Frederic Chopin was born in March 1810 near Warsaw in Poland(波兰)。He was one of the greatest musicians in the world, In 1831, he went to Paris, No people knew he could play the piano very well.
At that time people in Paris liked the Hungarian（匈牙利的）pianist Franz Liszt.
One night，at a concert, Liszt went to the piano and people shouted. As all the lights in the concert were turned off, a wonderful piano concert started. The music was so good that the listeners were all greatly interested. They kept praising(不停地赞扬) the pianist and thought that Liszt had reached something new in playing the piano.
Suddenly, all the lights were turned on again as the music came to an end. And there stood a young man instead of the famous Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt.
Liszt planned all this. As the lights went out, Liszt left his chair and let Chopin take his place. So with the help of Liszt and his own talent(天赋)，Chopin soon became famous.
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1.Chopin was______.
A. the greatest musician in the world
B. a famous Polish(波兰的)pianist
C. a famous Paris pianist
D. one of the greatest musicians in Hungary
2.The wonderful piano concert started______.
A. after all lights were turned on
B. when Liszt sat down at the piano
C. after the lights were turned off
D. when Chopin went to the piano
3.Chopin became famous______.
A. before he came to the concert
B. Because he was a student of Liszt’s
C. because people in Paris liked him very much
D. since he played so well at the concert
4.From the story we know______.
A. Chopin could be famous because of his own talent and the help from Liszt
B. Liszt planned to make Chopin famous
C. Liszt was Chopin’s teacher
D. one could be famous only with the help of a famous pianist
Mrs. White was very fat. She weighed(重)100 kilos, so she went to see a doctor. The doctor said, “You need a diet(节食)，Mrs. White, and I have a good way here.” He gave Mrs. White a small book and said, ”Read this carefully and eat the things on page 11 every day. Then come back and see me in two weeks.”
Mrs. White came again two weeks later, but she wasn’t thinner. She was fatter than before. The doctor was surprised and asked,” Are you eating the things on page 11 of the small book? ” ”Yes, doctor. ”she answered.
The next day the doctor visited Mrs. White during her dinner. He was very surprised at what he saw. ” Mrs. White,” he said,” why are you eating potatoes and bread? They aren’t in your diet. ” “Doctor,” Mrs. White answered, ” I follow my diet at lunchtime. But this is my dinner. ”
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1.Why did Mrs. White go to see a doctor?
A. Because she had a bad cold.
B. Because she felt terrible.
C. Because the doctor was her friend.
D. Because she wanted to be thinner .
2.After two weeks, Mrs. White became________.
A. fatter B. thinner
C. healthier D. stronger
3.What’s the meaning of” I follow my diet at lunchtime. But this is my dinner”?
A. She always followed the diet.
B. She didn’t follow the diet.
C. She didn’t like the diet.
D. She only followed the diet at lunchtime, and she didn’t follow the diet at dinner.
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We know that trees are useful in our everyday life. They ________ us many things, such as wood, rubber(橡胶), medicine and many other things. They can ________ tell us a lot about our climate. The following are the reasons(理由). If you ________ across a tree, you can see that it has many rings. Most trees grow one new ring ________ year. Because of the reason, we know ________ a tree is. A tree over a hundred years old means that it has more than a hundred ________ . When the climate is not much rainy or very cold, the trees do not grow very much and their rings are usually ________ . When it is wet and warm, the rings are not thin. If the rings are suddenly very thin or suddenly very thick(厚), this means that the ________ changes suddenly. If we look at the rings on this tree, we can learn ________ the climate for a hundred years. We can see________ our climate changed. From trees we can get a lot. So we should pay attention to them as much as possible.
1.A. tell B. ask C. give D. get
2.A. not B. too C. to D. also
3.A. cut B. climb C. walk D. see
4.A. every B. many C. the first D. from
5.A. how big B. how long C. how old D. how much
6.A. trees B. leaves C. people D. rings
7.A. big B. long C. small D. thin
8.A. climate B. trees C. rings D. animals
9.A. from B. of C. about D. to
10.A. how B. why C. when D. while
I have ________. That makes me ________.
A. enough money, enough happily
B. enough money, happy enough
C. money enough, enough happy
D. money enough, happily enough
I think we should get up early ______ we can catch the early bus.
A. however B. so that C. but D. whether
I was watching TV when someone _______ the door.
A. were knocking at B. knocked
C. knocked at D. knock at
