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。

There is an English saying that goes, “he who laughs last, laughs the hardest.” High School Musical star Zac Efron is laughing a lot these days. 小题1:, because he was always the smallest in his class and was laughed at because he had a big space between his teeth. In sixth grade, Efron’s basketball team made it to the league championships. In double overtime(两个加时赛)， with three seconds left, he rebounded the ball and passed it----to the wrong team! 小题2:

小题3: Now at 21, Efron is one of People magazine’s 100 Most Beautiful People, graces (荣登) the cover of Entertainment Weekly, Hollywood’s most influential magazine, and is traveling the world promoting the third High School Musical film. Director Adam Shankman described Efron as “arguably the biggest teen star in America right now.” Simply google “Zac Efron”, and you get more than 14 million responses. Yes, it seems Efron has a lot to smile about these days.

Efron was born and raised in California. 小题4:According to Efron, “he would flip out (发疯) if he got a B and not an A in school, and that he was a class clown.” It was his father who encouraged him to act. 小题5:He also took singing lessons. He graduated high school in 2006 and was accepted at the university of Southern California to study film. But he put it off----why study movies when you can star in them. Efron has risen all the way to the top of the movie business. And he can now laugh all the way to the bank.

A．He owed it a lot to his father that he succeeded.

B．But history, as they say, is a thing of the past.

C．He took part in school performances and acted in a local theater.

D．When he was young, Efron was an unqualified basketball player.E. He took school seriously.

F. They scored and his team lost the game.

G. As a young boy, Efron was picked on(欺负) by his classmates.

课外阅读显身手。

　　谁能想到，庞大的鲸，（竞　竞）是海洋中最优秀的游泳健将之一。“海上霸王”虎鲸，每小时可游上百公里；上百吨的抹香鲸还是海洋中的潜水冠军呢！另外，鲸还有这样一些本领：从静止不动，立（即　既）达到全速游动，又能马上“刹车”；既能快速下潜，也能快速上浮。这些本领，是任何舰艇都望尘莫及的。

　　鲸的体形特殊：硕大的头部，急速收缩的尾部，前肢演变成不大的鳍，后肢已经退化，整个身体像一（棵　颗）拉长的“水滴”。这类体形能大大减少水的阻力，十分适于在水中活动。

　　舰船设计师们由大鲸的体形联想到船舶，设计了多种水滴似的鲸形船。（已　以）往一些客轮、货轮的水下部分都是刀形，现在都改成鲸形，有的超级油轮也模（仿　妨）鲸的体形，因而加快了航速。

　　原先的核潜艇是雪茄形的，现在，出现了一些水滴形的现代化水下核潜艇。与雪茄形的核潜艇相比，水滴形核潜艇所受到的水的阻力可以减少很多，再加上核动力装置，功率有所增加，在水下航行时，速度有了大幅度的提高。

1．用“√”选出括号内用得正确的字。

2．写出下面词语的反义词。

收缩——（　　）　　　　增加——（　　）

3．选择正确的说法，在括号内打“√”。

（1）“海上霸王”指虎鲸。（　　）

（2）鲸是鱼类的一种。（　　）

（3）舰艇设计师们设计了鲸形船是为了美观。（　　）

4．“这些本领，是任何舰艇都望尘莫及的。”这句话中“这些本领”指哪些本领？

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5．文章是从鲸的___________和鲸的___________两方面来介绍鲸的。