根据短文的意思，填写动词的适当形式。

George Frederick Handel, a small boy of six，lived in Germany．He loved music most．But his father didn't let him       (play)any music．

    Then one day he waited until he     (be)alone at home．Quickly he rail to his hiding place, and he and a friend carried a small piano into the house．He decided to put it in his hiding place．There no one     (can)see it．That night，when everyone else was asleep．he went to his hiding place．The moon         (shine)through a broken window．

    He sat on a box and began to play the piano．At that moment he knew that he could only be happy by         (play)music．He played on and on，and he filled his house with his music．“George!”cried his father．“What       you        (do)?Stop now!”George stopped and said，“Father，I love music．It is my whole life．”

“Now listen to me，my dear son．”Said Mr Handel，“I want you      (be)a rich man．You must leave music and become a doctor．“But George didn't do as his father said．He still loved music very much．Later a good teacher taught him well and           (help)him write his own music．George became famous when he was eleven years old．By the time he was forty，he        (write)more than twenty good pieces of music．Now his music      (play)all over the world．

Mr. Wise,
I am a slow（迟钝的）student. Most of my classmates are much better than me. So I usually get worried. I spent much time studying for the tests, but I can’t get good grades（分数）. Sometimes my father gives me some help. He tells me not to worry about it. But it doesn’t work. What do you think I should do?
Xiaoming
Dear Xiaoming,
Many famous people were not so good when they were young. Edison, a famous scientist(科学家), did badly in his studies when he was a 12-year-old boy. But he did a lot for the people in the world at last. When I was at your age, I didn’t do well at school. But I kept working hard and I succeeded(成功) at last. You should take it easy and try your best. Tomorrow is another day. I believe you can do better.
Mr. Wise
【小题1】 Xiaoming feels worried because          .
A. he has a headache                              B. he doesn’t want to work hard
C. he is not as good as（像……一样好）most of his classmates
【小题2】 Xiaoming wrote this letter to          .
A. ask for some help             B. find a pen pal       C. tell his father his problem
【小题3】Mr. Wise wrote about a famous person to          .
A. make Xiaoming angry                           B. make Xiaoming feel better
C. show how much he knows
【小题4】In Mr. Wise’s letter, “tomorrow is another day” means          .
A. there are a lot of hopes in our lives       B. one can get good grades tomorrow
C. tomorrow is the same as today
【小题5】 From the second letter, we know Mr. Wise may be           before.
A. a doctor                          B. a scientist                 C. a slow student

The designer of the Apple Computer, Steve Jobs, was not quite successful in his early years. He was not among the best students at school, and from time to time he got into trouble with either his schoolmates or his teachers. But he was full of new ideas, which few people saw the value of. Things remained the same when he went up to college and he dropped out halfway.

Steve Jobs worked first as a video game designer at Atari. He worked there for only a few months and then he set out to tour India. He hoped that the trip would give him more ideas and give him a change in life for the better.

After he returned from India, he begin to live on a farm in California. And then, in 1975, Steve Jobs set about making a new type of computer. Along with his friend Stephen Wozniak, he designed the Apple Computer in his bedroom and built it in his garage(车库). He gave the name “Apple” because it reminded him of a happy summer he once on an orchard(果园) in Oregon.

His Apple Computer was so successful that Steve Jobs soon became worldwide famous. But unluckily, he died of illness in 2011.

1. Steve Jobs            when he was in school.

A．was an outstanding(杰出的) student	B．didn’t do very well
C．was always praised by others	D．didn’t learn anything

2.. The underlined（划线的） word “value” means           .

A．beauty

B．chance

C．importance

D．hope

3.. Steve Jobs           .

A．received excellent college education

B．didn’t go to college at all

C．studied in college for 4 years

D．didn’t finish his college education

4.. Steve Jobs named his computer company “Apple” because           .

A．apple was his favorite fruit

B．he designed the computer under an apple tree

C．he wanted to remember the happy time on the orchard

D．the computer was designed on the orchard

5. Steve Jobs'            would be the most important thing for his lifetime success.

A．“failure” in school	B．stay on the orchard
C．travel on India	D．new ideas

 

词汇运用（本题有15小题；每小题1分，共15分）

A．根据短文内容和所给汉语提示，写出短文空白处各单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。

Chen Huan：Glad to meet you，Mr Zhu. Welcome to Yiwu TV Station to tell your  1. 

            （故事）of doing  business.

Mr Zhu： Thank you. I’d like to say something that happened thirty years ago.

Chen Huan：At that time，you didn’t have    2.    （足够的）ood to eat.

Mr Zhu：Right. So I   3.    （去）out to do business to make money by exchange

          sweets for chicken feathers，old shoes and so on.I had to get up very  4.     

          （早）every morning and travel a long way on    5.   （脚）.

Chen Huan：It must be a special experience for you.

Mr Zhu：Yes. During that time，I was’ often tired and hungry    6.  （没有）anything

         to eat.，especially on those  7.  （寒冷的）winter nights…dut now

         everything is better. I own a big factory with hundreds of    8. （工人）.

And I can 9. （卖）my products to the world in a modern market. I’m sure my

 business will be better and better in the future.

Chen Huan：How moving! Hard work makes a successful businessman. You’re really a great  

           example for the  10. （年轻的）people in Yiwu.

 

词汇运用（本题有15小题；每小题1分，共15分）

A．根据短文内容和所给汉语提示，写出短文空白处各单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。

Chen Huan：Glad to meet you，Mr Zhu. Welcome to Yiwu TV Station to tell your  1. 

            （故事）of doing  business.

Mr Zhu： Thank you. I’d like to say something that happened thirty years ago.

Chen Huan：At that time，you didn’t have    2.    （足够的）ood to eat.

Mr Zhu：Right. So I   3.    （去）out to do business to make money by exchange

          sweets for chicken feathers，old shoes and so on.I had to get up very  4.     

          （早）every morning and travel a long way on    5.   （脚）.

Chen Huan：It must be a special experience for you.

Mr Zhu：Yes. During that time，I was’ often tired and hungry    6.  （没有）anything

         to eat.，especially on those  7.  （寒冷的）winter nights…dut now

         everything is better. I own a big factory with hundreds of    8. （工人）.

And I can 9. （卖）my products to the world in a modern market. I’m sure my

 business will be better and better in the future.

Chen Huan：How moving! Hard work makes a successful businessman. You’re really a great  

           example for the  10. （年轻的）people in Yiwu.