As a music teacher，I have always known that music touches the soul. It can 36 all kinds of barriers to reach students in a very special way.It can be the  37 for each child to find their light.I would like to 38 a story about it.

For a few years I was  39 with the opportunity to teach disabled students.One of my most 40  students was a five-year-old girl called Vanessa，who had difficulty walking，and could not speak.We  41 sat on the floor for our music lessons and Vanessa liked to  42  on my lap．One of her favorite songs was John the Rabbit.It was a call and response song where I sang the call and the students  43  twice while singing the repeating phrase，“Oh，yes！” Vanessa liked to  44 her hands together with mine and clap with me.We probably performed that song during every class，Vanessa and I clapping together.But she  45  said or sang a word.

One day，when the song was finished，Vanessa turned around， 46 me in the eyes，clapped her tiny hands twice and said the words“Oh，yes！” I opened my mouth in  47  and for that moment I was the one who could not speak.When my heart  48  started beating again，I looked over at the assistant teacher to find her also  49 .Through music，we had made an awesome connection.

Several years later，I met Vanessa on the street in town.She waved with a big 50  on her face and then clapped her hands twice，imitating the song we had 51  so many times in our music class.The little girl， 52  her connection with music，left an impression on me that will last forever. Every child has the 53  to learn and grow. It is up to us to  54  the way to reach each and every one of our students.We all must find each child's  55 .

1.                A．get across       B．put away        C．take over D．break through

2.                A．means         B．direction        C．process   D．effort

3.                A．add            B．talk            C．share D．write

4.                A．blessed         B．tired           C．covered  D．filled

5.                A．troublesome     B．Hardworking     C．memorable    D．sensitive

6.                A．most           B．almost          C．nearly    D．mostly

7.                A．stand          B．sit             C．lie   D．jump

8.                A．sang           B．said            C．followed  D．clapped

9.                A．strike          B．put            C．give D．shake

10.               A．ever           B．never          C．still   D．even

11.               A．looked         B．saw            C．glared D．noticed

12.               A．horror         B．delight         C．astonishment   D．embarrassment

13.               A．immediately     B．fortunately      C．slowly D．finally

14.               A．happy          B．grateful        C．speechless D．hopeless

15.               A．greeting        B．smile          C．expression D．sign

16.               A．performed      B．operated       C．trained    D．organized

17.               A．upon          B．through        C．from  D．beyond

18.               A．standard        B．ability          C．plan  D．freedom

19.               A．discover        B．invent          C．test  D．make

20.               A．strength        B．dream         C．light  D．weakness

If your father never says to you “I love you” when you are a child, it   36   to be more and more difficult for him to say the words as he grows    37 

I do not   38   hearing the words from my father when I was growing up.   39  , I could not recall(回忆) when I had   40  said those words to him either.

One day, I decided to _41_ the ice and make the first   42_ . So in our next phone conversation I gathered all my _ 43  and let out the words in a low voice, “Dad… I love you!”

There was a   44   at the other end and he awkwardly  45 _, “Well, same back at you!”

I was unexpectedly   46   and my voice was raised, “Dad, I know you love me, and I know when you are ready, you will say what you want to say.”

Fifteen minutes later my mother called and   47   asked, “Paul, is everything okay?”

A few weeks later, Dad   48   our phone conversation with the words, “Paul, I love you.” I was so moved that tears were rolling down my cheeks as I finally “__49  ” the love. As I sat there in tears I realized that this   50   moment had taken our father-and-son relationship to a new   51  .Shortly afterwards, my father narrowly   52   death following heart surgery（外科手术）. Many times   __53  , I have   54   if I had not taken the first step and Dad not   55   the surgery, I would have never “heard” the love.

1.A. works out      B. breaks out           C. comes out            D. turns out

2. A. wiser         B. busier               C. weaker           D. older

3.A. remember      B. enjoy                C. mind             D. regret

4.A. Truthfully     B. Fortunately          C. Naturally            D. Obviously

5.A. only           B. last             C. never               D. first

6.A. melt           B. break                C. strike               D. build

7.A. complaint      B. promise          C. move             D. impression

8.A. strength           B. ideas                C. words                D. attention

9.A. sigh           B. silence              C. voice                D. cry

10.A. refused           B. shouted              C. replied         D. explained

11.A. touched           B. frightened           C. shocked          D. annoyed

12.A. excitedly     B. nervously            C. willingly           D. sadly

13.A. continued     B. checked          C. ended               D. interrupted

14. A. accepted         B. expected         C. learned         D. heard

15. A. quiet            B. difficult            C. special         D. different

16.A. level         B. idea             C. world               D. end

17.A. managed       B. escaped          C. avoided         D. faced

18.A. then          B. ago              C. before          D. since

19.A. realized          B. found                 C. doubted         D. wondered

20.A. challenged        B. experienced          C. survived            D. received

