On my eighth birthday, Dad bought me an accordion(手风琴) and said excitedly, "Once you learn to play, it'll stay with you for life." But I didn't want to play it. I just wanted to play games, But Dad asked me to take accordion lessons.
One day, I found a box in a corner. When I opened it, I saw a beautiful violin. "It was your father's," Mum said. "His parents bought it for him. I guess he got too busy on the farm to learn to play it."
I had to practice half an hour every day, and every day I tried to get out of it. But Dad didn't allow. I asked why. He answered, "Because you can bring people joy. You can touch their hearts." He added softly, "Someday you'll have the chance I never had: you'll play beautiful music for your family. And you'll understand why you've worked so hard." I was speechless.
The lessons stopped after I finished high school. When I grew up, I got married and moved into a new house. I put the accordion in the attic(阁楼).
One afternoon, my two children found the accordion by accident (偶然). They got very excited. "Play it. Play it," they laughed and said. I started to play some simple songs. I was surprised I could still remember them. Soon the kids were dancing. Even my wife was laughing and clapping to the beat.
At that moment, my father's words came back to me, "Someday you'll have the chance I never had. And you'll understand." I finally knew why Dad had asked me to practice hard. Dad never learnt to play his violin. But I told my family, "This is my father's music."
【小题1】My father didn't learn to play his violin when he was young because _______.
A.he didn't like to play the violin
B.he had to support his family
C.he wanted to play games
D.he didn't keep on practicing
【小题2】How might the writer feel when he had to practice playing the accordion?
A.Delighted.B.Excited.C.Bored.D.Relaxed.
【小题3】"Dad didn't allow" means "_______".
A.Dad didn't agree with me.
B.Dad didn’t keep me doing it.
C.Dad didn't help me do it.
D.Dad didn't see me do it.
【小题4】What were the writer’s children doing when he started to play simple songs?
A.SingingB.DancingC.Clapping to the beatD.Screaming
【小题5】Dad asked me to learn to play the accordion so that _______.
A.I could go to a better school
B.I could give myself much joy
C.I could be a useful man
D.I could make people happy

Tom and Fred are talking about the year 2020. “What will our world be like in the year 2020?” “I don't know,” says Fred. “What do you think?” “Well, no one knows, but it’s interesting to guess.” “In the year 2020 everyone will carry a pocket computer. The computer will give people the answers to all their problems. We shall all have telephones in our pockets, too, and we’ll be able to talk to our friends all over the world. Perhaps we’ll be able to see them at the same time. ” “A lot of people will live and work under the sea. Perhaps there will be big towns, factories and farms under the sea, too. ” “Machines will do most of the work, and so people will have more holidays, perhaps they’ll work only two or three days a week. They’ll be able to fly to the moon by spaceship and spend their holidays there. ” “I’m looking forward(期待)to the year 2020. I hope to go to the moon! ” “And 1 hope I’ll be able to live under the sea.” says Fred. “Won’t that be very interesting? Just like a fish! ”
【小题1】Tom and Fred talked about ____ .
A.their school life
B.some interesting news
C.their life in the past
D.their life in the future
【小题2】Machines will ____ .
A. do most of the work instead of people
B. B. do some of the work instead of people  
C. do as much work as people
D. do as little work as people
【小题3】From their talk, we know that ____ .
A.only Fred hopes to fly to the moon
B.both of them hope to fly to the moon
C.one of them hopes to fly to the moon
D.neither of them hopes to fly to the moon
【小题4】Fred said ____ .
A.he liked fish very much
B.he would like to live under the sea like a fish
C.he would go fishing under the sea
D.he would spend a few days on the moon
【小题5】Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned?
A.People will be able to fly to the moon in a spaceship.
B.People will have more holidays.
C.Many people will live and work under the sea.
D.All the factories and farms will be built under the sea

When I was a teenager growing up in Russia, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could do this was to work in the local brick factory in my town, or get married. I was nervous when I told my father I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, “No! You are going to college.” He took me by surprise when he said, “OK. We’ll go to the brick factory.”
Two days later, he took me to the factory. I had a very romantic idea of working in a factory. I had imagined everyone to be friends working together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I guess I had watched too many movies as a teenager.
When we arrived at the factory gate, my father spoke to the guard and one minute later we were inside. My father said, “Take your time. Look around.” I walked around the factory looking at the building, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was horrible. I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”
He asked me, “What do you think of the factory?”
“It’s terrible,” I replied.
“And marriage is even worse!” he said.
I went back to school the next day thinking about studying hard so I could get into a good college. I enjoyed studying English so I decided to major in languages at college. Thanks to my father and our trip to the brick factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!
【小题1】The writer lived in       when she was a teenager.
A. Russia       B. Japan        C. China
【小题2】At first she thought life in the factory would be       than in school.
A. more careful     B. more colorful       C. more beautiful
【小题3】When she told her father that she wanted to leave school, he expressed his disagreement       .
A. by doing nothing    B. in a special way     C. by saying nothing
【小题4】After they visited the factory, the girl       .
A. decided to work there     B. decided to get married    C. changed her mind
【小题5】The underlined work “horrible” means “    ” in Chinese.
A. 糟糕的       B. 紧张的       C. 浪漫的

Before I left to meet Lynne, my friend told me that I had better take some money, but I didn’t listen to him. I thought that Lynne would pay because she invited me.

I arrived at the restaurant on time because I knew Americans like to be on time. Lynne and I sat at a table near the door and soon we began to enjoy ourselves there.

The food there was very delicious. I talked a lot about Saudi Arabia and Lynne told me all about herself. After two hours the waiter came and asked if we wanted one check(账单) or two. Lynne said two. Lynne paid her check, and the waiter gave me mine, I had no money. Then I had an idea, I called my friend. In a few minutes he arrived with some money. He laughed at me all the way home.

Now, I think it’s funny, but I guess you can understand how I felt at that time. So when you visit a foreign country, you have to learn their language and culture.

1.From the first paragraph, we mainly know____________.

A. I invited Lynne.                                          B. Lynne invited me.

C. Lynne was my best friend                      D. I knew Lynne very much.

2. After the meal,___________________________,

A. Lynne paid only for herself                     B. Lynne paid for both of us.

C. I would like to pay for myself                D. I paid for both of us.

3.. From the passage we know, when we visit a foreign country,__________.

A. We’d better pay for ourselves.

B. We should learn their language well.

C. We’d better pay for others after meal.

D. We have to learn both their language and culture.

 

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