Ⅴ. 短文填空。
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或用括号内单词的正确形式填空。
Rock Music Meets the Erhu
Rock music was coming out of my computer. As a rock music 1. ____(), I play the electric guitar in the school band. Sometimes I write 2. ____() and share them online. There is so 3. ____() fun in music.
Right at that moment, the sound of Grandpa's erhu 4. ____() into my room. Yes, music is also my grandpa's hobby. 5. ____ it's a different kind of music. He likes 6. ____() the erhu in the park with his friends. They often sing Beijing Opera 7. ____() together. There are many fans of them.
8. ____ idea suddenly hit me: “Why don't we put our music together? I can write a song for 9. ____().” “Grandpa!” I 10. ____() into his room after I finished thinking about what to do.
There is an art festival every autumn in my school. I decided 11. ____() part in it with Grandpa this year. After a 12. ____() practice, the day finally came, and we were on the stage. I nodded to Grandpa 13. ____ we started playing our instruments. Everybody moved 14. ____ our music. It felt so great!
At that time, I realized nothing was 15. ____() than putting our hobby together.

1. lover 2. songs 3. much 4. came 5. But 6. playing/to play 7. happily 8. An 9. us 10. rushed 11. to take 12. week's 13. and 14. with 15. more enjoyable

Ⅵ. 阅读理解。
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
In the Warring States Period, a man from the State of Chu got an unusual pearl(珍珠) from a big river. He decided to sell it.
The man thought, “I will sell the pearl for more money if I put it in a good-looking box.” So he made a wooden box at home and decorated it with precious(珍贵的) jewellery. Then he put the pearl into the box and went to the market.
A man from the State of Zheng saw the beautiful box. He liked the box and decided to buy it. He took out the pearl and gave it back to the man from the State of Chu.
“I will only take the box. The pearl is useless to me. You can keep it for yourself,” the man from the State of Zheng said. He paid for the box and went away happily.
The man from the State of Chu could not understand this. He thought, “The man paid so much only for the box. Why didn't he take the pearl?”
Some people may choose in a wrong way because they have bad judgement(判断力).
1. Why did the man from the State of Chu make a beautiful box?
A. To pay for the pearl.
B. To sell the pearl for more money.
C. To keep it for himself.
D. To send it to his friend as a gift.
2. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. Much money.
B. The wooden box.
C. The unusual pearl.
D. A beautiful feather.
3. How did the man from the State of Chu feel when the man from the State of Zheng didn't take the pearl?
A. Sad.
B. Angry.
C. Worried.
D. Surprised.
4. What can we learn from the story?
A. Practice makes perfect.
B. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
C. Don't judge things only by how they look.
D. The grass is always greener on the other side.

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