I first went to hear a live rock concert when I was eight years old.My brother and his friends were all ____ of a heavy metal group called Black Wednesday.When they ____ that Black Wednesday were going to perform at our local theatre, they all bought ____ for performance.However, at the last minute, one of the friends couldn't go, so my brother ____ me the ticket.I was really ____！
I remember the buzz (嘈雜聲) of excitement inside the theatre as we all found our ____.After a few minutes, the lights went down and everybody became ___.I could barely make out the stage in the ____.We waited.Then there was a roar from the crowd, like an explosion, as the first members of the band ____ the stage.My brother leaned over and shouted something in my ear, but I couldn't ___ what he was saying.The first song was already starting and the music was as ____ as a jet engine.I could ____ the drum beats and bass notes in my stomach.
I can't recall any of the songs that the band played.I just ____ that I really enjoyed the show and didn't want it to ____.But in the end, after three encores (加演), the show finished.We left the ____ and walked unsteadily out onto the pavement.I felt a little dizzy, as if I had just ___from a long sleep.My ears were still ____with the beat of the last song.
After the____， I became a Black Wednesday fan too for a few years before getting into other kinds of music.Once in a while，____， I listen to one of their songs and ____I'm back at that first show.
小題1:
A．membersB．friendsC．fansD．volunteers
小題2:
A．guessedB．discoveredC．thoughtD．predicted
小題3:
A．flowersB．drinksC．clothesD．tickets
小題4:
A．bookedB．offeredC．returnedD．found
小題5:
A．relaxedB．embarrassedC．excitedD．encouraged
小題6:
A．seatsB．entranceC．spotsD．space
小題7:
A．comfortableB．quiteC．seriousD．nervous
小題8:
A．silenceB．noiseC．darknessD．smoke
小題9:
A．fell uponB．got throughC．broke intoD．stepped onto
小題10:
A．forgetB．hearC．repeatD．bear
小題11:
A．loudB．heardC．sweetD．fast
小題12:
A．feelB．touchC．enjoyD．digest
小題13:
A．realizeB．understandC．believeD．remember
小題14:
A．continueB．delayC．finishD．change
小題15:
A．partyB．theatreC．operaD．stage
小題16:
A．escapedB．traveledC．benefitedD．woken
小題17:
A．a(chǎn)chingB．burningC．ringingD．rolling
小題18:
A．competitionB．performanceC．interviewD．celebration
小題19:
A．thoughB．otherwiseC．insteadD．besides
小題20:
A．decideB．regretC．concludeD．imagine

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:C
小題6:A
小題7:B
小題8:C
小題9:D
小題10:B
小題11:A
小題12:A
小題13:D
小題14:C
小題15:B
小題16:D
小題17:C
小題18:B
小題19:A
小題20:D

小題1:答案　C　[下文最后一段有照應(yīng)“I became a Black Wednesday fan too for a few years ”。]
小題2:答案　B　[discovered “發(fā)現(xiàn)”。guessed “猜測(cè)”； thought “認(rèn)為”；predicted “預(yù)測(cè)”。]
小題3:答案　D　[“ticket for...”詞組搭配，表演的票。]
小題4:答案　B　[offered “主動(dòng)提供“，從上文看，因?yàn)殡x演出還有一分鐘時(shí)有一個(gè)朋友不能去，我的哥哥就將票給了我。]
小題5:答案　C　[從上文推理出我得到票后應(yīng)該很興奮。relaxed “放松的”；embarrassed “尷尬的”；excited“興奮的”；encouraged“受到鼓舞的”。]
小題6:答案　A　[inside the theatre“在劇場(chǎng)里面”應(yīng)是找到座位。entrance“入口”；spots“地點(diǎn)，現(xiàn)場(chǎng)”；space“空白，空”。]
小題7:答案　B　[和上文剛?cè)雸?chǎng)的嘈雜對(duì)比，要演出了應(yīng)是靜下來(lái)了。]
小題8:答案　C　[從上文”make out the stage”，指很難辨認(rèn)出舞臺(tái)，可推斷因?yàn)樘谒钥床磺�。]
小題9:答案　D　[踏上舞臺(tái)用“stepped onto”．fell upon指“躺在……上”；got through“通過(guò)；做完”； broke into“闖入”。]
小題10:答案　B　[根據(jù)上下文判斷。]
小題11:答案　A　[下文表明十分響就像一架噴氣發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)。]
小題12:答案　A　[我能感覺(jué)到鼓點(diǎn)和貝斯的聲音在我的肚子上震動(dòng)。]
小題13:答案　D　[對(duì)應(yīng)上文的recall “記起；回憶起”。]
小題14:答案　C　[下文有提示finish。]
小題15:答案　B　[只離開(kāi)了劇場(chǎng)，上文有提示“theatre”。]
小題16:答案　D　[我感到有些眩暈，好像剛從一場(chǎng)長(zhǎng)夢(mèng)中醒來(lái)。]
小題17:答案　C　[耳朵鳴響用“ringing”。 aching“疼痛”；burning “燃燒”；rolling“滾動(dòng)”。]
小題18:答案　B　[應(yīng)是在演出后。]
小題19:答案　A　[though作副詞“然而”。]
小題20:答案　D　[imagine 意為“想象”又回到了當(dāng)時(shí)那個(gè)現(xiàn)場(chǎng)。]
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A．presentB．showC．bringD．leave
小題18: 
A．a(chǎn)ppreciatedB．meantC．a(chǎn)pprovedD．made
小題19: 
A．passedB．hadC．settledD．filled
小題20:
A．toB．inC．a(chǎn)gainstD．from

