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My heart beat with that feeling, like blood to my body as my fingers flew across the piano keys． As the piece neared the end, I up to take my final bow． For a second, the room was ．Yet, even in that one second, I had enough time to whether I had done perfectly． Then, , the applause (掌声) came.
“Thank you… so much,” I said, to the person standing on my other side． Olga, my piano teacher for six years, smiled back at me．“You’ve been an student all these years,” she said, “I hope that whatever you do, you never stop .”
I leaned forward, I would keep playing because I loved piano, and hugged her.
As it , the promises weren’t as meaningful as I’d hoped． Right after the , I kept up my strict practicing schedule every day． , it began slipping away from me． The reason I had stopped taking was because of my busy schedule with homework． Not long after, I stopped practicing altogether． It was not to have to stress about piano anymore． But something was inside of me． I was empty inside.
One day I met Michelle, who had also taken piano lessons from Olga.
“Are you taking lessons from Olga?” she asked.
“Actually I just quit a while ago,” I replied.
“That’s a ,” she responded, “I remember your performance a year ago; it was .”
Two days after talking to Michelle, I was at a what to do．I moved slowly into the living room unconsciously, but in fact I knew what I was doing.
As the music , a familiar feeling rose inside me.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的
最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Last night I wrote an article for the school newspaper that described how I feel right now in honest terms．I emailed it to our wonderful ，and after she it, she asked a very good question：“Do you want the school body，including our senior class and the teaching to read this?”
That question pretty much my thoughts．I’m not a very person；I tend to let only a few friends know what’s going on in my life．I suppose that’s my personality says the opposite to itself, because I’m also an honest person ．
Being honest is ．It involves taking risks-huge risks-and putting on the edge． to someone can be the hardest thing for you in the world and either lead to the hurt of feeling or friendships．During the course of my life，I've experienced ．
In positive ways，being honest can be a ．Pretending is not only difficult， it’s very tiring．Last year， I discovered that I could be open with two people whom I was already good friends with，the load on my shoulders felt much ．Telling someone your feelings is scary；trusting someone your heart and soul is hard．Of course，putting one’s feelings into for the general population to read is also rather frightening．
A．editor B．coach C．e-pal D．supervisor
A．deleted B．read C．forwarded D．reserved
A．entire B．junior C．main D．key
A．member B．clerk C．staff D．fellow
A．agreed B．controlled C．supported D．matched
A．easygoing B．shy C．optimistic D．open
A．exactly B．rarely C．roughly D．usually
A．how B．what C．where D．When
A．exciting B．simple C．boring D．difficult
A．everybody B．yourself C．somebody D．myself
A．Showing off B．Opening up C．Getting down D．Looking up
A．unreliable B．weaker C．permanent D．stronger
A．either B．neither C．both D．nothing
A．burden B．dream C．goal D．release
A．but B．while C．also D．meanwhile
A．in which B．when C．during which D．which
A．heavier B．unpredictable C．1ighter D．unbearable
A．miserable B．secret C．strong D．joyful
A．by B．via C．with D．beyond
A．reality B．use C．practice D．print
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My father was a self-taught mandolin player. He was one of the best string players in our town. He could not read music, but if he heard a a few times, he could play it.
Occasionally, Dad get out his mandolin and play for the family. We three children would often sing along.
Dad loved to play the mandolin for his family. He knew we enjoyed singing and hearing him play. He was like that. If he could give pleasure to others, he would, his family. He was always there, his time and efforts to see that his family had enough in their life. I had to into a man and have children of my own I realized how much he had sacrificed.
I joined the United States Air Force in January of 1962. Whenever I came home leave, I would ask Dad to play the mandolin. Nobody played the mandolin like my father. He could your soul with the tones that came out of that old mandolin. He seemed to when he was playing. You could see his in his ability to play so well for his family.
