Dear Zhang Qian,

Thanks for your letter. You want to know about my favorite sport and instrument(乐器). Now let me tell you. I like swimming very much, and I like volleyball, basketball, and ping-pong, too. Swimming is my favorite sport. I am good at playing the guitar and the violin, too. My favorite instrument is violin. I often play the violin on weekends. What about you? What’s your favorite sport? Do you like to play the violin or the guitar? Please write to me soon.  

                                                                       Yours,

                                                                       Li Ping  

46.This is ____________.

  A.a message         B.an ad        C.an e-mail

47.______ is Li Ping’s favorite sport.

  A.Swimming          B.Running      C.Jumping

48._______ is Li Ping’s favorite instrument.

  A. Piano   B. Violin    C.Guitar

49. Li Ping often plays the violin on ________.

  A.Monday             B.Friday      C.Saturday and Sunday

50.Li Ping doesn’t like ________.

  A.soccer             B.basketball     C.volleyball

" Wanted: A violin. Can’t pay much. Call…"

      The ad in the newspaper made me remember my childhood. Because my family was  36  , I couldn’t have a violin. So I asked, "Daddy, may I have a   37  ？" Daddy’s face looked sad. But a few weeks later, Daddy went home with a case in his hand. Inside the case was a second—hand violin for seven dollars.

      No one could know how   38  I was when I took my violin to school for my first lesson. Several years later, I became famous as a violinist. And then, I carefully   39  the violin away.

      Now   40  this ad, I discovered the case deep in my closet(储藏室). I put it on the table. Then I picked up the   41   , walked to the telephone and called the number.

      Later in the day, a man aged about 30 knocked at the door. "I’ve been expecting

someone can answer my advertisement.  My daughter wants a violin so    42   ," he said, examining my violin. "How much is it?"

      I said, "   43  dollars. "

      "Are you surer" he asked. "Seven dollars," I   44   and then added, "I hope your daughter will be   45   to have it and enjoy it as I did. "

      I smiled, but I found my tears roiling down my face.

1. A. rich            B. poor            C. large            D. small

2. A. drum          B. guitar           C. violin           D. piano

3.A. surprised      B. excited          C. bored           D. interested

4.A. carried         B. put             C. took            D. threw

5.A. about         B. by              C. in              D. for

6. A. ad           B. violin            C. case          D. newspaper

7.A. badly         B. easily          C. quickly         D. luckily

8. A. Ninety         B. Twenty         C. Seven           D. Five

9. A. repeated       B. showed          C. reminded        D. suggested

10.A. clever          B. sad            C. afraid            D. happy

It was a cold January morning. A man sat at a big subway station in Washington D.C. and started to play the    36    . He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was the rush hour, lots of people went   37    the station and most of them were on their way to     38     .

Three minutes went by and a middle-aged man noticed him. He began to     39     his pace (步伐) and stopped for a few seconds and then     40   away. A minute later, the violinist     41      his first dollar tip from a woman who threw the money without   42        walking. A few minutes later,     43      stopped to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and     44    . He was afraid to be late for work.

During the 45 minutes the violinist played, only 6 people stopped and     45       for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk at their normal pace. He     46      $32. When he finished playing, no one noticed it.

No one knew this,     47    the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell    48     at a theater in Boston and the seats averaged (平均为) $100.

This is a true story. Joshua Bell’s playing in the station was    49    by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment. One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be:   50     we do not have a moment to stop to enjoy the beautiful music, how many other good things are we missing?