Beethoven (贝多芬) was born in a small city near the Rhine in Germany. His father always drank and his mother was a maid (女仆). They lived a poor life.
Beethoven was a talented (有天赋的) child in music. People at that time thought he was as clever as Mozart. His father wanted to make money from his talent, so he told him to practice and play all the time. If he didn’t do that, his father would be angry with him and beat him.
Beethoven was very short and ugly. He couldn’t hear well from the age of 22 and later he heard nothing, but all these unhappy things didn’t make him dislike music. He began to write sonatas (奏鸣曲) at 12, and later he became a great musician.
His life was so short that he didn’t leave many works. But people think he was one of the best musicians in the world.
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择正确答案，并将其字母代号填入答题卷相应空格内。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
【小题1】Beethoven was from a        in a small city near the Rhine in Germany.

A．educational family	B．teacher’s family
C．rich family	D．poor family

【小题2】Beethoven’s father told him to practice and play all the time because his father wanted to make   .

A．him be a great musician

B．him not drink too much like him

C．himself rich

D．him beat Mozart in music

【小题3】What did people think of Beethoven at that time ?

A．He wasn’t a rich boy.

B．He did as well as Mozart in music.

C．He didn’t love his parents.

D．He would be a great singer.

【小题4】He was ugly and deaf ,       .

A．that often made him dislike music

B．but all these things didn’t make him dislike music

C．that made him stressed out

D．but he didn’t regard all these things as challenges

【小题5】Which of the following is NOT true ?

A．His father would be angry with him and beat him unless he practiced and played all the time.

B．His father never stopped drinking wine.

C．He left so many works that people think he was one of the best musicians in the world.

D．After writing sonatas at 12, he became a great musician.

Electric bicycles which run on battery-operated (电瓶) motors are winning over riders of ordinary bikes   41  their speed, quality and environmental advantage.

   They were first   42  on 1980s in China, but the selling was not very good. Today, thanks  43   improvements on battery quality, the electric bikes sell well. There are now more than 100 electric bicycle producers in China and 26 million such bicycles were produced in 2011. Japan is another large  44   of such bicycles in the world with a total production reaching 381,721in 2010.

      45  China is one of the largest producers of electric bicycles in the world, the   46   of its producers with mass production (大批量生产) is actually small.

Electric bicycles are still   47  in China. Time is needed for people to become familiar with them and accept them. Each bike’s price of between 2,000 yuan (US $318) and 3,000 yuan (US $477) is still   48   for ordinary citizens (民众). Although such bikes are quick, safe and  49  to operate, their batteries still have shortcomings (不足). They weigh more than 10 kilograms; their service life is   50   two years and they   51   400 yuan each.

There were more than 450 million bikes in China in 2006. If just one percent of all these bikes are replaced by electric  52   , the market will be very large. And   53   the battery is further improved and the price is    54    , many of us will not be able to keep back from    55   the latest electric bikes

1.A. because of   B. because   C. towards   D. at

2.A. build   B. built   C. building   D. to build

3.A. for  B. in   C. by   D. to

4.A. producer   B. production   C. produce   D. to produce

5.A. But   B. If    C. Although    D. When

6.A. buyer   B. number   C. price   D. owner     

7.A. old   B. tall   C. new    D. short

8.A. small   B. large   C. expensive   D. high

9.A. easy    B. difficult    C. hard    D. easily

10.A. other than  B. more than    C. over    D. less than

11.A. spend    B. cost    C. take    D. make

12.A. cars    B. bike    C. ones    D. one 

13.A. where     B. unless   C. whether    D. if

14.A. increased    B. raised    C. reduced    D. lifted

15.A. buying     B. brought    C. to buy     D. buy

 

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　"I don't like my parents. They always tell me I should do this, and should not do that. It sometimes makes me angry，" said Zhang Hua，a middle school student in Guangzhou. Do you have the same problem? Perhaps your parents had the same problem when they were your age long ago. Why does it seem that some parents are not so friendly in their children's eyes?

　　One of the biggest things is when someone becomes a parent，he/she likes worrying things. They worry about everything about you，from the time you were born. They do a lot for you，though something would make you angry，because they care about you and worry about you. They worry about your choice of friends，the food you eat，your work at school，how much sleep you get，etc. All these things are part of your life. They want you to grow up healthily and happily.

