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. Ijust 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. "You’re 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.My father didn't learn to play his violin when he was young because _______.

    A. he didn't like to play the violin        B. he had to support his family

    C. he wanted to play games             D. he didn't keep on practicing

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

    A. Delighted.        B. Excited.        C. Bored.      D. Relaxed.

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

    A. Dad didn't let me do it.              B. Dad didn't stop me doing it.

    C. Dad didn't help me do it.             D. Dad didn't see me do it.

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

A. I could go to a better school        B. I could give myself much joy

C. I could be a useful man              D. I could make people happy

 

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　　Robert told me a story.

　　When he was nine years old, he lived in an Orphan Home(孤儿院). He dreamed(梦想)of finding 1 . He wanted a real home.

　　One day a boy named Bob came to play ball game with the boys in the Orphan Home. While they were resting after the game, Bob said,“Can't I 2 with you? I like it here. ”Robert looked at him in 3 . “If I had parents, I wouldn't want to stay here. ”Bob had tears in his eyes. “It isn't to 4 at home,”he said. At last the boys decided to get Bob secretly(秘密地)into the Orphan Home for the night.

　　The next day Bob said,“Maybe my mother and father will let me stay here. ”“If I had a mother and father,”said Robert,“I'd want to go back. I bet(打赌)they would 5 me back. ”

　　An 6 came to Bob. “Maybe they will 7 you instead of me, and let me stay here,” he said. “They wouldn't”said Robert. But he so much wanted parents that he was always hopeful. So together they went to Bob's house.

　　When they reached there, they saw a 8 in front of the house. The people were 9 when they saw Bob. The two boys were rushed inside.

　　Bob's father shook his son and shouted, “Where have you been? We 10 you had been stolen ! ”

　　“I just went to the Orphan Home,”said Bob. “I know you don't 11 want me, so I'm going to live there. ”He pointed(指) to Robert. “I'm changing 12 with him. I like the Orphan Home better than here. ”

　　Bob's father turned to Robert. “Did you 13 this idea into his head?”he shouted 14 .

　　“I did not, ”said Robert, “And I've 15 my mind. I don't want to trade (交易) with him. The Orphan Home is nicer than here. ”

　　The man's face turned pale. Then suddenly Bob and his mother and father were hugging (拥抱)one another and weeping(哭泣).

　　“Now, ”he said, after telling me the story, “I have children. My children know that they are loved and wanted. I know what it 16 not to have a loving family.”

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A)请阅读下面短文，根据短文内容从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项                              

A

 

1 How much are the musical tickets for two children?

A. 16 pounds,      B, 35 pounds.      C. 30 pounds.      D. 40 pounds.

2When will the Teenage Drawing Competition be held?

A. On June 7th.                        B. On August 6th.

C. On September 20th.             D. On April 25th.

3 Where can you watch Adele's performance this Sunday afternoon?

A. At St. James' s Park.                 B. At Westfield Theater.

C. At Westfield Shopping Center.        D. At Cambridge Theater.

B

     When I crossed a small road on my first day in Kolkata, I was surprised because I heard a bell-not a horn (喇叭),  It was a tiny man pulling a rickshaw, He stopped and picked up two children from the front door of their house and pulled them to school. For many people, the rickshaw in Kolkata has many advantages, When the traffic is bad, rickshaws find a way through the traffic. If your miss your bus and there aren't any taxis, you can always find a rickshaw in Kolkata. Rickshaws are from your house to the market and waits for you. Then he loads (装载)all your things, drops you off outside your home and helps you unload, No other type of public transport offers this kind of service.

    From June to September, Kolkata gets heavy rain. Sometimes it rains for 48 hours without a break. In some parts of the city, the roads flood (水淹), and anything with an engine(发动机) is useless, But the rickshaw drivers never stop working, even with water all around them.

    But not everyone thinks rickshaws are a good thing. The local government want to ban rickshaws. They believe it is wrong for one man to pull another person when there is modern transport in the city. However, there is a problem with this plan. Many of the rickshaw drivers come from the countryside. The only job they can find in Kolkata is pulling a rickshaw, If the city bans rickshaws, these men won't have a job. So for the moment, the people of Kolkata still go by rickshaw.

   4What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?

    A. The rickshaw drivers carry things for local people in Kolkata.

    B. Parents need rickshaws for taking children to school in Kolkata.

    C. Rickshaws can find a way through the bad traffic in Kolkata.

    D. Rickshaws are very useful for the people' s daily life in Kolkata.

  5 What does the underlined word "ban" mean?

    A. make       B. increase     C. forbid      D. collect

  6What can we learn from the passage?

    A. The rickshaws in Kolkata have loud horns.

    B. The rickshaw is still a part of public transport in Kolkata.

    C. The local government offer many other jobs to the rickshaw driven.

D. The people in Kolkata are supposed to take rickshaws instead of cars.

                               C

     Nathan Sawaya's childhood was a lot of fun. He drew cartoons, wrote stories, and played with plastic toy bricks (积木). His grandparents bought his first set of toy bricks when he was five years old and he's been building with toy bricks ever since. He even took his building bricks to college with him! Instead of books and a computer, he had a model of Greenwich Village made of bricks on his desk.

     Nathan started as a lawyer but gave up His highly-paid (高薪的) job to become an artist that uses toys in his art. He uses toy bricks to build everything from the Statue of Liberty(自由女神像) to Superman! He has more than 1.5 million colored bricks in his working room in New York which he uses to make pieces of art. He started by building small models but then decided to do something big and created a self-portrait (自画像). It took him two days just to build the eyes.

     Nathan's work has appeared in museums around the world. Children love his art because it is made out of the same toys that they play with at home and adults love his work because it is fascinating. Since it began in2007, Nathan's exhibition "The Art of the Brick" has been very popular with museum visitors everywhere.

     "I'm proud that I took a dream I had as a child, to become an artist, and I have actually made a job out of it," says Nathan. "To do what you love in life is the most important thing."

   7What did Nathan put on his desk at college?

    A. The Statue of Liberty.

    B. Superman.

    C. His serf-portrait.

    D. A Greenwich Village modal.

  8Why did Nathan give up his job as a lawyer?

    A. Because he made little money out of a lawyer.

    B. Because he wanted to make toys for the children.

    C. Because he decided to become an artist of toy bricks.

    D. Because he was going to work in the museum instead.

  9What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refer to?

    A. Nathan's work.                 B. Nathan's exhibition.

    C. Nathan's art.                   D. Nathan's self-portrait

   10 What would be the best title for the passage?

    A. The Brick Artist                B. The Brick Exhibition

C. Toy Bricks for Adults           D. The Artist's Childhood