There was once, in a little market-town not far from Upsala (瑞典一城市), a peasant who lived there with his family, digging the earth during the week and singing in the choir on Sundays. This peasant had a little daughter to whom he taught the musical alphabet before she knew how to read. Daae was a great musician, perhaps without knowing it. Not a violinist in Scandinavia played as he did. His reputation was widespread and he was always invited to set the couples dancing at weddings and other festivals. His wife died when Christine was entering upon her sixth year. Then the father, who cared only for his daughter and his music, sold his land and went to Upsala in search of fame and fortune. He found nothing but poverty.
He returned to the country, wandering from fair to fair, playing his Scandinavian music pieces, while his child, who never left his side, listened to him in delight or sang to his playing. One day, at Ljimby Fair, Professor Valerius heard them and took them to Gothenburg. He insisted that the father was the first violinist in the world and that the daughter had the making of a great artist. Her education and instruction were provided for. She made rapid progress and charmed everybody with her prettiness, her grace of manner and her real eagerness to please.
When Valerius and his wife went to settle in France, they took Daae and Christine with them. "Mamma" Valerius treated Christine as her daughter. As for Daae, he became ill with homesickness. He never went out of doors in Paris, but lived in a sort of dream which he kept up with his violin. For hours at a time, he remained locked up in his bedroom with his daughter, playing and singing, very, very softly.
Daae seemed not to recover his strength until the summer, when the whole family went to stay at Perros-Guirec, in a far-away corner of Brittany, where the sea was of the same color as in his own country. Often he would play his saddest tunes on the beach and pretend that the sea stopped its roaring to listen to them. And then he persuaded Mamma Valerius to allow him to leave for a while. At the time of the "pardons," the village festivals and dances, he went off with his violin, as in the old days, and was allowed to take his daughter with him for a week. They gave the smallest villages music to last them for a year and slept at night in a barn, refusing a bed at the inn, lying close together on the straw, as when they were so poor in Sweden. At the same time, they were very neatly dressed, refused the halfpence offered to them; and the people around could not understand the behaviour of this country violinist, who walked heavily on the roads with that pretty child who sang like an angel from Heaven. They followed them from village to village.
【小题1】 When he was in the countryside, Daae did NOT __________.

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　　Surprisingly, no one knows how many children receive education in English hospitals, still less the content or quality of that education. Proper records are just not kept.

　　We know that more than 850,000 children go through hospital each year, and that every child of school age has a legal (合法的) right to continue to receive education while in hospital. We also know there is only one hospital teacher to every 1,000 children in hospital.

　　Little wonder the latest survey (调查) concludes that the extent and type of hospital teaching available differ a great deal across the country. It found that half the hospitals in English which admit children have no teacher. A further quarter have only a part-time teacher. The special children's hospitals in major (主要的) cities do best; general hospitals in the country and holiday areas are worst off.

　　From this survey, one can estimate (估计) that fewer than one in five children have some contact with a hospital teacher, and that contact may be as little as two hours a day. Most children interviewed were surprised to find a teacher-they had not been prepared for it by parents or their own school. If there was a teacher they were much more likely to read books and do maths or number work; without a teacher they would only play games.

　　Reasons for hospital teaching range from preventing a child falling behind and maintaining (保持) the habit of school to keeping a child occupied, and the latter (后者) is often all the teachers can do. The position and influence of many teachers was summed up when referred to them as “the library lady” or just “the helper”.

　　Children tend to rely on concerned school friends to keep in touch with school work. Several parents spoke of requests for work being ignored or refused by the school. Once back at school, children rarely get extra teaching, and are told to catch up as best as they can. Many short-stay child-patients catch up quickly. But schools do very little to ease (减轻) the anxiety about falling behind expressed by many of the children interviewed.

1．This latest survey found that hospital teaching is provided ________.

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A．for the whole of the usual school day

B．in every children's hospital in the country

C．for a small proportion of children.

D．by full-time teachers

2．It seemed that the children interviewed in hospital ________.

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A．liked having maths lessons regularly

B．wanted to play games most of the time

C．did not expect to receive any teaching

D．did not want any contact with their schools

3．It is suggested that most teachers of children in hospital were ________.

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A．successful in getting the co-operation of parents

B．unable to get help from other hospital staff

C．unable to provide a proper teaching program

D．in a position of great influence in the hospital

4．Some children in hospital are able to keep up with their school work because ________.

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A．the nurses try to teach them

B．their friends help them to do so

C．teachers from the school come to the hospital

D．their parents bring them books from the library

5．It can be learned from the passage that most children in hospital ________.

[　　]

A．can only lie in bed

B．work very hard to prevent themselves from falling behind

C．could only play games

D．can have some contact with a hospital teacher

A Love Note To My Mom

When I was a little girl, would often accompany you as you modeled for fashion photographers. It was years later that finally understood what role modeling  16  in your life. Little did I known you were  17  every penny you earned to go to  18   school.

