It was yearbook day and we were given an hour to sign each other’s yearbooks in the cafeteria(餐厅). I was president of the class and I played sports. When I sat down at a table, people started to come over to get their yearbooks signed and to sign ___________.

Among them, a _______ boy with ugly teeth and thick glasses kept shaking. I had seen him around, and I knew he was always laughed at. He seemed unsure of himself, and was so pale that it _______ us to look at him.

He came up and asked me nervously, “Can you sign this?” I took his yearbook but I didn’t know what to write. I saw that there was the name “Ricky Sanders” written on the front of it. So I wrote:

I put down the yearbook and turned around to get some signatures from some of my friends when I_______ my yearbook was gone. I saw that Ricky had sat down with my yearbook. “What are you doing?” I asked him. He looked up calmly and _______said “Sign!”

My friends broke into a loud laugh, and I saw that he was carefully trying to put a signature in my yearbook. He hadn’t even finished the “R” yet. I thought for a while and decided to let him sign.

It took him nearly five minutes to sign and when I got my yearbook back, there was a very shaky “RICKY”. He hugged(紧抱) his yearbook and _______. I couldn’t help but smile back at him.

In that moment, my attitude(态度) changed completely.

I gave him a high five and suddenly everyone at my table wanted his signature. He was asked _______ to write in their yearbooks and the signature _______ of his yearbook were filled up. He was smiling so big that it lit up the whole room.

I changed school the next year, and I never saw Ricky again. However, I will never forget the day that he became the most _______ guy in school. When I’m __________, I still look back at that yearbook.

1.A.mine B.his C.ours D.theirs

2.A.silly B.weak C.proud D.sick

3.A.worried B.surprised C.taught D.hurt

4.A.saw B.noticed C.thought D.believed

5.A.still B.ever C.even D.just

6.A.smiled B.waited C.left D.rose

7.A.rudely B.loudly C.politely D.patiently

8.A.lists B.pages C.boxes D.tables

9.A.different B.patient C.popular D.important

10.A.away B.out C.behind D.down

“Without music, life would be a mistake,” famous German philosopher(哲学家)Friendrich Nietzsche said over a century ago. Music is a big part of our lives. But in recent years, some US schools have cut music classes to control budgets(预算).

For example, Chicago public schools hurt arts education when it fired over 1,000 teachers. Among them, 10 percent of the teachers taught art or music, according to The Washington Times. In fact, this is not just a problem in the US. In other countries, such as China and the UK, music classes are not thought to be as important as ones like science, math and history. That’s partly because music is not seen as a very important life skill, and it isn’t tested. Many students are busy with schoolwork, so parents and students choose to focus on subjects that are tested more often.

However, learning music is beneficial(有益的)in many ways.

When playing music, you need different abilities to work together. It is not as simple as it looks, according to Kenneth Guilmartin of Music Together, an early childhood music development program. For example, when playing the piano, people see music notes and decode(解码)them in their brains. They also use their fingers to make sounds. You need to deal with all these things at the same time.

Music has a special connection with science as well. You can see that many scientists are good at playing music: Einstein played the violin, and German physicist Max Planck was talented in playing the piano.

1.Some schools in the US cut music classes, because ______.

A.they were too difficult to learn B.students in the US weren’t interested in music

C.the schools wanted to control budgets D.there weren’t enough music teachers in the US

2.In Paragraph 2, what does the underlined word “them” refer to(指代)?

A.Students in Chicago. B.Public schools. C.Parents in Chicago. D.Fired teachers.

3.What’s the main idea of Paragraph 4?

A.Different abilities are needed to work together while we are playing music.

B.Playing the piano needs people to use fingers to make sounds.

C.Decoding music notes is needed while we are playing music.

D.Playing the piano needs people to see music notes.

4.How many scientists who are good at playing music are mentioned in this passage?

A.One. B.Two. C.Three. D.Four.

5.What’s the writer’s opinion according to this passage?

A.Music is as simple as it looks. B.Music classes should be cut in some schools.

C.Music is a big part of our lives. D.Music isn’t a very important life skill for us.

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My two little daughters and I usually go out and help others on Thankful Thursday. Last Thursday, we were going to buy lunch for the beggars (乞丐) in the street. Then we went to the nearest KFC. I ordered 15 lunches from it and drove my car to hand them out. We gave the lunches to the beggars. They were excited. We were happy to see that. Then we noticed a small, old woman, asking for pocket money. We gave her our last lunch bag. Before we got into the car, she started to speak to us. “No one has done anything like this for me before,” she said with a smile. “Well, I’m glad that we were the first,” I answered. “So, when will you eat your lunch?” I asked. She just looked at me with her big, tired brown eyes and said, “Oh, dear, I’m not going to eat this lunch. You see, I have a little daughter. I usually can’t buy her favourite food, but today she will be so happy!” I don’t know if the kids noticed the tears in my eyes. I have asked many times whether our actions of kindness were too small to change anything. Yet at that moment, I realized the truth of words: We cannot do great things-only small things with great love.

1.Who were they going to buy lunch for?

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2.How many lunches did the writer order?

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3.When did the woman start to speak to the writer?

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4.Who was going to eat the lunch, the woman or her daughter?

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5.What can we learn from the story?

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