I shall always recall the autumn and the girl playing the violin. She made me realize true friendship. I know she will always be my best friend .
It was a golden season. I could see the yellow leaves falling on the cool wind. In such a season, I liked walking alone on the leaves in the woods, listening to the sound of them.
Autumn is a lonely season and everything is still. Such surroundings always get me down. But one day, the sound of a violin flowed into my ears like a stream flowing in the mountains. I was so surprised that I jumped to see what it was. A young girl, standing in the wind, was lost in playing her violin.
I had never seen her before. The music was so nice that I listened quietly. Lost in the music, I didn't know that I had been standing there for so long but my existence did not seem to disturb her.
Leaves were still falling. Every day she played the violin at the same time and the same place and I went to watch her performance . I was the only listener. The autumn seemed no longer lonely and life became interesting. Though we didn't know each other, I thought we were already good friends. I believe she also had the same feeling.
Autumn was nearly over. One day, when I was listening carefully, the sound suddenly stopped. To my astonishment, the girl came over to me.
“You must like the violin.” she said.
“Yes, and you play very well. Why did you stop?” I asked.
Suddenly, a sad expression appeared on her face and I could feel something unusual.
“I came here to see my grandmother, but now I must leave. I once played badly. It was your appreciation and listening every day that encouraged me.” she said.
“In fact, it was your playing that gave me a meaningful autumn,” I answered, “let's be friends. The girl smiled and so did I.
During the rest days left, I had never heard her play again. Only thick leaves were left on the ground. But I will not forget the girl. She is just like a dream, so short, so bright, like a shooting star giving off all its light that it makes the autumn sky shining.
【小题1】What did the writer like doing in autumn?A.Enjoying the fresh air in the woods. |
B.Seeking for surprises. |
C.Walking alone on the leaves and listening to the sound of the woods. |
D.Walking by himself on the leaves and listening to the sound of the falling leaves. |
A.He is in high spirits. | B.He is surprised. |
C.He feels blue. | D.He is calm. |
A.Appreciation and listening benefit others as well as ourselves. |
B.The violin is powerful. |
C.The girl would miss her grandmother. |
D.Their meeting was expected. |
A.Beauty and love are the unchangeable themes. |
B.A friend in need is a friend indeed. |
C.Persistence is important for us to succeed. |
D.Many people may step in your life, but only true friends leave beautiful footprints on your heart. |
Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their reader with unimportant facts and statistics. Last year a journalist had been instructed by a well-known magazine to write an article on the president’s palace in a new African republic. When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentence and then refuse to publish it. The article began: “Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president’s palace”. The editor at once sent the journalist a fax instructing him to find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall.
The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts, but the took a long time to send them. Meanwhile, the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine would soon go to press. He sent the journalist two more faxes, but received no reply. He sent yet another fax informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired. When the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly published the article as it had originally been written. A week later, the editor at last received a fax from the journalist. Not only had the poor man been arrested, but he had been sent to prison as well. However, he had at last been allowed to send a fax in which he informed the editor that the he had been arrested while counting the 1,084 steps leading to the fifteen-foot wall which surrounded the president’s palace.
【小题1】Why did the editor act as he did?A.Because he wanted an excuse to fire the journalist. |
B.Because he had not read the article beyond the first sentence. |
C.Because he was dissatisfied with the factual content of the article. |
D.Because he wanted to please the president of the new African republic. |
A.Because it took him a long time to count all the steps. |
B.Because he had not been allowed to fax the information he had obtained. |
C.Because he did not realize how soon the magazine would go to press. |
D.Because he had been arrested before he had had time to obtain the facts. |
A.Because his activities must have appeared suspicious. |
B.For having gone to extremes to provide unimportant facts. |
C.For climbing the palace wall in order to measure its height. |
D.Because the article was published in its original form. |
A fine-looking gentleman sat down in the main dining room of an expensive hotel. He ordered grand meal and spent two hours enjoying himself very much. After the bill came, the man sent for the head waiter. “Ah, my friend,” he said. “That was a wonderful meal. Perhaps you remember that I was a guest at this hotel, at this very same table just about a year ago. And at that time just because I couldn't pay the bill, you, sir, had me thrown out of this dining room in full view of all the other guests!”
“My deepest apologies, sir,” said the head waiter. “You understand...” “Oh, it's all right!” said the gentleman, lighting his cigar, “But I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you again.”
【小题1】The man went to the hotel because ______ .A.he was good-looking. |
B.he was a gentleman. |
C.he had lots of money. |
D.he just wanted to eat something good. |
A.to say he had no money. | B.to praise him. |
C.to pay for the last meal. | D.to enjoy the meal together. |
A.strange | B.sorry | C.anxious | D.angry |
A.The man paid for the bill. |
B.The waiter apologized for the rough deeds. |
C.The man once again was thrown out of the hotel. |
D.The head waiter paid for the bill for him. |
“You aren’t deaf, are you?” the second man said, “Didn’t you hear anything at that moment? The thief must have driven the beast out of the gate, and couldn’t have carried it on his back.”
“I agree with them!” Blamed the third, “How careless you are! Every evening before I go to bed, I lock my stable first and hide the key in my box. Why didn’t you do so?”
The more they said, the more excited they became. At last Mr. Brown couldn’t bear it any more and said, “I am glad that you have come to see me. But none of you would help me either look for my horse or catch the thief. Do you think that it’s all my fault? Why don’t you blame the thief?
【小题1】The first man thought it’s Mr. Brown’s fault because _______.
A.let the door open | B.locked the door |
C.had the door unlocked | D.had the horse locked up |
A.was very careful | B.must hear something when the thief stole the horse |
C.couldn’t hear anything at that time | D.was a deaf |
A.the horse must be driven out | B.Mr. Brown did hide his key in his box |
C.Mr. Brown wasn’t blamed by the third | D.Mr. Brown wasn’t careful. |
A.became excited. | B.got angry |
C.could bear. | D.blamed them. |
A.Mr. Brown. | B.His friends |
C.The thief. | D.All of them |
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