Alicia Keys was born in 1981 and grew up in New York. She had music and dance classes when she was a child and she first appeared on TV in the Cosby Show at the age of four. She started piano lessons when she was seven and learned classical music before she began to write her own songs at the age of 14.
Alicia signed a contract with J Records in 1999. She recorded several songs for films before her first album, Songs in Minor, came out in 2001. This was a fantastic success. It entered the charts at number one, sold 236,000 copies in its first week, and went on to sell over 12 million copies worldwide. Alicia won five big awards, including
Song of the Year for Fallin’, the album’s top single, which was a number one hit for six weeks.
Since then, Alicia has sold over 30 million albums. She has also become an actress and a record producer with her own studio. She plays the piano as well as singing on all her albums and she has written some great songs for other artists. She has performed in TV programmes and she made her first film, Smokin’ Aces, in 2007. Her other
films include The Nanny Diaries (2007) and The Secret Life of Bees (2008),’
1. Which of the following statements is NOT true when Alicia Keys was a child?
A. She lived in New York.
B. She took classical music lessons.
C. She learned dancing and singing.
D. She often appeared on television.
2.When did Alicia start writing songs?
A. In 1995
B. In 1999
C. At the Cosby Show
D. At the age of seven
3.The underlined words Song of the Year for Fallin’ in the second paragraph refers to?
A. A number one album in 2001.
B. The top sale album copies in a week.
C. The name of a hero in Songs in A Minor.
D. The song which was at the top of the charts for weeks.
4.What has Alicia done since 2001?
A. She has opened her own studio.
B. She has started playing the piano.
C. She has recorded all her songs herself.
D. She made her first film The Nanny Diaries.
5.Which of the following shows the right order of what happened to Alicia?
①Made the film Smokin’ Aces
②Signed a contract with J Records
③Appeared on TV in The Cosby Show
④Songs in A Minor sold 236,000 copies ⑤Become an actress and a record producer
A. ③④②⑤① B. ③①④②⑤
C. ③⑤④②① D. ③②④⑤①
阅读理解
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Several years ago, Kevin Stephan, then aged 11, was playing baseball when a player accidentally hit him with a bat.
Kevin fell down and his heart stopped. Penny Brown, the mother of another player, was watching the game.Penny usually worked in the evenings as a nurse, but luckily that evening she wasn’t working. Penny ran to helped Kevin and saved his life.
Nearly seven years later, Kevin was washing up in the kitchen of the Hillview Restaurant in Buffalo, New York State. Normally, 18-year-old Kevin had school in the afternoon, but that week there were exams and he didn’t have any class. At about 2 p.m., Penny Brown was having lunch with her family in the restaurant. She was eating when some food got stuck in her throat. She was very frightened because she couldn’t breathe.
Kevin was a volunteer firefighter in his free time and he ran to help. A waitress tried to help her, but the food was still stuck in Penny’s throat. Kevin pulled his hands quickly into her stomach and saved Penny’s life. He didn’t know it was Penny, but his mother, Lorraine Stephan, was also having lunch in the restaurant. She realized that Penny was the woman who saved Kevin’s life, seven years before, at the baseball game. Both Penny and Kevin were completely amazed by the coincidence(巧合)!
1.What happened during the baseball game?
A. Penny fell down.
B. Penny’s son was hit.
C. Kevin hit someone.
D. Kevin’s heart stopped
2.Why was Penny at the game?
A. She liked playing baseball.
B. Her son’s friend is the player.
C. Her son was playing baseball.
D. She was working as a nurse.
3.What did Kevin usually do in the afternoon when he was 18?
A. He had some exams.
B. He studied at school.
C. He worked as firefighter.
D. He worked in a restaurant.
4.From the last paragraph, we know that __________.
A.Penny couldn’t breathe because she was frightened.
B.Kevin helped Penny when some food was in her throat.
C.Kevin was having an exam while Penny was having lunch.
D. Penny and Lorraine were having lunch together at that moment.
5.What can we learn from the story?
