1 . After I bought my new guitar, I started looking for apps to teach me how to use it. Finally, I chose Beginner Guitar Songs. Marty Schwartz, who is an amazing guitar teacher, showed me how to hold the guitar and then introduced how to play easy chords (和弦) to me. I quickly progressed through Beginner Lesson Series and advanced to Important Guitar Chords.

Two days later, I was ready to learn more chords. I found Guitar Lessons from Howcast. There are over 140 video lessons. I spent most of the day learning chords. Every day, I added a new chord and then reviewed the ones I had learned. By the end of the first week I had learned about ten chords. By the end of the second week, I had learned about fifteen chords. The app also taught me how to play scales (音阶). I learned the Pentatonic scale and the Blues scale. At that time, I felt like I was ready to dive into some music.

I also enjoyed GuitarJamz where I found more lessons from Marty Schwartz. Besides, I downloaded Blues Guitar Licks Lessons and Solo Guitar Lessons. Marty had hundreds of lessons for free on his YouTube channel. I watched, learned and experimented to see what I could do.

Then, I felt that some of my favourite classic rock songs were pretty easy. As I expected, now I can play America’s A Horse with No Name — two chords, The Beatles’s Let it Be — four chords, and Cat Stevens’s Peace Train — four chords.

Over the next few weeks I still watched YouTube videos and used chromatic Tuner. I also downloaded guitar sheet music through Songsterr Plus. This guitar learning app showed me how to read guitar tablature (奏法乐谱) and chord diagrams.

1. What did the author most probably think of Beginner Guitar Songs?

A．Interesting.

B．Expensive.

C．Useful.

D．Difficult.

2. What can we learn about Marty Schwartz’s online teaching?

A．It is only suitable for beginners.

B．It can be finished in just two weeks.

C．It’s the most popular online guitar teaching.

D．It is important to the author’s guitar learning.

3. While learning to play his favourite songs, the author most probably __________.

A．lost interest in the songs	B．found it hard to learn them well
C．wanted to write some rock songs	D．felt sure he would be able to play them well

2 . 完成语段。
    1    (看见我朋友悲痛欲绝), I was so anxious deep down that I felt like an ant on a hot pan. I must do whatever I could to     2     (振奋他的精神, 并说服他不要向失败屈服). I offered him some effective measures to relieve his sadness and tackle his problems. Finally,     3     (他相信只有致力于学习他才能通过考试). When I saw him come out of the haze, my heart was as sweet as honey.

3 . 使用恰当的过渡衔接词连句成篇
1.得知你在全国机器人制造比赛中获得第一名，我很高兴，我迫不及待地向你表示衷心的祝贺。
2.你的机器人太神奇了，它对农民有很大的帮助。
3.假设你的机器人投入使用，农民将无须在收获期解决工人短缺的问题。
4.它可以在不同的天气条件下工作，从而使农民完全摆脱疲劳和担忧。
5.我相信它将提高效率和产量。
6.你应该获得这个奖。希望你取得更大的进步。
Dear Paul,
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Yours,

Li Hua

4 . 它可以在不同的天气条件下工作，从而使农民完全摆脱疲劳和担忧。
It can work under different weather conditions, ________________________________．

5 . 假设你的机器人投入使用，农民将无须在收获期解决工人短缺的问题。
________________________________，farmers will not have to ________________________________ during the harvest.

6 . 你的机器人太神奇了，它对农民有很大的帮助。(倒装句)
_______________________________________________________________________________

7 . 得知你在全国机器人制造比赛中获得第一名，我很高兴，我迫不及待地向你表示衷心的祝贺。
Glad to learn you have won first place in the National Robot­-Making Competition, ________________.

8 . 短文填空

In reality,    1     (使我们震惊的是，主语从句) large amounts of food have been wasted in restaurants and canteens. Food waste can not only lead to the environment’s being polluted     2     (而且引发更为严重的食物短缺). 3.     3     (考虑到这个令人苦恼的情况), a campaign has been launched in the past months to     4     (阻止学生们浪费粮食).     5     (对于我们学生来说，少点食物比浪费食物更重要，主语从句). Now,   with students forming the habit of cleaning their plates, we are     6     (convince) that our school canteen will soon be kept free of wasted food.

9 . 我别无选择，只能紧闭着眼睛一动不动地听着刀在南瓜上移动的声音。
I________________ with my eyes tightly closed, listening to the knife moving on the pumpkin.

10 . 中国人民正携手共同努力，实现中国梦。
Chinese people are making joint efforts and working hard ________________.