D

When I saw a big handmade signboard “Welcome Yuxin” at the airport, I knew I had found a caring family at the other side of the world – the United States.

  My host mom had already decorated (装饰) my room for me. There was a doll on one side of the room, and a bookcase full of books on the other – they had heard I loved reading. Mom had also prepared a keyboard for me, since she knew that I played the piano.

  My life in the family did not go so well at first. Because I am the only child in my family in China, I was not used to having two younger kids – Zachary and Grace – running around me yelling (大喊大叫) all the time.

  Mom had a serious talk with me about this problem on a Sunday afternoon. She told me: “You can’t just come home from school every day, go to your room and do your homework. You need to be part of this family. You need to play with my kids for at least an hour.” This rule was very annoying (烦人的) at first. I did not have much experience playing with children.

  However, the more time I spent with the kids, the more I grew to love them. We played games and read books together. I even taught them Chinese. Thanks to Mom’s rule, I began to feel like I was really part of the family.

  Mom also inspired (启发) me to live a healthier life. She got up early every morning to go running. On weekends, she took the whole family to visit parks or go camping.

  I did not like sports much when I was back home, but now I love to join all kinds of sports. I am healthier and more confident too.

  With my American family, I found joy and laughter. I learned to live with energy and optimism (乐观) thanks to the care and responsibility of my loving American parents.

68. From Paragraph 2, we can see that _______.

   A. the host mom was good at decorating rooms

   B. Yuxin was fond of American dolls

   C. the host mom tried hard to make Yuxin feel at home

   D. Yuxin kept busy with a lot of hobbies

69. What led Yuxin to feel like she was really part of the family?

   A. Yuxin’s talks with her host parents.

   B. Having to join in sports with the family.

   C. The host mom’s rule about playing with the kids.

   D. Enjoying weekends with the host family.

70. What can we infer from the passage?

   A. Yuxin’s life with her American host family went very smoothly from the beginning.

   B. The host mom cared about Yuxin’s overall development.

   C. The host family’s two children didn’t like Yuxin at all.

   D. Yuxin didn’t notice what the host family did for her.

When I saw a big handmade signboard “Welcome Yuxin” at the airport, I knew I had found a caring family at the other side of the world – the United States.

  My host mom had already decorated (装饰) my room for me. There was a doll on one side of the room, and a bookcase full of books on the other – they had heard I loved reading. Mom had also prepared a keyboard for me, since she knew that I played the piano.

  My life in the family did not go so well at first. Because I am the only child in my family in China, I was not used to having two younger kids – Zachary and Grace – running around me yelling (大喊大叫) all the time.   

  Mom had a serious talk with me about this problem on a Sunday afternoon. She told me: “You can’t just come home from school every day, go to your room and do your homework. You need to be part of this family. You need to play with my kids for at least an hour.” This rule was very annoying (烦人的) at first. I did not have much experience playing with children.

  However, the more time I spent with the kids, the more I grew to love them. We played games and read books together. I even taught them Chinese. Thanks to Mom’s rule, I began to feel like I was really part of the family.    

  Mom also inspired (启发) me to live a healthier life. She got up early every morning to go running. On weekends, she took the whole family to visit parks or go camping. 

  I did not like sports much when I was back home, but now I love to join all kinds of sports. I am healthier and more confident too.

  With my American family, I found joy and laughter. I learned to live with energy and optimism (乐观) thanks to the care and responsibility of my loving American parents.

1.From Paragraph 2, we can see that _______.  

   A. the host mom was good at decorating rooms 

   B. Yuxin was fond of American dolls

   C. the host mom tried hard to make Yuxin feel at home

   D. Yuxin kept busy with a lot of hobbies

2.What led Yuxin to feel like she was really part of the family?

   A. Yuxin’s talks with her host parents.

   B. Having to join in sports with the family.

   C. The host mom’s rule about playing with the kids.

   D. Enjoying weekends with the host family.

3.What can we infer from the passage?  

   A. Yuxin’s life with her American host family went very smoothly from the beginning.

   B. The host mom cared about Yuxin’s overall development.

   C. The host family’s two children didn’t like Yuxin at all.

   D. Yuxin didn’t notice what the host family did for her. 

When I saw a big handmade signboard “Welcome Yuxin” at the airport, I knew I had found a caring family at the other side of the world – the United States.

  My host mom had already decorated (装饰) my room for me. There was a doll on one side of the room, and a bookcase full of books on the other – they had heard I loved reading. Mom had also prepared a keyboard for me, since she knew that I played the piano.

  My life in the family did not go so well at first. Because I am the only child in my family in China, I was not used to having two younger kids – Zachary and Grace – running around me yelling (大喊大叫) all the time.  

  Mom had a serious talk with me about this problem on a Sunday afternoon. She told me: “You can’t just come home from school every day, go to your room and do your homework. You need to be part of this family. You need to play with my kids for at least an hour.” This rule was very annoying (烦人的) at first. I did not have much experience playing with children.

  However, the more time I spent with the kids, the more I grew to love them. We played games and read books together. I even taught them Chinese. Thanks to Mom’s rule, I began to feel like I was really part of the family.  

  Mom also inspired (启发) me to live a healthier life. She got up early every morning to go running. On weekends, she took the whole family to visit parks or go camping.

  I did not like sports much when I was back home, but now I love to join all kinds of sports. I am healthier and more confident too.

  With my American family, I found joy and laughter. I learned to live with energy and optimism (乐观) thanks to the care and responsibility of my loving American parents.