　　So how can you make things easier on yourself? It's easier than you think. Just make sure your parents know what you're doing. Get them to know your friends. Phone if you stay somewhere else so that your parents don't call every hospital in the phone book looking for your body. Say sorry to them when you make mistakes. Take responsibility(责任) for what you have done. Talk about your ideas with them. They may talk about theirs with you.

　　Most of all，try to think about why your parents do this or do that. They are still practising being parents and need help you can give them. Someday，when you become a parent，they may be able to help you how to get on with your children.

1.Why doesn’t Zhang Hua like her parents？

_______________________________________

2.What’s Zhang Hua?

_________________________________________

3.Why are your parents worrying about you?

_________________________________________

4.What may your parents do if you talk about your ideas with them？

__________________________________________

 

Dear Mum:
Today I’m going to tell you something really special. I know you work very hard and feel tired every day.
Every time you come home and see the messy(杂乱的) house. I know you are very angry with me. But you always say nothing and clean up the house .I always want to help you, but I have so much homework to do. After I finish my homework, I feel like dying. I really want to help you, but I’m so tired too.
I also want to tell you one thing, I love you so much. I usually talk back to you when you say that I don’t study hard enough. But in fact I just want you to praise（赞扬） me more. I will try my best to get good grades and get praise from my teacher. So don’t feel frustrated （失望）about my grades, OK? I have made up my mind that I will study harder and help you to clean the house. I am serious this time. I will have my homework done faster so that I can have more energy to clean the house. I will watch TV less so that I can have more time to study and get good grades. All these things are for one reason: I want to make you happy Mum.
I love you!
With lots of love Sally
【小题1】Why is Sally’s mother angry with Sally when she comes back from work?

A．Because she doesn’t study hard.

B．Because she isn’t good at English.

C．Because she doesn’t clean the house.

D．Because she doesn’t finish her homework.

【小题2】What does Sally’s mother think about her?

A．She thinks Sally is very lazy.

B．She feels frustrated about her.

C．She thinks Sally studies very hard.

D．She thinks Sally is a bad girl.

【小题3】What does Sally want?

A．Enough money	B．Enough free time
C．Good grades and praise	D．Enough good food.

【小题4】Why does Sally want to do her homework faster?

A．Because she will have enough time to watch TV.

B．Because she is interested in doing homework.

C．Because she has many important things to do.

D．Because she can have more energy to do some cleanig in her house.

【小题5】Which of the following is WRONG?

A．Sally feels very tired after she finishes her homework.

B．Sally love her mother deeply.

C．Sally’s teacher feels frustrated about her.

D．Shally wants to make mother happy.

Three days ago, the boss of a gold shop received a letter. As he was very busy, the letter was on his desk till dinner time. When he opened it, a $1000 note fell out onto the desk. With the note was a short letter:

Dear sir, I got married forty years ago. Unfortunately, at that time there was a lot of unemployment and I got no job. I was out of work for about six months before I got another one. Of course I was very short of money. I came to your shop to buy a wedding ring one day. The assistant brought some rings for me to have a look, later she was called away for a moment, and then I put one of the rings into my pocket. When she came back, I said I did not know the size of my girlfriend’s finger. So I left the shop with the ring but I didn’t pay for it. My wife died a month ago, and the fact that I never paid for her ring has been on my conscience(让我良心不安)all these years. I always feel guilty about that. At that time the ring cost $100, and I think that is about ten times at today’s price. Now, I am sending you that amount.                                                         Yours truly,                                                         A customer

  After reading the letter, the boss said,“Well, life is always full of surprise!”

1.The boss of the gold shop got a _________ 3 days ago.

   A. ring                      B. letter                    C. gold

2.The underlined word“unemployment”means“______”in Chinese.

   A.辞职                     B.失业                    C.就业

3.The ring the customer put into his pocket was __________ 40 years ago.

   A.$1000                    B.$10000                 C.$100

4.The customer wrote to the boss in order to ________.

   A. send the money for the ring      B. say thanks to him       C. return the ring

5.Which is NOT wrong according to the passage?

   A. The boss opened the letter by himself.

   B. The boss didn’t think life was always full of surprise.

   C. When the customer’s wife knew the fact, she was annoyed.