Lang Lang is a world-class young pianist (钢琴家) who grew up in Shenyang. He went to a piano
school in Beijing when he was just eight. "You need fortune (机会,运气)." His father said, "But if you
don"t work hard, no fortune will come."
What made him sad was that his piano teacher in Beijing didn"t like him. "You have no talent. You will
never be a pianist." __1__ a nine-year-old boy, Lang Lang was badly hurt. He decided that he didn"t
want to be a __2__ any more. For the next two weeks, he didn"t touch the piano. __3__ , his father didn"t
push, but waited.
Luckily, the day came when his teacher asked him to play some holiday songs. He didn"t want to, but
as he placed his fingers on the piano keys, he __4__ that he could show others that he had talent after all.
That day he told his father what he had waited to hear. that he wanted to study with a new teacher. From
that point on, everything turned around!
He started __5__ competitions. In the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition, when it was
__6__ that Lang Lang had won, he was too excited to __7__ back his tears. Soon it was __8__ that he
couldn"t stay in China forever. he had to play on the world stages. In 1997 he moved again, this time to
Philadelphia, US. There he spent two years practicing, and by 1999 he had worked hard enough for
fortune to come. After his __9__ performance at Chicago"s Ravinia Festival, many gigs (特邀演出)
came. Lang Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune comes to him, and lets him __10__ .
( ) 2. A. singer
( ) 3. A. Hopefully
( ) 4. A. seemed
( ) 5. A. receiving
( ) 6. A. told
( ) 7. A. hold
( ) 8. A. surprising
( ) 9. A. wonderful
( ) 10. A. catch
B. pianist
B. Patiently
B. allowed
B. accepting
B. reported
B. hide
B. clear
B. cheerful
B. shine
C. conductor (指挥)
C. Wisely
C. noticed
C. winning
C. announced
C. turn
C. strange
C. respectful
C. admire
D. player
D. Unluckily
D. realized
D. beating
D. believed
D. put
D. wrong
D. meaningful
D. develop
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When we talk about stars, especially women stars, it seems that they are always young, pretty and own
attractive body shapes. But recently a Britain"s Got Talent (英国达人) star Susan Boyle has changed
our views completely.
Simon Cowell, one of the organizers of the talent show spoke of his surprise over Ms Boyle"s voice.
"This lady came up, and I"m thinking, "This will take five seconds and I can go to have a cup of tea." That
changed when she began to sing I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables. She knew we were going to
have that reaction (反应) and just to see that look of satisfaction on her face midway through . it was one
of my favorite moments," Cowell said.
The performance was posted online and before long, the 47-year-old Scottish woman has been famous
all over the world.
Speaking from her home in Scotland, Ms Boyle said that she hadn"t thought of changing her
appearance. She said that her friend helped her with make-up. "I mean, it"s meaningless." She added.
Ms. Boyle also spoke of the reason she first began to explore her musical talents. " I was kind of slow
at school, so getting something like singing was a good way of hiding behind that and therefore it built my
confidence.""
1. Susan Boyle had a look of satisfaction on her face when she was singing because _____.
A. she was confident of her singing
B. she was satisfied with the organizers
C. she was pretty and in good shape
D. she sang the song I Dreamed a Dream from Lea Miserables
2. What does the underlined word "views" mean?
A. 见解
B. 预告
C. 复习
D. 景色
3. According to the passage, which is NOT true?
A. It was the musical talents that built Susan"s confidence.
B. Susan Boyle was not good at her lessons when at school.
C. Susan Boyle became famous because of her appearance.
D. Simon Cowell didn"t think Susan Boyle a good singer at the time sight.
4. What can we learn from Susan Boyle"s success?
A. It"s never too old to learn.
B. It"s easier to succeed at the age of 47.
C. If you have a dream, keep trying to make it come true!
D. If you are not able to study well, to be a singer instead.
home a new book. She"d sit with it on her leg, looking at the meaningless black marks without moving the
eyes and cry.
She was not stupid. She simply had not had the 1 to learn to read. Her parents were sharecroppers in Florida in the 1920s. Sharecroppers did not own the 2 they farmed. Instead, they gave a part of their
crops(plants grown on farms for food)to the owner. It was quite a hard way to 3 , and both of Bertha"s
parents worked hard in the fields. Often Bertha had to leave school to help. Before she was a teenager,
Bertha"s schooling was 14 .
Bertha Ingram didn"t learn to read 5 her early married life, 6 . She wanted to, but she was always
too busy. She worked all day.
Bertha Ingram"s mind was sharp(敏锐地). 7 a housekeeper for other people, she had to memorize
telephone messages. She became a good cook too, but she had to 8 everything she did because there
wa
s no cookbook she could read, and she couldn"t write down what she had done.In 1978 Bertha Ingram became very ill with a stroke(中风). This illness 9 her to lose the use of one
arm and both legs. It also weakened her ability to speak. 10 she began to get better, she had a 11
thought for the first time in her life. Because she couldn"t work, she had the time to learn to read.