A. No pain, no gain.
B. It is better to give than to take.
C. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
D. God helps those who help others.
完形填空
The only survivor of a shipwreck (失事船残骸) was washed up onto a small lonely island. He prayed crazily for God to him, and every day he kept a close watch on the endless sea. No matter how hard he wished or how much he thought about leaving this , it’s no use because ships did not often come down this coast. There was nothing he could do, except struggling to survive on his own. With great effort, he finally to build a little house out of driftwood to protect him from hot sun and terrible storms, and to his possessions. But then one day, after searching for food, he arrived home to find his little house on fire, the dark smoke rolling up to the sky. The worst had happened, everything was lost.
“God, how could you do this to me!” he cried Early the next day, however, he was awakened by the sound of a ship that was heading towards the island. It had come to save him.
“How did you know I was here?” asked the tired man in surprise. “We saw your signal.” the captain replied.
It is easy to get when things are going bad. But we shouldn’t lose , because if God
closed a door in front of you, there must be a opened for you. Go ahead and stay . We can make it.
1.A. visit B. save C. concern D. respect
2.A. island B. country C. city D. town
3.A. managed B. continued C. afford D. offered
4.A. get B. take C. send D. store
5.A. hardly B. angrily C. happily D. cheerfully
6.A. smoke B. voice C. colour D. light
7.A. pleased B. ashamed C. embarrassed D. discouraged
8.A. way B. heart C. weight D. balance
9.A. window B. wall C. fence D. roof
10.A. wrong B. correct C. negative D. positive
语法选择
Mike was _____ in new things. He sometimes forgot _____ the rules. And this made _____ in danger. His mother reminds him_____ this again and again before they left. One day Mike went with his father to see his grandparents _____ live in a small town.
_____ the train, Mike put his head out of the window every minute. His father said,” Mike, be_____ ! Don’t _____your head out of the window!” Instead of _____ to his father, Mike went on putting his head out of the window. His father could do _____.
Then Mike’s father wanted to play a joke on his son. He took Mike’s cap quietly, hid it behind his back and said, “ You see, your cap_____away.” Mike touched his head and it was really gone. He didn’t know _____to do. The boy began to cry. He wanted to get his cap back.
“ Don’t worry, son.” Said his father, “ I will get your cap back. How can you get it back? asked Mike in surprise.
His father said, “Close your eyes and whistle once, and maybe your cap_____back.” Mike came to the window, closed his eyes and whistled. Just at the at moment, his father quickly put the cap on the son’s head.
“_____ strange way! ”Mike said. He was pleased, then he quickly took his father’s cap and _____it out of the window.
“ Now it is your turn to whistle, Dad!” he said happily.
1.A. interest B. interesting C. interests D. interested
2.A follow B. to follow C. following D. to following
3.A. him B. his C. he D. himself
4.A. to B. with C. of D. for
5.A. which B. where C. when D. who
6.A. At B. Of C. To D. In
7.A. care B. careful C. carefully D. careless
8.A. put B. puts C. putting D. was put
9.A. listen to B. listening to C. to listen to D. listens to
10.A. nothing B. anything C. something D. anything
11.A. has flown B. flew C. is flying D. will fly
12.A. how B. what C. why D. that
13.A. comes B. will come C. has come D. came
14.A. What a B. What C. How D. How a
15.A. throwing B. threw C. throws D. throw
书面表达
假如你搬到了一个新的街区，请写信给你的好友Lucy向他她描述一下：1.你家在哪及怎么去你家。（使用方位介词描述一下在什么街道上，附近有些什么标志性的建筑物等）2.介绍你新认识的邻居家的好朋友Becky.(名字，性别，穿着，外貌，喜欢和她成为朋友的原因)。 文章必须包含上述内容，且不少于70字。
补全对话
(At Green Street Police Station) A=policeman B= woman
A: Excuse me. 1.____________________________________________?
B: Yes, it’s about my daughter. She goes to school in the morning and comes back home at
five o’clock in the afternoon every day. But now it’s six o’clock. She doesn’t come back now.A: Your daughter? 2.________________________________________?
B: Her name is Nancy, Nancy Brown.
A: 3.___________________________________________________?
B: She is eight years old.
A: 4.__________________________________________________?
B: She is a little bit thin and medium build. She has curly blonde hair and blue eyes. She is
wearing a green coat, blue pants and black shoes today.
A: 5._________________________________________________?
B: No, she isn’t at school. I call her teacher, Miss Green. She says Nancy leaves school at 4:55.
A: OK, Mrs. Brown. We will do our best to look for her. We will call you if we find her.
B: Thank you.
