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Ask Steveland Morris and he'll tell you that blindness is not necessarily disabling．Steveland was born prematurely and tot01ly without sight in 1950．He became Stevie Wonder- a composer, singer, and pianist．As the winner of ten Grammy awards, Stevie is widely acclaimed for his outstanding contributions to the music world．

As a child, Stevie learned not to think about the things he could not do, but to concentrate on the things that he could do．His parents encouraged him to join his sighted brothers in as many activities as possible．They also helped him to sharpen his sense of hearing, the sense upon which the visually disabled are so dependent．

Because sound was so important to him, Stevie began at an early age to experiment with different kinds of sound．He Would bang things together and then imitate the sound with his voice．Often relying on sound for entertainment, he sang, beat on toy drums, played a toy harmonica, and listened to the radio．

Stevie soon graduated from toy instruments to real instruments．He first learned to play the drums．He then mastered the harmonica and the piano．He became a member of the junior church choir and a lead singer．In the evenings and on weekends, Stevie would play different instruments and sing popular rhythm and blues tunes on the front porches of his neighbors' homes．

One of Stevie's sessions was overheard by Ronnie White, a member of a popular singing group called The Miracles．Ronnie immediately recognized Stevie's talent and took him to audition（试演，试唱）for Berry Gordy, the president of Hitsville USA, a large recording company now known as Motown．Stevie recorded his first smash hit "Fingertips" in 1962 at age12, and the rest of Stevie's story is music history．

1．This passage could be entitled _______．

A．The Music World B．Stevie Wonder

C．A Great Musician D．Blind People

2．Which of the following is NOT true about Stevie's childhood?

A．Stevie often tells people that a blind person is not necessarily disabled

B．He learnt to concentrate on things that he could do

C．He played as often as possible with his brothers, who had normal sight

D．He tried very hard to train his sense of heating

3．By saying "Stevie soon graduated from toy instruments to real instruments", the author means that _______．

A．Stevie finished his study at a toy instruments school

B．Stevie began to study in a real instruments school

C．Stevie gave up all his toy instruments and began to buy many real instruments

D．Stevie started to play real instruments

4．The author mentions all the following facts EXCEPT that _______．

A．Stevie's neighbors could often enjoy his playing and singing

B．it was Ronnie White that recognized Stevie's talent trod led him to a successful career

C．Berry Cordy helped him to set up his own recording company

D．Stevie's parents played a very important part in training his sense of hearing

5．The "Fingertips" _______．

A．recorded Stevie's musical performance that won him instant fame

B．was a record that turned out to be a great success

C．carried the message that the blind could work miracles with their fingertips

D．all of the above

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The summer I was ten,my mother decided to bring us to the world of art.My brother and I were not very excited when we realized what my mother meant.What she meant was not that we could take drawing classes or painting classes but that we would have to spend one afternoon a week with her at the Fine Arts Museum.Before each visit to the museum,she made us read about artists and painting styles(风格).It was almost as bad as being in school.Who wants to spend the summer thinking about artists when you could be with your friends at the swimming pool?

First we had to read about ancient Egyptians(古埃及人)and their strange way of painting faces and then go to look at them at the museum.My 12-year-old brother thought this was so funny,but I was not interested.Later we had to learn about artists in the Middle Ages who painted people wearing strange long clothing.We had to look at pictures of fat babies with wings and curly(卷曲的)hair and with no clothes on flying around the edges of paintings.I certainly couldn’t see what was so great about art.

On our last visit to the museum,something happened when I saw a painting by a woman called Mary.In it,a woman was reading to a child.The colors were soft and gentle,and you could tell by the mother’s expression how happy she was just to be with the child.I couldn’t stop looking at this painting!I wanted to see every painting Mary had ever made!It was really worth looking at so many paintings to find a painter who could interest me so much.

The aim of the mother’s plan was to ________.

A.take them to visit the museum

B.introduce them to the world of art

C.ask them to read about artists

D.show them different painting styles

What was the writer’s experience in the museum before the last visit?

A.She came to feel her mother’s love.

B.She liked many paintings.

C.She hardly enjoyed herself.

D.She could understand the pictures of fat babies.

What made the writer go through a change that summer?

A.One of Mary’s paintings.

