Robby was 11 when his mother dropped him off for his first piano lesson．I prefer students to begin at an earlier age．Robby said that it had always been his mother’s dream to hear him play the piano, so l took him on as a student．

Robby tried and tried while Ⅰ listened and encouraged him and gave him more instructions．But he just did not have any inborn（天生的）ability．

I only saw his mother from a distance．She always waved and smiled but never came in．Then one day Robby stopped coming to our lessons．I thought about calling him but l guessed he had decided to try something else．

I was also glad that he stopped coming for the sake of my career．However, several weeks before the recital（演奏會） of my students, Robby came, telling me that he never stopped practicing and begged me to allow him to take part in it．I agreed, but l made him perform last in the program, so l could save his poor performance through my “curtain closer”．

I was surprised when he announced that he had chosen one piece of Mozart’s．Never had l heard a piece of Mozart’s played so well by someone at his age．When he finished, everyone was cheering．

I ran up and put my arms around Robby in joy．“I’ve never heard you play like that, Robby! How could you do it?”

“Well, Miss Hondorf．Do you remember l told you my mom was sick? Actually she died this morning．She was born deaf, so tonight was the first time she could hear me play．I wanted to make it special．I knew I could．”

That night, Robby was the teacher and I was the student．He taught me so many important things about life．

1．Why might Robby have stopped coming to piano lessons suddenly?

       A．He thought that his teacher disliked him．

       B．His mother might have been seriously ill．

       C．His mother died and he didn’t need to play any longer．

       D．He lost heart and believed that he would never make it．

2．We can learn from the text that            ．

       A．the writer thought students shouldn’t begin playing the piano too early

       B．no one else could play the piece of Mozart’s as well as Robby

       C．the writer thought that Robby had given up his piano lessons

       D．only by practicing at home did Robby learn to play well

3．From the underlined sentence, we can infer that            ．

       A．the writer couldn’t teach so many students at a time

       B．the writer looked down upon Robby and disliked him

       C．with Robby in the recital, the other children couldn’t play well

       D．the writer thought Robby was a bad advertisement for her teaching

4．The author made Robby perform last because           ．

       A．she wanted to do something to save a poor performance

       B．the one who performed last always performed very well

       C．Robby thought his mother would come at last

       D．Robby asked the writer to do so

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B．kindness to help others around
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I ran up and put my arms around Robby in joy. “I’ve never heard you play like that, Robby!  How’d you do it?”

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A．He lost heart and believed that he would never make it.

B．His mother was too sick to send him to the piano lessons.

C．He thought his teacher disliked him.

D．His mother died and he didn’t need to play any longer.

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A．The writer thought playing the piano shouldn’t start too late.

B．The writer thought that Robby had given up the piano lesson.

C．The writer taught Robby carefully although he hadn’t a gift for music.

D．No one else could play the piece of Mozart’s well.

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A．the writer looked down upon Robby and disliked him

B．the writer thought Robby a bad advertisement for his teaching

C．with Robby present, the other children couldn’t play well

D．the writer couldn’t teach so many students at a time

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B．The meaning of giving up necessarily.

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Before he could continue, a scream from the yard made us jump. My God! It’s Robby’s whistle! When we reached him, he was pointing excitedly to the sky. Looking up, we saw the most magnificent sight: Rain Clouds! “Robby! Quick! We need all the pots and pans!”

Robby raced with me to the house. A drop of water fell on my pot and then another. Soon the yard was enveloped in soaking, glorious rain. We all stood with faces held upward to feel the comfort of it. Tom picked up Robby and danced about the pots, shouting and whooping, “Rain for Robby!” Tom swung about to show me Robby’s face: he was laughing right out loud, “W-W-Wobby’s!” “Wobby’s … wain … Mom,” giggling（咯咯地笑）, and stretching out one tiny hand in the shape of a cup to catch the rain.

I hugged them both, tears of joy mixing with the rain.

1.The underlined phrase “the wonderful gifts” in the 3rd paragraph refers to Robby’s ______.

A．love for nature and all living things

B．kindness to help others around

C．independence since his childhood

D．readiness to accept what happened to him

2.It was because ______ that the author and her husband would run on hearing the whistle.

A．it was going to rain

B．Robby often surprised us with his whistle

C．something bad might happen to Robby.

D．Robby might find something special

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A．Robby was old enough, but still couldn’t speak.

B．Robby’s aunt regretted bringing Robby home.

C．Robby didn’t accept the author and Tom as his parents.

D．Robby happened to find the rain cloud and was terrified.

4.It can be concluded from the passage that ______.

A．we should show mercy for the disabled children

B．every child has his own talent however young he is

C．children from poor families take responsibilities earlier

D．children’s sensitive hearts are worthy to be taken care of

 

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