Hee Ah Lee was born with severe physical disability. She has ______ fingers on each hand. And her legs end at her knees. Her doctors didn’t expect her to ______. But she does live.

At the age of six she started to play the piano. At the time, her four fingers were very ______. She couldn’t even hold a pencil. Her mother ______ that her daughter should take piano lessons. One reason was the thought of helping her strengthen her hands so she could hold a pencil. The other was ______ she felt that if she could ______ the piano, she could manage anything.

For six months piano schools ______ them down and then the only teacher who did accept the ______ got discouraged and wanted to ______. It became a three-month contest of ______ between mother and daughter that led to a difficult situation in which the mother ______ threw her daughter on the floor in disappointment. She said Lee got back up on the piano ______ and for the first time played the children’s song she had been trying to ______. That was the turning point and one year later Lee won the grand prize in a piano concert for kindergartners. It was at age 7 that Lee ______ Korea’s 19th National Handicap Conquest Contest and was ______ with the medal by the president. Today Lee is 32, has won a number of ______, and is a widely traveled concert pianist with more than 200_______.

Lee gives thanks to her mother for ______ her to master the piano and said that although her training was ______, “As time went by, the piano became my ______ of inspiration and my best friend.”

1.A. no B. two C. three D. four

2.A. succeed B. exist C. survive D. grow

3.A. short B. inflexible C. weak D. fat

4.A. imagined B. discussed C. ordered D. decided

5.A. that B. because C. why D. so

6.A. teach B. love C. take D. master

7.A. turned B. looked C. calmed D. let

8.A. offer B. task C. gift D. price

9.A. hide B. quit C. rest D. escape

10.A. achievement B. will C. habit D. quality

11.A. accidentally B. bravely C. angrily D. carelessly

12.A. lesson B. class C. board D. bench

13.A. teach B. sing C. hear D. learn

14.A. competed B. beat C. won D. watched

15.A. presented B. awarded C. rewarded D. supplied

16.A. supports B. games C. prizes D. praises

17.A. contests B. meetings C. followers D. performances

18.A. challenging B. allowing C. persuading D. encouraging

19.A. long B. tough C. uneasy D. pleasant

20.A. source B. symbol C. knowledge D. energy

We brush our teeth daily, but do you know everything you need to know about dental care and hygiene? Believe it or not, there is a lot more than most people realize. Luckily, here are several apps that can help you.

●Brush DJ

You should brush your teeth for full two minutes as recommended by dentists, but that time can be difficult to judge. Many recommend you listen to music, because many songs are just around two minutes in length. Brush DJ has loads of great tunes that will get you into the two?minute habit. There are both songs to listen to, and videos to watch, and you'll find a variety of awesome tunes.

●Orasphere

It's recommended that Orasphere videos be used by dentists for their patients, so they can learn about procedures. Those who do use these videos say that the software can greatly decrease the amount of time it takes to explain procedures to patients.

●American Dental Association(ADA)

Everything you ever wanted to know about your teeth, and then some, can be found on the American Dental Association(ADA) website. You'll find loads of great articles that have the latest news about dentistry(牙科). Those interested in dental careers will find plenty of information to head them in the right direction, and there's even a section devoted to public dental programs, including Give Kids a Smile and Fluoride in Water.

●DDS GP

Here is more presentation software that explains all types of dental procedures. This is helpful for dentists to have, because they can better explain procedures to their patients.

●Dentistry IQ

You can find information for dentists, hygienists, assistants, office managers, and more at Dentistry IQ. You can also get information about new products, clinical practices, and much more. In addition, you can learn about career opportunities, the most recent practices, and a whole lot more.

1.What is the dentists' suggestion about brushing teeth?

A. Trying to brush as long as possible.

B. Listening to music while brushing.

C. Spending two minutes in brushing.

D. Brushing your teeth before breakfast.

2.Why are dentists recommended to use Orasphere videos?

A. To learn about procedures to shorten their explanation time.

B. To explain all types of dental procedures to their patients.

C. To listen to some music around two minutes in length.

D. To get plenty of information in the right direction.

3.How can the users benefit from American Dental Association(ADA)?