B.A strange way of painting.

C.Artists in the Middle Ages.

D.Her mother’s instruction.

From the text,we can see________.

A.the importance of curiosity

B.the effect of art

C.the value of learning

D.the power of family education

Why are so many people so afraid of failure? Quite simply because no one tells us how to fail so that failure becomes an experience that will lead to growth. We forget that failure is part of the human condition and that every person has the right to fail.?

Most parents work hard at either preventing failure or protecting their children from the knowledge that they have failed. One way is to lower standards. A mother describes her child's hurriedly-made table as “perfect”!Even though it couldn't stand on uneven (not same in height) legs. Another way is to shift blame. If John fails in science, his teacher is unfair or stupid.?

The trouble with failure—prevention methods is that they leave a child unequipped for life in the real world. The young need to learn that no one can be best at everything, no one can win all the time—and that it's possible to enjoy a game even when you don't win. A child who's not invited to a birthday party, who doesn't make the honor roll or the baseball team feels terrible, of course. But parents should not offer a quick comfort prize or say “It doesn't matter”,because it does. The young should be allowed to experience disappointment and be helped to master it.

Failure is never pleasurable. It hurts grown-ups and children exactly alike. But it can make a positive contribution to your life once you learn to use it. Step one is to ask “Why did I fail?”. Control the natural impulse(冲动) to blame someone else. Ask yourself what you did wrong, how you can improve. If someone else can help, don't be shy about asking them.?

This passage mainly tells us about _______.?

A. the reasons why people fail

B. how to fail?

C. the ways to prevent failures

D. the importance of facing failures?

When the writer says “every person has the right to fail”, he means to say _______.

A. the world is full of failures 　　　　　　

B. no one is perfect?

C. failures are quite common in our lives　　　　　

D. no one can grow up mentally without failures?

By “protecting their children from the knowledge that they have failed”, the writer means that most parents try their best _______.?

A. to let their children know that they won't fail?

B. not to teach their children about knowledge of failure?

C. to provide their children for the knowledge against failure?

D. to keep their children from realizing that they failed?

According to the writer, _______.

A. parents should tell their children to think nothing of not being chosen into a football team?

B. children should be encouraged to get rid of disappointment all by themselves

C. parents should judge what their children have done as it is?

D. children should learn to enjoy a game that they won't win??

To be a good teacher, you need some of the gifts of a good actor; you must be able to hold the attention and interest of your students, you must be ?　36　?—speaking, with a good, strong,?　37　? voice which is fully under your control; and you must be able to ?　38　? what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear.

?　39　? a good teacher, and you will see that he does not sit still before his class; he ?　40　? the whole time he is teaching; he walks about, using his ?　41　?,hands and fingers to help him in his explanations, and his face to express his ?　42　?.Listen to him, and you will ?　43　? the loudness, the quality and the musical note of his voice always ?　44　? according to what he is talking about. The fact that a good teacher has some of the gifts of a good actor doesn't ?　45　 that he will indeed be able to act well on the stage, for there are very important ?　46　? between the teacher's work and the actor's. The ?　47　? has to speak words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the ?　48　? words each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually ?　49　? beforehand. What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem ?　50　? on the stage.?

A good teacher ?　51　? in quite a different way. His students take an active part in his ?　52　?:they ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they don't ?　53　? something, they will say no. The teacher therefore has to suit his act to the needs of his students, which is in his class. He cannot learn his part by heart, but must ?　54　? it as he goes along.

I have known many teachers who were fine ?　55　? in class but unable to take part in a stage play because their brains wouldn't keep discipline: they could not keep strictly to what another had written.

