Robby was 11 when his mother dropped him off for his first piano lesson. I prefer students begin at an earlier age. Robby insisted that it had always been his mother’s dream to hear him play the piano, so I took him in as a student.

Robby tried and tried while I listened and encouraged him and gave him more instructions (指导). But he just did not have any inborn ability.

I only saw his mother from a distance. She always waved and smiled but never came in. Then one day Robby stopped coming to our lessons. I thought about calling him but I guessed he had decided to try something else.

I was also glad that he stopped coming for the sake of my career. However, several weeks before the recital (演奏会) of my students, Robby came,telling me that he never stopped practicing and begged me to allow him to take part. I agreed but I made him perform last in the program, so I could always save his poor performance through my “curtain closer”.

I was surprised when he announced that he had chosen one piece of Mozart’s. Never had I heard a piece of Mozart’s played so well by someone at his age. When he finished, everyone was cheering.

I ran up and put my arms around Robby in joy. “I’ve never heard you play like that, Robby!  How’d you do it?”

“Well, Miss Hondorf. Do you remember I told you my mom was sick? Actually she died this morning. She was born deaf so tonight was the first time she could hear me play. I wanted to make it special. I knew I could.”  That night, Robby was the teacher and I was the student. He taught me so many important things about life.

1.Why did Robby stop coming to the piano lessons suddenly?

A.He lost heart and believed that he would never make it.

B.His mother was too sick to send him to the piano lessons.

C.He thought his teacher disliked him.

D.His mother died and he didn’t need to play any longer.

2. Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?

A.The writer thought playing the piano shouldn’t start too late.

B.The writer thought that Robby had given up the piano lesson.

C.The writer taught Robby carefully although he hadn’t a gift for music.

D.No one else could play the piece of Mozart’s well.

3. From the underline sentenced we can infer that __________.

A.the writer looked down upon Robby and disliked him

B.the writer thought Robby a bad advertisement for his teaching

C.with Robby present, the other children couldn’t play well

D.the writer couldn’t teach so many students at a time

4. What did the writer learn from Robby?

A.The meaning of true love.

B.The meaning of giving up necessarily.

C.The meaning of being kind to teachers.

D.The meaning of believing in teachers.

 

请阅读以下相关的职业或兴趣爱好:

A.The person works in a hospital emergency room. His/her job is to assist doctors to rescue patients who are seriously ill.

B.The person likes sports activities the most. For him/her, having sports activities is very interesting.

C.The person works for himself/herself at home. He/She writes for others.

D.The person doesn’t like other things such as gardening. But he/she really likes music, especially classical music.

E.     The person likes collecting all kinds of things, such as baseball cards and stamps.

F.     Many people may like collecting things, such as collecting cards or stamps. But he/she likes reading very much.

请阅读以下个人信息,然后匹配与他们相关的职业或兴趣爱好:

1. Mary: I never used to like stamp collecting. I read almost everything I can: books, magazines, newspapers. I go to the public library about twice a week. If you’d like to send me something, maybe books are my favorite.

2. Tom: My wife says I should take up gardening. We have a big garden and she loves working in it. But the truth is, it bores me. My friends and my wife think I’m really boring, because I’m always listening to music. I go to concerts all the time. I love Mozart and all that classical staff.

3. Mike: I don’t really like video games and that sort of things. I prefer being outdoors, hiking or playing sports. I always go out with my family playing baseball and stuff all the time. I think most sports are pretty interesting.

4. Lisa: I’m a free writer, and a lot of people think my job is easier because I don’t have to go to the office every day. And I don’t have to deal with office politics. But, you know, my job is very hard. I have to be very organized and much disciplined. And pretty self-motivated. And when I have a problem, there is no one around to help me.

5. Victor: My life is very stressful. In my working place, everyone is in a hurry and under tremendous pressure. The doctors are demanding, and there is always too much to do to save a dying patient.

 

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