任务型阅读 七选五阅读 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
My teenage son Karl became withdrawn after his father died. As a single parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him. 1. When his report card arrived during his junior year, it said that he had been absent 95 times from classes and had six falling grades for the year. In this way he would never graduate. I sent him to the school adviser, and I even begged him. Nothing worked.
One night I felt so powerless 2. and asked God for help.“Please God, I can't do anything more for my son. I'm at the end of my hope. I'm giving the whole thing up to you.”
I was at work when I got a phone call. A man introduced himself as the headmaster. “I want to talk to you about Karl’s absences.” 3., I choked up（哽咽）and all my disappointment and sadness over Karl came pouring out into the ears of this stranger. “I love my son, but I just don’t know what to do. I've tried everything to get Karl to go back to school 4.. It's out of my hands.”
For a moment there was silence on the other end of the line. The headmaster seriously said, “Thank you for your time”, and hung up.
Karl’s next report card showed a marked improvement in his grades. Finally, he was even on the list of the best students at school. In his fourth year, I attended a parent teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his teachers were surprised at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home, he said, “Mum, remember that call from the headmaster last year?" I nodded. “That was me. I thought I'd play a joke but when I heard what you said,
5.. That’s when I knew I had to make you proud.”
A. and nothing has worked.
B. it really hit me how much I was hurting you
C. that I got down on my knees
D. I was really disappointed at you
E. Before he could say another word
F. when she was saying something
G. but the more I tried, the more he dulled away.
完成句子 根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每个空格填一个单词。
1.谢谢你告诉我这个好消息。
____________ ____________ telling me the good news.
2.尼泊尔地震后，无家可归的人们只好搭起帐篷，露宿街头。
After the earthquake in Nepal, the homeless people had to ____________ ____________tents and live on the street.
3.济南人民正期盼着地铁R1线的开工建设。
The people in Jinan are____________ ____________to building Subway line R1.
4.孙楠在我是歌手中意外退赛，使人们对汪涵的睿智表现点赞。
In I am a singer, Sun Nan was out of race by ____________, which made people admire Wang Han’s wise ___________.
5.父母和孩子应该有更多的时间进行适当的交流，而不是整天各忙各的。
Parents and children should have more time for proper __________ ____________of being busy alone every day.
6.森林可以阻止风把土壤吹走。
Forests can ________ wind from ________ the earth away.
7.杰克的父母认为成为志愿者妨碍了他的学业。
Jack's parents believe that being a volunteer gets ________ ________ ________ of his schoolwork.
改写句子
1.Mary can play the piano well.（改为一般疑问句)
___________ Mary____________ the piano well?
2.Tom likes reading books because books can give him knowledge.（就句子画线部分提问）
__________ ____________ Tom like reading books?
3.“When do you get up?” the teacher asked me.（改写句子，句意不变)
The teacher asked me ____________ I ____________ up.
4.Young people will succeed in the future as long as they keep working hard.（改写句子，句意不变)
If young people don’t ____________ ____________ , they will succeed in the future.
5.Big Hero 6 is the winner of the Oscar Cartoon pictures this year.（改写句子，句意不变)
Big Hero 6 is ____________ as the ____________Cartoon picture this year.
Today’s world is full of plastic goods, from water bottles to car parts. We make plastic toys, toothbrushes, and shopping bags. Plastic is so useful that it’s hard to imagine life without it, but it has not been around that long.
The first plastic was invented in 1869. That’s when American John Wesley Hyatt made a form of plastic from a plant material called cellulose. Before long, his discovery was used to make combs, eyeglasses, buttons, and film.
In the 1900s, petroleum products such as oil replaced cellulose. New kinds of plastic were discovered in the 1950s, and that’s when the real boom began. People started to use plastic in many fields instead of the old materials. Plastics quickly replace paper, glass, metal, and wood in a growing number of products. In 1960, the United States made 6 billion pounds of plastic. By 1988, the output had grown to 50 billion pounds. These days, almost 10 percent of the oil America uses every year is turned into plastic. That’s 2 million barrels of oil a day.
