" Wanted: A violin. Can’t pay much. Call…"
The ad in the newspaper made me remember my childhood. Because my family was  36 , I couldn’t have a violin. So I asked, "Daddy, may I have a   37 ？" Daddy’s face looked sad. But a few weeks later, Daddy went home with a case in his hand. Inside the case was a second—hand violin for seven dollars.
No one could know how   38  I was when I took my violin to school for my first lesson. Several years later, I became famous as a violinist. And then, I carefully   39 the violin away.
Now   40  this ad, I discovered the case deep in my closet(储藏室). I put it on the table. Then I picked up the   41  , walked to the telephone and called the number.
Later in the day, a man aged about 30 knocked at the door. "I’ve been expecting
someone can answer my advertisement.  My daughter wants a violin so   42  ," he said, examining my violin. "How much is it?"
I said, "   43 dollars. "
"Are you surer" he asked. "Seven dollars," I  44  and then added, "I hope your daughter will be   45  to have it and enjoy it as I did. "
I smiled, but I found my tears roiling down my face.

" Wanted: A violin. Can’t pay much. Call…"

      The ad in the newspaper made me remember my childhood. Because my family was  36  , I couldn’t have a violin. So I asked, "Daddy, may I have a   37  ？" Daddy’s face looked sad. But a few weeks later, Daddy went home with a case in his hand. Inside the case was a second—hand violin for seven dollars.

      No one could know how   38  I was when I took my violin to school for my first lesson. Several years later, I became famous as a violinist. And then, I carefully   39  the violin away.

      Now   40  this ad, I discovered the case deep in my closet(储藏室). I put it on the table. Then I picked up the   41   , walked to the telephone and called the number.

      Later in the day, a man aged about 30 knocked at the door. "I’ve been expecting

someone can answer my advertisement.  My daughter wants a violin so    42   ," he said, examining my violin. "How much is it?"

      I said, "   43  dollars. "

      "Are you surer" he asked. "Seven dollars," I   44   and then added, "I hope your daughter will be   45   to have it and enjoy it as I did. "

      I smiled, but I found my tears roiling down my face.

1. A. rich            B. poor            C. large            D. small

2. A. drum          B. guitar           C. violin           D. piano

3.A. surprised      B. excited          C. bored           D. interested

4.A. carried         B. put             C. took            D. threw

5.A. about         B. by              C. in              D. for

6. A. ad           B. violin            C. case          D. newspaper

7.A. badly         B. easily          C. quickly         D. luckily

8. A. Ninety         B. Twenty         C. Seven           D. Five

9. A. repeated       B. showed          C. reminded        D. suggested

10.A. clever          B. sad            C. afraid            D. happy

 If parents bring up a child with the aim of turning the child into a genius（天才）, they will cause great damage to him. According to several leading educational experts, this is one of the biggest mistakes that some parents make. Generally, the child will understand very well what the parents expect. and will fall. Unrealistic（不现实）expectations of the parents can cause great damage to children.

    However, if parents are not unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are hopeful in a sensible（明智）way, the child may succeed in doing very well—especially if the parents are very supportive（支持的）to their children.

    Michael Li is very lucky. He likes music and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and let him attend piano and violin lessons. Although Michael's mother knows very little about music, his father is a good musician. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.

    Michael's friend, Winston Chen, however, is not so lucky. Although both his parents are successful musicians, they set too high a standard（水平）for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him in every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. “When I was your age I used to win every competition I enter.” Winston's father tells him. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always quiet and unhappy.

1.The main idea of the passage is _________.

A. how parents should make a child a musician

B. how parents should bring up a child

C. what differences there are between the two boys

D. what aim is easier for a child to reach

2.Winston's parents set so high a standard for him that _______.

A. he has to do his best to win every competition

B. he has made greater progress in music

C. he is afraid he may disappoint them

D. he often wants to kill himself someday

3.It is one of the parents’ worst mistakes if ______.

A. they want their child to be a musician

B. they help their child to win music competition

C. they don't care for their child's education much

D. they make their child try to achieve too much

4. According to the writer's opinion, _________.

A. it's unimportant to let the children develop（=grow）in the way they want

B. sensible parents can train their children to succeed in everything

C. parents should be realistic and supportive to their children

D. unrealistic parents should arrange（安排）private lessons for their children