Disappointing Performance Tom was sick with disappointment. The piano performance was almost a success,however,he f 1 in his solo (独奏) .He couldn't understand how it could have happened.
He had practiced for weeks that seemed like m 2 . He had given up sports until after the performance because he wanted to make his parents p 3 of him. He spent all his time with the piano.
His teacher had said he was q 4 to learn. It was true that he accepted music as another15,another way to talk to people.
His grandparents,aunt,and uncle all came to hear him play,and he was anxious to s 6 them that he was the best in the whole class.
But,when he stood up to go to the piano,his knees felt w 7 He looked into the audience and saw his f 8 smiling back at him.
At this time,he felt n 9 His fingers began to tremble (颤抖) ，shaking as though he had caught a bad cold.
He sat down at the piano. He took a deep breath. He played the first part of his music,then realized with fear that he had forgotten the rest. He s 10 over,thinking that would help. It didn't,his bright musical life seemed to end.
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Beauty meant something special to me for a time. I guess that was before I was six or seven years old. Later I was sent to an orphanage (孤儿院) and the life there turned me into an old man.
I would get up every morning at the orphanage,make my bed just like a little soldier and then I would get into one of the two straight lines for breakfast with other twenty or thirty boys who also lived in my dormitory.
One Saturday morning after breakfast,I saw the houseparent (宿舍管理员) chasing the beautiful butterflies that lived in the bushes around the orphanage.
I carefully watched as he caught these beautiful living things,one after another,and then took them from the net and then stuck straight pins (大头4十) through their head and wings,and put them on a board.
How cruel it was to kill something of such beauty. I had walked many times into the bushes,all by myself;the butterflies could land on my head,face and hands...
When the telephone rang,the houseparent put the large board down on the ground and went inside to answer the phone. I walked up to the board and looked at the butterflies he caught just now. One of them was still moving about so I touched it carefully making one of the pins fall out. It started flying around and around trying to get away.
Soon the houseparent came back and started shouting at me. He picked up the board and started beating me on the head. There were all kinds of butterfly pieces going everywhere. I sat there by that big old tree for a long time. And I tried to get all the butterfly pieces back together,but it was too hard to do so.
Every year when the butterflies returned to the orphanage,I would always try to drive them away,because they did not know that the orphanage was a bad place to live and a very bad place to die.
( ) 6. When did the story happen?
A. On Saturday morning. B. On Saturday afternoon.
C. On Sunday morning. D. On Sunday afternoon.
( ) 7. The writer set the living butterfly free because .
A. it was interesting
B. he thought it was cruel to kill the beautiful butterflies
C. the houseparent let him to do so
D. he wanted to make the houseparent angry
( ) 8. According to the passage,the writer's life in the orphanage was .
A. dull and unhappy B. simple and easy
C. happy and full of hope D. hard and busy
( ) 9. What attitude would the writer have to the houseparent who caught the butterflies?
A. Satisfied. B. Thankful.
C. Angry. D. Confused.
( ) 10. The writer wrote the passage to .
A. talk about his experiences in the orphanage
B. show his love of butterflies
C. express his thanks to the orphanage
D. encourage people to protect butterflies
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Having returned from her round trip,the angry woman stood outside the ticket office. "The railway owes (欠) me $12. "she said to Harry Jenks,the young man working at the office. " You sold me a ticket for May 22nd,but there was no ship from Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It cost me $12. "
Harry was worried. He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. "Come into the office,Madam,"he said politely. "Fll check the Jersey timetable for May 22nd".
The woman and her little girl followed him inside. She was quite right,as Harry soon discovered. There was no sailing on May 22nd. How could he have made such a careless mistake? He shouldn't have sold her a ticket for that day. Wondering what to do,he smiled at the child. "You look sunburnt,"he said to her. "Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?"
"Yes"，she answered,shyly. "The beach was lovely. And I can swim too!"
"That's fine," said Harry. "My little girl can't swim a bit yet. Of course,she's only three."
"I'm four,"the child said proudly. "I'll be four and a half."
Harry turned to the mother. "I remember your ticket,Madam,"he said. "But you didn't get one for your daughter,did you?"
"Er,well," the woman looked at the child. "I mean. . . she hasn't started school yet. She's only four."
"A four-year-old child must have a ticket,Madam. A child's return ticket to Jersey costs. . . Let me see, $13. 5. So if the railway pays your hotel,you will owe $1. 5. The law is law,but since the fault (过错) was mine..."
( ) 11. Which is the best title for the story?
A. An Unpleasant Trip
B. Harry and the Little Girl
C. The Woman's Mistake
D. Who Owes the Money
( ) 12. Harry felt worried because .
A. he didn't change the timetable in time
B. the woman was too angry with him
C. he didn't do his work carefully enough
D. the woman didn't buy a ticket for her daughter
( ) 13. Harry started talking to the little girl because .
