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There was a man playing the piano in a bar.He was a good piano player.People __________out just to hear him play.But one __________，a customer told him he didn't want to hear him just play any more.He wanted him to sing a song.

The man said，“I don't sing.”

But the customer was __________．He told the bartender(酒吧男招待)，“I'm __________ listening to the piano.I want that guy to sing！”

The bartender __________across the room，“Hey！If you want to get __________，sing a song.The customers are __________ you to sing！”

So he did.He sang a song.A piano player who had __________sung in public did so for the __________first time.And __________had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung the way it was sung by Nat King Cole!

He had talent he was sitting on！He may have lived the rest of his life as a no name__________player in a no name bar，but __________ he had to sing，he went on to__________one of the best known __________ in America.

You，too，have skills and abilities.You may not feel as if your “talent” is __________ great，but it may be __________ than you think！And with persistence(坚持)，most skills can be __________．You may as well have no ability at all，__________，if you sit on whatever talent you possess！The better question is not “What ability do I have that is __________？”It is rather “How will I__________whatever ability I have？”

1.A. came B. ran C. walked D. looked

2.A. day B. night C. morning D. afternoon

3.A. happy B. surprised C. sad D. insistent

4.A. fond of B. good at C. tired of D. looking forward to

5.A. shouted B. suggested C. encouraged D. comforted

6.A. fired B. hired C. paid D. lost

7.A. telling B. ordering C. asking D. persuading

8.A. seldom B. never C. always D. sometimes

9.A. very B. so C. yet D. therefore

10.A. somebody B. anybody C. everybody D. nobody

11.A. song B. piano C. violin D. music

12.A. because B. when C. as soon as D. after

13.A. grow B. train C. become D. teach

14.A. pianists B. singers C. musicians D. millionaires

15.A. especially B. particularly C. specially D. highly

16.A. worse B. less C. more D. better

17.A. learned B. mastered C. improved D. found

18.A. besides B. however C. in other words D. after all

19.A. real B. special C. useful D. best

20.A. use B. accept C. believe D. get

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Around the year 1000 A.D., some people from Northwest India began to travel westward. Nobody knows why.1. they left their homes, they didn't settle down any more, but spent their lives 2.(move) from one to another. Their later generations were called the Romany people of Gypsies (吉普赛人). There're Gypsies all over the world, many of 3. are still traveling with no fixed homes. There are about 8,000,000 of them, including 3,000,000 in the Eastern Europe. Gypsies sometimes have 4. hard time in foreign countries because they are different. People may be afraid of them, look down 5. them, or think that they are criminals(罪犯). The Nazis treated the Gypsies 6.(cruel), like the Jews, and nobody knows how many of them 7.(die) in Hitler's death camps. Gypsies have 8. own language, Romany. They like music and dancing. Traveling is of great importance to them, and many Gypsies are unhappy when they have to stay in one place. Because of this, it is difficult 9. Gypsy children to go to school, so Gypsies are often unable to read and write. In some places, the educational authorities try to arrange special traveling schools for Gypsy children, so that they can get the same education 10. other children.

—Tom, were all the students on the school bus injured?

—No, _____ only the three who got hurt.

A. there was B. there were

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Christmas can easily become an expensive time of a year. From gifts to decorating, the money spent on the celebration adds up quickly. But there's no reason to completely break the bank. 1.

Make a budget (预算). Set the amount you're willing to spend for the holiday, including gift giving, decorating and travel. 2. And if you can keep to your budget, you'll lead an easy life in the following weeks and months.

Start shopping for Christmas decorations early. Stores have sales for decorations between Halloween and Thanksgiving. 3. Better yet, go shopping for next year's decorations the day after Christmas. You can buy many things at very low prices right after Christmas.

Shop for gifts all year round. Whenever you're out shopping, keep an eye out for great Christmas presents. 4. Shopping early can prevent you from spending more money than you can afford. And if you spend little here and there throughout the year, Christmas will have a much smaller influence on your wallet in December.

Scale down (缩减) your gift giving. Sometimes you just can't afford to get something for everyone. Remove the people from your list whom you rarely speak with. 5. The people you do choose to buy for don't need something expensive. Keep in mind that it's the thought that is more important.

A. Send them simple cards instead.

B. This budget is perfect for many people.

C. Once you have a budget set, keep to it.

D. And it's after Thanksgiving that the prices begin to go up.

E. Christmas is known as the season of giving, sharing and receiving.

F. There are ways to celebrate well and spend wisely at the same time.

G. It doesn't matter when you get the gift, whether it's January or June.

1.You must _______the time you wasted this afternoon by working late tonight.

2.Could you________my clothes while I have a swim?

3.The new reforms have not met with ______approval within the government.

4.As time___________my memory seems to get worse.

5.Don’t lose heart.__________, you have tried your best.

6.I haven’t a thing____________with my father.

7.His parents doesn’t __________him________go out alone at night.

8.__________his teachers and parents, he has made rapid progress.

9.__________all the efforts, he failed.

10._________I can see what you mean, even though I don’t share your point of view.

Music is an international language.The songs that are sung or played by instruments are beautiful to all people everywhere.

Popular music in America is what every student likes.Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class，after class and at lunch.Students with cars buy large speakers(扬声器)and play the music loudly as they drive on the street.

Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work.They also listen to the news about sports，the weather，politics，and activities of the American people.But most of the radio broadcast is music.

Pop or popular music singers make much money.They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in every state.Once the popular singer is heard throughout the country，young people buy his or her tapes.Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer.Wherever the singer goes，all the young people want to meet him or her.Now the singer has become a national star.

