On a cold morning at a bus station, a man played six famous pieces of music for about an hour. During that time, about two thousand people went through the station, most of them were on their way to work.
3 minutes later: a middle-aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed down, stopped for a few seconds and went away.
4 minutes later: the musician received his first dollar. A woman threw the money in the box and kept on walking without stopping.
6 minutes later: a young man stopped to listen to him. Then he looked at his watch and started to walk again.
10 minutes later: a 3-year-old boy stopped to look at the musician, but his mother took him away. Several other children did the same as the boy. And nearly all the parents took their children away.
45 minutes later: the musician kept on playing. Only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 persons gave him money but left quickly.
After 1 hour, the musician finished playing. In the end, he collected $ 32. No one noticed that he had finished playing.
No one knew this, but the musician was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. At that time, he played one of the most wonderful pieces ever written, with a very expensive violin.
If we do not have time to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing with the most beautiful violin, how many other things are we missing? Joshua Bell played six famous pieces of music for ________ at a bus station.
| A．half an hour | B．an hour | C．fifteen minutes | D．a day |
__________ gave the first dollar to Joshua Bell for his performance.
| A．A mid-aged man | B．A Young man | C．A woman | D．A 3-year-old boy |
Nearly all the parents ________________ while they went past the musician.
| A．took their children away | B．threw the money into the box |
| C．stayed with their children listening | D．looked at their watch |
Joshua Bell was in fact ________________.
| A．a very famous pianist | B．a very popular singer |
| C．a very poor violinist | D．a very famous violinist |
My name is Sam. I joined a club called “Passing Help” last month . Now let me tell you why I joined it.
One evening this May, on my way home my old car broke down (出故障). It was 25 miles away from my home. I wanted to get a ride (搭便车), but there was no car. It was also hard to take a taxi. I decided to take a bus home. I went to a bus stop nearby.
After a while, a bus came. But it did not go to my home. The bus driver was a young woman. She was kind and she told me which bus I should take. I waited there for about thirty minutes, but no bus came. At last a car came to me and a woman came out of the car. She was just the bus driver.
“When I reached the bus station, I got to know that the bus to your town couldn’t come, so I returned here. I just can’t leave you here,” she said. “Get in my car and I will take you back to your home.” “ It is a long way,” I said. “ Come on , Sir , ”she said . “Let’s go .”
On the way she told me a story. A few days ago, there wasn’t gas in her car. An old man drove her to a gas station and then back to her car. When we got to my home , I wanted to give her some money to thank her, but she didn’t accept. “I only want to help others and do something nice for somebody. Pass it along, ”she said.What happened to Sam one evening this May?
| A．He lost his way |
| B．His car broke down. |
| C．He was hurt in an accident |
| D．He couldn’t reach the gas station |
Sam didn’t think of going home ________ that evening .
| A．by train | B．by bus |
| C．by car | D．by taxi |
From the passage ,we know that the young woman was _______
| A．a club boss | B．a taxi driver |
| C．a bus driver | D．a worker |
The young woman wanted Sam to ________
| A．give her some money |
| B．get on her bus |
| C．take her to her house |
| D．help others just as she did |
What’s the best title of the passage?
| A．A kind man | B．Getting a ride |
| C．Passing help | D．A broken car |
In Bulgaria(保加利亚)，people have the Rose Festival in June.The first Rose Festival was in 1930.At the Rose Festival. people put on beautiful clothes. There are many rose flowers in their cloths.
Rose Festival is usually on the first weekend in June There are lots of shows for the festival.The rose-picking in the rose gardens and the parade(游行) along the streets of the town are the most interesting in the festival. Rose picking starts early in the morning ( around 4 am ) and women pick the roses.A group of men parade along the streets and play music.
根据短文内容,正确的选择A,错误的选择BPeople hold the Rose Festival in July in Bulgaria.
The rose-picking in the rose gardens is the only activity during the festival.
