I am fond of Gloria’s attitude _____ life; she has never complained about anything.

Nicola’s Love for Her Violin

     Can love between partners with a 237-year age gap (差距) lead to the perfect match (絕配)? Nicola Benedetti thinks so. The 18-year-old   36   and her “partner, a 255-year-old Italian violin,   37   to China for the first time last weekend. She   38   in Beijing on September 15 and also performed in Hangzhou and Shanghai.

     Nicola is from Scotland and   39   playing the violin when she was four years old.   40  , it was not something her parents   41   her do. She went with her sister to violin lessons and   42   it and improved very quickly.

     “There are so many different things I am fond of about the   43  ,” she said. “I can’t really   44   it but I love giving live performances, I like the feeling of playing and communicating with the   45  . I love the feeling of the violin under my chin (下巴).”

     However, playing violin six hours a day is not a/an   46   job. “I usually   47   in an upstairs bedroom when I’m at home.” she said. “But sometimes, when it’s   48   outside, it can be upset. The house is right on the   49   and I can see others having fun   50   I’m on my own.”

     Although practising is sometimes lonely, Nicola   51   felt she was lucky. “You can’t have    52  . I am really lucky to do what I love doing,” she said. Her   53   paid off (終有回報). Nicola won BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2004 at 16.

       54   her performing and recording activities, Nicola is a/an   55  of UNICEF (聯(lián)合國兒童基金會). She said that she would travel to Lesotho in southern Africa at the end of this year to help poor kids there.

A. singer                 B. writer                C. pianist              D. violinist

A. came                 B. turned                 C. ran                       D. moved

A. checked                  B. played                    C. visited                D. remained

A. stopped                        B. requested                  C. started                     D. ignored

A. So                            B. And                        C. But                          D. However

A. made                       B. persuaded                C. wanted                    D. got

A. noticed                  B. concerned                C. minded                D. loved

A. lessons                B. violin               C. performances           D. show

A. explain                     B. imagine             C. determine              D. refuse

A. foreigners                  B. friends                         C. audience                  D. teenagers

A. boring                      B. easy                  C. wonderful             D. tiring

A. work                  B. rest              C. stay                        D. practise

A. cool                    B. sunny                C. windy               D. cloudy

A. river                         B. hill                      C. farm                        D. beach

A. while                     B. as                   C. so                       D. for

A. even                     B. still              C. ever                   D. almost

A. anything                 B. something            C. everything                      D. nothing

A. time                  B. music              C. efforts                     D. action

A. Because of            B. Besides              C. Instead of              D. Thanks to

A. adviser                    B. manager              C. organizer                 D. supporter

Ⅳ 單詞拼寫（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

61. Your friend comes to school very upset. The bell rings so you need to go to class. Will you i_________ the bell and go somewhere quiet to calm your friend down?

62 I don’t want to set down a s________ of facts in a diary as most people do, but I want this diary itself to be my friend.

63. I am fond of my sister but she has one serious s_________. She can be really stubborn.

64. People are usually asked to show their i____________cards before they are allowed to pass through the Customs.

65. Her uncle gets used to drinking alcohol(喝酒), what’s worse, he is f____________ drunk.

66. India has a very large number of _______(流利的) English speakers because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947.

67. We began to know each other _______ （逐漸地）

68. _______ （本國的） English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English..

69. what is your ________ (態(tài)度) to your study?

70. Mr. Paine made a ________ （請求；要求） that I should help him.

I am fond of Gloria’s attitude _____ life; she has never complained about anything.

Of the two coats, I’d choose the red one, for I am ______ fond of it.