【正文】 ck. A. eight B. nine C. ten D. eleven73. Paula’s father went back to their truck with a ___________ . A. bag B. hat C. map D. box74. Paula’s parents were___________when she walked secretly into the storeroom. A. sleeping dinner C. doing housework D. feeding cows75. Which of the following is the best title of this passage? A. The Great Gift B. A Nice Pogo StickC. A Kind Little Girl D. Paula And Her MomB Sometimes, little things can bring big changes. Justice and Nathaniel are learning this with music. A cello and a violin brought big changes to their lives. Justice and Nathaniel are in sixth grade. They go to a middle school named Northwest School of the Arts. They used to go to Winterfield Elementary School. Winterfield has a program with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra (CSO). The CSO program teaches kids how to play musical instruments. Justice learned to play the violin. Nathaniel learned to play the violin and the cello. They are the first students from the program to go to Northwest.For the past six years, the CSO has given afterschool music classes at Winterfield. Most of the kids in the school e from poor homes. It’s difficult for their parents to afford music lessons. The CSO wants the kids to learn about music, and it also wants them to stay out of trouble and get better grades. The program was started to teach kids about music. It wants to help kids in other ways, too. Kids are allowed to take smaller instruments home to practice. This teachers them to take responsibility for something valuable. The program also encourages cooperation(合作). Students must spend time with children they might know outside of the program. And also, the program teaches practice habits. When students get better after practice, they learn that practice is good.Students use the first year to explore and find a “forever instrument.” Justice tried out the clarinet and cello before picking a liked the trumpet but decided on the cello and violin.“When I started, it actually looked easy, but I knew it would get tougher,” says Nathaniel. “Practicing is a pleasure. I’m always trying to get a song perfect, so I’m playing 152025 minutes a day.”Thanks to music, Justice and Nathaniel got into a good middle school. Justice’s mom said she is very glad that he does well in class and that he likes it. “It makes a big difference,” Nathaniel’s dad said. word “cello” in the passage is most probably ___________. A. a musical instrument B. an expert in music C. a famous musician D. a music program77. From Paragraph 2, we can learn that Justice and Nathaniel ___________. A. are sixyearold school boys B. are learning art in a primary school C. are middle school students D. worked for a school music program78. Which of the following is true about the CSO program? A. It trains music teachers for a school. B. It gives kids afterschool music classes. C. It teaches each kid to play the violin. D. It tries to raise money to help poor kids.79. Paragraph 4 mainly talks about ___________. A. how to bee a responsible person B. the importance of cooperation C. how to take part in the music program D. The goals of the music program80. From the last paragraph, we know that Justice’s mom and Nathaniel’s dad ___________. A. are both music teachers in the program B. are happy about the program C. have different opinions about the program D. don’t think the program useful C It is nearly impossible to answer the question when or where baseball started. Several cultures created games which involve(涉及) hitting a ball with a bat and running. But there were several rules that made them quite different from each other. The game of baseball itself has improved over time and has several changes from its early version(版本). When did baseball start in the US? As the legend goes, the game we know as baseball today was invented or at least built with an accepted set of rules by Alexander Joy Cartwright. As there is little proof(證據(jù)) that baseball was played in the United States before Alexander Joy Cartwright wrote up the rules of baseball, it has been formally accepted that Cartwright is, if not the biological, the the most suitable father of baseball. The legend further goes that baseball, which has grown to bee a hugely popular game in the United States today, was invented in a famous Manhattan based club called the Knickerbockers. So the name for the rules set by Alexander Joy Cartwright was then called “the Knickerbockers Rules”. The first New York baseball team was called the New York Knickerbockers. Having created the rules, Cartwright was naturally the judge (裁判) for the first ever baseball game played in the United States base on the rules. Cartwright’s contribution(貢獻(xiàn)) to baseball doesn’t just end in setting the rules for the game. He is also known for popularizing the game and its rules over the United States. Cartwright. Who traveled to California during California Golf Rush, spread the knowl