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     Billiards（台球） is my favorite ball sport. The English player Ronnie O’Sullivan and Chinese player Ding Junhui are   46   my favorite players. They play it very well. I hope I’ll be   47   to play it well, too. Of course, it is only a dream. Of the two players, I  48   O’Sullivan, because he played it so quickly in the races.

When I was nine, I   49_  this ball sport for the first time. My PE teacher, Mr. Xu, and I became good   50   because of billiards. I still remember that one day Mr. Xu and I played billiards   51   class. We were so excited that we both   52  the lunchtime. Suddenly, my father showed up, he was very angry with me.

Well, it is   53  to know the rules, but it is not easy to get a good   54   in the game. Now billiards is becoming more and more   55  in China, and more and more Chinese are enjoying it.

1.A.two B.both            C.all

2.A.able B.free            C.glad

3.A.love B.like            C.prefer

4.A.hit B.joined          C.played

5.A.athletes               B.friends          C.teachers

6.A.after  B.before        C.in

7.A.knew B.forgot          C.remembered

8.A.easy B.hard            C.difficult

9..A.rule                  B.score            C.player

10.A.boring                B.famous           C.popular

 

It was yearbook day and we were given an hour to sign each other’s yearbooks in the cafeteria. I was president of the class and I played sports. When I sat down at a table, people started to come over to get their yearbooks signed and to sign __36__.

    Among them, a weak boy with ugly teeth and thick glasses kept shaking. I had seen him around, and I knew he was always laughed at. He seemed __37__ of himself, and was so pale that it __38__ us to look at him.

    He came up and asked me nervously, “Can you sign this?” I took his yearbook but I didn’t know __39__ to write. I saw that there was the name “Ricky Sanders” written on the front of it. So I wrote:

 

   

 

I put down the yearbook and turned around to get some signatures from some of my friends when I __40__ my yearbook was gone. I saw that Ricky had sat down with my yearbook. “What are you doing?” I asked him. He looked up calmly(平静地) and __41__said “Sign!”

My friends broke into a loud laugh, and I saw that he was carefully frying to put a signature in my yearbook. He hadn’t even finished the “R” yet. I thought for a while and __42__ to let him sign.

    It took him nearly five minutes to sign and when I got my yearbook back, there was a very shaky “RICKY”. He hugged(紧抱) his yearbook and __43__. I couldn’t help but smile back at him.

    In that moment, my __44__ changed completely.

    I gave him a high five and suddenly everyone at my table wanted his signature. He was asked politely to write in their yearbooks and the signature __45__ of his yearbook were filled up. He was smiling so big that it lit up the whole room.

    I changed school the next year, and I never saw Ricky again. However, I will never forget the day that he became the most __46__ guy in school. Whenever I’m __47__, I still look back at that yearbook.

1. A. mine          B. his              C. ours             D. theirs

2. A. unafraid          B. unsure           C. proud        D. tired

3. A. worried       B. surprised        C. taught           D. hurt

4. A. how           B. which        C. where        D. what

5.A. saw            B. noticed          C. thought          D. believed

6. A. still             B. ever         C. even         D. just

7. decided          B. meant        C. began        D. prepared

8. A. smiled        B. waited           C. left             D. rose

9. A. sense         B. value        C. attitude         D. idea

10. A. lists            B. pages        C. boxes        D. tables

11. A. different        B. patient          C. popular          D. important

12. A. away         B. out              C. behind       D. down

 

When I was a boy, I was a football fan. I played football with some other boys in the backyard all the time. My mom was worried that I would get ill in the hot summer.
One day my brother gave me a new football. I came into the yard and played it excitedly. But suddenly, the ball flew through the window and nearly hit my dad. Dad said nothing. He took my football and cut it in half.
I didn’t cry because I knew how terrible my mistake was. I didn’t expect (期待) to get another football. But to my surprise, Dad bought me another one the next month and told me to be more careful. I was really thankful for my father’s forgiveness (宽恕). He showed me that even when I made a mistake, he still loved me and gave me another chance.
Parents always give us their unconditional (无条件的) love and forgiveness. We should always give our love and forgiveness to them, too.
【小题1】 The writer played football in the backyard all the time because ________.

A．he was easy to get ill

B．he was a football fan

C．his father was a football player

D．his mother was worried about him

【小题2】 How did the writer feel when he got the football from his brother?

A．Sad.

B．Worried.

C．Terrible.

D．Excited.

【小题3】The writer didn’t cry because ________.

A．he knew his mistake

B．his father cut the football in half

C．his father was very happy

D．he nearly hit his father

【小题4】 After his father bought him another football, the writer ________.

A．forgot his mistake	B．was angry
C．was thankful to his father	D．didn’t like it

【小题5】 What can we learn from the story?

A．We should learn to play football.

B．We should love and forgive our parents.

C．We shouldn’t make mistakes.

D．We must play football with our parents.

A couple of years ago, I went to a lady’s house to buy some medicine. Upon entering the house, I  36  that there was a piano in the living room beside the wall.Being a piano music lover and player, I asked if the woman played. She said “Yes” and   37  that she had been taking lessons—at the age of 54!

“I have been  38  for 8 years now.” I said, after hearing her words.

“Then you must play a song for me before you leave,” she requested(请求).

I thought she was kidding and I  39  smiled. When I had bought the medicine, she asked me to play some music. I thought for a moment and 40   to play David Lanz’s Return to the Heart,   41  she had so much passion(热情)for and interest in music, and it’s one of my favourite songs.

I played the song to the best of my ability(能力), putting as much emotion into it as possible. She  42  it. As I was about to step out of the door, I heard a weak voice calling, “Young man!”

I  43  , and saw an old lady taking one little step at a time with the help of another woman. “I wanted to come out to thank you for the  44  song that you played. I have been very sick, and it’s very hard for me to get out of bed, but I really wanted to thank you for the song. It made me feel good.” she said. With that, she turned around and walked slowly back to her room.

I was deeply touched by her  45   and felt a deeper understanding for the song. It was  46  to its name, returning to one’s heart to  47  and joy. 

1.A. noticed        B. heard        C. learned          D. knew

2.A. explained      B. added        C. dreamed      D. wished

3. A. waiting       B. writing      C. practising       D. playing

4.A. simply     B. proudly      C. shyly            D. happily

5.A. promised       B. agreed       C. decided      D. hoped

6. A. since         B. until            C. because      D. if

7. A. hated         B. remembered   C. heard            D. loved

8.A. turned around  B. looked up        C. ran away     D. went on

9. A. valuable      B. pretty           C. beautiful        D. popular

10. A. kindness     B. experience   C. appreciation D. condition

11.A. correct       B. true         C. right            D. real

12. A. sadness      B. happiness        C. peace            D. honesty