Mei Bao jiu, a Peking Opera master, passed aw...

Mei Bao jiu, a Peking Opera master, passed away when he was 82. As the1.(nine) son of famous opera star Mei Lanfang, who was the founder of the Mei style of acting, Mei Baojiu devoted his life to 2.(promote) the traditional art of Peking Opera. He was one of China’s most successful and 3.(admire) Peking Opera performers and enjoyed a worldwide reputation.

Born in 1934, Mei Baojiu began to learn the art 4.the age of 10. When he was 13, he had his first formal performance. Gifted with5.clear and sweet voice, Mei Baojiu was well received by the audience. Besides "The Drunken Beauty", his classics "Mu Guiying Takes Command" and "Xi Shi, the Beauty"6.(appreciate) by many foreigners. Mei Baojiu's famous performances won7.(he) the "Asia's Best-Artist Award" by the New York Lincoln Centre in 1989.

Mei Baojiu was enthusiastic about his work8.(develop) the Peking Opera in general. He hoped this Chinese traditional art could be better and 9.his father’s art could last forever. Mei Baojiu’s10.(die) is not just a big loss to Peking Opera but also to Chinese culture.

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I was only three when my real mom passed away. The last thing I remember about my real mom was watching the ambulance taking her away from us. After my mom died, my dad started abusing my brothers and me. I was sent away to live with one relative after another but no one would ever want to keep me for long. I was miserable almost all of the time. Finally, when I was five, my mom’s sister, Aunt Bonnie, and her husband, Uncle Jesse, said that they would take me in, and they became my legal guardians.

From then on, they became my family. I called Aunt Bonnie Mom and Uncle Jesse Dad. When I was six, Uncle Jesse was diagnosed with cancer and finally died shortly after my seventh birthday. I cried for days after losing him and still clung to the present he gave me on my sixth birthday.

Shortly after Uncle Jesse passed away, we moved to a smaller house in a new town. I spent a lot of time alone because Mom was always working. One summer, the beginning of a miracle happened when my mom met a great and funny guy, David. They got married and now I gained two more brothers.

When I look back on it now, I have come a long way from being a sad and lonely girl to being the person I am today---part of a big, happy family. I can’t imagine what my life would have been like if Aunt Bonnie hadn’t taken me in. She promised to love me and take care of me---no matter what--- and she has done exactly that. I have learned about strength, dedication and love. She has been there to hold me when I’m sick, to help me with homework, to support me when I need her. In return, I love her more than she’ll ever know. Without her in my life, I would have been a motherless child, but because of her I have a great family and the best mom in the world.

1.Why was the author sent to live with her relatives?

A. Because her dad didn’t want to raise her.

B. Because her relatives offered to help her.

C. Because her dad treated her badly.

D. Because her family was too poor to keep her.

2.We can infer from the passage that ______.

A. Aunt Bonnie had been teaching the author at home

B. Aunt Bonnie was a strong, dedicated and loving mother

C. the family could hardly make ends meet after Uncle Jesse died

D. David, the new father, was wealthy enough to support the family

3.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A. My Unusual Childhood B. Thank You, My Mom!

C. My New Dad and Mom D. A Motherless Child

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I was 20 years old when my mother passed away.It was the first real blow that life had dealt me，and I thought I would never recover.Then，by the time the following spring came，the pain was almost bearable and again I could find pleasure in the miraculous reward of nature.

At first，I went to the cemetery with trepidation.But then，amazingly，by tending her grave and decorating it with flowers，I was ridding myself of the painful memories.

The years passed.I moved from Kaposvar，Hungary，the town where I had been born and had spent my youth.So did my siblings.We only came together on feast days，especially on All Souls’ Day in the cemetery.

Father lived with me for many years，to a ripe old age.Now that he，too，rests beneath the white marble stone，I go even more eagerly to the cemetery.While I tend my parents’ grave site，again I am with them in thought.

One day I noticed a modest grave site behind my parents’ plot.It lay among the magnificent granite and marble markers of the other graves，its very simplicity calling attention to itself.Ivy(常春藤) had covered the site and its only decoration was a simple wooden cross on which was written in copper letters a name，and that she lived 22 years.Whenever I went by，the plot and its surroundings looked cared for and neat，and each time I felt curious about this mysterious woman who had lived all of 22 years.

Once I saw an elderly man leaving from there.I concluded that perhaps he had come to visit his wife.In 1996 I was preparing for All Souls’ Day in the cemetery when again I caught sight of him，tending the grave.Tall，somewhat bent，he was well passed middle age.We nodded to each other and continued our work.Occasionally I stole a glance at my neighbor.When I noticed that he hadn’t got the tools for a proper cleanup，I offered him mine，which he gratefully accepted.After this，it seemed only natural to engage him in conversation.I asked him whose grave it was.This was his answer：

“My mother’s.She died young，in 1912 when I was only a year­and­a half old.I really never knew her.I made her that cross and the copper letters.”

