A couple of years ago, I went to a lady’s house to buy some vitamins. Upon entering the house, I  36   that there was an electronic keyboard on a stand, leaning  37   the wall. Being a piano music lover and  38  , I asked, if the woman played. She nodded and added that she had been

  39   lessons at age 54! I told her that it was very   40   that she was pursuing （追求） her passion（热情）to play the piano.  .  . 

 Then she asked me  41   question. “I have been playing for 8 years now,” I answered. 

  “Then you must play a song for me before you leave,” she  42  .I thought she was joking and I simply smiled. At the end of the deal of the vitamins, she  43  me of our musical “  44 _”. She then showed me to an old upright piano in the living room,   45   asked me to play a song for her. I thought   46   and decided to play David Lantz’s “Return to the Heart”, since she had so much passion for  47  ,and it was my soul-searching song. 

    I played the song to the best of my ability, and with my emotions  48   into it as possible. She loved it.  49   I was about to step out of the door, I heard a weak voice calling out, “Young man!”

    I turned around. And there was an old lady  50   one little step at a time with the help of another woman. “I wanted to come out to  51   you for the beautiful song that you played. I have been very sick, and it’s very hard for me to  52  my bed, but your music made me feel good ”she said. With that, she turned around and walked  53   back to her room. 

   I was deeply  54   by her appreciation and felt a deeper understanding for the song. It served its purpose beautifully, returning to one’s  55   for peace and joy. 

1. A. observed          B. watched          C. noticed         D. caught

2.A. on                 B. at               C. over            D. against

3.  A. player               B. teacher          C. composer       D. starter

4. A. giving            B. attending        C. teaching        D. reviewing

5.  A. interesting     B. wonderful       C. moved           D. impressive

6. A. another          B. a different      C. the same        D. other

7.A. advised            B. ordered          C. demanded      D. requested

8.A. warned             B. reminded         C. asked            D. required

9. A. course           B. task            C. discussion         D. deal

10.A. and                   B. but              C. as a result D. what’s more

11. A. for the moment       B. at the moment   C. for a moment D. at a moment

12. A. music            B. songs            C. the piano            D. vitamins

13.A. dropping          B. falling          C. pouring           D. running

14.A. Since             B. As               C. While             D. Because

15.A. taking            B. making           C. having         D. giving

16.A. thank             B. praise               C. admire            D. owe

17.A. get on          B. get up            C. get off      D. get down

18. A. quietly              B. calmly           C. happily          D. slowly

19.A. shocked       B. touched     C. delighted            D. disturbed

20.A. world             B. heart            C. brains               D. dreams

Nowadays robots can not only talk and dance，but also answer your questions in English.They are “____”．The following is the first China?made “beauty”____.

A new 168?cm high “beauty” robot who has not yet been____looks wonderful in a red wedding____.She can act as a tour guide，a receptionist，____a hostess.

Her face____the beautiful facial characteristics of many girls.And her eyes can move.

“The robot is the first human simulation(仿真)____in China，and she is____with the most advanced voice and movement control technologies and____communicate with humans，” said Li Chengrong，chief____of the robot，who works for the Chinese Academy of Science Institute of Automation.“She replies ‘____’ if you praise her by saying ‘You are so____’．”

The sentences that the robot can understand and say are____at present.“We will improve her in the future，to make her talk___with human beings，” Li said.

___the “beauty” will work as a receptionist and tour guide in Sichuan Science Museum，she has been programmed to____the southwestern dialect that is popular in inland Sichuan Province.

Li said the lab____for designing and making the robot was 300,000 yuan (37,500 U．S.dollars)．The robot is equipped with interactive technologies.It is____to most advanced robot in the world—Asimo，____by Japanese auto?maker Honda.Asimo，____can walk at a speed of one mile per hour and climb up and down stairs，costs about one million U．S.dollars.

1.A.receptionists? B．hostesses

C．beauties? D．guides

2.A.robot? B．cushion

C．carpet? D．fingernail

3.A.invented? B．designed

C．made? D．named

4.A.dress? B．clothes

C．shoes? D．skirt

5.A.or? B．and

C．but? D．so

6.A.contains? B．includes

C．connects? D．combines

7.A.one? B．this

C．that? D．it

8.A.desired? B．piled

C．equipped? D．scanned

9.A.must? B．can

C．should? D．may

10.A.designer? B．declarer

C．junior? D．haircutter

11.A.Go ahead? B．Thank you

C．Sorry? D．With pleasure

12.A.holy? B．pretty

C．elegant? D．outgoing

13.A.developed? B．complicated

C．limited? D．improved

14.A.happily? B．slowly

C．particularly? D．freely

15.A.Since? B．If

C．Unless? D．When

16.A.study? B．speak

C．ignore? D．understand

17.A.pay? B．price

C．cost? D．work

18.A.familiar? B．similar

C．opposite? D．reasonable

19.A.produced? B．obeyed

C．envied? D．tested

20.A.which? B．where?