My daddy doesn’t know how to express love. It is my mum that makes everyone happy and calm in
our family; while Daddy only works day and night, never looking us in the face. But Mum makes a
wrongdoing list of us for Daddy scolding us. She was a spy!
Once, I stole a candy. Daddy asked me to put it back and told the shopkeeper I would like to carry
loads for her. Well, Mum told him I was jut a child.
I broke my leg on the playground. It’s still Mum that held me tightly in her warm arms. Daddy
drove us right to emergency room. He was asked to move the car away for that space was for
ambulance. Daddy got angry, “What do you think of it? A touring car?”
On my birthday party, it was, again, my mum that took over the cake for me. And my dad was busy
with blowing balloons and setting the table and doing the housework.
While looking over our album, my friends always ask, “What does your father look like?” God
knows. He photos others all the time. So there are many photos of my mum and me, pretty and lovely
photos.
And I still remembered the day when dad taught me riding. I asked him not to let his hands away,
but he did the opposite. And I certainly fell onto the ground. I got angry and decided to get on the bike
and rode. But he smiled again.
Mum wrote every letter to me while I was in college. He, except checks, did write a letter, but
extremely short, just a few words, saying, “Without your playing on the lawn, my son, my lawn grows
prettier than before.”
Every time I phoned, it seemed that he wanted to talk, but he would say, “I will get your mum.”
On the day of my wedding, Mum cried as if we would never meet again, while dad went out with a
nasal sound.
From very young, I heard him saying, “Where have you been?” “When do you go home?” “Did you
get oil for your car?” “…” Dad really knows nothing about showing love. Unless…
Maybe he showed while I didn’t notice.
1. From the first and second paragraphs, we can infer that ______.
A. it was the daddy that was in charge of his children’s education
B. the writer’s parents loved their children, at the same time, they were strict with them
C. the children were all afraid of their father so they had to be cute
D. the writer’s mom was like a spy who reported what the children did to the father
2. Why did the father get angry when he sent the writer to the hospital?
A. Because he parked his car at a wrong place.
B. Because the parking space of the ambulance was very crowded.
C. Because the writer’s injury made the father quite upset.
D. Because the person paid little attention to his son’s serious injury.
3. According to Paragraph Six, we know the father______.
A. was not patient when he taught the writer riding
B. might want to see his child fall off the bike
C. used a wrong way of teaching his child riding
D. might want his son to learn riding through independent practice
4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The dad posted checks to the writer while he was in college.
B. The dad had no single photo of his own in the album.
C. The dad scolded the writer for having damaged the lawn.
D. The dad got excited when participating in the writer’s wedding.

One topic is rarely mentioned in all the talk of improving standards in our schools: the almost complete failure of foreign-language teaching. As a French graduate who has taught for more than twenty-five years, I believe I have some idea of why the failure is so total.  55  the faults already found out in the education system as a whole — such as child-centred learning, the “discovery” method, and the low expectations by teachers of pupils — there have been several serious  56  which have a direct effect on language teaching.

The first is the removal from the curriculum (课程) of the thorough teaching of English  57 . Pupils now do not know a verb from a noun, the subject of a sentence from its object, or the difference between the past, present, or future.

Another important error is mixed-ability teaching, or teaching in ability groups so  58  that the most able groups are  59  and are bored while the least able are lost and  60  bored. Strangely enough, few head teachers seem to be in favour of mixed-ability school football teams.

Progress depends on memory, and pupils start to forget immediately they stop having 61  lessons. This is why many people who attended French lessons at school, even those who got good grades, have forgotten it a few years later.  62  they never need it, they do not practice it.

Most American schools have accepted what is inevitable and  63  modern languages, even Spanish, from the curriculum. Perhaps it is time for Britain to do the same, and stop 64  resources on a subject which few pupils want or need.

55. A. Due to  B. In addition to     C. Instead of   D. In spite of

56. A. errors   B. situations    C. systems      D. methods

57. A. vocabulary   B. culture       C. grammar    D. literature

58. A. wide    B. similar       C. separate      D. unique

59. A. kept out       B. turned down      C. held back   D. left behind

60. A. surprisingly B. individually       C. equally       D. hardly

61. A. extra    B. traditional  C. basic   D. regular

62. A. Although     B. Because      C. Until   D. Unless

63. A. restored       B. absorbed    C. prohibited  D. withdrawn

64. A. wasting       B. focusing     C. exploiting   D. sharing