The nine-year-old Marc Yu is called Little Mozart. He is too short to reach the pedals (踏板) of a piano. Marc, from California, USA, says, “The problem is that my legs aren’t straight enough, so I have to get very close to the piano.”
Marc’s 34-year-old mother played Beethoven’s CDs to him when she was pregnant . Marc started playing the piano at a birthday party when he was only two. While the other children were singing “twinkle, twinkle, little star …”, he walked over to the piano and started playing the song. It astonished his mother, because that was the first time he’d been near a piano. Marc gave his first public performance, playing Beethoven, at six, the same age as Mozart. After that concert, Marc won a ￡225,000 university scholarship.
At present he practices the piano eight hours a day. He also studies part-time at the famous Colbum Music School in Los Angeles, and flies once a month to China for lessons at Shanghai Music School. Marc says, “I like playing the piano because it makes me have a lot of different feelings —sadness, excitement, happiness and so on. I like playing difficult pieces, especially those that my teacher says I shouldn’t.”
小题1:The nine-year-old Marc Yu is from .| A．China | B．France | C．Canada | D．the United States |
小题2:Marc played the piano at the age of for the first time.小题3:According to the passage, the underlined word “astonished” means “ ” in Chinese.| A．使……理解 | B．使……担心 | | C．使……惊奇 | D．使……难过 |
小题4:At present Marc practices playing the piano .| A．once a month | B．eight hours a day | | C．in his free time | D．only on weekends |
小题5:What Marc says in the last paragraph tells us that .| A．he likes challenges | B．he doesn’t like challenges | | C．he is afraid of challenges | D．he wants to be happy and famous. |
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小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:B
小题5:A |
试题分析：这篇文章讲述的是9岁的Marc被称作小莫扎特，虽然他很矮腿够不着踏板，他非常喜欢弹钢琴，也很喜欢挑战。
小题1:细节题。根据文章Marc, from California, USA可知，Marc来自美国。故选D
小题2:细节题。根据文章Marc started playing the piano at a birthday party when he was only two.可知，Marc第一次表演钢琴是在两岁的时候。故选A
小题3:推断题。根据文章It astonished his mother, because that was the first time he’d been near a piano.可知，这是他第一次靠近钢琴，这个使他的妈妈很震惊。Astonished的意思是使……惊奇 故选C
小题4:细节题。根据文章At present he practices the piano eight hours a day.可知，目前他每天练习钢琴8小时。故选B
小题5:推断题。根据文章最后一段I like playing difficult pieces, especially those that my teacher says I shouldn’t.可知，Marc喜欢挑战。故选A
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“The zoo has money problem,” Grandmother Sandy said.
Angel listened. She heard that Fresno’s Chaffee Zoo didn’t have enough money to take care of its animals.
Angel loved animals. She planned to study them when she grew up. Angel’s family had four cats. Angel took good care of them and made sure that they always had food and water.
Angel felt sorry for the zoo animals. While the others in the family were cooking dinner, Angel was cooking up a way to help the animals. She decided to write a letter to show how she felt. At the end of the letter, she wrote: “Give a dollar, help an animal.” She sent the letter and a dollar to The Fresno Bee, a local newspaper.
A few days after that, Angel’s letter was published. Almost immediately, people began sending in money. Angel’s letter was having effect!
At school, Angel went to each classroom to read the letter that appeared on the newspaper. She asked students in her school to give money to the zoo. Next, Angel was asked to appear on television. She was invited to be on a popular talk show.
The workers in the zoo were very happy. Ray Navarro is the person most responsible(有责任的)for the animals. “Angel opened the eyes of Fresno,” said Ray. “She made us see that people can make a difference.”
小题1:By saying “Angel was cooking up a way to help the animals”, the writer means ___________| A．Angel wanted to cook the animals for food | | B．Angel was cooking a meal for the animals | | C．Angel wanted to help the animals to run away | | D．Angel was thinking of an idea to help the animals |
小题2:Which is the correct order of the following events?
a. Angel appeared on television. b. People began sending in money.
c. Angel’s letter was published. d. Angel asked her schoolmates to give money.
e. Angel wrote the letter to a local newspaper.| A．c-a-b-e-d | B．e-a-b-d-c | C．e-c-b-d-a | D．b-d-e-c-a |
小题3:Ray Navarro thought that Angel _________.| A．was most responsible for the animals | B．was good at making animals happy | | C．helped the people in Fresno | D．could cure blind people |
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An Englishman was showing a foreign visitor around London. “What’s that strange building?” asked the visitor. “That’s the Tower of London.” “I see. How long did it take to build it?” “About 500 years.” “In my country we can build it in five months,” Shortly after that they came to St. Paul’s Cathedral(大教堂). “Very interesting!” said the visitor. “How long did it take to build it ?” “Near forty years.” said the Englishman. “In my country we can finish it in forty days at most,” said the visitor. This went on all day.
