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(yùn)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(huì)）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

Mr. Brown, a teacher in a primary school, often fell asleep in class, but he didn't want his  1  to know that．One day he again fell asleep  2  ．When he woke up, one of the  3  ,Tom, asked him, "Why did you fall asleep in class just now, dear sir?"

Mr. Brown's face turned  4  ． "I．．．I．．．The Sungod （太陽(yáng)神） asked me to visit him in my dream．" he said．

Tom wanted to say something,  5  he said nothing．The next day, Tom also  6  in class．

When the teacher saw him, he  7  Tom up and asked him, "Why did you fall asleep in class and not  8  me, Tom?" 

Tom answered with a smile on his  9  , "The Sungod asked me to visit him, too．" The teacher became  10  when he heard this and asked, "What did he say to you, then?"

He told me he didn't see you yesterday．

1．A．teachers               B．students                       C．parents                  D．workers

2．A．a(chǎn)t table                  B．in class                C．in hospital            D．in bed

3．A．boys                     B．girls                  C．men                  D．women

4．A．black                B．red                   C．yellow             D．green

5．A．but                B．a(chǎn)nd                   C．or                    D．so

6．A．went to bed             B．got up                   C．fell asleep              D．went to work

7．A．woke                 B．threw                         C．hung                    D．brought

8．A．hear from               B．hear of                C．listen to                D．look at

9．A．head                      B．nose                   C．face                 D．ear

10．A．a(chǎn)ngry                B．happy                  C．sad                     D．pleased

The Arts Cinema is open 7 days a week，showing lots of American and foreign films．Next week it will show an Australian film called“Midnight Meeting”．It is set in Sydney in the 1960s．You can see that film from Monday to Thursday．It will be on twice a day at 6:30 and 9:10 in the evenings．The film lasts two hours and fifteen minutes．Tickets are $4，but there is a special student ticket at $2.60 for all the films．Please bring your student card if you want the cheaper ticket．

    The nearest car park to the cinema is in Hamlet Street．It's just five minutes’ walk from the cinema．If you need further information．phone 8813962 during office hours-9 a.m. to 4:30 P.m. ，Monday to Friday．

1．From the passage we know that“Midnight Meeting”is a（n） __________ film．

A．Chinese                  B．Japanese                 C．Australian               D．American

2．When can people see that film?

A．From Monday to Thursday                          B．From Monday to Friday

C．Six days a week                                         D．Seven days a week

3．The film lasts __________．

A．from 6:30 p.m. to 9:10 p.m．                      B．from 2:00 p.m．to 5:00 p.m．

C．twice a day in the evenings                         D．2 hours and 15 minutes

4．What’s the price of a student ticket？__________．

A．$2                          B．$2.60                      C．$4                         D．$4.60

One night , a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, _____ his violin . Some passers-by（行人） slowed down their paces and put some money into the hat of the young man.

The next day the young artist came to the same place. Different from the day before, he took out a large piece of paper and _____ it on the ground and put some stones on it . Then he began playing. Before long , many people were attracted by the words on that paper which said, “ Last night a gentleman ______George Sang put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Please come to claim（認(rèn)領(lǐng)）it soon.”

A middle-aged man ran there _____ and rushed through the crowd to the violinist and grabbed （抓�。﹉is shoulders and said, “ Yes, it is you. You did come here. I knew that you are an( a ) _____ man and would certainly come here.”

The story turned out to be this: George Sang bought a lottery ticket a few days ago. The award opened yesterday and he won a prize of 5000,000 dollars. _______ his way home, he took _____ 50 dollars and put it in the violinist’s hat. However, the lottery ticket was also thrown in . The violinist was a student at an Arts College . He had booked the ticket to flight and came back to ____ he was given the lottery ticket.

Later someone asked the violinist _____ he didn’t take the lottery ticket for himself. The violinist said, “ Although I don’t have much money, I live happily. _____ if I  lose honesty, I won’t feel happy forever.”

1.                A．to play         B．played          C．plays D．playing

2.                A．lied            B．lay             C．laid  D．dropped

3.                A．call            B．named         C．names    D．naming

4.                A．in a hurry       B．in surprise       C．in the end D．in silence

5.                A．dishonest       B．honest         C．generous D．brave

6.                A．In             B．By             C．On  D．At

7.                A．off            B．a(chǎn)way           C．in   D．out

8.                A．where         B．when          C．which    D．wherever

9.                A．How           B．why            C．Where   D．When

10.A although    B. and         C. or        D. but