Liu Wei is very famous in China because he can play the piano with his toes( 脚趾 ）
One day when Liu Wei was only 10 years old, he played a game with some friends .He lost both his arms because of electricity (电).
Liu Wei was very sad when both his arms were cut off after the accident .But soon he had to make a choice.
"For people like me, there were only two choices. One was to give up all the dreams. Which would cause a quick death. The other was to work hard without arms to live an excellent life." says Liu Wei.
Liu's dream was to be a pianist. His excellent life included a show on China's Got Talent and a wonderful performance playing the beautiful Marriage D'amour with his two feet on the piano.
Liu Wei learned to play the piano with his feet. And teaching himself to play the piano with his feet was very hard. Many times he wanted to give it up, but his parents went on encouraging him and he wanted to make his parents proud.
Maybe you can not believe that Liu Wei is able to play well only with his toes. The audience (观众) were deeply moved and very excited when they watched his performance.
1.Why is Liu Wei very famous in China?
2.What did he lose at the age of ten？
3.Which choice did he make，to give up or to work hard？
4.Who encouraged Liu Wei to play the piano?
5.How did the audience feel when they watched Liu's performance?
These days picture news is very popular with young people. Here are some photos chosen by five students in Class One in XinHua Middle School.
1. China’s first Hello Kitty theme restaurant was opened on Dec.23 in the capital of China. It’s all pink and sweet inside the restaurant. The table cloth is pink, so are the chairs, ceiling and floor, even the lamp light shines soft and rosy. Dining at Hello Kitty Dreams Restaurant costs about 160 yuan per person. |
2.Dustin and Sara from North Georgia College and State University (NGCSC) of the United States Perform Peking Opera at Liaocheng University in China’s Shandong Province. Eighteen students from NGCSU came to China to study Chinese culture during the summer vacation. |
3.Located in Miyun County, northeast of Beijing Fuling Mountain is a national-level forest reserve. As the mountain is cloudy and foggy all the year round, Fuling Mountain then began to be called Wuling Mountain. It is regarded as the Yellow Mountain in North China. |
4.Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, the world’s largest personal-computer software company, attended an antismoking event ahead of the 25th World. No-Tobacco Day falls on May 31 every year. |
5.Sleep isn’t a waste of time. It lowers blood pressure, reduces stress and strengthens your immune system（免疫系统）. And not having enough sleep increases your risk of memory problems, headaches, heart disease and so on. |
下面是5位同学英语课堂演讲标题。请结合标题内容，阅读上面5段语言材料，找出他们能够利用上的素材。(5分)
A. No-smoking Struggle B. Chinese Culture Study C. Yellow Mountain in North China. D. Pink and Sweet Restaurant E. Sleeping Influence. |
The koala is small and cute. It spends most of its lifecycle (生命周期) in the trees. It eats, sleeps and nurses (养育) its baby there, and it only comes down to the ground if necessary. The koala is loved by many people for its small size and cartoon-like feature.
A mother gives birth and raises only one baby koala at a time. During the mother’s lifecycle, she will produce up to six baby koalas. A newborn baby koala does not look like an adult because it is born blind with undeveloped features.
After the baby koala is born, it makes its way to the mother’s pouch (育儿袋) and lives inside. Then it develops its eyes, legs and fur. In fact it lives in the mother’s pouch for about six months.
At last the baby koala gets out of its mother’s pouch, and the mother carries her baby on her back. Some baby koalas want to use the safety of the pouch longer than necessary, but their size is too big for them to climb back inside. When the next baby koala is born, it is time for last season’s baby to say goodbye.
根据短文内容，判断句子正（T）、误（F）。（5分）
1.The koala spends most of its lifecycle on the ground.
2.A mother koala gives birth and raises six baby koalas at a time.
3.A baby koala lives in its mother’s pouch for about half a year.
4.Baby koalas can’t get back to their mothers’ pouches again if they are too big.
5.This passage mainly tells us how baby koalas are born.
Everyone worries. But how do you deal with your worries? Whether your worries are big or small, you can take these three steps to deal with your worries:
1. Try to find out what you're worried about
Sometimes, you will know what you're worried about. Other times, you might not. Try to find it out first; if you can't, you can ask for help.
2. Think of ways to make it better
There is always something you can do to help you feel less worried. Sitting there worrying is no fun and it won't solve your problem.
Grades at school are often top worries for kids. If you're worried about grades, ask yourself these questions:
★ Why are grades important? What do grades mean to me?
★ How do I get ready for class? Do I go over my notes even when there isn't a test?
★ Do I have a good place to do my homework?
★ Have I tried different ways of studying?
If your worry is about a fight you had, you might write down all the things you could do: write a note to him or her, invite him or her to a basketball game, say sorry to him or her, etc. Once you have a list of things you could do, you can choose the one that gets your friend back.
3. Ask for help
When you're worried, it can help to find someone to talk to. You can ask your parents, friends, or teachers for help.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。（5分）
1.How should you deal with the worry first if you don't know what we're worried about?
