Lang Lang is a world-class young pianist who grew up in Shenyang. He went to a piano school in Beijing when he was just eight, "You need fortune(運氣)，" his father said. "But      you work hard, no fortune will come."

    What made him       was that his piano teacher in Beijing didn't like him. "You have no talent(天賦).You will never be a pianist." As an eight-year-old boy, Lang Lang was badly       . He decided that he didn't want to be a pianist any more. For the next two weeks, he didn't touch the piano. Wisely(明智的)his father didn't      ,but wait.

    Luckily the day came when his teacher asked him to play some holiday songs. He didn't want to, but as he placed his fingers on the piano keys, he        he could show other people that he had ability to do it well. That day he told his father that he wanted to      with a new teacher. From that point on, everything turned around.

    He started         competitions. In the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition when it was announced that Lang Lang had won, he was too        to hold back his tears. Soon it was clear that he couldn't stay in China forever-he had to play on the world's big stages. In 1997 Lang Lang       again, this time to Philadelphia, US. There he spent two years practicing and by 1999 he had worked hard enough for fortune to take over．After his      performance at Chicago's Raviniu Festival, gigs（演奏會）in Lincoln Center and Camegie Hall started pouring in. Lang Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots(找到)him, and lets him shine.

1.A. if         B.unless          C. when         D.since

2.A. energetic   B.happy          C. lucky         D.sad

3.A.hurt       B. ill             C. broken        D.scared

4.A.hear       B. push           C. eat           D.sleep

5.A.realized    B. explained       C.forgot         D.noticed

6.A. argur      B.dance          C. study         D.interview

7.A. winning   B. beating         C. watching      D.refusing

8.A. annoyed   B.mad            C. tired         D.excited

9.A.started     B. left            C. moved        D.performed

10.A.helpful    B.meaningful      C. successful     D.useful

We haven't seen each other ________ two years ago.

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A young man was getting ready to finish school．For a long time he had looked forward to getting a beautiful sports car．He knew his father could well afford it, so he told him that was all he wanted．

    Then on the morning of his graduation（畢業）, his father called him into his private study．His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him．He handed his son a beautiful gift box．Surprised, the young man opened the box and found a lovely Bible（圣經） with his name on it．Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, “With all your money you give me a Bible?” He then rushed out of the house, leaving the Bible．

    Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business．He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him．He had not seen him since that graduation day．Before he could make arrangements（安排）, he received a phone telling him his father had passed away． He had to come home immediately and take care of the things that his father left his father left him．

    When he began to search through his father’s important papers, he saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago．He opened the Bible and began to turn the pages．As he was reading , a car key with a tag（標牌） dropped from the back of the Bible．On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words…”PAID IN FULL”．Sadness and regret filled his heart．

1． The underlined word “that” in Paragraph Ⅰ, means_______．

   A． a car                B． a box                 C． a Bible              D． a phone

2． The young man was angry on the morning of his graduation because ________．

   A． his father couldn’t afford a car       B． he had to stay in his study

C． he thought he only got a Bible         D． his father spent all the money

3． Which of the following isn’t mentioned in the third paragraph?

   A． The young man succeeded in his business．

B． The young man lived with his father all the time．

C． The young man decided to see his father．

D． The young man set up his own family．

4． It can be seen from the passage that the young man ________．

   A． came to know the truth at last           B． had to pay for the car himself

C． became interested in the Bible             D． got angry with his father again

Ron loved basketball. One afternoon on his way to a basketball game, he was walking and dreaming about playing college basketball the following year. As Ron was walking to the game, a car hit him so hard that he was thrown three feet into the air.
Ron woke up in a hospital room. When he learned that both his legs were broken, he realized his college basketball dreams were over. Ron did what the doctors told him, but his progress was slow. When he left the hospital, Ron was sent to a health center for physical treatment.
A week after he arrived there, he met Sunny. Sunny was a coach．His legs were hurt  paralysed(癱瘓的) from a skiing accident. Even though he couldn’t move his legs, Sunny coached of a basketball team called the Suns. Everybody on the team played from a wheelchair. Sunny invited Tony to join the game. Tony played badly, but for the first time since the accident, he stopped feeling sorry for himself．
After becoming a part of the Suns, Ron improved quickly. Basketball was like   medicine for him. And whenever Ron became depressed or angry, Sunny was there to encourage and help him. The day before Ron left the center, he had dinner with Sunny. He asked Sunny how he managed to be generous and cheerful, even with his paralysis.
Sunny smiled and said, “It’s really quite easy. When you keep your face to the sun, the shadows(陰影) fall behind.”

1. 1.

   What happened to Ron on his way to a basketball game?

   1. A.
      A car hit him
   2. B.
      He met his coach
   3. C.
      His doctor called him
   4. D.
      He fell down and cut his foot
2. 2.

   The underlined word “depressed” means ___ in Chinese

   1. A.
      懶惰的
   2. B.
      好奇的
   3. C.
      沮喪的
   4. D.
      激動的
3. 3.

   What is the most important thing we can learn from the story?

   1. A.
      Basketball can teach people about life
   2. B.
      Keep smiling when you face difficulties
   3. C.
      Life is more difficult for the paralysed
   4. D.
      Skiing is more dangerous than basketball

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　　It is very difficult for a young person to decide what he will 1 . Some people know that they 2 doctors, teachers or workers when they are 3 six years old. But 4 of us will have no 5 about an occupation 6 someone or something makes us 7 the problem.

　　Choosing an occupation 8 time, and you have to 9 a lot of things 10 you try to decide what you would like to do. You may find that you will have to 11 special lessons for 12 work, or 13 you will 14 to get some experience and knowledge for a job.

　　Fortunately, you can ask a lot of people 15 advice and help when you are doing 16 . At most schools, there are teachers to give you 17 on jobs. And you can talk 18 your ideas with family members and friends. It is 19 to make the decision yourself 20 other people can help you with it.

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