Once there was a piano player in a bar(酒吧). People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.

"I don't sing," said the man.

But the lady told the waiter, "I'm tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!"

The waiter shouted across the room, "Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!"

So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!

He had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.

You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.

1.The lady asked the player to sing a song because _____.

2.Nat King Cole succeeded because _____.

3.The words "sit on" in the passage probably mean" ___________.”

4.From the story we know if you have some talent, you should _____.

5.Which could be the best title (标题) for the passage?

-- How do you study      a test?

  -- I study      listening to tapes.

A. to; by        B. by; with        C. for; by       D. with; for

It's Sunday morning. My parents, my uncle, my sisters and I are all at home.        

What is my father doing? He is reading a newspaper. My mother is watering the flowers in the small garden. There are some beautiful flowers in it. Some are red, and the others are yellow. My uncle is my mother's brother. He's a waiter. He is watching TV now. He is a basketball fan (迷). And he is good at playing basketball. Now he is watching NBA on TV. Where are my sisters? Cindy is over there. She is listening to the radio (收音机). She likes popular music very much. Nancy is in her room. She has a computer. Now she is surfing the Internet (上网). She's writing an e-mail to her friend. What am I doing? I'm doing my homework.                 "

1.There are         people in the family.

A. five         B. six       C, seven          D. eight      

2.What are the sisters doing?

3.Which is not true (真实的)?

On the evening of last Sunday while I was reviewing my lessons in my room, it suddenly began to rain.   1    as usual, I stopped to listen to the rhythm（韵律）of the rain. For many years, whenever it rains, I couldn’t  2   listening to it and thinking of the garden in which I spent my childhood in my hometown.

  When I was a little girl, my family lived in a big house with a big garden in the countryside. The garden was full of flowers and   3  , with some bamboo in front of the wall. Whenever it rained, I    4    to sit in the front of the house, listening to the rhythm of the rain and watching the    5   raindrops.

  When small drops of rain fall from the heaven in a row, they    6   a curtain made up of pearls（珍珠）; when the raindrops   7    the ground, a lot of small sprays（水花）will splash（溅出）and then disappear slowly.

  I have been   8    interested in watching such a scene. Listening to the rhythm of the rain, I feel calm and peaceful in my heart. This feeling of peace makes me think a lot about life. We are the  9    of the earth, and one day we will embrace（拥抱）our earth and stay with her forever. Life is short and we should treasure it.

  Listening to the rhythm of the rain, I learn to understand the     10    of life.

【小题 1】A. Surprised      B. Sad          C. Excited          D. Angry

【小题  2】A. stand         B. stop         C. like             D. think

【小题  3】 A. leaves       B. animals      C. children             D. trees

【小题  4】A. happened      B. wanted       C. wished           D. used

【小题  5】A. falling       B. singing      C. fallen               D. broken

【小题  6】 A. make             B. form             C. cause        D. rise

【小题  7】 A. see          B. get          C. reach                D. cover

【小题  8】A. always        B. never            C. sometimes        D. seldom

【小题 9 】A. children      B. owner        C. friends          D. master

【小题  10】 A. length     B. meaning     C. number           D. quality

根据句意，用括号中所给的适当形式填空，并将所填单词写在答题卷相应位置。

1.This book is very ________________(education). You should read it.

2.My sister and I want to be _______________(translate) in the future.

3.My math teacher would like Jeck____________(work) hard to achieve my dream.

4.I consider ____________ my English by listening to music.(improve)

5.You must do your homework _____________.(careful)