B

Mark Twain, as you know, was famous in his days as a public speaker. In his public speeches(演讲)he always liked to tell funny stories.

He also liked to listen to funny stories and play jokes on his friends. One day one of his friends lost his wallet and asked Mark Twain to pay the train fare for him.

“But I don’t have enough money to pay both your fare and my fare,”Mark Twain said. The friend didn’t know what to do.

“We can do this,” said Mark Twain.“We can get on the train and when the conductor comes to check the tickets, you can hide under my seat.”

Later, however, when the conductor came to check the tickets, Mark Twain gave him two tickets—one for himself and one for his friend. Then he explained in a loud voice, “My friend is a strange man. When he travels on a train, he does not like to sit on the seat. He prefers to lie on the floor under the seat.”Of course, everyone on the train looked at the poor friend under the seat and laughed at him.

根据短文内容,回答下列问题。

36. Did Mark Twain like to make public speeches in his days?

                                        

37. He liked to tell funny stories in his public speeches, didn’t he?

                                     

38. What else did he like to do?

                                     

39. What happened to one of his friends one day?

                                     

40. Did his friend prefer (更喜欢) to lie on the floor under the seat?

                                     

三、完形填空

  Who is that? That’s Zhang Haochen. He is one of the greatest young  21  in China.

  Zhang Haochen was born on June 3,1990 in Shanghai. He showed his  22  talent when he was only a small boy. He  23  his first music show in Shanghai Concert Hall at the  24  of five. In 2002, he took part  25  the 4th Tchaikovsky(柴可夫斯基) International Youngsters Music Competition. He became the  26  piano player who won first prize in the history of the competition. In 2004, he took part in the 5th Asian International Chopin(肖邦) Piano Competition in Japan, and won the gold  27  . In 2005, Zhang Haochen went to  28  at the well-known Curtis Institute of Music (柯蒂斯音乐学院) in America. His teacher is Gary Graffman. Mr Graffman is also the teacher of the  29  musician Lang Lang.

  In 2009,Zhang Haochen won the gold prize at the world  30  piano competition—Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in the United States. The 19-year-old boy was the youngest piano player in the competition and he was also the first Chinese to win this prize.

21. A. singers     B. writers               C. artists            D. pianists

22. A. memory        B. music            C. singing           D. drawing

23. A. gave       B. made            C. had              D. found

24. A. age        B. year             C. end              D. beginning

25. A. at         B. in                  C. for              D. to

26. A. richest     B. poorest           C. youngest          D. oldest

27. A. prize      B. ring             C. photo            D. chain

28. A. spend      B. develop           C. improve          D. study

29. A. good      B. famous           C. foreign           D. favourite

30. A. bright      B. safe             C. top              D. public

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