On my eighth birthday, Dad bought me an accordion(手风琴） and said excitedly, &quot;Once you learn to play, it&#039;ll ...

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    On my eighth birthday, Dad bought me an accordion(手风琴） and said excitedly, "Once you learn to play, it'll stay with you for life." But I didn't want to play it. I just wanted to play games, But Dad asked me to take accordion lessons.
    One day, I found a box in a corner. When I opened it, I saw a beautiful violin. "It was your father's," Mum said. "His parents bought it for him. I guess he got too busy on the farm to learn to play it."
    I had to practice half an hour every day, and every day I tried to get out of it. But Dad didn't allow. I asked why. He answered, "Because you can bring people joy. You can touch their hearts." He added softly, "Someday you'll have the chance I never had: you'll play beautiful music for your family. And you'll understand why you've worked so hard." I was speechless.
    The lessons stopped after I finished high school. When I grew up, I got married and moved into a new house. I put the accordion in the attic（阁楼）.
    One afternoon, my two children found the accordion by accident (偶然). They got very excited. "Play it. Play it," they laughed and said. I started to play some simple songs. I was surprised I could still remember them. Soon the kids were dancing. Even my wife was laughing and clapping to the beat.
    At that moment, my father's words came back to me, "Someday you'll have the chance I never had. And you'll understand." I finally knew why Dad had asked me to practice hard. Dad never learnt to play his violin. But I told my family, "This is my father's music."

（1）、My father didn't learn to play his violin when he was young because _______.

A、he didn't like to play the violin B、he had to support his family C、he wanted to play games D、he didn't keep on practicing

（2）、How might the writer feel when he had to practice playing the accordion?

A、Delighted. B、Excited. C、Bored. D、Relaxed.

（3）、"Dad didn't allow" means "_______".

A、Dad didn't agree with me. B、Dad didn't keep me doing it. C、Dad didn't help me do it. D、Dad didn't see me do it.

（4）、What were the writer's children doing when he started to play simple songs?

A、Singing B、Dancing C、Clapping to the beat D、Screaming

（5）、Dad asked me to learn to play the accordion so that _______.

A、I could go to a better school B、I could give myself much joy C、I could be a useful man D、I could make people happy

举一反三

Miss Evans taught physics in a London school. Last month she was explaining to her class about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her work. She said to them, Now, I have a sister in Washington. If I was calling her on the telephone, and at the same time you were 20 meters away and listened to me from the other side of the street, who could hear what I said earlier, my sister or you? And why?
The cleverest boy at once answered, “Your sister, Miss Evans, because electricity (电)travels faster than sound waves(波).” That's very good, Miss Evans answered, but then one of the girls put up her hand, and Miss Evans said, Yes, Betty?
“I don't think so. Betty said, Your sister would hear you earlier because when it's eleven o'clock here, it's only six o'clock in Washington.”

    A lot of boys and girls in western（西方的）countries are wearing the same kind of clothes, and many of them have long hair, so it is often difficult to tell whether（是否）they are boys or girls.
    One day, an old man went for a walk in a park in Washington, and when he was tired, he sat down in a chair. A young person was standing on the other side of the pool.
    "Oh!”"the old man said to the person sitting be side him on the chair. "Do you see that person with the glasses and long hair? Is it a boy or a girl?" "A girl." said the neighbor（隔壁的人）. "She is my daughter." "Oh!" the old man said quickly. "Please forgive me, I did not know that you were her mother." "I'm not." Said the other person, "I'm her father."

In 1638, John Harvard donated some money and about four hundred books to a new university. This was the beginning of the library at Harvard University. The gift was so important that the university was named for John Harvard.
Thomas Bray began the first free lending library in the late 1600s. He set up more than 30 or these libraries in the American colonies. However, the idea for this kind of free library ended when Bray died in 1730. In 1731, Benjamin Franklin and some friends started the first subscription（订阅费） library in the United States. In a subscription library people pay money to become members, but they may borrow the books without paying again.
In the United States, every child had a free education. This idea soon led to free libraries. One of the first libraries that used tax money to buy books was a library in Peterborough, New Hampshire. This library was set up in 1833.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
B
   A young man and an old man were waiting for a train at a station. They sat next to each other.
    "What's in your bag?” as ked the young man. “Gold,” answered the old man,“nothing but gold."
   The young man could hardly believe his ears. “What?” he said to himself in surprise. Then he began to think how to get the gold from the old man.
   The old man looked tired and sleepy and it seemed that he could hardly keep his eyes open. So the old man lay down and before long he fell asleep.
  The young man ran away with the old man's bag as quickly as he could. Then he stopped and quickly opened the bag. There was nothing but a lot of small stones in the bag!

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

An old man was going home late one night with his horse and cart after a day's hard work. When he was not far away from his house, the light on the cart went out. He tried but could not repair it. He was near his home, and so he went along the road without a light. When a policeman saw this, he stopped the old man.

"Where is your light?" asked the policeman. "No man may take a cart along the road at night without a light. You know that. You have broken the law." "I had a light, but it has just gone out," said the old man.

"I don't believe that story. What's your name and where do you live?" asked the policeman. "Please don't write down my name," said the old man. "My home is just there. You can see it from here. I had a light nearly the whole way."

"You came all the way without a light. What's your name?"

The old man quickly took the policeman's hand and put it down on the top of the light. The light was still hot and burnt the policeman's hand. The policeman jumped and he was very angry. "Now, what do you think?" said the old man. "Did I come all the way without a light?"

完形填空

A few years ago, I had a wonderful Christmas experience that finally changed how I celebrated the festival. Now I've decided to 1 it with all of you.

Before that Christmas, I was running around like a crazy person to get 2 ready. One day I took my three little kids to the market to buy the last things for the next day. After walking and shopping for a long time, I was terribly 3 and kept thinking to myself, "What is the true 4 of Christmas?"

When I was walking towards the exit(出口) after I finished 5 , I noticed an old man sitting on the bench 6 an envelope in his hand. He handed something to a well-dressed, 7 man and said, "Merry Christmas!" It was a $20 bill. The young man was in great 8 and asked, "Are you serious?""Yes. Merry Christmas, " he replied. So the young man got the money and left 9 .

"What's he doing?"I was more puzzled(困惑的) 10 I saw him giving more bills to some other shoppers. Just then he 11 and walked over to me. Then he pulled a $50 bill out of his envelope and handed it to me, saying "Merry Christmas!"

My face turned 12 and said, "Sir, I don't need fifty dollars. ""Well, then, " he smiled and said, "find someone who does. Merry Christmas!" And he left 13 . What a kind man he was and how many people he helped out that day! All of a sudden, for the 14 time I felt the real Christmas spirit. And I decided I'd spread his spirit and find someone who 15 that $50. From then on, I was used to teaching my kids about love and kindness and letting them feel the spirit of Christmas. Merry Christmas, everyone!

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