On my eighth birthday, Dad bought me an accordion(手风琴） and said excitedly, "Once you learn to play, it'll stay with you for life." But I didn't want to play it. I just wanted to play games, But Dad asked me to take accordion lessons.
One day, I found a box in a corner. When I opened it, I saw a beautiful violin. "It was your father's," Mum said. "His parents bought it for him. I guess he got too busy on the farm to learn to play it."
I had to practice half an hour every day, and every day I tried to get out of it. But Dad didn't allow. I asked why. He answered, "Because you can bring people joy. You can touch their hearts." He added softly, "Someday you'll have the chance I never had: you'll play beautiful music for your family. And you'll understand why you've worked so hard." I was speechless.
The lessons stopped after I finished high school. When I grew up, I got married and moved into a new house. I put the accordion in the attic（阁楼）.
One afternoon, my two children found the accordion by accident (偶然). They got very excited. "Play it. Play it," they laughed and said. I started to play some simple songs. I was surprised I could still remember them. Soon the kids were dancing. Even my wife was laughing and clapping to the beat.
At that moment, my father's words came back to me, "Someday you'll have the chance I never had. And you'll understand." I finally knew why Dad had asked me to practice hard. Dad never learnt to play his violin. But I told my family, "This is my father's music."
【小题1】My father didn't learn to play his violin when he was young because _______.

What would you do if a stranger gave you some medicine and said it would keep you thin or help you do well on exams? Would you  1  it?

Sometimes this takes place at some schools in the south．  2  those strangers want to give the students is drugs．Drugs can be  3  that changes the way your mind or body works． Students at a Foreign Language School learn to keep themselves 44  by saying“no”．

From this month，students in other schools are also learning about drugs．"Because teenagers don't know much about drugs，they might want to try them，" Mr. Zhang，the director of a certain Drug Control Center，said．

A sixteen-year-old boy named Peng Fei was an excellent student  5  he tried drugs．One day，some older boys told him it would be fun．After taking drugs only once，he found it very  6  to stop．He began to spend all his time and money   7  drugs．In the end，he started  8  from school and stealing．

In China，drugs are becoming a bigger problem for teenagers．One   9   people in China were using illegal（不合法的）drugs last year and  10  of them were young people．There were 10，000 drug users under 16．

Students now begin to take trips to Rehabilitation Centers（戒毒所）  11  kids with problems．

A Junior 3 student，Wang Xin  12   when she visited a center in Guangdong last term．

"I just wanted to cry when I   13  all the sad stories about drug users．"She said．

Here is a piece of good advice on  14  drugs : Never try them， 15  you are curious（好奇的）．

1．A．follow               B．take                C．bring               D．sell

2．A．How                 B．Why               C．What              D．When

3．A．anything             B．nothing            C．everything         D．things

4．A．safely               B．safety              C．unsafe           D．safe

5．A．before               B．after              C．as soon as        D．while

6．A．easy                B．easily              C．hard                    D．hardly

7．A．with                B．in               C．for              D．on

8．A．escapes             B．escaping           C．escaped          D．escape

9．A．million               B．million of          C．millions of         D．million's

10．A．none              B．most              C．each               D．few

11．A．visit               B．to talk about        C．to meet          D．interviewing

12．A．shocked            B．was shocked      C．was shocking     D．shock

13．A．found              B．saw             C．heard            D．wrote

14．A．keep away          B．keeping off       C．to keep off         D．keeping away

15．A．as long as        B．unless             C．but               D．even if

On my eighth birthday, Dad bought me an accordion(手风琴） and said excitedly, "Once you learn to play, it'll stay with you for life." But I didn't want to play it. I just wanted to play games, But Dad asked me to take accordion lessons.
One day, I found a box in a corner. When I opened it, I saw a beautiful violin. "It was your father's," Mum said. "His parents bought it for him. I guess he got too busy on the farm to learn to play it."
I had to practice half an hour every day, and every day I tried to get out of it. But Dad didn't allow. I asked why. He answered, "Because you can bring people joy. You can touch their hearts." He added softly, "Someday you'll have the chance I never had: you'll play beautiful music for your family. And you'll understand why you've worked so hard." I was speechless.
The lessons stopped after I finished high school. When I grew up, I got married and moved into a new house. I put the accordion in the attic（阁楼）.
One afternoon, my two children found the accordion by accident (偶然). They got very excited. "Play it. Play it," they laughed and said. I started to play some simple songs. I was surprised I could still remember them. Soon the kids were dancing. Even my wife was laughing and clapping to the beat.
At that moment, my father's words came back to me, "Someday you'll have the chance I never had. And you'll understand." I finally knew why Dad had asked me to practice hard. Dad never learnt to play his violin. But I told my family, "This is my father's music."

1. 1.

   My father didn't learn to play his violin when he was young because _______.

   1. A.
      he didn't like to play the violin
   2. B.
      he had to support his family
   3. C.
      he wanted to play games
   4. D.
      he didn't keep on practicing
2. 2.

   How might the writer feel when he had to practice playing the accordion?

   1. A.
      Delighted.
   2. B.
      Excited.
   3. C.
      Bored.
   4. D.
      Relaxed.
3. 3.

   "Dad didn't allow" means "_______".

   1. A.
      Dad didn't agree with me.
   2. B.
      Dad didn’t keep me doing it.
   3. C.
      Dad didn't help me do it.
   4. D.
      Dad didn't see me do it.
4. 4.

   What were the writer’s children doing when he started to play simple songs?

   1. A.
      Singing
   2. B.
      Dancing
   3. C.
      Clapping to the beat
   4. D.
      Screaming
5. 5.

   Dad asked me to learn to play the accordion so that _______.

   1. A.
      I could go to a better school
   2. B.
      I could give myself much joy
   3. C.
      I could be a useful man
   4. D.
      I could make people happy