In August of 1993 my father was with inoperable lung cancer. He chose not to receive chemotherapy treatments so that he could live out the rest of his life in . About a week before his death, we asked Dad if he would play the mandolin for us. He but said "okay”. He knew it would probably be the last time he would play for us. He tuned up the old mandolin and played a few notes. When I looked around, there was not a eye in the family. We saw before us a quiet humble man with a (n) strength that comes from knowing God, and with him in one's life. Dad would never play the mandolin for us again. We felt at the time that he wouldn't have enough strength to play, and that makes the of that day even stronger. Dad was doing he had done all his life, giving. Sick he was, he was still pleasing others. Dad sure could play that Mandolin!
A．performance B．instrument C．tool D．tube
A．music B．note C．tune D．rhythm
A．might B．would C．could D．should
A．eventually B．especially C．specifically D．occasionally
A．spending B．contributing C．sacrificing D．wasting
A．change B．get C．bring D．mature
A．until B．after C．before D．while
A．off B．for C．at D．on
A．touch B．knock C．hit D．grasp
A．fade B．wake C．improve D．shine
A．pride B．appreciation C．gratitude D．satisfaction
A．suspected B．confirmed C．labeled D．diagnosed
A．comfort B．relief C．dignity D．peace
A．sprang B．rose C．decided D．hesitated
A．dry B．bright C．wet D．gloomy
A．outer B．inner C．outside D．inside
A．working B．contacting C．living D．communicating
A．memory B．impression C．phenomenon D．reminder
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
A．although B．as C．when D．while
When hard times came, the depression settled over my soul. The park bench was __ __ as I sat down to read beneath an old willow tree. A young boy out of breath__ __ me, all tired from play. He stood right before me with his head tilted (倾斜的) down, saying in great ____ ____， “Look what I found！”
In his hand was a flower, and what a ___ ___ sight, with its petals (花瓣) all worn — not enough rain, or too little light. __ ___ him to take his flower and go off to play, I ____ ___ a small smile and then shifted away. But instead of ____ ___, he sat next to my ___ ____ and placed the flower to his nose and declared with surprise, “It surely smells pretty and it's beautiful, too. That's why I __ ____ it; here, it's for you.”
The flower before me was dying or dead. But I knew I must____ ____ it, or he might never leave. So I reached for the flower, and ____ ____，“Just what I need.” But instead of placing the flower in my hand, he ___ ____ it midair without reason. It was then that I ____ ____ for the very first time the boy was ____ ___.
I heard my voice shake, tears shone like the sun ____ ____ I thanked him for picking the very best one. He smiled, and then ran off to play, __ ___ of the effect he'd had on my day.
I sat there and ____ ____ how he managed to see a self-pitying woman beneath an old willow tree. How did he know of my____ ____？Perhaps from his heart, he'd been blessed with true ___ ____.
Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see, the problem was not connected with the world; the problem was me. And for all of those times I myself had been blind, I vowed (发誓) to see __ __, and appreciate every second that's mine.
A．faded B．unoccupied C． worn D． untidy
A．overlooked B．approached C． understood D． stopped
A．excitement B．sorrow C． trouble D． panic
A．unique B．rough C． bothering D． pitiful
A．Expecting B．Demanding C． Persuading D． Inviting
A．played B．adjusted C． forced D． delivered
A．declining B．accepting C． refusing D． quitting
A．side B．way C． shoulder D． direction
A．spotted B．pulled C． sold D． picked
A．bring B．fetch C． take D． smell
A．shouted B．whispered C． listened D． replied
A．seized B．held C． caught D． grasped
A．convinced B．explored C． noticed D． refused
A．strange B．blind C．deaf D． unimaginable
A．once B．after C． as D． since
A．unaware B． ashamed C． regretful D． regardless
A．doubted B．felt C． found D． wondered
A．embarrassment B．adventure C．discouragement D．effort
A．sense B．sight C． hearing D． ability
A．beauty B．comfort C． fantasy D．love
In my class, there was a really weak-looking guy. I don’t know if his name was Vit or Wit. I will him as Wit in this story of mine. He was a pale, thin guy. Not only his build looked weak, the way he was also weak. He walked slowly but he tried to stay off of everyone’s way. The friends in my class, Jean and Ingrid, would him. Truth to be told, I them as well. We did things like taking his stuff, like his pens and pencils, and them somewhere in the school.