Then he went on：“No one comes to visit this grave but me because I was her only child.She died of pneumonia.My father remarried and my stepmother only cared for her own children.So then I always came here to my mother，whether in sadness or in joy.Later，life took me far afield，but I never forgot this grave.For me it was the same as the family home is for others.I always came home here.”

“With the years passing，it is getting more difficult for me to come，but as long as my legs will carry me，at least twice a year I visit my mother.I’m in my 80s，so who knows how long I can still make it.”

In stunned silence I listened.Tears clouded my eyes as I realized that I had never seen such boundless love.How much easier is my lot，I thought，for at any moment I can reach into my storehouse of memories and draw out the joyful or sad vignettes(小插图) that bind me to my parents with a thousand threads.What memories might this kindly old gentleman harbor？Perhaps a face from an ancient faded photograph of his mother.

What a great attachment throughout his long life must have led him back again and again to the resting place of that young woman whose motherly love he could never truly savor(尝到)，only forever feels its enormous lack.

We said good­bye.I was deeply moved because I knew that I had been given a great gift.I had been allowed a glimpse of the royal and long­lasting affection that bound a simple and noble­hearted man to his mother.I decided I would tend the grave together with that of my parents，where，finally，the aged child will have met his youthful mother.

1.All Souls’ Day is a feast day 　　　　　 .

A. to visit the cemetery and memorize the dead

B. for families to get together in the cemetery

C. to give gifts to family members

D. for daughters and sons to memorize their parents

2.From the passage，we know 　　　　　 .

A. the author’s mother died young and her father，too

B. the author’s mother was dead while her father enjoyed a long life

C. the man’s mother died very young before he was born

D. the author’s father lived long while the man’s mother died very young

3.The underlined words “calling attention to itself” in the 5th paragraph mean 　　　　　 .

A. desiring to be paid attention to

B. making it easily noticed

C. too modest to be noticed

D. calling itself to draw others’ attention

4.The author stole a glance at her neighbor because 　　　　　 .

A. they were living in the same neighborhood

B. the man was tall and straight，well passed middle age

C. she was wondering about the dead young lady’s story

D. she knew the dead in the grave was the man’s mother

5.From Paragraph 10 we can conclude that 　　　　　 .

A. the author lived near the cemetery and can visit her parents at any time

B. the poor gentleman had hardly any memory of his dear mother’s love

C. the author is bound to her parents with threads

D. the gentleman comes back “home” whenever he wants to

6.What message is conveyed in the passage?

A. Love is a length of thread to bind mother and children together.

B. Mother needs love from her children even if she is dead.

C. Parents’ love is always royal and long­lasting to children.

D. Mother’s love can be a boundless gift to their children.

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I was 20 years old when my mother passed away. It was the first real blow that life had dealt me, and I thought I would never recover. Then, by the time the following spring came, the pain was almost bearable and again I could find pleasure in the miraculous reward of nature.

At first, I went to the cemetery with trepidation. But then, amazingly, by tending her grave and decorating it with flowers, I was ridding myself of the painful memories.

The years passed. I moved from Kaposvar, Hungary, the town where I had been born and had spent my youth. So did my siblings. We only came together on feast days, especially on All Souls’ Day in the cemetery.

Father lived with me for many years, to a ripe old age. Now that he, too, rests beneath the white marble stone, I go even more eagerly to the cemetery. While I tend my parents’ grave site, again I am with them in thought.

One day I noticed a modest grave site behind my parents’ plot. It lay among the magnificent granite and marble markers of the other graves, its very simplicity calling attention to itself. Ivy(长春藤) had covered the site and its only decoration was a simple wooden cross on which was written in copper letters a name, and that she lived 22 years. Whenever I went by, the plot and its surroundings looked cared for and neat, and each time I felt curious about this mysterious woman who had lived all of 22 years.

Once I saw an elderly man leaving from there. I concluded that perhaps he had come to visit his wife. In 1996 I was preparing for All Souls’ Day in the cemetery when again I caught sight of him, tending the grave. Tall, somewhat bent, he was well passed middle age. We nodded to each other and continued our work. Occasionally I stole a glance at my neighbor. When I noticed that he hadn’t got the tools for a proper cleanup, I offered him mine, which he gratefully accepted. After this, it seemed only natural to engage him in conversation. I asked him whose grave it was. This was his answer:

“My mother’s. She died young, in 1912 when I was only a year-and-a half old. I really never knew her. I made her that cross and the copper letters.”

