On a cold morning at a bus station, a man played six famous pieces of music for about an hour. During that time, about two thousand people went through the station, most of them were on their way to work.

3 minutes later: a middle-aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed down, stopped for a few seconds and went away.

4 minutes later: the musician received his first dollar. A woman threw the money in the box and kept on walking without stopping.

6 minutes later: a young man stopped to listen to him. Then he looked at his watch and started to walk again.

10 minutes later: a 3-year-old boy stopped to look at the musician, but his mother took him away. Several other children did the same as the boy. And nearly all the parents took their children away.

45 minutes later: the musician kept on playing. Only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 persons gave him money but left quickly.

After 1 hour, the musician finished playing. In the end, he collected $ 32. No one noticed that he had finished playing.

No one knew this, but the musician was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. At that time, he played one of the most wonderful pieces ever written, with a very expensive violin.

If we do not have time to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing with the most beautiful violin, how many other things are we missing?

1.Joshua Bell played six famous pieces of music for ________ at a bus station.

A．half an hour       B．an hour           C．fifteen minutes     D．a day

2.__________ gave the first dollar to Joshua Bell for his performance.

A．A mid-aged man    B．A Young man       C．A woman          D．A 3-year-old boy

3.Nearly all the parents ________________ while they went past the musician.

A．took their children away                  B．threw the money into the box

C．stayed with their children listening          D．looked at their watch

4.Joshua Bell was in fact ________________.

A．a very famous pianist                     B．a very popular singer

C．a very poor violinist                      D．a very famous violinist

When I was in primary school, I had a big argument with a boy in my class. l can't   31   what it was about, but I have never forgotten the   32  I learned that day.
I was sure that I was right and he was wrong.   33  , he strongly believed that I was wrong and he was right. The teacher decided to teach us a lesson. She   34  a good idea. She brought both of us to the front of the class and placed him on one side of her grey desk and me on  35    In the middle of the desk was a large, round object.  It was   36  for me to see that it was black.  She asked the boy what color the object was.  "  37," he answered in a loud voice.
I couldn't   38  that the object was whites considering that it was certainly black! One more argument started between the boy and me, this time   39  the color of the object.
The teacher told me to go stand where the key was standing and told him to come stand where I had been. We changed   40  , and then she asked me what the color of the object was. I 41  answer, "White. " It was then that I knew what was wrong. It was an object with two   42   colored sides, and from .his side it was white.   43  from my side was it black.
My teacher taught 'me a very important 1.esson that day: You must "  44  in other person's position (位置) and look at the  45  through their eyes in order to truly understand their ideas.
【小题1】A. understand              B. remember              C. explain
【小题2】A. class                  B. subject                C. lesson
【小题3】A. Therefore              B. Also                  C. However
【小题4】A. came up with           B. went on with           C. got along with
【小题5】A. another                 B. other                  C. the other
【小题6】A. hard                    B. clear                  C. lucky
【小题7】A. Black                  B. White                C. Grey
【小题8】A. realize                 B. describe                C. believe
【小题9】A. like                    B. against                 C. about
【小题10】A. places                  B. objects                  C. opinions
【小题11】A. could                  B. should                  C. had to
【小题12】A. similarly               B. differently              C. brightly
【小题13】A, But                   B. Still                    C..Only
【小题14】A. appear                  B. stand                  C, hide       
【小题15】A. situation                 B. discussion               C. solution

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A man tried to catch monkeys to sell them to zoos. The monkeys, however, were very c    1.    and every kind of trap(计谋) that he set failed.

A young boy watched the man’s efforts and then took a pot with a narrow(狭窄的) neck. He placed a few peanuts around the pot and put lots of peanuts i    2.     it. He then tied the pot to a tree and he told the man, “We should have a m     3.     in a few hours.”

Some monkeys soon discovered the peanuts and the pot. One put his hand into the pot e   4.  and got a handful of peanuts, but he couldn’t p   5.    his hand with peanuts out of the narrow opening of the pot. The monkey was a   6.    and began to cry. Some of the other monkeys tried unsuccessfully to pull the pot off his hand.

The boy and the man heard the noise. As the boy came near to the monkeys with a bag, the monkeys all ran away e    7.  the one with its hand in the pot. The boy packed the monkey and the pot into the bag. The man was s    8.   and asked the boy the secret of his monkey trap. “Why was it so easy for the monkey to get his hand in but so h   9.   to get it out?”

The boy laughed and said, “The monkey could get his hand back out if he let go of the peanuts in the pot, but he just wasn’t w    10.  to let go. They never are.

A boy lost his arms in an accident and his father lost his life. Since then, he had to  31_   the arms of his younger brother. Except for writing with his toes(脚趾头), he could hardly do       _32  in his life.
As the two brothers grew up together, they had lots of  33  and they often argued(争吵). Then one day, his younger brother  34  him. So he was very sad and didn’t know  35  to do.
A girl lost her hands because of a fire. Though her elder sister wanted to  36  her, she decided to be completely independent (独立的). At school, she always studied hard. Once she wrote the following in her composition, “I am  37 . Though I lost my hands, I still have legs. Though my wings are broken, my heart can still fly.”
One day, the boy and the girl were both invited  38  a television interview program. They both were asked to write something on a piece of paper with their toes. The boy wrote “My younger brother’s arms are my arms” 39  the girl wrote “Broken wings,  40  heart”.

A boy and his father went walking in the mountains. Suddenly the boy fell, hurt himself, and cried, “AAAhhhhhhhh!!!” To his surprise, he heard the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain, “AAAhhhhhhhh!!!” Then the boy shouted, “Who are you?” He received the answer, “Who are you?” He got angry at the answer, so she shouted, “Foolish!” He received the answer, “Foolish!”

He looked at his father and asked, “What’s going on?” The father smiled and said, “My son, listen,” And then he shouted to mountain, “I love you!” The voice answered, “I love you!” Again the man cried, “You are the best!” The voice answered, “You are the best!”

The boy was surprised, but did not understand. Then the father explained (解释), “People call this Echo, but really this is life. It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is just a reflection(反映)of what we have done. If you want more love in the world, have more love in your heart. If you want to be successful, work hard,. This can be used in everything in life. Life will give you back everything you have given to it.”

1.At first the boy cried because _______.

A. he hurt himself and felt bad

B. he wanted to give himself a surprise

C. he felt it was so quiet in the mountain

D. he hoped his father would help him

2.When the boy heard the voice repeating, he thought________.

A. it was foolish to hear others’ voice?????

B. someone else in the mountain liked his voice

C. there were many other people in the mountain?

D. he was laughed at by someone else in the mountain

3.The father shouted to the mountain to ________.

A. find out who was repeating his voice?

B. have fun with other people in the mountain

C. show more examples to his son before giving him the answer

D. let his son know whose voice was louder

4. The word “Echo” means__________.

A. life itself???????????? B. repeating voice??

C. love in the world?????? D. everything in life

5.From the story, we know _________.

A. the boy didn’t like others’ voice at all??

B. the father had his own way to teach his son

C. it is not polite to repeat others’ voice???

D. the boy and his father were rather tired