C．when? D．who

Mr. Jackson was tired of living in his old house in the countryside and wanted to sell it and buy a better one. He tried to sell it for a long time, but was not successful, so at last he decided to go to an estate agent.

The agent advertised(登广告) the house straight away, and a few days later, the owner saw a very beautiful photograph of his house, with a wonderful description of his garden in an expensive magazine.

Having read the advertisement through, the house owner hurried to phone the estate agent, saying, “I'm sorry, Mr. Jones, but I've decided not to sell my house after all.” “Why?” the agent asked in a surprised voice. “Because from the advertisement in that magazine I can see it's just the kind of house I've wanted to live in all my life.”

1. Mr. Jackson wanted to sell his house because _____.

2.The reason why Mr. Jackson went to the estate agent was _____.

3. At last Mr. Jones _____.

4. What do you think of the advertisement in magazines?

5.What’s the meaning of “an estate agent” in paragraph one?

When I was struggling with cancer a few years ago, my wife and I formed our own "couple caution circle".  Anytime a doctor came with news of my progress, my wife would give me a big hug. The reports were seldom good during the early stages of my illness, and one day a doctor brought particularly frightening news. Staring at my reports, he said in a low voice, “It doesn't look like you're going to make it.”

Before I could ask him a question, my wife stood up, handed me my clothes, adjusted the tubes fastened to my body and  said, “Let’s get out of here. This man is a risk to your health.” As she helped me struggle to the door, the doctor came near us. “Stay back,” demanded my wife. “Stay away from us.”

As we walked together down the hall, the doctor attempted to catch up with us “Keep going,” said my wife, pushing the intravenous（静脉注射的）stand. “We’re going to talk to someone who really knows what is going on. Then she held up her hand to the doctor. “Don't come any closer to us.”

The two of us moved as one. We escaped to the safety and hope of a doctor who did not confuse diagnosis with conclusion. I could never have made that walk toward wellness alone.

1..

From the passage we know__________.

A. hearing that her husband was not going to make it, the wife went out of her mind

B. the wife's decision in crisis contributed to the husband’s wellness

C. the husband was diagnosed with cancer by mistake

D. the husband became weaker and weaker as a result of the treatment conducted by the doctor

2..

 What's the author's feeling when writing the passage?

A. Angry.         B. Thankful.          C. Excited.          D. Sad.

3..

 What can be inferred from the passage?

A. The wife was a woman hard to get along with.

B. The doctor was a dangerous man.

C. The wife loved her husband very much.

D. The husband was a man who believed everything would be OK.

4..

What would be the best title for the passage?

A. A Happy Couple in Crisis                 B. Struggle with Cancer

C. In Crisis, Become As One                 D. Don't Believe the Doctor

When Omega was born in Uganda, she did two things: Smile and then sing. When Omega was 4 years old, her talent(天赋) for music was recognized, so she became one of the youngest members of the first African Children’s Choir(合唱团). She traveled the world with the choir, and it was from this experience that she grew into a singer today.

Although having a beautiful voice, she had to find other ways besides music to earn a living at first. When she was 16, her parents sent her to the USA to study. Like her mother, Omega wanted to become a doctor and do something meaningful in her country of Uganda.  

However, like many artists, music was so much a part of her that she had to choose. With encouragement from her family and friends, she opened her own production company(制作公司) after graduation. Since then, she has been working as an artist. Her songs make people feel good about life. Apart from that, she is also interested in health care and education. Omega is one of those Ugandan females who are showing the world their valuable talents.

1.Her experiences in the Choir helped Omega to ____.

   A. burst into song                      B. recognize her music talent

   C. travel the world                     D. become a singer

2. What is the meaning of the underlined sentence in paragraph three?

   A. music was very important to her  

B. music took her a lot of time

C. music cost her so much money

D. music was the last thing she would choose

3. We can learn from the passage that Omega is ____.

A. a good teacher                       B. a famous African artist

C. a kind politician                    D. a warm-hearted doctor