The nursing home invited me to play my violin...

The nursing home invited me to play my violin for three1.(love) listeners I stopped in the room of the quiet and gentle woman, for whom I had played for two2.(time)before. She was sleeping but I set up anyway as I know she loves the violin. Her roommate was also with the health center for3.I volunteer and I asked if she wouldn't mind and maybe she would like it as well. She told me yes, please play but she was going to4.(weigh)soon. The weighing5.(take) about three minutes. My6.(sleep) beauty slept as I played and my other listener told me　　 7.(repeated) how much she loved it and that I was just wonderful.

It happened that another woman in the next door was sleeping lightly in front of her TV. She told me, " Why, sure, I would like music! Come on in!" Her TV and her room mate's TV8.(be) on (the room mate wasn't there). I played through it for one piece and asked if I could turn them off9.her. Oh please, she said. What10.difference today!

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My American friend kindly invited me to her home to celebrate this year’s Thanksgiving Day. I 1. (experience) my first ever Thanksgiving.

On that day, we watched the Thanksgiving parade (游行) in New York City on TV. My friend’s family sat 2.front of the television. They came from all over the States and enjoyed being together. 3. (look) at their happy faces, I thought it was really a holiday for families, just like the Mid-Autumn Festival in China.

That evening, we had a big Thanksgiving dinner. This 4. (tradition) meal includes roast turkey, mashed potatoes and assorted vegetables. When the dishes and plates arrived at the table, we started to take 5. (turn) to say the things we were 6. (thank) for. This, in fact, is a Thanksgiving tradition many families practice in the US.

Then, the food 7. (pass) around the table and we all ate far too much. I also had desserts with my dinner. There　 8. (be) different kinds of pies, such as apple pies, pumpkin pies and coconut pies.

If one mentions Thanksgiving, one must talk about Black Friday, the Friday 9. follows Thanksgiving Day. Shops across the United States will give their 10. (big) sales of the whole year on Black Friday. Many people go crazy about it. I saw many long queues outside the shops on that day.

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I finished my last work of the week and could hardly wait to get home, take off my nursing shoes, and relax.

As I _36_ my car, I saw one of my _37_ standing by the bus stop. I thought it would only take a couple of extra minutes to give her a ride home, and _38_, it was too cold to be standing outside on the coldest _39_ in January. I didn’t know where she lived, but I was _40_ I would be able to find my way back.

We _41_ about our work as I drove and _42_ we knew it, we arrived at her house. I started driving back. _43_ looked familiar, but at first that didn’t _44_ me. But soon I _45_ something wrong. I recognized nothing. But I told myself to stay _46_.

I was _47_ neighborhoods, streets and even streetlights. I no longer knew where I was now. How could I be so stupid! I looked down at my _48_. It was now 2:30 a.m. My gas was slowly running out. I _49_ the car and turned off the engine. In total defeat, I put my head down on the wheel, _50_. Then I raised my head and saw a(n) _51_ down the road in front of me. I turned my headlights on. A car! I drove a little _52_, got out of my car and knocked on the window of that car. An elderly man _53_ rolled his window down.

I said that I didn’t know how to get back into town. In silence, he started driving. I ran back to my car and drove behind him. Finally I _54_ a familiar street. As I turned to head home, the car disappeared. Then I _55_ my driveway (车道) when the warning light for my gas tank (汽油箱) turned on.

Though so many years have passed, I still thank the old man from my deepest heart.

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My father’s playing the violin lights up any room. To him, it is an instrument of faith, hope and charity. My mother used to joke, “Your papa would play his violin if the world was about to blow up.”

Once_Dad_came_about_as_close_to_that_as_could_ever_be_possible.

In the early years of the 20th century, the boll weevil (棉铃象鼻虫) began destroying the cotton farms in the southern USA.

In May 1910, folks all over the nation were talking about Halley’s Comet (哈雷彗星). There were all sorts of frightening stories about it, the main one being that the world would pass through its tail, said to be millions of miles long.

Between the threats of the comet and weevils, the farmers were running low on optimism. One night, they gathered at our farm to discuss what to do. Will Bowen, a local man, suggested, “Charley, how about giving us a little music?”

“I don’t think anybody’d want to hear me tonight,” Dad replied.

“Come on, Mr. Nordyke,” one of the younger women urged. “Play for us!”

Dad got the hang of getting people in the mood for his music. He played church songs, and then switched to war songs. By the time he had finished performing, people were stamping their feet, clapping their hands and yelling.

All of our neighbors went home whistling. Very few remembered to look to see whether the comet was still around.

Another evening, Will Bowen called Dad on the telephone and said, “Charley, I'm downhearted and blue. Could you play a tune or two for me through the phone?”

Dad handed the receiver to me and then set about playing the songs he had performed that night. I could hear Mr. Bowen whistling and yelling.

By the time the tune was finished there were half a dozen neighbors on the line. They talked about how wonderful the music sounded over the telephone. They made numerous requests; I relayed them to Dad and he played.

Our broadcasts became regular features of community life. When the weather was bad in winter and farmers were forced to remain in the house, someone would ring us and ask Dad to play. Usually it developed into a network affair. Our phone kept ringing with requests for music until radio came into fashion.

1. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that the author’s mother ________.

A. believed that her husband had the ability to save the world by playing the violin.

B. complained that her husband loved the violin more than her.

C. thought that her husband could always get strength from his violin.

D. showed that she loved music as much as her husband

2.The underlined sentence “Once Dad came about as close to that as could ever be possible.” functions as ________.

A. a conclusion of the first paragraph

B. an introduction of a story

C. an example of my father's love of music

D. the topic sentence of this passage

3. From the last three paragraphs, we could see that Mr. Nordyke was ______.

A. generous and optimistic　　 B. popular and creative

C. sensitive and determined　　 D. energetic and humorous

4.All the following statements are FALSE except ________.

A. The neighbors often dropped in to hear Mr. Nordyke’s performance.

B. Mr. Nordyke’s music entertained and comforted people in the community.

C. The farmers knew listening to music would help them avoid being destroyed by Halley’s Comet.

D. At that time people loved all sorts of music deeply.

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Oscar the cat seems to have an unnatural ability for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up (蜷伏) next to them during their final hours. His accuracy, observed in 25 cases, has led the staff to call family members once he has chosen someone. It usually means the patient has less than four hours to live. "Many family members take some comfort from it. They appreciate the companionship that the cat provides for their dying loved one," said Dosa, a doctor and assistant professor of medicine at Brown University.

The 2-year-old cat was adopted as a kitten and grew up in a third-floor dementia (痴呆) unit at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, where the facility treats people with Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease and other illnesses. After about six months, the staff noticed Oscar would make his own rounds, just like the doctors and nurses. He'd smell and observe patients, then sit beside people who would end up dying in a few hours. Dosa said Oscar seems to take his work seriously. "This is not a cat that's friendly to people," he said.

"Oscar is better at predicting death than the people who work here," said Dr. Joan Teno of Brown University, who treats patients at the nursing home and is an expert on care for the terminally ill. She was convinced of Oscar's talent when he made his 13th correct call. While observing one patient, Teno said she noticed the woman wasn't eating, was breathing with difficulty and that her legs had a bluish color, signs that often mean death is near. Oscar wouldn't stay inside the room, though, so Teno thought bis streak was broken. Instead, it turned out the doctor's prediction was roughly 10 hours too early. Sure enough, during the patient's final two hours, nurses told Teno that Oscar joined the woman at her bedside.

Doctors say most of the people who get a visit from the sweet-faced, gray-and-white cat are so ill that they probably don't know he's there, so patients aren't aware he's a predictor of death. Most families are grateful for the advance warning, although one wanted Oscar out of the room while a family member died. When Oscar is put outside, he paces and meows his displeasure.

No one's certain if Oscar's behavior is scientifically significant or points to a cause. Teno wonders if the cat senses mysterious scents or reads something into the behavior of the nurses who raised him. Nursing home staff aren't concerned with explaining Oscar, so long as he gives families a better chance at saying goodbye to the dying. The staff recently gave Oscar a wall sign publicly praising his "sympathetic care."

1.What makes Oscar the cat so special?

A. He observes the cases of dying patients.

B. He curls up next to the patients.

C. He calls family members to the hospital.

D. He senses when patients are to die.

2.The passage tells us Oscar_____.

A. would go round and observe patients

B. may sometimes fail to predict death

C. is friendly and liked by every nurse

D. was born and grew up in the hospital

3.The underlined words "his streak was broken" probably mean ____.

A. his bones were severely injured

B. his magic power stopped working

C. his devotion to work got changed

D. his friendship with patients ended

4.From the passage, we learn that_____.

A. Oscar's behavior is scientifically significant

B. Oscar can read something of the nurses' behavior

C. Oscar might like to stay with the dying patients

D. Oscar is sympathetic to the dying patients

5.The best title for this passage is "____".

A. Cats Can Be Used for Looking After Patients

B. Oscar, the Sweet-Faced, Gray-and-White Cat

C. As Death Comes Calling, So Does Oscar the Cat

D. Oscar the Cat, the Best Helper of Our Hospital

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The other day, I was invited my friend Sam’s home for dinner. I felt a bit surprising when I saw Bill there. It was two month since we two had quarreled, so I was embarrassed and didn’t know how to do. I sat down on the sofa but began to watch TV. Later Sam came to ask I to make up with Bill. Until then I realize that Sam had arranged the meeting on purpose. He went up to Bill and greeted him warmly, smiled at him. He looked very happily and talked with me excitedly. That night, we had a great fun together.

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Jane helped me with my work last week when I asked for leave. ______, I’ll invite her to have dinner with me.

A．In return          B．In turn            C．In time            D．In vain

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---Why do you look so happy?

---My aunt has bought a new car and she will invite me to go for a _____ this weekend.

A. surf               B. ride                    C. run                  D. hike

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I think it was a great honor for me _______ to speak to the public.

A．to invite          B．to be invited       C．inviting           D．having invited

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My sister was very unhappy for _______ to the party.

A. having not been invited                      B. not having invited

C. having not invited                       D. not having been invited

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