I devote myself to music because of my grandmother. My mom and I lived with grandparents from the time I was two until I was eight. And even then, I was at their house before and after school every day while my mother was at work.
Grandma loved music. It was her that first _31 me to Elvis Presley as a very young child, and once I heard his music, I was truly in 32 with it. Most five-year-olds ask for 33  for birthdays, but I wanted Elvis’albums. I would play them non-stop and 34 to the music in my grandma’s family room though my movements didn’t look good.
Grandma played the piano and 35  me to sing “America the Beautiful” and “Somewhere over the Rainbow”. I 36 started playing music on the piano, and soon Grandma was paying for me to take piano lessons from a lady living in the 37 . I would come home from __38 and walk three houses down for my lesson. I _39 took about nine months of lessons, but it was enough to give me a(n) 40 and allow me to continue  to teach myself.
Last month when I came home to visit Grandma in the hospital, I brought along my guitar with me. She was in a lot of pain, but the music seemed to _41 her soul. She had me sing some songs and when I started to sing “Somewhere over the Rainbow”, her weakened voice 42 in with mine for a few lines. That experience was one of the most 43 of my lifetime and one I will certainly cherish forever. I told her of my music career and she was very _44 and said, “That’s wonderful!” I _45 to play for her throughout the week I was home.
My grandma passed away two days ago. In my opinion, part of her will live on through every song I write or sing in my life.
小題1:
A．sentB．leftC．rememberedD．introduced
小題2:
A．debateB．loveC．a(chǎn)greementD．doubt
小題3:
A．musicB．spaceC．giftsD．toys
小題4:
A．waveB．sleepC．danceD．play
小題5:
A．forcedB．preparedC．enabledD．taught
小題6:
A．generallyB．finallyC．fortunatelyD．suddenly
小題7:
A．hotelB．a(chǎn)partmentC．neighborhoodD．countryside
小題8:
A．schoolB．hospitalC．streetD．office
小題9:
A．exactlyB．onlyC．completelyD．seldom
小題10:
A．explanationB．celebrationC．translationD．foundation
小題11:
A．comfortB．blameC．a(chǎn)ttractD．find
小題12:
A．joinedB．pouredC．movedD．fell
小題13:
A．surprisingB．movingC．puzzlingD．tiring
小題14:
A．sadB．calmC．boredD．pleased
小題15:
A．refusedB．expectedC．continuedD．pretended

小題1:D
小題1:B
小題1:D
小題1:C
小題1:D
小題1:B
小題1:C
小題1:A
小題1:B
小題1:D
小題1:A
小題1:A
小題1:B
小題1:D
小題1:C

小題1:本句是強(qiáng)調(diào)句型，“正是祖母把我介紹給了貓王”，固定搭配，introduce sb. To...。故選D。
小題1:考查固定短語。句意“一聽到貓王的音樂，我就愛上了他的音樂�！惫蔬xB。
小題1:形成對比，其他小孩要玩具，而我要貓王的專輯作為生日禮物。故選D。
小題1:考查固定用法。dance to the music“跟著音樂跳舞”，“跟著......的拍子”用介詞to，故選C。
小題1:“祖母彈鋼琴教我唱歌”，“教某人做某事”teach sb. to do sth.，故選D。
小題1:詞義辨析。generally“逐漸地”；suddenly“突然”。聽到最后，我能自己彈鋼琴了，故用finally，故選B。
小題1:固定搭配in the neighbourhood“在一個街區(qū)，在附近”，故選C。
小題1:根據(jù)句意可知，作者放學(xué)回家，再去上鋼琴課。故選A。
小題1:考查詞義辨析。exactly“精確地”；only“僅僅”；completely“完全”；seldom“很少”。根據(jù)后面的意思“.....已經(jīng)足夠了”可知，答案選only“僅僅”。故選B。
小題1:考查名詞：這足夠給我個基礎(chǔ)，用foundaton。選D。
小題1:comfort“使緩和”，根據(jù)祖母忍受著劇痛可知，音樂或許能緩解她的疼痛。故選A。
小題1:她微弱的嗓音和我的一起唱了幾句�！凹尤�......”join in，故選A。
小題1:考查形容詞辨析。surprising“令人驚訝的”；moving“令人感動的”；puzzling“令人困惑的”；tiring“累人的”；“和祖母一起唱歌的那次經(jīng)歷是最感人的一次”，故選B。
小題1:形容詞辨析。祖母知道我的事業(yè)后，肯定很欣慰，只有pleased符合文意。故選D。
小題1:refuse to do sth.“拒絕做某事”；expect to do sth.“期待做某事”；continue to do sth.“繼續(xù)做某事”；pretend to do sth.“假裝做某事”。根據(jù)句意，作者連續(xù)為祖母彈奏了一周。故選C。
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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