Besides pop music，there are two other kinds of music that is important to Americans.One is called folk music.It tells stories about the common life of Americans.The other is called western or country music.This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching.Today，any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.

Serious music for the concert halls is called classical music.Music for instruments is called orchestra music，such as the symphonies(交响乐)of Beethoven.There is opera for singers，ballet for dancers like the story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai in China.

1.In what way can music be regarded as an international language?

A. Popular music is what everyone enjoys.

B. The wonderful songs are popular with the world people.

C. When music is played，it seems as if it were speaking to us.

D. Music is too popular for everyone to be able to play it.

2.What can we know about music and people in America?

A. Adult drivers listen to news as well as music when they drive to work.

B. Adult drivers never listen to music when they drive to work.

C. Student drivers carry small radios with earphones when they drive on the streets.

D. Students always listen to music before class，in class and after class.

3.Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the passage?

A. All people in America like popular music.

B. Pop singers can get all the money from the tapes.

C. Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai is a kind of pop music in China.

D. Now，western or country music is a little different from its beginning.

4.What's the best title of the passage?

A. International language. B. Music in America.

C. Pop music. D. Music listeners.

A drug used to treat severe bleeding could save thousands of lives for mothers giving birth. A global trial of the drug found it reduced the risk of bleeding deaths during childbirth by nearly one-third. The study involved 20,000 women in 21 countries, mainly in Africa and Asia. The trial was carried out by London's School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The drug is called d tranexamic acid （氨甲环酸）. It is low-cost and researchers said it does not cause serious side effects for mothers or babies.

The drug is used to treat mothers for severe bleeding during childbirth, also known as postpartum hemorrhage (产后出血).It is the leading cause of mother’s death worldwide, according to the World Health Organization.

Haleema Shakur is the project director of the trial. She says despite medical advances in many countries, severe bleeding after childbirth remains a big problem in some parts of the world. “It's one of the biggest killers of mothers. In Africa and Asia. about 10 percent of women will end up with severe bleeding. " The drug works by stopping blood clots（血凝块） from breaking down after a mother gives birth. The treatment can prevent the need for doctors to perform surgery to find the source of bleeding.

Shakur said the best results were reported when the drug was given to women as soon as possible after childbirth, “The earlier you give it- so within the first three hours of giving birth—the better the effect is. ”

The next step will be to get the drug where it is needed provide training for doctors and nurses on how to use it. During the trial, women were given the drug in a hospital. But researchers are looking for easier ways to administer the drug so it can be more widely used in small clinics and rural areas.

1.Tranexamic acid is a drug that .

A. should be used for every mother

B. helps mothers before giving birth

C. ensures most new-born babies’ health

D. can help mothers giving birth stop bleeding

2.What is the reachers’next plan?

A. To know how much the drug is.

B. To get permission to use the drug.

C. To let more people know the drug.

D. To make medical staff know how to use the drug.

3.What can we learn from the text?

A. The more mothers use the drug, the better its effect is.

B. African and Asian countries made great progress in medicine.

C. There is a long way to go before the drug can be used more widely.

D. Postpartum hemorrhage is the leading cause of women’s death.

4.What may be the best title for the text?

A. Care for the Health of Mothers

B. How Can We Use Tranexamic Acid Well?

C. Childbirth Drug Greatly Reduces Bleeding Deaths

D. What's the Biggest Killer of Mothers?

When I was a child,my parents often took me to an old house in a thick forest.No other children ever stayed there.I didn’t even have the choice of playing with a brother or sister.

I could never understand what the attraction of the house was,even for my parents,who enjoyed nothing better than to sit in silence with a good book.The woman in the house,my father’s distant cousin,was a terrible cook and her food was inedible.

One day,when I was wandering around the garden behind the house,I noticed a wooden house which had clearly been abandoned.As I walked towards it,I heard a noise,like an animal moving hurriedly away.Then I saw a man with a long beard standing at the door.I was greatly surprised.

“Please don’t tell them you saw me,” he said.“They never use this place,and I have nowhere else to live.” “Don’t worry,” I said.“I won’t tell anyone.But are you all right out here?I mean—do you have enough to eat?” The old man shook his head.

The same evening,I took a small plastic bag into the dining room and,while no one was looking,emptied some of the food into it.Later,I got out of the back door secretly and gave the food to the old man,whose name I had discovered was Taff.

I had never seen anything else as lovely as the smile of satisfaction on Taff’s face when he ate the food.From then on,my visits to the old house had a purpose,and I enjoyed every minute of the rest of my stay.

1.How did the writer feel about staying in the old house at first?

A. He was happy to be with his parents.

B. He enjoyed reading good books there.

C. He was pleased with the woods.

D. He felt very lonely.

2.The underlined word “inedible” is closest in meaning to “　　　”.

A. too bad for him to eat

B. nice to look at

C. not enough to eat

D. as delicious as usual

3.What can we know about the old man from the passage?

A. He was poor and hungry.

B. He helped to repair the old house.

C. He liked to play hide-and-seek with the writer.

D. He raised many animals.

4.The story mainly tells us 　　　.

A. it’s nice to raise wild animals

B. it’s valuable to help others

C. it’s good to live in the forest

D. it’s comfortable to live in the old house

1.Once she ________, nothing can change her.

2.Jim has been ________ since the company closed down.

3.My holiday is ________and I must go back to work tomorrow.

4.I tried my best to do it myself rather than ________my parents.

5.Many buildings are ________ because of the earthquake.

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