They visited most of the best known buildings in the city. Every time they saw a new one, the visitor asked what it was and how long it took to build it. Then he said that they could do the same thing much faster in his country.
At last the Englishman got angry with the visitor though he tried not to show it. Several days later they came to the House of Parliament(议会)and the visitor asked his usual question, “What is that?” The Englishman answered, “ I have no idea. It wasn’t there last night.”
小题1:The Englishman showed the foreign visitor around _______ one day.| A．The Tower of London | B．St. Paul’s Cathedral | | C．Some famous buildings in the city | D．The whole city of London |
小题2:The visitor said that in his country it would take them ______ to build the Tower of London.| A．less than half a year | B．forty days | C．five hundred years | D．fifty days |
小题3:It took them a few days to see ______.| A．some of the best known buildings in England. | B．several best known places in England | | C．many famous houses in the city of London | D．most of the best known buildings in London |
小题4:The Englishman was angry by the end of the day, but he ______.| A．didn’t want to say anything | B．tried to show it to the visitor | | C．had no time to tell the visitor | D．tried not to show it to the visitor |
小题5:The Englishman’s answer to the question of the last place showed_____.| A．he was sorry that he hadn’t seen the building before | | B．he could say nothing because he didn’t know anything about it | | C．he was angry and didn’t want to tell the visitor its name | | D．he didn’t know how to tell the visitor the name of the building |
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Once upon a time there lived a woman who had a bad temper(脾气). She 1 at everyone around her. For most of her life she believed the anger inside her was 2 else’s fault(过错).
She went to see a wise monk(高僧) to ask for 3 . The monk told her to take a large pot（罐子) from his kitchen, fill it with 4 , and stand outside on the sidewalk in front of his house. “It’s hot outside,” the monk said to her “When a person 5 , you must give him or her a glass of water. Do this until there is no 6 left inside you.” 7 she stood outside with a water pot and served water to walkers every day for the next several weeks.
Every morning she asked 8 if there was any anger inside her. And every morning the answer was, “yes.” So she continued 9 water. Until one afternoon when a man walked up, took the water pot out of her hand and drank the water up, and then 10 it onto the ground as he went on his way.
The woman was very 11 . Unable to control herself, she 12 the pot and threw it at the rude man. The pot broke into pieces over the back of his head and he fell to the ground, bleeding.
As the woman calmed down, she realized the mistake of what she had made and began to cry. She called 911 and 13 what had happened. A moment later an ambulance(救护车) and two police cars arrived and took the man away. Then one of the police officers walked over to the woman, who was 14 crying, and said, “ The city owes(欠) you a big ‘thank you.’ That man has been 15 our wanted list for over a year now. He is an important suspect in many murder cases and robberies.”
| 小题1: | | A．pointed | B．laughed | C．smiled | D．screamed |
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| 小题2: | | A．anybody | B．somebody | C．everybody | D．nobody |
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| 小题3: | | A．information | B．news | C．advice | D．message |
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| 小题4: | | A．juice | B．water | C．milk | D．coffee |
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| 小题5: | | A．walks past | B．drives past | C．rides past | D．runs past |
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| 小题6: | | A．water | B．money | C．anger | D．energy |
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| 小题7: | | A．Because | B．But | C．So | D．Unless |
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| 小题8: | | A．herself | B．himself | C．itself | D．themselves |
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| 小题9: | | A．drinking | B．serving | C．selling | D．buying |
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| 小题10: | | A．put | B．dropped | C．fell | D．threw |
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| 小题11: | | A．happy | B．excited | C．surprised | D．angry |
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| 小题12: | | A．gave up | B．picked up | C．put up | D．cleared up |
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| 小题13: | | A．spoke | B．told | C．reported | D．asked |
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| 小题14: | | A．already | B．still | C．always | D．never |
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Amy Chua, well-known as the Tiger Mother, has held the attention of parents all across the US. She told Reader’s Digest that she’s a little strange about how her book struck so many nerves in the US. The reporter of the magazine is sharing the interview with us.
