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In Shanghai's Grand Theater, a fashionable, mainly young audience applauds enthusiastically as Guo Yong takes center stage.He holds a large bushy tree branch with leaves.Blowing on one of the leaves, he produces a sound like the singing of birds as he plays a traditional Buyi folk song.Some other musicians are also playing the traditional instruments from various ethnic groups in China.

It's the first time such music has ever been performed in the Grand Theater.But all this is the efforts of Zhu Zheqin, a Cantonese?born singer, who has made it her mission to help preserve China's traditional ethnic music.

In 2009, after being appointed a United Nations Development Program ambassador, Zhu traveled through some of China's remotest regions in an attempt to document the traditional music of various minority groups.In the course of the four?month trip, she recorded more than a thousand songs.But she noticed that many of the best musicians were old, and some of the music was at risk of dying out.

“I was shocked by the beauty of what I heard—it was so good,” she says.“But it needed support.I hope to let people see the beauty of these things in the contemporary times.”

So Zhu decided to introduce some of the musicians to a wider audience.By doing this, she hopes to rekindle(点燃) the interest of the younger generation.“Young people don't like this music much; they prefer pop music and love songs.They think these songs are something their grandma sings.This kind of repackaging gives young people a new door into their heritage.”

Zhu believes China needs to look again at its own roots.“China today is basically all Western art; in our conservatories (音乐学院) Western classical music is the top,” she says.“For China to really contribute to the world, we need to go on our own path.So what can represent China today?” The answer, she suggests, is to move from “made in China” to “created in China”.

1.From the first paragraph, we learn that________.

A. the audience are all young people

B. Guo Yong is playing the Buyi folk music

C. Guo Yong is the only minority performer in China

D. tree branches make good musical instruments

2.Which of the following is true of Zhu Zheqin?

A. She teaches music in a conservatory.

B. She is helping preserve Chinese ethnic music.

C. She works as an official in the United Nations.

D. She's created all the music for the Grand Theater.

3.What is Zhu Zheqin's idea about Chinese traditional music?

A. It is completely out of date.

B. Only old musicians play it well.

C. It needs changes to attract young people.

D. It is quickly dying out.

4.What does Zhu Zheqin mean in the last paragraph?

A. The traditional music should be repackaged.

B. Chinese conservatories shouldn't teach Western music.

C. China has contributed a lot to the Western art.

D. Only the things created in China can be symbols of China.

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Learning to Accept

I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. ________, he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was________ and ill.

My father was ________a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness ________ all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is ________ . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started ________ about life, and I told them about one of my________ . I said that we must very often give things up ________ we grow --- our youth, our beauty, our friends --- but it always ________that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father ________up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up ________ ! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn’t think of anything to say. ________ , he answered his own question: “I ________ the love of my family,” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.

I was also ________ by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated (愤怒的) at someone, I ________ remember his words and become ________ . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be ________ to give up my small irritations. In this ________, I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

Sometimes I ________ what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one________ .

1.A. Afterwards B. Therefore C. However D. Meanwhile

2.A. tired B. weak C. poor D. slow

3.A. already B. still C. only D. once

4.A. took B. threw C. sent D. put

5.A. impossible B. difficult C. stressful D. hopeless

6.A. worrying B. caring C. talking D. asking

7.A. decisions B. experiences C. ambitions D. beliefs

8.A. as B. since C. before D. till

9.A. suggests B. promises C. seems D. requires

10.A. spoke B. turned C. summed D. opened

11.A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything

12.A. Surprisingly B. Immediately C. Naturally D. Certainly

13.A. had B. accepted C. gained D. enjoyed

14.A. touched B. astonished C. attracted D. warned

15.A. should B. could C. would D. might

16.A. quiet B. calm C. relaxed D. happy

17.A. ready B. likely C. free D. able

18.A. situation B. form C. method D. way

19.A. doubt B. wonder C. know D. guess

20.A. award B. gift C. course D. Word

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

How can we all get more laughter into our lives? Here is what the experts suggest:

1._________Nancy Alguire, a teacher in Clifton Park, N.Y.was once painfully shy and she seldom laughed. Then she married a circus clown (小丑).“I became interested in the clowns,” she recalls,“ One day I put on a costume and paint my face.That afternoon my whole life changed.I learned to laugh and enjoy life in a way I had never done before.”

2.________ To this day, she still makes it a rule to be with people who enjoy life and laughing.

3._________It doesn’t take you too much time and can be easy.Collect favorite cartoons and jokes.Also, keep a paper for writing down humor you find in everyday life.“Good ideas come and go fast, you have to capture them quickly or they are gone,” says Virginia Tooper.

Laugh when you need it most.

“4.________” says comedian Bill Cosby.“And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it,” he insists.

Gray Alan, a sociology professor at the University of Minnesota, claims that laughter is a skill we can all gain—because it comes naturally.5._________ Just remember: we are just here for a period, so get a few laughs.

A. You can soften the worst blows through humor.

B. Mix with people who laugh.

C. Practise the art of laughing.

D. Keep a laughter file.

E. He who laughs last laughs best.

F. But it’s also something that has to be developed.

G. People’s joy can affect those around them.

“Do you like doing things for people?”I asked a friend.

“Yes,most of the time,”she replied.

“Most of the time?”

“Well,I love to do things that are unexpected. I like to do little things most people wouldn't think about doing,”she said.

“But why did you say most of the time?”

“Well,sometimes after doing those little things people take advantage of you.I mean,they expect you to do it again.They ask you to do it.That's when I don't like it.”

It was odd that I had this conversation.This just happened to me.I love to do little things.I will pay for a meal card for the people in the office every time we have a meeting there.Not a big thing.It's a little thing.$5.30 will pay for almost five lunches.Hey,big spender!

I also bought a bag of animal crackers for a friend at work.She was having a tough day and not very happy at all.I drove down to the Wal-Mart and picked up a huge bag for under $2.00.Her smile was worth it.

But one week she said,“Bob,we ran out of crackers.We love them so much.” I didn't want to do it.I smiled and she persisted. I finally admitted,“It's different when I do it because I want to,but now you are trying to make me go to get them.It's not the same.”But I bought it for her.

Unfortunately,a big fire in my family took away all the possessions we had. I didn't know what to do and how to do it.What happened to me then surprised me most.I once had my bike repaired,but the repairman said “no charge”on hearing my sufferings.A stranger called James Kennedy read some pieces I'd written about our sufferings for Slate,the online magazine,and wanted to give us a new house across the lake from New Orleans.I refused but I felt moved. Another poet at the University of Florida also wanted to let his house to me free of charge while he was on holiday.My mates gave us more money for us to rebuild my home.When you do something kind for others,do you always get rewarded? Yes,but not in the way you might expect.

1.What's the main purpose of the first paragraph?

A. To tell the background of the story.

B. To attract the attention of the readers.

C. To get the readers to know main idea directly.

D. To explain the reasons why he wrote the passage.

2.What do we know about James Kennedy?

A. He was a writer of an online magazine.

B. He was also a poet at the University of Florida.

C. He offered the author a new house free of charge.

D. He learned about the author's sufferings online.

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Misfortune of blessing on happiness.

B. Never too late to learn.

C. Helping others means helping yourself.

D. Many hands make the work lighter.

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