Nat lived in a small town in England．He always stayed in England for his vacation, but last year he thought, “I’m never outside this country．All my friends go to Spain, and they like it very much．So this year I’m going there, too．”
First he went to Madrid(马德里)and stayed in a small hotel for a few days．On the first morning he went out for a walk．In England people drive on the left, but in Spain they drive on the right．Nat forgot about this and when he was crossing a busy street, a bike knocked(撞)him down．
Nat lay(躺)on the ground for a few seconds and then he sat up and said,
“Where am I?”
An old man was selling maps at the side of the street, and he at once came to Nat and said, “Map of the city, sir?”
(1)
Nat always spent his vacation __________．
[ ]
A．
in Madrid
B．
in Spain
C．
outside his country
D．
in England
(2)
One year, Nat went to __________．
[ ]
A．
England
B．
London
C．
Spain
D．
America
(3)
The exact(准确)Chinese word for “busy” in this story may be “__________”．
Once there was a piano player in a bar(酒吧)．People came just to hear him play．But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song．
"I don't sing," said the man．
But the lady told the waiter, "I'm tired of listening to the piano．I want the player to sing!
The waiter shouted across the room, "Hey, friend!If you want to get paid, sing a song!'
So he did．He had never sung in public before．Now he was singing for the very first time!Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!
He had talent(天赋)he was sitting on!He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar．But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US．His name was Nat King Cole．
You, too, have skills and abilities．You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think．With hard work, most skills can be improved．Besides, you may have no success at all ff you just sit on your talent．
(1)
The lady asked the player to sing a song because ________．
[ ]
A．
she had paid him for this
B．
she knew him very well
C．
she wanted to have a change
D．
she enjoyed his singing
(2)
Nat King Cole succeeded because ________．
[ ]
A．
the lady helped him a lot
B．
he caught the chance
C．
he continued to play in the bar
D．
he stopped playing the piano
(3)
The words "sit on" in the passage probably mean"
[ ]
A．
fail to realize
B．
forget to use
C．
try to develop
D．
manage to show
(4)
From the story we know if you have some talent, you should ________．
[ ]
A．
hide it and wait
B．
ask others for help
C．
pay no attention to it
D．
work hard to improve yourself
(5)
Which could be the best title(标题)for the passage?
[ ]
A．
Sing in the Bar
B．
Achieve Success in Life
C．
Never Lose Heart
D．
Find Your Hidden Talent
阅读理解
Once there was a piano player in a bar(酒吧)．People came just to hear him play．But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song．
“I don't sing,” said the man．
But the lady told the waiter, “I'm tired of listening to the piano．I want the player to sing!”
The waiter shouted across the room, “Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!”
So he did．He had never sung in public before．Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!
He had talent (天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar．But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US．His name was Nat King Cole．
You, too, have skills and abilities．You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think．With hard work, most skills can be improved．Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent．
(1)
The lady asked the player to sing a song because ________．
[ ]
A．
she paid him much money
B．
she knew him very well
C．
she wanted to have a change
D．
she enjoyed his singing
(2)
Nat King Cole succeeded because ________．
[ ]
A．
the lady found his talent and trained him
B．
he caught the chance and worked hard
C．
he continued to play the piano in the bar
D．
he went to school to improve singing skills
(3)
The words “sit on” in Paragraph 6 probably mean ________．
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