阅读短文，按要求完成短文后的各项任务。（10分）

Liu Wei is very famous in China because he can play the piano with his toes .

One day when Liu Wei was only 10 years old, he played a game with some friends. He lost both his arms because of electricity.

（1）Liu Wei was very sad when both his arms were cut off after the accident. But soon he had

to make a choice. （2）“For people like me, there were only ______ choices. One was to give up all the dreams, which would cause a quick death. The other was to work hard without _______to live an excellent life.” says Liu Wei.

Liu’s dream was to be a pianist. His excellent life included a show on China’s Got Talent(《中国达人秀》) and a wonderful performance playing the beautiful Marriage D’amour with his two feet on the piano.

Liu Wei learned to play the piano with his feet. And teaching himself to play the piano with his feet was very hard. Many times he wanted to give it up, but his parents went on encouraging him and he wanted to make his parents proud. Maybe you can not believe that Liu Wei is able to play well only with his toes. The audience were deeply moved and very excited when they watched his performance.

1.将文中（1）处划线的句子翻译成汉语。(2分)

2.在文中（2）处的句子中填入适当的词。(2分)

3.How did the audience feel when they watched Liu Wei’s performance?(2分)

4.What was hard for Liu Wei?(2分)

5.Why Liu Wei is famous in China?(2分)

 

 

On the night of 23 July, 2011, a fast running train D301 from Beijing to Fuzhou suddenly hit another train which had already stopped there. The motor car accident happened in Wenzhou, China's eastern province of Zhejiang. It caused four carriages to fall off a bridge which is at least 30 metres high from the ground. 40 people have died in the accident. Among them were 2 foreigners: an Italian woman, Assunta Liguori, and a Chinese American, Cao Erxing. So far, most of the 39 bodies have been claimed by their relatives, based on ID cards, clothes and other characteristics, but the results of DNA tests are coming out in about one week or two. Another 210 people have been taken to hospitals in Wenzhou after the accident.

 The accident study shows that it is the lightning strike that caused the big accident: the first train lost power because of a lightning strike and had to stop on the rail way. And after a few minutes it was soon hit from the back by another train following it. 

After the accident, questions have been raised over “what caused the accident” and “how to do with it”. During a visit to Wenzhou, where 39 people have been killed last weekend, Premier Wen calls for an transparent investigation into the cause of the accident, and he once again emphasized(强调) the importance of putting safety first in the country’s development.

1.According to the report, _______ people got hurt in the accident.

A. 40                 B. 42                  C. 210             D. 250

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

A. 发现              B. 掩埋           C. 索赔             D. 认领

3.The motor car accident happened because of _______.

A. the lightning strike   B. running fast   

C. high bridge         D. too many people

4.Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A. The accident happened in Zhejiang Province.

B. Train D301 was hit from the back by another train.

C. the 39 bodies have been claimed by the results of DNA tests.

D. Premier Wen came to Wenzhou after the accident.

5.Premier Wen mainly tell the Chinese _________.

A. what caused the accident                  

B. how to do with the accident

C. the importance of our country’s development  

D. how importance the safety is

 

 

 

Liu Wei is very famous in China because he can play the piano with

his toes(脚趾).

One day when Liu Wei was only 10 years old, he played a game with

some friends. He lost both his arms because of electricity(电).

Liu Wei was very sad when both his arms were cut off after the

accident. But soon he had to make a choice.

“For people like me, there were only two choices. One was to give up all the dreams, which would cause a quick death. The other was to work hard without arms to live an excellent life.” says Liu Wei.

Liu’s dream was to be a pianist. His excellent life included a show on China’s Got Talent(《中国达人秀》) and a wonderful performance (演奏) playing the beautiful Marriage D’amour with his two feet on the piano.

Liu Wei learned to play the piano with his feet. And teaching himself to play the piano with his feet was very hard. Many times he wanted to give it up, but his parents went on encouraging(鼓励) him and he wanted to make his parents proud.

Maybe you can not believe that Liu Wei is able to play well only with his toes. The audience(观众) were deeply moved and very excited when they watched his performance.

1.Why is Liu Wei very famous in China?

2.How old was Liu Wei when he lost his arms?

3.Was Liu Wei very sad when both his arms were cut off?

4.Who encouraged Liu Wei to play the piano?

5.How did the audience feel when they watched Liu’s performance?