Reader’s Digest: Did you want your book to be controversial (有争议的)?
Amy: I don’t think it would have been controversial at all if it wasn’t for the Wall Street Journal headline that was called, “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior”.
Reader’s Digest: What’s your view on your parenting?
Amy: My children grew up with one Western parent. My husband doesn’t believe in raising his voice with the kids and we don’t spank (打小孩). They were really raised in a half Asian family. My book’s message is that we should try to find the balance. I believe that when children are little, you should restrict (限制) their choices. I like the traditional Chinese way. Respect authority (尊重权利) and don’t just let them watch TV all the time. I don’t think kids under the age of ten can make good choices. But once they start to get older, the lesson I learnt with Lulu (Amy’s second daughter) is that you have to start listening to them. You have to start giving them more choices and more freedom. I really think it’s important to find a balance.
I like the strict Chinese way of discipline (行为准则) and hard work when children are young. But when they’re older, you have to send love to your child, you have to listen to your child and really achieve the balance between creativity, choice and freedom on the one hand, which the west is very good at, and on the other hand, hard work and self discipline, which I think traditional Chinese parenting is very good at.
小题1:Where can we find the passage?| A．In a novel. | B．In a magazine. | C．In a comic book. | D．In a history book. |
小题2:The Tiger Mother thinks the reason her book became controversial is that ______.| A．she is very famous | | B．parenting is such a common topic | | C．traditional Chinese parenting is too strict | | D．the Wall Street Journal headline was called “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior” |
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE according to Amy’s view on parenting?| A．We should control all of the children’s choices. | | B．Spanking is necessary during children’s growth. | | C．Children should be raised in half Asian families. | | D．When children get older, parents should listen to them. |
小题4:According to the passage, we can see ______ in the west.| A．children respect their parents because of authority | | B．all kids under the age of ten can make good choices | | C．some parents don’t believe in raising their voice with the kids | | D．children do all of the things according to their parents’ orders |
小题5:What is the main idea of this passage?| A．The book that the Tiger Mother wrote is very controversial. | | B．Traditional Chinese parenting is much better than that in the west. | | C．The Tiger Mother shows some of her ideas about her book and parenting. | | D．Parents should achieve the balance between creativity, choice and freedom. |
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Nick Vujicic was born, without arms and legs, in 1982 in Melbourne, Australia. Nick faced all kinds of problems and troubles in his life. But he never gives up. Now Nick has his own speaking company: Attitude Is Attitude. And he has traveled around the world to give speeches. He shares with his audience the importance of vision and dreaming big. He says attitude (态度) is the most powerful tool in the life and failure (失败) is just a learning experience.
| Mark Zuckerberg, the boss of Facebook, is only 28. In only 8 years, Zuck turned his small website into a world famous network. Zuck once wrote to his workmates, "We don"t build services to make money; we make money to build better services"
| Jeremy Lin"s excellent performances in basketball courts attracted the eyes of both Americans and Chinese this year. Then what has led this young man to such a success? The following may help us understand it.
Believe in yourself;
Catch the chance when it comes up;
Find the system that works for your style;
People will love you for being yourself;
Stay humble (谦逊).
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小题1:Attitude Is Attitude is _______.| A．the title of Nick"s speech | B．Nick"s company | | C．an international organization | D．a machine that can speak |
小题2:Which of the following about Nick is wrong?| A．Nick had no arms or legs when he was born | | B．He says people can learn from their failures | | C．He tells his audience to dream big and have vision | | D．He has never traveled around the world so far |
小题3:Facebook is _______.| A．a world-wide network | B．Zuck"s workmate | C．a popular book | D．Zuck"s boss |
小题4:From what Zuck wrote, We can learn _______.| A．Facebook doesn"t build services | | B．Facebook doesn"t make money | | C．offering better services is more important than making money | | D．building services doesn"t make money |
小题5:From Jeremy Lin"s success, we can find _______.| A．one must have self-confidence | B．catching the chance is the most important | | C．one should try his best to follow others | D．one must keep the rules all the time |
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