Mr. Black, Ann’s father works in a hospital. He’s friendly to the patients. So he’s very busy all the time. Ann is seven and began to be at school. She often watches TV at home. Some of her friends often go traveling abroad（国外）, but her father doesn’t have time. He and his wife can only take their daughter to some cities in England.

This summer Mr. Black has got some time. He’s going to take his family to Iceland（冰岛）. Ann is very excited and tells her friends about it.

“Why are you going to travel to Iceland, Ann?” asks a girl.

The little girl does not know how to answer. She thinks for a few minutes and says, “We’re going to see it before it melts（融化）.”

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1.Mr. Black ____.

2.Mr. Black can’t take his family to travel abroad because ____.

3.Ann often ____.

4.The word “excited” may mean ____.

5.Ann thinks ____.

“Can I learn to play the violin．Daddy?”Ann asks her father．
“That sounds good．But how long can you learn?”
“A month,” Ann says．“After a month，I can play for you．If I don’t play well，I won’t play it．”
“All right．” her father says．
He soon finds a violin teacher and Ann starts her lessons．The fee(费用) isn’t cheap，but her father doesn’t say anything．
A month passes．The time comes for Ann to play for her father．
She says to her father, “I want to play for you，Daddy．”
“OK，Ann，”her father says．“Start”
She starts to play．She doesn’t play well．Her father has a friend with him，and the friend can’t stand(忍受)it．
When Ann stops，her father says, “Great! Ann, you can have more lessons．”
Ann runs out of the room．Her father’s friend says to him, “I don’t think your daughter plays well．”
“Well，you’re right．”her father says．“But she’s very happy, right?”
【小题1】Ann thinks playing the violin is________, so she wants to learn it．