Shane Thomas is a 10-year-old pianist from England. He’s being called the next Mozart because of his amazing abilities.

He has only been having piano lessons for four months, and practices four hours a week, but he has already played difficult classical pieces. He was just seven when he sat down at the piano, and could play at once. He also says he never gets nervous.

When Shane was three years old, he said that he could play the piano, but nobody took him seriously. At school, he could listen to the teacher and do his work while composing (作曲) in his head. Shame remembers all the melodies（旋律）,and when he gets home he plays them on the piano, while his father records them. Shane loves playing the piano, and when he grows up he wants to be a composer.

His tutor, Richard Goffin-Lecar, says he is like Amadeus Mozart, who lived during the 18^th century in Salzburg, Austria, and was one of the most famous composers ever. Mr. Goffin-lecar says, “I don’t teach Shane very much. I just give him directions, then sit back and watch.”

His father, a single parent with two other children, says that although he has little money, he wants to send Shane to a good music school. “I’m a single father, but I have this gifted child. I don’t have much money, but I want to give him the best teachers, and also take him into a studio to record.”

1.When did Shane tell others that he could play the piano?

A. At age three.    B. At age ten.      C. At age seven.  D. At age four.

2.Which of the following is TRUE about Shane?

A. He feels nervous while playing the piano

B. He can compose in his head while doing his work.

C. He wants to be a piano tutor when he grows up.

D. He doesn’t like to listen to the teacher at school.

3.What do we learn about Shane’s father?

A. He also plays the piano well.

B. He’s a single father with two children.

C. He believes in Shane’s talent for music and will support him.

D. Not having enough money, he will ask the teachers for help

 

第二卷（共35分）

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：短文填词（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示；2）首字母提示；3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确、拼写正确。

Dear Sally,

Hi! I’m Li Ying, your new pen friend from Fujian, China. I got your name

and address from a magazine and thought I would w      to you. Well,             76.       

let me start by telling you something about         . I’m a high school              77.       

student of seventeen. I have many hobbies, among __ reading novels and              78.       

collecting        (邮票) are my favorites. I love the outdoors, especially           79.       

the sea and I’ve been on several tours abroad. I also enjoy            (听)          80.       

to both pop and classical music. In a word, I’m a            (谦虚的) ,             81.       

patient and caring person. I guess life in London must            wonderful         82.       

with so many places of i          to visit and so much tasty food to enjoy. I         83.       

hope to visit London d          my holidays because I really like to                84.       

learn more about your culture. I’m 1          forward to hearing from you.         85.       

Yours,

Li Ying

 

Boys' schools are the perfect place to teach young men to express their emotions and involve them in activities such as art, dance and music．

Far from the traditional image of a culture of aggressive masculinity （阳刚）, the absence of girls gives boys the chance to develop without pressure to obey a stereotype （陈规旧俗）, a US study says.

Boys at single-sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic activities that helped develop their emotional expressiveness, rather than feeling they had to obey the "boy code" of hiding their emotions to be a "real man"．

The findings of the study go against received wisdom that boys do better when taught alongside girls．

Tony Little, headmaster of Eton, warned that boys were being failed by the British education system because it had become too focused on girls．He criticized teachers for failing to recognize that boys are actually more emotional than girls．

The research argued that boys often perform badly in mixed schools because they become discouraged when their female peers do better earlier in speaking and reading skills．

But in single-sex schools teachers can tailor lessons to boys' learning style, letting them move around the classroom and getting them to compete in teams to prevent boredom, wrote the study's author, Abigail James, of the University of Virginia．

Teachers could encourage boys to enjoy reading and writing with "boy-focused" approaches such as themes and characters that appeal to them．Because boys generally have more acute vision learn best through touch, an are physically more active, they need to be given "hands-on" lessons where they are allowed to walk around; "Boys in mixed schools view classical music as feminine （女性的） and prefer the modem type in which violence and sexism are major themes, "James wrote．

Single-sex education also made it less likely that boys would feel they had to obey a stereotype that men should be "masterful and in charge" in relationships．"In mixed schools boys feel forced to act like men before they understand themselves well enough to know what that means," the study reported．

1.The author believes that a single-sex school would ____．

A．force boys to hide their emotions to be "real men"

B．encourage boys to express their emotions more freely

C．help to cultivate masculine aggressiveness in boys

D．naturally reinforce in boys the traditional image of a man

2.It is commonly believed that in a mixed school boys ____．

A．perform relatively better

B．grow up more healthily

C．behave more responsibly

D．receive a better education

3.What docs Tony Little say about the British education system?

A．It fails more boys than girls academically．

B．It focuses more on mixed school education．

C．it fails to give boys the attention they need．

D．It places more pressure on boys than on girls．

4.According to Abigail James, one of the advantages of single-sex schools is ____．

A．teaching can be tailored to suit the characteristics of boys

B．boys can focus on their lessons without being distracted

C．boys can choose to learn whatever they are interested in

D．teaching can be designed to promote boys' team spirit

5.Which of the following is characteristic of boys according to Abigail James' report?

A．They enjoy being in charge．

B．They obey stereotypes．

C．They are violent and sexist．

D．They have sharper vision．

 

单句改错（共10小题，每题1分，共10分）

1.This particular sad event left a deep impression on Pliny.

2.With so many different forms of poetry to choose, students may eventually want to write poems of their own.

3.It is the forms of people who were caught in the disaster that made the city a monument of human history.

4.It was the first time that Helen understood such a complex word.

5.He yelled the young girl so that the passengers waiting in line behind him could hear.

6.With Helen’s knowledge and vocabulary expanded, she asked more questions.

7.I thought that strange that my teacher could not show me love.

8.The word think was also a difficult one but she had a breakthrough while worked on a simple task.

9.My parents are classical musicians and they named me as a famous violinist.

10.In other words, doctors need to achieve balance between being an authority figure and being a friendly human being.

 

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