63．According to the passage, what do the three people have in common?

A．Courage　　　　　　　 B．Devotion　　　　　　　 C．Hard working.　 　　　 D．Self-confidence

C

When students and parents are asked to rate subject according to their importance, the arts are unavoidably at the bottom of the list. Music in nice, people seem to say, but not important. Too often it is viewed as more entertainment, but certainly not an education priority(优先). This view is shortsighted. In fact ,music education is beneficial and important for all students.

Music tells us who we are. Because music is an expression of the beings who create it, it reflect their thinking and values, as well as the social environment it came from. Rock music represents a lifestyle just as surely as does a Schubert song. The jazz influence that George Gershwin and other musician introduced into their music is obviously American because it came from American musical traditions. Music expresses our character and values. It gives us identity as a society.

Music provides a kind of perception(感知)that cannot be acquired any other way. Science can explain how the sun rises and sets. The arts explore the emotive (情感的)meaning of the same phenomenon. We need every possible way to discover and respond to our world for one of simple but powerful reason: No one way can get it all.

The arts are forms of thought as powerful in what they communicate as mathematical and scientific symbols. They are ways we human beings "talk" to each other. They are the language of civilization through which we express our fears, our curiosities, our hungers, our discoveries, our hopes. The arts are ways we give form to our ideas and imagination so that they can be shared with others. When we do not give children access to an important way of expressing themselves such as music, we take away from them the meanings that music expresses.

　Science and technology do not tell us what is means to be human. The arts do. Music is an important way we express human suffering, celebration, the meaning and value of peace and love.

So music education is far more necessary than people seem to realize.

62．What does the underline word "distractions" probably refer to?

A．Ways that help one to focus.

B．Words that help one to feel less tense.

C．Activities that turn one's attentions away

D．Habits that make it hard for one to relax.

61．What does Karen Pickering put on top of her diary?

A．Her training schedule.　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．Her. daily happening

C．Her achievements.　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．Her sports career

60．What does Sir Steven Red grave mainly talk about?

A．Difficulties influenced his career　　　　　　　

B．Specialists offer him medical advice

C．Training helped him defeat his disease.　　

D．He overcame the shadow of illness to win

59．What can be the best title for the text?

A．A mother's love 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.A Brave Act

C．A Deadly River 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．A Matter of Life and Death

　　　　　　 B

Sir Steven Red grave

Winner of 5Olympic Gold Medals

"In 1997 I was found to have developed diabetes(糖尿病). Believing my career(职业生涯) was over, I felt extremely low. Then one of the specialists said there was no reason why I should stop training and competing. That was it the encouragement I need .I could be a winner if I believe in myself. I am not saying that it isn't difficult sometimes. But I wanted to prove to myself that I wasn't finished yet. Nothing is to stand in my way."

Karen Pickering

Swimming World Champion

"I swim 4 hours a day, 6 days a week. I manage that sort of workload by putting it on top of my diary. This is the key to success-you can't follow a career in any field without being well-organized. List what you believe you can achieve. Trust yourself, write down　 your goals for the day, however small they are, and you'll be a step closer to achieving them."

Kirsten Best

Poet &Writer

"When things are getting hard, a voice inside my head tells me that I can't achieve something. Then there are other distractions, such as family or hobbies. The key is to concentrate. When I feel tense, it helps a lot to repeat words such as ‘calm ’,‘peace’or ‘focus’,either out loud or silent in my mind. It makes me feel more in control and increase my confidence. This is a habit that can become second nature quite easily and is a powerful psychological(心理的)tool"

58．How did the calf feel about the mother elephant's roaring?

A．It was a great comfort.　　　　　　　　　　　 B．It was a sign of danger

C．It was a call for help.　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．It was a musical note.

57．How did Ma Shwe manage to save her calf from the fast-flowing water?

A．By putting it on a safe spot.　　　　　　　　 B．By pressing it against her body

C．By taking it away with her.　　　　　　　　　 D．By carrying it on her back.

56．The moment the author got down to the river bank he saw　　　 　　 .

A．the calf was about to fall into the river.

B．Ma Shwe was placing the calf on the rock.

C．the calf was washed away by the rising water.

D．Ma Shwe was holding the calf against the rushing water.　　　　

55．A．consulting　　　　 B．worrying　　　　　　　 C．resting　　　　　　　　 D．thinking

第Ⅱ卷(共35分)

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 A

I suddenly heard an elephant crying as though frightened. Looking down, I immediately recognized that something was wrong, and ran down to the edge of the near bank. There I saw Ma Shwe with her three-month-old calf struggling in the fast-rising water, and it was a life-and-death struggle. Her calf was floating and screaming with fear. Ma Shwe was as near to the far bank as she could get, holding her whole body against the rushing water, and keeping the calf against her huge body. Every now and then the rushing water would sweep the calf away.

There was a sudden rise in the water and the calf was washed clean over the mother's body and was gone. Ma Shwe turned quickly to reach it and pressed the calf with her head and trunk(象鼻) against the rocky bank, Then with a huge effort, she picked it up in her trunk and tried until she was able to place it on a narrow shelf of rock.

Just at this moment she fell back into the river. If she were carried down, it would be certain death. I knew, as well as she did, that there was one spot(地点)where she could get up the bank, but it was on the other side from where she had put her calf.

While I was wondering what I could 　　　　 do next, I heard the sound of a mother's love. Ma Shwe had crossed the river and got up the bank and was making her way back as fast as she could , roaring (吼叫) all the time, but to her calf it was music.

54．A．In addition　　　　 B．Above all 　　　　　　 C．On the contrary　　 D．Believe it or not