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D篇

D篇

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IusedtoliveinKobeinJapan.OnmywayhomeonthebuseveryeveningIusedtolookforanoldmanwhooftenplayedhissaxophone（萨克斯管）neartheriver.Healwayslookeduprivertowardsthemountainsandhealwayslookedsohappy.Icouldn’thearhismusicbecausethewindowswereclosedonthebusIimaginedittobeloudandclear.Iwantedtobelikethatman.

OnenightIwenttoHimeji,acitynotfarfromKobe.AsIwalkedwithmyfamilyalongtheriverIsawastatue（雕像）.Itwasayoungmanwholookedjustlikeme.Hewaswearingacapandsmiling.Aroundhisneckwasaleatherstrap（皮带）andinhishandswasasaxophone.Hewasliftingthesaxophonetohislipsandhewasjustabouttoplay.MyfamilywalkedonuptherivertowardsthecastlebutIstayedtherebythestatuedreamingofplayingasaxophoneonTV.

Twoweekslateritwasmybirthday.ImaginemyjoywhenIopenedmypresentfrommyparentsandfoundthatitwasasaxophone!

Iputittomylipstoplay,butitwouldn’tmakeasound.ThenDadtoldmetoreadtheinstructionbooktofindoutwhattodo.Afterabout15minutesthesaxophonewasreadytoplay.Iraiseditslowlytomylipsasmyfamilywatched.Butstilltherewasnosound.IblewandblewbutIcouldn’tgetthesaxophonetoplay.Iwasalmostcryingwhensuddenlythesaxophonemadethemostbeautifulsound—loudandclearlikeIimaginedthemusicofthemanbytheriverinKobe.Iblewagain,ImovedmyfingersonthesaxophoneandImademoresounds.Someofthemwereloudandclearbutmanyofthemweren’t.IwashappybecauseIwasplayingveryinterestingsounds.ButIwasn’tplayingmusicyet.

Thencamethelessons.Nightafternight,weekafterweekmyteachermademepractice.SlowlyIstartedtoimproveandatlasttherecamethemagicdaywhenIstartedtoplaymusic.NowI’mintheTVstudiowithmysaxophonestrappedtomyneckandmycaponmyhead.I’mwaitingtobecalledtothestagetoplaymyfirsteversaxophonesoloonTV.I’mthinkingofthemanbytheriverinKobeandthestatuesmilingatmeinHimeiji.I’mahappyman.429words

57.ThestatuealongtherivermadethewriterthinkofD.

A.havingasaxophone

B.theoldmanalongtheriver

C.havingthesamecapandsaxophoneastheboy

D.learningtoplaythesaxophoneandplayingonTV

58.Onhisbirthday,thewriterC.

A.couldplaythesaxophonewell

B.practicedalotandcouldplaythesaxophonewell

C.washappybecausehegotasaxophoneasapresent

D.wasunhappybecausehecouldn’tplaythesaxophonewell

59.Theunderlinedword“magic”showsthatthewriterA.

A.wasveryexcitedB.wasverysurprised

C.learnttoplaymusiceasilyD.didn’tknowhowtoplaymusic

60.What’sprobablythebesttitleforthispassage?

D

A.Themagicday.B.Mybirthdaypresent.

C.Thestatueandhissaxophone.D.Theoldmanandmysaxophone.

燕山

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Awomanwassavedfromcertaindeathyesterdaywhenshefellfromthebalcony（阳台）ofherapartmentinCentralLondon.Shewascaughtbythemanwholivesintheapartmentbelowhers.

Thewoman,BarbaraHanley,livesonthe11thfloorofRegentsTowers,anapartmentblockoverlookingRegentsPark.Herneighbor,AlanAnderson,arecordproducerwhoworksatCurvedSoundstudios,happenedtobeworkingathome.

“Isuddenlyheardthiswomanshouting,”hesaid.“AtfirstIwasabitputout,becauseIwaslisteningtosomebackingtracksIhadrecordedwithanewbandlastweekandIneededabsolutesilence.Thenitsuddenlyoccurredtomethatwhoeverwasmakingthenoisewasrightoutsidemywindow.AndIliveonthe10thfloor!

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HeranthroughtheFrenchwindowsofhislivingroomontothebalcony.Atthatverymoment,MsHanleylostherholdonthebalconyaboveandfell.Mr.Andersonleaptforwardandcaughther,managingtopullherontohisbalcony.Shetherebyavoidedplungingtothegroundwhichwouldalmostcertainlyhaveledtoherdeath.

“Shewashystericalforafewminutes,”saidMr.Anderson.“Whenshecalmeddown,shewasabletoexplainwhathadhappened.”

MsHanleyworksinthelizardhouseatLondonZooandrecentlybroughthomeaMontanechameleon（美洲变色蜥蜴）,whichwasduetotakeupresidencyatthezoo.Thechameleon’scageatthezoowasn’tready,soshehadagreedtolookafterthelizardathomeforafewdays.Unfortunately,ithadescapedfromitscageandclimbedtothetopofaplantonherbalcony.Shehadclimbedontoherbalconytotakeitback,buttrippedandgrabbedtheedge（边缘）ofthebalconywithherfingertipsasshefell.

Shethenbegantoscreamasloudlyasshecould,butitwasthreeo’clockintheafternoon,andthebuildingwas,asusualatthattimeofday,almostempty.ItwascompletelybychancethatMr.Andersonhadchosentoworkathomeandsavedherwhenshefell.

57.Accordingtothispassage,whatdoesBarbarado?

