成都市高中毕业班第一次诊断性检测

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her with the famous gold statue(塑像 ). The little statue was not then called Oscar. Like a new actor, Oscar was unknown. About six years later, it somehow got that renowned name. A number of explanations have been offered for its origin(由来 ), but nobody knows the true story for certain. Nowadays the results of the Oscar voting are kept secret. Only two people know the winners before the names are announced at the ceremony. The counting of votes is not done by one group of people but by different groups. Nobody except two members of an accounting(计票 ) pany sees the final results. The information is not kept in open files(卷宗 ). Winners39。 names are placed in closed envelopes. The accountants each carry a plete set of envelopes to the ceremony. One set is simply a spare to be used in case something happens to the other one. used in Paragraph 2, renowned means ______. 16, 1929 marks ______. Fairbanks39。 first winning of an Accademy Award first time Oscar got its name first time the Awards were kept secret Gaynor39。 s recognition as Best Actress sets of envelopes are prepared for the ceremony ______. for New York, one for Hollywood order to be perfectly safe for the ceremony, one for the newspapers because that is the custom B When the famous dancer Fred Astaire was interviewed for a job by a Hollywood producer, the movie “expert” turned him down, saying, “Can39。 t sing. Can39。 t act. Dances a little.” Here39。 s another stupid mistake. When the great scientist Albert Einstein was at school, his teachers considered him rather dull. And a final story, the famous Polish pianist Paderewski was told by a teacher that he39。 d never be a success as a performer because the middle finger on each hand was too short. What lessons can be drawn from these three experiences? First, true genius(天才 ) cannot be suppressed(压抑 ). For some reason or other it works its way out. Second, early judgements of a person39。 s abilities may be unfair or just wrong. Third, when there is a real determination to succeed, obstacles fall by the wayside. The famous motto “ad astra per aspera” can be translated as “To the stars through hardships.” Astaire, Einstein and Paderewski proved their critics wrong. of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage? Astaire was a famous dancer. ability will always make itself known. people never get discouraged Einstein proved his teachers wrong. Paderewski39。 s teachers told him he39。 d never be a success, they were ______. humorous , though concerned hesitant mistaken 61.“Ad astra per aspera” is used in the passage ______. a motto for the three men39。 s lives show the value of Latin send the reader to the dictionary point out that genius is always recognized early writer of the passage thinks that the reader ______. that the three men were successes dreams to bee like one of the men with(同情 ) the poor teachers of the three men that Fred Astaire was an actor famous for performing Shakespeare39。 s plays C The Erie canal(运河 ) was the first important national waterway built in the US. It crossed New York from Buffalo on Lake Erie Troy to Albany on the Hudson River. It joined the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. The canal served as a route over which industrial goods could flow into the west, and materials could pour into the east. The Erie canal helped New York develop into the nation39。 s largest city. The building of the canal was paid for entirely by the state of New York. It cost $7 143 789, but it soon gained its price many times over. Between 1825, when the canal was opened, and 1882, when toll charges(过运河费 ) were stopped, the state collected $121 461 891. For a hundred years before the Erie was built, people had been talking about a canal which could join the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. The man who planned the Erie Canal and carried the plan through was De Witt Clinton. Those who were against the canal laughingly called it “ Clinton39。 s Ditch(沟 )” . Clinton talked and wrote about the canal and d。