In her town there was a special program that taught adults to read, but Bertha Ingram was quite 12 .
Would people laugh at her? Would they 13 to teach her? It didn"t happen that way. She had a teacher
who worked very hard with her.
After the first day Ingram could 14 wait to get to the library. As she learned to read, Ingram got more and more confidence in herself. She became a reader at religious(宗教的)services, joined neighborhood
groups, and 15 at meetings in city
hall. Finally she wrote a book telling about her life. At age 63, Bertha Ingram proved that learning never comes too late.( )2．A．ground
( )3．A．make money
( )4．A．dropped
( )5．A．for
( )6．A．too
( )7．A．For
( )8．A．remember
( )9．A．brought
( )10．A．If
( )11．A．fa ir
( )12．A．nervous
( )13．A．like
( )14．A．hardly
( )15．A．arrived
B．land
B．earn their living
B．on
B．until
B．as well
B．As
B．write
B．caused
B．Before
B．right
B．bored
B．refuse
B．never
B．rested
C．farm
C．turn over
C．over
C．from
C．either
C．To
C．know
C．made
C．As
C．magic
C．excited
C．agree
C．just
C．appeared
D．garden
D．get them in
D．needed
D．during
D．also
D．Like
D．tell
D．asked
D．Till
D．wonderful
D．surprised
D．stop
D．only
D．looked
| A. The way B. from a distance C. own D. has studied E. grew F. recording G. like H. do I. act |
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| When we talk about stars, especially women stars, it seems that they are always young, pretty and own attractive body shapes. But recently a Britain’s Got Talent（英国达人）star Susan Boyle has changed our views completely. Simon Cowell, one of the organizers of the talent show spoke of his surprise over Ms Boyle’s voice. “This lady came up, and I’m thinking, ‘This will take five seconds and I can go to have a cup of tea.’ That changed when she began to sing I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables. She knew we were going to have that reaction（反应）and just to see that look of satisfaction on her face midway through - it was one of my favorite moments,” Cowell said. The performance was posted online and before long, the 47-year-old Scottish woman has been famous all over the world. Speaking from her home in Scotland, Ms Boyle said that she hadn’t thought of changing her appearance. She said that her friend helped her with make-up. “I mean, it’s meaningless.” She added. Ms. Boyle also spoke of the reason she first began to explore her musical talents. “ I was kind of slow at school, so getting something like singing was a good way of hiding behind that and therefore it built my confidence.’’ |
| 1. Susan Boyle had a look of satisfaction on her face when she was singing because ________. |
| A. she was confident of her singing B. she was satisfied with the organizers C. she was pretty and in good shape D. she sang the song I Dreamed a Dream from Lea Miserables |
| 2. According to the passage, which is NOT true? |
| A. It was the musical talents that built Susan"s confidence. B. Susan Boyle was not good at her lessons when at school. C. Susan Boyle became famous because of her appearance. D. Simon Cowell didn"t think Susan Boyle a good singer at the time sight. |
| 3. What can we learn from Susan Boyle’s success? |
| A. It’s never too old to learn. B. It’s easier to succeed at the age of 47. C. If you have a dream, keep trying to make it come true! D. If you are not able to study well, to be a singer instead. |
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| Jeff Keith has only one leg. When he was 12 years old ,Jeff had cancer . Doctors had to cut off most of his right leg. Every day Jeff puts on an artificial(人造的) leg. The leg is plastic. With the plastic leg Jeff can ski ,ride a bicycle, swim and play soccer. He can also run. Jeff made a plan with his friends who had plastic legs, too. They decided to run across America. They all wore special T-shirts. On it was "Run ,Jeff, Run ,Jeff Keith"s Run Across America." When he was 22 years old,Jeff Keith ran across the United States from the east to the west. He started running in Boston. Seven months later ,he stopped running in Los Angeles . He ran 3200 miles. Jeff wore out 36 pairs of running shoes and five plastic legs. Jeff stopped in cities on the way to Los Angeles. In every city people gave Jeff money .The money was not for Jeff ,but for American Cancer Society .The Society used the money to know more about cancer . On the way to Los Angeles Jeff talked to people about cancer. Jeff is disabled ,but he can do many things. He finished college and is studying to be a lawyer .Jeff says,"People can do anything they want to do .I want people to know that I ran not only for disabled people ,I ran for everybody." |
| 1. Jeff"s right leg was cut off because of the ________. |
| A .TB B. an accident C. cancer D. hurt |
| 2. Jeff"s friends ran across America with him .They all have no ________. |
| A .T-shirts B. legs C. shoes D. bicycles |
| 3. The sentence "I ran for everybody " means ________. |
| A . he wants to get more artificial legs B . people can do anything they want to C . some disabled men will become lawyers D . disabled people can also run |