A rich woman had a valuable and beautiful vase（花瓶）and she was very proud of it．She decided to paint her bedroom the same （1） as the vase．Several painters tried to mix the color right，but（2） of them could make the woman satisfied．
Finally， a painter named Peter said he could mix the right color． And he succeeded． The woman was（3） with the result and Peter became very famous．
Many years later，Peter retired（退休）and turned his （4） over to his son．"Dad，there's one thing I always want to know．（5） did you get those walls to match the vase so well？" "Easy， my son，" Peter answered， "I painted the vase!"
（1）A． shape |
B． size |
C． color |
（2）A． none |
B． both |
C． either |
（3）A． worried |
B． pleased |
C． interested |
（4）A． life |
B． energy |
C． business |
（5）A． When |
B． How |
C． Where |
He /'prɔmist/he would finish the work tonight．
Have you /pri'peəd/for your interview？
I never feel /bɔ：d/because I have a lot of hobbies．
Peter was /praud/of himself for winning the race．
阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题．
If your ears are working well， you hear sounds all the time． You can't switch（关掉） your ears off， even when you are asleep．
◆Listening
When you really want to listen to something， you tell brain to focus on that sound． If your ears are healthy and are both working well， they can turn down other sounds while you focus on what you want to hear． If one ear isn't working____________the other， they can't do this as well． If your hearing cells（细胞） have been damaged by too much loud noise or music， what you want to hear can get mixed up and lost in the other sounds around． With healthy ears you can choose what you want to listen to， but you can't choose what you hear．
◆Understanding
Your brain deal with the received sounds and tells you what they mean． Some people have problems understanding what they are hearing because their ears don't work well and they don't hear all the sounds． The brain does not get enough information to understand the messages or may be mixed up．
◆Selective（选择的） hearing
Lots of mums and dads think that kids have this "problem"． They think that you select what you are going to hear and what you can't heart！Many mums say that dads do this， too． In fact， this is something we may all do to try and make our lives a bit easier． Some children wrote what they liked to hear and what they didn't like to hear．
（1）What is the passage mainly about？（Please answer within 10 words．）
（2）Please fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words of phrases to complete the sentence．（Please anser within 3 words．）
（3）What does your brain do when you are listening？
（4）Which of the suggestions do you think is the most important for you？Why？
（Please answer within 25 words．）
（5）Translate the underlined sentence in the second paragraph into Chinese． ．