It was the night of the full moon, a time which always drives Java's young people mad with excitement．
Fireworks were lit long before the moon ．The big noise brought people out the warm night to enjoy the interesting scene. Everywhere, there were the paper remains of fireworks lying on the ground． Little boys more and covered their ears as they waited for the explosions．
The moon appeared above the horizon: huge, ball high above the city, and the filled with people, as Java began to enjoy one of the year' s greatest : 'the Night of the Full Moon' , a festival that is especially popular young people .
More and more young Javanese together and walked slowly through the _ _ Joking and chatting, they moved towards the mountain the city． They continued to climb they reached the old temple at the of the mountain
After they were the temple, they drank their water and ate their moon cakes – delicious home-made ones, 0f dried fruit and nuts． Outside, on the mountain, young people cross-legged in circles, chatting and telling each other jokes． And , in their hundreds, more young people continued to make their way up the mountain to the brightly shining moon
By midnight, the fireworks had stopped shooting up from the city in the valley below them． But during the night, the sound continued to be heard from the distance．
A．let out B．gave out C．came out D．set out
A．into B．at C．of D．from
A．burning B．used C．exploding D．broken
A．lit B．bought C．piled D．removed
A．patiently B．calmly C．worriedly D．excitedly
A．silver B．new C．colorful D．gold
A．mountains B．valleys C．streets D．shops
A．games B．meetings C．sports D．events
A．for B．to C．with D．in
A．danced B．gathered C．drank D．shouted
A．village B．scene C．ground D．night
A．on the edge of B．on the way to C．in the center of D．in the direction of
A．while B．until C．unless D．though
A．tip B．back C．top D．bottom
A．inside B．near C．off D．across
A．fond B．little C．full D．free
A．jumped B．sat C．stood D．bent
A．so B．even C．yet D．still
A．follow B．show C．notice D．admire
A．gray B．clean C．peaceful D．empty
Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist (打击乐器独奏演员）in spite of her disability.
"Early on I decided not to allow theof others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and beganpiano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion(酷爱）for music grew. But I also began to gradually lose my. Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was theand by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never（5）me. ”
“Mywas to become a percussion soloist ,even though there were none at that time. To per-form, Ito ‘ hear’music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and canthe pitch of a note(音调高低）by the vibrations(振动）I feel through my body and through myMy entire sound world exists by making use of almost every( 10) that I have.” “I wasto be assessed as a musician, not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student hadthis before and some teachers (13)my admission. Based on my performance, I wasadmitted and went on to(15)with the academy's highest honours . ”
"After that, I established myself as the first full-time solo percussionist. I(16) and arranged a lot of musical compositions sincehad been written specially for solo percussionists. ”
“I have been a soloist for over ten years. the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn'tthat my passion couldn't be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to beby others. Follow your passion； follow your heart. They will lead you to the place you want to go. ”
A. conditions B. opinions C. actionsD. recommendations
A. enjoyingB. choosing C. takingD. giving
A. sightB. hearingC. touchD. taste
A. evidence B. resultC. excuse D. cause
A. leftB. excited C. accompaniedD. disappointed
A. purposeB. decision C. promiseD. goal
A. turnedB. learnedC. usedD. ought
A. tellB. seeC. hearD. smell
A. carefulness B. movement C. imaginationD. experience
A. senseB. effortC. feeling D. idea
A. dissatisfied B. astonished C. determined D. discouraged
A. doneB. acceptedC. advised D. admitted
A. supported B. followed C. required D. opposed
A. usuallyB. finally C. possibly D. hopefully
A. studyB. researchC. graduateD. progress
A. wroteB. translated C. copiedD. read
A. enoughB. someC. manyD. few
A. HoweverB. Although C. WhenD. Since
A. meanB. seemC. concludeD. say
A. directed B. guidedC. taughtD. limited
Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist (打击乐器独奏演员）in spite of her disability.
"Early on I decided not to allow theof others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began
piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion(酷爱）for music grew. But I also began to gradually lose my
. Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the
and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never
me. ”
“Mywas to become a percussion soloist ,even though there were none at that time. To per-form, I
to ‘ hear’music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can
the pitch of a note(音调高低）by the vibrations(振动）I feel through my body and through my
My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every
that I have.” “I was
to be assessed as a musician, not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had
this before and some teachers
my admission. Based on my performance, I was
admitted and went on to
with the academy's highest honours . ”
"After that, I established myself as the first full-time solo percussionist. Iand arranged a lot of musical compositions since
had been written specially for solo percussionists. ”
“I have been a soloist for over ten years. the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn't
that my passion couldn't be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be
by others. Follow your passion； follow your heart. They will lead you to the place you want to go. ”
A. conditions B. opinions C. actionsD. recommendations
A. enjoying B. choosing C. takingD. giving
A. sight B. hearing C. touchD. taste
A. evidence B. result C. excuse D. cause
A. leftB. excited C. accompanied D. disappointed
A. purpose B. decision C. promiseD. goal
A. turned B. learned C. used D. ought
A. tell B. see C. hear D. smell
A. carefulness B. movement C. imaginationD. experience
A. sense B. effort C. feeling D. idea
A. dissatisfied B. astonished C. determined D. discouraged
A. done B. accepted C. advised D. admitted
A. supported B. followed C. required D. opposed
A. usually B. finally C. possibly D. hopefully
A. study B. research C. graduateD. progress
A. wrote B. translated C. copied D. read
A. enough B. some C. many D. few
A. However B. Although C. WhenD. Since
A. mean B. seem C. conclude D. say
A. directed B. guided C. taught D. limited
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. appreciatedD. admire
A. shouldB. would C. couldD. must
A. a funnyB. a pleasant C. an interesting D. an easy
A. usB. oneC. hisD. them
A. onB. by C. underD. with
A. walkingB. driving C. WanderingD. searching
A. resting B. tired C. speedingD. drunken
A. peace B. silenceC. situation D. condition
A. wait for B. call C. think ofD. expect
A. turn toB. avoidC. deal with D. treat
A. safetyB. families C. futureD. friends
A. although B. as ifC. howeverD. even if
A. get rid of B. questionC. kook forD. sentence
A. howB. whereC. what D. who
A. power failure B. fireC. thunder stormD. thief
A. Yet B. Then C. AsD. So
A. providedB. promised C. prepared D. presented
A. futureB. modernC. realD. whole
A. extremely B. specially C. surprisingly D. particularly
A. hardly B. forever C. ever D. never
My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other __ that guests rarely realize that she’s __ anything.
