For 16-year-old Ma Yifei, the violin performance of the Beijing 2022 Olympic theme song, Snowflake, was her best present for Paralympians （残奥运动员） all over the world. Even though snowflakes are related to winter, she let others feel warmth, hope and light through her performance. “I’m also disabled and I want to do something for them with my music,” said Ma.
Ma went blind at the age of two because of an illness. She became interested in music when she was young. She started to learn to play the piano at five and the violin at nine, experiencing the “colorful” music through sound and emotion.
Ma’s mother Ha Chunyan, a former music teacher in a primary school, helped her memorize the music score （乐谱） before she played the piano. Ma could not see the keys and always played the wrong notes. It took her thousands of tries to play a piece correctly.
Learning the violin was more challenging. Ma needed to feel the teacher’s hands, arms and back to learn the movements, and listen to the strings （弦） over and over again to feel the muscles （肌肉） herself.
“After three years of learning, she still could not make any sound except terrible noises,” said Ha, who advised her daughter to give up the violin. But Ma said, “As I’ve been practicing so long, it’s hard to give up. I believe I will play better if I persist in practicing.”
In 2018, Ma got a chance to follow Sheng Yuan and Cao Yuhan, famous musicians from the Central Conservatory of Music, to study music in Beijing. She left her home in Ningxia to follow her musical dream, though she knew there would be more challenges ahead.
Ma expressed her excitement about performing at the big event. “All my hard work has paid off. I’m proud of standing on the stage today.”
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
（1）The violin performance made people feel __________.
| A． |
regret, hope and light |
B． |
fear, warmth and hope |
| C． |
warmth, hope and light |
D． |
pity, warmth and light |
（2）How does the writer describe Ma’s difficulties in learning the violin?
| A． |
By questioning. |
B． |
By listing numbers. |
| C． |
By offering advice. |
D． |
By giving examples. |
（3）Which of the following is TRUE about Ma?
| A． |
Ma began to learn to play the piano at nine. |
| B． |
In 2018, Ma got a chance to study music in Beijing. |
| C． |
It was more challenging for Ma to learn the piano than the violin. |
| D． |
Ma could memorize the music score by herself before playing the piano. |
（4）What does the underlined phrase “persist in” probably mean in Paragraph 5?
| A． |
keep on |
B． |
end up |
| C． |
take pride in |
D． |
look forward to |
（5）Ma’s story tells us __________.
| A． |
old habits die hard |
B． |
there is no place like home |
| C． |
practice makes perfect |
D． |
a good friend is like a mirror |
Do you live in a city? Do you know how cities began? Long long ago, there were only a few thousand people in the world. These people moved from place to place. They moved over the land, hunting(打猎) animals for food.
A long time passed. These people began growing crops. No one knows how or when those people learned about growing food. But when they did, their lives changed, they did not have to move houses any more.
They could stay in one place and grow it. People began to live near each other. And so the first villages grew. Many people came to work in the villages. These villages grew bigger and bigger. Then people had machines, and lives in the villages changed again. They built factories. So the villages grew into cities. Some of them grew very big.
Today, some people are moving back to small towns.How many people were there in the world long long ago?
__________________________________________________________________________When didn’t people have to move houses any more ?
__________________________________________________________________________What did the villages grow into after people built factories?
__________________________________________________________________________Why did people move from place to place long long ago?
__________________________________________________________________________Who knows when people learned about growing food?
__________________________________________________________________________
Last summer, my family and I went on a trip to the China Dinosaur Park in Changzhou by bus. The one-hour trip seemed very long. We arrived at the park at about 9 a.m.
There were many fun places for us to choose from. We first went to the Crazy Firedrake(喷火龙) Drill. When I looked at the giant yellow machine, I wasn't afraid at all, But when I was really on it, I felt a little nervous. First, the machine took us to the highest point. We all screamed(尖叫) "Ah". 1 dared (敢) not look down. Then it turned around fast and moved very quickly at the same time. The wind was so strong that I couldn't open my eyes. I felt as if I would fall down. 1 couldn't stop screaming through the whole ride. It only moved for a few minutes, but it seemed to be many hours. When the game ended, I was too frightened to walk.
