The crowd cheered and cheered. The man with the horn waved and smiled his great, happy smile.“More! More!”cried the crowd. And Louis Satchmo Armstrong took his horn and began to play again. Here he was in England. Now a famous man, he was rich. He knew many important people. Wherever he went, people knew his name. They wanted to hear his music. As Louis played the sad, slow songs, he thought of his home in New Orleans. He lived there as a boy. How many years ago it was? It was a busy, exciting city. But Louis’ family was very poor. He went to work to help his mother. He also went to school.   One of Louis’ teachers asked him to be in the school band“This horn is yours until you leave our school,”his teacher said. Louis’ music was jazz and he loved it. He remembered all the music he heard. He didn’t learn to read music until he was a man.

   When he left school, he played in many bands. He loved his work and people loved him. They knew he had a wonderful talent. Louis played on the boats that sailed up and down the river. He played in little towns and in big cities. Satchmo’s horn had as many sounds as ten horns-sometimes slow and sweet; sometimes fast and hot, high and low. His music was always strong and exciting.“He does make wonderful music,”said the man who listened happily.“Yes,”said another man,“he makes that horn speak.”Then the music jazz as I can play. I thought jazz was my music, but now I understand it is ours. Isn’t it beautiful how music brings us together!”

41．What music did Armstrong play?

   A．Jazz music                                              B．Classical music   

   C．Rock music                                            D．Pop music

42．When did he learn to read music?

   A．When he was less than 14 years old

   B．When he was in the school band

   C．After he became a grown-up

   D．His beautiful speech

43．What was Louis Armstrong most famous for?

   A．His great happy smile.                              B．His sad and slow songs.

   C．His wonderful jazz music                          D．His beautiful speech.

44．This story mainly tells us       .

   A．of the origin of jazz music

   B．of the famous jazz musician Louis Armstrong

   C．how Louis came to play his horn

   D．how people loved Louis and his horn

45．Which of the following is the best title for this story?

   A．Musician                                                 B．A Beautiful Horn

   C．Sweet Smiles                                          D．The Man With the Horn

   Night after night, she came to tuck（掖被子）me in, even long after my childhood years. She’d    21   down, push my long hair out of the way, and then kiss my forehead.

   I don’t remember   22   it first started making me angry-the   23   that her hands pushed my hair. Finally, one night, I  24   her,“don’t do that any more-your hands are too  25  !”She didn’t say anything in   26  . But never again did my mother close out my day with that   27   expression of her love. Lying awake long afterward, my words  28   me, but I didn’t tell her I was sorry.

   Well,  29   have passed. Mom is in her mid-seventies, and her hands I once thought to be so rough are   30   doing things for my family and me. She’s been our doctor, and always had a way of   31   a girl’s stomachache or a boy’s hurt knee. She  32   the best fried chicken in the world.

   Now, my own children are grown and gone. On special days, I have got into the habit of drawing the next door to  33   the night with her. So it was late one Thanksgiving Eve, as I   34 

into sleep in the bedroom, a familiar hand  35   stole across my face to brush the   36   from my forehead. Then she  37   my brow ever so gently.

   Catching Mom’s hand in mine, I blurted out（脱口说出）how  38   I was for that night. I thought she’d remember it as I did.  39   Mom didn’t know what I was talking about. She had forgotten it and forgiven me long ago.

   That night, I fell asleep with a new  40   for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the guilt I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.

The Chinese people are looking forward to the first       to land on the moon after Yang Liwei’s successful trip into space.

   A．measure                  B．attempt                C．purpose               D．being passed

Recently quite a lot of experts have suggested that another law on wildlife protection        as soon as possible.

   A．is passed                 B．be passed            C．was passed          D．being passed

I       Yoga lessons every two days, but I think I’ll make it every day from next month.

   A．am having               B．have had              C．have                   D．have been having

―Is Mr. Stephen in, please? He       me.

 ―Yes, sir, in the meeting room.

   A．is expecting             B．has expected        C．expected             D．was expecting

America was      was first called“India”by Columbus.

   A．what                       B．where                 C．the place             D．there where

John, together with some American soldiers who       sent to Iraq,        killed in a bomb explosion.

   A．were; were              B．was; was             C．were; was           D．was; were

       he is, he seldom shows his inventions to others.

   A．Inventor as                                             B．As an inventor     

   C．Being an inventor as                                 D．Inventor that

       this company has done seems to be in agreement with what the government has called for.

   A．That                       B．How                   C．Whether              D．What