Wishing to encourage her young son’s progress on the piano, a mother took her boy to a Paderewski concert. After they were , the mother spotted a friend in the audience and walked down the passage to greet her.
Seizing the to explore the wonders of the concert hall, the little boy rose and explored his way through a door marked “NO ADMITTANCE.” When the house lights dimmed and the concert was about to begin, the mother returned to her seat and that the child was missing.
Suddenly, the curtains parted and spotlights focused on the impressive Steinway on stage. In , the mother saw her little boy sitting at the key-board, picking out Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.
At that moment, the great piano master made his , quickly moved to the piano, and in the boy’s ear, “Don’t quit. Keep playing.”
Then over, Paderewski reached down with his left hand and began filling in a bass part. Soon his right arm reached around to the other side of the child and he added a running obbligato (伴奏). Together, the old master and the young novice (beginner) transformed a frightening situation into a wonderfully experience. The audience was strongly .
That’s the way it is in life. What we can accomplish (实现) on our own is hardly . We try our best, but the aren’t exactly graceful flowing music. But when we trust in the hands of a Greater Power, our life’s work can be beautiful.
Next time you set out to great achievements, listen carefully. You can hear the voice of the Master, whispering in your ear, “Don’t quit. Keep playing.”
1.A. seatedB. satC. dressedD. rested
2.A. factB. difficultyC. opportunityD. risk
3.A. actuallyB. occasionallyC. fortunatelyD. eventually
4.A. discovered B. toldC. acceptedD. offered
5.A. joyB. trustC. horrorD. pleasure
6.A. quicklyB. personallyC. generallyD. innocently (纯洁地)
7.A. entranceB. disappearanceC. arrangementD. opening
8.A. shoutedB. repeatedC. promisedD. whispered
9.A. turningB. bendingC. risingD. handing
10.A. creativeB. effectiveC. annoyingD. fearing
11.A. addicted(入了迷的)B. invitedC. attackedD. attracted
12.A. abnormal (反常的)B. remarkable (卓越的)C. unimportant D. ordinary
13.A. goalsB. intentionsC. resultsD. purposes
14.A. luckilyB. trulyC. slightlyD. fortunately
15.A. overcome B. enjoyC. accomplishD. become
阅读下面短文，然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
Two University of Colorado professors said they have demonstrated(证明) the teachers’ use of red pens in marking corrections and grading papers often affects students negatively and destroys teacher-student relationships.
News. Com. Au and ABC Science reported a paper by University of Colorado sociologists Richard Dukes and Healther Albanesi documenting their new study was published in The Social Science Journal, and that some educators have expressed doubt about the team’s findings.
The Colorado study suggested that because red is an “emotive” color expressing an exciting emotion, corrections penned in red ink were more likely to be seen by students as “shouting”, an “emotional loading” that could cause anxiety or feelings of blame against the teacher and lead to rejection of otherwise constructive feedback. Instead, teachers should use blue pens to mark papers, Richard Dukes and Healther Albanesi concluded.
ABC Science reported that students whose papers were graded with blue ink tended to give teachers higher scores.
But a University of British Colombia study published in the journal Science found both blue and red affected motivation and performance, with red attracting attention and blue increasing creativity, Science Daily reported.
【写作内容】
以约30个词概括上文的主要内容；
以约120个词就老师批改学生作业的话题谈谈你的想法，内容包括：
简述老师用红笔批改学生作业的利与弊；
谈谈你对老师用红笔批改学生作业的看法；
作为中学生，我们应该如何配合老师批改作业？
【写作要求】
作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；
作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
【评分标准】
概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，语篇连贯。
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你接受了一项写作任务，要为英语校报写一篇电视节目介绍。
【写作内容】
请根据以下信息，介绍电视歌唱比赛节目“好声音（voice）”。
历史 | 开始于荷兰，许多国家和地区改编成了自己的版本。 |
相关情况 | 真人才艺秀分为三个部分：盲眼海选、擂台战以及最终的直播秀； 2010年推出后，在荷兰取得了令人难以置信的成功； 它的版式被卖给了许多国家和地区，包括中国； 2012年7月，中国好声音开始播映。 |
取得成功的原因 | 它释放出正能量；它的评委、盲眼海选以及观众可以参加互动增加了这种正能量。 |
盲眼海选 a blind audition 擂台战 a battle phase 版式 format 发行 launch
【写作要求】
只能用5个句子表达全部内容。
【评分标准】
句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章连贯。
请根据首字母及汉语提示完成下列句子，每空只填一个单词。
1.We hope we can reach the market through different c____________( 渠道).
2.The police said that the shooting was an isolated i_________ (事件 )
3.If you want to see Dr Lee, you have to make an a__________（预约）first.
4.For the past 30 years, e________ (经济) growth in China has lifted millions of people out of poverty
5.Alexander Hamilton f_______ (坚定地) believed that no country could become a modern nation without industry
6.As we all know, Canada, like the USA and Australia, is a m____________ (多文化的 ) country.
7.It often strikes adults, leaving them u （不能）to work.
8.President Abraham Lincoln wrote the address at the White House , p______ (润色) it at this home in Gettysburg，and then delivered it at a battlefield in Gettysburg.
