Nicola’s Love for Her Violin
Can love between partners with a 237-year age gap (差距) lead to the perfect match (绝配)? Nicola Benedetti thinks so. The 18-year-old 36 and her “partner, a 255-year-old Italian violin, 37 to China for the first time last weekend. She 38 in Beijing on September 15 and also performed in Hangzhou and Shanghai.
Nicola is from Scotland and 39 playing the violin when she was four years old. 40 , it was not something her parents 41 her do. She went with her sister to violin lessons and 42 it and improved very quickly.
“There are so many different things I am fond of about the 43 ,” she said. “I can’t really 44 it but I love giving live performances, I like the feeling of playing and communicating with the 45 . I love the feeling of the violin under my chin (下巴).”
However, playing violin six hours a day is not a/an 46 job. “I usually 47 in an upstairs bedroom when I’m at home.” she said. “But sometimes, when it’s 48 outside, it can be upset. The house is right on the 49 and I can see others having fun 50 I’m on my own.”
Although practising is sometimes lonely, Nicola 51 felt she was lucky. “You can’t have 52 . I am really lucky to do what I love doing,” she said. Her 53 paid off (终有回报). Nicola won BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2004 at 16.
54 her performing and recording activities, Nicola is a/an 55 of UNICEF (联合国儿童基金会). She said that she would travel to Lesotho in southern Africa at the end of this year to help poor kids there.
A．singer B．writer C．pianist D．violinist
A．came B．turned C．ran D．moved
A．checked B．played C．visited D．remained
A．stopped B．requested C．started D．ignored
A．So B．And C．But D．However
A．made B．persuaded C．wanted D．got
A．noticed B．concerned C．minded D．loved
A．lessons B．violin C．performances D．show
A．explain B．imagine C．determine D．refuse
A．foreigners B．friends C．audience D．teenagers
A．boring B．easy C．wonderful D．tiring
A．work B．rest C．stay D．practise
A．cool B．sunny C．windy D．cloudy
A．river B．hill C．farm D．beach
A．while B．as C．so D．for
A．even B．still C．ever D．almost
A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing
A．time B．music C．efforts D．action
A．Because of B．Besides C．Instead of D．Thanks to
A．adviser B．manager C．organizer D．supporter
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从26—45各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案（每空1分，共20分）。
When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked 26 at me and said “I love you”. I didn’t know what to say. 27 several seconds I stood there and 28 down at him. My first thought was that he must need 29 while doing his homework 30 he was trying to prepare me for some 31 .
“ 32 ,” he said, “My teacher said we should tell our parents that we love them and see what they say. It’s an experiment.”
The next day I 33 his teacher at my office to find out more about this “ 34 ” and how the other parents had responded (反应).
“ 35 , most of the fathers did the same as you ,: the teacher explained, “Feeling 36 is an important part of 37 . It’s something all human beings 38 . What I’m trying to tell the children is that it’s too 39 that we don’t express those feelings. A boy should be 40 to tell his dad that he loves him.”
The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how difficult it is for 41 of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.
When my son came to me 42 , I held on to him for an extra second. And just 43 he
pulled away, I said in my deepest, most manly 44 , “Hey, I love you .”
I didn’t know if saying that would make 45 of us healthier, but we did feel pretty better.
A．down B．away C．out D．up
A．After B．For C．In D．On
A．glanced B．got C．stared D．knocked
A．surprises B．time C．help D．paper
A．or B．but C．when D．while
A．money B．news C．test D．explanation
A．Anything B．Nothing C．Important D．Interesting
A．advised B．told’ C．called D．visited
A．trick B．exercise C．notice D．experiment
A．Basically B．Fortunately C．Usually D．Frequently
A．loved B．helpful C．interested D．trusted
A．body B．work C．study D．health
A．agree B．understand C．know D．require
A．bad B．good C．easy D．hard
A．funny B．afraid C．pleased D．able
A．both B．neither C．some D．none
A．next evening B．next morning C．that evening D．that morning
A．before B．after C．because D．as
A．sound B．voice C．whisper D．courage
A．neither B．either C．most D．few
完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分．满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意．然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Returning from a trip overseas, I sensed that something was wrong between Keith, one of my two sons, and me. So I asked him, “Keith, have I done anything that really _ 1__ your feeling?”
