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浙江省宁波市鄞州区2019届初中英语学业水平模拟考试试卷
Have you ever wanted to have a doll that could talk to you? In the book The Ventriloquist's Daughter, a girl named Liur gets a doll like this. But it doesn't turn out to be as fun as she thought
Lin Man-Chiu, an author from Taiwan, wrote the book. British translator Helen Wang translated it into English. The book tells a touching story about Liur and her father.
Liur loses her mother at a young age. Her grandfather sends her father to a medical school in the US. Five years later, he comes back with a doll named Carola, as he once promised he would. This doll is quite unusual—it can talk! However, Carola makes a lot of problems for the family.
After reading this book, I thought Liur and her father were just unlucky. In fact, this story is based on the author's own unhappy childhood. She had six sisters. Still, her grandfather wanted a grandson. Her father was under heavy pressure and didn't live with her and her sisters for a very long time. The author didn't like her father when she was young. But now she has forgiven him. The talking doll Carola stands for her father's burden (负担).
After I learned this, I understood the author's main message. Everyone has demons (心魔)in their lives, but we should do our best to beat them.
Steve, a twelve-year-old boy, lives in a small town. He has a round face. He isn't tall or short. He is kind of thin.
When Steve was one month old, his mom found he couldn't see anything. She took him to many hospitals, but it didn't help Steve much. After that, Steve's mom always told him what things around him were like. With his mom's help, Steve knew everything around him slowly.
It's not far from his home to school. It only takes him about ten minutes to walk to school. He likes all the subjects and studies hard. His teachers and classmates always help him. He doesn't go home for lunch. His mother always cooks his favorite food and takes it to school.
Steve likes playing the piano and he started to learn it two years ago. Now he is in a music club and he can play many songs. Every day, Steve plays the piano for his mom after school. He wants to be a great musician and play the piano for more people. "I know it is difficult for me to be a musician, but I will work hard for it. It will come true some day," said Steve.
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Problem | He couldn't see anything, so his mother had to {#blank#}2{#/blank#} things to him. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hobby | He likes playing the piano and he plays it for his mom every day. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ted | He was late for class. | He {#blank#}1{#/blank#} up late and missed the only bus to school. |
Mary | She has had Tony's book for {#blank#}2{#/blank#} months and forgotten to return it. | She left it at her grandpa's house during the vacation. |
Sandy | She failed her {#blank#}3{#/blank#} test. | She missed some {#blank#}4{#/blank#} |
Jake | When he {#blank#}5{#/blank#} to school, he fell on his left arm and left leg. | A car got in the way and he nearly hit it. |
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