A.Ananthropologistwholivesinaflatonthe11thfloor.B

B.Azookeeperwholooksafterlizards.

C.ArecordproducerwholivesinaTowerBlock.

D.Azoologistwhoraisesyounglizards.

58.WhatwasAndersondoingwhenBarbarafellfromthebalcony?

A.Hewasrecordingsomemusichehadproduced.

B.Hewaslookingafterachameleon.

C.Hewaslisteningtoarecordingofanewband.C

D.Hewaswatchingamusicvideo.

59.WhydidBarbarastayathomethatafternoon?

A.Becauseshehadtocleanthebalconyofherapartment.

B.Becauseshehadtolookafterthelizardathome.

C.BecauseshewantedtohelpAndersonwithhismusic.B

D.Becauseshewantedtoenjoytheviewofthepark.

60.Whichoneisthebesttitleforthispassage?

A.SavedFromCertainDeath

B.GoodNeighborA

C.ARecordProducer

D.ChameleonEscape

大兴

（D）

Ifyou'reabusyman,thenlunchtimemaybetheonlytimeyouhavetotrainandkeepahealthybody.Thatis,ifyouaren'tthetypetoworkoutearlyinthemorningorafterwork,likemostpeople.Aone-hourlunchbreakismorethanenoughtimetocarryoutanproperworkoutroutine（程序）,butwhenyouneedtomakeuseoftimetoreallygettothegym,eatlunchandchange,thenaone-hourworkoutbecomesa20-minuteworkout.Justfollowthissimplelunchtimeworkoutplanandyou'llbeabletohaveahealthybodyandstillhavetimetodothethingsyouenjoybeforeandafterwork.

Rememberthatthisworkoutroutineisnotmadeforadvanced（高级的）trainersbutforkeepingahealthyandgood-lookingbody.Makesureyoueatsomehealthyfoodatleast60minutesbeforeyourlunchbreak,andeatyourfullmealrightafteryourworkout.YourCardiovascular（心血管）andlowerbodyworkouttimeshouldincludea-half-hourdailywalk,whichcaneasilybedoneoutdoors.Simplyputonyourfavoriteshoesandgoforawalkaroundthehouseswhateverweatheritcanbe.Anothergoodchoiceiswalkingupanddownyourofficebuildingstaircase.Stair-climbingwillworkyourlegmuscles（肌肉）andincreaseyourheartrate（心率）atthesametime.A30-minutewalkingfivetimesaweekisenoughtoworkyourwholelowerbodyandcardiovascularsystem（系统）.Todomoregoodtoyourhealth,trytoincreaseyourpace（步速）weekly.Setpacesandgraduallyincreaseyourdistances.Forexample,goaroundthehousessixtimesinsteadoffiveina30minutes,orclimbthestaircase10timesinsteadof9.Ifpossible,changeyourcardiovasculartraining:

usethestaircaseoneday,andwalkaroundtheblockonotherdays.

Afteryour30-minutelower-bodyexercise,youcanbeginyourupperbodyworkoutbydoingafewbasicexercises.Findacleanspaceonthefloor（bigenoughtofityourentirebody）andcarryoutthefollowingtrainedpushup（俯卧撑）workouttotightenyourwholeupperbody.Checkoutthepushuproutinetokeepyoufitonyourlunchbreak.

58.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“workout”mean?

A.Outofwork.B.Body-buildingwork.

C.Workingoutside.D.Workingveryhard.

59.Accordingtothepassagehowmuchworkoutdoyouneedforabasiclunchtimebreak?

A.20minutes.B.30minutes

C.AnhourD.Twohours

60.Fromthepassagewecandrawaconclusionthat______.

A.workoutroutinetakesuptoomuchtime

B.lunch-breakworkouthadbetterbedoneinagym

C.yourwholebodycanbeworkedoutwellinyourofficebuilding

D.abusymancanonlyhaveahealthybodybyworkingoutduringlunchbreak

房山

（D）

Toooftenwecomplainaboutothersnotlistening,pretendingthatweourselvescan’tmakeanymistakes,yetinourheartsweknowthatmanyofthemistakeswemakecomeaboutbecausewehaven’tlistenedcarefullyenough.Wegetthingswrongbecausewehaven’tquiteunderstoodwhatsomeonemeantwhentheyweretalkingtous.Anyonewhohasevertakentheminutesofalongmeetingwillknowhowharditistoremember---despitethebenefitofnotes---exactlywhateveryonesaid.Butsuccessdependsongettingthingsright---andthatmeanslistening.

Listeningisnotthesamethingashearing;itisnotaneffortactively.Itdemandsattentionandconcentration.Itmaymeanguessingthespeakerforadditionalinformationorforfurtherexplanation---itisalwaysbettertoaskthantocontinueregardlessandgetthingswrong.However,ifyouallowyourmindtothinksomethingelsecarelessly（freely）,evenforafewminutes,you’llmisswhatthespeakerissaying------probablyattheverymomentwhenheorsheissayingsomethingverycriticalorthekeythings.Andnothavingheard,youwon’tknowyou’vemissedanythinguntilit’stoolate.

Themostcommonbadhabitwehaveistostartthinkingofwhatwearegoingtosayaboutthesubjectlongbeforetheotherspeakerhasfinished.Wethenstoplistening.Evenworse,thisoftenaddsrudenesstolessattention,asonceyouhavedecidedwhattosaythereisafairchanceyouwillinterrupttosayit.Goodlistenersdon’tinterrupt.