钢琴家朗朗是世界古典音乐新一代领军人物,被誉为“当今世界最年轻的钢琴大师”.
Lang Lang, called “Chinese Mozart”, one of the best-known Chinese pianists in the world, was born in Shenyang in 1982. He began to take piano lessons at the age of three. He played the piano at least 20 hours a week at that time. At the age of five, he won the Shenyang Piano Competition. Four years later, his father took him to Beijing to study at the Beijing Central Music Conservatory(中央音乐学院). When he was 11, he won the first prize at the Fourth International Young Pianists Competition in Germany. In 1996, he went to the United States to study music. Soon he became famous all over the US, and then around the world.
The road to success has never been easy. Lang Lang’s father even stopped his job in his police office. For over ten years, he followed Lang Lang everywhere he went, not only as a father, but also as a manager, tutor and friend, while his mother stayed in Shenyang to make money. In spite of(尽管) giving on average over 150 performances around the world every year now, he still finds time to practice and learn new works. Lang Lang considers himself lucky and believes he should give something back. He has helped the children in poor areas a lot.How old was Lang Lang when he went to Beijing to study?
A.He was three. | B.He was five. | C.He was nine. | D.He was eleven. |
Why did Lang Lang’s father take him to Beijing?
A.They went on vacation to Beijing. |
B.Their family needed money at that time. |
C.Lang Lang wanted to take part in the Piano Competition. |
D.Lang Lang went there to study at a famous music conservatory. |
Where was the fourth International Youth Piano Competition held?
A.In Germany. | B.In the United States. | C.In Japan | D.In China. |
Which is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A.Lang Lang went to the United States to study music at the age of 14. |
B.Lang Lang’s father had to stay in Shenyang to make money. |
C.Lang Lang’s parents have done a lot for him to be a famous pianist. |
D.Lang Lang is called “Chinese Mozart” because he plays the piano very well. |
What can we learn from this passage?
A.It’s not very difficult to be a pianist. |
B.A pianist is always popular in the world. |
C.You have to practice and learn much to be successful. |
D.Pianists never hate playing the piano because it’s interesting. |
Many people in the world have not seen snow. Some countries never have snow; some have only a little on top of the high mountains. In the north of England, there is quite a lot of snow every winter, but in the south of England, there is usually little.
When a student from a warm country comes to England in autumn for the first time, he feels cold at first. There are often clouds, grey sky and cold rain in England in autumn, and most students from warm countries do not like this.
But snow is different. It is beautiful. Perhaps, after several mornings, the student wakes up one day, and there is a lot of light in his room. He thinks, “Is it so late?” and jumps out of bed. But no, it is not very late. He looks out of the window and there is snow on the ground and on the houses and everywhere.In the ________ of England there is little snow in winter.
A.east | B.west | C.south | D.north |
In the autumn of England, we can often see ________.
A.cold rain | B.grey sky | C.dark clouds | D.all of the above |
Snow is __________.
A.beautiful | B.dark | C.warm | D.happy |
The sentence “Is it so late?” means ___________.
A.it’s very late | B.he wants to go to school |
C.he wants to catch a bus | D.he usually gets up early |
Which of the following is true?
A.Everyone in the world has seen snow. |
B.It often sunny in the south of England. |
C.Foreign students like the weather in England. |
D.The light of the room comes from clean, beautiful snow. |
Lucy: Excuse me, Li Fen. Where’s our school shop? Do you know?
Li Fen: Yes. It’s over there, behind the teachers’ room.
Lucy: I’d like something to drink. Please go with me. OK?
Li Fen: OK. Let’s go. (At the shop.)
Woman: Can I help you, girls?
Lucy: Yes. Er, what would you like, Li Fen?
Li Fen: I don’t know.
Lucy: Well, what about a bottle of orange?
Li Fen: No, thanks. I’d like a cup of tea. What about you?
Lucy: I’d like a glass of milk. Would you like something to eat?
Li Fen: A pear, please.
Lucy: But I’d like some apples. We would like a cup of tea, a glass of milk, a pear and two apples.
Woman: OK. Here you are.
Lucy: Thank you very much.
Woman: You’re welcome.
阅读对话回答下列问题:Where’s the school shop?
____________________.What would Lucy like to drink?
________________________. What would Li Fen like to drink?
_______________________. What would Lucy like to eat?
_______________________.What about Li Fen?
_______________________.
Look at this picture. The boy is my good friend. His name is Mike. He is thirteen. He isn’t tall. His hair is brown. This is Mike’s father. He is very tall. That is Mike’s mother. She is tall, too. Mike’s father and mother are teachers. Who is the girl? She is Mike’s sister. Her name is Mary. She is very nice. All of them are English.
根据短文内容用合适的单词填空:My good friend is an ___ boy.
How old is Mike? He is _____.
Mike’s father and ____ are teachers.
What colour is Mike’s hair? It’s _____.
Mary is Mike’s ____.
Sandy and Sue are going to school. They are walking along the street. “Look!” Sandy says. “There’s a man near that gate. He’s standing. Who is it?
“It’s Mr. Jones, the postman,” Sue says, “He’s standing in front of Mrs. Mopp’s house.”
“Mrs. Mopp’s house!” Sandy says. “Oh, dear!”
Mrs. Mopp is not a nice lady. She is very tall and very ugly(丑陋的). And her house is not a nice house. It is very big and very dark. Her gate is closed and Mr. Jones can’t open it.
“Listen!” Sandy says. “Can you hear Mrs. Mopp’s dog?”
“Yes,” Sue answers. “He’s barking(叫).”
Mrs. Mopp’s dog is very big. His name is Boxer. His face is ugly and his teeth are long and sharp(尖). He is a nice dog, but he doesn’t like Mr. Jones, the postman.
根据短文内容和首字母提示完成各句所缺单词:Sandy and Sue are s______.
On the way to s____ Sandy and Sue see Mr. Jones, the postman.
Mrs. Mopp is not at h____ now.
Boxer is a d____ name.
Boxer d_____ like Mr. Jones at all.
I’m a school girl. My brother and I are twins. We are both at school. We like school. My parents are both teachers. They work hard. My brother and I study at No. 1 Middle School. There are twenty-five boys and eighteen girls in our class.
We go to school from Monday to Friday. We have no classes on Saturdays and Sundays. We usually get up at six o’clock, and have breakfast at half past six. We come to school at seven o’clock. Classes begin at eight. We have four lessons in the morning and two in the afternoon. We have lunch a fifteen past twelve. At three fifty we have sports.
We study Chinese, math, English, geography, physics, history, politics and other lessons. We like Chinese. We like English, too. Some of us are good at it.
We go home at five o’clock. We have supper at six o’clock. We do our homework at seven every evening and go to bed at half past nine, but sometimes we go to sleep at about ten.
We work hard, we study for the people.
阅读短文选择正确答案填空My brother is ___ and I am ____.
A.a worker; a student | B.a student; a worker | C.a student; a teacher | D.a student; a student |
We have ___ a fifteen past twelve.
A.breakfast | B.lunch | C.supper | D.dinner |
We begin to do our homework from ____ to ___ every evening.
A.Monday; Friday | B.seven; nine | C.school; home | D.six; eight |
. There are ___ boys and ___ girls in our class.
A.twenty-five; twenty | B.some; any | C.twenty-five; eighteen | D.many; much |
Do they often have sports in the morning or in the afternoon?
A.Yes, they do | B.No, we don’t | C.In the morning | D.In the afternoon |