One day, my six-year-old daughter Kayla went to play at her home.. When Kayla came home, she was very __ about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was __ excited about her finger-painting project. “I learned how to __ colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle ____ with us. She said she liked the way the paint felt through her fingers,” said Kayla.
Something about my child’s excitement caught my __ , and I realized that I had never finger-painted with Kayla. As a result, my child had learned about __ from a blind friend.
I realized Kayla didn’t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never __ in conversation. When I told her, she didn’t __ me at first. “But Mommy, Michelle understood exactly what was in my __ !”Kayla insisted. “Michelle told me that my picture showed joy, __ and a sense of accomplishment. She really __ what I was doing!” Kayla said she had never felt how good finger-painting was __ Michelle taught her. I knew my child was __ --Michelle had listened to Kayla when she __ her artwork. Michelle had also __ Kayla express her pride in her work, and her excitement at her __ of the way colors mix.
We were __ for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Michelle really did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my __ .”
Yes, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.
A．ways B．methods C．talents D．senses
A．enjoyed B．succeeded C．missed D．found
A．satisfied B．moved C．excited D．enjoyed
A．hardly B．especially C．really D．mostly
A．mix B．draw C．find D．talk
A．cooked B．played C．stayed D．painted
A．sight B．attention C．interest D．observation
A．color B．art C．finger D．fun
A．come around B．come across C．come through D．come up
A．agree B．accept C．believe D．approve
A．attitude B．picture C．world D．life
A．regret B．sorrow C．pride D．achievement
A．heard B．saw C．touched D．felt
A．until B．after C．when D．since
A．right B．wrong C．confused D．clear
A．created B．described C．designed D．produced
A．heard B．seen C．made D．imagined
A．study B．research C．knowledge D．discovery
A．silent B．worried C．confused D．sad
A．hands B．eyes C．works D．feelings
I recently returned from a trip to Walt Disney World where my wife and I celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary. While traveling ____ at 35,000 feet I could not help but be grateful to the people who ____ to the incredible flying machine. Looking out of the ____ , I could see a wide expanse of both earth and sky where limits were not seen in direction or space.
Rivers, valleys, mountains, and colors entered my mind ____ I sat and gazed at a scene that most passengers missed as they either slept or ____ what was beside them. What if they ____ being unaware of the world around them? What if they began to gather with focused intent to make a better world, to change the air, and to find ____ among nations? I saw out of my window nothing that ____ conflict or strife(斗争). ____ I saw was a world, a beautiful blue and white world, which surpassed the beauty of my wildest ____.
I ____ the plane and saw few people take the time to look and see that wonder. Some were reading worrisome news while ____ tended to their children. The stewardess(空中小姐) went about her duties in a(n) ____ kind of way. “What would you like to drink?” “What kind of snack would you like?” was her world.
What if we ____ just one minute to focus on the __ of this world and its people? What if we began to remove the walls that separate us __ each other and the outside world? What if peace was the focus of our __ for just that small amount of time? Would our world change? I feel the __ are found in the questions themselves. Why not begin to use focused intent to change, and __ the world of our dreams? It will __ only a few minutes each day. What a difference that would make!
A．over B．back C．through D．abroad
A．referred B．pointed C．used D．contributed
A．door B．window C．seat D．glass
A．before B．since C．as D．though
A．ignored B．appreciated C．valued D．realised
A．refused B．continued C．stopped D．risked
A．conflict B．fault C．peace D．wonder
A．read B．suggested C．said D．created
A．How B．What C．Which D．That
A．imagination B．expression C．mind D．confusion
A．took up B．turned up C．went though D．looked around
A．another B．others C．the other D．the others
A．different B．automatic C．common D．unusual
A．set aside B．set off C．set about D．take off
A．kindness B．wildness C．beauty D．politeness
A．off B．between C．with D．from
A．desire B．thought C．attention D．dream
A．answers B．problems C．ways D．changes
A．increase B．improve C．renew D．control
A．cost B．spend C．kill D．take