John is six years old. He can read and write well. But he can’t tell the time. His mother, Mrs Brown teaches him many times,  but he still can’t tell. He would say “breakfast time”, “lunchtime” and “teatime” instead of  (代替) saying eight o’clock, twelve o’clock and four o’clock in the afternoon. His mother doesn’t know how to help him.
One day, John’s aunt, Mary comes to see his mother. His mother tells her about that. His aunt says. “Let me help you. I think I can help him.”
When John comes home after school, Mary begins to teach him.
“Can you count （数数）,John?” she asks him.
“Yes. One, two, three, four…” John says.
“That’s fine. Now I put the long hand （钟表的长指针）on twelve and the short hand on one.” That’s one o’clock. If I put the short hand on two, what is the time?”
“Two o’clock.”
“Good. And on three?”
“Three o’clock.”
Then it is four o’clock in the afternoon, and John’s aunt asks him, “What time is it now, John?”
“Teatime, Aunt, and I am very hungry (饥饿).” John looks at the clock and answers.
(    )1. John’s mother teaches him to ________________.
A. read     B. write     C. tell the time     D. help her
(    )2. The long hand is on twelve, and the short hand is on five. What’s the time?
A. Twelve    B. Five    C. Lunchtime   D. One o’clock

Ole Bull was a very famous violinist from Norway. He really liked to play the violin. But his father thought that playing the violin was not useful. So his father sent him to university to study. However, playing the violin was his dream. He didn’t want to give up his dream. So he left university before he finished his studies and spent all his time and energy practicing the violin. Unfortunately, his violin teacher was not very good. So when it was time for him to start his concert tour, he still couldn’t play the violin very well.
Therefore, a Milan newspaper critic¹ criticized him and said that he was an untrained violinist. The critic said, “If he is gold, he is not ready to shine² yet.”
When facing this kind of problem, some people may become very angry and some people try to learn from it. Fortunately, Ole Bull belonged to the second group. He went to the newspaper office and found the critic. Instead of being angry, he talked about his mistakes with the man and listened to the man’s advice.
After he met the critic, he gave up the rest of his concerts. Then he went back to practice the violin with the help of good teachers. In the end, he got great success when he was only 26. He also became one of the most famous violinists in the world.
【小题1】Why didn’t Ole Bull’s father like him to play the piano?

词汇应用

Brian was not good at public speaking. One day, he   1   (invite) to make a speech at a church. His  2   (young) sister, Ann knew he was nervous and tried to calm him down. "Don't worry. Everything  3   (be) fine. " When the day came, Brian's car had an accident on the way to the church. Luckily, he was not  4   (bad) hurt and arrived at the church on time. It was  5 (he) turn. When he stood up, hit coat became tangled with his chair. After a few 6   (minute), he finally began his speech. but he was so nervous that he dropped his book. Many people thought he would run, but he went on.

Suddenly, people saw something   7   (usual)   8   (run) down from his nose, blood! He stopped _9_ (speak) when he saw the blood. But he still tried to finish his still tired to finish his speech. Then Ann quietly moved to the front and handed him her handkerchief. Then she gave him a smile and   10   (return) to her seat,

It was a   11   (real) simple gesture, and might be the   12   (simple). She just saw someone in need, and gave him a hand. In the end, Brian finished his talk, with more confidence.

1.______ ___ 2.__________ 3. _________ 4.______ __5._____ 6. ______7. ________8.________9. ___________ 10. __________ 11. _________ 12.___________

单词拼写。（共10小题，计10分）

根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母，写出各单词的完全形式（每空限填一词）。

1. E_________ more vegetables is good for our health.

2.Because of his i_________, he didn’t come to school yesterday.

3.A_________ he is very old, he still exercises every day.

4. There are many d_________ between the pictures.

5. B_________ in yourself. You can do it very well.

6. The station is five k_________ away from my house.

7. It’s 30 m_________ walk for them to go to school.

8. How much we are paid d_________ on how hard we work.

9.The foreigner, Mr Smith, takes a great i_________ in Chinese culture.

10. Have you read the i_________ on the label (标签) carefully?