Once there was a piano player in a bar(酒吧). People came just to hear him play. B
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Once there was a piano player in a bar(酒吧). People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.
"I don"t sing," said the man.
But the lady told the waiter, "I"m tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!"
The waiter shouted across the room, "Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!"
So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!
He had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.
You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.
小题1:The lady asked the player to sing a song because _____.| A．she had paid him for this | | B．she knew him very well | | C．she wanted to have a change | | D．she enjoyed his singing |
小题2:Nat King Cole succeeded because _____.| A．the lady helped him a lot | | B．he caught the chance | | C．he continued to play in the bar | | D．he stopped playing the piano |
小题3:The words "sit on" in the passage probably mean" ___________.”| A．fail to realize | B．forget to use | | C．try to develop | D．manage to show |
小题4:From the story we know if you have some talent, you should _____.| A．hide it and wait | | B．ask others for help | | C．pay no attention to it | | D．work hard to improve yourself |
小题5:Which could be the best title (标题) for the passage?| A．Sing in the Bar | | B．Achieve Success in Life | | C．Never Lose Heart | | D．Find Your Hidden Talent |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:D |
解析
小题1:根据文章内容 But the lady told the waiter, "I"m tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!"可知答案为C
小题2:根据文章内容he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.可知答案为B
小题3:根据单词和固定词组搭配和文章语境可知答案为A
小题4:根据文章内容With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.可知答案为D
小题5:根据文章内容可知答案为D |
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One Saturday afternoon, Sarah went to buy something for her sister and herself. As Sarah was coming out of a 46 , a young lady walked towards her. She said she was Miss Green—a good friend of Sarah’s sister’s. Sarah 47 her. Then she called a taxi to send Sarah home. She told the driver where he should go. Sarah was 48 that it was not in the direction of her home.
“Why?” Sarah asked. The lady smiled.
When they came to a quiet road, a big rough man 49 on the road. He stopped the taxi driver, knocked him down, tied him and threw him out of the taxi. At the same time, Miss Green took out a knife and 50 Sarah. She asked Sarah to keep 51 . The man then started the taxi. “ Oh, God! I’m being kidnapped(绑架),” Sarah said to herself.
She tried to escape, but not succeeded. Suddenly an 52 came to her. She took out a lipstick(口红) from her pocket, wrote “SOS” on the window, and covered the word with her
53 . A few minutes later, a police car passed and the policemen saw the 54 . When the kidnappers saw the policemen, they stopped the taxi, jumped into the grass, and ran away.
The policemen then picked up Sarah and sent her home. When her parents knew what had happened, they were greatly surprised. But they were also 55 because their daughter had finally come back safely.
| 小题1: | | A．school | B．taxi | C．shop | D．friend’s |
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| 小题2: | | A．knew | B．believed | C．thanked | D．remembered |
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| 小题3: | | A．surprising | B．excited | C．surprised | D．pleased |
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| 小题4: | | A．drove | B．climbed | C．fell | D．appeared |
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| 小题5: | | A．helped | B．played | C．saved | D．frightened |
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| 小题6: | | A．healthy | B．alive | C．relaxed | D．quiet |
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| 小题7: | | A．idea | B．answer | C．interest | D．order |
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| 小题8: | | A．fingers | B．back | C．dress | D．lipstick |
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| 小题9: | | A．picture | B．map | C．sign | D．knife |
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| 小题10: | | A．worried | B．happy | C．afraid | D．successful |
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It was Mother’s Day. A man stopped his car at a flower shop to order some flowers. He wanted the shopper to send the flowers to his mother, who lived two hundred miles away.
As he got out of his car, he found a young girl sitting on the road crying.
He asked her what was wrong and she replied,“I want to buy a red rose for my mother, but I only have seventy-five cents. A rose costs two dollars.”
The man smiled and said, “Come into the shop with me, and I’ll buy you a rose.’
He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother’s flowers. As they were leaving, he offered to drive the girl home. She said, “Yes, please! You can take me to my mother.” She brought him to a cemetery(墓地), where she placed the rose on the grave.
The man was moved. He returned to the flower shop, picked up the flowers he ordered, and drove two hundred miles to his mother’s house.
Today is the day for your mother. Send a flower to your kind and beautiful mother.
