【改编】Lang Lang is a world-class young pianist who grew up in Shenyang. He went to a piano school in Beijing when he was just eight. “You need , ” his father said. “But if you work hard, no fortune will come.”
What made him sad was his piano teacher in Beijing didn’t like him. “You have no talent.You will never be a pianist.” an eight-year-old boy, Lang Lang was badly hurt. He decided that he didn’t want to be a any more. For the next two weeks, he didn’t touch the piano. Wisely, his father didn’t push, but waited.
Luckily the day came when his teacher asked him to some holiday songs. He didn’t want to, but as he placed his fingers on the piano keys, he realized he could show other people that he had ability to do it well. That day he told his father that he wanted to study with a new teacher. that point on, everything turned around.
He started winning competitions in the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition. When it was that Lang Lang won, he was too excited to hold back his tears. Soon it was clear that he couldn’t stay in China forever—he had to play on the world’s big . In 1997 Lang Lang moved again, this time to Philadelphia, US. There he spent two years practicing and by 1999 he had worked hard enough for fortune to take over. After his successful performance at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, gigs (演奏会) in Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall started in. Lang Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots(找到) him, and lets him .
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完型填空
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Mr. Smith was hanging some family pictures on the wall of his new house. While he was using a hammer* to knock nails* into the hard ________ , some of them fell on the floor.
Mr. Smith’s 4-year-old daughter, Kate, was standing nearby. She wanted to ________ with her dad and called out to him. However, Mr. Smith didn’t finish his work then, so he asked her to go outside and play with her ________ . Kate saw the nails lying on the floor. She ________ a nail and went out.
After a while, the son rushed ________ . He told his dad that Kate was scratching* the newly bought ________ with a nail.
Mr. Smith ran outside and became very ________ as soon as he saw it. He took his child’s hand and ________ it. He didn’t realize he was using the hammer that was in his ________ . With blood* all over her hand, Kate was taken to a hospital and had an operation* at once.
________ the operation was done, Kate lay on her bed. Sadly, she said to her father, “Dad, I feel very ________ that I have scratched your car. ”She looked at her hand and asked, “Dad, when will ________ hand get well? I promise that I will never do that again.”
At the doctor’s office, the father was told that his daughter would ________ lose one finger. He was so hurt and speechless that he couldn’t stop crying for hours. ________ his mad action, his daughter might have one finger less.
Mr. Smith went back to the car and kicked it many times. Sitting in front of the car, he ________ the scratches*, to his surprise, he found that his daughter had written： “LOVE YOU DAD”.
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完形填空。
根据短文内容从A、B、C、三个选项中选出一个能填入相应空格内的最佳答案。
When learning new vocabulary, don’t just memorize a list of words.________ , try to make five sentences using each new word. Then use the new word as often as you can the first day you learn it. This way you will remember new words ________ longer.
Practising sounds, you know, is difficult-the“th”sound for example. Choose words that________ “th” and repeat (重复) them over and over until you are comfortable with them. Let’s try! This, that, those,them, think, thought, through, thin….
Read, read, read-in English, of course! Reading is one of ________ ways to increase your vocabulary and ________ your grammar in a natural and fun way. Be sure to choose topics or books you are interested in.
When someone ________ in English, listen to the main point. If you________a word you don’t understand, ignore (忽略) ________ and go on listening. If you stop and think about the word, you will miss ________ the person is saying.
Always remember--practice ________ perfect.
A.In stead of B.Instead C.Rather than
A.much B.many C.more
A.end up with B.begin C.begin with
A.best B.the best C.better
A.encourage B.change C.improve
A.is talking B.talk C.are talking
A.listen B.hear C.listen to
A.one B.them C.it
A. everything else B.everything other C.else everything
A.makes B.making C.make
完形填空。阅读下面一篇短文，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。
Edward is a 14- year- old boy. He comes from the UK, but he lives in Beijing ________ his parents.
Before Edward came to China, he knew ________ about Beijing Opera(京剧). Like most teens, Edward liked pop music. When he first listened to Beijing Opera, he didn't like it and thought it was too slow and ________ .
One week later after that, Edward started ________ in a middle school in Beijing. He had music lessons twice a week. He started to learn Beijing Opera in the ________ class . His school asked some great Beijing Opera singers to ________them. Edward couldn't understand it well, ________ it sounded much more interesting than before and he ________ interested in it. Now Edward loves Beijing Opera very much.
" I really love Beijing Opera and I want to be a ________ when I grow up," Edward said. "I hope more people can understand and love it. Everyone who is learning Beijing Opera should try hard and ________ give up (放弃)!"
Maybe one day we will see a foreign young man standing on the stage (舞台) as a great Beijing Opera singer.
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完形填空
阅读下面的短文,掌握大意,从每题所给的四个选项中选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
I’m Betty. I’m from London and I’m ________ . I’m 13 years old. I’m in Class 5 Grade 7.
The girl ________ Zhang Lin. She is Chinese. She is from Wenzhou, a beautiful ________ in Zhejiang. She is ________ years old too. She ________ in Class 5. She is in Class 6. We(我们) are ________ . I like China and I like Chinese food. My favourite ________ is red, but Zhang Lin likes white.
The boy is Tony Smith. He is my friend too. He is from America. Tony is his first name and Smith is his ________ name. He is in Class 5 too. We often play basketball ________ Saturday. Ms Li is our English teacher. ________ is a nice teacher. We like her very much.
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There is a zoo in our city. My parents often take me there on ________. I like animals. I have ________ toy(玩具) animals in my room. In the ________ ,I can see tigers, elephants, bears, monkeys, pandas, snakes, and many other ________. Some animals are friendly, but some are not. Tigers, bears and some snakes are ________. That is why they have to stay in cages. But I do not think it is good _____________ animals to stay in cages. They should be free. The animals in cages(笼子) can’t be ________ .
I think the most interesting animals in the zoo are the dolphins(海豚). I like watching _____________ swim and jump. They swim so fast and jump so high. They can play with a ball. They can stand up and walk ________ water! They ____________ very friendly to people. If you fall into the water and can’t swim, they may come to help you.
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