题目内容
Lang Lang is only 27 years old, but has already been called “the most popular pianist on the planet” by American television network CNN.
Like every successful person, Lang went through years of hard and lonely practice before making his name. 1. With great talent(天赋), he won his first competition at the age of 5. Lang’s father pushed little Lang very hard to succeed. When he was nine, Lang went to learn music in Beijing. 2. But Lang got fired(开除)by the piano teacher six months later. 3. Hearing about his son’s failure, Lang’s father was so angry that he told Lang to jump off a building!
4. His big break came at age 17, when he gained worldwide fame at “Gala of the Century”, a well-known concert in Chicago, US. Lang said it was his true love of music and piano that made him keep working.
A. However, Lang didn’t jump, and pressure(压力)soon changed to power. B. He has performed in almost every big city around the world. C. It totally destroyed(毁灭)his piano dream. D. He began to take piano lessons at the age of 3. E. His father even gave up his job and moved to Beijing with his son. |
A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep hole. When the other frogs saw how deep the hole was, they told the two frogs that they were hopeless to be alive. But the two frogs didn’t believe it. 1. . The other frogs kept telling them to stop and wait for their death. Finally, one of the two frogs gave up and fell down. Soon he died.
The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the crowd of frogs shouted at him and told him to stop and just wait to die. 2. .
When he got out, the other frogs said: “Didn’t you hear us?” The frog explained to them that he was deaf. 3. .
The story teaches us two lessons. 4. . An encouraging word to someone who is down can cheer him up and help him make it through difficulties. Secondly, a destructive (消极的) word to someone who is down can make him give up and die. So be careful of what you say.
Speak life to those who cross your path. It is sometimes hard to understand that an encouraging word can go such a long way. It is great for a person to take the time to encourage another.
A. Then the two frogs began to stop jumping B. But he jumped even harder and finally he made it C. Firstly, there is power of life and death in the tongue D. So he thought they were encouraging him at that time E. They tried to jump up out of the hole with their efforts |
When I looked at the grade on my math paper, my jaw (下巴) almost dropped to the ground: a big “65” in bright red ink. I had never received such a terrible grade before.
1.I told him I got 85 and that the report wouldn’t come until the end of the month. Dad smiled. His daughter would never lie about her grade, so he didn’t doubt the unusual delay (延迟) of my report.
A month later, Dad casually (随意地) asked me again about the report at the dinner table. He looked right into my eyes and askd for an answer. 2. I had lied because I didn’t want to let him down.
For a moment, he just looked at me. I would have preferred a telling off than that silence. Finally, Dad said, in a hurt voice,“You have already let me down, with your lie. I am not disappointed at your math score. That is no big deal—no one can be perfect all the time. But I am very disappointed in you. 3.It’s much easier to achieve a better grade than rebuild someone else’s trust in you.”
Dad’s words touched my heart. I couldn’t forgive myself for having hurt his feelings. I took out the report that I had been hiding for weeks, handed to him and apologized, sincerely. I realized that my honesty is not only important to me personally, but to those around me that trully care about my well-being.
In one of Shakespeare’s plays a character says:“No legacy (遗产) is so rich as honesty.” 4.And from then on , I’ve never told a lie to anyone in the world.
A. If you can’t be honest with your dad, who can you be honest with? B. After the talk between Dad and me, I began to understand those words. C. Having no choice, I told him that I had in fact got just 65 in my math final. D. I was so ashamed (羞愧) that when I got home that afternoon I lied to my dad. E. My father was quite satisfied with the score and he sang high praise for what I’ve done. |