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“She was a strong woman who often lived in the shadow of my grandpa, who was a successful businessman in this city. But she was the one behind the scenes who provided the strength and support for Grandpa’s career,” he said, with a voice now trembling. “That was Nana’s way.” Finally, in a voice breaking free of sorrow, he looked up and said, “Nana taught me courage. She put up a fight to the end, when she died peacefully, which is how she lived her life. That was Nana’s way, and I hope I can carry on in the same manner.” There are no hearts as sensitive(敏感的) as those of teenagers, because everything is happening to them for the first time. The trouble with teenagers is that they haven’t learned to be controlled. When that boy rose to speak about the woman who had been his dearest friend, his honest voice dragged each of us out into the open where we could no longer hide. I was moved and learned a lot. 68. According to the paragraph, what does “light” stand for? A. not heavy B. the positive side of things C. a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires D. having a relatively small amount of coloring agent 69. From the boy’s speech, we know his grandmother ______. A. was a weak woman living in the shadow of his grandpa B. liked dogs very much even if they often attacked her C. could see everything around her though she was old D. had great influence over the boy when she was alive 70. We can infer from the passage that the boy ______. A. was filled with sadness and gave up finishing his talk B. was always very good at expressing himself C. practiced a lot in order to give a moving speech D. had great difficulty in accepting the loss of Nana 71. The writer wanted to tell the readers ______. A. the young people were too weak to face certain facts B. the young people have learned to control themselves C. the adults could learn something valuable from the young D. the adults should teach the young how to deal with the death 第二节 阅读下面短文，用完整句子回答72—74小题，并对75小题的陈述进行判断。 You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their fists. But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes(撞击) through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead! Of course he isn't really dead. With any luck he isn't even hurt. Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast-moving trains, who crash cars or even catch fire, are professionals. They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen. That is to say, they perform tricks. There are two sides of their work. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress(床垫). Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar! But although their work depends on tricks of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stuntman's success depends on careful timing. For example, when he is “blown up” in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment. Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff(悬崖) a thousand feet high. His parachute(降落伞) failed to open, and he was killed. In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only. Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous action. For nowadays there are stuntgirls too! 72. Please define(给…下定义) “stuntman”. ___________________________________________________________________________ 73. What do you think is the most important factor of a successful performance for stuntmen? ___________________________________________________________________________ 74. What can be inferred (推断出) from the author's example of the Norwegian stuntman? ___________________________________________________________________________ 75. Please decide if these statements are True (T) or False (F). 1)Most of those stunt actors do their jobs for a living. ____ 2)The windows those stuntmen crash through are made of plastic. ____ 3)The jobs of stuntmen are well paid and safe since there is a lot of protection for them.____ 4)There are only men who are doing the stunt performance. ____ 第Ⅱ卷 (共35分) 第一节 单词拼写(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分) 根据句子意思填单词，请把答案(该词的完整形式)写在答题卷上，写在原题上不给分。 76. Ms Shen’s clear e_______ make us all understand and we love working with her. 77. I would a_______ it if you could answer all my questions and write back to me soon. 78. I feel like ______(避免) meeting my teacher because I have left my homework at home. 79. The fantastic ______(风景) in Europe was the best part of the trip. 80. The girl is so f_______ in English and sounds like a native English speaker. 81. The young man _______(承认) that he had stolen the money from the bank last week. 82. Stop e________ him. He can’t stand being made fun of in public. 83. Do you often do a great deal of ________(翻译) in your language classes? 84. His __________ (失望的) expression told us he may fail the exam. 85. As soon as the firefighters got the fire alarm, they started i_______. (责任编辑：admin) |