Ye Xiaogang is known as one of the most famous modern Chinese composers．
He learned to play the piano at the age of four．His father was a composer who wrote a lot of music for films．But when his father was sent to a farm to work．Ye was only 11 at that time．
Ye had to work on another farm for a year before entering a factory．He worked in the factory for six years until he was 22．
The workers in the factory were friendly and helped him a lot，but he could not play the piano any more．No matter(不论)how hard he worked on the farm or in the factory，he never left music．He just waited for chances．He dreamed of becoming a pianist．
When Ye could play the piano again．he practiced hard every day in order to go to the Central Conservatory of Music in 1978．but the school would not recruit(招收)piano students that year．In the end.Ye chose composition(作曲)as his major(专业)．although he was not familiar with it．
In 1980．he studied at Cambridge University．Then he went to a famous school of music in the US in 1987 to take more courses．
As a famous composer in China．Ye worked for many organizations．
He wrote many symphonies(交响乐)．He also wrote film and TV music．which traditional composers hardly ever worked on．
1.From the fourth paragraph．we can 1earn that Ye Xiaogang_________．
A．didn’t get along well with the workers in the factory
B．often practiced playing the piano after work
C．never gave up his dream
D．wanted to be a composer
2.Why didn’t Ye Xiaogang choose the piano as his major at the Central Conservatory of Music?
A．Because the school was more famous for the major of composition．
B．Because the school wouldn’t recruit piano students that year．
C．Because his father wanted him to study composition。
D．Because he was more familiar with composition。
3.The writer mainly tells us _________．
A．how to learn the piano
B．how to realize our dreams
C．the history of a famous music school
D．the experiences of a famous musician
William Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth. He wrote thirty-seven plays in all. They are still popular today.
He was born in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen. In 1582,he married a farmer’s daughter. She was eight years older than he was. Their first child was a daughter. Later they had twins. In 1585,Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon. His wife and children stayed behind. No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592.
At twenty-eight, he moved to London and joined a theatre company which opened the Globe Theatre in 1599.He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays. He made almost no money from his writing. But he made a lot of money from acting. With the money he bought a large house in his hometown.
At the age of forty-nine, Shakespeare retired（退休）and went to live in Stratford-upon-Avon. He died at the age of fifty-two in 1616. He left his money to his family. He left the genius（天才）to the world. You still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world.
1. Shakespeare wrote many famous plays except .
A. Hamlet B. Macbeth
C. Romeo and Juliet D. Man and Superman
2.Shakespeare decided to be an actor in .
A.1578 B.1582 C.1599 D.1616
3.In 1585,Shakespeare left his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon .
A. with his wife B. with his daughter
C. with his wife and children D. Alone
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Hundreds of years ago in a small town, a moneylender lent a lot of money to a poor man. The moneylender , who was old and ugly, the poor man’s beautiful daughter. So he came up with an idea. He said the poor man didn’t need to return the money to him he could marry his daughter. Both the man and his daughter were .
The moneylender then told them that he would put a small stone and a small white stone into an empty bag. The girl would have to one. If she took the black stone , she would become the moneylender’s and her father’s debt (债务) would be let go. If she picked the white stone, she didn’t need to marry him and her father’s debt would be let go. Her father would be put into prison if she refused to pick a stone.
As they talked, the moneylender picked up two stones. As he did that, the girl that he had put two black stones in the bag. He then asked the girl to pick her stone from the bag.
The girl thought for a while and then had an idea. She put her hand into the bag and took out a stone. looking at it, she let it fall onto the path where it became lost among all the other stones. “ Oh how I was！” She said, “But never . If you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to which stone I picked.” This tells: Sometimes we can think about things in a way. Most difficult problems do have a solution.
1.A. pleased B. attracted C. loved D. saw
2.A. if B. unless C. so D. but
3.A. bored B. frightened C. relaxed D. excited
4.A. pink B. red C. black D. yellow
5.A. show B. damage C. check D. choose
6.A. daughter B. cousin C. wife D. friend
7.A. again B. still C. never D. hardly
8.A. said B. feared C. thought D. noticed
9.A. On B. About C. For D. Without
10.A. usually B. surprisingly C. immediately D. slowly
11.A. worried B. clever C. careless D. lucky
12.A. laugh B. mind C. cry D. complain
13.A. tell B. explain C. ask D. arrange
14.A. saying B. story C. news D. man
15.A. careful B. funny C. different D. normal
---Tom wants to know if___________ a picnic tomorrow.
--- Yes. But if it _________, we will visit the museum instead.
A. you have; will rain B. you will have; will rain
C. you will have; rains D. will you have; rains
Tan Dun won an Oscar ________ his music __________ the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
A. in; in B. in; for
C. for; in D. for; for
We will visit Shanghai this Sunday __________ it rains or it’s too cold.
A. since B. if C. unless D. Until
