Ⅲ. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once.(将下列单词或词组填入空格。 没空格限填一词,每个单词或词组只能填一次)

A. strange B. airport C. children D. looking forward to E. at first F. downstairs

G. wrong H. differently I. deliver

When I was sixteen years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It was not the first time I had been abroad. But it made a deep impression on me. Like most English 1., I learned French at school and I often went to France, so I was used to (习惯于) speaking a foreign language to the people who didn't understand English. But when I went to America, I was really 2. having a nice easy holiday without any language problems. How 3. I was! The misunderstanding began at the 4.. I was looking for a public telephone to give my American friend Danny a ring. So I asked an old man. “I want to give my friend a ring. Could you help me?” “Well, that’s 5.,” he answered in surprise. “You look very young. Are you getting married?” “Oh! No,” I replied. “I just want to give a ring to tell her I have arrived. Could you tell me if there is a phone box near here?” “Oh! Sorry,” he said, “There is a phone 6.. ” When we met up. Danny told the misunderstanding to me clearly. “Don’t worry! I met such problems 7.. There are lots of words which the Americans use 8. in meaning from us British. But Most of the time British and American people can understand each other well! You will soon get used to all the funny things they say.”

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Ye Xiaogang is regarded as one of the most famous modern Chinese composers (作曲家). He learned to play the piano at the age of four. His father was a composer who wrote a lot of music for films. But when the “cultural revolution” (文革) began, his father was sent to a farm to work. Ye was only 11 at that time. Ye had to work on another farm for a year before entering a factory. He worked in the factory for six years until he was 22.

The workers in the factory were friendly and helped him a lot, but he could not play the piano anymore. No matter how hard he worked on the farm or in the factory, he always believed that he did not belong there. He never left music. He just waited for opportunities. He dreamed of becoming a pianist. When the “cultural revolution” ended, Ye could play the piano again.

He practiced hard every day in order to go to the Central Conservatory of Music (中央音乐学院) in 1978, but the school would not recruit ( 招收) piano students that year. In the end, Ye chose composition as his major, although he was not familiar with it. Because of his hard work, Ye soon became one of the best students at the Central Conservatory of Music.

In 1980, he studied at Cambridge University. Then he went to a famous school of music in the US in 1987 to take more courses. As a famous composer in China, Ye worked for many organizations.

He wrote many symphonies. He also wrote film and TV music, which traditional composers hardly ever worked on.

1.How old was Ye when he started to work in the factory?

A. 11 years old. B. 16 years old. C. 22 years old. D. 26 years old.

2.From the fourth paragraph, we can learn that Ye Xiaogang ________.

A. didn’t get along well with the workers in the factory

B. often practiced playing the piano after work

C. never gave up his dream

D. wanted to be a composer

3.Why didn’t Ye choose piano as his major at the Central Conservatory of Music?

A. Because the school was more famous for the major of composition.

B. Because the school wouldn’t recruit piano students that year.

C. Because his father wanted him to study composition.

D. Because he was more familiar with composition.

4.Which of the following is TRUE about Ye Xiaogang?

A. He used to study in the UK and the US.

B. He never worked on a farm.

C. He hardly ever wrote film and TV music.

D. He mainly worked for schools instead of other organizations.

5.The author mainly tells us _________.

A. how to learn the piano

B. how to realize our dreams

C. the history of a famous music school

D. the experiences of a famous musician

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