Lang Lang is a world-class young pianist who grew up in Shenyang. He went to a piano school in Beijing when he was just eight, "You need fortune(運氣)，" his father said. "But      you work hard, no fortune will come."

    What made him       was that his piano teacher in Beijing didn't like him. "You have no talent(天賦).You will never be a pianist." As an eight-year-old boy, Lang Lang was badly       . He decided that he didn't want to be a pianist any more. For the next two weeks, he didn't touch the piano. Wisely(明智的)his father didn't      ,but wait.

    Luckily the day came when his teacher asked him to play some holiday songs. He didn't want to, but as he placed his fingers on the piano keys, he        he could show other people that he had ability to do it well. That day he told his father that he wanted to      with a new teacher. From that point on, everything turned around.

    He started         competitions. In the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition when it was announced that Lang Lang had won, he was too        to hold back his tears. Soon it was clear that he couldn't stay in China forever-he had to play on the world's big stages. In 1997 Lang Lang       again, this time to Philadelphia, US. There he spent two years practicing and by 1999 he had worked hard enough for fortune to take over．After his      performance at Chicago's Raviniu Festival, gigs（演奏會）in Lincoln Center and Camegie Hall started pouring in. Lang Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots(找到)him, and lets him shine.

1.A. if         B.unless          C. when         D.since

2.A. energetic   B.happy          C. lucky         D.sad

3.A.hurt       B. ill             C. broken        D.scared

4.A.hear       B. push           C. eat           D.sleep

5.A.realized    B. explained       C.forgot         D.noticed

6.A. argur      B.dance          C. study         D.interview

7.A. winning   B. beating         C. watching      D.refusing

8.A. annoyed   B.mad            C. tired         D.excited

9.A.started     B. left            C. moved        D.performed

10.A.helpful    B.meaningful      C. successful     D.useful

Everybody can suffer from stress．No matter what your age is, you can feel stressed out by things that are happening in your life．Teenagers, however, have many more opportunities to get stressed than people in any other age group．Being a teenager is hard．You are not a child any more, but you are not an adult, even though you have to deal with some very grown-up problems and decisions．Families can be one of the biggest causes of stress, such as problems with parents arguing at home．or problems with brothers and sisters．Teenagers also have a lot of stress from school, either from their teachers or from their friends．Some teenagers also feel stressed about choosing their education after high school．Getting a place at university can be very difficult and some cannot afford to go to university．The stress about getting a job when finishing school is hard for some teenagers．There are so many young people finishing school and not enough jobs for them．Sadly, there is nothing we can do to remove these causes of stress from the 1ives of teenagers, but you can learn the best way to deal with it．Talking to people is one of the best ways to deal with stress．It may sound simple, but it is true．A problem shared is a problem halved．

1. 1.

   Why is being a teenager often difficult?

   1. A.
      Because even though you are not an adult, you must deal with adult problems．
   2. B.
      Because even though you are an adult, you must deal with children’s problems．
   3. C.
      Because even though you are a teenager, you must do a lot of homework．
   4. D.
      Because adults often make them feel stressed．
2. 2.

   Families can add to the stress a teenager might experience ______．

   1. A.
      by asking them to go to university
   2. B.
      by helping them with their homework
   3. C.
      as teenagers quarrel with their parents, and their brothers or sisters
   4. D.
      as families never support their children enough
3. 3.

   Why can finding a job after finishing school be difficult?

   1. A.
      Because there is a lot of competition for jobs．
   2. B.
      Because there are no jobs．
   3. C.
      Because a job is more difficult than school work．
   4. D.
      Because there is a lot of competition for places at university．
4. 4.

   We can deal with the stress in our life ______．

   1. A.
      by not trying to find a job
   2. B.
      by forgetting about our problems
   3. C.
      by getting a place at university
   4. D.
      by sharing our problems with our friends

You can’t see any object unless light from that object gets into your eyes．Some of the things you see give off light of their own。The sun，the stars，a lighted lamp are the examples that can be seen by their own light．But most of the things you see are not giving off light of their own．They are just reflecting(反射)light that falls on them from the sun or some other luminous bodies．The moon，for example，doesn’t give off any light of its own．It is not 1uminous．You see it because sunlight falls on it and some of the sunlight reflects on the earth．So moonlight is only second—hand sunlight．
When you look at a book，it sends some of the light which fails on it to your eyes，and you see the book．If light could be kept out from where you’re so that there would be no light from the book to reflect．Then you couldn’t see the book even with your eyes wide open．Light travels so fast that the time in which it travels from the book you’re reading to your eyes is as short as if there were no time at time．Light reaches us from the moon，which is about 380，000 kilometres away，in only a little more than a second．

1. 1.

   You can see the book because________．

   1. A.
      your eyes are close to it
   2. B.
      it reflects some of the light
   3. C.
      it has light of its own
   4. D.
      it is big enough to be seen
2. 2.

   The Chinese meaning of the world“luminous”is close to_______．

   1. A.
      閃光的
   2. B.
      看不見的
   3. C.
      發光的
   4. D.
      明亮的
3. 3.

   ________has light of its own．

   1. A.
      The moon
   2. B.
      The earth
   3. C.
      The sun
   4. D.
      The satellite of Dong Fong Hong
4. 4.

   Light travels about_________kilometers per second．

   1. A.
      300，000
   2. B.
      100，000
   3. C.
      400，000
   4. D.
      190，000
5. 5.

   Which of the following is TRUE?

   1. A.
      All the things you can see give off light．
   2. B.
      Light from the book is much faster than that from the moon．
   3. C.
      The moment you open your eyes，the light from the book travels to your eyes．
   4. D.
      Light travels so fast that there is no time for you to read．