Then he went on:“No one comes to visit this grave but me because I was her only child. She died of pneumonia. My father remarried and my stepmother only cared for her own children. So then I always came here to my mother, whether in sadness or in joy. Later, life took me far afield, but I never forgot this grave. For me it was the same as the family home is for others. I always came home here.”

“With the years passing, it is getting more difficult for me to come, but as long as my legs will carry me, at least twice a year I visit my mother. I’m in my 80s. so who knows how long I can still make it.“

In stunned silence I listened. Tears clouded my eyes as I realized that I had never seen such boundless love. How much easier is my lot, I thought, for at any moment I can reach into my storehouse of memories and draw out the joyful or sad vignettes(小插图) that bind me to my parents with a thousand threads. What memories might this kindly old gentleman harbor? Perhaps a face from an ancient faded photograph of his mother.

What a great attachment throughout his long life must have led him back again and again to the resting place of that young woman whose motherly love he could never truly savor(尝到), only forever feels its enormous lack.

We said good-bye. I was deeply moved because I knew that I had been given a great gift. I had been allowed a glimpse of the royal and long-lasting affection that bound a simple and noble-hearted man to his mother. I decided I would tend the grave together with that of my parents, where, finally, the aged child will have met his youthful mother.

1.All Souls’ Day is a feast day ________.

A. to visit the cemetery and memorize the dead

B. for families to get together in the cemetery

C. to give gifts to family members

D. for daughters and sons to memorize their parents

2.From the passage, we know ________.

A. the author’s mother died young and her father, too

B. the author’s mother is dead while her father enjoys a long life

C. the man’s mother died very young before he was born

D. the author’s father lived long while the man’s mother died very young

3.The underlined words “calling attention to itself” in the 5th paragraph means ________.

A. desiring to be paid attention to

B. making it easily noticed

C. too modest to be noticed

D. calling itself to draw others’ attention

4.The author stole a glance at her neighbor because ________.

A. they were living in the same neighborhood

B. the man was tall and straight, well passed middle age

C. she was wondering about the dead young lady’s story

D. she knew the dead in the grave was the man’s mother

5.From Paragraph 10 we can conclude that ________.

A. the author lived near the cemetery and can visit her parents at any time

B. the poor gentleman had hardly any memory of his dear mother’s love

C. the author is bound to her parents with threads

D. the gentleman comes back “home” whenever he wants to

6.What message is conveyed in the passage?

A. Love is a length of thread to bind mother and children together.

B. Mother needs love from her children even if she is dead.

C. Parents’ love is always royal and long-lasting to children.

D. Mother’s love can be a boundless gift to their children.

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That was the last time I saw my father before he _____.

A. pass on　　 B. pass away　　 C. pass off　 D. pass down

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Steven Jobs，who passed away on October 5 ,2011，was an American computer enterpriser and inventor. He was co-founder，chairman，and CEO of Apple Corporation. Jobs also previously served as CEO of Pixar Animation Studios; he became a member of the board of directors of the Walt Disney Company in 2006，following the acquisition of Pixar by Disney.

In the late 1970s，Jobs-along with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak，Mike Markkula and others-designed，developed，and marketed one of the first commercially successful lines of personal computers，the Apple II series. In the early 1980s，Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of Xerox PARC's mouse-driven graphical user interface(界面),which led to the creation of the Macintosh. After losing a power struggle with the board of directors in 1985，Jobs resigned from Apple and founded NeXT，a computer platform development company specializing in the higher-education and business markets. Apple's 1996 buyout(收购)of NeXT brought Jobs back to the company he co-founded，and he served as its CEO from 1997 until August 2011. In 1986，he acquired the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm Ltd，which was turned out as Pixar Animation Studios. He remained CEO and majority shareholder at 50. 1 percent until its acquisition by the Walt Disney Company in 2006.Consequently Jobs became Disney's largest individual shareholder at 7 percent and a member of Disney's Board of Directors. On August 24 ,2011 ,Jobs announced his resignation from his role as Apple's CEO. Jobs died in California at age 56，seven years after being diagnosed with cancer. At the time of his resignation，and again after his death，he was widely described as a pioneer and genius-perhaps one of the foremost-in the field of business，innovation，and product design， and a man who had“deeply" changed the face of the modern world，revolutionized at least six different industries，and an“exemplar for all CEOs”.His death was widely mourned and considered a loss to the world by reviewers across the globe.

1.Why did Steve Jobs leave Apple Corporation in 1985?

A. He found it was hard to work with his partners.

B. He was defeated in the attempt of controlling Apple Corporation.

C. He wanted to found another company.

D. Apple Corporation will soon be defeated by another company.

2.We can know from this passage that　　　　　　　 .