 

A father was sitting at his desk and looking at his bills when his young son rushed in and said, “Dad, because today is your birthday and you’re 40 years old, I’m going to give you 40 kisses, one for each year!” When the boy started kissing, the father shouted, “Oh, Andrew, don’t do it now. I’m too busy!”

The boy soon became silent as tears fell down from his big blue eyes. Feeling sorry, the father said, “You can finish the kisses later .”

The boy said nothing but quietly walked away. That evening the father said, “Come and finish the kisses now, Andrew!” But the boy didn’t.

Unfortunately, a few days later, the boy had an accident and died. His sad father wrote,“If only I could tell him how sorry I am for my thoughtless words, and how much my heart is hurting.”

Love is a two-way street. We must warmly accept any loving act, or others will take it as a “No” and it may leave a scar(伤痕). If we don’t receive love, our life will lose its true meaning.

Any loving act must be warmly accepted, or it will be taken as rejection and can leave a scar. If we are too busy to give and receive love, we are too silly! Nothing is more important than accepting love from those who are and dear to us.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

1.On his father’s birthday, the boy wanted to      .

A. help his father write the bills.

B. give kisses to his father.

C. buy a gift for his father.

D. talk with his father.

2.The boy felt      when his father refused him.

A. sad                B. puzzled                   C. excited                    D. happy

3.A few days later, the boy      .

A. went back to school.

B. was hurt in an accident

C. was killed in an accident

D. was angry with his father

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Andrew’s father was busy looking at his bills on his birthday.

B. Andrew was killed in an accident on his father’s birthday.

C. Andrew’s father asked him to give him the kisses later.

D. Andrew’s father felt sorry after the accident happened.

5.We can know from the passage that       .

A. love keeps one busy all the time.

B. love can make people happy and unhappy.

C. it is important to love people around us

D. we should learn to give and receive love

 

APRIL 5 marks the 100^th anniversary(周年纪念日)of the sinking(下沉)of the Titanic. In 1997, the movie Titanic was a huge hit all around the world. Now, the 3-D version of the movie will come to Chinese theaters on April 10.
As anyone who has seen the movie knows, the Titanic struck an iceberg(冰山) and sank on its first voyage in 1912, killing 1,517 people. A century after the accident, scientists have found something new to blame(负责任) for the sinking: the moon. Donald Olson, a Texas State University physicist, led a team of astronomers(天文学家) to examine the moon’s role, according to Reuters.
Normally, icebergs stay in place and cannot move until they melt enough or a high tide(潮汐) frees them. A single iceberg can become stuck many times on its journey southward. The process can take several years.
According to Olson, a hundred years ago the moon made its closest approach to the Earth in more than 1,400 years. This caused the moon to have a much stronger pull on the Earth’s oceans than usual, which created a super-high tide. The tide pushed icebergs from shallow waters off the coasts of Canada’s provinces, Newfoundland and Labrador, into the Titanic’s way.
“Of course, the final cause of the accident was that the ship struck an iceberg,” Olson told Reuters. “It went full speed into a region with icebergs, but the lunar connection(月亮的联系) may explain how an unusually large number of icebergs got into the path of the Titanic.”
The research team will publish their research in the April issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.
根据短文内容，选最佳择答案,并在答题卡上按要求作答。
【小题1】 How many people lost their lives in this accident?

A．Over 2,000 people.	B．About 100 people.
C．More than 1,500 people.	D．We don’t know.

【小题2】 The underlined word “voyage” in the second paragraph really means ______.

A．航行

B．飞行

C．划船

D．游泳

【小题3】 Which of the following about icebergs is TRUE?

A．Icebergs move only when the tide frees them.

B．An iceberg can stop for some time during its travel.

C．An iceberg will move as soon as its melts.

D．It takes an iceberg several months to leave its place.

【小题4】 Which of the following played a role in the sinking of the Titanic?
a. the moon                 b. the tides             c. too many passengers 
d. the high speed of the ship    e. going the wrong way   f. the iceberg 

A．a,b,c,f

B．a,c,d,e

C．a,b,d,f

D．a,c,e,f

【小题5】. What is the article mainly about?

A．The main cause of the Titanic’s sinking.

B．The 100th anniversary of the Titanic.

C．The moon’s great influence on the Earth’s tides.

D．The moon’s role in the sinking of the Titanic.