Wishing to encourage her young son’s progress on the piano, a mother took her boy to a Paderewski concert. After they were   1 , the mother spotted a friend in the audience and walked down the passage to greet her.

Seizing the   2  to explore the wonders of the concert hall, the little boy rose and 3__ explored his way through a door marked “NO ADMITTANCE.” When the house lights dimmed and the concert was about to begin, the mother returned to her seat and 4  that the child was missing.

Suddenly, the curtains parted and spotlights focused on the impressive Steinway on stage. In __5  , the mother saw her little boy sitting at the key-board, 6__ picking out Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.

At that moment, the great piano master made his 7 , quickly moved to the piano, and __8  in the boy’s ear, “Don’t quit. Keep playing.”

Then 9 over, Paderewski reached down with his left hand and began filling in a bass part. Soon his right arm reached around to the other side of the child and he added a running obbligato (伴奏). Together, the old master and the young novice (beginner) transformed a frightening situation into a wonderfully 10 experience. The audience was strongly 11  .

That’s the way it is in life. What we can accomplish on our own is hardly 12 . We try our best, but the 13  aren’t exactly graceful flowing music. But when we trust in the hands of a Greater Power, our life’s work 14 can be beautiful.

Next time you set out to 15 great achievements, listen carefully. You can hear the voice of the Master, whispering in your ear, “Don’t quit. Keep playing.”

1.                A．seated         B．sat             C．dressed  D．rested

 

2.                A．fact            B．difficulty        C．opportunity   D．risk

 

3.                A．actually         B．occasionally     C．fortunately    D．eventually

 

4.                A．discovered      B．told            C．accepted D．offered

 

5.                A．joy            B．trust           C．horror   D．pleasure

 

6.                A．quickly         B．personally       C．generally D．innocently

 

7.                A．entrance       B．disappearance   C．arrangement   D．opening

 

8.                A．shouted        B．repeated        C．promised D．whispered

 

9.                A．turning         B．bending        C．rising D．handing

 

10.               A．creative        B．effective        C．annoying  D．fearing

 

11.               A．addicted        B．invited         C．attacked   D．attracted

 

12.               A．abnormal       B．remarkable      C．unimportant    D．ordinary

 

13.               A．goals          B．intentions       C．results    D．purposes

 

14.               A．luckily         B．truly           C．slightly    D．fortunately

 

15.               A．overcome      B．enjoy          C．accomplish D．become

 

 

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B．Eight fluency-focused lessons on four audio CDs.

C．30-minute lessons are perfect for your daily commuting, lunch break, or workout.

D．25 million people have graduated with success.

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The young boy and his father sat quietly watching the snow fall on a snowy Saturday afternoon.

“Dad, my friend told me that every snowflake is  36   . But they look all the same to me. How can we tell?” the child asked.

Dad felt it was his  37 to give a more satisfying answer. “Son, snowflakes are like people. We are each   38 in a very special way. We can test it right now,” he said.

The child stood up, put out his hands, and  39 as snowflakes landed on his gloves. “These snowflakes are all different on my gloves, but those in the yard look the same. Together they are even more_ 40 and striking. Then if people are like snowflakes, why don't they    41 ?”

“Choice,”Dad said. "Their choices  42  them what they are.”

“  43  choice is a bad thing?” the boy asked.

“Oh, no. Only when we choose the 44 things.”

“How do we tell right from wrong?" the child asked.

Dad was given the chance to build upon the foundation of his son's  45  . He reached down and began to  46  with the snow. He  47  the snow into two sides, three large snowballs on one side and several smaller ones on the other.

“Which side did the right thing?” he asked the boy.

The child looked at both sides but 48   answer. Then Dad placed the three larger snowballs on top of each other.

“It’ s a snowman! The side 49  made me snowman!” the boy replied with  50

Yes, all these people came together and recognized how special each of them was, so they joined in a(n) 51   to build up mankind,” Dad said.                    

The child then stood up and  52 an arm full of the smaller snowballs. One by one he began to throw them at the other small piles of snow. He said,”This is what happens when people can't work together. They have a(n)  53  .”

Dad was shocked. He stood up, lifted the boy and  54 him tightly, whispering to him, “I hope that your world will learn to work and live together. I hope you will make the right   55 

and learn to build the best snowman ever.”

1.                A．similar          B．different        C．freezing D．special

 

2.                A．challenge       B．trouble         C．responsibility  D．position

 

3.                A．private         B．associated       C．unique   D．isolated

 

4.                A．inspected       B．watched        C．glanced   D．glared

 

5.                A．beautiful        B．effective        C．comfortable   D．significant

 

6.                A．get along       B．take care        C．cheer up D．break up

 

7.                A．remain         B．appear         C．become  D．make

 

8.                A．Though         B．However        C．So   D．While

 

9.                A．exact          B．coincident       C．fortunate D．wrong

 

10.               A．interest        B．concern        C．worry D．faith

 

11.               A．communicate    B．work           C．mix   D．relate

 

12.               A．separated       B．divided         C．distinguished   D．parted

 

13.               A．couldn' t        B．shouldn' t       C．wouldn' t  D．needn' t

 

14.               A．that           B．what           C．how  D．when

 

15.               A．disappointment  B．frustration      C．enthusiasm D．humour

 

16.               A．power         B．effort          C．organization    D．attempt

 

17.               A．gathered       B．sorted         C．threw D．formed

 

18.               A．war           B．debate         C．agreement D．negotiation

 

19.               A．trembled       B．swung          C．pulled D．held

 

20.               A．steps          B．turns          C．choices   D．points

 

 

—Our motherland needs       development all the way to the future.

—That’s really what we need.

A．timely      B．effective   C．further        D．natural

 

With his attention________on the shops along the roadside，he knocked an old man down while riding to school.

A  concentrating     B．concentrated     C．to concentrate      D．concentrates

答案　B

解析　考查词组，故选B项。