Wit was also really of insects, even butterfly. Jean, Ingrid, and I often put beetle on his clothes and he would run around, trying to it off. There were many beetles in the school so that was the insect we used to scare him with. Other insects such as butterfly were hard to so we pretty much gave up on it. We would often take the when Wit was off-guard and put the insects on him. it was on him, he would run around or jump about. He was too scared to it and pull it off.
Suddenly one day, we were by the school. When I walked into the room, Wit’s mother, as well as Ingrid’s mother, Jean’s father, and mine were in the room silently. Wit’s mother said that Wit went home and the sandbag shouting “Jean!!! Ingrid!!! Archer!!!” every day. I wanted to laugh but didn’t with all the she was putting on us .She asked many things, including things I had no idea about such as “Who put Wit’s bag in the girl toilet?” Apparently, it was Jean who did it. Jean seemed to have bullied Wit quite a lot and got quite a(n) from Wit’s and her own mother.
I think it should have been quite guilty for to see us scolded by the parents. However , we decided to stop bullying Wit and be friendly to him.
A．briefly B．abruptly C．actually D．constantly
A．think of B．focus on C．laugh at D．refer to
A．acted B．operated C．attacked D．responded
A．get close to B．look up to C．get tired of D．make fun of
A．betrayed B．joined C．teased D．rejected
A．hid B．distributed C．threw D．preserved
A．fond B．scared C．cautious D．ashamed
A．see B．set C．shake D．take
A．only B．acute C．main D．rare
A．find B．recognize C．raise D．capture
A．chance B．risk C．trouble D．order
A．While B．Though C．Once D．Unless
A．attach B．touch C．sniff D．defend
A．picked out B．called in C．spied on D．kicked off
A．staring B．sighing C．sitting D．weeping
A．carried B．threw C．filled D．hit
A．nearly B．hardly C．merely D．approximately
A．burden B．pressure C．duty D．doubt
A．forgiving B．understanding C．praising D．scolding
A．Ingrid B．Jean C．Wit D．Mother
I am a mother of three and have recently completed my college degree. My teacher’s last _ of the term was called “ Smile”. I am a very friendly person and always _ at everyone. So I thought this would be very __ .
Soon after we were given the project, my _ went out to McDonald’s. We were waiting to be served, when all of a sudden everyone around us began to move away, and even my husband did. There standing behind me were two homeless men_ .
As I looked down at the short gentleman with_ eyes, he said, “Good day.” The second man stood behind his friend. I _ the second man was mentally challenged (智障) and the blue-eyed gentleman was his helper.
The young __ at the counter asked him what they wanted. He said, “Coffee is all, Miss.” Because that was all they could _ .I smiled and asked the young lady to give me two more breakfast meals on a separate tray (托盘). I then said to the men, “ I did not do this for you. God is here whispering me to give you hope.” When I joined my husband, he smiled at me, saying, “That is __ God gave you to me, Honey, to give me hope.”
I returned to _ with this story in hand. I_ “my project” and the teacher read it. Then she looked up at me and said, “Can I _ this with the class?”
I slowly _ and she began to read and that was when I knew that we, as human beings, share this to help people and to be helped. In my own way I had _ the people at McDonald’s, my husband, sons, teacher, and every person that shared the classroom on the last night I spent as a college student.
A．question B．project C．class D．expression
A．smile B．laugh C．look D．stare
A．difficult B．funny C．important D．easy
A．teacher B．classmates C．family D．children
A．in surprise B．in silence C．in rags D．in fear
A．tearful B．blue C．closed D．black
A．realized B．accepted C．permitted D．admitted
A．helper B．gentleman C．lady D．friend
A．drink B．want C．take D．afford
A．how B．when C．where D．why
A．college B．home C．church D．McDonald’s
A．put up B．handed out C．handed in D．put away
A．publish B．share C．copy D．keep
A．turned B．left C．shook D．nodded
A．touched B．knew C．forgot D．Recognized