68. From Paragraph 2, we can see that _______.

   A. the host mom was good at decorating rooms

   B. Yuxin was fond of American dolls

   C. the host mom tried hard to make Yuxin feel at home

   D. Yuxin kept busy with a lot of hobbies

69. What led Yuxin to feel like she was really part of the family?

   A. Yuxin’s talks with her host parents.

   B. Having to join in sports with the family.

   C. The host mom’s rule about playing with the kids.

   D. Enjoying weekends with the host family.

70. What can we infer from the passage?

   A. Yuxin’s life with her American host family went very smoothly from the beginning.

   B. The host mom cared about Yuxin’s overall development.

   C. The host family’s two children didn’t like Yuxin at all.

   D. Yuxin didn’t notice what the host family did for her.

There was once, in a little market-town not far from Upsala (瑞典一城市), a peasant who lived there with his family, digging the earth during the week and singing in the choir on Sundays. This peasant had a little daughter to whom he taught the musical alphabet before she knew how to read. Daae was a great musician, perhaps without knowing it. Not a violinist in Scandinavia played as he did. His reputation was widespread and he was always invited to set the couples dancing at weddings and other festivals. His wife died when Christine was entering upon her sixth year. Then the father, who cared only for his daughter and his music, sold his land and went to Upsala in search of fame and fortune. He found nothing but poverty.

       He returned to the country, wandering from fair to fair, playing his Scandinavian music pieces, while his child, who never left his side, listened to him in delight or sang to his playing. One day, at Ljimby Fair, Professor Valerius heard them and took them to Gothenburg. He insisted that the father was the first violinist in the world and that the daughter had the making of a great artist. Her education and instruction were provided for. She made rapid progress and charmed everybody with her prettiness, her grace of manner and her real eagerness to please.

       When Valerius and his wife went to settle in France, they took Daae and Christine with them. "Mamma" Valerius treated Christine as her daughter. As for Daae, he became ill with homesickness. He never went out of doors in Paris, but lived in a sort of dream which he kept up with his violin. For hours at a time, he remained locked up in his bedroom with his daughter, playing and singing, very, very softly.

       Daae seemed not to recover his strength until the summer, when the whole family went to stay at Perros-Guirec, in a far-away corner of Brittany, where the sea was of the same color as in his own country. Often he would play his saddest tunes on the beach and pretend that the sea stopped its roaring to listen to them. And then he persuaded Mamma Valerius to allow him to leave for a while. At the time of the "pardons," the village festivals and dances, he went off with his violin, as in the old days, and was allowed to take his daughter with him for a week. They gave the smallest villages music to last them for a year and slept at night in a barn, refusing a bed at the inn, lying close together on the straw, as when they were so poor in Sweden. At the same time, they were very neatly dressed, refused the halfpence offered to them; and the people around could not understand the behaviour of this country violinist, who walked heavily on the roads with that pretty child who sang like an angel from Heaven. They followed them from village to village.

When he was in the countryside, Daae did NOT __________.

A. work on his land                                  B. sing in the choir on Sundays

C. make a fortune at weddings and festivals D. teach his daughter how to sing

The 3rd sentence “He insisted …” in the 2nd paragraph showed Professor Valerius’ ______.

A. hope for Daae and Christine                  B. appreciation of Daae and Christine

C. sympathy for Daae and Christine            D. love for Daae and Christine

While Daae was in Paris, he never went out of doors because he was ________.

A. always sleepy                                       B. so homesick that he fell ill

C. too busy teaching his daughter                D. willing to be locked up with his daughter

What made people curious about the father and daughter was that _______.

A. the father made very good music

B. the daughter sang like an angel from Heaven

C. the father walked strangely with his daughter

D. they appeared to be badly off but refused money offered 

There was once, in a little market-town not far from Upsala (瑞典一城市), a peasant who lived there with his family, digging the earth during the week and singing in the choir on Sundays. This peasant had a little daughter to whom he taught the musical alphabet before she knew how to read. Daae was a great musician, perhaps without knowing it. Not a violinist in Scandinavia played as he did. His reputation was widespread and he was always invited to set the couples dancing at weddings and other festivals. His wife died when Christine was entering upon her sixth year. Then the father, who cared only for his daughter and his music, sold his land and went to Upsala in search of fame and fortune. He found nothing but poverty.
He returned to the country, wandering from fair to fair, playing his Scandinavian music pieces, while his child, who never left his side, listened to him in delight or sang to his playing. One day, at Ljimby Fair, Professor Valerius heard them and took them to Gothenburg. He insisted that the father was the first violinist in the world and that the daughter had the making of a great artist. Her education and instruction were provided for. She made rapid progress and charmed everybody with her prettiness, her grace of manner and her real eagerness to please.
When Valerius and his wife went to settle in France, they took Daae and Christine with them. "Mamma" Valerius treated Christine as her daughter. As for Daae, he became ill with homesickness. He never went out of doors in Paris, but lived in a sort of dream which he kept up with his violin. For hours at a time, he remained locked up in his bedroom with his daughter, playing and singing, very, very softly.
Daae seemed not to recover his strength until the summer, when the whole family went to stay at Perros-Guirec, in a far-away corner of Brittany, where the sea was of the same color as in his own country. Often he would play his saddest tunes on the beach and pretend that the sea stopped its roaring to listen to them. And then he persuaded Mamma Valerius to allow him to leave for a while. At the time of the "pardons," the village festivals and dances, he went off with his violin, as in the old days, and was allowed to take his daughter with him for a week. They gave the smallest villages music to last them for a year and slept at night in a barn, refusing a bed at the inn, lying close together on the straw, as when they were so poor in Sweden. At the same time, they were very neatly dressed, refused the halfpence offered to them; and the people around could not understand the behaviour of this country violinist, who walked heavily on the roads with that pretty child who sang like an angel from Heaven. They followed them from village to village.
【小题1】 When he was in the countryside, Daae did NOT __________.