PEKING Opera used to sound strange to Dau Yi．The l4-year-old Beijinger said whenever she came across Peking Opera on TV，she changed the channel（频道）．Like most of today’s teenagers，Dou loves pop music．

    But since Dou entered the Xuanwu branch school of Beijing No．15 Middle School．she has been studying Peking Opera in music class every week．

    Dou and her classmates listen to Peking Opera and learn the basics（基础知识）from professional actors．They also sing along with the operas．

    “we laugh sometimes because the tunes（声调）arc really hard to learn．”said Dou．But she said that now she would watch Peking Opera on TV．

    “After all．I am no longer a layman．”she said．

    Since 2008．schools around the country have been teaching students Peking Opera．It’s part of a plan to introduce young people to the country’s artistic traditions．Clearly，Dou’s school has been taking the job seriously．

    Yang Ning，14，is Dou’s classmate．She has been studying Peking Opera since she was 8．She is a member of the school’s Peking Opera club．

    Yang said she had learned a lot from Peking Opera．

    “I learn a lot of history from the operas．”she said，“I’ve also found out about many ancient poems，since there are so many of them in the operas．”

      Yang doesn’t think everyone can learn to sing Peking Opera well，but she does say that it’s helpful for all people to learn about it．

    “The more you learn about it．the more you understand it．If people do study it，this old art form won’t disappear．It would be a great pity if it did!”she said．

1．Dou Yi __________．

      A．was a l4-year-old boy                                B．was a middle school student

      C．1iked today’s teenagers                              D．first met the Beijinger at the TV station

2．From the passage we know __________．

      A．Dou Yi listened to pop songs every week

      B．the students could watch Peking Opera on TV in class

      C．even some professional actors came to the sch001 to study

      D．Peking Opera has become a studying subject in Dou Yi’s school

3．What does the underlined word “layman”mean in the passage?

      A．悠闲的人               B．外行的人                C．懒惰的人               D．初学的人

4．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

      A．Most of the teenagers prefer pop music to Peking Opera．

      B．Yang Ning started learning Peking Opera earlier than Dou Yi．

      C．Dan Yi is as old as rang Ning and she is rang Ning’s classmate．

      D．Both Dou Yi and Yang Ning are members of the school’s Peking Opera club．

5．Why have schools around the country taught students Peking Opera since 2008?

      A．To give the students more history knowledge．

      B．To help the students to learn the ancient poems．

      C．To introduce the young people to the traditional art

      D．To help the students to find a good job after graduation．

Mark was walking home from school one day when he saw the boy in front of him fall over and drop all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a basketball and a walkman. Mark stopped and helped the boy pick up these things. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of his things. As they walked, Mark knew that the boy's name was Bill, that he loved computer games, basketball and history, and that he was having lots of troubles with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.

　　They arrived at Bill's home first and Mark was invited in for a coke and to watch some TV programs. The afternoon passed happily with a few laughs and some small talks, then Mark went home. They often saw each other at school, had lunch together once or twice, and then ended up in the same high school where they sometimes saw and talked with each other over the years. At last just three weeks before they finished high school, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.

　　Bill asked Mark if he still remembered the day years ago when they had first met.“Did you ever think why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill.“You see, I cleaned out my locker because I didn't want to leave anything for anyone else. I had put away some of my mother's sleeping pills and I was going home to kill myself. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I began to understand that if I killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life.”

（　　） （1）. When Mark met him the first time, Bill was going __________.

A. to have a basketball game　　　　 B. to his classroom

C. to see Mark　　　　　　　　　　D. back home

（　　） （2）. From what Bill was carrying, we can know that he __________.

A. was a good student　　　　　　 B. liked sports and music

C. liked all the subjects in school　　 D. was a good friend

（　　） （3）. Mark and Bill __________.

A. were in the same middle school and high school

B. were in the same middle school but not in the same high school

C. often had lunch together at school

D. had known each other before they began to study in middle school

（　　） （4）. In this passage, the phrase “broken up” means“___________”.

A.相处很好　　 B.和好如初　　C.关系破裂　　 D.保持联系

（　　） （5）. When Mark helped Bill to pick up some of his things, he __________.

A. knew he could save Bill's life

B. knew who Bill was and wanted to help him

C. didn't know why he was going to help him

D. didn't know what he was doing was very important to Bill

阅读理解

　　Mark was walking home from school one day when he saw the boy in front of him fall over and drop all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a basketball and a walkman. Mark stopped and helped the boy pick up these things. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of his things. As they walked, Mark knew that the boy's name was Bill, that he loved computer games, basketball and history, and that he was having lots of troubles with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.

　　They arrived at Bill's home first and Mark was invited in for a coke and to watch some TV programs. The afternoon passed happily with a few laughs and some small talks, then Mark went home. They often saw each other at school, had lunch together once or twice, and then ended up in the same high school where they sometimes saw and talked with each other over the years. At last just three weeks before they finished high school, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.

　　Bill asked Mark if he still remembered the day years ago when they had first met. “Did you ever think why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see, I cleaned out my locker because I didn't want to leave anything for anyone else. I had put away some of my mother's sleeping pills and I was going home to kill myself. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I began to understand that if I killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life.”

1．When Mark met him the first time, Bill was going ________.

[　　]

A．to have a basketball game

B．to his classroom

C．to see Mark

D．back home

2．From what Bill was carrying, we can know that he ________.

[　　]

A．was a good student

B．liked sports and music

C．liked all the subjects in school

D．was a good friend

3．Mark and Bill ________.

[　　]

A．were in the same middle school and high school

B．were in the same middle school but not in the same high school

C．often had lunch together at school

D．had known each other before they began to study in middle school

4．In this passage, the phrase “broken up” means “________”.

[　　]

5．When Mark helped Bill to pick up some of his things, he ________.

[　　]

A．knew he could save Bill's life

B．knew who Bill was and wanted to help him.

C．didn't know why he was going to help him

D．didn't know what he was doing was very important to Bill