“I couldn’t survive without music,” says fifteen-year-old Steve. In the morning, Steve wakes up to his favorite ______ station. He listens to rock on the radio while he eats ______. He puts on his personal stereo (立体声唱机) before he leaves the house and listens to cassettes on the bus to ______.

“Last week I put my headphones on in the maths ______.” admits Steve. “The teacher was really ______. She took my headphones away and I couldn’t use them for a week. It was ______.” At home Steve does his homework to music—loud music.

“My mother ______ shouts ‘Turn it down!’” says Steve. “She can’t ______ how I can work ______ music on, but music ______ me to concentrate.” Steve would like to make music himself. “I’m learning to play the guitar.______, it doesn’t sound too good at the ______. But I’m going to keep practicing!”

For ______ like Steve, music is a very important part of ______. Music is social; it brings people together at discos, parties and concerts. Fast, ______ music is full of energy; it helps people to ______ their problems and have ______. Music talks about love, freedom and imagination. There are always new songs and new styles.

____ Steve’s mother agrees that music brings some problems. “Steve is a sensible boy,” she says, “I don’t think he would ever take drugs hearing rock. But I ______ worry about his hearing with all that loud music. And it ______ me crazy!”

1.A. railway B. radio C. television D. bus

2.A. supper B. lunch C. breakfast D. dinner

3.A. school B. office C. work D. party

4.A. workshop B. schoolroom C. dormitory D. class

5.A. angry B. worried C. excited D. tired

6.A. surprising B. hopeless C. terrible D. poor

7.A. sometimes B. always C. frequently D. seldom

8.A. understand B. bear C. expect D. believe

9.A. while B. with C. for D. at

10.A. causes B. leads C. helps D. forces

11.A. Unluckily B. Necessarily C. Disappointingly D. Actually

12.A. moment B. last C. first D. period

13.A. boys B. teenagers C. friends D. girls

14.A. study B. school C. family D. life

15.A. sound B. loud C. light D. noisy

16.A. remove B. settle C. forget D. leave

17.A. fun B. future C. smiles D. sense

18.A. And B. However C. Meanwhile D. But

19.A. can B. should C. will D. do

20.A. causes B. results C. drives D. leaves

When I was 8 years old, a gentleman came to my orphanage(孤儿院) and taught us how to do woodworking projects.

I remember my first project—a small table. I was so ______ of it that I looked upon it as if I had created a(an) ______. It was absolutely beautiful and it had taken me six weeks to ______ it. I could hardly wait to give it to Mother Winters as a ______. She was the head mistress of our orphanage, who was always ______ with us.

As the tables were not dry from the clear coating, the man told us to wait a few days before taking them to our dormitories. But I was just so ______ and happy that I couldn’t wait. I ______ out like a flash, carrying my table and smiling from ear to ear.

When I reached the dormitory I placed the little table beside my bed. I was ______ it when Mother Winters entered. She walked over to the table. Running her hand ______ it, she noticed that it was still wet.

“Were you ______ to bring this home?” she asked.

“No, ma’am,” I ______ with my head down.

She ordered me to throw the table out and so I did. After she left, I immediately opened the door to get it back. There was ______ stuck all over. I brushed and cried, but it would not come off.

I hid the table in my closet(橱柜) and never ______ it. A year later while cleaning up, I gave the table to Mother Henderson, my houseparent(宿管员), thinking that she would ______ it away.

Thirty years later at a reunion, I ______ that Mother Henderson was living nearby, so I drove up to see her. We talked cheerfully for long. As I was about to leave, she asked me to come down to her ______ to get something important. I followed her ______ into a dark corner. She picked something up. ______ she turned around, I could see that she was holding a little table.

Mother Henderson kept the little table that I had given up for lost so long ago.

Today, I look at that table with bittersweet memories but full of ______ to Mother Henderson, who kept it for a young orphan who tried very hard to ______.

1.A. tired B. ashamed C. aware D. proud

2.A. award B. record C. wonder D. product

3.A. complete B. invent C. paint D. design

4.A. reward B. gift C. prize D. souvenir

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

6.A. upset B. excited C. confident D. amazed

7.A. dashed B. walked C. stepped D. climbed

8.A. drying B. admiring C. observing D. hiding

9.A. into B. after C. above D. across

10.A. supposed B. embarrassed C. encouraged D. determined

11.A. agreed B. sighed C. whispered D. argued

12.A. glue B. dirt C. paint D. wood

13.A. removed B. shook C. touched D. split

14.A. throw B. give C. take D. put

15.A. recommended B. expected C. remembered D. learned

16.A. bathroom B. basement C. balcony D. bedroom

17.A. unexpectedly B. unwillingly C. curiously D. worriedly

18.A. Until B. Since C. Before D. As

19.A. gratitude B. admiration C. sympathy D. regret

20.A. adapt B. study C. please D. perform

We took a rare family road trip to the Adirondacks in late August,and it was as refreshing and exhausting as family vacations tend to be.Toward the end of our long drive home, even the kids were leaning forward in their seats urging my lead foot on.At that point in a road trip,even sixty-five miles per hour feels slow. We have become numb to our speed and numb to the road signs flashing by.

My family lives on the edge of Lancaster County. Only thirty miles from home,I hit the brakes,and we began to roll,slowly,behind a horse-drawn carriage. We began to open our eyes again.We saw familiar green hills and the farm with the best watermelons. I rolled down the windows, and we breathed again.Just-cut hay and a barn full of dairy cattle.

At five miles per hour,you remember what you forget at sixty-five.You are thinking about a place,even when you are moving from place to place.

I am a placemaker. A homemaker, too. I am a mother of a young kid at home,and also a writer and a gardener.But,for me,those roles are wrapped up with the one big thing I want to do with the rest of my life:I want to cultivate a place and share it with others.

The place I make with my family is a red-brick farmhouse built in l880. It has quite a few nineteenth-century bedrooms and a few acres of land,and we love nothing more than to fill them with neighbors and friends. We grow vegetables and flowers,keep a baker’s dozen of egg—laying chickens,and,since we moved in three years ago,we have planted many,many trees.

Living with my life’s purpose does not allow for much travel. I need to be here,feeding the chickens and watering the tomatoes. Any extra in the budget,and we spend it on trees.

But I learned something at the end of our family road trip.Travel can help me in the task of caring for my own place.When I slow down and pay attention to the road between here and there,travel tells me the connections between my place and all the other places.

1.What does the author try to express in the first paragraph?

A. The tiredness of her past family life.

B. Her disappointment at the family road trip.

C. The family’s eagerness to return home.

D. Kids’excitement at driving fast on the road.

2.Why did the author slow her car some miles from her home?

A. Because she made a way for a horse-drawn carriage.

B. Because she enjoyed the scenery along the road.

C. Because she needed a break after the long drive.

D. Because she wanted to get rid of a fast-paced life.

3.The underlined word“placemaker”in the 4th paragraph refers to someone who_______ .

A. devotes most of his energy and time to building his house

B. is ready to help anyone in need in the community

C. makes a creative design for others’houses

D. is good at cultivating a place and sharing it with others

4.What can be the best title of the passage?

A. On the Way Home B. Never Travel again

C. Escape from a Family Life D. Life on the Farm

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