Robby was 11 years old when his mother dropped him off for his first piano lesson. I  1  that students begin at an earlier age, which I explained to Robby, but Robby said that it had been his mother’s  2  to hear him play the piano. So I took him as a student.

    Hard  3  Robby tried, he lacked the basic sense of music. However, he persisted(坚持), and at the end of each weekly 4  , he always said, “My mom’s going to hear me play some day.” But it seemed  5 . He just did not have any inborn ability.

    I only knew his mother from a distance as she  6  Robby off or waited in her old car to  7  him up. She always  8  and smiled but never visited my class. Then one day Robby  9 coming to our lessons. He telephoned me and said his mother was  10 .

    Several weeks later I was preparing my students for the upcoming recital(独奏会) 11     Robby came and asked me if he could be in the recital. “Miss Hondorf ... I’ve just got to  12 !” he insisted. I agreed.

    The night for the recital came. The high school gymnasium was  13  with parents, friends and relatives. The recital went off well. Finally Robby came up on stage. I was  14  when he announced that he had chosen Mozart’s Concerto(协奏曲) No. 21 in C Major. I was not 15  what I heard next. His fingers were light on the keys. He played so  16  that everyone  17  to applaud him. In tears I ran up on  18 . “Oh, Robby! How did you do it?”

    “Well, Miss Hondorf ... I kept on  19  at home. Remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, 20  she had cancer and passed away this morning. And well ... she was born deaf, so tonight was the first time she ever heard me play ...”

1.A.prefer                   B.imagine            C.remind                 D.wish

2.A.plan                      B.belief                   C.need                    D.dream

2,4,6

 

1,3,5

 
3.A.although                B.while                   C.as                       D.if

4.A.conference            B.lesson                 C.test                     D.show

5.A.successful         B.senseless           C.wonderful            D.hopeless

6.A.put                       B.saw                    C.dropped             D.sent

7.A.pick                    B.put                    C.take                  D.hold

8.A.waved                  B.sang                    C.jumped               D.left

9.A.finished                 B.broke                 C.stopped               D.continued

10.A.tired                    B.sick                    C.deaf                    D.unhappy

11.A.as                       B.since                   C.while                   D.when

12.A.succeed              B.learn                   C.play                     D.listen

13.A.seated                 B.filled                 C.surrounded          D.mixed

14.A.surprised             B.certain                C.disappointed         D.angry

15.A.pleased with       B.interested in        C.eager for              D.prepared for

16.A.bad                     B.hard                    C.differently           D.well

17.A.raised               B.rose                   C.lifted                D.left

18.A.platform              B.stairs                C.stage                   D.floor

19.A.practising            B.listening             C.training                D.performing

20.A.luckily               B.therefore            C.however            D.actually

Recently, in the hope of getting both money and social experience, I became a door-to–door salesman. I once read a saying :“If somebody wants something of yours, you will be treated as warmly as spring ,but if they don’t, you may be treated as coldly as winter .”You may consider this an exaggeration(夸张),but if you are a salesman ,it is clearly correct .

You would never have found it to be so true if you hadn’t been a salesman. You needn’t stand doubtful looks and unfriendly comments; you needn’t listen to something completely wrong and nod to say that it was quite right; you needn’t talk to somebody you dislike…

I did this work for a month; then I decided to give it up. Apart from the above reasons, I found I was paying too much attention to the job and thus sacrificing my study time .The latest test result proved that my grades are getting lower. Even worse, I hadn’t enough time to join my classmates in college activities. Sometimes I felt lonely and unhappy because of both my study and my part–time job. Now I don’t think it is worth doing such a thing even though I was earning money at great cost.

Newspaper and magazines often publish stories about good students who do part-time work and keep high scores in class. But according to my experience, part–time work can have some strong bad effects on study.

Most students don’t see the relationship between study and work in a correct way. In my opinion, if it isn’t a must for financial reasons, students should be cautious about taking up a part-time job.

1.What caused the author to give up his part-time job?

       A.Too much attention to his job and his grades getting lower

       B.He often miss some colleges activities

       C.Sometimes he felt tired and unhappy

       D.All the above

2.Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “sacrificing”?

A.Losing           B.Saving      C.Using          D.Getting

3.The writer thought _____

       A.to do part–time was unnecessary

       B.part-time job had good effects on study

       C.it was hard to plan study and work correctly

       D.part-time jobs were good for students

4.Who should take part-time jobs according to the text above?

A.Every college student                 B.Those who want to get study experience

C.Those in great need of money          D.Those from very rich families

5.According to the writer, as a salesman you have to_____.

       A.receive different customers’ attitudes

       B.listen to anything even wrong

       C.be happy all the time

       D.stand doubtful looks and unfriendly comments

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