Mr. and Mrs. Long had one daughter. Her name was Lena. She was eighteen years old. Lena lived with her parents and worked in an office. She had some friends, but she didn’t like any of the boys very much.

One day she met a very nice man. He was young. His name was Watts and he worked in a post office. They became friends and he came to Lena’s parents house twice. Last week Lena said to her father, “I’m going to marry（嫁给） Watts, Daddy. He was here yesterday.”

“Oh, yes.” her father answered. “He’s a nice boy, but has he got much money?”

　　“Oh, no, both of you are the same,” the daughter answered angrily. I met Watts on the first day of June and the next day he asked me, “Has your father got much money?”

1.Mr. and Mrs. Long had a ______.

2.Lena worked _________.

3.Lena had a few friends before she came to know Watts, but she _____.

4.Last week Lena asked her father _______.

5.Lena got angry because ______.

Beethoven (贝多芬) was born in a small city near the Rhine in Germany. His father always drank and his mother was a maid (女仆). They lived a poor life.

Beethoven was a talented (有天赋的) child in music. People at that time thought he was as clever as Mozart. His father wanted to make money from his talent, so he told him to practice and play all the time. If he didn’t do that, his father would be angry with him and beat him.

Beethoven was very short and ugly. He couldn’t hear well from the age of 22 and later he heard nothing, but all these unhappy things didn’t make him dislike music. He began to write sonatas (奏鸣曲) at 12, and later he became a great musician.

His life was so short that he didn’t leave many works. But people think he was one of the best musicians in the world.

根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择正确答案，并将其字母代号填入答题卷相应空格内。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

81．Beethoven was from a　　　 in a small city near the Rhine in Germany.　　　　　

　　　 A．educational family　 B．teacher’s family

　　　 C．rich family　　　　　　 D．poor family

82．Beethoven’s father told him to practice and play all the time because his father wanted to make .　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　　 A．him be a great musician　 B．him not drink too much like him

　　　 C．himself rich　　　　　　 D．him beat Mozart in music

83．What did people think of Beethoven at that time?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　　 A．He wasn’t a rich boy.　　 B．He did as well as Mozart in music.

　　　 C．He didn’t love his parents.　　 D．He would be a great singer.

84．He was ugly and deaf , .　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　　 A．that often made him dislike music

　　　 B．but all these things didn’t make him dislike music

　　　 C．that made him stressed out　　　

　　　 D．but he didn’t regard all these things as challenges

85．Which of the following is NOT true?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　　 A．His father would be angry with him and beat him unless he practiced and played all the time.

　　　 B．His father never stopped drinking wine.

　　　 C．He left so many works that people think he was one of the best musicians in the world.

　　　 D．After writing sonatas at 12, he became a great musician.

改写句子：根据A句改写B句，每空一词。

　　A．Beijing is a big city and Shanghai is big, too.

　　B．________ Beijing ________ Shanghai are big cities.

A mother and her young son got on a bus in a small city and sat down. The bus conductor(售票员) came to them for their money. The mother said, “I want one ticket to Oxford,” and gave her a shilling (=12 pence).

The conductor looked at the small boy for a few seconds and then said to him, “How old are you, young man?”

The mother began speaking, but the conductor stopped her, and the boy said, “I’m four years old at home, and two and a half on buses and trains.”

The mother took six pence(便士) out of her bag and gave the money to the conductor. The conductor gave her one and a half tickets.

(　 ) 6. One day the mother took a bus _____.

　　　 A. to a small city B. to get some money　 C. with her son　 D. to get a ticket

(　 ) 7. The mother gave the conductor ______ pence in all(总共) that day.

　　　 A. 12　　　　　　 B. 16　　　　　　　 C. 10　　　　　　 D. 18

(　 ) 8. The mother was _____.

　　　 A. not honest (诚实的)　 B. honest　　　 C. very clever　　　 D. not clever

(　 )9. The conductor asked _____ how old he was.

A. the mother　 　 B. the little boy　 C. the bus driver D. the mother and the son

(　 ) 10. The boy was ______ years old in fact.

　　　 A. four　　　　　 B. two　　　　 C. two and a half　　　 D. six and a half