Anne Spencer Morrow was born in 1906 in Englewood, New Jersey. She went to Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. She wanted to become a __1_. She won two major prizes from the __2_for her writing.

Anne Morrow was a quiet, shy and small young woman when she __3__Charles Lindbergh in 1927. The 25-year- old man was tall and good-looking. Charles Lindbergh was one of ___4__ people in the world. He had just become the first person___5__ a plane alone across the Atlantic Ocean, from New York to Paris. Two years __6_, Anne and Charles Lindbergh were married. Reports about their___7__ were on the front pages of newspapers.

After her marriage to Charles Lindbergh, Anne became a pilot too. She began _8__many long airplane flights with her husband. The Lindberghs explored new ways to fly around the world. They seemed to enjoy the greatest _9__ that any young people could not have.

Then in 1932, something__10__happened.They were in great sorrow (痛苦).The Lindberghs’ _11_baby,twenty-month-old Charles, was kidnapped from their home in New Jersey. The body of the baby was discovered more than ten weeks later.

There were a huge number of reports about the case. Newspapers __12__it "the Crime of the Century”. After the trial（审判）, the Lindberghs found it __13__ to live in the United States. There were threats(威胁) on the life of their second child. And there were too __14__ newspaper stories about them. So Anne and Charles Lindbergh moved to Europe in 1935. Four years later they moved __15___ to the United States.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh never fully recovered from the death of her first child. Yet, she and her husband had five more children. She continued flying. In 1934, she became the first woman to win the National Geographic Society's Hubbard Gold Medal. She was honored for her exploration, research and discovery.

1.                A．singer          B．writer          C．actor D．driver

2.                A．party          B．charity         C．college   D．country

3.                A．met           B．found          C．knew D．saw

4.                A．the best        B．the most famous  C．the most careful    D．the most attractive

5.                A．to take         B．to fly           C．to ride   D．to walk

6.                A．after           B．ago            C．before   D．later

7.                A．friendship       B．work           C．marriage  D．life

8.                A．making         B．getting         C．giving    D．catching

9.                A．unluck         B．luck            C．sadnesss  D．excitement

10.               A．happy          B．exciting        C．interesting D．terrible

11.               A．second         B．third           C．fourth D．first

12.               A．say            B．talk            C．speak D．call

13.               A．easy           B．difficult         C．simple D．hardly

14.               A．much          B．few            C．many D．little

15.               A．out            B．away           C．back  D．out of

　　John was a very fomous pianist. When he was a small boy, he  once played at a party at the home of a rich man. He was only 8 years old. But he had played the piano for several years. At the party, he played a famous piece by Beethoven（贝多芬）. He played wonderfully.

　　The famous piece has in it several very long rests. In each of  these rests he took his hands from the piano and waited. To him  this was evry exciting. But it seemed that the mother of the rich  man thought differently. Finally, during one of these rests she came over to him. She touched him on the head with a smile and said, "My boy, why don't you play us what you know well?"

判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示。

1. John once played the piano at a party when he was only a  little boy.

(    )

2. John began to play the piano at the age of eight.

(    )

3. In each of the rests John took hands from the piano because  he felt tired.

(    )

4. The rich man's mother did not think John played the piece  well.

(    )

5. In fact, the mother of the rich man knew the piece very well.

(    )

阅读理解

　　John was a very famous pianist. When he was a small boy, he once played at a party at the home of a rich man. He was only eight years old. But he had played the piano for several years. At the party, he played a famous piece by Beethoven(贝多芬). He played wonderfully.

　　The famous piece has in it several very long rests. In each of these rests he look his hands from the piano and waited. To him this was very exciting. But it seemed that the mother of the rich man thought differently. Finally, during one of these rests she came over to him. She touched him on the head with a smile and said, “My boy, why don't you play for us what you know well?”

根据短文判断正(T)误(F)

(1)John once played the piano at a party when he was only a little child.

(　　)

(2) John began to play the piano at the age of eight.

(　　)

(3) In each of the rests John took his hands from the piano because he fell tired.

(　　)

(4)The rich man's mother did not think John played the piece well.

(　　)

(5) In fact, the mother of the rich man knew the piece very well.

阅读理解

　　John was a very famous pianist. When he was a small boy, he once played at a party at the home of a rich man. He was only eight years old. But he had played the piano for several years. At the party, he played a famous piece by Beethoven(贝多芬). He played wonderfully.

　　The famous piece has in it several very long rests. In each of these rests he look his hands from the piano and waited. To him this was very exciting. But it seemed that the mother of the rich man thought differently. Finally, during one of these rests she came over to him. She touched him on the head with a smile and said, “My boy, why don't you play for us what you know well?”

根据短文判断正(T)误(F)

(1)John once played the piano at a party when he was only a little child.

(　　)

(2) John began to play the piano at the age of eight.

(　　)

(3) In each of the rests John took his hands from the piano because he fell tired.

(　　)

(4)The rich man's mother did not think John played the piece well.

(　　)

(5) In fact, the mother of the rich man knew the piece very well.