An Unforgettable Holiday Ride
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I had been in London for two years. During the time I was _________there, my strong wish was to ___________ instead of staying in the city I didn't know well.
So when the day came for my __________ .I had a strange feeling and my mind was full of beautiful things in London-----the tall trees around my __________ , the clean streets, the school library, the old church(教堂)near the school and so on. I was for the first time not sure ___________ I really wish to go. I was becoming good at spoken English and interested in the different way of living in London. Most important of all, I did not want to leave my ________ who were near and dear to me during the two long years. I felt like running into the head teacher's office and telling him that I really didn't want to go home. But on the second thought I stopped myself __________ the plan. My parents are quite old and I might have no time to see them again if I gave up this plan.
At the airport, most of my teachers and friends came to see me off and quite a few gave me __________.Many group photos were taken and before long the final moment came. Everyone shook hands with me and said goodbye to me. Their eyes ___________ tears and I knew they were ____________ at the moment.
1.A. leaving B. working C. studying D. preparing
2.A. stay there B. go back home C. change my room D. travel about
3.A. new house B. new job C. sleeping D. leaving
4.A. house B. bedroom C. bathroom D. kitchen
5.A. where B. what C. whether D. how
6.A. parents B. friends C. college D. sports ground
7.A. making B. telling C. building D. waiting
8.A. languages B. medicine C. numbers D. presents
9.A. seemed to be B. were filled with C. became colored D. opened wide
10.A. thankful B. merry C. glad D. Sad
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In learning English, spoken English is very important, but many students complain that they can’t understand what other people say. So their spoken English is not good, ________. Well, what can we do to improve our __________ English quickly?
The most important thing is to believe in ___________ . Maybe many of us are afraid to _____________. But as students, we usually make progress by __________ the problems in learning. It doesn’t matter if our __________ can’t be as good as native speakers. We should __________ it as a challenge and then get __________ practice. We shouldn’t worry at all that native speakers will__________ us. Be brave, and then we’ll speak good English soon.
Don’t be shy or ___________. We should speak English aloud in front of others, no matter what we say is right or wrong.
1.A. too B. also C. either D. yet
2.A. spoken B. written C. used D. learned
3.A. himself B. myself C. ourselves D. yourselves
4.A. take notes B. make mistakes C. take away D. make decisions
5.A. realizing B. getting C. losing D. solving
6.A. grammar B. grades C. pronunciation D. spelling
7.A. memorize B. hold C. use D. regard
8.A. little B. much C. no D. any
9.A. laugh at B. deal with C. be angry with D. be good to
10.A. sad B. afraid C. happy D. Serious
根据句意，选出与句中划线部分相同或相近的选项。
1.Chinese people take pride in successful holding the Olympics in Beijing.
A. take risks B. be stressed out
C. be proud of D. be interested in
2.The novel has long descriptions and not much dialogue.
A. speech B. telling
C. conversation D. talk about
3.---Thanks for doing that . ----It's a pleasure.
A. Of course ,I should do it. B. That's right
C. All right D. Don't mention it
4.The purpose of the project is to help more people in need.
A. closed to B. in trouble
C. in the future D. made mistakes
5.Roy didn't use to be popular in school, but now he gets tons of attention everywhere he goes.
A. a lots of B. plenty of
C. a lot D. quite a few
Billy really likes listening to different kinds of music, so the CD must belong ________.
A. for him B. to his C. to he D. to him
