Many of you love pop music, but what about classical music composed by people like Mozart and Tchaikovsky? You may have heard those two names before. They were great musicians from Austria and Russia.

The Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra(上海爱乐乐团) wants to help young people find out more about classical music. They are going to hold one concert every month.

“If kids make friends with classical music they will get a lot out of it,” said Chen Zuohuang, from the Shanghai Philharmonic.

Many teens listened to the music and said they liked it. Wu Yi is in Junior 1. For the first time, he went to hear an orchestra play.

“I used to think only rich people could enjoy it, ” he said.

Sunday’s concert was the first lesson in classical music. Kids learned about its history and all kinds of musical instruments(乐器).

Luo Huili, 15, is from Shanghai Weiyu Middle School. She said it’s a fun way of learning.

“They say something, and then play a piece of music, ” she said.

Luo found it is not like pop music. “I just feel very relaxed when I listen to pop songs. They are just for fun, ” she said. “ But as for classical music, I will try to put all my heart into it. Then I can really enjoy it. ”

1. Where was Tchaikovsky, the great musician, from?

    A. Austria.         B. Australia.         C. Russia.         D. Austria and Russia.

2. How often will concerts be held to help young people learn about classical music?

    A. Once a week.    B. Twice a week.      C. Once a month.   D. Twice a year.

3. What did kids learn from Sunday’s concert?

A. Pop music.                         B. Some history of classical music.

C. All kinds of musical instruments.       D. Both B and C

4. Which of the following is true?

A. Wu Yi, a Junior 1 student, thought only rich people could enjoy classical music.

B. Wu Yi said listening to concerts was a fun way of learning.

C. Nothing but music can be heard during Saturday concerts.

D. When Luo Huili listened to pop songs, she would put all her heart into it.

5. Where do you think the Sunday concerts are held?

   A. Vienna, Austria.   B. Moscow, Russia     C. Beijing, China    D. Shanghai, China.

Our whole life can be    41   into three parts: yesterday, today and tomorrow. Yesterday is our    42  .We can do nothing to change our past. Tomorrow is our    43  .What will happen ahead cannot be imagined. Therefore, what we can do now is catch today and   44   just for today.

Just for today I will try to live through this day only and not   45    my whole life problem at once.

Just for today I will be    46  .This proves to be true what Abraham Lincoln said, that “Most people are as happy as they make up their minds to be.”

Just for today I will try to    47   what it is, and not try to    48    everything to meet my own needs. I will take my “luck” ad it comes.

Just for today I will   49  . I will learn something useful to make my mind   50  .I till read something that needs effort and thought.

Just for today I will be    51   to people around me especially my parents. I will not do anything to make myself feel regretful(后悔的) by hurting them. If I have done something to make them   52  , I will try my best to make up for it and say sorry to them.

Just for today I will have a small   53   .I may not follow it exactly(确切地), but I will have it. I will not give up until it is achieved.

Just for today I will have a   54   half hour all by myself and relax. During this half hour, sometimes I will try to get a better thought of my life.

Just for today I will be   55  . Especially I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful, and to believe that as I give to the world, so the world will give to me.

41. A. changed                     B. divided                     C. turned               D. got

42. A. now                          B. favourite                   C. past                  D. life

43. A. future                        B. best                         C. worst                D. wish

44. A. play                           B. live                          C. forget               D. remember

45. A. enjoy                         B. life                           C. deal with           D. work

46. A. sad                            B. unhappy                   C. happy               D. untrue

47. A. used to                      B. be used to                 C. be used for        D. used for

48. A. make                         B. let                            C. have                 D. change

49. A. play                           B. study                       C. watch TV          D. go shopping

50. A. weak                         B. useless                     C. unhelpful           D. strong

51. A. bad                            B. impolite                    C. friendly             D. unfriendly

52. A. happy                        B. excited                     C. hurt                  D. frightened

53. A. sleep                          B. rest                          C. goal                  D. study

54. A. quite                          B. noisy                        C. quiet                 D. exciting

55. A. afraid                         B. scared                      C. unafraid            D. amazed

Last fall I put a bird feeder outside my window. I thought as soon as I hung up, a great ___16____ beautiful birds would come. Days, weeks and months went by; ____17____, no birds.