Immediately, he said, “Yes. Last Christmas you promised us a special 2 that I really wanted but you never gave it to me.”
The 3 was that I’d completely forgotten about it. I 4 , “Is there anything else I’ve done wrong, but didn’t apologized for?”
Again, his 5 was immediate, “Remember last Christmas when Mom said you had to go to the 6 because Stephen was going to be born? You left us at home and 7 in a hurry. Remember?”
“Well, you left and forgot the suitcase.” I couldn’t believe he 8 all the details! “After you came back from the hospital you were 9 . When you got home, the suitcase had been opened and everythinghad been thrown all over the place and you 10 me.”
“And you didn’t do it?” I asked.
“No, I didn’t . I was just searching for my gift.”
My heart sank. I felt 11 . I hugged Keith and asked him to 12 me. His Honesty made me think of our other son, Kevin. Maybe I’d hurt his feelings, too. I went to ask him the same question. Kevin’s answer was as immediate as his 13 , “Last Christmas you promised us a special toy, but you forgot about it.”
Though Christmas had passed, I took my two sons to the store that da
y and bought them what I had promised. The 14 thing wasn’t the toy. The problem was I’d made a promise too 15 and didn’t keep it as their father.
1．A．showed B．hurt C．attended D．expressed
2．A．candy B．book C．picture D．toy
3．A．challenge B．message C．idea D．fact
4．A．complained B．apologized C．continued D．explained
5．A．suggestion B．answer C．memory D．blame
6．A．hospital B．church C．school D．garden
7．A．settled down B．went on C．set off D．got up
8．A．knew B．imagined C．discovered D．remembered
9．A．angry B．worried C．happy D．satisfied
10．A．praised B．punished C．helped D．educated
11．A．terrible B．hopeless C．inspired D．encouraged
12．A．support B．criticize C．suspect D．forgive
13．A．mother B．brother C．sister D．father
14．A．strange B．interesting C．important D．difficult
15．A．lightly B．rudely C．equally D．truly
It is commonly believed that school is where people go to get education. 21 , it has been said that today children 22 their education to go to school. The 23 between schooling and education suggested by this is important.
Education is 24 , compared with schooling. Education has no 25 . It can take place 26 , whether in the shower or on the bus, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the 27 learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of learning out of class.
28 the experience of schooling can be known in advance, education quite often produces 29 . A chance talk with a 30 may lead to a person to discover how 31 he knows of another country. People obtain education from 32 on. Education, 33 ,is a very 34 and unlimited term. It is lifelong experience that starts long 35 the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one’s entire life.
Schooling, on the other hand, is a 36 experience, whose style changes 37 from one way to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at the same time, take 38 seats, use similar textbooks, do homework ,and 39 ,and so on. Schooling has usually been 40 by the edges of the subjects being taught.
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A．Then B．However C．Thus D．Therefore
A．understand B．need C．enjoy D．interrupt
A．difference B．importance C．use D．problem
A．unexpected B．endless C．countless D．simple
A．answers B．ways C．edges D．meanings
A．anywhere B．anywhere else C．some where D．somewhere else
A．part-time B．public C．standard D．strict
A．If B．Because C．So D．Though
A．pride B．surprises C．knowledge D．progress
A．neighbor B．friend C．foreigner D．teacher
A．wonderfully B．well C．greatly D．little
A．babies B．grown-ups C．women D．men
A．still B．next C．then D．yet
A．long B．broad C．narrow D．short
A．that B．when C．after D．before
A．basic B．strict C．final D．irregular
A．unusually B．differently C．little D．frequently
A．large B．new C．fixed D．small
A．take exams B．hold exams C．mark papers D．read papers
A．changed B．limited C．chosen D．controlled
For 52 years my father got up every morning at 5:30 a.m., except Sunday, and went to work. I__41__saw my father home from work ill. He had no hobbies, __42__taking care of his family.
