World-famous violinist Itzhak Perlman was stricken with polio(小儿麻痹) as a child. As a result, he wears races(轮槽) on both legs and walks with the aid of crutches. At concerts, getting on stage is no small achievement for him. He slowly crosses the stage until he reaches his chair. He lays his crutches on the floor, slowly undoes the clasps(扣环)on his legs, puts one foot backward and extends the other one forward. Then he bends down and picks up the violin, puts it under his chin, nods to the conductor, and starts to play.
One fall evening in 1995, while performing at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City, Perlman had to deal with one additional trouble. Jack Reimer, a famous reporter with the Houston Chronicle, described the scene. “Just as he finished the first few bars, one of the strings on his violin broke. You could hear the sound go off like gunfire across the room. There was no mistaking what that sound meant.”
There was no mistaking what he had to do. People who were there said, “We figured he would have to get up...to either find another violin or find another string for this one.”
But he didn’t. Instead he waited a moment, closed his eyes, and then signaled the conductor to begin again .The band and he played from where he had left off. He played with enthusiasm and power.
Of course, it is important to play a symphonic work with just three strings. But that night Itzhak Perlman refused to know that. You could see him modulate(调音), change, recompose the piece in his head. At one point, it sounded like he was turning the strings to get new sounds they had never made before.
1.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 mean?
A.It’s a piece of cake for Perlman to perform on the stage.
B.It’s not easy for Perlman to get on the stage.
C.Perlman has achieved great success on the stage.
D.Perlman has small achievements on the stage.
2.How did the string break?
A.It only broke by accident. B.Perlman broke the string because he was too excited.
C.A gunfire from somewhere in the room broke it. D.It was broken by the few bars.
3.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that Perlman_______.
A.pretended not to know that the string was broken. B.thought nothing was impossible
C.was a very proud man D.showed his self-confidence in time of trouble
Whether you’re a boy or a girl and whether you're a freshman or a senior, developing the following skills will help you achieve success in school and in life.
Time management. There are just 24 hours in each day. What you do with that time makes all the difference. While high-school students have an average of 35 hours per week of class time, college students have an average of 15 to 18 hours per week. Manage your free time wisely and you'll make full use of each day.
Good study habits. If you've got them, it's great. If not, there's still time to develop them. Good study habits include the following:
• Always be prepared for class, and attend classes regularly. No cutting!
• Finish homework in a timely manner.
• Review your notes daily rather than study for tests the night before.
• Set aside quiet time each day for study, even if you don't have homework or a test the next day!
Good note-taking. You can't possibly set down everything the teacher says since we talk at a pace of about 225 words per minute. But, you do need to set down the important material. Note-taking should be in a way that's the most helpful to you. You can try writing notes on different colored cards. If you really have a problem with note-taking, you might ask your teacher if you can record daily lessons. Do whatever it takes!
Review of daily notes. Don't wait until the night before the test to review your notes. Go over your notes each day while the lecture is still fresh in your mind. Add any missing pieces. Compare your notes with a classmate's notes. Review your notes each day to improve your learning and build towards your final goal: mastery of the subject or skill.
1.If you want to make good use of each day, you should______.
A.achieve success in school and in life
B.deal with your free time in a wise way
C.develop good study habits earlier
D.set aside some quiet time for study
2.If you want to form good study habits, you should______.
A.get them as early as you can
B.study for tests the night before
C.set down all the teacher says
D.go over your notes every day
3.What is the main advantage of reviewing of daily notes?
A.To help write down the important material.
B.To solve the problem with note-taking timely.
C.To help you to master the subject greatly.
D.To add any missing pieces to your notes.
阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
Human beings are smart. However, it seems that people are gradually losing their smartness as smartphones become more and more important assistants in their lives, reported news website Record Japan on Oct. 22. As we rely too much on technology instead of our brains, many people have lost three basic abilities, said the website.
The first skill many people have lost is remembering phone numbers. Because phone numbers are stored in smart phone contacts, there's no need to dial a number or look at it again.
