1 . Four Poems

Poem 1 __________                                 By Liu Zongyuan From hill to hill no bird in flight; From path to path no man in sight. A lonely fisherman afloat① Is fishing in snow in a lonely boat.		Poem 2 To Wang Lun By Li Bai I, Li Bai, sit aboard a ship about to go, When suddenly on shore your farewell② songs overflow. However deep the lake of Peach Blossoms may be, It is not so deep, O Wang Lun! As your love for me.
Poem 3 Homesickness Night By Li Bai Before my bed a pool of light, Can it be hoarfrost③ on the ground? Looking up, I find the moon bright;    Bowing, in homesickness I’m drowned.④		Poem 4 On the Stork Tower By Wang Zhihuan The sun beyond the mountain glows;⑤ The Yellow River seawards⑥ flows⑦. You can enjoy a grander⑧ sight;    By climbing to a greater height.

(Translated by Xu Yuanchong)

NOTES: ①on the river ② goodbye ③ small pieces of ice ④ dying missing ⑤ shines less brightly ⑥ towards the sea ⑦ runs ⑧ greater

1. The best title for Poem 1 is _________.

A．Happy Rain on a Spring Night	B．Fishing in Snow
C．Song of the Great Wind	D．Return to Nature

2. Li Bai felt _________ when he wrote Poem 2.

A．free

B．interested

C．thankful

D．confident

3. In Poem 3, the underlined word “Homesickness” means ________ in Chinese.

A．思乡

B．忧国

C．壮志

D．乐学

4. According to Poem 4, what would Wang Zhihuan agree?

A．Never give up even if you have no support.

B．It is important to say goodbye to a friend.

C．Don’t put off today’s work until tomorrow.

D．The higher you stand, the farther you can see.

2 . Do you know that the "Happy birthday to you" song is the first song sung in outer space? Apollo IX astronauts _____ it on March 8, 1969. It is one of the most popular English songs of all time. Here is the story behind it. The song was written by two sisters from Kentury, Mildred and Patty Smith Hill. It was first published under the _____ of "Good morning to All" in 1893. It was used as a classroom _____ . Teachers sang it each day to welcome theirs students to the classroom.

The composer, Mildred Hill, was a concert pianist. Her sister, Patty Smith Hill wrote the original （最初的）lyrics （歌词）for the song while she was a teacher in a kindergarten in Louiville, Kentury, where Mildred also _____ .

The Hill sisters copyrighted （取得版权）their song on October 16, 1893. However, it appeared _____ their agreement in Robert H. Coleman's songbook on March 4, 1924. Coleman changed part of the lyrics to say, "Happy Birthday to you", _____ the song still had it's original title. The song was then published several times over the next ten years, often with small _____ in the lyrics. In 1934, when the song was sung every night in a Broadway Musical, another Hill sister, Jessica, went to court（法院） over the copyright problem of the song. She was _____ about the theft of the song and the failure to pay to her sister. She _____ her case. The Hill family owned the rights to the melody and had to be ______ every time the song was part of a commercial（商业的） production.

The Hill sisters, who devoted their lives to educating children, could never imagine that the simple little song would continue to earn about $ 2 million every year.

1.

A．saved

B．wrote

C．invented

D．sang

2.

A．notice

B．order

C．title

D．law

3.

A．party

B．greeting

C．discussion

D．test

4.

A．taught

B．searched

C．sold

D．prepared

5.

A．as

B．under

C．for

D．without

6.

A．although

B．until

C．because

D．after

7.

A．chances

B．tasks

C．changes

D．signs

8.

A．satisfied

B．glad

C．curious

D．angry

9.

A．lost

B．won

C．heard

D．dropped

10.

A．paid

B．praised

C．invited

D．warned