题目内容
________ to sing a song, Miss Green couldn't refuse.
- A.To be asked
- B.Having asked
- C.Inviting
- D.Being asked
Have you ever listened to young children talking in the playground? They are always boasting. They say things like, “My Dad’s car is bigger than your Dad’s,” and “My Mom is smarter than yours.” They particularly like to boast about their families.
There were three little boys, Harry, Ted and Gavin, who were always boasting. Gavin was the worst. Everything about his family was always the best or the biggest or the most expensive.
Whatever the others said, he could always go on better. One day when they were walking to
school, Harry said, “My father had a bath twice a week,” Ted spoke next. “That’s nothing,” he said. “Having a bath twice a week is dirty. My father has a bath every day, sometimes twice a day.” Ted looked at Gavin. Now it was his turn. But what could he say? “This time,” Ted thought, “I’m going to win.” Gavin didn’t know what to say. He couldn’t say that his father had a bath three times a day. That was silly. He walked on in silence. Ted smiled at Harry, and Harry smiled back. They were sure that for once they had beaten Gavin. They reached the school gates. Still Gavin said nothing. “We’ve won,” Ted said to Harry, but he spoke too soon. On the way home, Gavin said, “My Dad is so clean that he doesn’t have to bathe at all.”
【小题1】According to the passage, the meaning of the word “boast” is __________.
A.to sing a nice song |
B.to talk big |
C.to go on better |
D.to have a bath three times a day |
A.The number of times his father had a bath every week. |
B.The size of the bathroom in his home. |
C.His father’s car. |
D.His mother’s family. |
A.Ted. |
B.Harry and Ted. |
C.Harry and Gavin. |
D.Gavin. |
A.He spoke quickly. |
B.He should have spoken earlier. |
C.He was wrong. |
D.He couldn’t be understood. |
Once there was a piano player in a bar. 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 skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.
【小题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 singsing |
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 |
A.hide it and wait | B.ask others or help |
C.pay no attention to it | D.work hard to improve yourself |
A.Sing in the Bar | B.Achieve Success in Life |
C.Never Lose Heart | D.Find Your Hidden Talent |