Delia was a young pianist. Her husband, Joe, was a young artist.

Each of them was taking lessons: Joe with a famous art teacher, and Delia with a great pianist from Germany. Their teachers were the very best, so lessons were expensive, more than they could really afford, but…when you love your art, nothing is too much.

But soon the money began to run out, and they couldn’t afford the lessons any more.

Then one day Delia came back home and told Joe that she had met a man whose daughter, Sally, wanted to learn the piano, and he was going to pay her $ 50 an hour.

“Delia,” Joe said, “I’ll be much happier if you keep up your lessons,” Delia said it didn’t matter. “When I’ve had some money, I’ll continue.” But Joe also decided to stop his lessons, to draw pictures and sell them.

A few days later, Joe came home and proudly took $ 200 from his pocket. “I met a man from Vermont,” he said, “who bought one of my pictures. And he wants to buy more!”

_________________.They didn’t have to worry any more about money.

Then, one day, Joe came home and saw that Delia’s hand was wrapped in a bandage(绷带). He asked her what had happened. “Oh,” said Delia. “My student, Sally, asked me to make some coffee for her. I dropped the coffee and burned my hand. Sally went straight to the drugstore and got this bandage for me. ”

“Delia, what have you been doing the last two weeks?” Joe asked. She tried not to tell him, but the tears came. “Oh Joe, I couldn’t get any students, so I worked as a waitress in a restaurant. Today, I burned my hand with hot water. So I can’t work any more. But we’ll still have money from the man in Vermont, won’t we?”

Joe looked at her. “There’s no man in Vermont, ” he said. “I’ve been working in a drugstore, and today someone came in to buy bandages for a woman who’s burned her hand. So when I saw you, well, I guessed.”

They both laughed.

[A story by O. Henry—adapted(改编)]

1.The writer of the story is ____.

A. Joe B. Delia C. O. Henry D. Sally

2.Which of the following can be put in the “____” in Paragraph 7?

A. A bigger plan came to their mind

B. Since then Joe became very famous

C. So the two of them were very happy

D. Delia stopped her lessons and stayed home

3. Both of them laughed in the end because ____.

A. they would go on with their lessons soon

B. they had both told lies to make the other happy

C. they didn’t have to worry about money any more

D. they thought they had done something meaningless

4. The best title for the passage can be ____.

A. Blind love B. A pleasant gift

C. A service of love D. An unforgettable lesson

In Singapore,many middle school students spend a lot of their time on their studies. Good education is often regarded as a ticket to success in their future. So,many of these students try their best to get good grades in their examinations.They have a lot of homework every day and exams are a big headache.Sometimes,some of them are even made to go to remedial(补习的)classes after schoo1.

Schools run programs outside school hours.The students can take part in sports and games,music and dance,hiking and rock-climbing(攀岩),etc.They are also very active in community service(社区服务).

In their spare time,most students like to listen to pop music.And Hollywood blockbusters(大片),Hong Kong and Singapore movies are very popular among them.They understand IT very well.Some of them also spend their free time surfing the Internet,e-mailing their friends,playing computer and video games.

They sometimes go to cafes,fast-food restaurants,shopping centers and big bookstores.

So,it looks like life as a middle school student in Singapore is not easy but it is rich and colorful.

1.Many students want to get good education to be in the future.

A.popular B.successful

C. comfortable D.generous

2.In the school,the students can’t outside school hours.

A.have sports B.dance

C.go hiking D.go to a restaurant

3.According to the passage,most students in Singapore like

A.watching movies B.writing to their friends

C.talking to their friends D.having exams

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