(C)
After my husband died suddenly from a heart attack，my world crashed around me．My six children were all under 10，and I was burdened with the responsibilities of earning a living，and   caring for the children．I was fortunate to find a wonderful housekeeper to care for the children during the week，but from Friday nights to Monday mornings，the children and t were alone．
One Friday evening I came home from work to find a big pretty German shepherd off our doorstep．This dog seemed to intend to enter the house．The children liked “German” immediately and begged me to let him in．I agreed to let him sleep in the basement．That night I slept peacefully for the first time in many weeks．
The following morning we made phone calls and checked lost-and-found ads for German’s owner, but with no results．
On Sunday I had planned to take the children on a picnic．Since I thought it best to leave German behind in case his owner came by，we drove off without him．When we stopped to get gas, we were amazed to see German racing to the gas station after us．No way was he going to be left behind．
Monday morning I let him out for a run．He didn’t come back and we were all disappointed．
We were convinced that we would never see him again．We were wrong．The next Friday evening,
German was back on other doorstep．Again he stayed until Monday morning，when our housekeeper arrived．
This pattern repeated itself every．weekend for almost 10 months．We grew more and more fond of German．We took comfort in his strong，warm presence，and we felt safe with him near us．
As German became part of the family，he considered it his duty to check every bedroom to be sure each child was cozy in bed．
Each week，between German’s visits，I grew a little stronger，a little braver and mole able to cope；every weekend we were no long alone and enjoyed his company．Then one Monday morning we patted him on his head and let him out for what turned out to be the Iast time．We never saw German again．
64．The dog first came when         ．
A．it was needed most    B．the mother became strong enough
C．her father died suddenly         D．she was busy on the weekday
65．Which of the following can’t be used to describe the dog?
A．Loyal．    B．Beautiful．    C. Lovely．      D．Wild．
66．The wriier was very         the German shepherd．
A．afraid of    B．grateful to    C．cruel to        D．annoyed with
67．The family planned to go on a picnic without the German shepherd because         ．
A．German was too wild to control           B．German was too young to walk so far
C．the owner might come by to look for it       D．it might spoil the trip

(C)

After my husband died suddenly from a heart attack，my world crashed around me．My six children were all under 10，and I was burdened with the responsibilities of earning a living，and   caring for the children．I was fortunate to find a wonderful housekeeper to care for the children during the week，but from Friday nights to Monday mornings，the children and t were alone．

One Friday evening I came home from work to find a big pretty German shepherd off our doorstep．This dog seemed to intend to enter the house．The children liked “German” immediately and begged me to let him in．I agreed to let him sleep in the basement．That night I slept peacefully for the first time in many weeks．

The following morning we made phone calls and checked lost-and-found ads for German’s owner, but with no results．

On Sunday I had planned to take the children on a picnic．Since I thought it best to leave German behind in case his owner came by，we drove off without him．When we stopped to get gas, we were amazed to see German racing to the gas station after us．No way was he going to be left behind．

Monday morning I let him out for a run．He didn’t come back and we were all disappointed．

We were convinced that we would never see him again．We were wrong．The next Friday evening,

German was back on other doorstep．Again he stayed until Monday morning，when our housekeeper arrived．

This pattern repeated itself every．weekend for almost 10 months．We grew more and more fond of German．We took comfort in his strong，warm presence，and we felt safe with him near us．

As German became part of the family，he considered it his duty to check every bedroom to be sure each child was cozy in bed．

Each week，between German’s visits，I grew a little stronger，a little braver and mole able to cope；every weekend we were no long alone and enjoyed his company．Then one Monday morning we patted him on his head and let him out for what turned out to be the Iast time．We never saw German again．

64．The dog first came when         ．

A．it was needed most    B．the mother became strong enough

C．her father died suddenly         D．she was busy on the weekday

65．Which of the following can’t be used to describe the dog?

A．Loyal．    B．Beautiful．    C. Lovely．      D．Wild．

66．The wriier was very         the German shepherd．

A．afraid of    B．grateful to    C．cruel to        D．annoyed with

67．The family planned to go on a picnic without the German shepherd because         ．

A．German was too wild to control           B．German was too young to walk so far

C．the owner might come by to look for it       D．it might spoil the trip

(C)

After my husband died suddenly from a heart attack，my world crashed around me．My six children were all under 10，and I was burdened with the responsibilities of earning a living，and   caring for the children．I was fortunate to find a wonderful housekeeper to care for the children during the week，but from Friday nights to Monday mornings，the children and t were alone．

One Friday evening I came home from work to find a big pretty German shepherd off our doorstep．This dog seemed to intend to enter the house．The children liked “German” immediately and begged me to let him in．I agreed to let him sleep in the basement．That night I slept peacefully for the first time in many weeks．

The following morning we made phone calls and checked lost-and-found ads for German’s owner, but with no results．

On Sunday I had planned to take the children on a picnic．Since I thought it best to leave German behind in case his owner came by，we drove off without him．When we stopped to get gas, we were amazed to see German racing to the gas station after us．No way was he going to be left behind．

Monday morning I let him out for a run．He didn’t come back and we were all disappointed．

We were convinced that we would never see him again．We were wrong．The next Friday evening,

German was back on other doorstep．Again he stayed until Monday morning，when our housekeeper arrived．

This pattern repeated itself every．weekend for almost 10 months．We grew more and more fond of German．We took comfort in his strong，warm presence，and we felt safe with him near us．

As German became part of the family，he considered it his duty to check every bedroom to be sure each child was cozy in bed．

Each week，between German’s visits，I grew a little stronger，a little braver and mole able to cope；every weekend we were no long alone and enjoyed his company．Then one Monday morning we patted him on his head and let him out for what turned out to be the Iast time．We never saw German again．

64．The dog first came when          ．

A．it was needed most    B．the mother became strong enough

C．her father died suddenly          D．she was busy on the weekday

65．Which of the following can’t be used to describe the dog?