A. he had a little girl about the same age as this girl
B. he wanted to find a way out from the little girl
C. he was interested in the little girl
D. he wanted to show his friendliness to the little girl
( ) 14. When Harry said, "The law is law,but since the fault was mine.…"he meant that ,
A. they have to follow it without other choice,even though the fault was his
B. the woman had to pay him $1. 5,and the railway would pay for the hotel
C. she should pay $1. 5,but as he had made a mistake,she could go without paying
D. he must be strict with the woman because of the laws,though he didn't want to
( ) 15. We can infer that the end of the story should be .
A. Harry gave the woman $12 for her stay in a hotel
B. the woman paid Harry $13. 5 for her daughter's ticket
C. the woman got $1. 5 from Harry
D. the woman's lie was out and she quickly left the office with her daughter
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Tim,a successful businessman,told stories of his childhood.
When he was 12 ,his parents died. He was alone and didn't get on well with others. People always laughed at him. No one showed kindness to him.
His only friend was a dog named Tiger. He gave his dog enough to eat and drink,but sometimes he was not polite to it. He didn't know that an unkind word sometimes could cut one's heart like a knife.
One day as he walked down the street,a young lady was walking in front of him: Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped to pick it up,she dropped other bags. He came to help her. "Thank you!You are a nice little boy!" she said kindly,smiling.
A special feeling came to him. They were the first kind words he had ever heard. He watched her until she went far away,and then he whistled to his dog and directly to the river nearby.
"Thank you!You are a nice little boy！" he repeated the woman's words. Then in a low voice he said to his dog, "You are a nice little dog!" Tiger raised its ears as if it understood.
"Um!Even a dog likes it," he said. "Well,Tiger,I won't say unkind words to you any more. " Tiger waved its tail happily.
The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw nothing but a dirty boy. He washed his face carefully. Again he looked,he saw a clean boy. He was amazed. From then on,it was the beginning of a new life for him.
After telling this story,the businessman stopped for a while,and then he said ," Ladies and gentlemen,this is the very place where that kind woman planted in me the first seed of kindness. All of us should learn about kindness. What great power it has!"
( ) 1. What happened to Tim when he was young?
A. He lost his lovely dog.
B. He often laughed at others.
C. Both of his parents died.
D. He did business to support himself.
( ) 2. What made Tim start a new life?
A. The hard life. B. The lady's words.
C. His lovely dog. D. His own business.
( ) 3. It's clear that .
A. Tim had few friends around him
B. Tim was hardly looked down upon
C. Tim spoke unkind words to Tiger
D. Tim helped the lady when she needed help
( ) 4. The underlined phrase "first seed" in the passage means "
A. beginning B idea C. end D. hope
( ) 5. What's the best title of this passage?
A. A Dog and a Boy
B. The Boy's Friendship
C. Successful Business
D. The Power of Kindness National Music Enjoy the music from Jiang Dawei,the famous singer.
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Hope for a Safer World Close your eyes. Make a wish. What is it? You may want to have a cool schoolbag or do well in school work. Some teens in Beijing have a different wish. They want a peaceful world. In it,everyone can live happily.
There is an environment group,Roots and Shoots (才艮与芽) in Beijing. And,it had something for the teens to do on Sundays. It asked the teens to make a wish for World Peace Day. So,the young people got together to sing peace songs. They also "flew" some peace doves outside. That white bird means peace and love around the world.
The large doves were not real doves. They were made out of pieces of cloth. Students took them outside. Many countries do things like this for World peace Day every year.
In 1981,the United Nations (UN，联合国) decided to have a World Peace Day. In 2001,September 21 became that day. Liu Xuesong is a Junior 1 student in Beijing. " I saw the children in Iraq (伊拉克) and other places on TV," she said, "I want to write letters to them and help them."
Many students also made kites. Zhang Yongzheng,13. from Beijing Xicheng Foreign Language School,made a kite in three days. She drew a lotus (荷花) and a bottle on it. In Chinese,lotus and bottle sound the same as the word "peace".
Her classmate,Zhao Chenning,drew some countries' flags on her kite. "We are a big family," she said. "I want the kite to fly high!Then everyone can see it and know my wish."
Pan Ziheng,a Junior 2 student at Beijing Yucai School,said ," I want to stop wars,so the lovely animals and plants can live well. I wish to work for the UN when I grow up. Now I will just be a good boy and be nice to everybody."
( ) 11. How often do the members in the environment group meet?
A. Every day. B. Every other day.
C. Every week. D. Every month.
( ) 12. What do the members in the environment group do?
A. They wish for peace. B. They sing peace songs.
C. They "fly" peace doves. D. They do all the above.
( ) 13. What do you know about the doves that the students fly from the passage?
A. They are real doves that the students keep.
B. They are real doves that the students bought.
C. They are made of pieces of cloth.
D. They are paper doves.
( ) 14. Which of the following can't be seen on the kites made by the students?
A. Doves. B. Bottle.
C. Lotus. D. Some countries' flags.
( ) 15. Which of the following is NOT the wish of the students?
A. People all over the world can live like in a big family.
B. More students can join in their activity of flying kites.
C. All animals and plants can live well.
D. War can be stopped.
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( ) 10. —Excuse me,could you tell me ？
―There's a bank on the second floor. You can make it there.
A. where I can change money
B. how I can get to the bank
C. if there's a bank near here
D. where the bank is
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