9.Now, as wages rise, Chinese citizens are i_________ (越来越，更加) worried about the environment and pollution.
10.Effective treatments do exist, but u_________ (不幸地) they are very expensive.
11.As teenagers, we should all learn to be i___________ (独立)。
12.Hundreds of thousands of children become i______ (感染) with the AIDS virus every year.
13.Two amphibious ships, the U.S.S. Germantown and U.S.S. Ashland, can deliver tons of s_______ (必需品，物质), personnel, and equipment to remote beaches in otherwise unreachable areas.
14.The researchers found that people driving pricey cars were less likely to stop for people trying to walk across the street and were more likely to i_____ (忽视) traffic laws.
15.When students are first starting out as future physicians, they learn that it's important to e_____（建立）a relationship with their patients and to be able to communicate effectively.
请阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请将答案涂在答题卡上对应题号的位置。
A.
Judged the Car of Year” by Wheels Magazine this is the best high-class car on the market. It is big enough for 5 people but is smooth and fast. Has all the latest safety equipment and computer mapping system. Price: $84,900
B.
Toyota’s new car is both powerful and economical. Using a combination of fuel and electricity this car will not only save money on petrol bills, but it will also save the environment. Has air conditioner and leather seats. Price: $17,500
C.
This newest Porsche is packed with the latest safety equipment and engine technology. It can hold 2 people and the roof can come down automatically for you to enjoy the fresh air. Has DVD entertainment system and computer mapping system. Price: $72,000
D.
This small, white, two-door car is easy to park and cheap to run. Inside and outside both in excellent condition. It uses very little fuel and is the perfect car for city driving. Has CD player. Price:$2,500
E.
With a traditional Ford design, this car is dark bule and is an ideal second car for the family. Mechanically in good condition. Has air conditioner and CD player. Price:$6,900
F.
With its unique seating design, this vehicle can hold up to 14 people. Silver outside with black leather inside and in excellent condition. Has 2 automatic sliding doors plus DVD entertainment system. Price: $19,200
请阅读下列购车者的信息，然后匹配购车者与拟购买的汽车：
1.Zhang San. Zhang San has just been appointed the manager of a large international company. He wants to get a car that will impress his business colleagues yet is also suitable for transporting his wife and three children.
2.Li Si. Li Si has recently moved into the city where she is studying. She needs a car that is cheap to buy and run so she can get to university and to her part-time job.
3.Wang Wu. Wang Wu is the coach of the local football team and needs a car that can take the players and equipment to and from their games.
4.Tian Yi. Tian’s rich dad promised he would buy her a new car for graduating from university. She wants something that is safe, that will allow her to enjoy listening to music and show off to her friends.
5.Zhang Ban. Zhang needs to get a car to travel to her new job. But she feels guilty about the pollution she will cause so she wants a car that will do the least amount of harm to the environment.
In the eighteenth century one of the first modern economists, Adam Smith, thought that “ the whole annual produce of the land and labour of every country” provided revenue to “three different orders of people: those who live by rent, those who live by wages, and those who live by profit”. Each successive stage of the industrial revolution, however, made the social structure more complicated.
Many intermediate groups grew up during the nineteenth century between the upper middle class and the working class. There were small-scale industrialists as well as large ones, small shopkeepers and tradesmen, officials and salaried employees, skilled and unskilled workers, and professional men such as doctors and teachers. Farmers and peasants continued in all countries as independent groups.
During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the possession of wealth inevitably affected a person’s social position. Intelligent industrialists with initiative made fortunes by their wits which lifted them into an economic group far higher than that of their working-class parents. But they lacked social training of the upper class, who despised them as the “new rich.”
They often sent their sons and daughters to special schools to acquire social training. Here their children, mixed with the children of the upper classes, were accepted by them, and very often found marriage partners from among them. In the same way, a thrifty, hardworking labourer, though not clever himself, might save for his son enough to pay for an extended secondary school education in the hope that he would move in a “white-collar” occupation, carrying with it a higher salary and a move up in the social scale.
In the twentieth century the increased taxation of higher incomes, the growth of the social services, and the wider development of educational opportunity have considerably altered the social outlook. The upper classes no longer are the sole, or even the main possessors of wealth, power and education, though inherited social position still carries considerable prestige.
1.What criterion did Adam Smith seem to go by in his classification of social groups?
A. The amount of wealth B. The amount of money
C. The social status D. The way of getting money
2.If you compare the first and second paragraph, what groups of people did Adam Smith leave out in his classification?
A. Officials and employees. B. Peasants and farmers.
C. Doctors and teachers. D. Tradesmen and landlords.
3.Who were the ‘new rich’ during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
A. They were still the upper class people.
B. They were owners of large factories.
C. They were intelligent industrialists.
D. They were skilled workers who made their fortune.
4.According to the passage, what did those people do who intended to make their children move up in the social ladder?
A. They saved a lot of money for their children to receive higher education.
B. They tried to find marriage partners from the children of the upper class.
C. They made greater fortunes by their wits.
D. They worked even harder to acquire social training.
5. In the twentieth century class differences have been partly smoothed out by ____.
A. increased income and decreased taxation
B. taxation, social services and educational opportunities
C. education, the increase of income and industrial development
D. the decrease of the upper class population