36. A. clear B. slow C. small D. low ?

37. A. frightening B. fearing C. exciting D. pleasing ?

38. A. act out B. talk C. say D. repeat ?

39. A. Listen B. Look C. Watch D. Learn ?

40. A. stands B. sits C. lies D. talks ?

41 A. tongue B. words C. legs D. arms?

42. A. attention B. thanks C. feelings D. sentences ?

43. A. hear B. see C. think D. guess ?

44. A. making B. changing C. expressing D. giving ?

45. A. tell B. express C. show D. mean ?

46. A. things B. differences C. points D. jobs

47. A. actor B. teacher C. boy D. student ?

48. A. different B. same C. above D. following ?

49. A. read B. known C. fixed D. written ?

50. A. natural B. bad C. false D. clear ?

51. A. is B. works C. has D. teaches ?

52. A. group B. party C. class D. play ?

53. A. give B. place C. obey D. hear ?

54. A. invent B. discover C. teach D. continue ?

55. A. learners B. watchers C. actors D. listeners

A man was exploring caves by the seashore when he found a bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls．It was like someone had 36 the balls and left them out in the sun to bake．

They didn’t look like much, but they 37 the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him．As he walked along the beach, he 38 the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could．He thought little about it 39 he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open（裂开）on a rock．Inside was a beautiful, precious stone! 40 , the man started breaking open the 41 balls．Each contained a similar treasure．He found thousands of dollars’ 42 of jewels in the 20 or so leftover ones．

Then it 43 him．He’d been on the beach a long time, throwing maybe 50 or 60 of the balls, with their hidden treasure, into the 44 ．Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he 45 have taken home tens of thousands but he had just thrown it away!

It’s like that 46 people．We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, but we 47 see the clay shell．It doesn’t look like much from the 48 ．It isn’t always beautiful or shining, so we 49 it．We see that person as less important than someone more 50 or stylish or well known or wealthy．But we haven’t taken the time to find the treasure 51 inside that person．

There is a treasure in each and every one of us．If we take the time to get to know that person and ask God to show us that person the 52 he sees them, then the clay begins to 53 and the brilliant jewel begins to shine forth．May we not come to the 54 of our lives and find out that we’ve thrown away a 55 in friendships because the gems （宝石） were hidden in balls of clay! May we see the people in our world as God sees them．

A．invented B．rolled C．handled D．bounced

A．confused B．encouraged C．interested D．relaxed

A．dipped B．pushed C．kicked D．threw

A．until B．when C．since D．though

A．Frightened B．Determined C．Excited D．Disappointed

A．shining B．floating C．surviving D．remaining

A．worth B．value C．cost D．wealth

A．shocked B．rejected C．struck D．delighted

A．caves B．waves C．seashore D．storms

A．might B．must C．could D．should

A．with B．towards C．about D．between

A．hardly B．actually C．simply D．luckily

A．distance B．outside C．weight D．pattern

A．removed B．suspected C．ignored D．reserved

A．beautiful B．cautious C．positive D．grateful

A．lost B．hidden C．divided D．mixed

A．moment B．point C．degree D．way

A．come off B．break away C．take over D．fall down

A．sight B．best C．middle D．end

A．relation B．position C．fortune D．memory

A passenger told an air hostess that he needed a cup of water to take his medicine when the plane just took off．She told him that she would bring him the water in ten minutes．

Thirty minutes later, when the passenger's ring for service sounded, the air hostess flew in a flurry．She was kept so busy that she forgot to deliver him the water．As a result, the passenger was held up to take his medicine．She hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he refused it．

In the following hours on the flight, each time the stewardess passed by the passenger she would ask him with a smile whether he needed help or not. But the passenger never paid any attention to her.

When he was going to get off the plane, the passenger asked the air hostess to hand him the passengers’ booklet (意见簿). She was very sad. She knew that he would write down sharp words, which might result in the loss of her job. But with a smile she handed it to him.

Off the plane, she opened the booklet, and cracked a smile, for the passenger put it, “On the flight, you asked me whether I need help or not for twelve times in all. How can I refuse your sincere smiles?”

That’s right! Who can refuse your twelve sincere smiles from a person?

What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．The air hostess forgot the passenger’s need on purpose.

B．The air hostess suddenly realized that trouble was coming.

C．The passenger wasn’t angry at being ignored.

D．The passenger was refused to be served.

According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A．The passenger refused to take his medicine.

B．The passenger set down his anger in the booklet.

C．The words in the booklet would never affect the air hostess.

D．The hostess finally moved the passenger with her smile.

What kind of person do you think the passenger is?

A．Forgiving. B．Curious. C．Sharp. D．Enthusiastic.

As a result, the air hostess would .

A．get fired by her company B．be hired by the passenger

C．keep her job D．get a promotion

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