A. People all over the world think highly of Steve Jobs.

B. Steve Jobs was CEO of Pixar Animation Studios in 2007.

C. Steve Jobs retired at the age of 50 because of cancer.

D. Steve Jobs is the Einstein of our times.

3.What does the underlined word "exemplar" in the last paragraph mean

A. Companion.　　 B. Model.

C. Friend.　　 D. Inventor.

4.The best title of this passage can be　　　　　　 ·

A. Stories of Steve Jobs　　 B. Background of Steve Jobs

C. Life of Steve Jobs　　 D. Death of Steve Jobs

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This was my grandmother's first Christmas without grandfather, and before he passed away we had promised grandfather that we would make this her best Christmas ever. When my parents and I 　　 　 at her house, we found she had waited up all night for us. The house did seem a little 　　 without grandfather.

Grandfather had always said that the Christmas 　　 　 was the most important decoration of all. So we immediately set to work on the beautiful artificial tree that was stored in grandfather's closet (壁橱). Through our efforts, we finally stepped back to 　　 our handiwork. It looked beautiful. 　　 something was missing.

"Where's your star?" I asked.

The star was my grandmother's favorite part of the tree.

"Why, it 　　 be here somewhere," she said, starting to sort through the boxes again. "Your grandfather always 　　 everything so carefully when he took the tree down."

As we emptied the boxes and 　　 no star, my grandmother's eyes filled with tears. Grandfather had given it to grandmother some fifty years ago on their first Christmas together. It brought them great happiness. Now, on her first Christmas without him, the star was 　　 , too.

"Don't worry, Grandmother," I 　　 her. "We'll find it for you."

My mother and I formed a search 　　 . "Let's start in on the closet where the ornaments (装饰品) were," Mother said. "Maybe the star just fell out of the box."

That sounded 　　 , so I began to search the closet. I thought I tried every 　　 , but no star. I could see grandmother was 　　 , although she tried not to show it.

"What’s in this wrapped box?” Mother suddenly called out. "It was at the bottom of father’s closet."

Grandmother took the box in 　　 and opened it. Her face 　　 when she unfolded the paper and pulled out a golden star. There was a(n) 　　 attached.

Don't be angry with me, dear. I broke your star while packing the decorations, and I couldn't 　　 to tell you. Thought it was time for a new one. I hope it brings you as much 　　 as the first one. Merry Christmas!

Love,

Bryant

So grandmother's tree had a star after all, a star that expressed their everlasting love for one another. And we were glad we were able to make this Christmas 　　 for her.

1.A. arrived                B. looked             C. stayed        　         D. worked

2.A. noisy                 B. empty                C. safe                D. clean

3.A. flower　             B. bell　　             C. stocking             D. tree

4.A. admire                B. repair                C. paint                D. design

5.A. Or            　　         B. So                C. But                D. And

6.A. might                B. must　　             C. need　             D. will

7.A. packed　　　　　　     B. decided　　　         C. covered             D. searched

8.A. made            　　 B. left                C. found        　　     D. felt

9.A. gone                　　 B. hidden             　　 C. broken                D. forgotten

10.A. warned                B. persuaded            C. reminded             D. comforted

11.A. game                B. class　             C. company　　　　　     D. party

12.A. challenging            B. reasonable            C. pleasant            D. difficult

13.A. suggestion        　　     B. direction            C. possibility            D. method

14.A. ashamed            B. shocked            C. disappointed        D. frightened

15.A. fear　　　　             B. relief                C. anger                D. surprise

16.A. cleared                B. brightened            C. darkened        　　     D. tightened

17.A. article                 B. note    　　　　         C. receipt                D. poem

18.A. bear            　　 B. afford                C. wait　                 D. agree　　　　　　　　　

19.A. peace　　             B. change                C. luck　                 D. joy

20.A. special                 B. funny                C. relaxing            D. favorite

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听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1.How old was Dave when his father passed away?

A. 15.　　 B. 10.　　 C. 5.

2.What did Dave do in the evenings?

A. He earned some money.

B. He did housework for the family.

C. He drove his brother to some places.

3.Who introduced Andrew at the graduation ceremony?

A. His soccer coach.

B. The school headmaster.

C. The head of the school district.

4.What happened during Andrew’s speech?

A. His mother started crying.

B. Andrew thanked his father.

C. Dave realized his hard work had paid off.

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---Was it midnight_____ the heartbreaking news came_____ he passed away?

---I am afraid so.

A. that, that            B. that, when           C. when, that           D. when, which

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The dog had such _____to its master that it would not leave him, even when he was dead.

A. devotion　　　　　　　　 B. application

C. relief　　　　　　　　　　 D. quality

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