And some people may also have lost their sense of direction because navigation apps can guide people anywhere they want to go. These apps can even find shortest routes for you and avoid traffic jams. But the worst lost skills may be social ones, meaning that some people are becoming socially inept(无能的）. People often bury themselves in their smart phones. As we're too addicted to what's happening in the virtual world, some of us have lost conversational skills and sometimes can't even tell whether a person is happy or not.
In August, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, studied 51 students aged 11 and 12 who had over five hours' screen time every day. Their task was to tell the emotions of 48 pictures of faces that were happy, sad, angry or scared. The children made an average of 14.02 mistakes at the beginning. But after a five-day camp without electronic (电子的) products, they made only 9.41 mistakes on average. “If you’re not practicing face-to-face communication, you could be losing important social skills,” concluded professor Yalda Uhls from the research.
Luckily, people still have a chance to get these abilities back. You should try to keep your parents' numbers in mind for emergencies. You should also pay more attention to street signs and stores, which will help you to draw a mind map and stop you from getting lost. And the easiest solution to social skill loss is to take a break from electronic devices because we are social creatures. We need device-free time.
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1.He was late as a result of being held _____ in a traffic jam.
2.European leaders are unwilling to acknowledge the existence of the hidden economic threat to the whole Europe, let _____ deal with it effectively.
3.It is uncertain what side effect the GM food will bring ____, although some scientists consider it to be safe.
4.Not knowing when Zhang Yingying’s murder case would be solved, her mother broke ______ at the start of a recent court hearing.
5.After experiencing the initial failures, his career began to take _____.
6.Conventional wisdom has it that we should put _____ some money for rainy days when we have a lot in hand.
7.When asked about his childhood, the man choked _____. Obviously, it is a scar he doesn’t want to be touched.
8.I could have told the whole story to you if you hadn’t broken ____ so often.
9.His writing is so confusing that it is difficult to make ______ what he is trying to express.
10.The police combed _____ this area for the missing boy, but in vain.
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1.The manager has decided to put ______ he thinks is energetic and clever in the position of the leadership of the company.
2.The government stressed that efforts must be made to prevent risks ______ (arise) from gathering of tourists.
3.But for the medical team’s efforts, more lives _______(claim) in this pandemic.
4.We choose this hotel because the price for a night is down to $ 20, half of _____ it used to charge.
5.What you did seems ______ (violate) the law. It won’t be long before you are sent into prison.
6.The importance of music and the effort ______ has on children’s intelligence development has been widely acknowledged.
7.It is necessary that every rule we set up _______(apply) to everyone.
8.Hard _______ the doctors had tried to save his life, the scholar died in the end.
9.It is the third time that the little boy __________ (subscribe) to China Daily.
10.TikTok, known as Douyin in China, is a social media platform ______ short videos can be edited and uploaded easily.
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1.President Trump announced that the United States would w_______from the Paris Climate Agreement, which would weaken efforts to fight global warming.
2.Mike runs a hotel in Yunnan and shares his stories with others v_____ his online blog.
3.Thousands are ________(不顾一切地) trying to leave their battled homes and villages.
4.“It never occurred to me that I could possibly save a life through the hotline,” she added, r_____ a story about saving a suicidal man.
5.Many coffee drinkers in China have been in a panic that coffee causes cancer after a post was c______ in social media on the weekend.
6.You should try to understand what’s actually happening instead of acting on the _________(假设) you’ve made.
7.His arm has s_______ up where the bee stung him.
8.Guests attending the conference are trying out mobile phones with a 5G _______(终端).
9.Every time he gets drunk, he becomes violent and a_______.
10.Educators from across the globe share a common belief that education should not be interrupted under any c_________.
11.The boss donated ________(慷慨地) a large sum of money to the earthquake-stricken area.
12.It rained heavily and a stream _______(蜿蜒) its way across the field.
13.Peter stood out among the job hunters because of his c_______ of English, so the company employed him as a translator.
14.He refused to eat any pork in the restaurant because of his r______ belief.
15.At the end of the lecture, the whole audience rose, _______(鼓掌，称赞）the speaker for his wonderful speech.
