--Can you play ________ soccer?

--No, I can't. But I can play ________ piano.

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A．a, the　　B．/,the　　C．the,/

Do you still remember your dream from childhood? They’re like flowers that never fade(雕谢). The ___26___ Liu Wei,the ___ 27     pianist who plays the piano with his toes(脚趾)，won the final of China’s Got Talent(达人秀) at Shanghai Stadium. ____28____, he seemed quite calm(平静)during his TV interview. He said,“I am _____29     ordinary person and will keep ____30     music of my own.”Liu lost his arms when he was ten after touching a high-voltage wire(高压线)during a game of hide-and seek. “My family and I were sad then.” Liu said. A disabled(残疾的) boy he met at the hospital encouraged ____31    . At the time he dreamed ____32    becoming a soccer player. But he had to ____ 33      playing soccer. Two years ___34___, he started to learn to swim and won two gold medals and one silver medal at the National Swimming Championship for the disabled in 2002.At the age of 19,Liu taught himself ____35     the piano with his feet and started to compose and produce music,practising more than seven hours every day. He said,“The big toe is the most flexible digit (易弯曲的足趾)when ‘toeing,’ but I can only reach five keys at the same time. It means I have to train my toes to move more quickly.”One of the show’s hosts Cao Kefan told the reporter,“He was practising so hard that his feet were cramping(痉挛).” “We’ve all fought for our dreams _____36     we were young but no one has fought___37     you.”commented the pop composers Gao Xiaosong. “You tell us that to realize our dreams we __ 38     to spare no pains(不遗余力).”said Taiwan singer-actress Yi Nengjing. They all praised Liu’s performance. Liu said,“Music is like water and air to me. I can’t live without it. For people like me,there are only two options(选择):One is to give up all dreams which lead to a quick,hopeless ____39____;the other is to struggle(奋斗)without arms to live a(n)___ 40____life.”

(     )26.A.23 years old   B.23-year-old    C.23-years-old    D.23 year-old

(     )27.A.legless       B.footless       C.armless        D.toeless

(     )28.A.But          B.Though       C.After          D.However

(     )29.A.an           B.a            C./              D.the

(     )30.A.composing    B.compose      C.composes      D.composed

(     )31.A.her          B.him          C.he            D.his

(     )32.A.at           B.about         C.around        D.along

(     )33. A.give up      B.gave up       C.give out       D.give off

(     )34.A.after         B.late          C.later          D.since

(     )35. A.what play    B.how play      C.what to play    D.how to play

(     )36. A.when        B.before        C.after          D.soon

(     )37.A.as hardly as   B.so hard as     C.as hard as      D.so hardly as

(     )38.A.needed       B.needing       C.need          D.to need

(     )39.A.die          B.dead          C.died          D.death

(     )40.A.excellent     B.terrible        C.awful         D.sad

阅读理解

阅读理解下面的短文，然后按要求答题。

(A)

Do you know there are two kinds of football games? One is American football, the other is soccer. In China many young men like playing soccer. It is very popular in China. But the Chinese don’t call it soccer. They call it football. There are eleven players in a team. And the ball is round. Only the goal-keeper (守门员) can play the ball with hands. The other players must play the ball with feet. In America soccer is not very- popular. They like playing American football more than playing soccer. There are also eleven players in a team. The ball is not round. And the players can play the ball with hands and feet. And the goal (球门) is bigger than the goal of soccer. American

football is quite different from soccer.

3. In the USA, American football is  ____ popular than soccer.

4. All the players can play  ____ with hands and feet.

5. The goal of American football is ____  than the soccer.

根据短文内容，指出能回答所提问题的最佳答案。

(   )⒈ What do we call soccer in China?

A. Basketball.        B. Football.           C. Pingpong.         D. Tennis.

(   )⒉ How many players are there in a team of soccer?

A. 5.               B. 7.                 C. 10.               D. 11.

(   )⒊ Who can play the soccer with hands?

A. The coach.        B. The goal-keeper.     C. All the players.     D. The umpire.

(   )⒋ Which ball can all the players play with hands and feet?

A. Basketball.        B. Soccer.            C. American football.  D. Table tennis.

(   )⒌ Are all the balls round?

A. No.              B. Yes.               C. Yes, of course.     D. Sorry, I don’t know.

(B)

Mr. Washington is our English teacher. He is from America. His class is very interesting. We often play different games in his class. We can learn a lot of things from. He likes singing, playing the piano, and he is interested in making things. He often helps us make models. His wife is a nurse. She works in the hospital near our school. Mrs. Washington likes children, too. She often asks us to go to their home. She can cook food for us. We all like her. Their son Jim is in our class. He is a good boy. He can speak Chinese, but only a little. We all like to help him with his Chinese.

根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正( R )与误 ( W )。

(   )⒍ Mr. Washington’s class is very interesting.

(   )⒎ Mr. Washington likes singing, playing the piano and making things.

(   )⒏ Mrs. Washington is a nurse.

(   )⒐ Sometimes Mr. Washington cooks nice food for us in his home.

(   )⒑ Jim is good at Chinese.