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In his new show, Evan Ruggiero plays guitar, sings pop standards and shows everybody his fine footwork. What makes all of these especially unusual is that Ruggiero, 24, has only one leg.

When he was a 19-year-old musical theater student at New Jersey's Montclair State University, Ruggiero had a rare bone cancer in his right leg. Finally his leg would have to be amputated(截)below the knee.

Such a setback could have easily ended the career of a less tough person, but Ruggiero, who has been dancing since he was five, now puts the experience into his performance. His show, "The One-Legged Song and Dance Man: Volume 3", explains how he returned to dance just 18 months after the amputation. His dance now relies on the use of a peg leg(假肢),he explains.

The secret to his surprising success, he says, was being a "stubborn" patient who refused to give up on his dance and performing studies, despite the advice of his doctor.

“It was a real setback, but after it was all over, I said, ' You know what? I need to pick up right where I left off and continue my career, '” Ruggiero said.

Ruggiero has come to view his peg leg as an instrument. "Tap dancers-they're always calling themselves musicians, and their feet are their instrument, " he said.

Noting that many audience members will never have seen a one-legged dancer before coming to his show, Ruggiero says he won't shy away from the physical "weakness" his performance shows because of his condition.

"A lot of people have come up to me, and they always say, 'You're such a role model and an inspiration, ' "he said. "I'm honored when people say that, of course, but I'm just trying to get on with my life."

1.What makes Ruggiero's new show unusual?

A. One-legged dance. B. His own artworks.

C. The use of instrument. D. Songs of pop standard.

2.According to the passage, it is true that__________.

A. Ruggiero is a tough person with a strong will

B. the setback has ended Ruggiero's dance career

C. Ruggiero is dancing relying on others' support

D. his doctor agreed he kept on dancing and studying

3.When audience attend his performance, they may notice_______.

A. Ruggiero plays piano, sings and dances

B. Ruggiero is a dancer with the help of a peg leg

C. there are many tap dancers in the performance

D. Ruggiero pretends to be a physically normal person

4.What's the author's attitude to Evan?

A. Worry B. Sympathy

C. Encouragement D. Pity

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The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on well with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly-held image of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.

An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it had ever been in the past. “We were surprised by just how positive today’s young people seem to be about their families,” said one member of the research team. “They’re expected to be rebellious(叛逆的) and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds: they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. There’s more negotiation(商议) and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They don’t want to rock the boat.”

So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends. “My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me,” says 17-year-old Daniel Lazall. “I always tell them when I’m going out clubbing. As long as they know what I’m doing, they’re fine with me.” Susan Crome, who is now 21, agrees. “Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call negotiation. For example, as long as I’d done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.”

Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion(反抗) is not rooted in real facts. A researcher comments, “Our surprise that teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in our social history when teenagers were regarded as different beings. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled. The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the family business to taking it over. ”

1.According to the author, teenage rebellion______

A. may be a false belief B. is common nowadays

C. existed only in the 1960s D. resulted from changes in families.

2.The study shows that teenagers don’t want to __________.

A. share family responsibility

B. cause trouble in their families

C. go boating with their family

D. make family decisions

3.Compared with parents of 30 years ago, today’s parents ____________.

A. go to clubs more often with their children

B. are much stricter with their children

C. care less about their children’s life

D. give their children more freedom

4.What is the passage mainly about?

A. Negotiation in family. B. Education in family.

C. Harmony in family. D. Teenage trouble in family.

Last March my dad told us that there was a chance he would be deployed (部署,派遣)overseas. My brother and I didn't think anything of it and forgot his _____. Two weeks later, Dad didn't come home on time. We didn't think it was serious _____it wasn't the first time. We waited, and _____at midnight Dad came in. We asked where he'd been. He just _______, “I am leaving tomorrow for Afghanistan(阿富汗).”

