An armless pianist who plays with his toes has won the first series of China’s version of the internationally popular TV talent show, “China’s Got Talent.”
Liu Wei, a 23-year-old Beijing-born pianist, who lost both his arms at the aged of 10 when he was electrocuted(触电)during a game of hide-and-seek. Liu Wei stayed in rehabilitation(康复)centre for 2 years. When he got out, he was introduced to Beijing’s disabled swimming team, and he managed to take 2 gold medals in the National Disabled Swimming Championship at the aged of 14. But soon he was told not to do too much sport by the doctor.
Liu Wei was very sad. Luckily, the door was shut on sports, but it opened in music. At the age of 18, he started to learn the piano. He could not find a teacher to lead him to play with his toes, so he began teaching himself. Liu said, “I knew if I tried, I might get a chance at success. If I didn’t try, I would lose my future.”
He carried on a daily 7-hour practice, his improvement gave him hope. He kept practicing and made progress gradually. In early 2011, he gave a memorable performance in Vienna’s Golden Concert Hall. In 2012, he received the award “Top Ten People Who Moved China”.
【小题1】Liu Wei lost both his arms when he was______ years old.
A. 10                       B. 14                       C. 23
【小题2】Besides playing the piano, Liu Wei is also good at _______.
A. playing games
B. learning from others
C. armless swimming
【小题3】Liu Wei was taught by ________ to play the piano with toes.
A. his teacher                 B. his mother                   C. himself
【小题4】The sentence “The door was shut on sports, but it opened in music” means that Liu Wei ______.
A. lost the future of music
B. got other chances at success
C. couldn’t do sports
【小题5】The best title of this passage is “_________”
A. One is never too old to learn
B. Time and tide wait for no man
C. Where there’s a will, there’s a way

A gentleman stopped his car at the door of a flower shop. He planned to order flowers and asked the shopkeeper to deliver them to his mother, who was far away in his hometown.

The gentleman saw a little girl crying on the road before he entered the shop. The gentleman asked her: “Why are you crying?”

“I want to buy a rose for my mother, but I haven’t got enough money,” said the girl.

The gentleman took the girl’s hand and entered the flower shop. He first ordered the bouquet (花束) for his mother and bought a rose for the girl.

When he was walking out of the shop, the gentleman asked the girl if she would like a ride home.

“Will you really drive me home?” she asked.

“Of course,” the gentleman replied.

“Then drive me to my mother. But the place where my mother lives is very far.”

The gentleman drove along the mountain road and finally came to the cemetery (墓地).

The little girl put the flower onto a new grave (坟墓). In order to send a rose to her mother who had died a month before, she had gone on a very long journey.

The gentleman drove the girl to her home and then returned to the flower shop. He cancelled(取消)the bouquet and bought a big bunch (束) of fresh flowers instead. He drove directly to his mother’s home, a five-hour drive from here. He would send the flowers to his mother in person.

1.The word “deliver” in Paragraph 1 means “______________”.

A.give              B.take              C. send            D.bring

2.Why was the little girl crying?

A.Because her mother died.

B.Because she lost her money.

C.Because she lost her way home.

D.Because she couldn’t afford a rose.

3.The little girl asked the gentleman to drive her ______________.

A.to her home                           B.to her school

C.to a cemetery                          D.to a mountain

4.We can tell from the story that ___________.

A.The little girl loves her mother very much

B.The gentleman doesn’t care about his mother

C.The little girl’s mother lives far away from her home

D.The gentleman’s mother passed away a month ago

 

“Do you like my dress?” She asked a lady. “My Mum made it just for me,” she said with tears in her eyes.

   “Well, I think it’s very pretty, so tell me, little girl, why are you crying?”

   The little girl answered in a low voice, “After Mum made me this dress, she went away. My Dad says that she’s up in heaven with grandfather.”

   Finally the woman realized why she was crying. She felt very sorry for the little girl and held the child in her arms.

   Just before the lady wanted to go, the girl stopping crying, walked back from the woman, and showed her a spot (点) on her dress, and said, “Right here is where my Mum kissed my dress, and here,” pointing to another spot, “and here is another kiss, and here, and here. Mum said that she had put all those kisses on my dress so that I would forget my sadness.”

   The lady realized that she wasn’t just looking at a dress, no, she was looking at mother. The mother knew that she was going away. So she gave all her love to her lovely daughter and put it into the dress.

   The lady no longer saw a little girl wearing a simple dress. She saw a child in her mother’s love.

根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。

1.The little girl was crying because her mother           .

   A. died                     

B. went out with her grandfather       

C. was ill

2.The girl told the woman the spots on her dress were           .

   A. the strange designs      

B. her sadness                     

C. her mother’s kisses

3.The little girl showed the lady           .

   A. how beautiful her dress was

   B. how happy she was

   C. how great the mother’s love was

4.According to the passage, it’s clear that the woman was           .

   A. the girl’s relation     

B. a careless woman                

C. kind to the girl

5.From the story, we learn that           .

   A. a mother should take her child with her

   B. mother’s love is the greatest in the world

   C. a girl should wear a dress made by her mother

 

One day a man saw an old lady standing by her expensive car, clearly in need of help. So he stopped his old truck and got out. Although he was smiling, the old lady was worried. Was he gong to hurt her? He didn’t look safe.

The man could see that she was frightened, so in his friendliest voice he said, “I’m here to help you, madam. Why don’t you wait in the car where it’s warm? By the way, my name is Bryan Anderson.” Bryan quickly fixed the car and the lady thanked him. Then she asked how much she should pay him.

But Bryan wanted no money. He was just giving a hand to someone in trouble. This was normal for him. He said, “If you really want to repay me, next time you see someone in need, help them and think of me.”

After saying goodbye, the lady continued down the road until she reached a small café where she decided to stop for something to eat. As the pretty waitress took her order, the lady noticed she was nearly eight months pregnant(怀孕). Although the waitress looked tired she was very kind. As the lady was going to pay the $10 bill she remembered Bryan’s words.

She paid with a hundred-dollar bill. But when the waitress returned with the change the lady was gone. On the table she saw a small note. There ware tears in her eyes when she read it: “Somebody once helped me the way I’m helping you. If you want to pay me back, continue being kind to others.” Under the note were nine more $100 bills.

Was the old lady an angel? The waitress was so excited that she called her husband to tell him the news. “Bryan Anderson my dear…you’re not going to believe what just happened…”

1.When the lady saw Bryan, she was worried because she thought_____ .

A. he may hurt her            B. he wasn’t going to stop

C. he couldn’t help her         D. she didn’t have enough money

答案: A

【解析】

2.What can we learn about the old lady from the story?

A. She was never kind to others.

B. She was usually quite careless.

C. She was probably very rich.

D. She was not a very good driver.

答案: C

【解析】

3.The underlined expression “giving a hand to(Paragraph 3)is closest in meaning to “____”.

A. questioning       B. helping         C. hurting         D. calling

答案: B

【解析】

4.The underlined word “it” (Paragraph 5) refers to “____”.

A. the change        B. the bill         C. the note          D. the order

答案: C

【解析】

5.Which of the following shows the relationship between the man, the lady and the waitress?

答案:D

【解析】

 

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