Wishing to encourage her young son's progress on the piano, a mother took the small boy to a Paderewski concert.After they were seated, the mother saw a friend in the audience and walked1the aisle(通道)to greet her.2the opportunity to explore the wonders of the concert hall, the little boy rose and3explored his way through a door4"NO ADMITTANCE."
5the house’s lights dimmed and the6was about to begin, the mother returned to her seat and discovered that her son was 7. Suddenly, the curtains parted and spotlights focused8the impressive Steinway on stage.In9, the mother saw her little boy sitting at the keyboard, innocently(纯洁地)picking out "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."
At that moment, the great piano master10his entrance, quickly moved to the piano, and whispered in the boy's ear, "Don't11." "Keep playing." Then leaning over, Paderewski reached down with his left12and began filling in a bass part. Soon his right arm reached around to the13side of the child and he14a running obbligato(伴奏).Together, the15master and the young novice(新手)transformed a16situation into a wonderfully creative17. The audience was mesmerized(迷倒).
That's the way it is with God.18we can finish on our own is hardly noteworthy. We try our best, but the19aren't exactly flowing music. But20the hand of the Master, our life's work truly can be beautiful.

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      through
    2. B.
      down
    3. C.
      across
    4. D.
      over
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      Seizing
    2. B.
      Taking
    3. C.
      Catching
    4. D.
      Using
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      fortunately
    2. B.
      immediatly
    3. C.
      eventually
    4. D.
      surprisingly
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      marked
    2. B.
      said
    3. C.
      carried
    4. D.
      noticed
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      Before
    2. B.
      When
    3. C.
      Since
    4. D.
      Because
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      concert
    2. B.
      lecture
    3. C.
      speech
    4. D.
      party
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      crying
    2. B.
      sleeping
    3. C.
      missing
    4. D.
      playing
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      on
    2. B.
      to
    3. C.
      in
    4. D.
      at
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      anger
    2. B.
      surprise
    3. C.
      delight
    4. D.
      horror
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      made
    2. B.
      walked
    3. C.
      finished
    4. D.
      found
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      move
    2. B.
      quit
    3. C.
      leave
    4. D.
      play
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      finger
    2. B.
      arm
    3. C.
      foot
    4. D.
      hand
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      other
    2. B.
      another
    3. C.
      both
    4. D.
      each
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      filled
    2. B.
      played
    3. C.
      added
    4. D.
      passed
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      old
    2. B.
      great
    3. C.
      famous
    4. D.
      patient
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      fanscinating
    2. B.
      exciting
    3. C.
      surprising
    4. D.
      frightening
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      experience
    2. B.
      choice
    3. C.
      performance
    4. D.
      exercise
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      which
    2. B.
      That
    3. C.
      What
    4. D.
      How
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      results
    2. B.
      ways
    3. C.
      music
    4. D.
      concert
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      of
    2. B.
      for
    3. C.
      with
    4. D.
      by

It was the night before the composition was due. As I looked at the list of topics(题目), “The Art of Eating Spaghetti(意大利面条)” caught my eye. The word “spaghetti” brought back the 1 of an evening at Uncle Alien’s in Belleville 2all of us were seated around the table and Aunt Pat 3 spaghetti for supper. Spaghetti was an exotic(外来的) treat in 4days. Never had I eaten spaghetti, and 5 of the grown-ups had enough experience to be6it. What laughing 7 we had about the8respectable method for moving spaghetti from plate to mouth. 9, I wanted to write about that, but I wanted to 10 it down simply for my own 11, not for Mr. Fleagle, my composition teacher. 12, I would write something else.
When I finished it the night was half gone and there was no 13 left to write a proper com­position for Mr. Fleagle. There was no choice next morning but to 14my work. Two days pas­sed before Mr. Fleagle returned the 15 papers. He said, “Now, class, I want to read you a composition, ‘The Art of Eating Spaghetti’. ”
My words! He was reading my words out 16 to the whole class. 17 laughed, then the whole class was laughing with open-hearted enjoyment. I did my best not to show18, but what I was feeling was pure happiness, 19 my words had the power to make people20.

