III. Reading Comprehension （35分）
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
There was a man who played the piano in a small bar. There were not too many ___46___, but because he was a good piano player, some people ___47___ came in every night just to hear him play. But one night, a patron (老顾客) told him he didn’t want to hear him play but to sing a song.
The man said, “I have never done that before in public. I think I’m ___48___ at playing the piano.” But the customer ___49___. He told the waiter, “I’m ___50___ listening to the piano day after day. I want to hear something new and I want that guy to sing.”
The waiter ___51___ across the room, “Hey, buddy! If you want to get ___52___, sing a song. The patrons are asking you to sing!”
So in order no bring some money home that night, the piano player who had never sung in public did so for the very first time. And ___53___ had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung before ___54___ that night by Nat King Cole, and it surprised all, including the ___55___ himself.
He had talent he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar, but ___56___ he had to sing, he went on to become one of the best-known entertainers in America.
You, too, have skills and ___57___. You may not feel as if your “talent” is particularly ___58___, but it may be better than you think! And with persistence, most skills can be ___59___. Besides, you may as well have no ability at all if you sit on whatever talent you possess. The ___60___ is not “What ability do I have that is useful?” It is rather “How will I use whatever ability I have?”
46.   A. waiters       B. players       C. singers       D. customers
47.   A. never         B. still     C. ever    D. only
48.   A. better  B. nicer   C. easier  D. sooner
49.   A. agreed       B. worried      C. insisted      D. charged
50.   A. familiar with     B. fond of      C. used to      D. tired of
51.   A. complained       B. shouted      C. explained   D. served
52.   A. changed     B. fired          C. paid    D. praised
53.   A. nobody      B. anybody     C. somebody   D. everybody
54.   A. since   B. after   C. until   D. when
55.   A. waiter B. singer C. patron D. owner
56.   A. unless B. although     C. because      D. if
57    A. advantages B. characters   C. abilities      D. principles
58.   A. different    B. surprising   C. famous       D. great
59.   A. improved   B. wasted       C. recognized        D. impressed
60    A. decision     B. difficulty    C. question     D. solution

III. Reading Comprehension （35分）

Section A

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

There was a man who played the piano in a small bar. There were not too many ___46___, but because he was a good piano player, some people ___47___ came in every night just to hear him play. But one night, a patron (老顾客) told him he didn’t want to hear him play but to sing a song.

The man said, “I have never done that before in public. I think I’m ___48___ at playing the piano.” But the customer ___49___. He told the waiter, “I’m ___50___ listening to the piano day after day. I want to hear something new and I want that guy to sing.”

The waiter ___51___ across the room, “Hey, buddy! If you want to get ___52___, sing a song. The patrons are asking you to sing!”

So in order no bring some money home that night, the piano player who had never sung in public did so for the very first time. And ___53___ had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung before ___54___ that night by Nat King Cole, and it surprised all, including the ___55___ himself.

He had talent he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar, but ___56___ he had to sing, he went on to become one of the best-known entertainers in America.

You, too, have skills and ___57___. You may not feel as if your “talent” is particularly ___58___, but it may be better than you think! And with persistence, most skills can be ___59___. Besides, you may as well have no ability at all if you sit on whatever talent you possess. The ___60___ is not “What ability do I have that is useful?” It is rather “How will I use whatever ability I have?”

46.   A. waiters         B. players         C. singers         D. customers

47.   A. never            B. still       C. ever     D. only

48.   A. better  B. nicer    C. easier  D. sooner

49.   A. agreed          B. worried        C. insisted       D. charged

50.   A. familiar with         B. fond of C. used to        D. tired of

51.   A. complained B. shouted        C. explained     D. served

52.   A. changed       B. fired              C. paid      D. praised

53.   A. nobody         B. anybody       C. somebody    D. everybody

54.   A. since    B. after    C. until     D. when

55.   A. waiter B. singer  C. patron D. owner

56.   A. unless  B. although      C. because       D. if

57     A. advantages B. characters   C. abilities        D. principles

58.   A. different       B. surprising    C. famous         D. great

59.   A. improved     B. wasted         C. recognized          D. impressed

60     A. decision        B. difficulty       C. question       D. solution

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

There was a man who played the piano in a small bar. There were not too many ___46___, but because he was a good piano player, some people ___47___ came in every night just to hear him play. But one night, a patron (老顾客) told him he didn’t want to hear him play but to sing a song.

The man said, “I have never done that before in public. I think I’m ___48___ at playing the piano.” But the customer ___49___. He told the waiter, “I’m ___50___ listening to the piano day after day. I want to hear something new and I want that guy to sing.”

The waiter ___51___ across the room, “Hey, buddy! If you want to get ___52___, sing a song. The patrons are asking you to sing!”

So in order no bring some money home that night, the piano player who had never sung in public did so for the very first time. And ___53___ had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung before ___54___ that night by Nat King Cole, and it surprised all, including the ___55___ himself.

