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河北省沧州市第十五中学2019-2020八年级下学期英语第三阶段测试卷
ColinBoyle was born in 1973 near Dublin, Ireland. While he was ill in hospital atage 10, his uncle gave him an old violin. He loved it right away. After he leftthe hospital, he practiced at his school every day after class.
Oneday in 1987, John Leaf, the manager (经纪人)of several successful musicians, came to Colin's school. He was having ameeting with the headmaster when he heard Colin practicing. After the meeting,he found Colin and invited him to appear in one of the concerts he wasorganizing that year. Colin, however, refused Leaf ‘s invitation because justthen he was preparing for some important school exams. Years later, Colin madeit to college to study engineering. At college he met Kim O'Malley, who wasstudying chemistry (化学). Kim was also good at music.Being students, they didn't have much money and they usually worked in arestaurant on weekends.
Oneevening in April 1992, while Colin and Kim were at work, they heard that therewould be no live (现场演出的) music in therestaurant that night because the singer could not come. Colin and Kimpersuadedthe owner of the restaurant to let them play. Everyone was shocked to hear howgood they were. After that, they worked hard together and improved greatly inmusic.
Club News(新闻) — Hillside School | |
Club 1- - Steel Pan Band Do you like music? Come and join the Steel Pan Band. We meet on Thursdays after lunch in the music room. Everyone is welcome. | |
Club 2--Baseball Cluh We meet after school on Mondays on the playground (操场). Please wear(穿) sports clothes and sports shoes. | |
Club 3--Ping-pong Club We meet on Fridays after lunch in the sports room. Please come here with your ping-pong bats. We have lots of ping-pong balls. | |
Club 4--Cookery Club Find out about food and make fine dinners for your friends. Come to the school kitchen(厨房) after school on Wednesdays! | |
Club 5-Art Club Do you like drawing? Come to Classroom 7A after school on Tuesdays. Bring(带来) a box of colored pencils and a notebook, please. | |
Club 6-Chess Club Can you play chess? We meet on Mondays after lunch in Classroom3E. Here you can also find some books about chess. |
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