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江苏省南通市某校2024-2025学年七年级上学期暑期学生生活调查英语试题
A poor farmer had a friend. He was famous (有名的) for the wonderful apple trees he grew.
One day, his friend gave the farmer a young apple tree and told him to plant it. The farmer was happy with the gift, but he did not know where to plant it.
He was afraid that if he planted the tree near the road, someone would steal (偷) the fruit. If he planted he tree in one of his fields, his neighbours (邻居) would come at night and steal some of the apples. If he planted the tree near his house, his children would take the fruit. At last, he planted the tree in his wood. But without sunlight and good soil (土壤), the tree died.
Later the friend asked the farmer why he planted the tree in such a poor place. "What is the difference?" the farmer said angrily and then told what he had thought.
"Yes," said the friend, "but at least someone could have enjoyed the fruit. Now no one can enjoy the fruit. And the apple tree is dead.
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Peng Jingxuan, a 29-year-old Chinese girl, is now studying in a music university in Paris. Peng began to study the guzheng when she was 7 years old. In 2017, she went to France to study music. She was {#blank#}1{#/blank#} to find that very few people in France knew about the guzheng. "I wanted to make this instrument known to more people, "Peng said. She made her {#blank#}2{#/blank#} performance in front of a theater in October, 2018. Later, she {#blank#}3{#/blank#} on French streets, wearing a silk Han Dynasty-style dress and playing the guzheng to passers-by. The more Peng played on the streets, the{#blank#}4{#/blank#} pride she felt in sharing Chinese music and culture.
The videos of Peng playing the guzheng in Paris spread {#blank#}5{#/blank#} and got many likes. They made Peng a very popular guzheng artist. She has {#blank#}6{#/blank#} of fans on the Internet now. "That's just amazing! I {#blank#}7{#/blank#} this kind of music in Chinese films before. But the pieces Peng plays fill my soul with energy. "A foreign fan commented.
More and more people become {#blank#}8{#/blank#} in the guzheng after watching Peng's performances. "People come to me and praise me for the beauty of the instrument and the music. Every time they ask me which country the guzheng comes from, I am very happy to tell them it's from China. "Peng feels she has more responsibility {#blank#}9{#/blank#} traditional culture. "Music has no borders(边界). I hope more people around the world {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the chance to experience the beauty of guzheng, and Chinese music. I also hope to play a bigger role in making Chinese music known by the world, "Peng said.
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