Dear Mom and Dad,
I'm afraid I have some very bad news for you. I have been very naughty and the school master is very angry with me. She is going to write to you. You must come and take me away from here. She does not want me in the school any longer. The trouble started last night when I was smoking a cigarette in bed. As I was smoking, I heard footsteps coming towards the room .I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking, so I threw the cigarette away. Unfortunately, the cigarette fell into the waste-paper basket. It caught fire.
There was a curtain near the waste-paper basket. It caught fire too. Soon the whole room was burning. The master phoned the fire brigade. The school is a long way from the town and before the fire brigade arrived, the whole school was on fire. The master said that the fire was all my fault and I must pay for the damage. She will send you a bill for about a million dollars.
I'm very sorry for this.
Much love
Sarah
1.Why did Sarah write to his parents?
A．He missed them very much for they hadn’t seen each other for a long time.
B．He told his parents what he had done in school.
C．He was tired of studying, and wanted to leave school.
D．He thought he was old enough to help them do something.
2. Where did Sarah smoke?
A．In the classroom B．In the Dinning hall
C．In the street D．In the dormitory
3. Why was the school master angry with him?
A．Because he was too naughty
B．Because he was too lazy
C．Because he caused a big fire
D．Because he stole something from the school
4.According to the passage, what should the students not do?
A．They should not smoke, because smoking is dangerous to them
B．They should not dance, because dancing would waste a lot of money
C．They should not make friends, because making friends would take them absent
D．They should not wear expensive clothes because they would waste a lot of money
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Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist(打击乐器独奏演员) though she was a disabled woman.
“Early on I decided not to allow the 16 of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began 17 piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion(酷爱) for music grew. But I also began to gradually lose my 18 . Doctors told me that the nerve (神经) damage was the 19 and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never 20 me.”
“My 21 was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I 22 to ‘hear’ music differently from others. I play using my feet and can 23 the pitch of a note(音调高低) by the vibrations(振动). I feel through my body and through my 24 . My entire sound world exists by making full ___25___ of every sense that I have.”
“I was 26 to be considered as a musician, but not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had 27 this before and some teachers were ___28___ to admit me. However, based on my performance, I was 29 admitted and went on to 30 with great honour.”
“After that, I became a full-time solo percussionist. I 31 a lot of musical pieces since 32__ had been written specially for solo percussionists.”
“I have been a soloist for over ten years. 33 the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn’t 34 that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be 35 by others’ attitude. Follow your passion; follow your heart. They will lead you to the place you want to go.”
1. A. conditions B. opinions C. actions D. suggestions
2. A. enjoying B. choosing C. taking D. giving
3. A. sight B. hearing C. touch D. taste
4. A. evidence B. result C. excuse D. cause
5. A. left B. excited C. supported D. disappointed
6.A. achievement B. decision C. promise D. goal
7. A. turned B. learned C. used D. ought
8. A. tell B. see C. hear D. smell
9.A. carefulness B. idea C. imagination D. experience
10. A. use B. effort C. feeling D. idea
11.A. dissatisfied B. shocked C. determined D. unhappy
12. A. done B. accepted C. advised D. admitted
13. A. learning B. excited C. willing D. unwilling
14.A. usually B. finally C. possibly D. hopefully
15. A. study B. research C. graduate D. progress
16. A. wrote B. translated C. heard D. read
17. A. enough B. some C. many D. few
18. A. However B. Although C. When D. Since
19.A. mean B. seem C. conclude D. say
20. A. failed B. beaten C. taught D. affected
—What do you think of his opinion?
—None has given me ___________ piece of advice.
A. a better B. a best C. the best D. the better
It has been proved _______ eating vegetables in childhood helps to protect you against serious illnesses in later life.
A. if B. that C. what D. when
It is reported that the United States uses ____ energy as the whole of Europe.
A. as twice B. twice much C. twice much as D. twice as much
________ you are interested in astronomy, you can read the book.
A. Even if B. Now that C. Unless D. As soon as
