Music to My Ears
Robby was 10 for his first piano lesson in my class. Much as he tried, he ____ even the basic rhythm. However, he dutifully reviewed the pieces that I required.
Over the months he tried and tried while I ____ and encouraged him. At the end of each lesson he'd always say, "My mom's going to hear me play some day." ____ it seemed hopeless.
I only knew his mother from a ____as she waited in her aged car to pick him up. Then one day Robby stopped coming. I was secretly ____ that he stopped because of his lack of ability.
Weeks later I informed the students, including Robby, of the coming recital（独奏）. To my ____, Robby asked me if he could be included. I told him he really did not qualify because he had ____ out. He said his mom had been sick and unable to take him to lessons but he was still ____ .
“I've just got to play!" he ____. Something inside me let me allow him to.
Then came the recital night. The gym was ____ with parents. I put Robby up ____, thinking that I could save his poor performance through my “curtain closer（谢幕）.”
The recital went off smoothly. Then Robby came up on stage. His clothes were wrinkled and his hair was ____. "Why didn't his mother at least make him comb his hair for this special night?" I thought.
Robby pulled out the piano bench and began. I was not ____ for what I heard next. His fingers were ____ on the keys. Never had I heard Mozart played so well by people of his age. After he ended, everyone was ____ their feet in wild applause.
In ____ I ran up on stage and put my arms around Robby. "I've never heard you play like that, Robby! How did you ____ it?"
Robby explained, "Well, Miss Hondorf…remember I told you my mom was sick? …____ she had cancer and passed away yesterday. She was born deaf, so tonight she could hear me play in heaven. I wanted to make it special."
There wasn’t a ____ eye in the house. That night I felt he was the teacher and I was the pupil, for it was he who taught me the meaning of perseverance and ____.
A．lacked B．had C．showed D．got
A．listened B．learned C．checked D．played
A．And B．But C．So D．Or
A．conversation B．performance C．distance D．picture
A．guilty B．sad C．anxious D．glad
A．relief B．surprise C．pleasure D．satisfaction
A．stepped B．worn C．run D．dropped
A．acting B．performing C．practicing D．recording
A．insisted B．suggested C．complained D．threatened
A．lined B．packed C．piled D．filled
A．least B．most C．first D．last
A．messy B．cool C．neat D．dull
A．eager B．concerned C．prepared D．grateful
A．hesitating B．dancing C．touching D．crawling
A．over B．under C．in D．on
A．chaos B．tears C．silence D．return
A．find B．feel C．make D．like
A．Gradually B．Suddenly C．Frequently D．Actually
A．dry B．curious C．bright D．wet
A．regret B．talent C．love D．courage
The passengers on the bus watched with sympathy(同情) as Susan made her way carefully up the steps. She paid the driver and then, using her hands to the seats, settled in one of them.
It had been a year since Susan became blind. As the result of an accident she was suddenly thrown into a world of . Susan’s husband Mark watched her
into hopelessness and he was
to use every possible means to help his wife.
Finally, Susan felt ready to to her job, but how would she get there? She used to take the bus, but she was now too
to get around the city by herself. Mark
to ride the bus with Susan each morning and evening
she could manage it by herself. For two weeks, Mark
Susan to and from work each day. He taught her how to rely on her other
, specifically her hearing, to decide where she was and how to adapt to (适应) her new
.
At last, Susan decided that she was ready to try the trip . Monday morning arrived. Before she left, she hugged her husband
, and her eyes filled with tears of gratitude(感激). She said goodbye and, for the first time, they went their
ways. Each day went perfectly, and a wild excitement
Susan. She was doing it!
On Friday morning, Susan took the bus to work . As she was getting off the bus, the driver said, “Miss, I sure
you.” Curious, Susan asked the driver
.
“You know, every morning for the week, a fine-looking gentleman in a military uniform has been standing across the corner watching you until you enter your office building safely,” the bus driver said.
Tears of happiness poured down Susan’s cheeks. She was so lucky for he has given her a gift more powerful than . That is the gift of love that can bring light where there is darkness.
