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One night, a little swallow flew over the city. He was very _______ and wanted to have a good sleep in the city. When he saw the Statue of the Happy Prince(王子), he flew down and got ready to sleep _______ the feet of the Happy Prince.

Just as he was putting his head under his wing, some _______ fell on him. He thought it was raining. But when he looked _______ , he found the sky was _______ clear and bright that he could see lots of stars. Suddenly, he saw some tears were running down the Prince’s golden _______ .

“_______ are you crying?” asked the swallow.

“In a little street, there’s a poor house. From one of the windows, I see a woman_______ at a table. She’s sewing clothes for _______ women to wear. In a bed in the corner of the room, her little boy is sick. He’s asking for oranges, but his mother has only water to give him, so he is crying. The boy is so thirsty _______ the mother is so sad. Little swallow, will you please take her the jewel from the top of my sword(宝剑)?”

“It is very cold here and I am leaving for a warm place, but I will stay with you and do as you ask.”

The swallow took the bright red jewel from the Prince’s sword and flew away with it in his mouth. He flew into the woman’s room and _______ it beside the woman’s needle.

_______he flew back, he told the Prince what he had done. “It’s strange,” he added, “It’s so cold but I feel quite _______ now.”

“That’s _______ you have done a good thing,” said the Prince. The little swallow began to think about this, and then he fell asleep.

1.A、hungry B、tired C、angry

2.A、among B、above C、between

3.A、water B、snow C、grass

4.A、at B、down C、up

5.A、quite B、so C、very

6.A、ear B、feet C、face

7.A、Where B、How C、Why

8.A、sitting B、eating C、drinking

9.A、poor B、rich C、young

10.A、but B、or C、and

11.A、jewel B、orange C、gold

12.A、forgot B、took C、put

13.A、Before B、After C、Till

14.A、cold B、hot C、warm

15.A、because B、though C、if

No one knows exactly when jazz was invented, or by whom. But it is said that it began in the early 1900s. Jazz was a new kind of music, for America and the world, and New Orleans was its birthplace.

Who were the jazz pioneers? Most were blacks. This music was not written down, and at first only blacks played it. It was hard for white musicians to learn the new style. But soon they, too, were playing jazz.

The popularity of this music spread. From New Orleans, it traveled up the Mississippi to Chicago, then to Kansas City and New York. By the 1920s, there were many jazz musicians, both black and white. Many of them were famous. One man was better than the rest. His name was Louis Armstrong.

Louis Armstrong was a born musician. He was not only talented(有才能的) but also hard-working. He also had a good sense of humor and a big, good-natured smile. These personal qualities were valuable in his rise to fame. After he became famous, he traveled around the world. It seemed that everyone wanted to hear Louis play. But life was not always easy, especially at the beginning.

Louis Armstrong was born in 1900 in New Orleans. His father never went to school and his mother could hardly read. When Louis was still a kid, his parents separated, and Louis lived with his mother. How hard their life was can readily be imagined. And yet Louis smiled through everything. He later wrote, “My whole life has been happiness. Life was there for me and I accepted it. Whatever happened has been beautiful to me. I love everybody.”

1.What can we know exactly from the first paragraph?

A. Who invented jazz.

B. Where jazz was invented.

C. When jazz was invented.

D. Why jazz was invented.

2.The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 2 refers to “ ”.

A. Jazz pioneers. B. New styles.

C. White musicians. D. Black musicians.

3.What made Louis Armstrong become the best jazz musician?

A. His talent and hard work.

B. His family background.

C. His good sense of humor.

D. His big, good-natured smiles.

4.Which of the following best expresses Louis Armstrong’s attitude (态度) to life?

A. He laughs best who laughs last.

B. Failure is the mother of success.

C. When you smile, the world smiles back.

D. Without music, life is a journey through a desert.

5.What is the passage mainly about?

A. The development of jazz.

B. The influence of jazz on Americans.

C. The achievements of Louis Armstrong.

D. The development of jazz and its best musician.

If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak, when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way.

When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong.

If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents may be blamed(责备), and few of us know that it is just his own fault. Have you ever found that some people can’t read or write but usually they have better memories ? This is because they cannot read or write and they have to remember things, they cannot write them down in a small notebook. They have to remember days, names, songs and stories, so their memory is the whole time being exercised.

So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: practise remembering things in a way as other people do.

1.Someone can’t have a good memory if ________.

A.he can’t read or write

B.he doesn’t use his memory

C.his parents haven’t a good memory

D.he doesn’t use his arms or legs for some time

2.If you do not use your arms or legs for some time, ______.

A.you can’t use them any more

B.they will become stronger

C.they become weak but they slowly become strong again

D.they become weak and won’t become strong until you use them again

3.Which of the following is TRUE ?

A.Your memory works in the different way as your arms or legs

B.Your memory, like your arms or legs, becomes weak if you do not give it enough chance for practice

C.Don’t learn how to read and write if you want to have a better memory

D.A good memory comes from less practice

4.Few people know that it is only ______ if a friend has a poor memory.

A.his own fault

B.his parents’ fault

C.his teachers’ fault

D.his grandmother’s fault

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