I cannot thank you enough for  19  you told me one autumn afternoon when I was nine. After finishing my homework. I wanted into the dining where you were buried  20   piles of law books. I was  21   .Why were you doing what I do—memorizing textbooks and studying for  22   ?When you said you were in law school, I was more puzzled. I didn’t known. Moms  23   be lawyers too. You smiled and said,“In life, you can do anything you want to do.”

As young as I was ,that statement kept   24   in my ears. I watched as you faced the   25   of completing your studies, staring companies with Dad, while still being a   26   and a Mom if five kids. I was exhausted  just watching you   27   .With your words of wisdom in my   28   mind, I suddenly felt unlimited freedom to dream. My whole world   29   .I set out to live my life filled with   30  ,seeing endless possibilities for personal and professional achievements.

Your words became my motto. I   31   found myself in the unique position of being either the first (woman doctor in Maryland Rotary)  32    one of the few women (chief medical reporters) in my field. I gained strength every time I said , “Yes, I’ll try that.”

 Encouraged by your   33   , I have forged ahead (毅然前行) with my life’s journey, less afraid to make mistakes, and   34  meeting each challenge. You did it, and now I’m   35   it. Sorry, got to run. So much to do, so many dreams to live.

1. A. found      B. play       C. kept      D. provided

2.A. saving     B. making     C. donating  D. receiving

3.A. business   B. fashion    C. law       D. medical

4. A. what       B. that       C. which     D. where

5. A. at        B. to           C. upon             D. under

6. A. amused    B. worried      C. puzzled          D. disappointed

7. A. role      B. tests        C. positions        D. shows

8.  A. must      B. ought to     C. need             D. could

9. A. ringing      B. blowing    C. falling      D. beating

10. A. choices      B. chances    C. challenges   D. changes

11. A. professor    B. doctor     C. reporter     D. model

12. A. in danger    B. in action  C. in trouble   D. in charge

13. A. weak         B. powerful   C. youthful     D. empty

14.A. came back    B. closed down  C. went by    D. opened up

15. A. hope         B. hardship   C. harmony      D. sadness

16.A. constantly   B. shortly    C. hardly       D. nearly

17. A. and          B. but        C. or           D. for

18.A. description  B. statement  C. praise      D. introduction

19. A. secretly     B. curiously  C. carelessly   D. eagerly

20. A. doing        B. considering  C. correcting  D. reading

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A Love Note To My Mom

When I was a little girl, would often accompany you as you modeled for fashion photographers. It was years later that finally understood what role modeling  16  in your life. Little did I known you were  17  every penny you earned to go to  18   school.

I cannot thank you enough for  19  you told me one autumn afternoon when I was nine. After finishing my homework. I wanted into the dining where you were buried  20   piles of law books. I was  21   .Why were you doing what I do—memorizing textbooks and studying for  22   ?When you said you were in law school, I was more puzzled. I didn’t known. Moms  23   be lawyers too. You smiled and said,“In life, you can do anything you want to do.”

As young as I was ,that statement kept   24   in my ears. I watched as you faced the   25   of completing your studies, staring companies with Dad, while still being a   26   and a Mom if five kids. I was exhausted  just watching you   27   .With your words of wisdom in my   28   mind, I suddenly felt unlimited freedom to dream. My whole world   29   .I set out to live my life filled with   30  ,seeing endless possibilities for personal and professional achievements.

Your words became my motto. I   31   found myself in the unique position of being either the first (woman doctor in Maryland Rotary)  32    one of the few women (chief medical reporters) in my field. I gained strength every time I said , “Yes, I’ll try that.”

 Encouraged by your   33   , I have forged ahead (毅然前行) with my life’s journey, less afraid to make mistakes, and   34  meeting each challenge. You did it, and now I’m   35   it. Sorry, got to run. So much to do, so many dreams to live.

16.     A. found      B. play       C. kept      D. provided

17.     A. saving     B. making     C. donating  D. receiving

18.     A. business   B. fashion    C. law       D. medical

19.     A. what       B. that       C. which     D. where

20.    A. at        B. to           C. upon             D. under

21.    A. amused    B. worried      C. puzzled          D. disappointed

22.    A. role      B. tests        C. positions        D. shows

23.    A. must      B. ought to     C. need             D. could

24. A. ringing      B. blowing    C. falling      D. beating

25. A. choices      B. chances    C. challenges   D. changes

26. A. professor    B. doctor     C. reporter     D. model

27. A. in danger    B. in action  C. in trouble   D. in charge

28. A. weak         B. powerful   C. youthful     D. empty

29. A. came back    B. closed down  C. went by    D. opened up

30. A. hope         B. hardship   C. harmony      D. sadness

31. A. constantly   B. shortly    C. hardly       D. nearly

32. A. and          B. but        C. or           D. for

33. A. description  B. statement  C. praise       D. introduction

34. A. secretly     B. curiously  C. carelessly   D. eagerly

35. A. doing        B. considering  C. correcting  D. reading