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      memory
    2. B.
      thought
    3. C.
      knowledge
    4. D.
      experience
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      when
    2. B.
      where
    3. C.
      since
    4. D.
      after
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      cooked
    2. B.
      served
    3. C.
      got
    4. D.
      made
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      their
    2. B.
      past
    3. C.
      last
    4. D.
      those
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      none
    2. B.
      one
    3. C.
      earns
    4. D.
      neither
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      careful about
    2. B.
      good at
    3. C.
      fond of
    4. D.
      interested in
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      speeches
    2. B.
      lessons
    3. C.
      sayings
    4. D.
      arguments
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      nearly
    2. B.
      naturally
    3. C.
      officially
    4. D.
      socially
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      Especially
    2. B.
      Probably
    3. C.
      Suddenly
    4. D.
      Fortunately
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      settle
    2. B.
      put
    3. C.
      bite
    4. D.
      let
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      work
    2. B.
      story
    3. C.
      luck
    4. D.
      joy
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      However
    2. B.
      Therefore
    3. C.
      As for him
    4. D.
      Except for that
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      time
    2. B.
      excuse
    3. C.
      way
    4. D.
      idea
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      give up
    2. B.
      continue
    3. C.
      hand in
    4. D.
      delay
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      written
    2. B.
      graded
    3. C.
      collected
    4. D.
      calmly
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      laid
    2. B.
      fast
    3. C.
      publicly
    4. D.
      calmly
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      People
    2. B.
      Nobody
    3. C.
      Somebody
    4. D.
      I
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      shock
    2. B.
      wonder
    3. C.
      worry
    4. D.
      pleasure
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      if
    2. B.
      for
    3. C.
      while
    4. D.
      although
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      excited
    2. B.
      satisfied
    3. C.
      think
    4. D.
      laugh

Mr. and Mrs. Moore were invited to a Christmas party at a hotel one year. They1their car outside and went in. Mr. Moore had never got drunk (醉) before, so he was2not to drink too much, 3 his friends asked him to drink more4.
   During the party, Mrs. Moore found that she had5to bring her bag, so she asked her husband to go out to the car and 6it for her. He 7so, but on his way back to the hotel gate, he heard a car horn(喇叭) blowing near his own car. He thought 8 might be in need of help and went over to the car with the9. He found a small black bear sitting in the driving-seat and blowing the horn.
   When Mr. Moore 10the party, he told several people about the bear, but of course they did not believe him and thought he was drunk. When he took them out of the hotel to 11 that his story was12, he found that the car with the 13in it had gone. There were so many14about Mr. Moore's black bear during the next week that he at last put an advertisement(广告) in the newspaper;“If anyone saw a black bear blowing the horn in a car outside the Century Hotel 15the evening of Christmas Day, please tell…”
  Two days later16Mrs. Richards called him and said that she and her husband had left their pet (宠物) bear in their car outside the Century Hotel for a few minutes that evening, and that 17he had blown the horn.
Mrs. Richards did not18to think there was anything19about that.“Our bear likes blowing car horns,”she said,“and we don't 20when we are not driving the car.”

