I started learning to play pipa at the age of four. At that time,I was really 1 of pipa because the four strings always cut my fingers. The cuts were not deep 2 they were long, and they really hurt ! So my parents bought me a roll of tape to protect the 3 of my left hand.After a few days, however, I 4 the tape! When my mother found out the reason, she said 5 and bought a new roll of tape.I had only used the second roll for a few weeks 6 I lost it again! "You should try to play pipa without tape," my father said to me. But I cried and 7 another roll. My father agree and bought me another new roll.After a few months, I lost the third roll! Then the 8 , and then the fifth After this happened eight times, my mother got really 9 !"I won't buy you any more tape," she said to me. " Now you have to play pipa without tape
You must 10 it is carelessness that hurts your fingers!"A. fond B. afraid C. proud
A. but B. and C. then
A. arms B. ears C. fingers
A. sold B. lost C. bought
A. nothing B. anything C. something
A. until B. after C. before
A. asked for B. worried about C. thought of
A. third B. fourth C. fifth
A. happy B. excited C. angry
A. expect B. forget C. remember
Once upon a time, a rich man and a poor man talked about what happiness was.
The poor man said, “Happiness is we have now.” Seeing the poor man’s old clothes and house, the rich man laughed at him and said , “How can this be called happiness? My happiness is my huge and beautiful house with one rooms and a thousand servants(佣人).”
a windy night, a big fire happened in the rich man’s house and his hundred-room house was burnt down into .All his servants went away and left him alone.The rich man lost and he became a beggar(乞丐) overnight.
One day, the beggar was very hungry.He came to some food to eat when he passed by the poor man’s house.The poor man him a bowl of rice, asking, “What do you think of happiness now?”
The beggar said anxiously, “Happiness is bowl of rice in your hand.”
Happiness is all that at the moment.One enjoy happiness in all his lifetime only by cherishing(珍惜) what he has now.
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It was a Monday morning.When a teacher walked into the _____, he heard a low voice: "Here is the teacher.I am ____this boring fellow is going to talk about putting in commas."It was ___voice.His name was Bill.He was talking ___ the boy next to him.
The teacher didn’t get angry.He said _____ about it, then he really began to talk about putting in commas, and then he wrote _____the sentence: "Bill says the teacher is a boring fellow'' The class ___and Bill's face ___red.
"Now, "said the teacher, "I'll _____you how important commas are"
He put two commas in the sentence, and now read "______ is a boring fellow."
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完形填空。（每小题2分，共20分）
根据短文内容，从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个能填入相应空格内的最佳答案。
Mary’s mother’s birthday was coming. So she wanted to buy a gift for her mother. But she knew her family was very poor (贫穷的). And she didn’t have any money to buy her an expensive gift. She was not . She thought and thought. Then she had a(n) . She could a gift by herself. So she used a piece of paper (一张纸) to make a . On the front, she drew a beautiful with some flowers around it. On the back she wrote, “To my dear mom. One day, I will buy you a real house like this.”
her mother’s birthday, Mary gave her the card. When her mother the card, tears (眼泪) fell down from her face. “Why are you crying (哭), Mom?” Mary asked, “You don’t it, right?” “No,” she said, “I love it very much. I cry I’m the happiest (最幸福) mother in the world. I am very that I have a great daughter. Thank you, my dear daughter.”
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In recent months, many French teachers and parents complain (抱怨) that their children are bright than they were.They say young people visit museums less often and spend time on the Internet.In their spare time they only read cartoons and music, and like American culture more than their own.
But is this true? A recent survey that many French kids spend their time as other kids always have.
Most French teens love music, with 86% putting it as their top , above the cinema, sport and television.French kids read a lot and like many things, from Japanese cartoons American novels.
Many French people worry that their children too many American films and listen to too much American music like Britney Spears.
But the of this survey prove (证明) that French young people like their own culture.As Silvia Berlin, a student from Paris, says, “I love watching American TV after school, I watch more French programs.I love being French!”
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Have you ever offered a helping hand to those who are in trouble?
One day, two ___ were walking along the road to school when they saw an old woman carrying a large basket of pears. They thought the woman looked very __ . They went up to her and said, “Are you going to town? If you are, we will help carry your basket.”
“Thank you,” ___ the woman. “You are very kind. You see I’m weak and ill.” Then she told them that she was now going to market to __ the pears which grew on the only tree in her little garden.
“We are all going to the ___ ,” said the boys. “Let us carry the basket.” And they took hold of it, one each side. They walked ___ with the heavy basket, but happily.
The other day, I saw a little girl stop and __ a piece of banana peel (皮), which she threw into the dustbin (垃圾桶). “I wish ___ would throw that on the sidewalk,” said she. “Someone may step on it and fall.”
Perhaps some may say that these are not __ things. That is right. But such a little thing shows that you have a thoughtful mind and a kind heart. We must not wait for the __ to do great things. We must begin with little things of love.
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