小题1:The man went to the shop to ________.| A．have a rest | B．help the girl | C．buy some food | D．order some flowers |
小题2:The man’s mother lived ________ away from him.| A．2 kilometers | B．75 miles | C．200 miles | D．200 kilometers |
小题3:The girl was crying on the road because ________.| A．she was hungry | | B．she got hurt | | C．she couldn’t afford a rose | | D．she couldn’t find her way home |
小题4:After the man bought the girl a rose, they went to ________ together.| A．the cemetery | B．his shop | C．the girl’s home | D．his mother’s house |
小题5:We can learn from the passage that _________.| A．the girl loved flowers very much | | B．the girl loved her mother very much | | C．the shopkeeper sent the flowers to the man’s mother | | D．the man drove to his mother’s house to look after her |
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Barry Parker was a very successful businessman. He lived in a large house and drove a car. He wore expensive clothes and ate his meals in famous restaurants. His name was often in the newspaper. One day a newspaper reporter asked him, “What is the secret of your success(成功)?”
Barry thought for a few moments and said, “I eat a special kind of fish.” “You eat a special kind of fish! What does that do?” “It makes my brain work better.” Barry said. “What kind of fish is it?” the reporter asked. “Give me fifty dollars and come back tomorrow. I’ll have some for you.”
The reporter gave Barry fifty dollars and returned the next day. “Have you got any special fish?” “Yes. Come into the house. It’s in the refrigerator.”
Barry took the reporter into his kitchen. He opened the refrigerator and took out a very small fish. “Here you are. Have this for dinner.”
The next day the reporter called on Barry again. “Did you eat the fish?” Barry asked her. “Yes, I fried it.” “Good, do you feel different today?” “No, I don’t. And I think that fifty dollars was a lot to pay for such a small fish.” “Well done !” Barry said. “You see, the fish is working. You’re using your brain now.”
小题1:The reporter went to see Barry Parker ________.
小题2:The reporter wanted to know ________.
小题3:Barry Parker made the reporter ________.
小题4:The reporter bought the fish_______.
小题5:The reporter ate the fish_______.| A．pay 50 dollars for a fish. | | B．because he was very successful. | | C．but she didn’t feel any different. | | D．because she wanted to find out Barry’s secret. |
E. the secret of Barry Parker’s success. |
One day Einstein(爱因斯坦) was walking in the street in New York. His friend met him and said to him, “Einstein, you should buy a new coat. Look, how old your coat is!” But Einstein answered, “It doesn’t matter. Nobody knows me here.”
After a few years Einstein became a famous scientist. But he still wore the old coat.
His friend met him again and asked him to buy a new one. But Einstein said, “I needn’t buy a new one. Everyone knows me here.”
小题1:Einstein was ______ scientist.| A．an English | B．a Chinese | | C．an American | D．a Japanese |
小题2:Einstein’s coat was very old. His friend ______.| A．gave him a new one | | B．asked him to buy a new one | | C．helped him buy a new one | | D．helped him mend(修理) the old coat |
小题3:Einstein didn’t want to buy a new one because ______.| A．nobodyknew him | | B．he likedthe old one | | C．he had no money | | D．he didn’t mind it |
小题4:A few years later Einstein ______.| A．bought a new one | | B．became a great scientist | | C．still wore an old coat | | D．B and C |
小题5:The title(题目) of this article should(应该) be ______.| A．Einstein’s Coat | | B．Einstein and His New Coat | | C．Einstein and His friend | | D．Einstein |
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Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955. He grew up in Seattle, Washington. He was a very clever boy. His favorite subjects at school were science and math. When he was 13, he started to play with computers. At that time, computers were large machines. Once he was very interested in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent lots of time doing unusual things with it. In the end, they worked out a software program with the old machine. Bill sold it for $4,200 when he was only 17.
In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University(哈佛大学). In his third school year, he left Harvard to work for a company called Microsoft. Bill began his company in 1975 with his friend Paul Allen. They thought the computer would come into every office and every home soon. So they began developing(发展) the software for personalcomputers. They improved(改进) the software to make it easier for people to use computers.
小题1:Bill Gates grew up in _______.| A．Canada | B．Australia | C．America | D．Germany |
小题2:What subjects did Bill like best at school?| A．Science and math | B．Languages and art | | C．Math and languages | D．Music and P.E |
小题3:Bill’s company worked hard at _______.| A．making large machines | B．playing computer games | | C．mending old machines | D．developing software |
小题4:Bill started to play with computers ______. | A．in 1955 | B．in 1968 | C．in 1973 | D．1975 |
小题5:The word “personal” means _______. |
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