2013苏州星海二模英语试卷及答案(4)

C. It’s only drivers who cause traffic accidents.
D. Some people have accidents because they drive too quickly.
 
B
      Once there was a piano player in a bar. 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 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 caught the chance, and 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.
30. 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 wanted to have a change               D. she enjoyed his singing
31. Nat King Cole succeeded because _____.
   A. the lady helped him a lot                     B. he caught the chance at last
   C. he continued to play in the bar              D. he stopped playing the piano
32. The words "sit on" in the passage probably mean"
A. fail to realize                                               B. remember to use      
C. try to develop                                       D. manage to show
33. 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 Talent
 
C
David- Brown and Anne are two patients in the-Adult Day Care Program at Mercy Hospitals. David Brown is seventy-two years old. He's friendly and likes to talk. He lives with his wife in the city. But David is becoming forgetful. His wife says, "He'll heat up some soup, then forget to turn off the gas." She is sixty-one and still works. She is worried about leaving her husband alone.
Anne is eighty and lives with her 60-year-old daughter; Her daughter says that she needs a rest. "Mom follows me everywhere. She follows me when I read newspapers. I need a rest and she does, too."
    And so, several times a week, David and Anne's families take them to the Adult Day Care Center. Many hospitals have this program. Patients come to the Center for a full of half day, from one to five days a week. All the patients live with their families and most are old people.
    Mrs. Caro Johnson is the director of the Center. She says, "We are offering both the patients and their families a service of great value. Patients have the chance to get out of their houses. Husbands, wives or grown children can work or have a rest. Most important of all, families are able to stay together."
34. Why did David Brown become a patient of the Adult Day Care Center?
       A. Because he is seventy-two years old.                 B. Because he is lonely at home.
       C. Because he is becoming forgetful                D. Because he is seriously ill.