On my eighth birthday, Dad bought me an accordion(手风琴） and said excitedly, "Once you learn to play, it"ll stay with you for life." But I didn"t want to play it. I just wanted to play games, But Dad asked me to take accordion lessons.
One day, I found a box in a corner. When I opened it, I saw a beautiful violin. "It was your father"s," Mum said. "His parents bought it for him. I guess he got too busy on the farm to learn to play it."
I had to practice half an hour every day, and every day I tried to get out of it. But Dad didn"t allow. I asked why. He answered, "Because you can bring people joy. You can touch their hearts." He added softly, "Someday you"ll have the chance I never had: you"ll play beautiful music for your family. And you"ll understand why you"ve worked so hard." I was speechless.
The lessons stopped after I finished high school. When I grew up, I got married and moved into a new house. I put the accordion in the attic（阁楼）.
One afternoon, my two children found the accordion by accident (偶然). They got very excited. "Play it. Play it," they laughed and said. I started to play some simple songs. I was surprised I could still remember them. Soon the kids were dancing. Even my wife was laughing and clapping to the beat.
At that moment, my father"s words came back to me, "Someday you"ll have the chance I never had. And you"ll understand." I finally knew why Dad had asked me to practice hard. Dad never learnt to play his violin. But I told my family, "This is my father"s music."
小题1:My father didn"t learn to play his violin when he was young because _______.| A．he didn"t like to play the violin | | B．he had to support his family | | C．he wanted to play games | | D．he didn"t keep on practicing |
小题2:How might the writer feel when he had to practice playing the accordion?| A．Delighted. | B．Excited. | C．Bored. | D．Relaxed. |
小题3:"Dad didn"t allow" means "_______".| A．Dad didn"t agree with me. | | B．Dad didn’t keep me doing it. | | C．Dad didn"t help me do it. | | D．Dad didn"t see me do it. |
小题4:What were the writer’s children doing when he started to play simple songs?| A．Singing | B．Dancing | C．Clapping to the beat | D．Screaming |
小题5:Dad asked me to learn to play the accordion so that _______.| A．I could go to a better school | | B．I could give myself much joy | | C．I could be a useful man | | D．I could make people happy |
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:B
小题5:D |
小题1:根据文章内容“Mum said. "His parents bought it for him. I guess he got too busy on the farm to learn to play it."可知答案为B
小题2:根据文章内容“I had to practice half an hour every day, and every day I tried to get out of it.”可知答案为C
小题3:根据文章的意思，可知答案为A
小题4:根据文章内容“I was surprised I could still remember them. Soon the kids were dancing. Even my wife was laughing and clapping to the beat.”可知答案为B
小题5:根据文章结尾时，作者的的感悟可知答案为D |
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Mike wants a computer. He asks his parents for the money but they say he must get it himself. But how does he get it? He 46 about this when he walks home. Not many people want to ask children to work for them. Maybe he can take away snow for the neighbors. But it is not 47 . He has to 48 a long time for that. He can’t cut grass for their gardens 49 he has no tools to do the work. Then he 50 one of his classmates, Dick. He is delivering(送) 51 . “I can do that, 52 ”, he thinks, “Maybe I can even get the computer right away. I can pay(付款) for it a little each week”. He 53 to catch up with(赶上) Dick. Mike asks him a lot of questions. He learns that it is 54 to get twenty-five dollars each week. Dick 55 him that the job takes about three hours each week and 56 him the phone number of the newspaper manager.
Mike almost flies home. After he tells his mother 57 he thinks, she 58 , “ I think it is a 59 idea,” she says, “I"ll call the newspaper.” “Wait, Mum,” Mike says, “I’ll call. After that, I" m going to be a businessman now.” Mike’s mother smiles 60 .
| 小题1: | | A．says | B．tells | C．thinks | D．speaks |
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| 小题2: | | A．spring | B．summer | C．autumn | D．winter |
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| 小题3: | | A．walk | B．wait | C．spend | D．want |
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| 小题4: | | A．because | B．when | C．while | D．after |
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| 小题5: | | A．looks | B．sees | C．helps | D．catches |
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| 小题6: | | A．newspapers | B．bikes | C．computers | D．tools |
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| 小题7: | | A．either | B．too | C．again | D．also |
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| 小题8: | | A．walks | B．comes | C．runs | D．jumps |
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| 小题9: | | A．friendly | B．kind | C．easy | D．wrong |
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| 小题10: | | A．sees | B．learns | C．tells | D．knows |
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| 小题11: | | A．teaches | B．gives | C．asks | D．makes |
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| 小题12: | | A．that | B．when | C．what | D．where |
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| 小题13: | | A．smiles | B．shouts | C．cries | D．worries |
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| 小题14: | | A．big | B．large | C．great | D．bad |
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| 小题15: | | A．sadly | B．happily | C．politely | D．angrily |
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A French woman goes to London to see her son. She knows a little English, but can not speak it very well. One day she goes to a shop. She wants to buy a hen for supper. But she can not remember the English word for “hen”. Just then the shop waiter asks her, “Can I help you?” “I want the egg’s mother.” the woman answered. The shop waiter does not understand her and says, “Sorry, we have not any bigger eggs.” Suddenly the woman remembers the word “cock”. “I want the cock’s wife!” she says. This time the shop waiter laughs.