Most of the plastic ever made still exists. Unlike wood, metal, and paper, plastic does not break down easily. Some people think plastic will never break down. Others say it may take 500 or 1,000 years. No one knows for sure because it has been around for too short a time. But if George Washington had used plastic water bottles in the 1700s, those bottles would probably still be around.
Although plastic lasts a long time, we don’t keep plastic products very long. We use them and throw them away. Only about 5 percent of plastic is recycled. A huge amount of it ends up floating in the ocean. Then seabirds, seals, turtles, whales and fish eat it. Scientists often find sea animals that have starved（饿）to death with their stomachs full of plastic. And every time it rains, more trash from city streets flushes into the sea. Much of that trash is plastic.
What can we do about plastic? First, be aware. Oil takes millions of years to form. Should we use up this precious fuel to make flimsy shopping bags that are used once and thrown away? Should any animal pay for our convenience with its life? Each person’s actions can make a difference. It’s time to act now.
1.What can we know about plastic?
A. Plastic is now widely used in every area of our daily life.
B. America holds the leading position in the world-wide use of plastic.
C. Plastic can last for more than 300 years and will never break down.
D. About 95% of plastic is used once and then thrown away.
2.Which detail supports the idea that plastic can be dangerous?
A. Animals starve to death after eating plastic.
B. Much of that trash is plastic.
C. About 10 percent of the oil we use every year is made into plastic.
D. John Wesley Hyatt made the first plastic from cellulose.
3.The underlined word “replace” in paragraph 3 means “______”.
A. Take the charge of B. Increase in value C. Take the place of D. Decrease in value
4.What might be written in the following paragraph?
A. Reasons about why we should use less plastic.
B. Criticism on those who make and buy plastic.
C. Tips for using plastic in the environmental friendly way.
D. Difference between using plastic and other materials.
5.What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Amazing Plastic. B. Dangerous Plastic. C. Useless Plastic. D. New Plastic
Joe was a farmer. His farmland was so poor that he hadn’t good harvest for years. “If God let me control the _______, then everything will get better,” he complained, “I know better than God does because I am a clever farmer.”
God heard his words. “Well, I will give you one year,” God replied. “You will be in charge of the weather. Let’s see what your crops grow like.”
On hearing this, Joe was so _______ that he couldn’t believe what he heard. But he still wanted to have a try. He shouted, “Sunny!” Suddenly the clouds went away.
“Unbelievable!” He thought to himself and tried again, “rain!” The sky became cloudy right away and heavy rain poured down.
In the following year, he changed the weather between sunny and _______. Watching his crops growing bigger and bigger, he felt satisfied.
When the harvest season came, he went to the field, looking forward to a big harvest. But his heart sank to the bottom when he found his strong crops had not grown any grain（谷粒）at all. Puzzled and _______, he started crying. Once again, God ________ him.
“Don’t you have your wish to control the weather?” God asked again. “Yes, but I just can’t understand it. I have given them what they _______. How could it be?” Joe _______. “That’s because you _______ asked for wind, rainstorm, snow or anything that could make the roots stronger. Without strong roots, of course they won’t grow any fruit.” After he realized this, Joe asked God to _______ the power.
It turned out that only through life’s challenges, we would succeed in harvest the _______ of life. It takes both ups and downs to get satisfactory results.
1.A. time B. world C. weather D. way
2.A. surprised B. sorry C. angry D. worried
3.A. windy B. rainy C. cloudy D. snowy
4.A. excited B. embarrassed C. nervous D. disappointed
5.A. refused B. heard C. thanked D. punished
6.A. know B. have C. offer D. need
7.A. mentioned B. noted C. suggested D. wondered
8.A. almost B. never C. always D. just
9.A. take back B. take off C. give up D. put out
10.A. taste B. money C. fruit D. discovery
