Music can be a great power to change people’s lives. Regina del Carmen Sanchez, 14, always believes this. The girl from Kansas City, US, leads a hard life. She lives in a small house with her mom and grandparents. Her mom gets a very low pay.
But it doesn’t stop Sanchez’s love of music. She wrote her first song Keep Your Head Up when she was 12. It described the bad situation at her home, but it also sent the message of hope： “My house is old and poor, but it beats (胜过) being homeless… Love yourself and never give up. You’ll see a better life if you keep your head up…”
It took Sanchez several months to finish the song. Sometimes during a break in class, when lyrics (歌词) came into her head, “I would have to write them down right then,” she told the local newspaper The Kansas City Star.
Jeremy Lillig was a spokesman for Bright Futures, a charity fund. When he saw the video of the song, he was moved. He shared it through social media (社交媒体). The fund has provided money for poor students in Kansas City.
Now Sanchez often plays the song in public. “I want to help people understand what is happening in the world in an easy way,” she said.
1.There are people in Sanchez’s family.
A. three B. four C. five D. six
2.What’s true about Keep Your Head Up?
A. It was written two years ago.
B. It showed a feeling of hopeless.
C. It described the good situation of a house.
D. It took Sanchez several weeks to write the song.
3.The Kansas City Star is .
A. a music group B. a newspaper
C. a charity fund D. a school
4.The word “moved” can be replaced (代替) by .
A. surprised B. interested C. touched D. excited
5.The best title of the passage can be .
A. A girl and her song
B. Poor home is better than being homeless
C. Charity changes the girl’s life
D. Let’s support poor students
My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors said that with treatment he would be able to walk, but would never run very well. The first three years of his life was in hospital. By the time he was eight, you wouldn’t know he has a problem when you saw him .
Children in our neighborhood always ran around their play, and Joey would jump and ran and play, . We never told him that he probably wouldn’t be to run like the other children. So he didn’t know.
In grade he decided to join the school running team. Every day he trained. He ran more than any of the others, only the top seven runners would be chosen to run for the . We didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn’t know.
He ran four to five miles every day — even when he had a fever. I was , so I went to him after school. I found him running . I asked him how he felt. “Okay,” he said. He had two more miles to go. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept .
Two weeks later, the names of the team were called. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had the team. He was in seventh grade — the other six team members were all eighth graders. We never told him he couldn’t do it … so he didn’t know. He just it.
1.A. spent B. taken C. cost D. paid
2. A. talk B. sit C. study D. walk
3.A. after B. before C. during D. till
4.A. either B. too C. though D. yet
5.A. able B. sorry C. glad D. afraid
6.A. sixth B. seventh C. eighth D. ninth
7.A. so B. if C. then D. because
8.A. neighborhood B. family C. school D. grade
9.A. excited B. tired C. pleased D. worried
10.A. think about B. hear from C. agree with D. look for
11.A. alone B. away C. almost D. already
12.A. riding B. walking C. playing D. running
13.A. jumpers B. runners C. doctors D. teachers
14.A. got B. kept C. made D. found
15.A. did B. had C. left D. made
— Mum, do you mind my listening to music for a while?
— ________. But please listen to it with your earphone.
A. Yes, please B. No, thank you
C. Not at all D. Yes, I do
—Do the Winter Olympics have similar events to______in the Summer Olympic Games?
— No. Winter Olympic Games only include winter sports.
A. those B. this C. that D. ones
I couldn’t get through the door because there was a big box ______.
A. by the way B. on the way
C. in some ways D. in the way
—________ are you training hard for? — To be a volunteer.
A. Why B. What C. Who D. Where
