Roberta appeared on the stage. She took a deep breath and began to  36  .  Now she was Portia, a strong–willed  37  in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. The theater was filled with people. She was speaking with a power she had never before experienced, the words flowing  38  from her.    39  , Roberta had never acted in her life before the audition (选拔试演). She  40  being in front of other people. She was very  41  at school. She had never thought she was good enough at anything to  42  much attention. She stayed mostly to herself, making    43 friends. She had excellent grades,  44  she always thought that something was missing.    Two weeks before the audition, Roberta’s mother had heard about it and  45  her to join in.    “I can’t think of anyone else better suited to  46  the part. Remember all the plays you used to act out for us、”    Her mother wouldn’t let the  47  drop. “You’re just a little scared (害怕) .Everyone gets scared. You know you  48  do it. The trick is to look past the  49  to find the love of what you’re doing.’’    So Roberta had made an appointment with the head of the Drama Club. She had read the play and found herself excited by the  50  of speaking such rich words. In secret she practiced Portia’s part,  51  the lines by repeating them over and over. It wasn’t hard; she  52  every minute of it. Every time she spoke the words, she had a new  53  of the lines, as if Shakespeare had written Portia on many levels.    On the day of the audition, she  54  two of Portia’s famous speeches for the auditors. When she had finished, the head of the Drama Club announced the  55  was hers.

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• 1His words puzzled me so much that I had a hard time trying to ____ what he really meant.

  A.make out

  B.make off

  C.make up

  D.make for

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• 2In 2003 the Chinese people were always in high spirits , for pieces of exciting news came toChina _________ .

  A.step by step

  B.one by one

  C.little by little

  D.one after another

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• 3The final score of the basketball match was 93-94. We were only ________ beaten.

  A.nearly

  B.slightly

  C.narrowly

  D.lightly

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• 4---- How is your life in Australia、  ---- Oh. Everything ______.

  A.is gone smooth

  B.goes smooth

  C.goes smoothly

  D.is gone smoothly

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• 5People should _______cultural differences. Showing ________ is very important.

  A.stand; standing

  B.tolerate; tolerance

  C.endure; endurance

  D.bear; bearer

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• 6What is probably the best title for the passage、

  A.The History of the New Look.

  B.The Growth of the Dior Empire

  C.An Expression of Freedom--Dior.

  D.The Founder of the New Look--Dior.

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• 7According to the underlined word “but” in Paragraph 1, in Dior’s life, he did NOT      (  ).

  A.make creative fashion designs

  B.work in a diplomatic service

  C.learn craft as his first job

  D.open a New Look House

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• 8We can infer from the passage that(  ).

  A.Dior and his supporter had different interests in business

  B.Dior’s New Look had little influence on people then

  C.Dior is only a brand of women’s fashion

  D.Dior’s fashion was not accepted at first

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• 9Which of the following may best summarize the passage above、

  A.A bad beginning makes a bad ending

  B.Action speaks louder than words

  C.No sweet without sweat

  D.Hope for the best but prepare for the worst

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• 10The writer learned that_______ from his first job.

  A.he should work for those who he liked most

  B.he should work longer than what he was expected

  C.he should never fail to say hello to his owner

  D.he should be respectful and faithful to the people he worked for

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