Think of some of your favorite singers. When you listen, they can make you happy or sad, peaceful or angry. They can make you relax or want to get up and dance. Gifted singers have the power to affect us in many ways—emotionally, physically and mentally.
But becoming a great singer isn’t as easy as listening to one. It takes practice, devotion and strong lungs! Just ask the well-known American opera（歌剧）star Carol Vaness.
At the Metropolitan Opera in New York City where she often sings, Carol’s voice must be loud enough to be heard by four thousand people. It must reach every person in the theater, without a microphone, even when she’s singing softly. The reason Carol can project her voice that far is the way she breathes.
“When you breathe, it’s like a swimmer taking a deep breath before going underwater,” Carol explains. “You have to take a lot of air into your lungs.”
According to Carol, the main difference between pop singing and opera is “how you breathe, how much air you take in, and how you control it coming out. Regular singing is more like speaking, and it’s lot softer. When I sing for children, they’re often surprised by how the vibrations strike their ears—like waves on a beach, ”Carol says. “In opera, the air doesn’t just go out of your mouth—it vibrates in your chest，the way a guitar vibrates when it’s played.”
Ever since she started piano lessons at the age of ten, Carol has loved music. As she got older, she decided to become a music teacher. When she went to college, she took singing lessons as part of her studies. Her voice teacher discovered that nineteen-year-old Carol had an exceptionally beautiful soprano voice-the highest singing voice for women.
Carol decided to make opera her goal, not only because she loved to sing but also because she loved the drama. Opera is a play in which the characters sing the words instead of speaking them. The stories of opera can be tragic or comical. They can be personal stories about two people falling in love or grand stories about kings and queens who lived long ago. As the characters in an opera sing, the emotions（情感）expressed by words and music come to life.
Today, Carol performs throughout the United States and Europe and she has song for almost twenty years. But she has never forgotten where she started singing in the first palace.
“Put your heart into your singing and enjoy it,” says Carol, “because singing is a great joy. That’s why I sing. In fact, that’s why everybody sings.”
【小题1】According to the passage,  the Metropolitan Opera in New York City     .

Below is a page adapted from an English dictionary.
Important words to learn:E Essential I improver A Advanced
Pump
noun [C] DEVICE 1 A a piece of equipment which is
used to cause liquid, air or gas to move from one place
gas pump SHOE2[USUALLY PLURAL]US (UK COURT SHOE)
8 type of plain shoe with a raised HEEL and no way of
fastening it to the foot which is worn by women
3 [USUALLY PLURAL]  type of flat shoe, like a BALIET dancer’s shoe when is worn by women 4 [USUALLY PLURAL]UK a flat·shoe made of heavy cloth, which is worn by children for doing sports.
verb LIQUID/GAS1 [T USUALLY·ADV/PREP] to force
liquid or gas to move somewhere:our latest machine can
pump a hundred gallors a minute , o The new wine is
pumped into stirage tanks.o The heart pumos blood
through the arteries/round the body. INFORMATION2[T]
INFORMAL to keep asking someone for information,
especially in a way that is not direce:She was pumping me
for details of the new projece.
Idioms pump sb’s hand to SHAKE someone’s hand
(="hold" their hand and move it up and down, espacially
In order to greet them)·pump lron INFORMAL to lift
Heavy weights for exercise: These days both men and
Women pump iron far fitnets.
Pharsal verbs pump sth into sth to spend    
Money trying to make something operate succesfully:
They had been pumpinh money into the business for some
Years without seeing any results.
Pump sth out(M)REMOVE1 to remove water or other
liquid from something using a pump:We took turns
pumping out the boat.PRODUCE2 INFORMAL DISAPPROVING
to produce words or loud music in a way that is repeated,
forceful and continuous: The government keeps pumping
out the same old propaganda.O The car radio was
pumping out music with a heacy beat.
Pump out sth someone’s stomach is pumped out, a
Poisonous substance is removed from it by being-sucked
Through a tube. She had to go to hospital    
Stomach pumped out.
Pump sth up [M] INFORMAL to make someone feel more
contident or excited: He was offering them advince and
trying to pump them up.O[R]The players were pumping
themselves up by singing the national anthem, before the
game.
Pump sth up[M]1 to fill something with air using a
pump: Have you pumped up the balloons yet?O I must
pump the tyres up on my bike.2 INFORMAL to increase
something by a large amount:The US was able to pump
up exports.O Let’s pump up the tolume a bit!
Pump-action /pamp ek/ n/adjective describes a device which operates by forcing song     especially air ,in or out of a closed space or container, a pump-action shotgun , a pump   action   
Pump priming noun specialized the activity of helping a business ,programm ,economy    etc   to  develop by  giving it money.  The government is carding small,pump-priming grants to single moter who are starting their own businesses.
Pun
noun a humorous use of a word or phrase which has several meanings or which sound like another word:she made a couple of dreadful puns.  This is a well-known joke based on a pun “What’s  black and white and red   all  over   A newspaper
Verb  to make a pun
Punch
Noun      (c)a forceful hit with a fist (="closed" hand) she gave him a punch lik on us in the nose effect
2 U the power to be interesting and have a strong effect on people ,I felt the performance speech presntation lacked punch DRnk  3  a cold or hot drink made by mixing fruit juices pieces of frut and often wine or other alcoholic drinks tool  4  a piece of equoce  which cuts boles in a maena by pushing a piece of met through it a ticket punch have you seen the hole puneh anywhere?
Verb(t) hit 1  to hit someone or something with your FIST (="closed" hand);He punched him in the stomach.2 MALY US to hit with your fingers the bugins on a telephone or the kdys on a keys on a keyboard USE TOCL make a hole in something with a special piece of equipment:I was just punching holes in some sheets of paper  .This belt’s too big .I’ll have to punch an extra hole in it.
Idioms punch sb’s lights out informal to hit someone repeatedly very hard punch the clock us to put a card into a special machine to record the times you amive at and leave work:After 17 years of punching the clock,he just disappeared one morning and was mever heard from again.
【小题1】
What does the word“pump”mean in “He ran in every five minutes to pump me about the case”?

