考前练习(Reading)

Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be used onceA. give upB. laterC. historyD. supportedE. safeF. noticeG. common H. far away I. situationUnlike many of my classmates, my idol(偶像) is not a film star or a famous writer. Neither is he a world leader, nor an important person from 51 . My idol is my dad.Most people believe that a man should go out and work. However, when I was a baby, I was very ill and needed attention all the time. Since my mother and father both worked, and my grandparents lived very 52 , this was a big problem. My dad knew how much my mum loved her job, so he stopped working to stay at home and look after me.Many men in this 53 would want their wives to stay with the child, but my dad always thinks about others before himself. My dad 54 took a job and worked at night. He chose the job so that he would only be out of the house when I was sleeping.Ever since then, my dad has helped and 55 me in everything I do. The most important thing he taught me was never to 56 . I remember when I was learning to ride a bike. My dad would run behind me fou hours. He held the back of the bicycle so that I would not fall. I felt so 57 because I knew he was near. I did not 58 when he stopped holding me. Soon, I was riding myself.My father is not rich, and we do not own a big house or an expensive car. My dad is my idol because he has shown me that the most important things in life are family and love.A. Choose the best answerIf you want to find out a piece of information about anything , the best place to search for it is Wikepedia. This online encyclopedia is written by thousands of people around the world. Anyone can add or change the information if he or she finds it not correct or not well written. In this way, people who know a lot about a certain subject can write about it even if they are not university professors.What is more, Wikepedia includes articles written in about 235 languages. This fact makes it one of the few websites (网站)on the internet that are truly international. It was started in 2001 by Larry Sanger and Jimmy Wales, as a free online English-language encyclopedia project. By April 2008, over 10 million articles had been put on Wikipedia. A quarter of the articles in English. Wikipedia is also a place where people can find the latest news.However, Wikipedia has its own problems. There have been many complaints that some of the information on Wikipedia is not accurate and some important subjects are not included. This has led to arguments between the writers of articles. The people running Wikipedia say that the accuracy of the information is improving and that it is one of the top 20 visited websites on the internet.So, if are looking for some information, why not try Wikipedia?74. Wikipedia is ___________.A. a computer gameB. an online magazineC. a free universityD. a website encyclopedia75. People who write on Wikipadia__________.A. know much about a certain subjectB. likes writing different storiesC. should be university professorsD. are usually famous scientists76. Wikipedia is truly international because_________.A. everything is written in EnglishB. the articles are in about 253 languageC. there are over 10 million articlesD. each writer can write in Various languages77. People didn’t see Wikipedia on the Internet until___________.A. 1998B. 2001C. 2008D. 201178. Besides information about different subjects, people can also__________ on Wikipedia.A. watch interesting moviesB. send e-mail to friendsC. read about the latest newsD. play exciting games79. The underlined part in Paragraph 3 probably means__________.A. causedB. stoppedC. becomeD. reportedB. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage.For many people, having your own business sounds like the perfect job. You can do work that you love. You can set your own timetable, and wear jeans to work. You never have to __80__ a boss, and you make all decisions yourself. You can even raise your salary any time you want.But the reality is different. “Having your own business can be __81__,” says David Paik. After working for an advertising agency for six years, he started a website design business at home. His income in the first two months was $0. __82__, he got a big project creating a website for a ma gazine. Then he had a new problem: his timetable. “I was working twelve hours a day, seven days a week, because I didn’t have employees to help me.” Today, Paik Web Design is successful, but David says, “I really wasn’t prepared to be a business owner. I didn’t __83__ the difficulty.”With no boss, it’s easy to take too much time off—and get too little work done. With no workmates, you might feel bored or __84__. You have to pay for your own holidays. If you make a bad business decision, you could lose all the money. For all of these reasons, more than half of all new businesses fail within one year.Another problem is balancing work with personal life. As a business owner, you can’t just stop at 5 p.m. and forget about your work until tomorrow. “Even when I’m watching TV in the evening, I’m always thinking about my __85__ and projects,” says David Paik.Still, hundreds of people around the world start business every day, and most enjoy the experience. “There are lots of advantages to having your own business,” says Denise Williams, the owner of a women’s clothing store. “You can decide exactly how to do your work, how much money you want to make, and who will work for you.”80. A) talk about B) listen to C) hear from D) look after81. A) hard B) expensive C) foolish D) strange82. A) As a result B) In addition C) For example D) At last83. A) memorize B) realize C) have D) solve84. A) angry B) funny C) lonely D) sorry85. A) lessons B) holidays C) customers D) friendsC. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper wordsDear PeterI hope everything is going well. I have something very special to tell you. Last week I went intospace for the first time!My parents visited space last year, but I was too y___86___ to go with them. Anyway, a month ago I had my birthday party. It was very exciting when I opened my presents. There were lots of wonderful games, but I was really happy when I saw a t___87___ for a space flight!Two weeks after my birthday, I had to go on a short training course. It was quite difficult, and I had to study very hard. L___88___, I got a good mark in the exam in the end, and my parents were able to b__89___the date of the space flight. I began to look forward to that day.Finally the day arrived, and my parents took me to the airport. I got on the plane with ten other passengers. We took off from the runway and c___90____ higher and higher. After about an hour, we went down from the plane into the space shuttle. The plane then dropped the space shuttle at every high altitude(高度) . The engines in the space shuttle started, and thirty minutes later we were in space.I admit that for a few seconds I felt a little n___91____when I sat in the space shuttle. However, when we left the Earth’s atmosphere, everyone began to float(漂浮). It was great fun! I felt so free in space, and it was really amazing to see some other p___92____ out of the window though I had seen them many times in my geography book.My first space flight only lasted fifteen minutes, but I will never forget it. I also have some good news for you. My parents say they want to go back into space next year. They say I can bring a friend. Would you like to come with us? I hope to hear from you soon.MarkD. Answer the questionsHave you ever heard the story of the four-minute mile? Many years ago, people believed that it was impossible for a human being to run a mile in less than four minutes until Roger Banister proved it wrong in 1954.What happens if you put an animal in a pond? Any animal, big or small, will swim its way through. What happens when someone, who does not know how to swim, falls in deep waters? They drown. If an animal who hasn’t learned swimming could escape by swimming, why not you? Because you believe you will drown while the animal does not.Have you ever wondered why the letters are organized in a particular order on your keyboard? You might have thought it is to increase the typing speed. Most people never question it. But the fact is that this system was developed to reduce the typing speed at a time when typewriter parts would jam if the operator typed too fast.These three cases show the power of our beliefs(信念）. There is no other more powerful directing force in human behavior than belief. Your beliefs have the power to create and to destroy.A belief delivers a direct command to your nervous system.I used a snake to show my students in India how unrealistic some of their beliefs are. They thought snakes were slippery, slimy( 粘糊糊的) and poisonous. After doing an exercise for changing beliefs, they handled my snake and found it to be dry and clean. They also remembered that only three types of poisonous snakes exist in India.Did this story end the way you thought? Review your beliefs now and find out which ones you need to change.93. Who first ran a mile in less than four minutes?_________________________________________________________________.94. If we put an animal in a pond, what will happen?_________________________________________________________________.95. Why are the letters organized in such a particular order on your keyboard?They are organized in such a particular order _____________________________.96. According to the passage, does your belief have a great effect on your behavior?____, _____________________________________________________________.97. What does the writer’s experiment show?It shows ____________________________________________________________. 98. What does the writer think of beliefs?They__________________________________________________________________.。