At noon that day, I drove back to my house after the performance. Just as I entered the living room, I heard a gentle sound coming from the bedroom upstairs—it was the sound of my favorite violin.
“Thief!”
I dashed upstairs. Sure enough, as expected, a boy of about 12 years old was petting my violin. The boy had messy hair and a thin face, his oversized coat seemingly filled with something. At first glance, I found a new pair of shoes missing. It seemed that he was surely a thief.
Then, I saw his eyes full of fear and despair. My anger was immediately replaced by a smile, I asked, “Are you Mr. Ram’s nephew, Michael? I’m his housekeeper. Two days ago, I heard his nephew living in the countryside will come. It must be you. You’re really like him!”
On hearing my words, the boy was first astonished, but then quickly said, “Has my uncle gone out? I think I’d better first go out for a walk and visit him again in a while.”
I nodded and asked the boy who was preparing to put down the violin, “Do you like to play the violin so much?”
“Yes, but I’m so poor that I can’t afford it,” the boy replied.
“Then, I give this violin to you.” The boy looked at me questioningly, but he picked up the violin. Going out to the living room, he suddenly saw on the wall my huge color photo I performed in the Sydney Opera House. He involuntarily trembled for a moment and ran out without looking back.
I was sure that the boy had understood what happened because no one would decorate the living room with the housekeeper’s photo.
Paragraph 1:A few years later, I was invited to be a judge at a music competition of senior high school students.
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After the competition, “Michael” ran to me, holding a violin box.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4 . By the year 2050, a fifth of the world’s cities will experience unprecedented climate conditions and environments that currently don't exist in any major cities, according to new research. A team of scientists at the Crowther Lab in Switzerl produced the report, which described the climate for 520 major cities 30 years in the future.
The results showed that 77 percent of the world’s cities will experience a surprising change in climate conditions by 2050, and 22 percent of the 520 cities will see conditions that are not currently experienced by any existing major cities.
In China in 2050, the climate of Xi’an, in Shanxi province, will be similar to that of current day Maseru, the capital city of Lesotho in southern Africa, with the maximum temperature of the warmest month likely to increase by 4.5 C. Chongqing in southwest China will resemble the climate of Swaziland capital Mbabane, as the warmest temperature is predicted to rise by 5.1 C.
Scientists predict summers in Europe will get warmer by an average of 3.5 C and European winters will see temperature rises of 4.7 C. London's climate will be more similar to Barcelona, and Madrid’s to Marrakech.
The Crowther Lab hopes the analysis will motivate decision-makers to take necessary steps to prevent or address some of the climate impacts due to the threat of climate change. The report also found that cities in tropical regions will experience smaller changes in average temperature but will be controlled by shifts in rainfall regimes. This may lead to a noticeable increase in unexpected events, and severe droughts.
“Across all scientific fields, the greatest challenge in climate science is no longer the precise measurement of climate change impacts, but inspiring people to picture its actual effects in order to motivate action,” said Tom Crowther, senior scientist and founder of the Crowther Lab.
1. The underlined word in the first paragraph probably means .| A．New | B．Similar | C．Familiar | D．Important |
| A．By comparison. | B．By theory. |
| C．By experiment. | D．By number. |
| A．To compare the climate change of the major cities of the world. |
| B．To inspire people to picture its actual effects in order to motivate action. |
| C．To inspire decision-makers to take necessary steps to prevent some of the climate impacts. |
| D．To show that 77 percent of the world's cities will experience a striking change in climate conditions. |
| A．World Temperature | B．Current Climate Change |
| C．Big Titles in the World | D．Future Climate Change in Most Big Cities |
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| A．calls | B．issues | C．requests | D．thoughts |
| A．move off | B．look after | C．turn down | D．get on |
| A．supposed | B．ordered | C．permitted | D．taught |
| A．still | B．even | C．also | D．just |
| A．payments | B．directions | C．efforts | D．lessons |
| A．expect | B．fear | C．value | D．suspect |
| A．removing | B．handling | C．delaying | D．treasuring |
| A．sleepless | B．hopeless | C．aimless | D．useless |
| A．surprise | B．annoyance | C．stress | D．trouble |
| A．imagined | B．found | C．predicted | D．organized |
| A．spot | B．road | C．campus | D．street |
| A．hats | B．suits | C．cars | D．bikes |
| A．materials | B．items | C．groceries | D．instruments |
| A．daily | B．important | C．valuable | D．colorful |
| A．positions | B．beliefs | C．goals | D．responsibilities |
Today was my first school day in Senor high school. I was a little anxious
By the end of the day, my worry
