Long before they became doctors, lawyers, CEO’s or real estate developers, they played in garage bands and maybe even dreamed of becoming rock stars. That’s why they signed up for Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp.
For nearly a week, the mostly middle-aged “campers” had practiced in the West 54th Street studios. They came from as far away as London and Tokyo and as close as Long Island and downtown New York to prepare for their moment of onstage glory.
“I feel like I’m 18 again,” said Jerry Goldberg, a 60-year-old investment banker and guitar player, whose family was in the audience.” I admit that I felt a little uncertain when I first got here, but this has turned out to be a wonderful experience, one of the greatest of my life.”
Everybody has two businesses, their own business and show business. This can be a life-changing experience for them. Mr. Daltrey, who has appeared at several fantasy camps, was asked why he keeps coming back.
“I’ve had people tell me that I shouldn’t be doing this, that it's bad for my image,” he acknowledged. “But that’s rubbish. Look, it’s all so positive, and everybody is having so much fun. So what’s bad about that?”
Jeff Munger, a drummer and rancher(農(nóng)場(chǎng)主) said. “I’m at a point in my life where I’m going to spend my money on things I’m passionate about, and I’m absolutely crazy about music.”
Most of the campers are successful executives or professionals: a founder of the Oracle Computer Company, a businessman whose father invented the Big Mac, a plastic surgeon, presidents of health care and seafood companies.
【小題1】This text is mainly about________.

Long before they became doctors, lawyers, CEO’s or real estate developers, they played in garage bands and maybe even dreamed of becoming rock stars. That’s why they signed up for Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp.

    For nearly a week, the mostly middle-aged “campers” had practiced in the West 54th Street studios. They came from as far away as London and Tokyo and as close as Long Island and downtown New York to prepare for their moment of onstage glory.

    “I feel like I’m 18 again,” said Jerry Goldberg, a 60-year-old investment banker and guitar player, whose family was in the audience.” I admit that I felt a little uncertain when I first got here, but this has turned out to be a wonderful experience, one of the greatest of my life.”

    Everybody has two businesses, their own business and show business. This can be a life-changing experience for them. Mr. Daltrey, who has appeared at several fantasy camps, was asked why he keeps coming back.

    “I’ve had people tell me that I shouldn’t be doing this, that it's bad for my image,” he acknowledged. “But that’s rubbish. Look, it’s all so positive, and everybody is having so much fun. So what’s bad about that?”

    Jeff Munger, a drummer and rancher(農(nóng)場(chǎng)主) said. “I’m at a point in my life where I’m going to spend my money on things I’m passionate about, and I’m absolutely crazy about music.”

    Most of the campers are successful executives or professionals: a founder of the Oracle Computer Company, a businessman whose father invented the Big Mac, a plastic surgeon, presidents of health care and seafood companies.

1.This text is mainly about________.

    A．a(chǎn) music course for the elderly people

    B．a(chǎn) pop club for professional musicians

    C．a(chǎn) rock music camp for music lovers

    D．a(chǎn) studio for wealthy businessmen

2.What do the middle aged campers have in common?

    A．They are all interested in charity.

    B．They are all passionate about music.

    C．They are all retired business people.

    D．They were all rock stars when they were young.

3.According to the text, Mr. Daltrey ________.

A．once played in a garage band

B．has come with his family

C．has joined in the camp a couple of times 

D．is very careful about his image

4.We can infer from the text that the campers _________.

