13．Before they anything.children see the world with fresh eyes．Their responses are honest——青夏教育精英家教网——

13．Before they __________ anything，children see the world with fresh eyes．Their responses are honest and imaginative．（　　）

Banjo
I am a music store owner．One day，when I was cleaning the instruments in my store，I saw an old man come in．His short steps dragged on the carpet．"Is 77too old to learn the banjo（班卓琴）？"he asked．"It's never too late to learn to play，"I replied，holding back my doubts．My mind told me I was giving false encouragement．I reached the instructor's schedule and gave the rates，the available（有效的） time and additional information that he would need．To my surprise and delight，the old man，Carl，began banjo lessons three days later with my most patient teacher．
With nothing to do at home but practice，Carl made surprising progress．After breakfast he practiced for his required half hour．While waiting for lunch he picked up his banjo again for just a couple of minutes．Since TV was difficult for him to see and hear，he often played the banjo in the evenings．Carl was always early for lessons so it was a surprise that he didn't arrive one Tuesday．
The next morning I listened to the answering machine with sadness．"Carl's in hospital，"the voice recorded．
Two months later，I shared the newspaper obituary with the banjo teacher．We both shed tears for a surprisingly clever banjo student．
Several months later，an old woman came into the store carrying a plant．"This is for Carl's banjo teacher，"she said．"I'm his wife，Mary．"
"Why did Carl want to play banjo？"I asked．Mary took a deep breath and let it out slowly．"Carl was at some show when he was 10years old．He came close to the stage to watch the performers．When they were picking up their instruments，the banjo player said to Carl，‘You want to see this up close？'Carl climbed up on the stage and from then on he wanted to play the banjo．"Carl had waited 67years to realize this dream!Mary gave the plant to me．"Thank you for the best six months of his life，"she said．

61．In Paragraph 2，the author's reaction to Carl's question showed that heD．
A．was willing to help
B．didn't want to encourage Carl
C．didn't want to give him false encouragement
D．encouraged Carl though he had doubts
62．The underlined word"obituary"in Paragraph 5means a notice thatA．
A．announces somebody has died
B．announces somebody is needed
C．announces a good piece of news
D．announces a gift for somebody
63．Why did Carl want to learn banjo？C
A．Because his wife encouraged him to learn it．
B．Because he wanted to become a banjo performer．
C．Because he wanted to realize a dream from his early age．
D．Because he wanted to enjoy the last six months of his life．
64．It can be inferred from the passage thatB．
A．all roads lead to Rome
B．it's never too old to learn
C．well beginning is half done
D．a friend in need is a friend indeed．

11．Millions of dollars'worth damage______ by the tornado（龙卷风） which swept across the south of America last night．（　　）

had been caused

has been caused

10．Yuan Longping is quite satisfied with his life and he keep time for his hobbies spend money on himself or lead a comfortable life．（　　）

	A．	had rather； than		B．	would rather； than
	C．	could rather； than		D．	prefer to； rather than

9．My favorite English teacher could draw humor out of the driest material．It wasn't forced on us either．He took Samuel Johnson's dictionary，Addison's essays，and many other literary wonders from the eighteenth century and made them hilarious，even at eight o'clock in the morning．The thing that amazed me most was that the first time I read these works on my own some of them seemed dead，but the second time，after his explanation，I couldn't believe that I hadn't seen the humor．The stories and poems and plays were suddenly filled with allusions （典故） and irony （反讽） and hilarious moments．I learned more from him than from any other teacher．
My least favorite English teacher also made people laugh．Some students found him to be funny．Many others did not．He assigned journals over a six week period，to be written every day．At the end of the six weeks I had a notebook full of bits and pieces about my ideas，short stories，reactions to what we had read，and so on．Our teacher announced that we would be grading each other's journals．Mine was passed to Joe，that class clown，who always behaved in a funny or silly way．He saw it fit to make joke of and said，"This writing isn't fit to line （衬垫） the bottom of a birdcage．"Our teacher laughed at that funny remark．It hurt me so much that the anger from it has driven my writing and teaching ever since．
So what makes the difference？Humor is one of the most powerful tools teachers or writers have．It can build up students and classes and make them excited about literature and writing，or it can tear them apart．It is true that humor is either productive or counter-productive and self-defeating．

56．The passage mainly discussesC．
A．teaching         B．literature
C．humor            D．knowledge
57．The underlined word"hilarious"in Paragraph 1probably meansA．
A．funny            B．tiring
C．inspiring         D．brilliant
58．The English teacher the writer disliked mostB．
A．was not able to make students laugh
B．hurt his students'feelings
C．didn't let his students do the grading
D．had no sense of humor．

8．One ought ________ for what one hasn't done．（　　）

	A．	not to be punished		B．	to not be puished
	C．	to not punish		D．	not be punished

7．They hurried to the airport，only ________ the film star had left．（　　）

6．---What's the model plane look like？
---The wings of the plane are _____ of its body．（　　）

	A．	more than the length twice		B．	twice more than the length
	C．	more than twice the length		D．	more twice than the length

5．Keep working hard， all your efforts these years will be wasted．（　　）

4．The Chinese government to find the missing MH370 plane since it was reported to have disappeared．（　　）

has been trying

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