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D I turned away from the piano. After an hour of practicing, I still couldn’t play Mozart’s piece well. It was frustrating to have spent such a long time on a piano song and still be unable to play the piece well. To me, the piece had at first seemed very easy, but no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t play it correctly. I decided to take a break, and come back to the piece later. For the most part, after a little bit of work, I could usually learn the song quickly. However, it was always that song, which might have appeared simple but was difficult. These types of songs always made me upset. After having dinner, I decided to come back to the piano. I chose to play the piece slowly and carefully, paying attention to the correct notes instead of trying to play the piece quickly. Using this new method of practicing, I focused on how I could improve myself little by little. I didn’t even get the rhythm right until a week later. But I learned an important lesson - sometimes, baby steps are really important. I’m the person who likes to do things quickly. But in the case of the piano, I couldn’t move forward and improve until I slowed down, and took one step at a time. 12. The writer at first thought that playing Mozart’s piece . A. would be rather difficult B. might waste a lot of time C. needed much practice D. was really a piece of cake 13. What do we know about the writer from the third paragraph? A. She had difficulty in reading the notes. B. She changed her attitude towards playing the piano. C. She liked to play a piece of music slowly. D. She paid attention to improving herself in the past. 14. The writer finally improved herself by . A. reading the notes carefully B. choosing to play a simple piece C. practicing the piano in a slow way D. asking her teacher for help 15. What did the writer learn at last? A. Teachers are important to pianists. B. Calm down or you can’t enjoy Mozart’s piece. C. Playing the piano needs a lot of practice. D. Go step by step and you will succeed. 【查看更多】

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Each time I was feeling disappointed, my mother would say to me “ Tomorrow will be another day. If you can on, some day something nice will happen. And you will come to know that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous .”

What mother said was absolutely right, as I after my graduation from college. I had made up my mind to try for a in radio, then my way up to sports announcer. I went to Springfield and knocked on the door of each station—and got each time. In one studio, a warm-hearted woman told me that stations couldn’t risk employing a(n) person. “ Please go out to the faraway or lonely district and find a small station which will give you a ,” she said. I came back home to St-Louis.

While there were no radio-announcing jobs in St-Louis, my father said Wards Holding Corporation had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its department. Since St-Louis was where I had played high school football, I . The job sounded just for me. But I wasn’t employed. My disappointment must have . “Tomorrow will be another day,” Mom me. I tried WOC in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The program director, Jack Green, told me they had already hired an .

As I went away from his office, my frustration boiled over (爆发). I asked , “How can a young man get to be a sports announcer if he cannot get a job in a radio station?” I was just patiently waiting for the elevator I heard Jack Green calling, “What did you say about sports just now? You mean you know something about football?” Then he stood me a microphone and told me to an imaginary game.

On the way to my home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother’s words. From time to time I what direction my life might have taken if I had had the job at Wards Holding Corporation

1.A. take B. put C. move D. carry

2.A. concern B. doubt C. disappointment D. amazement

3.A. recovered B. discovered C. recognized D. developed

4.A. job B. plan C. trip D. research

5.A. come B. go C. push D. work

6.A. put off B. broken away C. turned down D. fed up

7.A. no B. big C. small D. famous

8.A. selfish B. confident C. inexperienced D. independent

9.A. tip B. reward C. challenge D. chance

10.A. sports B. food C. clothes D. radio

11.A. hesitated B. applied C. refused D. agreed

12.A. right B. important C. boring D. funny

13.A. disappeared B. hidden C. shown D. died

14.A. warned B. reminded C. recognized D. demanded

15.A. athlete B. actor C. announcer D. artist

16.A. aloud B. secretly C. silently D. equally

17.A. while B. where C. after D. when

18.A. within B. before C. beyond D. beneath

19.A. play B. perform C. broadcast D. present

20.A. say B. wonder C. dream D. learn

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Yesterday I had a walk with a friend in the street.When we were passing by a house，I__1__a BlackBerry cellphone.I picked it up and it still__2__！I started checking the contact list and calling numbers.I wanted to see__3__I could get some information about the owner of the phone.__4__，only one person answered and she didn’t recognize the__5__that I was calling from.In the end，she said，“It is just so nice that you are trying to__6__whose phone it is.”

