题目内容
1. John is fond sports news while his wife is fashion shows.
1. of;into be fond of 喜欢;be into 爱好，迷恋。
Something interesting 1. (happen) by the end of the last Christmas shopping hour in London. A poor man,who,though no fault of his own,2. (find) that he himself 3. (lock) in a big store late on Christmas Eve.
No doubt the store was crowded with people buying presents and the assistants 4. (be) dead beat and wanted to go home. It seemed that all the necessary checks 5. (make) before the store was locked,and the assistants 6. (go) home to enjoy the three-day holiday.
However,the man was still in the store. When he 7. (realize) that，he decided to make the best of it. In the store,of course,there was plenty of food,drink and bedding. There must 8. (be) radios and television sets,which no one could tell whether the man 9. (use) . When the store reopened，the man was discovered in bed with a large number of empty bottles beside him. He seemed to have been very happy. Everyone else was enjoying Christmas,so he saw no reason why he 10. (do) the same. Happily enough he let the police take him away. Perhaps he 11. (have) a better Christmas than usual. It was reported that the man would have to stay in prison for seven days. It seemed,however,the judge was not going to do anything for the store，as he said that the store 12. (become) better
known through the story in the newspaper and on television.
书面表达请根据以下内容，以“Chopin—a great musician”为题，写一篇100词左右的英语短文，介绍著名的音乐家肖邦。内容包括：
1.肖邦是世界闻名的作曲家和钢琴家。他一生创作了近200首深受人们喜爱的乐曲。1810年，肖邦出生于波兰。
2.肖邦最初接触音乐是跟随母亲学钢琴。到六岁时，肖邦创作出了一系列作品，充分展现了他非凡的音乐天赋。
3. 16岁时，肖邦进人华沙音乐学院学习，师从德国音乐家约瑟夫.艾尔斯内(J6zef Eisner) 。
4.离开华沙音乐学院后，肖邦到了当时的音乐圣地——维也纳。在那里，他不仅举办了多场音乐会，还发表了不少音乐作品。
5. 1849年，肖邦逝世于巴黎的寓所中，结束了短短39年的生命。参考词汇：作品composition 华沙音乐学院the Warsaw Conservatory of Music 寓所 dwelling
5. The (tradition) approach to dealing with complex problems is to break them down into smaller,more easily managed problems.
Since my retirement(退休) from teaching music in 2001，I have spent a good deal of time painting as an artist. I actually began drawing again in the summer of 1995 when my father died,so perhaps I was trying to recover from the loss of my father,or maybe it was just that it brought back memories of him. In any case，I drew pen and ink animals and landscapes(风景画) much influenced by Krenkel and St. John for five years.
For some strange reason，I had been waiting until my retirement to start doing watercolours again,but as soon as I walked out of the school door for the last time I picked up my brushes and rediscovered Andrew Wyeth,who quickly became my favourite artist. I had looked through all the art books I had on my shelves and found his watercolours to be the closest to how I thought good watercolours should look. So I painted landscapes around Minnesota for three years and tried out many other types of painting. However,watercolours remained my first choice，and I think I did my best work there,showing my paintings at a number of art exhibitions.
Art is now together with my piano playing and reading. There is a time for everything in my world，and it is wonderful to have some time doing what
I want to do. As Confucius once said, “At seventy I can follow my heart’s desire.”
1. What is the text mainly about?
A. Learning to paint in later life.
B. How to paint watercolours.
C. An artist-turned teacher.
D. Life after retirement.
2. The author started drawing again in 1995 because .
A. he hoped to draw a picture of his father
B. he couldn’t stop missing his father
C. he had more time after retirement
D. he liked animals and landscapes
3. We can infer from the text that the author .
A. had been taught by Krenkel and St. John
B. painted landscapes in Minnesota for 5 years
C. believed Wyeth to be the best in watercolours
D. started his retirement life at the age of seventy
4. How does the author probably feel about his life as an artist?
A. Very enjoyable.
B. A bit regretful.
C. Rather busy.
D. Fairly dull.
5.他说的话很难理解。
What he said is difficult .
7. It was the most (可爱的) garden I had ever seen.
3. I can hardly imagine Peter to sail across the Atlantic Ocean in five days.
3. Professor Lee is considering going to teach in our school,where he can get paid five times much.