Hearing that, we were in _____, thinking that this could not be happening to us. But when he started _____ his desert uniforms we knew it was for real.
He sat us all down and my brothers and I had a discussion about _____ we were going to do while he was away. And then we _____ and helped him get ready. We _____his uniforms and talked more about what we needed to do. We didn't get to sleep ______ 4 a.m. Therefore, my dad called school to _____ we were not going to be there that day.

We took off for Madison _____he would check in and get ready to leave. When we got there the official told us that he _____ leave until 5 p.m. We had our last _____together and then headed to the airport. We were told it was time to leave. We hugged him and said _____.

“_____is going to happen to me, and I love you,” he said. Then he was _____. We left the airport not saying anything to each other.

My dad is _____gone, and he won't be home for a while. He talks to us ____ on the phone. I hope that my story makes you think about your own family now and what _____to you.

1.A. promise B. words C. birthday D. appointment

2.A. when B. though C. that D. since

3.A. finally B. gradually C. constantly D. actually

4.A. whispered B. wept C. replied D. screamed

5.A. excitement B. shock C. relief D. peace

6.A. packing B. wearing C. searching D. mending

7.A. how B. when C. whether D. what

8.A. woke up B. cheered up C. stayed up D. turned up

9.A. removed B. ironed C. sewed D. chose

10.A. until B. over C. in D. after

11.A. confirm B. announce C. deny D. explain

12.A. when B. that C. where D. why

13.A. couldn’t B. wouldn’t C. needn’t D. mustn’t

14.A. meal B. weekend C. talk D. lesson

15.A. apology B. hello C. thanks D. good-bye

16.A. Anything B. Everything C. Nothing D. Something

17.A. missing B. gone C. lost D. puzzled

18.A. still B. even C. ever D. yet

19.A. seriously B. frequently C. loudly D. occasionally

20.A. belongs B. appeals C. counts D. happens

As a child, I started learning to play to piano, my favorite musical _____ , but I was forced to give up when I started my middle school _______I could concentrate more on my studies.

It’s one of my biggest ______ to stop practicing the piano when I recall sadly today. During the following years, I kept telling my piano teacher that I would _____. However, I didn’t keep my promise because I was ______ with my study. _____ I lost touch with my teacher. Some years later, my teacher died. I was very sad because I lost such a good teacher. She was a very warm and gentle person. It hurts me to think she may have been ______ that I never returned. I haven’t taken lessons since then but to be honest, I ______ to. Sitting at the piano, I couldn’t help recalling many ______—times of my practising at home and playing before my teacher and one time my teacher ______ me after I played entire pieces of music wrong in front of her colleagues. I was so ______ that I could hardly say anything. But her ____ helped ease my shame. These memories, ______, good or bad, never caused my ______ for playing the piano again.

This thought then led me to think that ____ is like music, and that we all try to play different   __ in the instrument of our life. Sometimes the pitch(音高) is _____ when we play it well, but sometimes we are out of tone. However, we all continue to create our own _____ style of music. No matter what style our music is, it is ______ that we sing the songs of joy, quietness and love. Though I may never make it back to piano lessons, it doesn’t _____ that I’ve stopped making music.

1.A. instrument B. performance C. room D. stage

2.A. because B. so that C. now that D. for

3.A. successes B. regrets C. decisions D. hobbies

4.A. play B. graduate C. leave D. return

5.A. occupied B. angry C. satisfied D. patient

6.A. Actually B. Constantly C. Suddenly D. Gradually

7.A. astonished B. glad C. disappointed D. amazed

8.A. liked B. needed C. wanted D. decided

9.A. dreams B. expressions C. words D. memories

10.A. instructed B. hurt C. punished D. respected

11.A. frightened B. moved C. embarrassed D. excited

12.A. happiness B. satisfaction C. comfort D. sigh

13.A. instead B. meanwhile C. therefore D. however

14.A. hope B. courage C. feeling D. effort

15.A. life B. learning C. attitude D. enjoyment

16.A. cards B. sports C. roles D. games

17.A. hard B. wonderful C. surprising D. complex

18.A. unique B. boring C. common D. similar

19.A. necessary B. strange C. possible D. important

20.A. matter B. mean C. report D. appear

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