1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

When Beethoven was only four, his father decided to make him a musician. Beethoven was made to practice     1     (play) different musical instruments hour after hour. Whenever he did not put his heart into his practice, his father would be strict     2     him.

    3     (fortune), the boy loved music very much and learnt so fast that he was able to go around and give     4     (concert) when he was only 11. When he was 17, he received high praise from Mozart,     5     great Austrian composer. A few years later, Beethoven went to Vienna     6     ( study) under Haydn, another great Austrian composer. Then he     7     (write) a great deal of music, even at his most difficult time. But after one illness, he suddenly found     8     (him) deaf at the age of 31.

However, this didn’t stop Beethoven. During his life, he composed about 30 pieces of music. It is     9     (amaze) that he wrote some of his best pieces after he became deaf, many of     10     are well known and loved all over the world.

2 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Yang Liping is a good dancer, which passion is dancing. After win a national competition in 1986 with her Spirit of the Peacock dance, she has been known to the “Peacock Princess”. The inspiration for her famous dances have come from the time which she spends in Xishuangbanna. As she once said, she felt very gratefully for the years in Xishuangbanna, which gave her chance to go deeper into the lives of various ethnic groups. The Dai people admired the peacock, represents the beauty of nature. His dance came from their traditional belief but aimed to bring out the Dai women's beauty.

4 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

For ages, embroidery（刺绣）has been known as a woman's job. However, Zhang Yan,    1    fashion designer, dares to be different. In the last three months, the 25-year-old's work    2    （hit）New York. This changes the impression about men and needlework.

The show,    3    name was Fusheng（a floating life）, attracted the attention of the world.   Zhang used a firm, transparent silk to symbolize the two    4    （characteristic）of flexibility and steadiness. In the show, about 100 children wore clothes with    5    （tradition）Chinese patterns like goldfish and dragons,    6    （express）the beauty of Chinese art. Zhang opened the door of the world with the high-ranked clothes    7    （design）through his efforts.

Zhang's path to success is not easy, but he expects    8    （bring）embroidery to the world of high design. Though handling the tiny needle with his big hands wasn't easy    9    first, after three to five years of practice, Zhang said he had    10    （great）improved his work, in terms of texture and detail.

5 . Born in 1988 in Saint Michael, Barbados, Robyn Rihanna Fenty has rocked the entertainment world with her contributions to pop music. In her early teens, Rihanna was greatly inspired by reggae（雷盖音乐）singer Bob Marley and pop singer Madonna. She was lucky enough to get her first opportunity at the age of 15, when her friend introduced her to an experienced music composer Evan Rogers from New York.

Rihanna moved to US to start a career in music, and recorded under the guidance of Rogers and his partner Carl Sturken. Later, Shane Carter recognized her talent and had her sign a contract with Def Jam Recordings.

Rihanna has been musically influenced by famous artists, such as Beyonce Knowles, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, and Bob Marley. In 2005, Rihanna released her debut album (首张专辑) Music of the Sun, which included the single hit Pon de Replay. This single broke all records and peaked at No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts, as well as the UK charts.

Her second single If It’s Lovin’ That You Want was at No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, and No. 11 on the UK charts. Rihanna released her second album A Girl Like Me in 2006, which included the hit song and lead single S.O.S. (Rescue Me). This single peaked at the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100.

In 2006, Rihanna also tried her luck in films, and made her acting debut playing a role in Bring It On: All or Nothing. The next year, she released her third album Good Girl Gone Bad, which had hit tracks like Umbrella, Hate That I Love You, and Don’t Stop the Music, among others. In the same year, at the MTV Video Music Awards, Rihanna won two awards for the hit single Umbrella. In 2008, Rihanna won her first Grammy Award for her hit single Umbrella. So far, Rihanna has won 45 awards in various categories.

1. What plays an important role in Rihanna’s success?

A．The support of her friends.

B．The encouragement of her family.

C．The help and influence of successful musicians.

D．The education she received at school.

2. What happened to Rihanna when she was eighteen years old?

A．She began to act in films.

B．She started a career in music.

C．She began to release albums.

D．She won her first Grammy Award.

3. What do we know about Rihanna’s second single If It’s Lovin’ That You Want?

A．It was not as successful as her first single.

B．It was released in 2006.

C．It was included in her third album.

D．It was more successful than her third single.

4. Which song earned rewards for Rihanna for two years in a row?

A．Don’t Stop the Music	B．Pon de Replay.
C．Hate That I Love You.	D．Umbrella

6 .         When Kate’s paintings were on show in London, a poet described her paintings as “a ribbon (丝带) around a bomb”. Such comments seem to suggest Kate had a big influence on the art world of her time. Sadly, she is actually a much bigger name today than she was during her time.
        Born in 1907 in a village near Mexico City, Kate suffered from polio (小儿麻痹症) at the age of seven. Her spine (脊柱) became bent as she grew older. Then, in 1925, her back was broken in several places in a school-bus accident. Throughout the rest of her life, the artist had many operations, but nothing was able to cure the terrible pain in her back. However, the accident had an unexpected side effect. While lying in her bed recovering, Kate taught herself to paint.
        In 1929, she got married to Diego Rivera, another famous Mexican artist. Rivera’s strong influences on Kate’s style can be seen in her early works, but her later works from the 1940s, known today as her best works, show less influence from her husband.
        Unfortunately, her works did not attract much attention in the 1930s and1940s, even in her home country. Her first one-woman show in Mexico was not held until 1953. For more than a decade after her death in 1954. Kate’s works remained largely unnoticed by the world, but in the 1970s her works began to gain international fame at last.
1. What does the underlined phrase “a much bigger name” in paragraph 1 most probably mean?

A．A far better artist．

B．A far more gifted artist．

C．A much stronger person．

D．A much more famous person．

2. The terrible pain Kate suffered was caused by                    ．

A．polio

B．her bent spine

C．back injuries

D．the operations she had

3. Kate’s style had become increasingly independent since the                   ．

A．1930s

B．1940s

C．1950s

D．1970s

4. What is author’s attitude toward Kate?

A．Devotion．

B．Sympathy．

C．Worry．

D．Encouragement．