A. touch B. catchC. countD. feel
A. weaknessB. sicknessC. darkness D. sadness
A. runB. sink C. jump D. step
A. inspires B. determinedC. honored D. pleased
A. returnB. adjust C. contribute D. stick
A. tired B. surprised C. sadD. frightened
A. volunteeredB. attemptedC. continued D. struggled
A. when B. asC. untilD. after
A. drove B. directed C. accompanied D. sent
A. feelingsB. organsC. skillsD. senses
A. positionB. environmentC. statusD. role
A. on her ownB. in person C. to her benefit D. on foot
A. politely B. calmlyC. briefly D. tightly
A. mixedB. separate C. fixedD. lonely
A. took charge of B. took place of
C. took advantage of D. took hold of
A. as usualB. as a rule C. as well D. as a result
A. respect B. envy C. know D. support
A. what B. how C. whyD. who
A. pastB. same C. firstD. next
A. courage B. will C. sighD. wisdom
If you have a watch, don’t repair it! I know it . Once I had a beautiful watch. And this watch
perfect time. But one night it happened that I forgot to
it up. The next morning I went to a watchmaker as I wanted my perfect watch to
by the exact time. The watchmaker examined my watch and said: “The regulator(校准器) is to be pushed up
your watch is four minutes
.”
I tried to stop him, and tried to him understand that my watch kept perfect time, but he did not listen to me and pushed the regulator.
My beautiful watch began to gain time. It faster and faster day by day. By the end of the second month it
all the clocks and watches of the town far behind.
What did I have to do? To take it to another watchmaker to be regulated. I expected him to regulate the watch immediately he asked me to come in a week’s time. When at last I took my watch from him it began to
down. And I began to be late for trains, business appointments and even missed my dinners.
Now I went to watchmaker. While I waited for him to repair my poor watch, he
it to pieces and said that he could finish this work
three or four days. I could do nothing but
. That time my watch went for half a day and then stopped.
So I kept my watch from one watchmaker to another for a considerable period of time.
And as a result of it the cleverest main in the world could not the time by my watch. The thing was getting
. My watch had
two hundred dollars originally but I paid for repairs more than two hundred. At last I decided to buy
watch, which I did.
A. for reality B. for truthC. for certain D. for certainty
A. kept B. told C. observed D. struck
A. turn B. wind C. pick D. put
A. be turned B. be taken C. be put D. be set
A. as B. as if C. when D. if
A. fast B. slowly C. faster D. slow
A. get B. persuade C. make D. explain
A. gained B. lost C. went D. won
A. had remained B. had left C. had stayed D. had fallen
A. however B. andC. but D. therefore
A. go B. walkC. slow D. take
A. the third B. the secondC. the first D. the forth
A. broke B. tookC. tore D. cut
A. after B. beforeC. over D. in
A. to agree B. agreeC. agreeing D. agreed
A. taking B. bringingC. carrying D. fetching
A. recognize B. tellC. know D. understand
A. seriously B. pleasantC. badly D. serious
A. spent B. tookC. cost D. paid
A. another B. the otherC. one D. one more
Robert Frost was one of America’s best known and most honored serious writers. But his fame came __ in his life. He was forty __ Americans began to read his poems and praise them. Once his __ was set up, however, it grew stronger and stronger during the rest of his long life. His success came from __ traditional forms of poetry with American words, in a clearly American way.
Frost the same speaker for many poems, so the poems formed a larger unity. He created this speaker carefully. He felt that his readers would believe his poems if he put the words into the mouth of a _ person who lived in the country, not the _ .
Many people thought the speaker was Frost himself. In fact, the speaker was （10 ）person. Frost, the , tried to become the imaginary person he for his poetry.
Robert Frost is always linked to the land of cold winters in the northeastern United States, the area called New England. he came from the other side of the country, San Francisco, California. He was born there in 1874. He lived in California during his early .
This man who was born in the and became linked with New England was named for the chief southern general in American’s Civil War. The general’s name was Robert Edward Lee. The poet was named Robert Lee Frost, because his father wanted to the general.
Someone once asked another American , Ernest Hemingway, how to become a writer. The _ thing, he said, was to have an _ childhood. If this is true, Robert Frost’s childhood was unhappy enough to make him a very writer.
A．soon B．late C．quickly D．early
A．since B．until C．before D．after
A．fame B．name C．poem D．family
A．working B．using C．putting D．uniting
A．spoken B．made C．built D．formed
A．thought of B．practiced C．used D．met
A．old B．separate C．famous D．excellent
A．common B．young C．wise D．grown-up
A．city B．village C．state D．continent
A．a famous B．a real C．an imaginary D．a historic
A．artist B．man C．lady D．officer
A．loved B．respected C．admired D．created
A．In this way B．Yet C．Though D．Therefore
A．childhood B．writings C．work D．paintings
A．East B．North C．West D．South
A．learn from B．know C．study D．honor
A．teacher B．writer C．painter D．leader
A．quickest B．worst C．best D．hardest
A．exciting B．interesting C．unlucky D．unhappy
A．good B．poor C．young D．able
In Britain, people have different attitudes to the police. Most people generally them and the job they do-although there are certain people who do not believe that the police
have the power that they do.