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      pulled
    2. B.
      stayed
    3. C.
      left
    4. D.
      hid
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      polite
    2. B.
      careful
    3. C.
      glad
    4. D.
      afraid
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      whether
    2. B.
      until
    3. C.
      Or
    4. D.
      though
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      all along
    2. B.
      once again
    3. C.
      just then
    4. D.
      for ever
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      learned
    2. B.
      known
    3. C.
      remembered
    4. D.
      forgotten
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      buy
    2. B.
      get
    3. C.
      send
    4. D.
      return
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      said
    2. B.
      went
    3. C.
      did
    4. D.
      thought
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      on
    2. B.
      someone
    3. C.
      his wife
    4. D.
      the bear
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      noise
    2. B.
      voice
    3. C.
      cry
    4. D.
      shout
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      was sent to
    2. B.
      was seated at
    3. C.
      got rid of
    4. D.
      got back to
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      show
    2. B.
      notice
    3. C.
      require
    4. D.
      promise
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      interesting
    2. B.
      correct
    3. C.
      true
    4. D.
      exciting
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      horn
    2. B.
      bear
    3. C.
      bag
    4. D.
      driving-seat
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      laughs
    2. B.
      shouts
    3. C.
      smiles
    4. D.
      calls
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      for
    2. B.
      at
    3. C.
      in
    4. D.
      on
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      the
    2. B.
      a
    3. C.
      /
    4. D.
      some
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      quickly
    2. B.
      completely
    3. C.
      maybe
    4. D.
      almost
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      mean
    2. B.
      have
    3. C.
      know
    4. D.
      seem
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      useful
    2. B.
      strange
    3. C.
      common
    4. D.
      bad
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      agree
    2. B.
      like
    3. C.
      mind
    4. D.
      worry

A handsome, middle aged man walked quietly into the cafe and sat down. Befor he1,he couldn’t help but2a group of younger men at the table next to him. It was3that they were making fun of something about him and it wasn’t until he remembered he was4a small pink ribbon-on the lapel(翻领) of his suit that he became aware of what the5was all about.
The man paid6attention to all this, but the whisper and laughter began go get to him. He looked one of the7men straight into the eye, placed his hand beneath the8and asked, “This?”
With that the young men all began to laugh out loud. The man he had9said, “Hey, sorry man, but we were just commenting on how10your little pink ribbon looks against your blue jacket!”
The middle-aged man11invited the joker to come over to his table, and politely seated him.12as he was, the young guy had to, not really sure why. In a13voice, the middle-aged man said, “I wear this ribbon to bring14about breast cancer. I wear it in my mother’s15.”
“Oh, sorry. She died of breast canner?”
“No, she didn’t. She’s alive and16. But her breasts nourished me as a baby, and were a soft17place for my18when I was scared or19as a little boy. I’m very grateful20my mother’s breasts, and her health.”

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      ordered
    2. B.
      sponsored
    3. C.
      realized
    4. D.
      left
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      notice
    2. B.
      meet
    3. C.
      glance
    4. D.
      catch
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      common
    2. B.
      strange
    3. C.
      natural
    4. D.
      obvious
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      showing
    2. B.
      wearing
    3. C.
      hanging
    4. D.
      fixing
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      fun
    2. B.
      talk
    3. C.
      joke
    4. D.
      story
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      a lot
    2. B.
      much
    3. C.
      many
    4. D.
      no
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      happy
    2. B.
      rude
    3. C.
      dishonest
    4. D.
      selfish
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      ribbon
    2. B.
      lapel
    3. C.
      jacket
    4. D.
      suit
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      interrupted
    2. B.
      spoken to
    3. C.
      scolded
    4. D.
      questioned
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      ugly
    2. B.
      small
    3. C.
      big
    4. D.
      pretty
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      quickly
    2. B.
      calmly
    3. C.
      cleverly
    4. D.
      carefully
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      Unfortunate
    2. B.
      Uncertain
    3. C.
      Unfair
    4. D.
      Uncomfortable
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      high
    2. B.
      sharp
    3. C.
      soft
    4. D.
      loud
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      awareness
    2. B.
      promotion
    3. C.
      changes
    4. D.
      lessons
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      name
    2. B.
      honour
    3. C.
      request
    4. D.
      sense
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      suffering
    2. B.
      wealthy
    3. C.
      lucky
    4. D.
      well
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      hiding
    2. B.
      healing
    3. C.
      resting
    4. D.
      sleeping
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      hand
    2. B.
      arm
    3. C.
      head
    4. D.
      mind
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      hungry
    2. B.
      lonely
    3. C.
      proud
    4. D.
      nervous
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      with
    2. B.
      by
    3. C.
      in
    4. D.
      for

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