For 22 years, __43__I left home for college, my father__44__me every Sunday at 9:00 a.m.. He was always interested in my__45__,or how my family was doing, and I never once heard him__46__about his lot (生活状况) in life. The calls even came when he and my mother were in other states.
Nine years ago when I__47__my first house, my father, 67 years old, spent three days__48__my house. He would not__49__me to pay someone to have it done. All he __50__was a cup of tea, a paint brush and to talk to him. But I was too__51__.I had a law practice to run, and I could not take__52__to hold the brush, or talk to my father.__ 53__things happened several times later.
The morning on Sunday. January 16, 1996, my father telephoned me__54__,this time from my sister’s home in Florida. But the__55__came again at 4:40 p.m. that day. My father was in the__56__in Florida with an aneurysm (动脉瘤)．I got on an airplane__57__, and on the way, I__58__of all the times I had not taken the time to talk to my father. I determined that when I arrived, I would__59__for the lost time, and have a nice long talk with him.
I arrived in Florida at 11:30 p.m., my father had__ 60__at 9:12 p.m.. This time it was he who did not have time to talk, or to wait for me.
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A．ever B．never C．always D．often
A．except B．rather than C．more than D．or rather
A．because B．before C．although D．since
A．visited B．praised C．telephoned D．met
A．work B．life C．study D．plan
A．worry B．care C．talk D．look
A．built B．found C．bought D．sold
A．repairing B．painting C．cleaning D．decorating
A．teach B．order C．force D．allow
A．asked B．kept C．ordered D．served
A．smart B．upset C．busy D．tired
A．practice B．task C．tea D．time
A．Different B．Similar C．Funny D．Strange
A．as usual B．in pain C．casually D．finally
A．call B．moment C．situation D．scene
A．church B．school C．home D．hospital
A．immediately B．happily C．gradually D．carefully
A．heard B．spoke C．thought D．demanded
A．take up B．make up C．turn up D．put up
A．started out B．given in C．passed away D．come back
For 52 years my father got up every morning at 5:30 a.m., except Sunday, and went to work. I__41__saw my father home from work ill. He had no hobbies, __42__taking care of his family.
For 22 years, __43__I left home for college, my father__44__me every Sunday at 9:00 a.m.. He was always interested in my__45__,or how my family was doing, and I never once heard him__46__about his lot (生活状况) in life. The calls even came when he and my mother were in other states.
Nine years ago when I__47__my first house, my father, 67 years old, spent three days__48__my house. He would not__49__me to pay someone to have it done. All he __50__was a cup of tea, a paint brush and to talk to him. But I was too__51__.I had a law practice to run, and I could not take__52__to hold the brush, or talk to my father.__
53__things happened several times later.
The morning on Sunday. January 16, 1996, my father telephoned me__54__,this time from my sister’s home in Florida. But the__55__came again at 4:40 p.m. that day. My father was in the__56__in Florida with an aneurysm (动脉瘤)．I got on an a
irplane__57__, and on the way, I__58__of all the times I had not taken the time to talk to my father. I determined that when I arrived, I would__59__for the lost time, and have a nice long talk with him.
I arrived in Florida at 11:30 p.m., my father had__ 60__at 9:12 p.m.. This time it was he who did not have time to talk, or to wait for me.
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A．ever B．never C．always D．often
A．except B．rather than C．more than D．or rather
B．before C．although D．since
A．visited B．praised C．telephoned D．met
A．work B．life D．plan
A．worry B．care C．talk D．look
A．built B．found C．bought D．sold
A．repairing B．painting C．cleaning D．decorating
A．teach B．order C．force D．allow
A．asked B．kept C．ordered D．served
A．smart B．upset C．busy D．tired
A．practice B．task C．tea D．time
A．Different C．Funny
A．as usual B．in pain C．casually D．finally
A．call B．moment C．situation D．scene
A．church B．school C．home D．hospital
A．immediately B．happily C．gradually D．carefully
A．heard B．spoke C．thought D．demanded
A．take up B．make up C．turn up D．put up
A．started out B．given in C．passed away D．come back
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