Later we took part in the game called "Crossing Jurassic(侏罗纪)". After waiting for half an hour, we got into a boat. The boat went into a tall building. It was dark around us. There were many model dinosaurs on both sides. They looked like the real ones. From time to time. the model dinosaurs made some frightening shouts, which sounded terrible. The game ended with a sudden rush from a very high place into a big pool. What an exciting experience!When did the writer get on the bus?
| A．9 a.m. | B．About 8 a.m. |
| C．About 9 a.m. | D．About 10 a.m. |
When the writer looked at the giant yellow machine, he .
| A．wasn't afraid | B．was too frightened |
| C．was excited | D．was nervous |
What did the writer do when the machine took him to the highest point?
| A．The writer cried. |
| B．The writer screamed. |
| C．The writer looked down. |
| D．The writer did nothing. |
From the text, we can know that the game called "Crossing Jurassic" is a trip.
| A．bus | B．train |
| C．coach | D．boat |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．The yellow machine turned around fast and moved quickly at the same time. |
| B．The first game moved for a long time. |
| C．There were many real dinosaurs in the park. |
| D．The second game began with a sudden rush from a very high place into a big lake. |
These days many students like to make friends online. Most of them think it's interesting to know an unknown person through the Internet. So, many students like to use computers to talk with those friends. And they spend too much time on it. Some of them can not do well in their school work. Their parents often don’t think the children are as good as before. So many teachers and parents are worried about their children.
In fact, only very few of them can get real good friends in this way. Most of them were cheated by those unseen friends. And some of the students did wrong things online. It’s terrible for students to use too much time to make friends and talk online.
So we should be careful of making friends online and should not spend too much time on it. We’d better pay more attention to study. We will be really happy when we do well in school and at home.Many students like to make friends online because __________________.
| A．they are interested in it |
| B．they can learn better in this way |
| C．they always get real friends in this way |
| D．their parents worry about them |
Many teachers and parents are worried about their children because __________.
| A．the students don’t work so hard as before |
| B．the students spend too much time chatting with online friends |
| C．the students think lessons are less interesting than before |
| D．all of above |
____________ of the students can get real friends online.
| A．All | B．Many | C．Some | D．Few |
Most of them were cheated by those unseen friends. Here “cheated” means_____.
| A．聊天 | B．欺骗 | C．恩惠 | D．鞭打 |
Which of the following is right?
| A．We should never make friends online. |
| B．It’s necessary for us to talk with our online friends every day. |
| C．It’s really happy that we students do well in school and at home. |
| D．Making online friends is more important than study. |
John is twelve years old. He had a bad cold and coughed (咳嗽) day and night. He went to see a doctor. The doctor gave him some cough medicine.
| Cough Medicine Shake it well before use. Take it three times each day before meals. |
|
| Age |
Dose (药量)/ each time |
| over 14 |
2 teaspoonfuls (勺) |
| 8～13 |
1 teaspoonful |
| 4～7 |
1/2 teaspoonful |
| Not right for children below the age of three. Put it in a cold place. Use it before December 1st 2014. |
John should take _________ a day.
| A．2 teaspoonfuls | B．3 teaspoonfuls |
| C．4 teaspoonfuls | D．1 teaspoonful |
The medicine should be kept in _________.
| A．a fridge | B．hot water |
| C．any place | D．the sun |
John should ________ before he takes it.
| A．drink a cup of tea | B．eat nothing |
| C．do some exercise | D．shake the medicine well |
When people are _________ years old, they can’t take this medicine.
| A．eighty | B．thirty | C．two | D．twelve |
John will _________ when it is left after Dec. 1st, 2014.
| A．take the medicine |
| B．throw away the medicine |
| C．still keep the medicine |
| D．give the medicine back to the doctor |
On a Friday night, a poor young violinist was playing his violin at the entrance(入口)of the subway station. The music was so great that people put some money into his hat.
The next day, the violinist came to the entrance again. He put down his hat as usual. Beside the hat was a piece of paper with some words on it： "A George Sang has put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Welcome to claim（认领）it.”After a while a man named George Sang ran here quickly and got back his important thing.
The important thing was a lottery ticket（彩票）.Sang bought it and won a prize of $500,000. But when he gave$50 to the violinist for his wonderful music, he threw the lottery ticket, too. The violinist was a college student. That morning, he was going to Vienna for his education. However, when he found the ticket, he cancelled the flight and returned to the entrance.
He said, "Although I don't have much money, I live happily. If I lose honesty（诚实）, I won't be happy forever."The young man played the violin for_______ at the entrance the next day.
| A．honesty | B．money | C．food | D．happiness |
George Sang put_______ into the violinist's hat on a Friday night.
| A．money | B．a lottery ticket |
| C．money and his lottery ticket | D．nothing |
The underlined word "cancelled" means "_______"
| A．取消 | B．延误 | C．预定 | D．结束 |
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