（北京卷22）. In the spoken English of some areas in the US, the "r" sounds at the end of the     words     .

A. are dropped       B. drop         C. are being dropped   D. have dropped

Lang Lang is a famous young pianist from Shenyang. He went to a ___16___ school in Beijing when he was just eight years old. “You need fortune, but if you don’t work hard, no fortune will come,” his father said.

What made him sad was ___17___ his piano teacher in Beijing didn’t like him. “You don’t have a ___18___ for playing the piano. You will never be a pianist.”  As a nine-year-old boy, Lang Lang was badly ___19___. He didn’t want to be a ___20___ any more. For the next two weeks he didn’t touch the piano. ___21___, his father didn’t say anything about it. He waited.

Luckily, the day came when his teacher asked him to ___22___ some holiday songs. He didn’t want to, but as he placed his fingers on the piano keys, he ___23___ that he could show others that he had talent. That day he told his father that he wanted to study with a new ___24___. His father had been waiting to the very words for ____25_____ . From that day on, everything turned around.

He started win competitions（比赛）. In the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition, when it was ___26___ that Lang Lang had won the first prize, he was too ___27___ to hold back his tears. From 1997 to 1999, Lang Lang spent two years practicing hard in Philadelphia, U.S.. In 1999 he gave a ___28___ performance at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival. He was invited to play at gigs（特邀演出）in Lincoln Center ___29___. Lang Lang finally managed to win ___30___ with his self-confidence and hard work..

16. A. football    B. piano    C. middle    D. actors

17. A. whether    B. why    C. when    D. that

18. A. story    B. picture    C. idea    D. talent

19. A. hurt    B. puzzled     C. encouraged    D. terrified

20. A. singer     B. pianist    C. dancer    D. athlete

21. A. So    B. Because    C. However     D. If

22. A. play    B. sing     C. write    D. make

23. A. apologized    B. told a lie    C. chatted    D. realized

24. A. teacher    B. classmate    C. minister    D. waiter

25. A. two years    B. two weeks    C. two months    D. two hours

26. A. told    B. shouted    C. announced    D. smiled

27. A. excited    B. sad    C. shocked    D. satisfied

28. A. successful    B. cheerful    C. respectful    D. meaningful

29. A. eastwards    B. towards    C. upwards    D. afterwards

30. A. food    B. fortune    C. knowledge    D. money

Observer 2007-03-28 13:54

   Nothing could be more shameful for McDonald’s and KFC. They are violating labour’s rights. The government must immediately bring the guilty to justice. A stricter government inspection system must be enforced to protect the workers.

Nathan 2007-03-28 21:39

It is known that McDonald’s and KFC and other fast-food restaurants pay the lowest wage they possibly can to get their employees. I think it’s kind of funny that these two restaurants have not yet set up unions. It is also known that they also take every possible measure e(legal, and sometimes illegal) to prevent their employees from forming or joining unions. I think it is high time that government enforced the law that they have made.

Cushman 2007-03-28 22:32

The deepest reason is that China has a large population. If you complain that the pay is very low, the boss will tell you that can go to other places and that there are a lot of people waiting for the job. Today finding a job is not very easy, so you don’t have many choices, and you have to face the reality.

Chip 2007-03-29 20:33

If wages were too low, people wouldn’t work for them, but they do, so it proves the wages are reasonable. Sure, they could raise the wages, but why should they? The workers are still working, still willing to show up on time, and it keeps costs lower. Were they to raise wages, they would have to FIRE more workers, and the price of burgers would go up. Then people wouldn’t buy them, then McDonald’s would once again FIRE more workers because of a reduced demand, and you’d be back in the same boat, just with less people working.

What are they debating about?

A．McDonald’s and KFC pay too low a salary to their employees.

B．Setting up a social security system.

C．Fast-food restaurants have no rights to fire workers.

D．McDonald’s and KFC will be punished for their behaviour.

According to Chip, it is____for McDonald’s and KFC to give employees a low salary.

A．unacceptable       B．shameful        C．acceptable        D．illegal

In the opinion of Cushman, the key to the problem is that____.

A．the social security net has not been set up

B．China has too large a population

C．the government has not taken stronger steps to protect workers

D．the unions have not played an important part to raise the wages.

The underlined word “they” in Nathan’s words refers to____.

A．the employees                          B．governments    

C．all the restaurants                        D．fast-food restaurants

(2013·高考天津卷)In some languages,100 words make up half of all words ________ in daily conversations.

A．using?? B．to use

C．having used??? D．used