Beethoven(贝多芬)was born in a small city near the Rhine in Germany．His father always drank and his mother was a maid(女仆)．They lived a poor life．
Beethoven was a talented(有天赋的)child in music．People at that time thought he was as clever as Mozart．His father wanted to make money from his talent, so he told him to practice and play all the time．If he didn’t do that, his father would be angry with him and beat him．
Beethoven was very short and ugly．He couldn’t hear well from the age of 22 and later he heard nothing, but all these unhappy things didn’t make him dislike music．He began to write sonatas(奏鸣曲)at 12, and later he became a great musician．
His life was so short that he didn’t leave many works．But people think he was one of the best musicians in the world．
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择正确答案。
(1)
Beethoven was from a ________ in a small city near the Rhine in Germany．
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A．
educational family
B．
teacher’s family
C．
rich family
D．
poor family
(2)
Beethoven’s father told him to practice and play all the time because his father wanted to make
[ ]
A．
him be a great musician
B．
him not drink too much like him
C．
himself rich
D．
him beat Mozart in music
(3)
What did people think of Beethoven at that time?
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A．
He wasn’t a rich boy．
B．
He did as well as Mozart in music．
C．
He didn’t love his parents．
D．
He would be a great singer．
(4)
He was ugly and deaf, ________．
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A．
that often made him dislike music
B．
but all these things didn’t make him dislike music
C．
that made him stressed out
D．
but he didn’t regard all these things as challenges
(5)
Which of the following is NOT true?
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A．
His father would be angry with him and beat him unless he practiced and played all the time．
B．
His father never stopped drinking wine．
C．
He left so many works that people think he was one of the best musicians in the world．
D．
After writing sonatas at 12, he became a great musician．
A rabbit is running into its hole．You may ask,“What happened?”
Well, when a rabbit sees something dangerous, it runs away．Its tail moves up and down as it runs．When other rabbits see this tail moving up and down, they run too．They know that there is danger．The rabbit has told them something without making a sound．It has given them a signal．
Many other animals use this kind of language．When a bee found some food, it goes back to his home．It cannot tell the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does a little dance in the air．This tells the bees where the food is．
Some animals say things by making sounds．A dog barks, for example, when a stranger comes near．A cat purrs(发出呼噜呼噜的声音)when pleased．Some birds make several different sounds, each with its own meaning．
But human beings have something that no animals have－a large number of words about things, actions, feelings or ideas．We are able to give each other information, to tell or inform other people what is in our mind or how we feel．By writing words down we can remind ourselves of the things what have happened, or send messages to people far away．No animals can do this．No animals has the wonderful power of language．
No one knows how man learned to make words．Somehow he learned to make them．As centuries went by, he made more and more new words．This is what we mean by language．
People living in different countries made different kinds of words．Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world．A very large English dictionary, for example, contains four or five hundred thousand words．But we do not know all these．The words we know are called vocabulary．We should try to make our vocabulary larger．Read as many books as possible．When we meet a new word, look it up in the dictionary．A dictionary is the Most useful book．
(1)
When a rabbit gives the other rabbits a signal of danger, it ________．
[ ]
A．
runs into its hole
B．
stops to move its tail
C．
runs with its tail moving up and down
D．
stops moving its tail up and down as it runs
(2)
A dog can tell something ________．
[ ]
A．
by giving signals
B．
by making different sounds
C．
by purring
D．
by barking
(3)
It has been proved that no animal is able to ________．
[ ]
A．
give the others information
B．
tell others how it feels
C．
express it actions and feelings with words
D．
make different sounds, each with its own meaning
(4)
Generally speaking, what we mean by“vocabulary”is ________．
[ ]
A．
all the words that we know
B．
more and more words we use
C．
all the words we need
D．
the dictionary which contains thousands of words
(5)
What must we do in order to make our vocabulary large?
[ ]
A．
Make more and more new words．
B．
Learn more languages．
C．
Look up any new words in a dictionary．
D．
Try to read as many books as possible．
阅读理解。
A rabbit is running into his hole．You may ask,“What happened?”
Well, when a rabbit sees something dangerous, it runs away．Its tail moves up and down as it runs．When other rabbits see this tail moving up and down, they ran, too．They know there is danger．The rabbit has told them something without making a sound．It has given them a signal．
Many other animals use this kind of language．When a bee finds some food, it goes back to his home．It can't tell the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does dance in the air．This tells the bees where the food is．
But animals say things by making sounds．A dog barks, for examples, when a stranger comes near．A cat purrs(发出呼噜呼噜的声音)when pleased．Some birds make several different sounds, each with its own meaning．
But human beings have something that no animals have－a large number of words about things, actions, feelings or ideas．We are able to give each other information to tell or inform other people what is in our mind or how we feel．By writing words down we can remind ourselves of the things that have happened, or send messages to people far away．No animals can do this．No animals has the wonderful power of language．
No one knows how man learned to make words．Somehow he learned to make them．As centuries went by, he made more and more new words．This is what we mean by language．
People in different countries made different kinds of words．Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world．A very large English dictionary, for examples, contains four or five hundred thousand words．But we don't know all these．The words we know are called vocabulary．We should try to make our vocabulary larger．Read as many books as possible．When we met a new word, look it up in the dictionary．A dictionary is the most useful book．
(1)
What's the meaning of the underlined word?
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A．
标语
B．
信号
C．
唱片
D．
图像
(2)
A dog can tell something ________．
[ ]
A．
by giving signals
B．
by making different sounds
C．
by purring
D．
by barking
(3)
It has been proved that no animals are able to ________．
[ ]
A．
give the others information
B．
express their actions and feelings with words
C．
tell others how they feel
D．
make different sounds, each with its own meaning．
(4)
Generally speaking, what we mean by“vocabulary”is ________．
[ ]
A．
all the words that we know
B．
more and more words we use
C．
all the words we need
D．
the dictionary which contains thousands of words
(5)
What must we do in order to make our vocabulary larger?
In the summer time, when there are many flowers, a beehive(蜂窝)is a very busy place．Bees fly from flower to flower．Flowers have a juice called nectar(花蜜)．Bees take the nectar that they like and make it into honey(蜂蜜)。
When a bee finds some good nectar, it hurries home．It wants to tell the other bees where the nectar comes from．And it does!It tells by doing a dance．
The dance tells which way to fly．It tells how far to go．The bees go back together for more nectar．
Every bee in the beehive is busy．That is why we say that someone who works hard is“as busy as a bee”．
根据短文内容判断正误。(正确的写T，错误的写F)
(1)
Bees can make honey．
( )
(2)
The whole passage is about how bees fly．
( )
(3)
A bee's dance only tells other bees where to go．
( )
(4)
In the summer time bees are very busy．
( )
(5)
We say someone who works in summer is“as busy as a bee．”
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