An unusual group of musicians from the land of Mozart have just started a nine-day European tour.

　  The First Viennese Vegetable Orchestra (管弦乐队) from Austria contains eight musicians, one sound technician and one cook.

　 This mix of people may seem strange until you know the orchestra play instruments they have carved (雕刻) out of vegetables. At the end of the performance, the cook cuts up the instruments and makes a tasty vegetable soup for the audience.

　 It takes the band about half an hour to make a carrot flute (长笛). Other instruments include eggplant cymbals (茄子铙钹) and pumpkin (南瓜) drums. Microphones make the vegetable sounds loud enough for the audience to hear.

　 "The audience has the possibility of enjoying what they just heard," the band said. "We employ a real cook for the preparation of the soup so it is indeed tasty and very special."

34. Which of the following should be the best title of the passage?

  A. A Special Orchestra                                     B. Uses of Vegetables

  C. A Special Meal                                         D. Eatable Instruments

35. From this passage we can infer that ______.

A. all the musical instruments are made by a cook

  B. vegetables can be excellent materials for musical instruments

C. the shapes and sizes of the vegetables decide what kind of instrument they will be made into

D. the cook makes the band famous and particular

36. The sound technician ______.

A. helps to make sounds   

B. makes the instruments to be used at the concert

C. operates the electrical sound equipments to make the music loud enough

D. tests the quality of the musical instruments to be used by the orchestra

37. The passage intends to tell us that ______.

A. vegetables can be very useful materials          B. common things can be made into things of fun

C. the orchestra has made a great discovery       D. the band is popular with epicures (美食家)   

One afternoon in January in 1998, Susan Sharp, 43, and her 8-year-old son David, were walking across an icy square, when Susan's cane(手杖) slipped on the ice. Her face   36   first into the mud. David   37   her mother's side, “Are you all right, Mom”   38  , Susan pulled herself up, “I'm okay, Honey,” she said.

Susan was falling more   39   since she had trouble walking. Every inch of ice was a   40   danger for her. “I wish I could do something,” the boy thought. David, too, was having   41   of his own. The boy had a speech problem, so at school he talked   42  .

　　One day, David's teacher announced a   43   homework. "Each of you is going to come up with an   44  ," she said. This was for "INVENT AMERICA", a national competition to encourage creativity in children.

　　An idea   45   David one evening. If only his mother's cane didn't slip on the ice. “What if I   46   your cane to a nail coming out of the bottom” he asked his mother.

　　“   47   the sharp end would scratch(划破) floors,” Susan said.

　　“No, Mom, I   48   make it like a ball-point pen. You take your hand off the button and the   49   returns back up.” Hours later the cane was finished. David and his father   50   as Susan used it to walk 50 feet about the   51  . Happily Susan cried out, “It   52   !”

　　In July 1999, David was  53   national winner for the "INVENT AMERICA". David began to make public appearance. Thus he was forced to communicate  54  .Today, David is nearly free of his speech problem, and his   55   is becoming well accepted.

My little son Logan had cerebral palsy(脑瘫). I should thank Tri-North Buiders, in which I was working, for   36 him. Four years ago, Tri-North Buiders   37 a daycare center called Little Buiders Day School. Little Buiders had 10   38  ranging in age from 6 weeks to 5 years, with three full-time teachers and a part-time teacher   39  there. All the four teachers helped Logan with his daily   40 , including feeding, walking and playing.

  41  Logan couldn’t speak, the teachers   42  with him through pictures. Logan was then   43  in all activities, such as art projects, plays, field trips, ect . Many things were centered   44 Logan.

Later, when Logan recovered to be almost like a   45 child and was preparing for his transition（过渡，转变）to the public school, the daycare workers worked with the school to ensure a(n)  46  transition. Not only was Logan  47 by the school, but the non-disabled children there were not surprised by Logan’s special   48 , which made Little Builders a perfect place to help today’s children   49 people like Logan.

I used to spend a lot of time in the daycare center. When Logan first began to learn to eat, he   50 ate with me or his father around . It was not   51 for me to carry Logan about while feeding him. I know that Logan would not be doing as   52  as he does now if not  53 Tri-North Buiders Company. In a world of making money at all   __54 _, I think you should know about the company making a(n)  55 

1.                A．keeping up with  B．taking care of    C．making use of  D．keeping in touch with

2.                A．wanted         B．produced       C．opened   D．made

3.                A．teachers        B．children        C．nurses   D．cleaners

4.                A．helping out      B．showing off      C．staying up D．looking out

5.                A．service         B．interests        C．responsibilities D．activities

6.                A．Although       B．Once           C．When    D．If

7.                A．taught          B．discussed       C．argued   D．communicated

8.                A．included        B．refused         C．prevented D．examined

9.                A．beside         B．around         C．in   D．towards

10.               A．wise           B．naughty        C．normal    D．tall

11.               A．useful          B．successful       C．perfect    D．important

12.               A．introduced      B．changed        C．accepted  D．cheered

13.               A．ideas          B．words          C．noises D．needs

14.               A．think highly of   B．prepare for     C．get along with   D．make fun of

15.               A．never          B．sometimes      C．hardly D．only

16.               A．strange         B．common        C．fair   D．necessary

17.               A．carefully        B．quietly         C．well  D．hard

18.               A．to             B．at             C．of    D．for

19.               A．ways           B．costs           C．means D．sides

20.               A．difference      B．decision        C．agreement D．plan

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　　One afternoon in January 1998, Susan Sharp, 43, and her 8-year-old son, David, were walking across an icy square, 1 Susan's cane slipped on the ice. Her face 2 first into the mud. David 3 her mother's side, “Are you all right, Mum?”

　　 4 , Susan pulled herself up, “I'm okay, honey,” she said.

　　Susan was falling more 5 since she had trouble walking. Every inch of ice was a 6 danger for her. “I wish I could do something,” the boy thought. David, too was having 7 of his own. The boy had a speech problem. At school he talked 8 .

　　One day, David's teacher announced 9 homework. “Each of you is going to come up with an 10 ,” she said. This was for “INVENT AMERICA”, a national competition to encourage creativity (创造性) in children.

　　An idea 11 David one evening. If only his mother's cane didn't slip on the ice. “What if I 12 your cane to a nail coming out of the bottom?” he asked his mother.

　　“ 13 the sharp end would scratch (抓) floors.” Susan said.

　　“No, Mum, I 14 make it like a ball-point pen. You take your hand off the button and the 15 returns back up.” Hours later the cane was finished. David and his father 16 as Susan used it to walk 50 feet about the 17 . Happily Susan cried out, “It 18 ” In July 1989, David 19 national winner for the “INVENT AMERICA.” David began to make 20 appearance. Thus he was forced to communicate more clearly. Today, David is nearly free of his speech problem, and his cane is becoming well accepted.

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