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at an earlier age. Robby said that it had always been his mother"s dream to hear him play the piano, so
I took him on as a student.
Robby tried and tried while I listened and encouraged him and gave him more instructions. But he
just did not have any inborn ability.
I only saw his mother from a distance. She always waved and smiled but never came in. Then one
day Robby stopped coming to our lessons. I thought about calling him but I guessed he had decided to
try something else.
I was also glad that he stopped coming for the sake of my career. However, several weeks before
the recital (演奏会) of my students, Robby came,telling me that he never stopped practicing and begged
me to allow him to take part in it. I agreed, but I made him perform last in the program, so I could save
his poor performance through my "curtain closer".
I was surprised when he announced that he had chosen one piece of Mozart"s. However, never had
I heard a piece of Mozart"s played so well by someone at his age.
I ran up and put my arms around Robby in joy. "I"ve never heard you play like that, Robby! How
could you do it?"
"Well, Miss Hondorf. Do you remember I told you my mom was sick? Actually she died this
morning. She was born deaf, so tonight was the first time she could hear me play. I wanted to make it
special. I knew I could."
B. His mother might have been seriously ill.
C. He thought that his teacher disliked him.
D. His mother died and he didn"t need to play any longer.
B. the writer thought that Robby had given up his piano lessons
C. only by practicing at home did Robby learn to play well
D. no one else could play the piece of Mozart"s as well as Robby
B. the writer thought Robby was a bad advertisement for her teaching
C. with Robby in the recital, the other children couldn"t play well
D. the writer couldn"t teach so many students at a time
B. Robby asked the writer to do so
C. she wanted to do something to save a poor performance
D. Robby thought his mother would come at last
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试题【阅读理解 Robby was 11 when his mother dropped him off for his first piano lesson】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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life. "Hola," she greeted me when she came out of the bedroom. "Please speak to me in 1 ," I
interrupted. She paid no attention and 2 speaking in Spanish. The words _3_ me of my grandparents
and birthday parties in Mexico, but I knew my mother"s life would be 4 if she learned to speak English.
We had lived in the United States for three years, and she still had difficulty 5 to store owners and my
teachers. I was determined that she should try. "Why won"t you speak English?" I 6 . "Don"t you want to
be 7 to talk to people here?" "Isabel," she whispered. Mama always whispered when she was upset
with me. "What?" I was not 8 with her, either. She 9 for the English words. "Come with me to the,
uh - how do you say it? Meeting." "What kind of meeting? Where is it?" I 10 her, but now she refused
to answer. In 11 , we drove across town to the college, where she pulled into a brightly lit parking lot. I
was 12 . I had expected a meeting at someone"s 13 - a garden club or a parents" group. Then I 14
a sign on a door. My mother was 15 night classes to learn English!
"I don"t understand. 16 you"re learning English, why won"t you speak English at home?" I asked.
"You"ll learn faster if you 17 with me." "I speak English here," she said in her thick accent. She hesitated,
putting the words together, and then went on, "I speak Spanish at home 18 you."
I 19 understood - she spoke Spanish at home so that I wouldn"t forget the words, songs, and 20 of
Mexico. I said, "O. K., Mama, estabien."
| ( )1. A. Spanish ( )2. A. remembered ( )3. A. reminded ( )4. A. brighter ( )5. A. explaining ( )6. A. repeated ( )7. A. kind ( )8. A. friendly ( )9. A. searched ( )10. A. begged ( )11. A. turn ( )12. A. shocked ( )13. A. college ( )14. A. spotted ( )15. A. grasping ( )16. A. If ( )17. A. train ( )18. A. to ( )19. A. suddenly ( )20. A. situations | B. Indian B. considered B. informed B. fresher B. gesturing B. insisted B. able B. happy B. accounted B. examined B. action B. puzzled B. house B. witnessed B. enjoying B. Once B. play B. with B. fortunately B. effect | C. English C. avoided C. warned C. busier C. agreeing C. stated C. equal C. bothered C. called C. blamed C. silence C. frightened C. office C. watched C. taking C. Because C. perform C. for C. easily C. memories | D. Russian D. continued D. accused D. easier D. speaking D. requested D. worried D. annoyed D. cared D. questioned D. order D. embarrassed D. company D. scanned D. preparing D. Unless D. practice D. at D. partly D. language | |||||||||||||||||
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| We have met the enemy and he is ours. We bought him at a pet shop. When monkey-pox, a disease usually found in the African rain forest suddenly turns up in children in the American Midwest, it"s hard not to wonder of the disease that comes from foreign animals is homing in on human beings. "Most of the infections (感染) we think of as human infections started in other animals," says Stephen Morse, director of the Center for Public Health Preparedness at Columbia University. It"s not just that we"re going to where the animals are; we"re also bringing them closer to us. Popular foreign pets have brought a whole new disease to this country. A strange illness killed Isaksen"s pets and she now thinks that keeping foreign pets is a bad idea, "I don"t think it"s fair to have them as pets when we have such a limited knowledge of them." says Isaksen. "Laws allowing these animals to be brought in from deep forest areas without stricter control need changing." says Peter Schantz. Monkey-pox may be the wake-up call. Researchers believe infected animals may infect their owners. We know very little about these new diseases. A new bug (病毒) may be kind at first. But it may develop into something harmful. Monkey-pox doesn"t look a major infectious disease. But it is not impossible to pass the disease from person to person. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. We learn from Paragraph 1 that the pet sold at the shop may ________. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A. come from Columbia B. prevent us from being infected C. enjoy being with children D. suffer from monkey-pox | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. Why did Isaksen advise people not to have foreign pets? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A. Because they attack human beings. B. Because we need to study native animals. C. Because they can"t live out of the rain forest. D. Because we do not know much about them yet. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. What does the phrase "the wake-up call" in Paragraph 3 most probably mean? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A. A new disease. B. A clear warning. C. A dangerous animal. D. A morning call. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| It was a Friday morning and two lovers were going through a heart-searing breakup. As he was being 1 away from his lover,he banged on the fence 2 them. She was 3 desperate, and with all her 4 squeezed through the fence and rushed to him. A sweet kiss followed. No,this was not a passionate Romeo-and-Juliet love 5 .The couple is not_6 human. He is a ram, and she a doe. They have been living together in the Yunnan Wild Animal Park and have been in love since last year. In a fenced area the amorous ram, 7 Long Hair,has fascinated the doe,Chunzi. Liu Gencheng,has been 8 the couple for more than a year. "The two have 9 a lot of time together since they were little." The pair became famous after the local TV channel reported their relationship. Thousands, 10 some celebrities,left their 11. Many gave their blessings but some, 12 animal experts,left doubts. Cai Yue,is one of the fanatic web followers of the unusual love affair. "I first thought this might be a joke,but when I saw these photos,the love in their eyes 13 my heart. " The zoo manager vowed not to separate them. But after Long Hair fathered a baby lamb with the only female sheep in the zoo last month,the manager 14 . "The baby sheep needs care from both parents,"he said. " 15 the sheep and the deer are not able to have kids,we decided to separate them." The zoo"s plan was to form a "normal family" for Long Hair,letting him live with the female sheep and his baby 16 staying with Chunzi all the time. 17 ,the separation,was like a dramatic scene from a love story. "Long Hair even hurt his baby and the female sheep with his horns. It 18 us,"Li said. "And Chunzi has been trying to lick Long Hair 19 the fence." The zoo promised to let them "live happily ever after". "We 20 do anything to separate them." Li said.
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