A．Loyal．    B．Beautiful．    C. Lovely．      D．Wild．

66．The wriier was very         the German shepherd．

A．afraid of    B．grateful to    C．cruel to        D．annoyed with

67．The family planned to go on a picnic without the German shepherd because          ．

A．German was too wild to control            B．German was too young to walk so far

C．the owner might come by to look for it       D．it might spoil the trip

B

When I was a boy, my father told me that he could do anything he wanted to. Dad said that he wanted to be the first to develop color prints in our city. And so he did.

When I was 16，Dad looked closely at the violin I played and announced that he want to make one. He read about violinmaking，and then became a violinmaker at the age of 43. He bought the tools and materials，opened a small store and set Mom up as the shopkeeper，while he worked at a local company. He retired from the company 17 years later and continued to make violins and other instruments.

Dad often guessed why the Stradivarius violins sound so beautiful. Some experts claimed that it was the unique varnish(油漆)that gave those instruments their beautiful sound. Dad argued that chemists could analyze the varnish—if that were the answer.

One of Dad’s friends asked him once which kind of wood was used to make violins. When Dad explained that the top was made of spruce(云杉)，his friend said that he had an old piece of spruce Dad might be interested in.

He worked for the next 12 months making a violin from the wood that his friend had given him. It proved to be a superior violin and it would become Dad’s masterpiece. He was convinced that the secret of the Stradivarius sound was in the wood itself.

Later，the instrument was stolen. Dad’s spirit was broken by the robbery, and he stopped making instruments. But he kept the music shop until he was 80 years old, selling guitars and violins.

My father has been gone for 14 years now. The violin has been missing for more than 25 years. Somewhere a musician is playing a late-20th-century violin with an excellent tone. The owner today may never understand why this ordinary-looking violin sounds so much like Stradivarius.    

45. The author mentions his father’s developing color prints____________.

A. to show that his father’s real interest was not in making violins

B. to prove that his father could do anything he wanted to

C. to give an example proving that his father was an inventor

D. to describe the real thing that made the author believe his father

46. What did the author's father think about Stradivarius violins?

A. The varnish was different from the others.

B. The way of making them was special.

C. The wood of the violins was special.

D. They could only be analyzed by chemists.

47. From the underlined sentence, we can learn that the author’s father________.

A. 1iked the violin very much

B. got crazy after this happened

C. 1ost interest in instruments

D. didn't want to become famous

48. We can infer from the last paragraph that the author __________ .

A. really hates the thief

B. misses his father a 1ot

C. really wants to play the violin

D. wonders who’s playing the violin now

When a group of children politely stop a conversation with you, saying: “We have to go to work now,” you’re left feeling surprised and certainly uneasy. After all, this is the 1990s and the idea of children working is just unthinkable. That is, until you are told that they are all pupils of stage schools, and that the “work” they go off to is to go on the stage in a theatre.

　　Stage schools often act as agencies（代理机构）to supply children for stage and television work. More worthy of the name “stage school” are those few places where children attend full time, with a training for the theatre and a general education.

　　A visit to such schools will leave you in no doubt that the children enjoy themselves. After all, what lively children wouldn’t settle for spending only half the day doing ordinary school work, and acting, singing or dancing their way through the other half of the day?

　Then of course there are times for the children to make a name and make a little money in some big shows. Some stage schools give their children too much professional work at such a young age. But the law is very tight on the amount they can do. Those under 13 are limited to 40 days in the year; those over 13 to 80 days.

　The schools themselves admit that not all children will be successful in the profession for which they are being trained. So what happens to those who don’t make it? While all the leading schools say they place great importance on children getting good study results, the facts seem to suggest this is not always the case.

　People would stop feeling uneasy when realizing that the children they’re talking to________.

　　  A. attend a stage school　　　　  B. are going to the theatre

　　  C. have got some work to do 　　  D. love singing and dancing

　　 In the writer’s opinion, a good stage school should ________.

　　  A. produce star performers

　　  B. help pupils improve their study skills

　　  C. train pupils in language and performing arts

　　  D. provide a general education and stage training.

　“Professional work” as used in the text means ________.

　　  A. ordinary school work　　　　　  B. money-making performances

　　  C. stage training at school 　 　  D. acting, singing or dancing after class

　 Which of the following best describes how the writer feels about stage schools?

　　  A. He thinks highly of what they have to offer.　　　　

　　  B. He favours an early start in the training of performing arts.

　　  C. He feels uncomfortable about children putting on night shows.

　　  D. He doubts the standard of ordinary education they have reached.