Since that lady didn’t know whose phone it was，my friend__7__me to go back to the street.I__8__.We went back to the street and to the house__9__which we had found the BlackBerry cellphone.I__10__the door.Two college students__11__and said they hadn’t lost their phones.But when I told them the story and__12__some names on the contact list，one of them said that he__13__had those names so it must be the phone of one of his__14__.

They said it was__15__that I took the time to find the__16__.I really didn’t have anything to say because in my mind I was just doing the__17__thing.I never considered__18__the phone—it wasn’t mine.I immediately tried to find the owner because that is exactly what I would want__19__to do if any of my family members__20__their phones.

[语篇解读]　作者捡到一部手机，她想尽办法找到机主，归还手机

1．A.bought B．dropped

C．repaired D．found

2．A.rang B．sang

C．worked D．shook

3．A.that B．if

C．what D．how

4．A.Probably B．Interestingly

C．Finally D．Unluckily

5．A.number B．street

C．man D．name

6．A.talk about B．think of

C．find out D．care about

7．A.advised B．pushed

C．helped D．showed

8．A.laughed B．understood

C．argued D．agreed

9．A.at the back of B．in front of

C．on the top of D．far away from

10．A.turned to B．looked for

C．knocked on D．broke into

11．A.answered B．shouted

C．ran D．passed

12．A.spelled B．wrote

C．mentioned D．remembered

13．A.sometimes B．also

C．hardly D．always

14．A.kids B．parents

C．students D．friends

15．A.exciting B．necessary

C．wonderful D．impossible

16．A.phone B．information

C．buyer D．owner

17．A.important B．right

C．strange D．brave

18．A.giving B．borrowing

C．mending D．keeping

19．A.them B．him

C．someone D．myself

20．A.lost B．described

C．needed D．lent

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While waiting to pick up a friend at the airport in Portland, Oregon, I had an experience which occurred merely two feet away from me.

Trying to locate my friend among the passengers coming through the jet way, I noticed a man walking toward me carrying two light bags. He stopped right next to me to greet his family.

First he kissed his three children one by one and said, “It’s nice to see you. I missed you so much!” Then he hugged his wife, “I’ve saved the best for last!” giving her the longest, most passionate kiss I ever remember seeing. They stared at each other’s eyes, smiling at one another, while holding both hands. For an instant they reminded me of newlyweds（新婚夫妇）, but I knew by the age of their kids that they couldn’t possibly be.

Full of admiration, I asked, “Wow! How long have you two been married?” “Being together for fourteen years total, married twelve of those.” He replied, without breaking his gaze from his lovely wife’s face. “Well, then, how long have you been away?” I asked. “Two whole days!” “Two days?” I was astonished. By the intensity (热烈) of the greeting, I had assumed he’d been gone for at least several weeks --- if not months. I knew my expression betrayed me, so I turned away my eyes and said quietly, “I hope my marriage is still that passionate after so long!”

The man suddenly stopped smiling and looked me straight in the eye. With forcefulness he told me something that left me a different person. “Don’t hope, friend…decide!” Then he smiled again, shook my hand and said, “God bless!”

With that, he and his family turned and walked away together.

I was still watching that man and his special family walk just out of sight when my friend came up to me and asked, “What are you looking at?” Without hesitation, and with a curious sense of certainty, I replied, “My future!”

77. The best title of the passage may be __________.

A. Long Loving Hugs B. My Future

C. Don’t Hope. Decide D. Love Is Everywhere

78. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The man replied to the author, with his eyes still fixed on his wife’s face.

B. After being away for several weeks, the man missed his family very much.

C. It was fourteen years since the couple had got married.

D. Their three kids reminded the author of newlyweds.

79. By saying “my expression betrayed me” (in Paragraph 4), the author means that __________.

A. he failed to express his ideas to the man

B. the man sensed his real feelings from his expression

C. he didn’t believe in his expression any more

D. his expression was not faithful to him

80. From the passage, we can infer that __________.

A. the experience may be easily forgotten by the author

B. the author will live a passionate life from now on

C. the author will be away from his family and hug them passionately upon his return

D. Americans prefer to save the best for last

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While waiting to pick up a friend at the airport in Portland, Oregon, I had an experience which occurred merely two feet away from me.

Trying to locate my friend among the passengers coming through the jet way, I noticed a man walking toward me carrying two light bags. He stopped right next to me to greet his family.

