1 . From my second grade on, there was one event I feared every year: the piano recital(独奏演唱会). A recital _____I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers. Each year I _____ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”. And each year he would shake his head, muttering(嘀咕) _________about build self-confidence and working toward a ________.

So it was with really great______that I stood in church one recent Sunday, video camera in hand, and ______my 68-year-old father sweating in his shirt ______rising to play the piano in his very first recital.
My father had longed to play music since childhood, but his family was poor and couldn’t _________lessons. He could have gone on regretting it, _______too many of us do. But though he was rooted in his past, he wasn’t ________there. When he retired three years ago, he _____ his church music director to take him as a student.
For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard, he ______stared down at his fingers. Has he forgotten the ______? I worried, remembering those split seconds______ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would _______. But then came the beautiful melody(旋律)，from the _____fingers that once baited(装饵于) my fishing lines. And I______he had been doing what music teachers always stress:___ _____the music and pretend the others aren’t there.
“I’m ________of him for starting something new at his age,” I said to my son Jeff.
“Yeah, and doing it so______,” Jeff added.
With his first recital, my father taught me more about courage and determination than all the words he used those 30-plus years ago.1.

A．reflected

B．explained

C．meant

D．proved

2.

A．would

B．could

C．might

D．should

3.

A．nothing

B．everything

C．anything

D．something

4.

A．goal

B．stage

C．journey

D．chance

5.

A．trouble

B．satisfaction

C．strength

D．disappointment

6.

A．kept

B．sent

C．watched

D．felt

7.

A．through

B．from

C．against

D．before

8.

A．miss

B．afford

C．select

D．understand

9.

A．as

B．once

C．if

D．while

10.

A．educated

B．protected

C．stuck

D．spoilt

11.

A．allowed

B．invited

C．inspired

D．persuaded

12.

A．roughly

B．simply

C．merrily

D．curiously

13.

A．words

B．videos

C．notes

D．lessons

14.

A．decades

B．weeks

C．hours

D．moments

15.

A．play

B．freeze

C．click

D．adjust

16.

A．same

B．warm

C．different

D．dirty

17.

A．predicted

B．realized

C．imagined

D．insisted

18.

A．pass over

B．turn up

C．bring in

D．concentrate on

19.

A．ashamed

B．aware

C．tired

D．proud

20.

A．casually

B．anxiously

C．nicely

D．frequently

2 . Some people believe that a Robin Hood is at work, others that a wealthy person simply wants to distribute his or her fortune before dying. But the donator who started sending envelopes with cash to deserving causes，accompanied by an article from the local paper, has made a northern German city believe in fairytales (童话）
The first envelope was sent to a victim support group. It contained €10,000 with a cutting from the Braunschtveiger Zeitung about how the group supported a woman who was robbed of her handbag； similar plain white anonymous (匿名）envelopes, each containing €10,000, then arrived at a kindergarten and a church.
The envelopes keep coming, and so far at least €190,000 has been distributed. Last month, one of them was sent to the newspaper’s own office. It came after a story it published about Tom, a 14-year-old boy who was severely disabled in a swimming accident. The receptionist at the Braunschweiger Zeitung opened an anonymous white envelope to find 20 notes of €500 inside , with a copy of the article. The name of the family was underlined.
"I was driving when I heard the news,” Claudia Neumann, the boy’s mother, told DerSpiegel magazine. “I had to park on the side of the road； I was speechless. ”
The money will be used to make the entrance to their house wheelchair-accessible .and for a course of treatment that their insurance company refused to pay for.
“For someone to act so selflessly, for this to happen in such a society in which everyone thinks of himself, was astonishing," Mrs. Neumann said. Her family wonder whether the donator is a Robin Hood character, taking from banks to give to the needy.
Henning Noske, the editor of the Braunschweiger Zeitung, said： “Maybe it is an old person who is about to die. We just do not know. ” However, he has told his reporters not to look for the city’s hero, for fear that discovery may stop the donations.
1. The Braunschweiger Zeitung is the name of             .

A．a church

B．a bank

C．a newspaper

D．a magazine

2. Which of the following is TRUE about the donation to Tom?

A．The donation amounted to €190,000.

B．The donation was sent directly to his house.

C．The money will be used for his education.

D．His mother felt astonished at the donation.

3. It can be inferred from the passage that          .

A．the donator is a rich old man

B．the donation will continue to come

C．the donation comes from the newspaper

D．the donator will soon be found out

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Money Is Raised by the Newspaper

B．Newspaper Distributes Money to

C．Unknown Hero Spreads Love in Envelopes

D．Robin Hood Returns to the City

3 . Diana Velez does everything with maximum effort-and at maximum speed. That_______learning a new language, completing two certificates and opening a store.

When arriving in Canada in 2008, she had one _______: to have what she had back home in Colombia. “I didn’t want to_______what I do, like so many who come to a new country.” she said, “I_______to open a store here in Canada but knew I had to_______myself properly.”

Diana quickly realized that making her dream of shop ownership in Canada a _______ meant going to school to get the _______education and certification, “My experience of owning a shop and working as a designer in Colombia gave me_______in my abilities but I couldn’t speak the language and I had to_______how to do things in Canada. It was like having to________all over again,” said Diana.

________, she found just the help she needed for her relaunch (重新开张) ________continuing education at George Brown College. She began taking ________for both the Essential Skills in Fashion Certificate and the Images Consulting Certificate in May 2009. ________Diana met with the language barrier, she was always going ________while at college.

By the end of October 2009, she had completed all certificate requirements. Within two years after her ________in Canada, Diana at last achieved her ________ goal when her new store opened its doors in Toronto’s Sheppard Centre. She was on the fast-track to________.

Looking back, Diana, a fashion (时装) designer,________her achievements to the goal she set, the education she received from the college, and ________, the efforts she made. Now Diana is very happy doing what she is doing.

1.

A．requires

B．encourages

C．include

D．advises

2.

A．goal

B．memory

C．choice

D．problem

3.

A．continue

B．choose

C．change

D．lose

4.

A．demanded

B．decided

C．agreed

D．hesitated

5.

A．teach

B．prepare

C．enjoy

D．persuade

6.

A．reality

B．fact

C．challenge

D．wonder

7.

A．physical

B．private

C．primary

D．necessary

8.

A．pressure

B．judgment

C．influence

D．confidence

9.

A．put away

B．depend on

C．learn about

D．look into

10.

A．advance

B．start

C．suffer

D．work

11.

A．Naturally

B．Gradually

C．Luckily

D．Clearly

12.

A．through

B．for

C．before

D．with

13.

A．notes

B．responsibilities

C．chances

D．courses

14.

A．Though

B．As

C．Since

D．Once

15.

A．around

B．back

C．ahead

D．out

16.

A．adventure

B．arrival

C．performance

D．journey

17.

A．original

B．common

C．another

D．distant

18.

A．success

B．wealth

C．glory

D．happiness

19.

A．adds

B．connects

C．devotes

D．owes

20.

A．after all

B．above all

C．at least

D．at first