Can you imagine making a structure (结构体) out of toothpicks that is strong enough
One winter break in primary school, my brother’s schoolwork was writing thank-you notes while
Isn’t it great that the school provides us with the chance to try different things,
2 . With almost all the spare time spent watching television and playing video games, many of today’s children have never experienced the rewards (回馈) of a hobby.
Not long ago,
Thirty years ago, almost every kid in my neighborhood had some kind of hobby. Collecting and trading baseball cards was a(n)
Hobbies benefit children in many ways. Because they are
Some parents
In a word, having a hobby outside of school will enrich kids’ lives and can provide many extra benefits you might not be
A.pointing | B.applying | C.performing | D.speaking |
A.raised | B.lent | C.gave | D.waved |
A.slowed | B.went | C.broke | D.calmed |
A.bad | B.formal | C.popular | D.dangerous |
A.photographer | B.doctor | C.driver | D.expert |
A.take control of | B.focus on | C.work out | D.turn into |
A.expressions | B.impressions | C.destinations | D.discussions |
A.profiles | B.friendships | C.strength | D.confidence |
A.games | B.tools | C.masters | D.adventures |
A.responsible for | B.suitable for | C.interested in | D.confused about |
A.promises | B.recommendations | C.comments | D.decisions |
A.request | B.fear | C.pretend | D.stress |
A.actually | B.fluently | C.obviously | D.extremely |
A.injuring | B.challenging | C.benefiting | D.annoying |
A.proud | B.careful | C.afraid | D.aware |
3 . “What is the story of your piano?” a new friend asked over dinner. My piano sits in the corner of my small living room.
My piano has a story? “All pianos have stories” she said. Suddenly, my piano’s story came flooding out of me fully-formed as if I’d always had this tale to tell.
I loved music since childhood. I started with the recorder and moved on to instrument like the violin, trumpet (小号) and guitar. But playing the piano had always been my dream, a dream our family could not afford.
I grew up in an immigrant Chinese family in Toronto. My father waited tables in a Chinese restaurant, and my mother worked in a Chinese laundry. Despite our poor childhood, my siblings (兄弟姐妹) and I were always fed with love. I can’t remember which birthday it was when she spared the money to buy me a doll. Of course, by then I’d grown out of the age of wanting dolls, but she worked too hard to know that, and I never told her. I happily and gratefully accepted the doll because I loved the gift that was her loving me enough to buy it for me.
So it was eventually with my piano. It was in my last year of high school. I took piano lessons for about a year before university forced me to stop. I had to make a decision: to work towards the more practical goal of medical school or my love for music. Finally I chose to stop piano lessons.
I moved that piano around with me over the next decade — until my son was born. He showed an early interest in music, so I put him in piano lessons. I played that piano through my son — although guitar was finally his instrument of choice .
I’ve come to realize that for my career, I’ve let all personal pleasures fall away. I figured I’d get back to playing the piano when I retire. Maybe it’s time to get that piano retuned (重新调音) again, this time for myself, before it’s too late to enjoy. Maybe that’s something we all should do right now .
Sometimes a single question can open whole paths of thinking and discovery. So, what is the story of your piano?
1. What do we know about the author from the first four paragraphs?A.She was born in a musical family. |
B.She had a poor but happy childhood. |
C.Her interest in dolls never faded. |
D.Her parents were too busy to care for her. |
A.Her parents persuaded her to do so. |
B.She faced study and career pressure. |
C.She couldn’t afford piano lessons. |
D.Her university didn’t provide such lessons. |
A.Restart her piano dream. |
B.Ask her son to learn piano. |
C.Buy a new piano for herself. |
D.Focus on her medical career. |
A.To explain the influence of music on her. |
B.To encourage readers to play an instrument. |
C.To look back on her childhood experience. |
D.To share her story about an unrealized dream. |
On the
The first challenge was
At
5 . When I first started taking photographs of the night sky, I never thought I’d end up doing it for a living. I’d always been interested in photography. I used to drive my family and friends crazy because I was always taking photographs of them. Then one day I saw a poster of the Earth taken from outer space. Posters like that were really popular in the 1970s. I had seen lots of them, but there was something different about this one. It attracted me and it ended up changing my life!
It hasn’t always been easy though. I remember trying to take a picture of the Comet Hale-Bopp for a photography competition in 1997. I checked with the experts at the local weather station to make sure they weren’t expecting clouds or strong winds. At 3: 30 am I set the camera on a tripod(三脚架)in my garden, and then I began the countdown to 4: 00 am, when the comet was scheduled to appear. I recall thinking, “If everything goes as planned, the photo will show the comet as a line of light moving across a background of stars.” But suddenly everything was terribly wrong! At 3: 59 am, just as I was making the final adjustments, out the bushes came a streak(色条)of black heading straight for my feet, and before I knew it, the camera, the tripod and I were on the ground! The streak of black was my neighbor’s cat Tiddles out for his late-night exercise, and he had ruined the only chance I had for the next 2,000 years of taking photographs of the spectacular(壮观的)comet!
Missed photo opportunities aside, astrophotography is a great job, and it can also be an enjoyable hobby. Surprisingly enough, you don’t need any special equipment: just a 35 mm camera, a tripod and some slow-speed film. But you must remember to take care of your equipment.
1. What does the author mainly describe in the text?A.How he was trained to be a weather expert. |
B.How he took photographs for posters. |
C.How he took photographs of people. |
D.How he became an astrophotographer. |
A.Taking family photographs for a living. |
B.Taking up astrophotography as a hobby. |
C.An attractive poster of the Earth taken from outer space. |
D.A popular photograph of the comet. |
A.The author wanted to take a picture of the comet for a competition. |
B.The author showed people how the comet moved across the sky. |
C.The comet was expected to appear at 3:30 am. |
D.The comet once appeared in the year of 2000. |
A.Unexpected clouds. | B.A line of light. |
C.A neighbour’s cat. | D.Strong winds. |
6 . In my whole life I’ve been interested in martial arts. But it was only when I
After I
The next year my dream
A.settled | B.shared | C.travelled | D.went |
A.defeating | B.saving | C.protecting | D.hurting |
A.barrier | B.part | C.origin | D.tradition |
A.behaviours | B.movements | C.qualities | D.deeds |
A.easy | B.perfect | C.special | D.hard |
A.practised | B.conducted | C.observed | D.prepared |
A.city | B.town | C.country | D.suburb |
A.local | B.native | C.national | D.international |
A.finally | B.directly | C.officially | D.naturally |
A.shown | B.seen | C.called | D.given |
A.disappointed | B.amused | C.impressed | D.confused |
A.habit | B.style | C.feature | D.rule |
A.think | B.know | C.approve | D.dream |
A.came over | B.came true | C.came up | D.came out |
A.spared | B.searched | C.recorded | D.contributed |
1. 喜欢的运动项目;
2. 喜欢此项运动的原因;
3. 将来的愿望。
注意:词数:100词左右。
My favourite sport
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