Thanks to the nonprofit（非盈利的）program Music and the Brain， （1） （recent） it has offered Mayfield School keyboards，music classes and teacher training．
When the students saw piano keyboards in neat rows（整齐地排列）， they were quite amazed． After all， it was the （2） （one）time for them to see something like that． With the help of the program， the children become more creative through music． When they practise playing the piano， they have to be （3） （patience）． The students need all （4） （kind）of abilities to work together． They have to see musical notes and decode（解码）them in their brains． At the same time， they use their fingers to make sounds． Music improves the（5） （students）brains．
Music has a special connection with science as well． You can see that many scientists are good at （6） （play）musical instruments： Einstein played the violin， and German physicist Max Planck played the piano wonderfully．
In a word， to learn music （7） （be） beneficial（有益的）．
A long time ago，there was a garden．Many vegetables grew in the garden．And there was a big（21） near the vegetables．
The vegetables and the tree didn't like each other．The vegetables drank a lot of water，so the tree（22） drink enough water．The big tree looked at the vegetables（23） ，and decided to teach the vegetables a lesson．
On a summer day，the（24） was shining in the sky，the big tree decided not to share its shadow（阴影） with the vegetables．
It made the vegetables very hot．There was not enough water（25） ，so they soon became dry and ugly．（26） that time，the gardener came to see these vegetables．He was very sad，（27） almost all the vegetables were dry．Then he decided to build a new garden．
It（28） the gardener too much time to build the new garden．He was so 29 ． that he couldn't take care of the old garden．（30） the big tree and the vegetables felt very thirsty．The big tree felt very regretful，because he chose a wrong way to teach the vegetables a lesson．
21．A．river |
B．flower |
C．tree |
22．A．couldn't |
B．shouldn't |
C．mustn't |
23．A．happily |
B．angrily |
C．kindly |
24．A．star |
B．moon |
C．sun |
25．A．to eat |
B．to wash |
C．to drink |
26．A．At |
B．In |
C．On |
27．A．so |
B．because |
C．although |
28．A．took |
B．spent |
C．cost |
29．A．free |
B．busy |
C．lazy |
30．A．Either |
B．Both |
C．All． |
Zhu Hui is a student from Shenzhen．He（61） （be） studying in the United States now．Today is the Chinese traditional festival﹣﹣﹣the Dragon Boat Festival．It's 9：00 am．And Zhu Hui's family are at home．His mother and aunt are（62） （make） Zongzi．
Well，it's 9：00 p．m．in New York and it's the night before the festival．But there isn't a Dragon Boat Festival in the US，so it's like any other night for Zhu Hui and his host family．What's Zhu Hui doing？He is talking on the phone to（63） （he） cousin in Shenzhen．Zhu Hui misses his family and wishes to have his（64） （mother） delicious zongzi．Zhu Hui likes New York and his host family a lot，（65） there's still"no place like home"．
A big company wanted to find someone to work for them．Lots of young college students came to ask for the（31） ．And this time，the company didn't plan to choose the right persons as usual．
Here came the day when they took the final interview．A big box full of papers was placed on the way to the interview room，and a few（32） were lying around the box．
The（33） student came．He hurried along the way to take the interview．"（34） put this box in the middle of the road？"the student said to himself，but he did not try to move the box away．
The second student came along and did the（35） thing．Then another came，and another．All of them complained （抱怨） about the box，（36） none of them tried to move it．
Half an hour later，a thin young man with glasses came．He saw the box and the papers around it．Without thinking twice，he stopped and began to pick up the papers and put（37） into the box．Then he moved the box to the side．（38） his great surprise，he（39） an invitation under the box．It said，"Congratulations! You are the（40） person we are looking for! Would you like to join us？"
Sometimes，you see，helping others is helping yourself．
31．A．book |
B．job |
C．money |
32．A．papers |
B．books |
C．magazines |
33．A．one |
B．once |
C．first |
34．A．Who |
B．When |
C．Where |
35．A．different |
B．common． |
C．same |
36．A．but |
B．and |
C．however |
37．A．it |
B．them |
C．they |
38．A．To |
B．With |
C．On |
39．A．looked |
B．invented |
C．found |
40．A．strange |
B．right |
C．handsome． |
I arrived in the UK last weekend to learn English． So（56） ， I have already made a few friends and had some English food there． But after（57） （have） three days of hamburgers， sandwiches and（58） （potato）， I thought none could be（59） delicious than Chinese food， especially my favorite﹣huo guo， When I knew there was going to（60） a free meal of hotpot to welcome the new students， I was so excited（61） I went to the canteen quickly．
To（62） surprise， when I stepped into the room， I didn't see any sign of huo guo． After I talked with an English girl， I got to know that Chinese huo guo is（63） （complete） different from hotpot． Chinese huo guo is（64） （write） in two words﹣hot pot；and hotpot， one word， is a（65） （tradition） English dish．
As Chinese students， we must know something about a great man （51）c Zheng He． He was a Ming Dynasty explorer． He led seven ocean journeys from 1405to 1433． At that time， the compass （52）p an important role in his sailing． He even succeeded in sailing to the east coast of Africa． His last ocean journey was over half a （53） （世纪）earlier than Columbus' first journey to America． We Chinese are （54） （骄傲的）of him． It's a pity that he died of illness on his way home from Africa in 1433． （55）H ， his journeys were so meaningful in China's history．
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