When did he die？He died on ______.

At what age did he die？

A．62.

B．52.

C．42.

D．32.

did not come easily at all. They cost him a great deal of hard work. We know how often he rewrote and corrected his work because his notebooks are still kept in museums and libraries. He always found it hard to satisfy himself.

When he was 28, the worst difficulty of all came to him. He began to notice a strange humming(嗡嗡声) in his ears. At first he paid little attention; but it grew worse, and at last he consulted doctors. (46) They gave him the worst news any musician could bear: he was gradually going deaf. Beethoven was in despair; he was sure that he was going to die.

He went away to the country, to a place called Heiligenstadt, and from there he wrote a long farewell letter to his brothers. He longed to die, and said to death, "Come when you will, I shall meet you bravely."

In fact, Beethoven did something braver than dying. He gathered his courage and went on writing music, though he could not hear what he wrote. He wrote his best music, the music we remember him for, after he became deaf. The music he wrote was very different from any that had been composed before.

To say that Beethoven was "in despair" means that he______.

A．was very frightened

B．was unhappy

C．had given up hope

D．was dying

．oThe doctor did lot to reduce the ptient’s fer ____he would die of the disese. tht B． which C．of which D． of tht

A．that

B．which

C．of which

D．of that

4. Judas' death When Judas, who betrayed Jesus, saw that Jesus was condemned to die, he felt deep regret. He returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, and said, “I did wrong because I betrayed an innocent man.” But they said, “What is that to us？ That's your problem.” Judas threw the silver pieces into the temple and left. Then he went and hanged himself. The chief priests picked up the silver pieces and said, “According to the Law it's not right to put this money in the treasury. Since it was used to pay for someone's life, it’s unclean.” So they decided to use it to buy the potter's field where strangers could be buried. That's why that field is called “Field of Blood” to this very day. This fulfilled the words of Jeremiah the prophet: And I took the thirty pieces of silver, the price for the one whose price had been set by some of the Israelites, and I gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me. 7.Why is it not right to put the money in the treasury？

A、Because the money was used for protecting Jesus.

B、Because the money was used to pay for someone's life.

C、Because the money has something to do with Judas.

D、Because the money was used for save someone's life.

Why did the man die of hunger？

A．He didn't work, so he had nothing to eat.

B．He did not like to eat anything.

C．He was too lazy to eat.

A、He should find a safe place

B、He had two choices：to live or to die

C、He should rush to the local hospital

D、He shouldn’t have left the back door open

One cowardly person came to a master of martial arts(武术)to learn bravery. The master looked at him and said: " I will teach you only on one condition, if for one month you will live in a big city and to every passing person on the street you will loudly, openly and looking straight into the eyes tell that you re a coward." The person got really sad, because this task seemed scary to him. For a couple of days he was very sad, but to live with his cowardice(胆小)was so unbearable that he travelled to the city to accomplish his mission. At first, when meeting the passers, he lost his speech. But he needed to finish the master s task, so he began to overcome himself. When he came up to his first passer to tell about his cowardice, it seemed to him that he would die from fear. But each time, his voice sounded louder and more confident. And then a moment came when the man caught himself thinking that he was not scared anymore, and the further he continued doing the task, the more convinced he was that the fear was abandoning him. That way a month had passed. The person came back to the master and said: "Thank you, teacher. I finished your task. Now I m not afraid anymore. But how did you know that this strange task will help me？" "The thing is," the master smiled, "that cowardice is only a habit. And by doing the things that scare us, we can destroy the stereotypes. And now you know that bravery is the same habit. To make it a part of yourself, you need to move forward into the fear. And then the fear will retreat, and bravery will take its place."

What task did the master ask the person to finish？

A．To live with strangers for one month.

B．To travel to a big city and talk to strangers.

C．To tell strangers about his own weakness.

D．To ask strangers for help with his problem.

Reagan did die by pure luck because of the following reasons except _______.

A．that he didn't have a deadly wound

B．that his security men gave first-aid to the President inn~ time

C．a successful operation

D．that he was regarded as a wise leader

听力原文： Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 in Tuscany. As early as 1466, he was working in a workshop. Then in 1482 he moved to Milan. After the plague has swept the city of Milan in 1484～ 1485, he turned his attention to town planning and made several designs for churches and other buildings. He moved to Florence, another city in Italy in 1500 where he painted the famous Mona Lisa in 1503. Then he returned to Milan. Between 1510 and 1515, after he had been working as an architect and engineer to the French King Louis Ⅶ, he devoted himself to painting again and produced two great works, St. Anne Marie ＆ Child and St. John the Baptist. In 1515, the King of France invited Leonardo to live in France. He moved to a castle there where he spent his last few years, carrying out his own research. He died in 1519.

Q. 23. How old was Leonardo da Vinci when he moved to Milan？

Q. 24.Which of the following jobs hadn't he done throughout his life？

Q. 25.Where did Leonardo da Vinci die？

Q. 26.Which of the following statements is NOT correct according to the passage？

(43)

A．25.

B．30.

C．35.

D．40.