The Rose Festival is a traditional festival of Bulgaria and began in 1930.
In Bulgaria, there are lots of shows for the festival.
At the Rose Festival , there are many rose flowers in their clothes.
People are so busy these days that many people have no time to cook. Thisbecomes a problem, because most families love home cooking. The food tastes goodand warm, and a family meal brings everyone together. In some families, meals are often the only times everyone sees one another at the same time.
Another reason people enjoy home cooking is that it is often a way of showing love. A parent who makes some cookies is not just satisfying a child’s sweet tooth. She or he is sending a message. The message says, “ I care about you enough to send an hour making cookies that you will eat up in 15 minutes if I let you.”
There is also something about the smell of home cooking. The smell of home cooking please people of all ages. It makes most of us feel good and loved---- even if we are the ones doing the cooking. “Next time you smell a cake making, stop for a moment and pay attention to your mood”(心情).Why do fewer people cook now? ___________.
| A．Theyliketoeatinrestaurants |
| B．Manypeoplearetoobusy |
| C．Manypeopledon’tlikecooking |
| D．Theydon’tlikefamilymeals |
A parent spends an hour making cookies___________.
| A．justtosatisfyherorhischild’ssweettooth |
| B．onlytosendamessage |
| C．toletachildeatupin15minutes |
| D．oftentoshowherorhislove |
The writer thinks the smell of home cooking___________.
| A．makesusbeinterestedincooking |
| B．makesushappy |
| C．makesuspayattentiontoourmood |
| D．makesusloveothers |
What does the underlined word “satisfying” mean here?
| A．令人生气 | B．使人满意 | C．填满 | D．修补 |
An artist（画家）went to a beautiful place of the country for a holiday, and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out and painted from morning to evening. When it got back, he came back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed.
At the end of his holiday he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said, “No, I don’t want money but give me one of your pictures. What is money? In a week it will all be finished, but your painting will be here.”
The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind words. The farmer smiled and said, “I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist. What he comes here next month, I will show him your picture, and then he will not want to be an artist any more, I believe.”The artist liked to ________ near a nice place.
| A．sing songs | B．dance |
| C．paint pictures | D．write something |
He liked painting ________.
| A．in a house |
| B．because he would do well in painting |
| C．in the open air |
| D．with the most important artist |
The famer thought that the artist ________.
| A．was not good at painting |
| B．was really a great man |
| C．did well in painting |
| D．was the most important artist |
The farmer’s son wanted to ________ some day.
| A．be an artist | B．become a popular singer |
| C．write twenty novels | D．dance around the world |
The farmer _________.
| A．was a foolish man |
| B．didn’t want his son to be a painter |
| C．liked the artist’s picture very much |
| D．couldn’t pay for his son about his paintings |
Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up, my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house. Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of conversations through which I learned lessons from his experiences. He always told me, “You should have goals like climbing the mountain.” Without the mountain-climbing that we both enjoyed, we couldn’t have enough time to spend together because my father was very busy. I really got a lot from the mountain-climbing. It gave me time to talk with my father and to be in deep thought as well as develop my patience.
Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for me because I was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climbing, I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the birds’ singing. But as time passed, I got a pain in both of my legs. I wanted to quit（放弃） climbing, but my father said to me, “You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can’t see it before you reach the top. Only there can you see all of the nice things, which is just like your life.”
At that time, I was too young to understand his words. But later after that, I got to know the meaning of hope in life. I found myself standing at the top of the mountain, and the sky was as clear as crystal.The passage tells us that mountain-climbing was ______ for the father and the son.
| A．hard | B．enjoyable |
| C．painful | D．comfortable |
The underlined word “crystal” in the passage means _______.
| A．岩石 | B．火焰 |
| C．水晶 | D．寒冰 |
Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the father’s words in the second paragraph?
| A．You will get all you need at the top of the mountain. |
| B．The sky is always as clear as crystal. |
| C．You can find life is full of nice things. |
| D．Never give up half-way. |
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