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Just as I came back home. I heard a sound coming from the bedroom upstairs—it was from my favourite violin.
“Thief （小偷）!”
I rushed upstairs and saw a boy in dirty clothes pulling my violin down. At first sight, I found a new pair of shoes missing. It seemed he was surely a thief.
However, when I saw his eyes full of fear, my anger disappeared. I smiled and asked, “Are you Mr. Ram’s student Rubens? I’m his butler（男管家）. I’ve heard Mr. Ram say his student will come. It must be you.”
“Has my teacher gone out ?” the boy said, “I think I’d better visit him again in a while/”
I nodded and asked him, “Do you like playing the violin?”
“Yes, but I’m too poor to afford one.” the boy replied.
“Then, I’ll give you this violin.” The boy looked at me surprisingly, but he picked up the violin. While going out of the room, he suddenly saw a huge photo of me playing the violin at the Grand Theatre of Sydney on the wall. His face turned pale. He stood there for a moment and ran out. He must have understood what had happened because no master（主人）would put up the butler’s photo on the wall of his living room.
A few years later, at a music competition in Melbourne, I was invited to be the judge （评委）. Finally, a violin player called Merritt won the first prize.
After the prize-giving, Merritt ran to me holding a violin box, his face red, and asked, “Mr. Brian, do you still know me? You gave me the violin, which I have treasured ever since! Today, I want to say sorry and give back this violin to you without regret…”
He was just the “Mr. Ram’s student”!
1.The writer felt ______ when he saw the boy pulling his violin down.
A. afraid B. angry C. sad D. disappointed
2.In fact, the boy was ________.
A. Mr. Ram’s student
B. a visitor to the Ram family
C. the butler’s friend
D. a thief to the writer’s home
3.The boy’s face turned pale probably because he realized______.
A. the butler was a great musician
B. he would be found as a thief soon
C. the master had come back home
D. the butler was just the master
4.The passage mainly wants to tell us that _______.
A. It’s never late to say sorry
B. the future is what we make it
C. kindness can bring one power
D. success depends on trust and support
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–Is Tony home?
-Yeah, he’s just _______ back from Chengdu.
A. coming B. comes C. came D. come
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–Is Tony home? -Yeah, he’s just _______ back from Chengdu.
A. coming B. comes
C. came D. come
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—I just came back from Shanghai Disneyland.Can you guess ____?
—I've no idea.But it can't be cheap.I've heard everything is very expensive.
A. how I came back home
B. how many days I stayed there
C. how much I paid for the Micky Mouse toy
D. how much did I pay for it
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—I just came back from Shanghai Disneyland. Can you guess ________ ?
—I’ve no idea. But it can’t be cheap. I’ve heard everything is very expensive there.
A.how I came back home
B.how many days I stayed there
C.how much I paid for the Mickey Mouse toy
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I will tell you the good news as soon as you _______ back.
A. come B. came C. are coming D. will come
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When my mom came back home from the hospital with the twins, I was excited at the very beginning. I couldn’t _______ to play with them and be the best sister ever.
Everyone was coming over to our house to hold babies an ______presents to the babaies and talk nonstop about how lovely the babies were. Then they’d pull out their _______and just as I was about to say “cheese”, they’d run over to my perfect little brothers and take photos of them. At that time I was thinking ,” Why can’t I be _____again so I can be the one getting all the ______”
When my aunt Camille got married,my mom_____a long time finding the perfect clothes for them. On the day of the wedding,my twin brothers had the cutest and prettiest clothes and then there was me,just sitting and watching in my ____dress.
At the ceremony(典礼)，all I _____was the praise------how sweet and lovely the twins were.
I ____agreed that they were wonderful,but I couldn’t help feeling that I was _____and unnoticed.
There was a big party after the wedding. Aunt Canille and her nice new ____had the first dance,and then everyone started dancing happily.I _____my uncomfortable dress shoes,and I danced and danced and danced! It became one of the most fun time I’ve ever had in my whole life.
The best part was when my aunt and I took my twin brothers by the hands and ____them some dance moves, helping them was such a cool thing,I ____then what a huge waste of time feeling jealous(嫉妒)！_____comes when you kick over your shoes and enjoy life!
1.A.enjoy B.wait C.stand D .help
2.A.make B .create C.give D.show
3.A.cameras B.gifts C.photos D.money
4.A.smart B.short C.sick D.little
5.A.support B.attention C.prizes D.changes
6.A.spent B.paid C.kept D.wasted
7.A.popular B.wonderful C.daily D.special
8.A.felt B.heard C.looked D.smelt
9.A.never B.hardly C.certainly D.luckily
10.A.careless B.careful C.unimportant D.useful
11.A.baby B.friend C.partner D.husband
12.A.took off B.took over C.took up D.took in
13.A.taught B.passed C.lent D.warned
14.A.imagined B.collected C.meant D.realized
15.A.present B.chance C.success D.happiness
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We know ______ about the new teacher except that she just came back from the US. We hope to know her better.
A. everything B. nothing C. something D. anything
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We know ______ about the new teacher except that she just came back from the US. We hope to know her better.
A. everything B. nothing C. something D. anything
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A man came back home from work late, tired, to find his six-year-old son waiting for him at the door.
“Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?”
“If you want to know, I make $20 an hour.”
“Oh,” the little boy replied, with his head down. He thought for a moment, looked up and said, “Daddy, could you lend me $10?”
The father was furious, “If you asked for money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think why you are being so selfish!”
The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. After about an hour or so, the father calmed down, and started to think, “Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn’t ask for money very often.” So he went to the little boy’s room.
“Sorry! Maybe I was too hard on you just now,” said the man. “Here’s $10.”
“Oh, thank you, Daddy!” the boy said gladly. Then, the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy already had some money, he got angry again.
“Why do you want more money since you already have some?” the father shouted angrily.
“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do,” the little boy replied, “Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”
1.How much does the man make if he works 10 hours?
A. $20. B.$50. C. $100. D. $200.
2.In this passage, the underlined word “furious” means ___________.
A. very angry B. quite happy C. too excited D. a little tired
3.The boy wanted to buy ___________ with twenty dollars.
A. a new book for himself B. a nice present for his father
C. a toy for his own birthday D. an hour of his father’s time
4.From this passage, we can infer (推断) that the boy’s father __________.
A. often played with his son B. spent little time with his son
C. didn’t love his son at all D. often came back home early