On my eighth birthday, Dad bought me an accordion(手风琴) and said excitedly, "Once you learn to play, it'll stay with you for life." But I didn't want to play it. I just wanted to play games, But Dad asked me to take accordion lessons.
One day, I found a box in a corner. When I opened it, I saw a beautiful violin. "It was your father's," Mum said. "His parents bought it for him. I guess he got too busy on the farm to learn to play it."
I had to practice half an hour every day, and every day I tried to get out of it. But Dad didn't allow. I asked why. He answered, "Because you can bring people joy. You can touch their hearts." He added softly, "Someday you'll have the chance I never had: you'll play beautiful music for your family. And you'll understand why you've worked so hard." I was speechless.
The lessons stopped after I finished high school. When I grew up, I got married and moved into a new house. I put the accordion in the attic(阁楼).
One afternoon, my two children found the accordion by accident (偶然). They got very excited. "Play it. Play it," they laughed and said. I started to play some simple songs. I was surprised I could still remember them. Soon the kids were dancing. Even my wife was laughing and clapping to the beat.
At that moment, my father's words came back to me, "Someday you'll have the chance I never had. And you'll understand." I finally knew why Dad had asked me to practice hard. Dad never learnt to play his violin. But I told my family, "This is my father's music."
小题1:My father didn't learn to play his violin when he was young because _______.
A.he didn't like to play the violin
B.he had to support his family
C.he wanted to play games
D.he didn't keep on practicing
小题2:How might the writer feel when he had to practice playing the accordion?
A.Delighted.B.Excited.C.Bored.D.Relaxed.
小题3:"Dad didn't allow" means "_______".
A.Dad didn't agree with me.
B.Dad didn’t keep me doing it.
C.Dad didn't help me do it.
D.Dad didn't see me do it.
小题4:What were the writer’s children doing when he started to play simple songs?
A.SingingB.DancingC.Clapping to the beatD.Screaming
小题5:Dad asked me to learn to play the accordion so that _______.
A.I could go to a better school
B.I could give myself much joy
C.I could be a useful man
D.I could make people happy

Mike wants a computer. He asks his parents for the money but they say he must get it himself. But how does he get it? He  46  about this when he walks home. Not many people want to ask children to work for them. Maybe he can take away snow for the neighbors. But it is not  47 . He has to  48 a long time for that. He can’t cut grass for their gardens  49 he has no tools to do the work. Then he  50 one of his classmates, Dick. He is delivering(送)  51 . “I can do that,  52 ”, he thinks, “Maybe I can even get the computer right away. I can pay(付款) for it a little each week”. He  53 to catch up with(赶上) Dick. Mike asks him a lot of questions. He learns that it is  54 to get twenty-five dollars each week. Dick  55 him that the job takes about three hours each week and   56  him the phone number of the newspaper manager.
Mike almost flies home. After he tells his mother   57  he thinks, she  58 , “ I think it is a   59  idea,” she says, “I'll call the newspaper.” “Wait, Mum,” Mike says, “I’ll call. After that, I' m going to be a businessman now.” Mike’s mother smiles   60  .
小题1:
A.says B.tells C.thinks D.speaks
小题2:
A.spring B.summer C.autumn D.winter
小题3:
A.walk B.wait C.spend D.want
小题4:
A.because B.when C.while D.after
小题5:
A.looks B.sees C.helps D.catches
小题6:
A.newspapers B.bikes C.computers D.tools
小题7:
A.either B.too C.again D.also
小题8:
A.walks B.comes C.runs D.jumps
小题9:
A.friendly B.kind C.easy D.wrong
小题10:
A.sees B.learns C.tells D.knows
小题11:
A.teaches B.gives C.asks D.makes
小题12:
A.that B.when C.what D.where
小题13:
A.smiles B.shouts C.cries D.worries
小题14:
A.big B.large C.great D.bad
小题15:
A.sadly B.happily C.politely D.angrily

Yao Ming, the centre of the Chinese National Men’s basketball team, joins the Houston Rocket in the 2002 NBA. The 2.2 m, 120kg basketball star becomes the first one to come from a foreign (外国的) team. Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in September, 1980. His mother is a leader of the Chinese National Women’s Team. His father plays basketball, too. Yao Ming is welcome in China. He becomes a very important basketball player in China Basketball Association. It’s short for CBA.
During the 2000-2001 seasons, he gets 27.1 scores for the Shanghai Oriental(东方) Sharks in every match. Yao Ming joins the Houston Rockets in November, 2002. He says this is a new start in his basketball life. He world do his best to learn from the NBA and improve(提高) himself. Sport analyst(分析家) Bill Walton says, “Yao Ming is very strong. He has the capability(能力) of changing the future(未来) of basketball.”
小题1:The Houston Rockets is the name of a _______ team. 
A.tabletennisB.volleyballC.basketballD.golf
小题2:Both Yao Ming’s father and mother are ___________.
A.footballplayers
B.theleaderoftheChineseNationalTeam
C.thecentersofChineseNationalTeam
D.basketballplayers
小题3:Yao Ming ________ in CBA during the 2000-2001 seasons. 
A.doesbadlyB.isn’tgoodC.isin AmericaD.doeswell
小题4:Yao Ming _________ the Houston Rockets in November, 2002.
A.doeshisbesttojoinB.isa teacherin
C.becomesamemberofD.leaves
小题5:Sport analyst Bill Walton thinks Yao Ming can __________. 
A. learn from the NBA.
B. change the future of basketball 
C. improve himself
D. becomes the captain of the Houston Rockets.
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