Section Ⅰ Starting out amp; Understanding ideas

單詞拼寫 根據(jù)首字母或漢語提示，用本部分所學單詞的正確形式填空。

1. Judy spent hours c on the phone with her friends last night.

2. With the exam a "， I found myself working harder than ever before.

3. Children often behave badly out of i "， so we should pay more attention to them.

4. There are only two o "for you， accepting the challenge or giving it up.

5. This is the house where my family have lived for three g "since my grandparents.

6. The "（角色） in the play are a group of common people living a wonderful life.

7. "（假定） that the work will be finished ahead of time， what should we do next？

8. Basketball is my favorite sport and I’d love to be a（n） "（專業(yè)的） basketball player one day.

9. She has always been honest with me， and I "（尊重） her for that.

10. We have our natural "（天賦）， yet we hardly use it.

選擇填空 用方框中所給短語的適當形式填空。

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1. When faced with an emergency， "instead of getting nervous， and you’ll find a way out.

2. When going for a job interview， forget all your problems and "the positive things to make a good first impression.

3. You had better not "before you know what really happened.

4. She has nobody "when she is in trouble， so she feels sad.

5. His parents "him for his winning first prize in the competition last week.

課文語法填空

Grandpa and Father 1 （play） chess when Son comes in. Son tells his father that he doesn’t want to go to university， 2 surprises his father. Father is a lawyer， and wants his son to choose the same career as well， because it pays well. However， Son is 3 （interest） in playing music. Father doesn’t understand him and has an 4 （argue） with him.

Grandpa has no choice but 5 （try） to make them calm down. He reminds Father of his decision when Father 6 （be） his son’s age. At that time， Father chose a career suiting his own talents， but Grandpa who had 7 different idea didn’t force Father to follow his will and was even proud 8 Father. Now， Grandpa asks Son to take his advice 9 （serious） and suggests that he should go to university and play music at the same time. Grandpa thinks Son can make lots of new friends at university. Father accepts it， 10 （say） to Son， “You can make lots of new lawyer friends.”

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閱讀理解

Sasha Masakowski remembers being six years old， seated at the piano next to her father—the well-known jazz guitarist， Steve Masakowski.

“He’d play harmonies in the background on the guitar， and he’d encourage me to improvise （即興演奏），” Sasha recalls. “He’d tell me to play something using just the white keys or just the black keys， and I’d make up music.” She says she was a little composer （作曲者） playing along with her dad in their New Orleans home. “I love those memories，” she adds.

As Sasha got older， though， her interest in jazz began to flag （衰退）. Sasha went to a local arts high school and focused on musical theater. Steve admits to hoping his daughter would develop a love for jazz.

The father’s expectation was eventually met when the daughter rediscovered jazz music. Sasha says she admired a guy in the jazz department and on the day they met， the first thing he said was， “I’m such a big fan of your dad’s！” She says the experience helped her realize that her father and his music were， in fact， cool. Finally， Sasha decided to study jazz instead of musical theater at the University of New Orleans， where her father headed the Jazz Studies Program.

Now， Sasha and Steve love playing together and they treasure the common language jazz gives them. Both compose music， but while her father is more focused on traditional jazz and teaching， Sasha likes to produce music with more electronic trends than Steve’s. Despite different interests， Steve’s pride in his daughter is clear. Today， Sasha is known for her musicality and her ability to improvise. “Improvising scares a lot of singers， but for me I feel like a little composer again at the piano next to my dad. I love it in large part because of him，” Sasha says.

1. What can we learn about young Sasha？

A. She was well-known as a jazz guitarist. B. She learned to compose when she’s little.

C. She was good at improvising on a piano. D. She performed with her father worldwide.

2. What does Paragraph 4 stress about Sasha？

A. Her preparation for a university. B. Her admiration for a jazz student.

C. Her going back to jazz and her father. D. Her studying at a local arts high school.

3. What makes Sasha different from her father？

A. The style of her music. B. Her preference for the piano.

C. Her opinion about improvising. D. The teaching method she sticks to.

4. What does the text mainly tell us？

A. A musical family brings joy to people.

B. Jazz brings father and daughter closer.

C. Love of music leads to a career of uncertainty.

D. A daughter’s musical choice is made by her father.

閱讀七選五

We spend so much of our lives with our parents and yet most of it is devoted to routine and common place things. 1 There may never be a better time than now to have a meaningful conversation with your parents.

What is the one piece of advice you would like to share with me？

Your parents have a lifetime of experience and there are things that you can learn from them. 2 Whatever it is it can pass into the family sayings and mythology （傳奇）.

What thing in your life made you the happiest or the proudest？

3 I mean you can talk about their achievements， joys and moments of pride. You may yourself feature there.

What is your biggest regret？

Perhaps this is a sad area that you would rather not explore. But sometimes the answer can be revealing （發(fā)人深省的） and explain things about your parents that you did not understand.

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Perhaps it was something to do with a war or a disaster. What was it that made a big impression？ See if you can learn exactly how they felt and reacted at the time. It might put something you had only ever read about into the personal context of your parents.

The next time you see your parents， don’t just talk about minor domestic （家庭） matters. Try asking some of the big questions above and then listen carefully to their answers. 5

A. What would you have done differently？

B. You may be surprised at what you learn.

C. What event had the biggest impact on you？

D. Let’s talk about the happy things in their lives.

E. Your parents are very important people in your life.

F. Time is short and unfortunately we are all getting older.

G. They may share something enlightening， funny or silly.

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