He had talent he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar, but ___56___ he had to sing, he went on to become one of the best-known entertainers in America.

You, too, have skills and ___57___. You may not feel as if your “talent” is particularly ___58___, but it may be better than you think! And with persistence, most skills can be ___59___. Besides, you may as well have no ability at all if you sit on whatever talent you possess. The ___60___ is not “What ability do I have that is useful?” It is rather “How will I use whatever ability I have?”

46.   A. waiters       B. players       C. singers       D. customers

47.   A. never         B. still     C. ever    D. only

48.   A. better  B. nicer   C. easier  D. sooner

49.   A. agreed       B. worried      C. insisted      D. charged

50.   A. familiar with     B. fond of      C. used to      D. tired of

51.   A. complained       B. shouted      C. explained   D. served

52.   A. changed     B. fired          C. paid    D. praised

53.   A. nobody      B. anybody     C. somebody   D. everybody

54.   A. since   B. after   C. until   D. when

55.   A. waiter B. singer C. patron D. owner

56.   A. unless B. although     C. because      D. if

57    A. advantages B. characters   C. abilities      D. principles

58.   A. different    B. surprising   C. famous       D. great

59.   A. improved   B. wasted       C. recognized        D. impressed

60    A. decision     B. difficulty    C. question     D. solution

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

There was a man who played the piano in a small bar. There were not too many ___46___, but because he was a good piano player, some people ___47___ came in every night just to hear him play. But one night, a patron (老顾客) told him he didn’t want to hear him play but to sing a song.

The man said, “I have never done that before in public. I think I’m ___48___ at playing the piano.” But the customer ___49___. He told the waiter, “I’m ___50___ listening to the piano day after day. I want to hear something new and I want that guy to sing.”

The waiter ___51___ across the room, “Hey, buddy! If you want to get ___52___, sing a song. The patrons are asking you to sing!”

So in order no bring some money home that night, the piano player who had never sung in public did so for the very first time. And ___53___ had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung before ___54___ that night by Nat King Cole, and it surprised all, including the ___55___ himself.

He had talent he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar, but ___56___ he had to sing, he went on to become one of the best-known entertainers in America.

You, too, have skills and ___57___. You may not feel as if your “talent” is particularly ___58___, but it may be better than you think! And with persistence, most skills can be ___59___. Besides, you may as well have no ability at all if you sit on whatever talent you possess. The ___60___ is not “What ability do I have that is useful?” It is rather “How will I use whatever ability I have?”

46.   A. waiters       B. players       C. singers       D. customers

47.   A. never         B. still     C. ever    D. only

48.   A. better  B. nicer   C. easier  D. sooner

49.   A. agreed       B. worried      C. insisted      D. charged

50.   A. familiar with     B. fond of      C. used to      D. tired of

51.   A. complained       B. shouted      C. explained   D. served

52.   A. changed     B. fired          C. paid    D. praised

53.   A. nobody      B. anybody     C. somebody   D. everybody

54.   A. since   B. after   C. until   D. when

55.   A. waiter B. singer C. patron D. owner

56.   A. unless B. although     C. because      D. if

57    A. advantages B. characters   C. abilities      D. principles

58.   A. different    B. surprising   C. famous       D. great

59.   A. improved   B. wasted       C. recognized        D. impressed

60    A. decision     B. difficulty    C. question     D. solution

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　The most important messages that humans deliver to one another often come in just three words. Think of“I love you”, or“There is no charge”. One of the phrases that I've found most useful is this: I'll be there.“I'll be there”, if you've ever had to call a plumber(水管工人)over a weekend, you know how good these words can feel. If you've heard them after a car trouble on the road, and used your last coin to call a friend, you have the feeling, too.“Grandma, I'm graduating in June”.“I'll be there”.“Honey, I'm stuck at the office and can't get to the airport to meet my sister”.“I'll be there”.“Mum, the baby cries all night, and if I don't get some sleep, I'll be tired out”.“I'll be there”. One person who really knows how to be there is Elizabeth, the Queen mother of England. During the sir attack on London in 1940, she was asked whether the little princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose would leave England for their safety. The Queen replied,“The children will not leave unless I do. I shall not leave unless their father does, and the king will not leave the country in any situation whenever I'll be there”. Another important three-word phrase is one of the hardest to learn to say.“I know it was for me, it is, maybe you're right.”If more people would say“Maybe you're right”, the marriage councilors would go out of business. I know from experience, it can have a disarming effect in an argument.

1．From what the Queen said, we know that she was full of ________.

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2．Why is the phrase“Maybe you're right”one of the hardest to learn to say? Because ________.

[　　]

A．it can't often be understood

B．few people would like to say it

C．it is too difficult to grasp its meaning

D．it would make some people go out of business

3．All the three-world phrases in the passage are ________ to hear.

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4．The purpose of the writer is to tell us ________.

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A．what is hard to say

B．how to comfort others

C．three-word messages

D．why there are arguments