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Here is nine o’ clock news

Prime Minister（总理）Abdul Krim of Tyrea has said that the danger（战争）in the Middle East（中东）is greater now than for the past two years. His country does not want war, he says, but the Tyrean people have waited too long for an end to the troubles with their neighbours. If war comes, says Mr King, Tyrea will be ready.

Ben Kitson, the writer of stories and plays for children, has died at his home in California. Mr Kitson was 82. His most famous book of stories, The Gentleman’s House, sells all over the world, in more than twenty-five languages.

Policeman in New York have stopped work. Their leader（领导）, Mr Paulo Angeli, says that they will return to work only when they receive more money for working long hours and doing what Mr Angel calls “the most dangerous job in the city.”

It has been a good year on the farm. The warm, wet spring, and the fine summer have been very good for all kinds of food plants. This means that fruit and vegetables will cost less in the shops this year.

And now it’s time for “Morning Music”.

根据短文内容选择正确答案。

1.Abdul Krim has said that___________.

2. The Tyrean people___________.

3. Mr Ben Kitson wrote__________.

4. Mr Paulo Angeli is __________

5. Because food plants have done well,___________.

There is a girl of 15, who has set up a company of her own. Her name is Wendy Wong. She 1  the business two years ago. She has already__2___several successful computer games. They are so ___3___that over half a million games are __4__out every year. Now all of her family work in her business, and she is _5_ at school.
She gets up early in the morning, and then has a __6__ with her family about the _7__over breakfast. Every day during weekdays, she goes to school in her own car with a _8_, for she is not old enough.
She enjoys her school, but some of the work is too___9__for her to feel __10_. She usually gets “A” grades in all her__11_, so the other students often asks her for__12_.
She finishes her homework in half an hour_13_ her driver takes her home. After dinner, she goes to her office and__14__ to work on her computer, writing games until 2a.m. She does not usually need so much __15__ as other children.

阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的动词，并用其适当形式填空。有的需要加助动词或不定式符合（每词限用一次）。

Li Yundi was born in Chongqing, 1982. At the age of 4, he began____1____ the accordion. Two years later, he____2____ with Dan Zhao Yi, one of China's most famous piano teachers . In October 2000, Li took part in the 14th Chopin International Piano Competition in Poland. Li was the competition's first Chinese winner. Li ____3____top awards at different competitions so far. Li showed up at the 2012 Spring Festival Gala. His performance ____4____by millions of people in China. We all hope that Li ____5____ more successful.

根据句意和首字母完成单词

1.Vienna is the c　　　of European classical music.

2.Mozart was born in A　　　 in 1956.

3.Miss Wang plays the g　　　 very well.

4.My e　　　 brother is two years older than I.

5.Mozart w　　　 his first opera at the age of fourteen.

通读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Although I love my life, it hasn’t been a lot of fun as I’ve been ill for 28 years.

Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my ? ?  was more manageable , I ? ?? ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs. ? ?  that was years ago and times have changed. ? ?  I live with mother on a?? country farm.

Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to make up for my disability pension (残疾抚恤金). ? ?  I needed to sleep in the afternoons, I was limited(限制) in my choices. I decided that I would consider ? ?  to singing in restaurants.

My family are all musicians, so I was ? ?  when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn’t have a lot of ? ?   to get started. And often you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can ? ? use.

When I told the owner of the shop about my ? ? ; he gave me a long thoughtful        . “This means a lot to you, doesn’t it?” he said. “Come with me.”

He led me ? ?  the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand ? ? on his treasure(财宝) and said, “I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your pick and I’ll record them for you. That should get you started.”

I could have cried. Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose    ?  that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help.

His     still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.

1.A. loneliness? ????????????? B.sadness??????????? ????????????? C. tiredness???????????? ????????????? D. sickness

2.A. set?????? ????????????? B. enjoyed??? ????????????? C. kept??? ????????????? D. shared

3.A. Gladly?????????? ????????????? B. Finally??????????? ????????????? C. Unfortunately??? ????????????? D. Surprisingly

4.A. Now???????????????? ????????????? B. Then?????????? ????????????? C. Sometime????????? ????????????? D. Meanwhile

5.A. If?????????????????? ????????????? B. As???????? ????????????? C. Though??????? ????????????? D. Before

6.A. reaching out???? ????????????? B. living up???? ????????????? C. getting on????????????? D. going back

7.A. recognized????? ????????????? B. interviewed?? ????????????? C. found????? ????????????? D. invited

8.A. money????????? ????????????? B. time??????????? ????????????? C. energy??????????? ????????????? D. knowledge

9.A. actually?????? ????????????? B. hardly??????????? ????????????? C. nearly???????? ????????????? D. mainly

10.A. job???????????????? ????????????? B.family????????????? ????????????? C. idea???????????? ????????????? D. offer

11.A. face??????? ????????????? B. view???????????? ????????????? C. look???????????????? ????????????? D. sight

12.A. over????????????? ????????????? B.along?????????????? ????????????? C. towards??????????? ????????????? D. through

13.A.unhappily??????? ????????????? B. lovingly???? ????????????? C. pitifully???????? ????????????? D. gratefully

14.A. more??????? ????????????? B. the ones????????? ????????????? C. few??????????? ????????????? D. the rest

15.A. courage?????????? ????????????? B.happiness??????? ????????????? C. kindness?????? ????????????? D. trust