My husband and I are both musicians. I took it  36   granted that one day our daughter Holly would learn to play an instrument.

In 2000 Holly fell  37   and the doctor said she may have been left   38    deaf. “She won’t be able to hear music in any shape or form,” said the doctor. It was a great   39   .

In 2001, her right ear was fitted with a cochlear implant --- electronic equipment that provides a sense of    40    for people who are completely deaf. Seven years later, another was fitted in her    41    ear. The doctors played us a model of what music would sound like to Holly --- I was horrified    42   it was just white noise.

“Holly will hear music,” I   43    saying to myself. I tried to put what had gone wrong right, so we constantly   44   words and sounds to her. She has been having lessons since she was seven . she’s   45   all the time. I’m always surprised by just how much better she does.

When she   46   a national piano competition, the adjudicator   47   Holly for appearing to listen to the sounds she was making --- her whole body, he said to us, was   48   in the process of making music.

I   49   that the model we originally heard of how music sounds with a cochlear implant isn’t   50   holly hears it. The brain is complex and adapts to many   51   ;in some way, Holly has made   52   of it all. She loves life. She doesn’t think about what happened to her and says   53   , “I don’t want to talk about bad things. Let’s talk about good things.”

I was determined that her life would not be   54   by a miserable event, but never imagined that she could   55   what she has. I can only describe this as a miracle.

A. as              B. like              C. for             D. with

A. asleep           B. ill               C. silent           D. short 

A. partly           B. nearly            C. deeply          D. totally

A. accident         B. disease           C. shock           D. surprise 

A. sound           B. noise             C. music           D. voice

A. right            B. left              C. deaf             D. good

A. although         B. unless           C. because          D. while

A. avoided          B. remembered      C. imagined         D. kept 

A. repeated          B. reflected         C. reacted          D. responded 

A. suffering          B. crying          C. working          D. improving

A. entered           B. quitted          C. lost              D. visited

A. asked             B. cared           C. praised          D. thanked

A. considered         B. contained        C. invited          D. involved

A. remind            B. believe          C. advise          D. forget

A. when             B. how             C. whether         D. why

A. states             B. positions         C. places           D. situations 

A. sense             B. choice           C. use             D. fun

A. exactly            B. finally           C. simply          D. generally 

A. influenced         B. decided          C. remarked        D. introduced 

A. achieve            B. choose          C. take            D. expect 

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When I was in Germany, one day at Christmas-time I went to a post office to send a letter. To my (36)______ I found people queuing some paces away from the person at the savings deposit window.

(37)_____so? Each did his business (38)_____ but the line never moved a step (39)_____. I was very (40)____, so I walked to the window to find out the cause. There was a notice on which was written “Thank you for your (41)_____for other's privacy”—a polite (42)_____to keep people away from nosing into other's (43)_____ (money matters are regarded as privacy in Western countries). I was deeply impressed by the (44)____ and stayed a while to watch: they were waiting so (45)____ at a distance that they seemed quite (46) _____to the practice. The (47)____ thing happened at a public telephone box. (48)_____ waiting for their turns always kept their distance—enough to be out of (49)____ . It's another typical example!?

From then on I (50)____ to watch their ways of doing things, manners, treatment (51)____ towards others. And I found the Germans always mindful of other's privacy. They avoided putting others in an embarrassing(窘迫)situation. For instance, they never (52)____ about age, incomes or the place to buy such a coat, (53)_____would they comment on the others or jewelry others wore. Their laws (54)_____ reading diaries or opening letters without permission. That shows (55) ____matters are not allowed to be disturbed.

A. sorrow

B. anger

C. delight

D.surprise

A. Why

B. How

C. What

D. Where

A. in secret

B. with care

C. in turn

D. by turns

A. slower

B. nearer

C. farther

D. longer

A. curious

B. angry

C. interested

D. impatient

A. care

B. respect

C. help

D. search

A. voice

B. phrase

C. warning

D. sentence

A. pockets

B. savings

C. needs

D. affaris

A. word

B. sight

C. people

D. matters

A. honestly

B. anxiously

C. nervously

D. calmly

A. used

B. familiar

C. uncomforable

D. polite

A.interesting

B. strange

C.same

D. different

A. They

B. These

C. Those

D. That

A. sight

B. hearing

C. touch

D. question

A. went on

B. took care

C. paid attention

D.took charge

A. moving

B. shown

C. facing

D. offered

A. asked

B. heard

C. worried

D. learned

A. so

B. nor

C. not only

D. if

A. appreciate

B. stop

C. hate

D. forbid

A. public

B. personal

C. small

D. important

My father often works very hard.And he has   1  to see a film. Here I’ll tell you   2   about him.

One afternoon, when he finished his work and   3   go home, he found a film ticket under the   4  on his desk. He thought he   5   to have not much work to do that day and   6   was quite wonderful to pass the   7   at the cinema.So he came back home and   8   finished his supper. Then he said   9   to us and left.

But to our   10   , he came back about half an hour later, I   11   him what was the matter. He smiled and told us about   12   funny thing that had happened at the cinema.

  When my father was sitting in his seat, a   13   came to my father’s and said that the seat was   14   . My father was surprised.He took out the ticket   15   looked at it carefully. It was Row17,   16  . And then he looked at the seat. It was the same. So he asked  17    her ticket. She took out the ticket at once and the seat shown in it was Row 17, Seat 3.

    18    ? What’s the matter with all this? While they were wondering suddenly the woman said, “The   19    of the tickets are different.” So they looked at the ticket more carefully. After a while, my father said, “Oh,    20   , I made a mistake. My ticket is for the film a month ago. Take this seat, please.” With these words, he left the cinema.

1.  A.little money     B.much money    C.little time D.much time

2.  A.a funny story   B.a good story     C.an old story     D.a strange story

3.  A.was to         B.was about to    C.had to          D.ought

4.  A.box           B.book          C.glass            D.paper

5.  A.happened        B.liked          C.pretended      D.wanted

6.  A.it               B.this             C.that         D.which

7.  A.morning       B.afternoon       C.day          D.evening

8.  A.early            B.quietly           C.quickly       D.suddenly

9.  A.hello            B.good-bye       C.good evening D.good night

10.A.disappointment B.joy            C.sorrow         D.surprise

11.A.asked           B.explained       C.told           D.wanted

12.A.a              B.one            C.some           D.the

13.A.man         B.woman         C.doctor        D.nurse

14.A.hers         B.his            C.taken        D.wrong

15.A.and           B.but           C.or             D.so

16.A.Seat1           B.Seat2         C.Seat3          D.Seat4

17.A.it bring         B.to get         C.to see         D.to show

18.A.Why            B.How          C.When         D.where

19.A.designs        B.colors           C.prices          D.owners

20.A.I’m sad        B.I’m sorry      C.I’m wrong      D.I’m worried

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