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Elizabeth Freeman was born about 1742 to African American parents who were slaves. At the age of six months she was acquired, along with her sister, by John Ashley, a wealthy Massachusetts slaveholders. She became known as “Mumbet” or “Mum Bett.”
For nearly 30 years Mumbet served the Ashley family. One day, Ashley’s wife tried to strike Mumbet’s sister with a spade. Mumbet protected her sister and took the blow instead. Furious, she left the house and refused to come back. When the Ashleys tried to make her return, Mumbet consulted a lawyer, Theodore Sedgewick. With his help, Mumbet sued(起訴) for her freedom.
While serving the Ashleys, Mumbet had listened to many discussions of the new Massachusetts constitution. If the constitution said that all people were free and equal, then she thought it should apply to her. Eventually, Mumbet won her freedom---- the first slave in Massachusetts to do so under the new constitution.
Strangely enough, after the trial, the Ashleys asked Mumbet to come back and work for them as a paid employee. She declined and instead went to work for Segdewick. Mumbet died in 1829, but her legacy lived on in her many descendants(后裔). One of her great-grandchildren was W.E.B. Du Bois, one of the founder of the NAACP, and an important writer and spokesperson for African American civil rights.
Mumbet’s tombstone still stands in the Massachusetts cemetery where she was buried. It reads, in part: “She was born a slave and remained a slave and remained a slave for nearly thirty years. She could neither read nor write, yet in her own sphere she had no superior or equal.” 
小題1:What do we know about Mumbet according to Paragraph 1?
A．She was born a slave
B．She was a slaveholder
C．She had a famous sister
D．She was born into a rich family
小題2:Why did Mumbet run away from the Ashleys?
A．She found an employer
B．She wanted to be a lawyer
C．She was hit and got angry
D．She had to take care of her sister
小題3:What did Mumbet learn from discussions about the new consititution?
A．She should always obey her owners’ orders
B．She should be as free and equal as whites
C．How to be a good servant
D．How to apply for a job
小題4:What did Mumbet do after the trial?
A．She chose to work for a lawyer
B．She found the NAACP
C．She continued to serve the Ashleys
D．She went to live with her grandchildren
小題5:What is the test mainly about?
A．A story of a famous writer and spokesperson
B．The friendship between a lawyer and a slave
C．The life of a brave African American woman
D．A trial that shocked the whole world

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In the fall of 1985，I was a bright­eyed girl heading off to Howard University, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twenty­one years later I am later I am still a bright­eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell.
My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college at the age of 65. She was the first in our family to reach that goal. But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait.
Then I got married with another dream: building my family with a combination of adopt and biological children. In 1999, we adopted our first son. To lay eyes on him was fantastic...and very emotional. A year later came our second adopted boy. Then followed son No. 3. In 2003, I gave birth to another boy.
You can imagine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 8！Our home was a complete zoo...a joyous zoo. Not surprising, I never did make it back to college full­time. But I never gave up on the dream either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant talking as few as one class each semester.
The hardest part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to quit.But I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives.
In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my college degree!
I am not special, just single­minded. It always struck me that when you're looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when you're in the midst of it, it just seems normal. Everything you want won't arrive in your life on one day. It's a process. Remember；little steps add up to big dreams.
小題1:When the author went to Howard University, her dream was to be ________.
A．a(chǎn) writerB．a(chǎn) teacherC．a(chǎn) judgeD．a(chǎn) doctor
小題2:Why did the author quit school in her second year of college?
A．She wanted to study by herself.
B．She fell in love and got married.
C．She suffered from a serious illness.
D．She decided to look after her grandma.
小題3:What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 4 and 5?
A．She was busy yet happy with her family life.
B．She ignored her guilty feeling for her sons.
C．She wanted to remain a full­time housewife.
D．She was too confused to make a correct choice.
小題4:What does the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph?
A．Failure is the mother of success.
B．Little by little，one goes far.
C．Every coin has two sides.
D．Well begun, half done.

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