A. By getting free videos about oral care.

B. By getting access to various activities.

C. By getting information about new products.

D. By getting updated news about dentistry.

4.Which one would you feel interested in if you want to be a dentist?

A. Brush DJ. B. Dentistry IQ.

C. Orasphere. D. DDS GP.

“You will be in my heart forever. Without you, there are only emptiness and desert in my life...” This is a line from a heartfelt poem Feng Duan wrote to his fiancee Chen Lianfang in 1955.

Feng is now 94 and Chen 90, and they have been married for more than half a century. Feng, an academic at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, may not be a professional poet but for 64 years, Feng has written countless love poems to his wife. On every important anniversary or festival, Feng would send a poem to Chen. In 1978, when Chen’s cancer surgery succeeded, Feng created more than ten poems to celebrate his wife’s recovery. Chen used a red suitcase to store these love poems. The academic has also translated many English, French and German poems into classical Chinese.

The couple was introduced to each other by a common friend in 1953 and Feng sent two paper copies of poems to Chen as a gift.

“As long as I think of you, a beam of sunshine lights up my heart,” Feng wrote.

Chen recalled the first time Feng invited her to his dormitory to have a cup of tea and she thought the cup was made of frosted glass. As the two became closer, Chen often visited the academic’s dorm. She realized that the cup was the only one poor Feng owned. The opaque (不透明的) cup was not frosted glass but common glass stained with toothpaste.

Later she bought many clothes and even a stove for Feng, making a nice change from the single man s life. Feng’s marriage to Chen brought more happiness and now Chen still looks after Feng’s daily needs.

1.When Feng first met Chen, he was .

A. 32 B. 30

C. 28 D. 26

2.What change did Chen bring to Feng?

A. Chen made a great difference to Feng’s daily life.

B. Chen changed Feng’s academic life greatly.

C. Chen wrote a lot of poems to Feng.

D. Chen introduced a lot of friends to Feng.

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Chen and Feng happened to meet each other on the campus.

B. Feng wrote many poems in different languages.

C. Chen cherished the poems Feng wrote to her.

D. Feng liked his opaque cup so much.

4.The writer wrote the passage to show .

A. how a famous poet writes love poems to his wife

B. how the love poems join two hearts together

C. how important love poems are in the marriage

D. how the love poems make the couple famous

My husband hasn't stopped laughing about a funny thing that happened to me. It's funny now but it wasn't at the time.

Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in town, I wanted a rest before catching the train, so I bought a newspaper and some chocolate and went into the station coffee shop - that was a cheap self-service place with long tables to sit at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, put the newspaper and chocolate on the table to keep a place, and went to get a cup of coffee.

When I went back with the coffee, there was someone in the next seat. It was one of those wild-looking youngsters, with dark glasses and worn clothes, and hair colored bright red at the front. Not so unusual these days. What did surprise me was that he'd started to eat my chocolate!

Naturally, I was annoyed. However, to avoid trouble - and really I was rather uneasy about him - I just looked down at the front page of the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me closely. Then he took a second piece of my chocolate. I could hardly believe it. Still I didn't dare to start an argument. When he took a third piece, I felt more angry than uneasy. I thought, "Well, I shall have the last piece." And I got it.

The boy gave me a strange look, and then stood up. As he left he shouted out. "This woman's crazy!" Everyone stared. That was embarrassing enough, but it was worse when I finished my coffee and got ready to leave. My face went red - as red as his hair - when I realized I'd made a mistake. It wasn't my chocolate that he'd been taking. There was mine, unopened, just under my newspaper.

1.The woman telling the story ________.

A. always went shopping with her family on Fridays

B. had been very busy and needed some time to recover

C. bought some chocolate so that she could keep a place at the table

D. wanted a newspaper and some chocolate to take home to her family

2.When the woman saw the boy go on eating the chocolate, she felt ________.

A. too tired to start an argument

B. more and more angry with the boy

C. too shy to look in the boy's direction

D. more and more disappointed at losing the chocolate

3.The woman's face turned red ________.

A. because she hated being shouted at

B. because she saw everyone staring at her

C. because she realized that the boy was poor and angry

D. because she realized that she had been quite wrong about the boy

4.From the story we can see the woman ________.

A. was crazy

B. was being careless

C. often made mistakes

D. was careless and selfish

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