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I

was

11

years

old

when

I

asked

my

mom

for

piano

lessons

in

were

in

financial

trouble,so she said politely,

I googled the measurements for a keyboard,drew the keys on a piece of paper and stuck it on my

desk.I

would

click

notes

on

an

online

keyboard

and

back

on

my

paper

one-keeping

the

sound

they

made

on

the

computer

in

my

head.I

spent

6

months

playing

without

touching

a

real

my mom saw that I was serious,she borrowed money and bought me 10 lessons.

I still remember the first one.I was struck by how real the sound of the piano was.I sat my Grade

1

after

8

I

started

secondary

school,we

couldn't

afford

lessons

again.I

passed

Grade

3,and then Grade 5,practicing only on my piece of evening,when I was about 13,my mom

said she had a surprise for me-it was an electronic keyboard,bought with more borrowed was

the first time that I'd played for her and she was in shock.

My

school

didn't

offer

music

A-level.I

found

the

Purcell

School

for

young

musicians,but

the

tryouts were of the questions even involved an evaluation of the composer.I was at a

to my amazement,I was offered a Purcell,I spent 2 years working as hard as I could.I

performed to raise money and saved enough to buy my first I left Purcell,I was awarded

3

the

senior

piano

prize

and

academic

music

prize.I'm

now

at

the

Guildhall

School

in

London.I

feel

proud-it's

been

10

years

since

I

drew

my

paper

piano,and

I'm

at

one

of

the

world's

leading

music

schools.

Surprisingly,I

continue

to

do

a

lot

of

my

practice

away

from

the

piano:what

we

call

mental

paper piano helped motivate my curiosity about how music works.

did the mother buy the author piano lessons?

believed he had a talent for piano.

found he was eager to learn piano.

was shocked by his first performance.

got out of her family's financial difficulties.

of the following words best describes the author?

.

us.

.

ined.

might be the best title for the passage?

practice makes perfect.

piano leads me to success.

supports my music career.

times make my dream come true.

B

I'm now living in the south of France with my husband Keith and three small children,and I

feel

like a fish out of water

everywhere but one place-the Saturday street 's been operating in our

small town of Sommieres since the 13

th

century,but we've only lived here for three months.

From Monday to Friday,life is all about the kids.I'm busy helping my children deal with life in a

French 's not easy,and their stress is the whole family's stress,as Keith and I are occupied with

the daily school runs,piles of homework and school notes in French.

But on Saturday,the market is for me.I feel so peaceful as I walk along the quiet street toward the

busy town knife-sharpening man is there, operating a machine that looks like it dates from

the

Industrial

'

re

street

musicians

with

guitars

and

microphones,and

the

sound

of

beautiful songs fills the the food,of course,is cheese man doesn't speak-he just

points

and

cuts,offering

a

piece

from

his

come

out

of

the

door

for

fresh

bread

at

the

c vegetables,herbs and desserts are a feast for the eyes,before being put into the bag to

be enjoyed later for noises and smells of the market are unfamiliar and thrilling,but their

procedures are clear to is part of why I love the place so much:Unlike during the week,when

I'm constantly faced with my own difficulties,I know how this place terrible French isn't the

barrier to communication that it is in other circumstances.

4

At school and in the village,I can't joke or join a conversation,and although the other parents at

the

school

are

kind,I'm

an

at

the

market,I'm

just

another

customer

with

a

nded by day trippers,I feel like a local- greeting people I know and petting dogs.

My Saturday experiences allow me to hope that in the near future I'll feel equally confident in my

everyday then,Saturdays prepare me for the coming week of school runs.

does the author mean by saying

feels lonely without her children.

feels free out of her daily housework.

feels uncomfortable in new surroundings.

feels unable to make a living in another country.

can be learned about the author's life during weekdays?

learns French together with her children.

tries to balance her job and the housework.

runs to school every day to help her children.

devotes herself to her children in a French school.

does the author like going to the Saturday market?

feels relaxed and comfortable there.

can talk with other customers freely there.

wants to get away from her family's stress.

tries to gain confidence in the busy atmosphere.

is the author's attitude towards her future life?

ive.

ied.

stic.

d.

C

Almost

everyone

has

heard

the

expression

calm

before

the

storm

is

usually

used

to

describe a peaceful period just before a very stressful situation or a tense argument.

British sailors created the phrase in the late noted that before certain storms the seas

would seem to become

static

and the winds would why is it often so calm before a storm?

Science has given us the ing to US website How Stuff Works,a calm period occurs

because many storms,such as hurricanes and tornadoes(

龙卷风），

draw in all the warm and damp air

from

the

surrounding

this

air

rises

into

the

storm

clouds,it

cools

and

acts

as

for

the

storm,like petrol in a car

5

Once the storm has taken all the energy it can from the air,it is pushed out from the top of the

storm

clouds

and

falls

back

down

to

ground

the

air

goes

down,it

becomes

warm

and

,dry

air

is

stable,so

once

it

covers

an

area,

it

causes

a

calm

period

before

the

same

process

also

causes

eye

of

the

storm

hurricanes

and

these

conditions,the

calm occurs in the center of the storm because of the strong winds moving in a circle.

The Weather Network has a tip for working out how far away a storm , count how many

seconds

there

are

between

a

flash

of

lightning

and

a

clap

of

thunder.

