Do you know how to play a game called “Musical Chairs”? It is easy to play and most people enjoy it. All you need are some chairs, some people and some way of making music. You may use a piano or any other musical instrument, if someone can play it. You may use a tape recorder. You can even use a radio.

  Put the chairs in a row. The chairs may be put in twos, back to back. A better way is to have the chairs in one row with each chair facing in the opposite direction to the chair next to it.

  The game is easy. When the music starts, the players walk round the chairs. Everyone goes in the same direction, of course, they should walk in time to the music. If the music is fast they should walk quickly. If the music is slow, they should walk slowly.

  The person playing music cannot see the people in the game. When the music stops, the players try to sit on the chairs. If a person cannot find a chair to sit on, he drops out. Then, before the music starts again, one chair must be taken away. When the music stops again, one more player will be out.

  At last, there will be two players and one chair. The one who sits on the chair when the music stops is the winner.

  1. If ten people are playing musical chairs, you must begin with _______.

  A. nine chairs    B. ten chairs    C. eleven chairs    D. one chair

  2. The chairs should be put _______.

  A. with the desks      B. before the winner

  C. all over the room    D. in a line

  3. When the music starts, the players must _______.

  A. run about the room       B. get down

  C. walk around the chairs     D. sit on the chairs


The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome stuff(东西) they call “books”。
I was going to have my examination the next day. “When can I go to bed?” I asked myself. I didn’t answer, In fact I dared not.
The clock struck twelve. “Oh, dear!” I cried. “Ten more books to read before I can go to bed!” We pupils are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.
The clock struck one. I was quite desperate(绝望的) now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, “Oh, God, please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen.” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.
1. When the author was going over his lessons, all the others in the house were ________ .
A. asleep B. outside
C. working in bed D. quietly laughing at him
2. He underlined word wretched in Paragraph 3 probably means _______ .
A. very happy B. disappointed C. very unhappy D. hopeful
3. Reviewing his lessons didn‘t help him because .
A. it was too late at night
B. he was very tired
C. his eyes lids were so heavy that he couldn‘t keep them open
D. he hadn‘t studied hard before the examination
4. What do you suppose happened to the author?
A. He went to a church to pray again B. He passed the exam by sheer luck
C. He failed in the exam D. He was punished by his teacher
5. The best title for the passage would be __________ .
A. The Night Before the Examination B. Working Far into the Night
C. A Slow Student D. Going Over My Lessons

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