First he kissed his three children one by one and said, “It’s nice to see you. I missed you so much!” Then he hugged his wife, “I’ve saved the best for last!” giving her the longest, most passionate kiss I ever remember seeing. They stared at each other’s eyes, smiling at one another, while holding both hands. For an instant they reminded me of newlyweds（新婚夫妇）, but I knew by the age of their kids that they couldn’t possibly be.

Full of admiration, I asked, “Wow! How long have you two been married?” “Being together for fourteen years total, married twelve of those.” He replied, without breaking his gaze from his lovely wife’s face. “Well, then, how long have you been away?” I asked. “Two whole days!” “Two days?” I was astonished. By the intensity (热烈) of the greeting, I had assumed he’d been gone for at least several weeks --- if not months. I knew my expression betrayed me, so I turned away my eyes and said quietly, “I hope my marriage is still that passionate after so long!”

The man suddenly stopped smiling and looked me straight in the eye. With forcefulness he told me something that left me a different person. “Don’t hope, friend…decide!” Then he smiled again, shook my hand and said, “God bless!”

With that, he and his family turned and walked away together.

I was still watching that man and his special family walk just out of sight when my friend came up to me and asked, “What are you looking at?” Without hesitation, and with a curious sense of certainty, I replied, “My future!”

1.

The best title of the passage may be _______.

A. Long Loving Hugs B. My Future

C. Don’t Hope. Decide D. Love Is Everywhere

2.

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The man replied to the author, with his eyes still fixed on his wife’s face.

B. After being away for several weeks, the man missed his family very much.

C. It was fourteen years since the couple had got married.

D. Their three kids reminded the author of newlyweds.

3.

By saying “my expression betrayed me” (in Paragraph 4), the author means that ____.

A. he failed to express his ideas to the man

B. the man sensed his real feelings from his expression

C. he didn’t believe in his expression any more

D. his expression was not faithful to him

4.

From the passage, we can infer that __________.

A. the experience may be easily forgotten by the author

B. the author will live a passionate life from now on

C. the author will be away from his family and hug them passionately upon his return

D. Americans prefer to save the best for last

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While waiting to pick up a friend at the airport in Portland, Oregon, I had an experience which occurred merely two feet away from me.
Trying to locate my friend among the passengers coming through the jet way, I noticed a man walking toward me carrying two light bags. He stopped right next to me to greet his family.
First he kissed his three children one by one and said, “It’s nice to see you. I missed you so much!” Then he hugged his wife, “I’ve saved the best for last!” giving her the longest, most passionate kiss I ever remember seeing. They stared at each other’s eyes, smiling at one another, while holding both hands. For an instant they reminded me of newlyweds（新婚夫妇）, but I knew by the age of their kids that they couldn’t possibly be.
Full of admiration, I asked, “Wow! How long have you two been married?” “Being together for fourteen years total, married twelve of those.” He replied, without breaking his gaze from his lovely wife’s face. “Well, then, how long have you been away?” I asked. “Two whole days!” “Two days?” I was astonished. By the intensity (热烈) of the greeting, I had assumed he’d been gone for at least several weeks --- if not months. I knew my expression betrayed me, so I turned away my eyes and said quietly, “I hope my marriage is still that passionate after so long!”
The man suddenly stopped smiling and looked me straight in the eye. With forcefulness he told me something that left me a different person. “Don’t hope, friend…decide!” Then he smiled again, shook my hand and said, “God bless!”
With that, he and his family turned and walked away together.
I was still watching that man and his special family walk just out of sight when my friend came up to me and asked, “What are you looking at?” Without hesitation, and with a curious sense of certainty, I replied, “My future!”
【小题1】The best title of the passage may be __________.

A．Long Loving Hugs	B．My Future
C．Don’t Hope. Decide	D．Love Is Everywhere

【小题2】Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The man replied to the author, with his eyes still fixed on his wife’s face.

B．After being away for several weeks, the man missed his family very much.

C．It was fourteen years since the couple had got married.

D．Their three kids reminded the author of newlyweds.

【小题3】By saying “my expression betrayed me” (in Paragraph 4), the author means that __________.

A．he failed to express his ideas to the man

B．the man sensed his real feelings from his expression

C．he didn’t believe in his expression any more

D．his expression was not faithful to him

【小题4】From the passage, we can infer that __________.

A．the experience may be easily forgotten by the author

B．the author will live a passionate life from now on

C．the author will be away from his family and hug them passionately upon his return

D．Americans prefer to save the best for last

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