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.
B. she knew him very well
C. she wanted to have a change
D. she enjoyed his singing
B. he caught the chance
C. he continued to play in the bar
D. he stopped playing the piano
B. forget to use
C. try to develop
D. manage to show
B. ask others for help
C. pay no attention to it
D. work hard to improve yourself
B. Achieve Success in Life
C. Never Lose Heart
D. Find Your Hidden Talent
Nick takes it away. He doesn"t know where they are playing. He comes down and begins to play
with his dog Bobby. His father comes out, with a bag in his hand.
"Where are you going, Daddy?" asks the boy.
"Mr Hill is ill," says his father. "I"m going to see him. "
Mr Hill has a nice garden. There are all kinds of flowers in it. And the boy likes to pick some there.
So he asks his father to take him there. Half an hour later, their car stops at Mr Hill"s gate and an old
man opens the door for them.
Mr Hill is in bed. Harry says hello to him and then comes out. Rose, the little daughter of Mr Hill"s,
brings him to the garden and picks (摘) some flowers for him. The boy is happy and thanks the little girl.
"Do you feel like a cup of coffee, Harry?" asks Rose.
"Look at me carefully," says the boy. "Do I look like one?"
根据文章内容填入恰当的单词,使句意完整,每空一词。
1. Harry goes out in the________.
2. Mr Hill is ill. So Harry"s father wants to________ Mr Hill.
3. Harry goes to Mr Hill"s to get some_________.
4. Harry and his father go to Mr Hill"s by________.
5. ________ knows Harry likes flowers and picks some for him.
asked them to write reports about each boy"s life and future. Every one of the students wrote, "He
doesn"t have any hope. "
Twenty-five years later, another professor read about the earlier study. He told his students to
find out what had happened to these boys. Of the 200 boys, 20 had moved away or died. Nobody
knew what had happened to them. They tried very hard and found the other 180 people. Among
them 176 had become successful as doctors, teachers, and scientists.
The professor was very surprised and decided to study it further.Luckily, all the men were living
near the place and he was able to ask each one, "What made you successful? "Each one answered
with feeling, "There was a teacher. "
The teacher was still living there, so the professor found her and asked the old woman what she
had used to pull those out of the slums,and change them into successful people.
The teacher"s eyes began to shine and she said with a sweet smile,"It"s really very easy. I loved
the boys. "
B. To look for a good teacher.
C. To study the life of some young boys.
D. To become successful people.
B. 20.
C. 24.
D. 176.
B. The teacher"s love.
C. Their parents.
D. The slums.
B. L3ecause most of the boys lived a hard life.
C. Because a few boys didn"t have hope.
D. Because the earlier reports were wrong.
B. The second professor talked to the 180 people and their teacher.
C. The teacher sill remembered the boys.
D. The boys did"t want to talk about their teacher.
hometown . One year, however, Mr. Harris made a lot of __1__ in his business, __2__ they decided to
go to a foreign country and stay at a really good __3__ .
They flew to Rome, and __4__ at a 5-star hotel in the evening. They thought that they would have to
go to bed hungry, because in that __5__ hotel they had been used to stay in the past, no meals were
served __6__ seven in the evening. They were __7__ to be told that the hotel served dinner until ten.
"Then what are the times __8__ meals?" asked Mrs. Harris.
"Well, madam, we serve breakfast from seven to eleven, lunch from twelve to three, __9__ from four
to five, and dinner from six to ten. "
"But that hardly __10__ any time for us to see the city!" said Mrs. Harris.
( ) 2. A. but
( ) 3. A. hotel
( ) 4. A. stayed
( ) 5. A. small
( ) 6. A. on
( ) 7. A. tired
( ) 8. A. with
( ) 9. A. drink
( ) 10. A. takes
B. so
B. place
B. got
B. big
B. after
B. interested
B. on
B. tea
B. does
C. though
C. city
C. arrived
C. foreign
C. during
C. surprised
C. at
C. beer
C. has
D. yet
D. restaurant
D. reached
D. good
D. until
D. worried
D. of
D. food
D. leaves
Mrs. Smith often felt lonely when her husband went to work. The room was small and it took her only
half an hour to tidy it. She couldn"t get up early in the morning, so Mr. Smith had to cook breakfast
himself. She usually had some bread and milk for lunch and only cooked spper for herself and her husband. They had no television. Mr. Smith always went to bed at nine.
It was a winter morning. The sun was shining and it was warmer outside than it in the room. The woman
sat on the step of a shop, 100-king at the busy traffic. At that moment a man with a map in his hand was
coming towards her.
"Excuse me, madam," said the man. "Could you tell me how to get to the nearest hospital, please?"
Mrs. Smith looked at him up and down. "He seems to be a farmer," the woman said to herself. "Let
me play a joke on him. " Then she turned to him and said, "Lie down in the middle of the street and you"ll
soon be sent to a hospital. "
"Please set an example to me, then," said the man.
She had to tell the way to him and then she said, "I think you have been in a city for the first time. It"s
much more beautiful than the field. Is that right?"
"Yes, madam," said the farmer with a smile "But I think it was built on the field! "
1. Mr. Smith always went to bed at nine because _____..
A. he was in poor health
B. he had nothing to do in the evening
C. there was no lamp in the room
D. he was very tired in the daytime
2. Mrs. Smith sat on the step to _____..
A. look at the traffic
B. buy some cheap things in the shop
C. wait for her husband
D. bathe (沐浴) in the sunlight
3. The woman thought _____, so she was going to laugh at him.
A. the man was poor
B. the man would ask her the way .
C. the man was a traveler
D. the man came from a village
4. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Mrs. Smith smiled at the farmer.
B. Mrs. Smith got the farmer into trouble.
C. rhe farmer cleverly answered the woman.
D. The farmer didn"t know how to answer the woman.
5. Why did the woman say "Lie down in the middle of the street and you"ll soon be sent to a hospital. " in
Paragraph 4?
A. She thought it"s the best way to get to the nearest hospital.
B. She didn"t understand what the farmer asked.
C. She was making a joke.
D. She didn"t want to talk with the farmer.
When Wang Hai went to Yucai Middle School two years ago, he worked hard and did very well in
his lessons. He was also 1 in sports. He ran to school every day to build up his 2 . His parents
were very 3 him and bought him a computer as a birthday present. However, something began to
change. He stopped 4 early and never ran to school any more. He 5 his interest in studying.
One day in the middle of the night, Wang Hai"s mother discovered the cause of the 6 . He played
computer games till midnight. It had a 7 effect(影响) on him and must be stopped. The next day
Mother had a serious talk with Wang Hai. 8 taking the computer away, she told him he was 9
enough to control himself. Wang Hai was happy he had a wonderful mother and 10 not to do that
again.
( )2. A. body
( )3. A. surprised at
( )4. A. getting up
( )5. A. forgot
( )6. A. choice
( )7. A. good
( )8. A. Instead of
( )9. A. strong
( )10.A. printed
B. legs
B. strict with
B. putting up
B. lost
B. change
B. bad
B. Instead
B. weak
B. protected
C. arms
C. angry with
C. getting on
C. found
C. chant
C. useful
C. Because of
C. old
C. provided
D. head
D. satisfied with
D. putting on
D. took
D. chance
D. useless
D. Because
D. young
D. promised
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