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Help comes in many different ways and plays an important part in our lives.
A mother wanted to ________ her son to play the piano. She ________ tickets to the concert of a great pianist. ________ they arrived at the theatre, the mother met a friend. She ________ to talk to her friend and didn’t notice her son run away.
At eight o’clock, the lights began to dim (变暗) and the concert was going to ________ . The mother was ________ looking for the boy. Then, she saw her 6-year-old son on the stage. He was on the piano bench ________ Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.
The mother was very ________. Before she could get her son back, the famous pianist had ________ moved to the piano.
“Don’t move, son. ________ playing,” he said kindly to the boy. The great pianist reached down with his left hand and began filling in the bass (低音) part of the song. Soon, his right ________ reached around the other side. They played a________ piece of music. Together, the two impressed people with their music.
In all of our lives, we often receive helping hands---some we notice, and ________ we don’t. We also have lots of ________ to give helping hands---sometimes we want people to know, and sometimes we don’t. Little of ________ we all achieve comes without others’ help. So, when we receive, we should also give back.
1.A. force B. order C. warn D. encourage (鼓励)
2.A. bought B. sold C. donated D. raised
3.A. Because B. Before C. When D. Though
4.A. enjoyed B. stopped C. continued D. discovered
5.A. take B. start C. leave D. hold
6.A. still B. nearly C. also D. recently
7.A. playing B. singing C. writing D. listening
8.A. creative B. strong C. energetic D. surprised
9.A. safely B. slowly C. angrily D. quickly
10.A. Stop B. Spend C. Keep D. Manage
11.A. eye B. hand C. ear D. leg
12.A. difficult B. forgetful C. wonderful D. awful
13.A. other B. others C. the others D. another
14.A. races B. examples C. days D. chances
15.A. how B. which C. that D. what
In the UK, a woman usually doesn’t like to be asked ________.
A. when did she get married B. how old is she
C. how much she weighs D. where does she come from
You’d better not go home until all the work ________.
A. finish B. will finish
C. is finished D. will be finished
---Have you found a good method to solve the problem?
---No, I haven’t worked it out
A. worked it out B. worked out it
C. tried out it D. found out it
I’m too busy to go to the barber shop to have my hair ________.
A. to be cut B. to cut C. cut D. cutting
I doubt ________ the expensive medicine will work well.
A. whether B. that C. what D. how