Tao Lihua, 14, is a middle school student in Shenzhen．She plays Erhu on the street after school to help her family．Many years ago, her father lost his arms in an accident, and her stepmother （继母） is now ill in hospital．

The father makes money by selling radios and drawing pictures by mouth with a brush．But they have no money for the mother's illness．

Every week, Tao plays Erhu in Lianhua Hill Park in Futian District in her school uniform．Early in 2006, CCTV reported the girl's story and more and more people began to know her．But the father refused the help from many people, and the daughter still went out to play Erhu on the street．

“I like Erhu and my dream is to be a musician．I'm going to study hard at a university for that．My father always tells mc to make a living through hard work and not to rely on （依靠） other people, “Tao said．

46．How does Tao Lihua help her family?

A．By doing chores． 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．By selling radios．

C．By drawing pictures． 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．By playing Erhu．

47．Why does the father draw pictures by his mouth?

　 A．Because he is good at doing that．

　 B．Because he has no hands．

　 C．Because people like watching him do so．

　 D．Because there is something wrong with his arms．

48．What does the underlined phrase “make a living” mean in Chinese?

　　 A．保持纪录 　　　　　 B．创建处所 　　　　　　 C．谋生 　　　　　　　　　　 D．创造生机

49．When did Tao Lihua become well-known?

　　 A．After CCTV reported her story．　

B．After she first played Erhu in a park．

　 C．After she became a musician．　　

D．After her father refused people's help．

50．Which is NOT true according to the passage?

　 A．Tao's family couldn't afford（承担得起）her stepmother's illness．

　 B．Many people wanted to help Tao Lihua and her family．

　 C．Tao Lihua doesn't go to school now because she has to make money．

　 D．Tao Lihua wants to take Erhu lessons at a university in the future．

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41．When do the volunteers help others?

　 A．In their spare time． B．At weekends．

C．On weekdays．　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．In the evenings．

42．______ can be a volunteer．

　 A．Children　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．Old women

C．Anyone aged 12-70　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．Young people

43．Volunteers want to get ____ when they help others．

　 A．money　 　　　　　　 B．computers　 　　　 C．everything　 　　　 D．nothing

44．Carlos Domingo does volunteer work with __________

　 A．animals　 　　　　　 B．children　 　　　　　 C．computers　 　　　　　　 D．older people

45．We can read such a passage __________

　　 A．in a newspaper　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．in a storybook　

C．in a picture book　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．in a text book

　 The doctor in a small town was standing behind his desk, cleaning something．On the desk there are some books．A young man came in and asked quite excitedly： “Doctor, have you anything to stop the hiccups （打嗝） ?” The doctor looked at him with a smile for a moment and suddenly slapped （给……一巴掌）him in the face with the cloth he held in his hand．“What do you mean by that?” The young man shouted angrily．“Why! I only asked you a question．”“That was the cure（治疗） for the hiccups,” the doctor explained．“Are they gone?” “No, it is my wife．My wife has the hiccups and she is out in the car．”

36．What was the doctor doing when the young man came in?

A．He was reading 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．He was talking with others．

C．He was cleaning something．　　　　　　　　　　 D．He was making a phone call．

37．Why did the man go to see the doctor?

A．Because was ill．

B．Because he couldn't stop hiccupping．

C．Because his wife was ill in bed．

D．Because he wanted to help his wife stop hiccupping．

38．Why did the doctor slap the young man?

A．Because the young man was not polite to him．

B．Because the doctor was busy cleaning and didn't want to listen to him．

C．Because the doctor thought it would be great fun to slap the young man．

D．Because he thought the young man had hiccups．

39．How was the young man after the doctor slapped him?

A．He was happy because he stopped hiccupping．

B．He was angry and shouted to the doctor．

C．He went out without saying say a word．

D．He slapped the doctor．

40．What do you think the doctor would do after he heard what the young man said?

A．He would feel funny．

B．He would ask the young man slap him, too．

C．He would say sorry to the young man．

D．He would go and slap the young man's wife in the face．

—Why did you go to the teacher's office?

—Mr. Black asked me to go, and he asked me ______I was good at playing the piano．

　 A．that　 　　　　　　　　 B．if　 　　　　　　　　　　 C．what　 　　　　　　　 D．when

—Did Mr. White tell you _________?

—Yes．He said he went there in 2009

A．where he spent his holidays　　 　　　　　　　 B．how he goes to Wuhan

　 C．why did lie visit Dezhou D．when he travelled Dezhou

—How can I get to the cinema?

—You can ask the policeman over there．He will tell you which bus ____

A．should you take　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．you should take　

C．you took D．did you take

—Which is ______ river in China?

—The Yellow River．

　 A．the second long　 　　　 B．two longest　 　　 C．the second longest D．two long

—Tomorrow I will be busy doing some housework．Can you ____ at home, Hellene?

—OK, mum．

A．help out　 　　　　　 B．help with　 　　　　 C．come out　 　　　　 D．turn on

—Do we need to come to school tomorrow?　　

—No．Today is the ______ day before our summer holidays begin．

　 A．last　 　　　　　　　　 B．close　 　　　　　　　 C．fast　 　　　　　　　　 D．first

Mr. Smith is always busy and he ______ has time to take a rest the ____ day．

　 A．nearly; all　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．hardly; whole　

C．hardly; all　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．nearly ; whole