Once there was a piano player in a bar (酒吧). People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.

“I don’t sing,” said the man.

But the lady told the waiter, “I’m tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!”

The waiter shouted across the room, “Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!”

So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!

He had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.

You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.

1.The lady asked the player to sing a song because ________.

A．she had paid him for this

B．she knew him very well

C．she was tired of listening to the piano.

D．she enjoyed his singing

2.Nat King Cole succeeded because ________.

A．the lady helped him a lot

B．he caught the chance(机会)

C．he continued to play in the bar

D．he played the piano well

3.The words “sit on” in the passage probably mean “________”.

A．fail to realize                           B．forget to use

C．try to develop                          D．manage to show

4.From the story we know if you have some talent, you should __________.

A．hide it and wait

B．ask others for help

C．pay no attention to it

D．work hard to improve yourself

5.Which could be the best title(标题) for the passage?

A．Sing in the Bar

B．Achieve Success in Life

C．Never Lose Heart

D．Find Your Hidden（隐藏的） Talent

 

Once there was a piano player in a bar (酒吧). People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.
“I don’t sing,” said the man.
But the lady told the waiter, “I’m tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!”
The waiter shouted across the room, “Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!”
So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!
He had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.
You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.
【小题1】The lady asked the player to sing a song because ________.

A．she had paid him for this

B．she knew him very well

C．she was tired of listening to the piano.

D．she enjoyed his singing

【小题2】Nat King Cole succeeded because ________.

A．the lady helped him a lot

B．he caught the chance(机会)

C．he continued to play in the bar

D．he played the piano well

【小题3】The words “sit on” in the passage probably mean “________”.

A．fail to realize	B．forget to use
C．try to develop	D．manage to show

【小题4】From the story we know if you have some talent, you should __________.

A．hide it and wait

B．ask others for help

C．pay no attention to it

D．work hard to improve yourself

【小题5】Which could be the best title(标题) for the passage?

A．Sing in the Bar

B．Achieve Success in Life

C．Never Lose Heart

D．Find Your Hidden（隐藏的） Talent

Take a look at the label(标签) on almost any bottle of milk and you may see the word PASTEURIZED. What does that mean? Let’s find out by meeting Louis Pasteur.

Louis Pasteur was born in 1822 in a little town in France. As he grew up, he loved to paint. He loved to look at the world around him. When he went to college in Paris, he showed interest in looking through a microscope. A microscope makes things look a lot bigger; it lets you see things you can’t see just with your eyes. Looking through a microscope, Pasteur found a living world in a drop of water. He saw and drew pictures of the small living things -- he called them “microbes” or “germs”-- that crowded in a drop of water.

One day a winemaker came into the lab, hoping that someone could help him with his problem. “Sometimes my wine tastes delicious, but sometimes terrible,” he said to Pasteur. “Can you help me find out why?”

Pasteur put some drops of the wine under the microscope. He noticed that the terrible wine had some unusual germs. If he killed these germs, maybe he could keep the wine from turning terrible. He tried with different ways to kill the germs. In the end he found heating (加热) the wine seemed to work best. The winemaker tried it, and every bottle of wine tasted good.

Pasteur’s idea worked for other people, too. When farmers heated milk, it didn’t turn bad so quickly. When breweries heated beer, it tasted better. People called it “pasteurization” ---heating a liquid to kill bad germs. Aren’t you glad that the milk you drink has been pasteurized?

1. The Chinese meaning for the word “microbes” is____.

A．病毒

B．真菌

C．支原体

D．微生物

2. Which is the right order in Pasteur’s life story?

(1). He received college education in Paris.

(2) He helped to find some unusual germs in some drops of wine.

(3) A new way of killing bad germs--pasteurization was found out.

(4)He was born in 1822 in a little town in France.

(5) Microbes were found by Louis Pasteur with the help of a microscope.

A．2; 1; 3; 5; 4

B．4; 1; 5; 2; 3

C．4; 1; 3; 5; 2

D．3; 1; 2; 5; 4

3. What do you think Louis Pasteur was like from the passage?

A．Clever, helpful and hard-working.

B．Quiet, helpful and kind-hearted.

C．Brave, careful and hard-working.

D．Clever, serious and kind-hearted.

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Germs only live in something that is bad.

B．Louis found the way to kill the unusual germs in the wine by chance (偶然).

C．Everybody knows what the word PASTEURIZED means.

D．Pasteurization is used to kill bad germs in the milk we drink.

5. What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．What life Louis Pasteur lived.

B．How to make milk clean.

C．How pasteurization was invented.

D．What to do with wine.

 

Take a look at the label（标签）on almost any bottle of milk and you may see the word PASTEURIZED．What does that mean? Let's find out by meeting Louis Pasteur．Louis Pasteur was born in 1822 in a little town in France．As he grew up，he loved to paint．He loved to look at the world around him．When he went to college in Paris，he showed interest in looking through a microscope．A microscope makes things look a lot bigger，it lets you see things you can't see just with your eyes．Looking through a microscope，Pasteur found a living world in a drop of water．He saw and drew pictures of the small living things--he called them “microbes” or “germs” --that crowded in a drop of water．One day a winemaker came into the lab，hoping that someone could help him with his problem．“Sometimes my wine tastes delicious，but sometimes terrible，” he said to Pasteur．“Can you help me find out why?”

Pasteur put some drops of the wine under the microscope．He noticed that the terrible wine had some unusual germs．If he killed these germs，maybe he could keep the wine from turning terrible．He tried with different ways to kill the germs．In the end he found heating（加热）the wine seemed to work best．The winemaker tried it，and every bottle of wine tasted good．Pasteur's idea worked for other people，too．When farmers heated milk，it didn't turn bad so quickly．Beer is heated，it tasted better．People called it “pasteurization” --heating a liquid to kill bad germs．Aren't you glad that the milk you drink has been pasteurized?

1．The Chinese meaning for the word “microbes” is _________．

A．病毒                   B．真菌                    C．支原体                D．微生物

2．Which is the right order in Pasteur’s life story?

a．He received college education in Paris．

b．He helped to find some unusual germs in some drops of wine．

c．A new way of killing bad germs--pasteurization was found out．

d．He was born in 1822 in a little town in France．

e．Microbes were found by Louis Pasteur with the help of a microscope．

A．b-a-c-e-d               B．d-a-e-b-c               C．d-a-c-e-b               D．c-a-b-e-d

3．What do you think Louis Pasteur was like from the passage?

A．Clever，helpful and hard-working．           B．Quiet，helpful and kind-hearted．

C．Brave，careful and hard-working．           D．Clever，serious and kind-hearted．

4．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Germs only live in something that is bad．

B．One farmer found the way to kill the unusual germs in the wine by chance．

C．Everybody knows what the word PASTEURIZED means．

D．Pasteurization is used to kill bad germs in the milk we drink．

5．What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．What life Louis Pasteur lived．                 B．How to make milk clean．

C．How Pasteurization was invented．              D．What to do with wine．