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A Tchaikovsky concerto(协奏曲)is what made Romel Joseph fall in love with the violin.
He learned how to play in Haiti, where he was born, but a Fulbright scholarship brought him to the United States, and he finally earned a master’s degree, reports CBS News reporter Katie Couric. Music had changed his life. He wanted to do the same for the children of Haiti.
Joseph built a school in Port-au-Prince nearly 20 years ago. He was on the third floor when suddenly “It was like boom boom boom and everything just opened,” Joseph said. “And the next thing I knew I was on the ground.”
Blind since birth, Joseph tried to feel his way out, but was pinned(夹)beneath heavy concrete(混凝土). He remained trapped for 18 hours. He prays that his new wife, seven months pregnant(怀孕的), will be found.
He is now being treated at Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital for two injured legs and an arm.
Joseph wonders if he’ll ever play the violin again. He can feel sensation(知觉)in his fingertips. He said, “If you were to give me a violin and if I didn’t have to fold the fingers, I would be able to play.”
Joseph’s daughter Victoria spent three terrifying days unsure of her father’s fate. For her, having him home is the sweetest music.
“Can you imagine your dad not being able to play the violin?” Couric asked.
“No, I can’t,” Victoria Joseph said. “But I will love him all the same if he can’t.”
Romel doesn’t know how many of his 300 students died in the quake. As he waits for news about his wife, Romel Joseph is already planning a return to Haiti to rebuild the school and continue teaching there.
“We can save two children, 20, 200, 300, 500 through education and music, and these children will make a difference,” Romel Joseph said.
54.Romel began to like music ________.
A. because he was blind since birth
B. after he had listened to a famous piece of music
C. when he got a scholarship to study in America
D. since he was born in Haiti
55.From what Romel said in Paragraph 6, we can infer that he was ________.
A. upset B. fearful C. excited D. optimistic
56.To Victoria, the best thing is ________.
A. to see her father recover from the injury quickly
B. to listen to her father playing the sweetest music
C. to play the violin as well as her father
D. to be sure that her father could play the violin
57.Why does Romel want to go back to Haiti?
A. To save his students from the earthquake.
B. To change the life of children by teaching music.
C. To find out how seriously his school was damaged.
D. To look for his wife who is pregnant.
58.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Music education: keep your creativity alive
B. A great blind musician and his students
C. Haiti earthquake: a story of a music teacher
D. How did some Haiti earthquake victims survive
In this modern world, we rush around all day, doing things, talking, emailing, sending and reading messages. We are always on, always connected, always thinking, always talking. There is no 1 for stillness.
And when we are 2 to be still because we're in line for something, or waiting at a doctor's appointment, or on a bus or train, we often 3 something to do. Some will play with mobile devices, others will read something. Being still isn't something we're 4 .
This comes at a 5 : we lose that time for 6 , for observing and listening. We lose peace.
And 7 yet: sometimes too much action is worse than no action at all. You can run around crazily, but get 8 done.
Take a moment to think about 9 you spend your days.Are you constantly rushing around? Are you constantly reading and answering 10 , checking on the news and the latest stream of information? Are you always 11 through your schedule?
Is this how you want to spend your 12 ? If so, peace be with you. If not, take a moment to be 13 . Don't think about what you have to do, or what you've done already.___14____be in the moment.
Then after a minute or two of doing that, consider your life, and how you'd 15 it to be. See your life with less movement, less doing, less rushing. See it with more stillness, more consideration; more 16 . Then be that vision.
It's pretty simple: all you have to do is sit still for a little bit each day 17 you've gotten used to that, try doing less each day Breathe when you feel yourself moving too 18 . Slow down. Be present. Find happiness now, in this moment, instead of 19 for it. 20 the stillness. It's a treasure,and it's available to us, always.
1. A. place B. chance C. freedom . D. time
2. A. forced B. ordered C. invited D. told
3. A. have B. find C. buy D. get
4. A. familiar with B. curious about C. used to D. interested in
5. A. cost B. risk C. loss D. danger
6. A. play B. food C. sleep D. consideration
7. A. further B. worse C. farther D. deeper
8. A. everything B. anything C. nothing D.something
9. A. how B. where C. why D. whether
10. A. questions B. problems C. phones D. messages
11. A. walking B. rushing C. stepping D. going
12. A. school B. youth C. work D. life
13. A. silent B. patient C. still D. quiet
14. A. Nearly B. Ever C. Just D. Already
15. A. like 8. decide C. choose D. need
16. A. activity B. research C. study D. peace
17. A. Because B. Until C. Once D. Unless
18. A. frequently B. slowly C. fast D. quickly
19. A. asking B. sending C. calling D. waiting
20. A. Value B. Miss C. Owe D. Hold
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New York Times---( DINITIA SMITH )Tomorrow is the 433d anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth. A recent survey shows that more people are watching him, reading him and studying him than ever before.
Consider the recent yearly conference of the Shakespeare Association of America in Washington, where more than 600 people who study or admire Shakespeare from 18 countries took in topics like ‘‘Whither Attribution Studies,’’ ‘‘Unpopular Shakespeare’’ and ‘‘Sex Me Here,’’ a talk on breast-feeding and Lady Macbeth.
‘‘The national media is saying that fewer students’ taking Shakespeare,’’ Barbara Mowat, the editor of The Shakespeare Quarterly, observed in a speech at the conference. ‘‘But Shakespeare is thriving.’’ The association’s membership has increased by a third since 1990.
The Shakespeare business is so good these days that W. W. Norton is introducing a huge new collections of the plays into the already crowded field just in time for tomorrow’s birthday anniversary. Priced at $44.95, ‘‘The Norton Shakespeare: Based on the Oxford Edition’’ runs for 3,420 pages, offering introductions, illustrations and notes and three versions(版本) of ‘‘King Lear.’’
Today, movies and videos have made the plays even more accessible. Last year, ‘‘William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet’’ was No. 1 at the box office when it opened, and it grossed nearly $50 million. In New York in January, crowds lined up in the freezing cold to see Kenneth Branagh’s four-hour ‘‘Hamlet.’’ The students select a scene and then have a violent discussion about it.’’ Influenced by films, professors are increasingly teaching students by having them perform the plays.
【小题1】Why people from 18 countries came to Washington this year?
A.To celebrate Shakespeare’s 433d birth day only. |
B.To watch some plays by Shakespeare as planned. |
C.To celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday and study his works. |
D.To discuss how to teach students using Shakespeare’s plays. |
A.King Lear. | B.Hamlet. |
C.Macbeth. | D.Romeo and Juliet. |
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