   I asked many people, why? What was I doing ___18____? “Nothing,” most of them replied. “Just ____19____.” So I waited, waited and waited.

   I ____20____ off the deck （露台）, I changed the feed, I ___21____ the feeders, and I ____22____ made the cat go out the other door! But ____23___ seemed to work. So --- I waited, “with patience and hope. ”

   Two months later, early in the morning, I was ____24____. A beautiful bird had been on the bird feeder. All of a sudden, I saw hundreds upon hundreds of birds____25____ from everywhere.

   ____26____ a beautiful lesson this living thing taught me! “Patience and hope” will ____27____ the most beautiful things in life.

So I keep hoping and waiting, waiting and ___28____. I will try to use this “little lesson” in ____29____ many other things in my life. I guess, “____30____ is a virtue （美德）” after all.

1.A. little       B. many         C. much        D. lot

2.A. so           B. because      C. however     D. and

3.A. bad          B. wrong        C. well        D. good

4.A. go           B. sit          C. watch       D. wait

5.A. went         B. put          C. cleaned     D. took

6.A. bought       B. sold         C. washed      D. took

7.A. always       B. hardly       C. even        D. sometimes

8.A. nothing    B. everything   C. something   D. anything

9.A. sad    B. surprised          C. worried     D. frightened

10.A. coming  B. going        C. leaving     D. singing

11.A. That        B. Which        C. How         D. What

12.A. spend       B. take         C. bring       D. come

13.A. hoping      B. dreaming    C. watching   D. asking

14.A. so          B. such         C. much        D. very

15.A. dream       B. patience     C. volunteering  D. lesson

 

Mary had some troubles, so she went to see the doctor.  He was a new doctor, and did not know her.  So he first asked her some questions. One of the questions was, “What is your age?”
“Well...” Mary answered, “I don't quite remember, doctor, but I will try to think.” She thought for a while and then said, “Yes, I remember now, doctor. When I married, I was twenty-two years old, and my husband was thirty then. Now he is sixty, I know, and that is twice thirty. And so I am twice twenty-two. That is forty-four, isn't it?”
【小题1】Mary went to see the doctor because ________ .

A．she had a headache	B．she had a fever
C．she had caught a cold	D．she wasn’t feeling well

【小题2】At first the doctor _________ .

A．asked her some questions	B．examined her carefully
C．gave her some medicine	D．asked her to have a rest

【小题3】The doctor's first question was “ _______ “.

A．You are no more than forty, are you?

B．Do you have a fever?

C．What is your age?

D．Have you had any medicine?

【小题4】Mary  ________ .

A．answered the doctor's questioned at once

B．answered the question after thinking for a while

C．just kept silent

D．refused to tell her age

【小题5】Mary should be _______ .

A．forty-four

B．forty-five

C．fifty

D．fifty-two

Edison often said, “1 will discover what the world needs, then I will try to invent it.”  It is true that he did more than any other man of his time in inventing things. He made more than one thousand inventions in his life and all these have changed our way of living. Edison was one of the greatest inventors in the world. When Edison died in 1931, someone said people should turn off all the lights in their homes, streets and factories for several minutes in honor of this great man. Of course it was impossible to do so. And this shows what Edison's inventions mean to people's life.
【小题1】All the things Edison invented were _________ people needed at that time.

A．what

B．that

C．then

D．which

【小题2】Edison _________in inventing new things.

A．took all his time	B．paid all his money
C．spent his most time	D．spent his most money

【小题3】Edison had _________ inventions in all his life.

A．thousands of	B．over one thousand
C．only one thousand	D．less than a thousand

【小题4】Edison was dead for nearly _______ years.

A．fifty

B．severity-six

C．sixty

D．eighty

【小题5】It was __________ to turn off all the lights in honor of the greatest inventor.

A．possible

B．not true

C．nice

D．important