A man found a cocoon of a moth. He took it home so that he could    31   the moth come out of the cocoon. On that day a small    32   appeared, he sat and watched the moth for several hours as the moth struggled to    33   the body through that little hole.
Soon it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had    34  as far as it could and it could go no farther. It just seemed to be stuck. So the man, out of his kindness, decided to help the moth. He took a pair of scissors and cut off the    35   bit of the cocoon. The    36   then came out easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriven（無用的） wings. The man continued to watch the moth because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and    37   to be able to support the    38  , which would get smaller in time. Neither happened! In fact, the little moth spent the rest of its life    39   around with a small, swollen body and shriveled wings. It was    40   able to fly.
What the man in his kindness    41    was that the small cocoon and the    42   of the moth to get through the    43   opening was a way to push fluid(液體)   44   the body of moth  45   its wings so that it would be ready to fly    46   it got out of the cocoon. Freedom and  47   would come only after the struggle. By taking the moth of a struggle away, he also took away the moth’s health.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were to    48   our lives without any difficulties, we would be disabled. We would not be as    49   as what we could have been. Give every opportunity a chance, leave no room for    50  .                
1
A, help
B. protect      
C. watch      
D. see
2
A. opening 
B. line            
C. moth    
D. butterfly
3
A. push
B. draw           
C. make  
D. force
4
A. got
B. done
C. tried
D. struggled
5
A. covering
B. remaining
C. shell
D. skin
6
A. moth
B. butterfly
C. cocoon
D. worm
7
A. lessen
B. widen
C. expand
D. shorten
8
A standing
B. flight
C. themselves
D. body
9
A flying 
B. crawling
C. walking
D. lying
0
A already
B. certainly  
C. never      
D. seldom
11
A shouldn’t do    
B. thought
C. did
D. didn’t understand
12
A crawling
B. struggle      
C. fight
D. force
13
A tiny
B. beginning
C. right
D. above
14
A in
B. on           
C. by
D. from
15
A into
B. to
C. in
D. onto
16
A after
B. once
C. before
D. until
17
A courage
B. hope
C. flight 
D. survival
18
A stand on
B. get on
C. go through
D. live
19
A great
B. determined
C. brave
D. strong
20
A regrets
B. death
C. failure
D. wishes

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解


小題1:The actress bought a house in the centre of the city because _______.
A．she liked to live in the busiest place
B．she didn’t like to live in the country
C．her home was far away from where she worked
D．she didn’t want to go back to her hometown any longer
小題2:In order to make the painter work better for her, the actress ________.
A．gave him two tickets for her show
B．sang and danced for him for hours
C．paid him 3 pounds
D．decided to pay him 15 shillings an hour
小題3:The actress got the painter’s bill ______.
A．to ask for the money of his painting work
B．to ask to pay for his watching her show
C．in which he showed his thanks for the tickets
D．in which he expressed his dissatisfaction
小題4:It can be learned from the text that one pound is __________ shillings.
A．10B．12C．20D．15
小題5: What kind of man was the painter?
A．He was a careful man.
B．He was a poor man.
C．He was not friendly to others.
D．He knew little about music and dances.

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