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A Disappointing Performance
Tom was sick with disappointment. The piano performance was almost a success, however, he f 1. in his solo(独奏). He couldn’t understand how it could have happened. He had p 2. for weeks that seemed like months. He had given up sports until after the performance because he wanted to make his parents p 3. of him. He spent all his time with the piano. His teacher had said he was q 4. to learn. It was true that he accepted music as another l 5. , another way to talk to people. His grandparents, aunt, and uncle all came to hear him play, and he was anxious to s 6. them that he was the best in the whole class. But, when he stood up to go to the piano, his knees felt w 7. . He looked into the audience and saw his f 8. smiling back at him. At this time, he felt n 9.. His fingers began to tremble (颤抖), shaking as though he had caught a bad cold. He sat down at the piano. He took a deep b 10. . He played the first part of his music, then realized with fear that he had forgotten the rest. He started over, thinking that would help. It didn’t. His bright musical life seemed to end.
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A 10-year-old boy decided to learn judo though he had lost his left arm in a car accident. The boy was doing well, so he couldn’t understand why, after three months of training, the master had taught him only one move.
“Master,” the boy finally asked, “shouldn’t I be learning more moves?” “ This is the only move you know, but this is the only move you’ll ever need to know,” the teacher answered.
Several months later, the teacher took the boy to his first competition. Surprising himself, the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match proved to be more difficult, but after some time, his opponent (对手) became impatient and charged; the boy skillfully used his one move to win the match. Still amazed by his success, the boy was now in the final.
This time, his opponent was bigger, stronger, and more experienced. Soon after the match started, the boy seemed to lose. Thinking that the boy might get hurt, the judge called a time-out. He was going to stop the match when the teacher appeared. “ No,” the teacher said, “Let him continue.” A short time after the match carried on, his opponent made a careless mistake. At once, the boy used his move to pin (压住) him. The boy won the match and the competition.
On the way home, the boy asked the teacher what was really in his mind. “Why could I win the competition with only one move?” The teacher answered. “First, you’ve mastered one of the most difficult throws in judo. Second, your opponent can only attack your left arm to win you.”
根据短文内容完成下面的表格，每空一词。
Title: One’s weakness can become his 1. | ||
A boy had lost left arm, 2. he decided to learn judo | ||
After three months of training, the master taught him only one move. | ||
His first _3._ | First three matches | He won. |
Final | His opponent was bigger, stronger and more 4. . At the 5. , the boy seemed to lose the match. The judge was 6. that the boy might get hurt and called a time-out. His opponent made a mistake. The boy used his move and pinned him. He became the 7. of the match. | |
8. | 1. He had almost mastered one of the 9. throws in all of judo. 2. The opponent can only win the match by 10. your left arm. | |
词汇
A）根据句意及汉语提示，写出各单词的正确形式，每空填一词。B）用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
1.The rich woman used to live in _________ (中心的) London.
2.In China , we have many ___________ (传统的)festivals, such as the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Chinese Spring Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival.
3.---What have you learnt from their ____________(对话)?
---I’ve learnt a lot about how a TV programme is made.
4.What are you doing ? we are talking about _________ (今晚) film on CCTV6.
5.Learning a musical ___________ (乐器) introduces a child to an understanding of music
6.Her words left a ___________impression on me .(last)
7.Mr Singh was a ________ successful salesman. (high)
8. ---Do you know the man ?
---No, I just know he is one of Britain's best known rock ___________ (music)
9.Many students didn’t hand in their homework on time this morning, so the teacher got angry. But at last he ________ himself. (control)
10.I like watching the films________________ (direct) by Zhang Yimou very much. His films are really wonderful.
11.This little boy has a real gift for____________(paint).
12.You’d better not play football in the street. It’s very ________ (danger).
13.The operation was _________ (success) performed, and the patient would get well soon.
14.Ma Yun became even _______________(wealthy) because of his harder work.
15.How lovely these baby________ (wolf) are !
What does a Korean father look like? Strict, cold and focused （集中）only on his job. Well, yes, this is the popular image (形象) of Korean fathers. However, this image does not tell the whole story. Across the country, more and more fathers are looking for the answer to the question: what does it mean to be a good father today? And they choose to attend Father School.
Set up in 1995, Father School began in Seoul. It was to help Korean men show love to their families. Most of the students are from 30 to 70 years old. They are asked to write letters to their kids as homework and to practice saying “I love you” to all family members.
Like many students in Father School, Edmond Rhim never wanted to come. “I’m not a bad father,” he said. “But it was just difficult for me to communicate with my two teenage kids.” He began to show up in class, and things got better. When he graduated from the school among 70 other men, he no longer felt awkward (尴尬的) when hugging his wife and kids.
1.Why do Korean fathers attend Father School?
A. They want to know how to teach their children.
B. They want to know what it means to be a good father today.
C. They want to make friends with other fathers.
D. They want to be strict fathers.
2.What does Father School do?
A. It helps mother to show love to her children.
B. It helps children to communicate with parents.
C. It helps father to show love to his parents.
D. It helps father to show love to the family.
3. Fathers learn to do all the following things at Father School except .
A. help kids finish their homework
B. hug their kids
C. say “ I love you” to family members
D. write letters to kids
4.What is true about Edmond Rhim according to the passage?
A. Edmond Rhim was a bad father.
B. Edmond Rhim seldom hugged his wife or kids before he went to Father School.
C. There were 70 men in Edmond Rhim’s class.
D. It was easy for Edmond Rhim to communicate with his kids before he attended Father School.
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
