The nine-year-old Marc Yu is called Little Mozart. He is too short to reach the pedals (踏板) of a piano. Marc, from California, USA, says, “The problem is that my legs aren’t straight enough, so I have to get very close to the piano.”
Marc’s 34-year-old mother played Beethoven’s CDs to him when she was pregnant . Marc started playing the piano at a birthday party when he was only two. While the other children were singing “twinkle, twinkle, little star …”, he walked over to the piano and started playing the song. It astonished his mother, because that was the first time he’d been near a piano. Marc gave his first public performance, playing Beethoven, at six, the same age as Mozart. After that concert, Marc won a ￡225,000 university scholarship.
At present he practices the piano eight hours a day. He also studies part-time at the famous Colbum Music School in Los Angeles, and flies once a month to China for lessons at Shanghai Music School. Marc says, “I like playing the piano because it makes me have a lot of different feelings —sadness, excitement, happiness and so on. I like playing difficult pieces, especially those that my teacher says I shouldn’t.”
【小題1】The nine-year-old Marc Yu is from       .

The nine-year-old Marc Yu is called Little Mozart. He is too short to reach the pedals (踏板) of a piano. Marc, from California, USA, says, “The problem is that my legs aren’t straight enough, so I have to get very close to the piano.”

Marc’s 34-year-old mother played Beethoven’s CDs to him when she was pregnant . Marc started playing the piano at a birthday party when he was only two. While the other children were singing “twinkle, twinkle, little star …”, he walked over to the piano and started playing the song. It astonished his mother, because that was the first time he’d been near a piano. Marc gave his first public performance, playing Beethoven, at six, the same age as Mozart. After that concert, Marc won a ￡225,000 university scholarship.

At present he practices the piano eight hours a day. He also studies part-time at the famous Colbum Music School in Los Angeles, and flies once a month to China for lessons at Shanghai Music School. Marc says, “I like playing the piano because it makes me have a lot of different feelings —sadness, excitement, happiness and so on. I like playing difficult pieces, especially those that my teacher says I shouldn’t.”

1.The nine-year-old Marc Yu is from       .

A．China            B．France            C．Canada           D．the United States

2.Marc played the piano at the age of        for the first time.

A．two              B．five              C．six               D．nine

3.According to the passage, the underlined word “astonished” means “     ” in Chinese.

A．使……理解                           B．使……擔(dān)心

C．使……驚奇                           D．使……難過

4.At present Marc practices playing the piano        .

A．once a month                          B．eight hours a day

C．in his free time                         D．only on weekends

5.What Marc says in the last paragraph tells us that       .

A．he likes challenges                      B．he doesn’t like challenges

C．he is afraid of challenges                  D．he wants to be happy and famous.

The nine-year-old Marc Yu is called Little Mozart. He is too short to reach the pedals (踏板) of a piano. Marc, from California, USA, says, “The problem is that my legs aren’t straight enough, so I have to get very close to the piano.”
Marc’s 34-year-old mother played Beethoven’s CDs to him when she was pregnant . Marc started playing the piano at a birthday party when he was only two. While the other children were singing “twinkle, twinkle, little star …”, he walked over to the piano and started playing the song. It astonished his mother, because that was the first time he’d been near a piano. Marc gave his first public performance, playing Beethoven, at six, the same age as Mozart. After that concert, Marc won a ￡225,000 university scholarship.
At present he practices the piano eight hours a day. He also studies part-time at the famous Colbum Music School in Los Angeles, and flies once a month to China for lessons at Shanghai Music School. Marc says, “I like playing the piano because it makes me have a lot of different feelings —sadness, excitement, happiness and so on. I like playing difficult pieces, especially those that my teacher says I shouldn’t.”

1. 1.

   The nine-year-old Marc Yu is from       

   1. A.
      China
   2. B.
      France
   3. C.
      Canada
   4. D.
      the United States
2. 2.

   Marc played the piano at the age of        for the first time

   1. A.
      two
   2. B.
      five
   3. C.
      six
   4. D.
      nine
3. 3.

   According to the passage, the underlined word “astonished” means “     ” in Chinese

   1. A.
      使……理解
   2. B.
      使……擔(dān)心
   3. C.
      使……驚奇
   4. D.
      使……難過
4. 4.

   At present Marc practices playing the piano        

   1. A.
      once a month
   2. B.
      eight hours a day
   3. C.
      in his free time
   4. D.
      only on weekends
5. 5.

   What Marc says in the last paragraph tells us that       

   1. A.
      he likes challenges
   2. B.
      he doesn’t like challenges
   3. C.
      he is afraid of challenges
   4. D.
      he wants to be happy and famous

56. Lanlan is a lovely and kind girl. She hopes that she can help the children who lose chances to go to school.

57. Liu Hong is going back to her hometown for the summer vacation.  She will take some photos and show them to her classmates when she returns.

58. Mr. and Mrs. Smith want to have a relaxing holiday out of the busy city.  They

like to stay in a classical building.

59. Jim is very interested in pandas but he knows little about them.  He wants to  borrow some books on pandas.

60. Mr. Lu will pay 60 yuan to see an American movie with his son.

A. Wickets Hotel

A 200-year-old country house in the country south to the city of Rome with 30 bedrooms. Three meals provided a day. Open all year round.

B. City Library

The largest library in the area with over 70000 books of different kinds in it. Two big reading-rooms which can hold 2000 readers. Open from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00

p.m., Monday to Saturday.

C. Sunny Museum

   An art show from August 1st to 20th. Over 300 paintings by world famous artists will be shown in it.

D. Concert

A concert in Jinma Theater on July 10th. Some famous singers in China will sing in the concert. The money for the tickets will be used for the poor children.

E. Dadi Cinema

“Snow White”, a cartoon by Disney, will be shown in Dadi Cinema next Sunday.

Ticket Price: ￥40. (Half for children).

F. Canon Digital Camera

A canon digital camera with 8 million pels (像素) is on sale for 2500 yuan in

Tianhe Supermarket in Guangzhou.