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Ask Steveland Morris, and he will tell you that blindness is not necessarily disabling. Steveland was born prematurely and totally without sight in 1950. He became Stevie Wonder--composer, singer, and pianist. The winner of ten Grammy awards, Stevie is widely acclaimed for his outstanding contribution to the music world.
As a child, Stevie learned not to think about the things he could not do, but to concentrate on the things he could do. His parents encouraged him to join his sighted brothers in as many activities as possible. They also helped him to sharpen his sense of hearing, the sense upon which the visually disabled are so dependent.
Because sound was so important to him, Stevie began at an early age to experiment with different kinds of sounds. He would bang(敲) things together and then imitate the sound with his voice. Often relying on sound for entertainment, he sang, beat on toy drums, played a toy harmonica(口琴) and listened to the radio.
Stevie soon graduated from toy instruments to real instruments. He first learned to play the drums. He then mastered the harmonica and the piano. He became a member of the junior church choir and a lead singer. In the evenings and on the weekends, Stevie would play different instruments and sing popular rhythm and blues tunes on the front porches of neighbors' homes.
One of Stevie's sessions was overheard by Ronnie White, a member of a popular singing group called the Miracals. Ron nie immediately recognized Stevie's talent and took him to audition for Berry Gardy, the smash hit“Fingertips”in 1962 at age twelve, and the rest of Stevie's story is a music history.
1.The best title for the passage is _____.
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A.Music for the Blind
B.Stevie Wonder
C.Grear Musicians
D.Blind People
2.By saying“Stevie soon graduated from toy instruments to real instruments”, the author means that _____.
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A.Stevie finished his study at a toy instrument school
B.Stevie began to study in a real instrument school
C.Stevie gave up all his toy instruments and began to buy many real instruments
D.Stevie started to play real instruments
3.The author mentions all the following facts except that _____.
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A.Stevie's neighbors could often enjoy his playing and singing
B.it was Ronnie White who recognized Stevie's talent and led him to a successful career
C.Berry Gordy helped him to set up his own recording compan
D.Stevie's parents played a very important part in training his sense of hearing
4.The phrase“smash hit”in the last paragraph refers to _____.
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A.a popular autobiography
B.a music record that turns out to be a great Success
C.a music record which is especially noisy
D.an interesting novel
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Do you ever have days when everything seems to go wrong? Sarah Rosenbaum does. In fact, last week nothing seemed to go right for her at all…
On Monday her mom and dad were out, so Sarah decided to have a TV dinner. She wanted to switch the oven off at 7: 30 but she was practicing the cello, and it wasn't until 8 o'clock that she suddenly realized: she had forgotten her TV dinner ! She rushed into the kitchen, but it was too late- everything was black.
On Tuesday she offered to clean up the apartment for her parents. After she had vacuumed the carpets, she threw away a pile of old newspapers and computer magazines. The next day, dad asked where they were. He wanted to cut our an article he had seen in one of the computer magazines, and he was furious when he found out that Sarah had thrown them away. On Wednesday she took Foxy for a walk in the park and lost him. She looked for him everywhere, but he had disappeared. The stupid dog came back later, but that was after Mrs Rosenbaum had telephoned nearly everybody in the neighborhood.
Thursday went all right until the evening. Sarah put the dirty things in the dish-washer and switched it on, but when she emptied it later, two of the glasses she had put in were broken. Her mom wasn't very pleased because she always washed the good glasses by hand.
Now it was Friday, and Sarah wanted to go the hamburger drive-in with Nacy, Bob and Mike that evening. But she had already spent her pocket money. In fact, she had spent it on Monday, just after mom had given it to her. “Shall I ask dad for the money for tonight?” She wondered. “After all the stupid things I did this week. ”
1.What happened to Sarah on Monday?
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A.She got everything black.
B.She ruined her TV dinner.
C.She forgot the time.
D.Her parents were out without her.
2.On ________, Sarah found out that she had made a mistake to throw away ______ .
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A.Tuesday, computer magazines
B.Wednesday, a pile of old newspapers
C.Wednesday, computer magazine
D.Thurday, a pile of old newspapers and computer magazines
3.Sarah's father was furious when he found out that Sarah had thrown the magazines away. “Furious” is close in meaning to
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A.disappointed |
B.curious |
C.delighted |
D.angry |
4.What made her worried on Friday?
[ ]
A.She did all the stupid things that week.
B.Her mother gave her pocket money on Monday.
C.She broke two of the glasses.
D.She had no money left to go to the hamburg drive-in with her friends.
5.What is the best title for the passage?
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A.A Busy Week. |
B.Everything Goes Well. |
C.What a Week! |
D.An Unlucky Girl. |
阅读理解
Do you ever have days when everything seems to go wrong? Sarah Rosenbaum does. In fact, last week nothing seemed to go right for her at all…
On Monday her mom and dad were out, so Sarah decided to have a TV dinner. She wanted to switch the oven off at 7: 30 but she was practicing the cello, and it wasn't until 8 o'clock that she suddenly realized: she had forgotten her TV dinner ! She rushed into the kitchen, but it was too late- everything was black.
On Tuesday she offered to clean up the apartment for her parents. After she had vacuumed the carpets, she threw away a pile of old newspapers and computer magazines. The next day, dad asked where they were. He wanted to cut our an article he had seen in one of the computer magazines, and he was furious when he found out that Sarah had thrown them away. On Wednesday she took Foxy for a walk in the park and lost him. She looked for him everywhere, but he had disappeared. The stupid dog came back later, but that was after Mrs Rosenbaum had telephoned nearly everybody in the neighborhood.
Thursday went all right until the evening. Sarah put the dirty things in the dish-washer and switched it on, but when she emptied it later, two of the glasses she had put in were broken. Her mom wasn't very pleased because she always washed the good glasses by hand.
Now it was Friday, and Sarah wanted to go the hamburger drive-in with Nacy, Bob and Mike that evening. But she had already spent her pocket money. In fact, she had spent it on Monday, just after mom had given it to her. “Shall I ask dad for the money for tonight?” She wondered. “After all the stupid things I did this week. ”
1.What happened to Sarah on Monday?
[ ]
A.She got everything black.
B.She ruined her TV dinner.
C.She forgot the time.
D.Her parents were out without her.
2.On ________, Sarah found out that she had made a mistake to throw away ______ .
[ ]
A.Tuesday, computer magazines
B.Wednesday, a pile of old newspapers
C.Wednesday, computer magazine
D.Thurday, a pile of old newspapers and computer magazines
3.Sarah's father was furious when he found out that Sarah had thrown the magazines away. “Furious” is close in meaning to
[ ]
A.disappointed |
B.curious |
C.delighted |
D.angry |
4.What made her worried on Friday?
[ ]
A.She did all the stupid things that week.
B.Her mother gave her pocket money on Monday.
C.She broke two of the glasses.
D.She had no money left to go to the hamburg drive-in with her friends.
5.What is the best title for the passage?
[ ]
A.A Busy Week. |
B.Everything Goes Well. |
C.What a Week! |
D.An Unlucky Girl. |
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