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Dorothy Brown was very happy as she sat in the theatre listening to the music.Today her little daughter Lauren was giving her
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concert.She had been waiting for this
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for years and years.“Now it is here at last,” she thought.“How beautiful her
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is.”
The song made her
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to the days when she was Lauren’s
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.As a young
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, Dorothy wanted to be a concert singer.She studied
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in France, Italy and in the United States.“You can become a fine
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in the future,” her teachers told her.“But you must be
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to study hard and work for many years.There will be
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time for anything but music in your life.”
Dorothy was
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at that time and she was
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that music was all she wanted or needed to
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her life.For almost a year Dorothy
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of nothing else.Then she
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David, a young engineer travelling Europe.They soon fell in
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.David asked her to be his
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.Dorothy also wanted to marry David.But she loved
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, too.She didn’t know what to do.David was against her being a singer.He said, “If you want to be a singer, you must forget about getting married.You can’t
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do both.” Thus her days were gone and would never return.
Now Lauren became a singer instead of her, which was her
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.
1.
A.
sorry
B.
successful
C.
first
D.
wonderful
2.
A.
dance
B.
moment
C.
show
D.
party
3.
A.
voice
B.
face
C.
dress
D.
life
4.
A.
think of
B.
bring back
C.
go back
D.
come back
5.
A.
age
B.
friend
C.
mother
D.
teacher
6.
A.
musician
B.
pop star
C.
lady
D.
girl
7.
A.
French
B.
music
C.
piano
D.
dance
8.
A.
actress
B.
student
C.
singer
D.
dancer
9.
A.
prepared
B.
learning
C.
driven
D.
waiting
10.
A.
some
B.
any
C.
no
D.
enough
11.
A.
eight
B.
eighteen
C.
eighty
D.
eighty-eight
12.
A.
lucky
B.
sure
C.
afraid
D.
fond
13.
A.
fill
B.
live
C.
lead
D.
take
14.
A.
heard
B.
knew
C.
talked
D.
thought
15.
A.
saw off
B.
learned from
C.
heard of
D.
met with
16.
A.
love
B.
feeling
C.
music
D.
touch
17.
A.
assistant
B.
teacher
C.
wife
D.
student
18.
A.
him
B.
engineering
C.
herself
D.
music
19.
A.
certainly
B.
possibly
C.
only
D.
mainly
20.
A.
thought
B.
hope
C.
purpose
D.
will
There once was a King who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists
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. The King looked at all the pictures, but there were only two he
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liked and he had to choose between them.
One picture was of a
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lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful towering
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were all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a
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picture of peace.
The other picture had mountains too. But there were rugged and
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. Above was an
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sky from which rain fell, in which lightening
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. Down the side of the mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall. This did not look
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at all.
But when the King looked, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny
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growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her
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. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water,
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the mother bird on her nest…perfect peace.
Which picture do you think won the prize?
The King
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the second picture.
Do you know why?
“Because,” explained the king, “peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise,
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, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your
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. That is the real meaning of peace.”
1.
A.
tied
B.
tried
C.
died
D.
mined
2.
A.
probably
B.
generally
C.
really
D.
finally
3.
A.
calm
B.
clean
C.
clear
D.
beautiful
4.
A.
houses
B.
mountains
C.
fields
D.
deserts
5.
A.
awful
B.
fearful
C.
terrible
D.
perfect
6.
A.
bare
B.
thick
C.
strong
D.
handsome
7.
A.
sunny
B.
happy
C.
angry
D.
kind
8.
A.
predicted
B.
drowned
C.
expected
D.
played
9.
A.
dreadful
B.
peaceful
C.
grateful
D.
respectful
10.
A.
tree
B.
grass
C.
bush
D.
flower
11.
A.
room
B.
kitchen
C.
toilet
D.
nest
12.
A.
sat
B.
trembled
C.
shook
D.
strained
13.
A.
removed
B.
chose
C.
abandoned
D.
postponed
14.
A.
excitement
B.
happiness
C.
trouble
D.
joy
15.
A.
hand
B.
mouth
C.
stomach
D.
heart
________ he won’t come.Look, it is raining cats and dogs now.
A.
No question
B.
No problem
C.
No doubt
D.
No wonder
We do not know when the famous writer was born, but the date of his death is ______.
A.
on the record
B.
in the record
C.
on record
D.
at the record
The computer is too big and it will ________ too much room.
A.
take up
B.
make up
C.
bring up
D.
give up
________ the necklace borrowed from her friends made her ________ completely.
A.
Losing; upset
B.
To lose; to be upset
C.
Losing; upsetting
D.
lost; upset
The lawyer thought it was ________ case.
A.
the troublesomer
B.
a troublesomest
C.
a most troublesome
D.
the very more troublesome
Mother warned the boy ________ the guard dog once more.
A.
not to touch
B.
to not touch
C.
not touching
D.
against to touch
That kind of thing is as important to everyone absent ________ to everyone present.
A.
as
B.
from
C.
for
D.
like
He died at an early age, ________ his work ________.
A.
to leave; to unfinish
B.
left; unfinished
C.
leaving; unfinished
D.
to leave; unfinished
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