2、      A mother wanted to encourage her son’s progress at the piano. She bought tickets to a performance by a great pianist. When the evening arrived，they found their seats near the front of the concert hall and looked at the big piano waiting on the stage. Soon the mother found a friend to talk to，and the boy slipped away.

      At 8 o’clock，the lights in the hall became weak. The spotlights(聚光燈)came on. Only then did they notice the boy up on the piano bench，playing Twinkle，Twinkle Little Star. His mother was shocked，but before she could get her son back，the master himself was 0n the stage and quickly moving to the piano.

      He went up to the boy and said gently，”Don’t stop. Keep playing. ”Then he leaned(屈身)over and reached down with his left hand and began filling in the bass(低音部)part. Soon his fight arm reached around the other side and played a delightful piece of music. Together，the old master and the little boy carried the crowd away with their beautiful music.

      In all our lives，we receive helping hands―some we notice，some we don't. Equally we ourselves have a great many chances to give a helping hand to others―sometimes we like our help to be noticed，sometimes we don’t. Little of what we a11 achieve comes without learning or support from others. What we receive we should give back.

51. The little boy slipped onto the stage when        .

      A. the evening arrived                                      B. they got to the concert hall

      C. her mother talked to her friend                     D. the spotlight came on

52. Which of the following sentences is true?

      A. The pianist knew the boy’s mother very well.

      B. The pianist wanted to play Twinkle，Twinkle Little Star

      C. The pianist told the boy to stop playing the piano.

      D. The pianist helped the boy to play a beautiful music.

53. We learn from the text that           .

      A. we always do things successfully without help

      B. we should give helping hands to others when they notice

      C. we never receive helping hands when we need

      D. we could get help and we should help others

1、    My mom，Elsa，is only four feet ten，but she has a great personality. I learned everything about cooking   36   her. She’s also a great businesswoman. Once she ran nine   37  at the same time just by herself   38   she talked to her employees，she’d stand on a box. Thus she could  look them straight in the eye and   39   connect with them.

    These days 1 work in my mom’s restaurant. Of course， we quarrel with   40   other sometimes，but I think it's  41  to be open and honest and let things out. Since God has given us all kinds of senses，we should each have our own  42  and，of course，we can’t always   43 with others’opinions.

    One day a woman   44  Vicky was helping me prepare caponata for a cooking class. ”You forgot sugar and vinegar，”Vicky pointed out. ”They’re ingredients in most caponata recipes. ”

    I explained to her，”In my family，we don’t   45   sugar and vinegar to our caponata. ”

    She argued，”We do in my family，and our caponata is very good. ”

  “Yeah? Well， 46  is great!” I shouted back.

  Back and forth we went   47  we both burst into tears. What are you doing? I asked myself. You became so angry  48  because of a recipe! Then I hugged Vicky closely and she hugged me right back. We’ve been best  49  ever since.

  Be real. Make connections with people. Look them in the eye. Tell them how you feel. Don’t be afraid to say  50  you mean. When you let go of the feelings you hold inside，you’11 be amazed at what comes back to you.

30、Anybody in our class is _________ of working out the puzzle in ten minutes.

A. likely                      B. probable                   C. capable                    D. unable

29、You never eat different kinds of food and _______ you lack something needed for normal health.

A. as a result of                  B. as a result                 C. as usual                   D. as a rule

28、He lived _______ in a/an ________ house on the island, but he didn’t feel _______.

A. alone, alone, lonely                                      B. lonely, lonely, alone

C. alone, lonely, lonely                                     D. lonely, alone, alone

27、We are very surprised to find that he has so many books that they have piled up to the _______ of his study.

A. top                          B. tip                           C. ceiling                            D. roof

26、He was so sad that for days he couldn’t _______. Which one is NOT PROPER?

A. help crying                                                         B. help cry

C. help but cry                                                        D. choose but cry

25、He used to _______ late, but now he is used to _______ early.

A. getting up, get up                                         B. getting up, getting up

C. get up, get up                                              D. get up, getting up

24、The book ______ on the ground for ten minutes but no one has picked it up.

A. is lying                    B. has laid                    C. has been lain             D. has been lying