Fans often only see the good fame(名聲)of famous people. They see the happy smiles and great success of
famous people. But usually they cannot see the hard work or the hours of practice behind the great success.
     Li Yundi, a great Chinese piano talent, talked with teens about his art and his job."Of course, the job is hard
work. You need to work hard to be professional. And you also have to play hundreds of concerts, meet fans,
and listen to critics(評論家)."
     In 2000, when Li Yundi was 18, he won the top prize at the Chopin International Piano Competition in
Poland. Li was the youngest and the first Chinese to win the prize. Born in Chongqing, Li began to play the
piano when he was seven. His parents spent all their money and bought a piano for him-a luxury (奢侈品) in
the 1980s in China. He worked hard. Every day, he played for eight hours or more at a piano school. He often
played even after school. Li still can't play a beautiful tune without careful preparation (準(zhǔn)備). "You need to be
ready (有準(zhǔn)備的) on stage (舞臺)," Li said."People are waiting for you. Nobody knows whether (是否) you
have slept enough, whether you have some problems in your life. But you need to play great music for your
audience(聽眾).That's what they want to hear."

1. People often see ________ of the famous people.

 A. happy smiles
B. big success
C. hard work
D. both A and B

2.  Li Yundi began to learn to play the piano in ________.

A. 1980
B. 1982
C. 1989
D. 1993

3. How did Li practice playing the piano when he was a child?

A. He played the piano at a piano school every day.
B. He went to Poland to learn to play the piano.
C. He learned to play the piano by himself.
D. His parents taught him to play the piano.

4. Why could he win first prize in Poland?

A. Because he was a piano talent and he played very well.
B. Because he was the youngest pianist.
C. Because he often played after school.
D. Because he was from China.

5. The underlined word "You" refers to(指) ________.

A. the children
B. Li himself
C. the audience
D. the parents

     Once upon a time there was a little boy named Jack living in an orphanage(孤兒院). He always wished that
he could fly like a bird.
     One day, Jack came to a park and saw a cripple(瘸的) boy. He ran over to the boy and asked him if he
wanted to fly like a bird. But the little boy said he only wanted to walk and run like other boys and girls. Jack
felt a little sad. He asked the crippled boy if they could be friends. The boy agreed and the two little boys played
for hours. Then the crippled boy's father came to pick up his son. Jack ran over to the boy's father and said
something to him. Then Jack said to his new friend,"You are my only friend. I can't make you walk and run.
But I can do something else for you." Jack turned around and told his new friend to move onto his back. He
then began to run faster and faster across the park.
     The little boy's father began to cry as he watched his beautiful crippled son waving his arms in the wind and yelling(歡呼),"I'm flying, Daddy. I'm flying!"

              A                             B                          C                          D                           E
1. ___________→2. ___________→3. ___________→4. ___________→5. ___________

     Mr. Hunt came from a poor family. He had three brothers and two sisters. His father worked hard but
wasn't paid much. And his mother did all the housework at home. They were both able but they couldn't get
enough money for their family.
     Mr. Hunt was in school for only three years and he had to stop to help his parents though he was good
at his lessons. When he was sixteen, he came to the city and began to work in a small factory. He learned
from an old worker and became a skilled worker. The old worker liked him and married his daughter to him.
The young man did not have his own house and had to live with his parents-in-law. His mother-in-law always
thought he was poor and often chattered. So the young man tried to save everything and hoped to have his
own house.
      It was one fine Sunday. The old woman wanted to have a picnic on the top of the hill. She told Mr.
Hunt to drive her car. But sometimes she told him to turn left and sometimes to turn right. The young man
had to listen to her. At a crossing the lights were red but she made him turn left. The policeman stopped them
and told the young man to give his license to him.
     "If I did wrong, sir," said Mr. Hunt, "It was my mother-in-law's fault (過錯). She was driving the car
though she sat behind me!"

1. The Hunts were poor because ____.

A. they were lazy
B. they were too weak to work
C. they couldn't make enough money
D. they weren't able enough

2. Mr. Hunt left the school because ____.

A. he didn't like studying
B. his family was poor
C. he wasn't clever
D. he hoped to stay at home

3. ____, so the old man married his daughter to him.

A. Mr. Hunt became a skilled worker
B. Mr. Hunt was friendly to him
C. Mr. Hunt was paid much in the factory
D. Mr. Hunt worked for six years there

4. The old woman was ____ to Mr. Hunt.

A. good
B. bad
C. friendly
D. useless

5. Which of the following is wrong?

A. The old woman herself drove the car that day.
B. It was the old woman's fault.
C. Mr. Hunt hated his mother-in-law.
D. The old woman told Mr. Hunt to run the red lights.

     Frank bought a new doorbell, but nobody seemed to notice it. When his friends came, they knocked
heavily at the door. Frank was not happy about it. One day a friend came to see Frank. He knocked at the
door loudly. Frank came to the door, but didn't open it. He shouted at the visitor from inside." I can't hear
you! Please ring the doorbell!"

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,回答下列問題:
1. What did Frank buy?
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2. Why wasn't Frank happy?
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3. Who came to see Frank one day?
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4. Why didn't Frank open the door?
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5. Did Frank hear the knock?
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     A young man couldn't fall asleep at night. He was very worried. One day he went to see a doctor.
The doctor checked him over carefully. But nothing was wrong with him. The doctor told him to count from
one to ten again and again at night."Keep doing this until you fall asleep," the doctor said.
    After a few days, the young man came to the doctor again. But he was surprised that the young man was
even worse (更糟) than before."Didn't you count as I told you?" the doctor asked."Yes, I did," the young man
answered. "But every time when I reached eight, I couldn't help jumping from the bed." "But why?" the doctor
asked. The young man said, "I am a boxer (拳擊運(yùn)動員)."

1. The young man had to go to see a doctor because ______.

A. he couldn't eat anything
B. he couldn't sleep well at night
C. he had a bad cold
D. he liked to see him

2. There was ______ wrong with the young man.

A. something
B. anything
C. nothing
D. everything

3. The doctor told the young man to ______ every night.

A. jump
B. count the numbers
C. take the medicine
D. do exercise

4. The young man came to the doctor again because he felt ______.

A. even worse
B. even better
C. much happier
D. even sleepier

5. When the man counted from one to eight, he ______.

A. went to sleep quickly
B. jumped at once
C. forgot the other numbers
D. became a boxer

     One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, "Look! There's a
horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag." Thomas said, "It isn't worth the trouble." His father said nothing
but he picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the
horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries (櫻桃).
     The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn't a house or
even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped
a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another
cherry and once again, his son lost on time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
     And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas
had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, "My dear son, if you had bent (彎腰) down early to pick
up that horseshoe, it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always
remember the lesson that he who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great
things."

1. Who picked up the horseshoe at last? 

A. The son
B. The father
C. Both the father and the son
D. Neither the father nor the son

2. The farmer bought _____ with the money after he sold the horseshoe.

A. some bread
B. some water
C. come cherries
D. some pennies

3. When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father _____.

A. beat the son
B. said nothing
C. felt very happy
D. became very angry

4. The father dropped the cherries one by one, because _____.

A. he wanted to teach his son a lesson
B. he wanted his son to do more exercise
C. he wanted his son to eat them all
D. he wanted to laugh at his son

5. From the story, we can learn that _____.

A. cherries are so delicious that most of us like to eat them
B. a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money
C. if we want to eat cherries, we must pick up a horseshoe
D. if we don’t worry about the little things, we cannot do the great things