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河南省洛阳市洛宁县2018-2019学年七年级下学期英语期末考试试卷
Cindy comes from England. Her father works in a hospital and her mother teaches dance. When she was two, her parents bought her a small violin(小提琴). Cindy's sister Virginia was sixteen at that time. She played the piano. After Cindy heard Virginia play something, she played it on her violin. Her great talent surprised (使震惊)her family. From the age of four, she played at a lot of concert(音乐会)in England and America.
Many teachers wanted to give Cindy lessons but when she was seven she met Mu Miller. She was sure(确信) from the beginning that he was the right teacher for her. Each year Cindy flies hundreds of kilometers to get to his classes.
Cindy was only fourteen when she made her first CD, but she says she is just like other children. "I have lots of friends and I love music. I want to be a violinist (小提琴手), but I also make sure I have time for other things."
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In a small village in Sichuan, 19-year-old Yin Qiuhua, a girl with Down syndrome(唐氏综合征), has an amazing skill—Sichuan opera face-changing.
Yin faced many challenges because of Down syndrome. With her 61. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} help, Yin learned how to take care of herself. She started with small tasks such as dressing, washing her face and brushing. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} teeth.
Yin's journey to face-changing performance {#blank#}3{#/blank#} with a chance opportunity. Once Yin took part in a local Sichuan opera performance training. The troupe master discovered that Yin had more passion(激情)for Sichuan opera and a {#blank#}4{#/blank#} understanding of face-changing than many people. So he began to {#blank#}5{#/blank#} teach Yin the art of face-changing and Yin showed an amazing learning ability.
The process of learning face-changing {#blank#}6{#/blank#} hard, but Yin never gave up. She woke up early every day to {#blank#}7{#/blank#} and practice every step of face-changing. Her efforts paid off and within a few {#blank#}8{#/blank#}, she was already able to skillfully transform several different facial masks(面具).
Yin's first stage performance was a big success. Her skilled movements and rich expressions were as {#blank#}9{#/blank#} as those of Sichuan opera actors. Yin has proven with her actions that in the face of difficulty, as long as there is passion and perseverance(毅力), one can always {#blank#}10{#/blank#} his own piece of sky.
A top fishing award Lucy Moore, a 12-year-old girl from Maryland, is the first girl and youngest person to get the Master Angler Milestone Award (奖). The award is for those who catch 10 different "trophy-size" (super big) fish. Moore began fishing at the age of two. She caught her 10th different fish which is big enough in May. Moore said she was "filled with joy" about the prize. A new way of studying sounds Scientists have found a new way for people to learn about animal sounds. Using technology (技术) that was made for studies of brain waves (脑电波) at the first place, they are able to study the sounds of elephants, whales, cassowaries, and crocodiles. It is helping us know Elephants more about animals' calls and the effect (影响) of noise to their health. ____ Meet Apollo, a 4-year-old parrot, as clever as a young child, broke a Guinness World Record (吉尼斯世界纪 录) by naming 12 things in three minutes, such as a book and a pen. Apollo lives in Florida with his owners, who are training him to be "the smartest parrot". When not showing off his skills, he enjoys relaxing in the sun, playing with toys and eating nuts. |
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