What does a policeman actually do? It is not job to describe. After all, a policeman has a number of jobs in
. A policeman often has to control traffic, either
foot in the center of a town, or in a police car on the roads. Indeed, in Britain, he might be in the Traffic Police and spend all, or a lot of, his time
up and down main roads and motorways. A traffic policeman has to help keep the traffic moving, stop
motorists and help when there is an accident.
A policeman has to help keep the , too. If there is a fight or some other disturbance, we
the police to come and restore order. And they often have to
situation at great risk to their own
.
We expect the police to solve crimes, of course, so an ordinary policeman, he is not a detective, will often have to help
and arrest criminals.
And do we call when there is an emergency-an air crash, a
, a road accident, or a robbery? We call the police.
a policeman has to be
to face any unpleasant emergency that may happen in the
world.
The police do an absolutely, necessary job, they do it well and I support them, but I do not envy policeman, I do not think that I could
do the job of a policeman.
A. dislike B. joinC. appreciated D. admire
A. shouldB. wouldC. couldD. must
A. a funnyB. a pleasant C. an interesting D. an easy
A. ut B. oneC. hisD. them
A. onB. byC. underD. with
A. walkingB. driving C. wanderingD. searching
A. resting B. tired C. speedingD. drunken
A. peaceB. silence C. situationD. condition
A. wait for B. call C. think ofD. expect
A. turn toB. avoid C. deal withD. treat
A. safetyB. families C. futureD. friends
A. althoughB. as if C. howeverD. even if
A. get rid of B. question C. kook forD. sentence
A. howB. where C. whatD. who
A. power failure B. fire C. thunder stormD. thief
A. YetB. Then C. AsD. So
A. provided B. promised C. preparedD. presented
A. future B. modern C. realD. whole
A. extremely B. speciallyC. surprisinglyD. particularly
A. hardly B. forever C. everD. never
If you have a watch, don’t repair it! I know it __. Once I had a beautiful watch. And this watch __
perfect time. But one night it happened that I forgot to __
it up. The next morning I went to a watchmaker as I wanted my perfect watch to __
by the exact time. The watchmaker examined my watch and said: “The regulator(校准器) is to be pushed up __
your watch is four minutes __
.”
I tried to stop him, and tried to __him understand that my watch kept perfect time, but he did not listen to me and pushed the regulator.
My beautiful watch began to gain time. It __faster and faster day by day. By the end of the second month it __
all the clocks and watches of the town far behind.
What did I have to do? To take it to another watchmaker to be regulated. I expected him to regulate the watch immediately __he asked me to come in a week’s time. When at last I took my watch from him it began to __
down. And I began to be late for trains, business appointments and even missed my dinners.
Now I went to __watchmaker. While I waited for him to repair my poor watch, he __
it to pieces and said that he could finish this work __
three or four days. I could do nothing but __
. That time my watch went for half a day and then stopped.
So I kept __ my watch from one watchmaker to another for a considerable period of time.
And as a result of it the cleverest main in the world could not __ the time by my watch. The thing was getting __
. My watch had __
two hundred dollars originally but I paid for repairs more than two hundred. At last I decided to buy _
watch, which I did.
A.for reality B.for truthC.for certainD.for certainty
A.kept B.told C.observedD.struck
A.turn B.wind C.pick D.put
A.be turnedB.be taken C.be putD.be set
A.asB.as ifC.when D.if
A.fast B.slowly C.fasterD.slow
A.getB.persuade C.makeD.explain
A.gainedB.lost C.went D.won
A.had remained B.had leftC.had stayed D.had fallen
A.however B.andC.but D.therefore
A.go B.walkC.slow D.take
A.the thirdB.the secondC.the firstD.the forth
A.brokeB.took C.toreD.cut
A.afterB.beforeC.overD.in
A.to agree B.agreeC.agreeing D.agreed
A.takingB.bringing C.carryingD.fetching
A.recognizeB.tell C.know D.understand
A.seriouslyB.pleasant C.badly D.serious
A.spentB.took C.costD.paid
A.another B.the other C.oneD.one more