Roughly

3

seconds

equal

1

,for

example,if

you

count

9

seconds,the

storm

is

about

3

kilometers

away.A

good

judgement is that if your count is below 30 seconds,you should seek shelter straight away.

However,due to the complexity of storm system,not all storms break after the right

conditions,some storms announce themselves with heavy rain and cold winds.

So,your best bet is to keep yourself updated with weather reports for any predictions regarding a

coming

storm

in

your

's

the

most

reliable

and

sensible

way

to

predict

the

next

display

of

nature's temper.

underlined word

A. violent

able

is the author's purpose in writing the passage?

find out how a storm comes into being.

explain why a peaceful period occurs before a storm.

prove whether the research on storm clouds is correct.

show how dangerous a storm can be in certain situations.

there' re 15 seconds between a flash of lightning and a thunder clap,how far is the storm away?

3 kilometers.

5 kilometers.

9 kilometers.

15 kilometers.

can be learned from the passage?

don't always blow up after calm.

have a bad influence on our life.

r reports may fail to predict a storm.

storms don't usually last a long time.

D

6

Record

fires

sweeping

across

the

Amazon

recently

have

been

making

the

headlines

as

scientists

and

environmental

groups

are

worried

that

they

will

worsen

climate

change

crisis

and

endanger biodiversity(

生物多样性）。

As the largest rainforest in the world,the Amazon is often called

the world”

。

It is

also home to about 3 million species of plants and animals,and 1 million local vast area of

rainforest plays an important role in the world's ecosystem because it absorbs heat instead of reflecting

heat

back

into

the

also

stores

carbon

dioxide

and

produces

oxygen,ensuring

that

less

carbon is released,reducing the effects of climate change.

＂

Any

forest

destroyed

is

a

danger

to

biodiversity

and

the

people

who

use

that

biodiversity,

Lovejoy,an

ecologist

at

George

Mason

University

told

National

Geographic.

great

danger

is

that

a

lot

of

carbon

goes

into

the

atmosphere,

st ressed.

the

midst

of

the

global

climate

crisis,we

cannot

afford

more

damage

to

a

major

source

of

oxygen

and

Amazon must be protected,

Data from the National Institute for Space Research(INPE)show that the number of forest fires in

Brazil quickly increased by 82 percent from January to August a year ago.A total of 71,497 forest fires

were

registered

in

the

country

in

the

first

8

months

of

2019,up

from

39,194

in

the

same

period

in

2018,INPE

said.

＂

We

estimate

that

the

forest

areas

in

the

Brazilian

Amazon

have

decreased

something between 20 and 30 percent compared to the last 12 months,

the University of Sao Paulo,told German broadcaste

r Deutsche Welle.

Brazil owns about 60 percent of the Amazon rainforest,whose degradation(

恶化）

could have

severe consequences for global climate and extent of the area ruined by fires has yet to be

determined,but the emergency has gone beyond Brazil's borders.

is the second paragraph mainly about?

great role of the Amazon rainforest.

effects of consistent climate change.

causes of the decreasing biodiversity.

results of the Amazon rainforest fires.

does the author mention the figures in the fourth paragraph?

explain the process of the research.

present the bad influence of forest fires.

prove the great importance of the rainforest.

show the emergency of protecting the rainforest.

does the author want to tell us in the passage?

dry weather leads to the rainforest fires.

biodiversity makes the rainforest unique.

rainforest fires result in serious consequences.

7

global climate crisis brings more rainforest fires.

section of a magazine might this passage probably be taken from?

e and life.

and geography.

ind and society.

e and technology.

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Over

the

past

few

months,COVID-19

has

caused

great

uncertainty

around

the

world

affecting

people's

lives

in

all

ion

is

also

greatly

students

all

turning

to

online

instruction,live- streamed classes have become popular among schools and universities. 36

In

China,the

use

of

e-learning

is

unusual

not

only

in

size

but

also

in

depth.

37

For

another,it

proves

how

modem

technology

changes

the

way

students

are

educated

and

encourages

further

research

and

development

of

educational

technology

to

introduce

virtual

communities

between

students and teachers.

In fact,online instruction as an alternative teaching mode has been expanding rapidly in recent

Chinese

start-ups

focus

on

AI

applications

in

online

courses,and

various

online

educational

platforms

are

set

up.38

The

online

education

platform

MOOC,where

a

wide

variety

of

courses

is

available,has

attracted

the

world's

top

universities

to

upload

and

share

resources

with

students around the world.

Compared

with

formal

instruction,online

courses

save

abundant

costs

and

create

a

flexible

teaching mode(

homeschooling,especially during a crisis. 39 For example,rural students with

no

access

to

the

Internet

and

television

might

be

left

behind

in

this

new

e-learning

becomes

the

only

solution

for

delivering

knowledge,the

existing

divide

could

be

widened,further

deepening education ,the quality of teaching becomes heavily dependent on uncertain

factors,such as a stable connection to the Internet and technical skills.

40 Yet,the pandemic(

流行病）

has undoubtedly affected the teaching style in a sweeping manner

and

given

educators

around

the

world

plenty

of

time

and

space

to

think

about

the

alternative

educational modes.

r,online teaching has its own disadvantages.

traditional face-to- face teaching style has been challenged.

e colleges and universities started the spring term online.

er,online education is fairly acceptable to college education.

teaching provides a chance to reconsider the current education system.

one thing,the impressive practice sets a good example to other countries.

8

,it's early to predict how the future of the education system will look like.

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