小题1:The woman goes to London_______.| A．to learn English | B．to have supper | | C．to eat some hens | D．to see her son |
小题2:The woman________.| A．only knows a little English | | B．knows much English | | C．doesn’t know English | | D．doesn’t buy a hen at last |
小题3:The shop waiter thinks that an egg’s mother must be .| A．a bigger egg | B．the cock’s wife | | C．a hen | D．the hen’s sister |
小题4:The shop waiter laughs because he ________.| A．understands the woman at last | | B．thinks it is interesting. | | C．does not understand the woman | | D．thinks that the woman isn’t clever |
小题5:Which of the following(如下的) is true?| A．The waiter knows French. | | B．The woman buys a cock. | | C．The woman is foolish(笨的). | | D．The woman has a hen for her supper. |
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Hans says to his friend Kurt，“I’m going to take my car and drive to London.” Kurt says, “Driving to London is very difficult. You aren’t going to find your hotel.” But Hans is not afraid. He drives to Calais, puts his car on his ship, takes it off at Dover, and drives to London.
He stops near the city and looks at his map. Then he drives into London, but he doesn’t find his hotel. He drives round and round for an hour, and then he stops and gets out of his car. A taxi comes, and Hans stops it. “Take me to the Brussels Hotel,” he says. But he doesn’t get into the taxi, he gets back into his car. The taxi man laughs, but then he drives to the Brussels Hotel and Hans follows him in his car. They get to the hotel in two minutes(两分钟后).
小题1:Hans goes to London by________.| A．car | B．sea | C．air | D．both sea and land |
小题2:Hans can’t find the hotel in_______.| A．Calais | B．London | C．Dover | D．Brussels |
小题3:Hans doesn’t find his hotel because______.| A．he has no map | B．he doesn’t know English | | C．he is not good at driving | D．it is not easy to find the way |
小题4:Hans stops a taxi and ______. | A．follows it to the hotel | B．gets into it | | C．laughs | D．drives it to the hotel |
小题5:The hotel is ______.| A．very far away | B．very near | | C．very difficult to get to | D．only two minutes’ walk |
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Yao Ming, the centre of the Chinese National Men’s basketball team, joins the Houston Rocket in the 2002 NBA. The 2.2 m, 120kg basketball star becomes the first one to come from a foreign (外国的) team. Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in September, 1980. His mother is a leader of the Chinese National Women’s Team. His father plays basketball, too. Yao Ming is welcome in China. He becomes a very important basketball player in China Basketball Association. It’s short for CBA.
During the 2000-2001 seasons, he gets 27.1 scores for the Shanghai Oriental(东方) Sharks in every match. Yao Ming joins the Houston Rockets in November, 2002. He says this is a new start in his basketball life. He world do his best to learn from the NBA and improve(提高) himself. Sport analyst(分析家) Bill Walton says, “Yao Ming is very strong. He has the capability(能力) of changing the future(未来) of basketball.”
小题1:The Houston Rockets is the name of a _______ team. | A．tabletennis | B．volleyball | C．basketball | D．golf |
小题2:Both Yao Ming’s father and mother are ___________.| A．footballplayers | | B．theleaderoftheChineseNationalTeam | | C．thecentersofChineseNationalTeam | | D．basketballplayers |
小题3:Yao Ming ________ in CBA during the 2000-2001 seasons. | A．doesbadly | B．isn’tgood | C．isin America | D．doeswell |
小题4:Yao Ming _________ the Houston Rockets in November, 2002.| A．doeshisbesttojoin | B．isa teacherin | | C．becomesamemberof | D．leaves |
小题5:Sport analyst Bill Walton thinks Yao Ming can __________.
A. learn from the NBA.
B. change the future of basketball
C. improve himself
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“Can I learn to play the violin．Daddy?”Ann asks her father．
“That sounds good．But how long can you learn?”
“A month,” Ann says．“After a month，I can play for you．If I don’t play well，I won’t play it．”
“All right．” her father says．
He soon finds a violin teacher and Ann starts her lessons．The fee(费用) isn’t cheap，but her father doesn’t say anything．
A month passes．The time comes for Ann to play for her father．
She says to her father, “I want to play for you，Daddy．”
“OK，Ann，”her father says．“Start”
She starts to play．She doesn’t play well．Her father has a friend with him，and the friend can’t stand(忍受)it．
When Ann stops，her father says, “Great! Ann, you can have more lessons．”
Ann runs out of the room．Her father’s friend says to him, “I don’t think your daughter plays well．”
“Well，you’re right．”her father says．“But she’s very happy, right?”
小题1:Ann thinks playing the violin is________, so she wants to learn it．| A．tired | B．dangerous(危险的) | C．boring(无聊的) | D．interesting |
小题2:Ann wants to learn to play the violin for _______before she plays it for her father．| A．two weeks | B．six weeks | C．a month | D．six months |
小题3:_______finds a violin teacher to teach her．| A．Ann’s father | B．Ann’s father’s friend | | C．Ann’s mother | D．Ann’s uncle |
小题4:Ann’s father wants Ann to have more lessons because_________．| A．Ann plays well | B．the fee is very cheap | | C．he loves Ann | D．he 1ikes the violin |
小题5:From this passage we can see that ________．| A．Ann doesn’t 1ike playing the violin | | B．Ann can have more 1essons | | C．Ann doesn’t want to have more 1essons | | D．Ann’s father doesn’t have a friend |
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