A Terrible SingerMary always wanted to be a singer. Music was the most important thing in her life,but to tell you the truth,she had a terrible voice. She took lessons for many years,but her voice did 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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A Terrible Singer

Mary always wanted to be a singer. Music was the most important thing in her life,but to tell you the truth,she had a terrible voice. She took lessons for many years,but her voice didn’t become better. In fact,it just got louder.

Her teacher finally gave up and stopped the lesson,but Mary refused to stop. One day she decided to give a concert and invited her teacher to attend.

The teacher was very worried about what to say after the concert. She knew it would be a bad one.

At last she got an idea,and after the concert,she went to see her pupil.

“Well,” said Mary,“what do you think of my concert?”

“My dear,” said the teacher, “you’ll never be better than you were tonight. ”

( ) 1. After many years，Mary’s voice .

A. was the same B. got better C. got louder D. got lower

( ) 2. At last her teacher decided to stop the lesson because .

A. Mary was not good at music and she had too much difficulty

B. Mary was good enough to be a singer

C. the teacher was going to attend the concert

D. Mary herself wanted to stop the lesson

( ) 3. Mary gave a concert and asked her teacher to .

A. speak B. sing C. teach D. come

( ) 4. What the teacher said at last really means .

A. Mary did well in the concert

B. the concert was terrible,and Mary was not a good singer at all

C. Mary would be a good singer some day

D. Mary sang better this time than before

( ) 5. What did Mary feel about herself? She felt .

A. very bad B. very good C. much better D. nothing

1. C 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. C

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A. he didn’t do well in any subjects

B. his teacher didn’t explain things well

C. he wanted to get a good grade in math

D. he did well in other subjects

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A. sat behind Tommy

B. copied from Tommy

C. asked the teacher for help

D. sat near Tommy

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A. they thought the teacher unfair

B. Donald did as well as Tommy

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A. Tommy B. Donald

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A. Donald may study hard at math

B. the teacher may criticize Donald

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D. other students may learn from Donald

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