语法填空(五) McDowell的梦想+英国学生的一天
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Baltimore School for the Arts(BSA)has long been the dream high school for Antrel McDowell.
The 14-year-old schoolboy is from Maryland, US. He has hoped to become a 1. (dance) since he began dancing to music videos on television when he was young.
The BSA is a public high school that 2. (train) its students in the arts. Some famous singers and actors graduated from BSA.
However, it's not easy to get in. The school 3. (hold) auditions(试演) every year and there is a lot of competition. McDowell, along with 1,322 other kids, competed 4. the 116 seats in the next year's class.
When he got the chance to audition, “I put all of my energy into 5. (get)ready for it,” McDowell said. He practised singing 6. weekends and after school, memorizing the lyrics. He also 7. (clean) up his bedroom and made a big enough space on the floor for practice. And he performed in front of his family members and friends nearly 20 times.
At the auditions last month, McDowell did very well. “I was also asked to sing 8. Italian,” McDowell said. “I was so 9. (luck), because I had practised an Italian song.”
Last week, McDowell found out that he 10. (choose). He was very happy, “You have a dream. Then, you must work hard to make it happen.”
B
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In Britain, children go to school from Monday to Friday. School usually starts at nine o'clock in the morning and 11. (finish) at about three o'clock in the afternoon. Most schools ask their students 12. (wear) school uniforms.
School always starts with registration. What is registration? Every child going to school each morning and afternoon 13. (record) in a special book. The teacher reads out each child's name 14. turn. On hearing his or her name, the child makes a 15. (reply) and the teacher ticks his or her name in the book. From the book, you can see 16. the child is in school or not.
At 9:10, children go to the 17. (meet) place. There they sing songs, listen to a story and pray(祈祷).
The 18. (one) lesson begins at 9:20.They have break time from 10:20 to 10:35.During break time, the children have a snack and play games outdoors. After that, they go back in for another lesson 19. lunch at 12:00. In the afternoon 20. (lesson) begin at 1:10 and end at 3:15, and then children go home. They don't have a break in the afternoon.
参考答案
A 1.dancer 2.trains 3.holds 4.for 5.getting 6.on/at
7.cleaned 8.in 9.lucky 10.was chosen
B 11.finishes 12.to wear 13.is recorded 14.in 15.reply
16.whether 17.meeting 18.first 19.until 20.lessons
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