A. We should try to find it out. B. We should ask others.
C. We should help others first. D. We should sit there worrying.
2. When can you ask “What do grades mean to me”?
A. When my friends don’t like me.
B. When I don’t try different ways of studying.
C. When I finish my homework.
D. When we're worried about grades.
3.Which is the meaning of the underlined phrase “go over” in the passage?
A. 翻滚 B.复习
C. 转向 D. 越过
4.According to the passage, what will you do if you have a fight?
A. I will make a new friend.
B. I don’t want to talk to him or her any more.
C. I will have another fight
D. I will invite him or her to a basketball game.
5.What is the passage mainly about?
A. who is often worried B. when people are worried
C. how to deal with our worries D. what kind of worries people have
Henry was a carpenter（木匠）of our village. Once I asked him to make a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows. When I arrived home that evening, Henry was drinking a cup of tea and writing his bill for his work. .
My wife said to me，quietly，“That’s his ninth cup of tea today.” But she said loudly, "It's a beautiful table, dear, isn't it?"
"I won't decide about that until I see that bill.” I said.
Henry laughed and gave me his bill for the work. It said：
BILL One dining table June 10，2013 Cost of wood $ 17.00 Paint（油漆） $ 1.50 Work，8 hours（1 an hour) $ 8.00 Total（总计） $ 36.50 |
When I was looking at the bill，Henry said，"it’s been a fine day，hasn’t it? Quite sunny.”
"Yes,” I said. "I’m glad it is only the 10th of June.”
"Me too” , said Henry. "If you wait, it'll be a bit hotter by the end of the month.”
"Yes. Hotter and more expensive. Dining tables will be 20 more expensive on June 30th, won't they，Henry?”
Henry looked hard at me for half a minute. There was a little embarrassed smile in his two blue eyes. It seemed that he had done wrong. I gave his bill back to him.
"If it isn't too much trouble, Henry, ” I said，"Please add it up again. You can forget the date.”
I paid him $26. 50 and he ran away in a hurry.
1.When the writer got home, Henry _______.
A. was talking with the writer’s wife B. was waiting for him
C. had finished the dinning table D. had drunk ten cups of tea
2.Henry talked about weather when the writer was looking at the bill because _______.
A. he didn’t know how to say except weather
B. he wanted the writer to look at the bill carefully
C. he wanted to tell the writer what the weather was like
D. he didn't want the writer to go through the bill carefully
3. The writer thought Henry would ask for ______dollars if he made a dining table on the last day of June.
A.26.50 B. 56. 50
C. 46.50 D. 20.00
4. When the writer gave him the money, Henry was _______．
A. embarrassed B. angry
C. surprised D. sad
5. From the story we know that Henry _______．
A. didn’t make a mistake in the bill
B. got $36. 50 for his work in the end
C. had written out the bill before the writer got home
D. wanted to try to get more money for his work
完形填空 （15分）
If you meet Walker Smith, a 2-year-old boy from Coral Gables, Florida, the ___ thing he will ask you is what kind of car you drive. Walker has been interested in ___ for more than a year, ever _____ the day his father, a car fan, brought home a single matchbox car for him. “He started to ____ cars from his father, and within a week _____ two, he could name many cars on the road,” Walker’s mother Lynley Smith said.
Walker’s father often brings home magazines____ cars. Lynley said, “So Walker and his father would try to find cars _____in the magazines we and our friends drove. So they’d find a Saturn and my husband would say ‘This is the car______mommy drives !’ and then they’d look for Saab and say ‘This is daddy’s !’ Before we knew it, he pointed _____our kinds of cars out on the road.”
So now he knows every car you can ___,” said Lynley, “including some super fancy cars that you ____ see on the road,” such as Aston Martins and Lamborghinis. “We’re so ___ to have such a clever baby. Walker can now identify the cars he sees on the road though his ___ isn’t always right “He’s not _____ at ‘r’s, so for example when he sees a Porsche, he calls it a ‘Posh’. And when he sees a Ford, he’ll call it ‘fod’,” said Lynley. When you ask him what he wants to be when he ____, he will say “Of course a car businessman”. This must be his dream job.
1.A. last B. next C. first D. coming
2.A. boxes B. toys C. cars D. dolls
3.A. since B. before C. when D. after
4.A. learn B. buy C. borrow D. steal
5.A. and B. or C. but D. nor
6.A. of B. about C. for D. in
7.A. excitedly B. angrily C. sadly D. surprisingly
8.A. what B. that C. who D. where
9.A. none B. all C. either D. both
10.A. break B. destroy C. imagine D. repair
11.A. never B. always C. also D. ever
12.A. surprised B. disappointed C. bored D. angry
13.A. spelling B. pronunciation C. imagination D. explanation
14.A. strict B. angry C. good D. careful
15.A. grows up B. goes to college C. gets married D. has time
