15．Heapologized/apologised to me for stepping on my foot when we were dancing in the party．——青夏教育精英家教网——

15．Heapologized/apologised（道歉） to me for stepping on my foot when we were dancing in the party．

14．The employees'average（平均的） income in this company is about 2500yuan a month．

13．The doctor stressed theimportance of regular exercise．（important）

12．Medicalevidence（证据） shows that men are more likely to have heart attacks than women．

11．Students in our school are taught in a safe，secureenvironment．（环境）

10．Do you have anyprevious （以前的） experience of this kind of work？

9．Peoplecomplain（抱怨） that they don't get enough information．

8．She resigned on a matter ofprinciple．（原则）

7．He often thinks out someridiculous（荒唐的） ideas so he is often laughed at by others．

6．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．
"You can learn to play it well，"I replied，holding back my doubts （怀疑）．My mind told me I was giving false encouragement．I reached the teacher's schedule and gave the rates，the available time and the 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，a 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 the 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 （表演者）．When they were packing 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 a dream!Mary gave the plant to Carl's banjo teacher．"Thank you for the best six months of his life，"she said．

5．From Paragraph 2，we can know the authorC．
A．was unwilling to help Carl
B．was giving true encouragement
C．encouraged Carl though he had doubts
D．didn't want to encourage Carl
6．How did Carl learn to play the banjo well？B
A．By taking short cuts．
B．By working hard．
C．By asking his wife to help him．
D．By finding the best teacher．
7．The underlined word"obituary"in Para.5means a notice thatA．
A．Announces （宣布） somebody has died
B．announces somebody is needed
C．announces a good piece of news
D．announces a gift for somebody
8．Why did Carl want to learn banjo？C
A．He wanted to become a banjo performer．
B．His wife encouraged him to learn it．
C．He wanted to make his dream of his young age come true．
D．He wanted to spend the last best six months of his life．

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