You and your friends will have lots of fun with Rabbit Ears Walkie -Talkies. You can talk to someone who is in another room at your house or someone who is up to 180 feet away from you. You can take your walkie -talkie with you when you go camping or walking.
Rabbit Ears Walkie -Talkies are easy to use. This is what you do:
1. Push the ON button.
2. Hold the TALK button in and say something. If your friend has his/her walkie - talkie on, he/she will hear you.
If you want to talk for a long time, you can lock the TALK button. Just push the button in and up. When you finish talking, push the TALK button down.
3. When you finish talking, let go of the TALK button and listen. When your friend pushes the TALK button and says something, you will hear what your friend says through your walkie -talkie.
4. When you finish talking with your friend, push the ON button again to turn your walkie-talkie off.

I was sleeping for over a week after a traffic accident. The only sounds that could be heard were coming from the machines that were1 me alive.
All my family members were2 ways to wake me up from my silence.
Greg, my brother – in – law,3 to take some of my songs I had recently recorded to a local radio station,4 he explained about my illness. He told them he was5 I could hear what was going on around me and that he knew having my own songs6 on the radio had been a huge dream of mine. This would definitely7 me and do more than any medicine or machine could.
The radio station agreed to help and gave him a specific date and time8 he could have a radio “ 44 ” at my hospital bed. Greg’s decision had filled everyone with9 and now the moment arrived. Nervous from expectation, all my family members10 hands and watched over me hoping for a11 .
The DJ made a pre – song announcement about my12 to the general audience, and then spoke directly to me.
“Shelly, this is for you. I want you to really listen now. This is not just13 song we’re playing, but your family’s song of hope. All of us at KKDJ wish you a speedy14 .”
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Everyone in the room held their breath and watched16 as the music began. Later they all witnessed the tears17 down my pale cheeks. Though still not awake, it was obvious I heard my song.Just a few days later, hope turned into18 . I did in fact awake. Though not19 unscathed (未受伤的), I did not suffer from the disabilities that had been predicted.
Hope is the part of us that makes us pick up the pieces and try again.20 hope where would we be?

1. 1.
   1. A.
      keeping
   2. B.
      remaining
   3. C.
      protecting
   4. D.
      saving
2. 2.
   1. A.
      sending for
   2. B.
      making for
   3. C.
      searching for
   4. D.
      calling for
3. 3.
   1. A.
      hesitated
   2. B.
      refused
   3. C.
      settled
   4. D.
      decided
4. 4.
   1. A.
      which
   2. B.
      that
   3. C.
      where
   4. D.
      when
5. 5.
   1. A.
      sure
   2. B.
      absolute
   3. C.
      doubtful
   4. D.
      determined
6. 6.
   1. A.
      performed
   2. B.
      played
   3. C.
      done
   4. D.
      acted
7. 7.
   1. A.
      approach
   2. B.
      fetch
   3. C.
      spread
   4. D.
      reach
8. 8.
   1. A.
      now that
   2. B.
      in that
   3. C.
      so that
   4. D.
      such that
9. 9.
   1. A.
      by hand
   2. B.
      on hand
   3. C.
      on his hands
   4. D.
      at his hands
10. 10.
    1. A.
       amazement
    2. B.
       hope
    3. C.
       possibilities
    4. D.
       scarce
11. 11.
    1. A.
       connected
    2. B.
       combined
    3. C.
       joined
    4. D.
       took
12. 12.
    1. A.
       action
    2. B.
       reaction
    3. C.
       performance
    4. D.
       reflection
13. 13.
    1. A.
       mind
    2. B.
       scene
    3. C.
       situation
    4. D.
       status
14. 14.
    1. A.
       Greg’s
    2. B.
       his
    3. C.
       your
    4. D.
       our
15. 15.
    1. A.
       concert
    2. B.
       recovery
    3. C.
       rescue
    4. D.
       return
16. 16.
    1. A.
       anxiously
    2. B.
       assuredly
    3. C.
       differently
    4. D.
       confidently
17. 17.
    1. A.
       falling
    2. B.
       breaking
    3. C.
       streaming
    4. D.
       putting
18. 18.
    1. A.
       deeds
    2. B.
       doubt
    3. C.
       practice
    4. D.
       reality
19. 19.
    1. A.
       completely
    2. B.
       incompletely
    3. C.
       normally
    4. D.
       generally
20. 20.
    1. A.
       At
    2. B.
       Of
    3. C.
       With
    4. D.
       Without

I was sleeping for over a week after a traffic accident. The only sounds that could be heard were coming from the machines that were  36   me alive.
All my family members were   37   ways to wake me up from my silence.
Greg, my brother – in – law,  38   to take some of my songs I had recently recorded to a local radio station,   39   he explained about my illness. He told them he was  40 I could hear what was going on around me and that he knew having my own songs   41   on the radio had been a huge dream of mine. This would definitely  42   me and do more than any medicine or machine could.
The radio station agreed to help and gave him a specific date and time   43  he could have a radio “  44  ” at my hospital bed. Greg’s decision had filled everyone with 45   and now the moment arrived. Nervous from expectation, all my family members  46   hands and watched over me hoping for a   47  .
The DJ made a pre – song announcement about my   48   to the general audience, and then spoke directly to me.
“Shelly, this is for you. I want you to really listen now. This is not just   49   song we’re playing, but your family’s song of hope. All of us at KKDJ wish you a speedy   50  .”