    A．enjoy their regular jobs     B．come from different countries

    C．do part-time jobs            D．have a great many fans

Most people watching Jeremy Lin these past two months saw Jeremy Lin, New York Knicks star; but I, watching him, saw someone else. That was my elder brother, Bob, who is athletic and energetic. He could never sit still when he was in second grade; he had to get up every now and then and run around the room. And sure enough, he grew up to be a starting player for an N.C.A.A. championship lacrosse（長(zhǎng)曲棍球）team. He was a Nike-endorsed marathoner, too, and reached the top of Mt. Everest, unguided, in his 50s.
And yet my family never watched his lacrosse games. We did watch some of his marathons, but that wasn’t until he was in his 20s. When Bob was in his glory days, our Shanghainese-born parents were bent on getting him into medical school. There was a loving aspect to it: I can remember my father working through math books with him, lesson by lesson, at the big blackboard in the attic. Bob never did become a doctor, though; and neither did I. It wasn’t until my younger sister came along that someone in the family finally wore a white coat.
Bob today could be the fittest 58-year-old on the planet. His doctor estimates his biological age at 35; he’s still climbing big mountains in the Himalayas. And, like Jeremy Lin, he’s charming. No one sees Bob without leaving with a laugh. He sometimes jokes he could be mayor of his building, and it’s true. To know him is to cheer for him.
And yet my parents did not cheer for him. What if my mother had sat on the sidelines with her statistics, like Jeremy Lin’s mother? What if my father had played videos of athletes for my brother to watch and imitate? It’s hard not to wonder.
And how did Jeremy Lin’s parents manage to do these remarkable things? Amy Chua, the tiger mother, recalls her immigrant father beating the kids whenever they mispronounced a Chinese word. How is it that Jeremy Lin’s immigrant father in particular, Gie-Ming Lin, encouraged his son to follow such an untraditional path?
【小題1】Bob’s glory days were those ________.

While eating lunch with my 4-year-old daughter this afternoon at a fast food restaurant, I noticed an old man walking to the table with a stick. The manager kindly carried his   36   for him. During the meal I overheard the man tell a woman it was his birthday. So I whispered what I 37  to my daughter. She loves when people have  38  .1 told her it was OK for her to wish him a happy birthday. He  39    was spending this special day alone.

At first she was _40_ and decided against it. As I was emptying our plates into the dustbin she turned to him and 41  wished him a Happy Birthday. I could tell he was  42  by the way he looked at her. I  43  behind her and gave him my own wishes. He was  44  .

As we walked away he called my daughter back and  45  her a brand-new gold $1 coin. She thanked him. But that wasn't enough  46  him. He dug into his  47  and at that I kindly told him that wasn't necessary. He  48 me and pulled out an envelope with about a dozen of a different kind of gold coins. He  49  to give her another one and tell her how   50  it was and that one day it would be worth  51 . He then looked me in the eye and wished me a good day.

What a(n) 52 man. I'm sure my daughter  53  his day. On such a special day, how can I 54 his glory and turn away his offering of 55 ?

Happy Birthday!

The boy was 1．7 meters tall when he just started his third year at primary school． As his feet had  1  even his father’s shoes, his parents had to look up and down the streets for size-46 shoes． At 16, he  2  to a height of 2．2 meters, and no store or market in the whole of China has stock of size -53 shoes for his big  3 ．The parents watched rather disturbingly their son shooting up  4  like a young tree．

The young giant felt  5  for his troubled parents, who needed to take extra care of him for his food,  6  and traveling． Time and again he  7  his “great desire” to his good friend, teammate and roommate Liu Wei, “I will do my best． Once I enter the Shanghai No．1 Team, I won’t have to worry about my  8 ．”

That boy was Yao Ming．

    Today’s Yao is a great basketball star． Back then, however, his  9  was not championship, NBA, or stardom． He trained like mad, struggled hard, all for a pair of shoes that would  10  his feet, merely to relieve his  11  of their worry about his shoes． Such a simple 12  may seem completely unimaginable for a star like Yao． 13  it was exactly this very simple stimulus（激勵(lì)） that urged Yao to achieve today’s  14 ．He earnestly and realistically sets the goal for every stage of his life and spare no  15  to reach it, and to surpass （超越）it．

       It is not a（n） 16  thing for anyone to set a goal． The tough part is to know how to pursue and 17  it． Many people leave their aspirations in blueprints  18 ．If we take a look at those abandoned causes and goals along many people’s life  19 , we should remind ourselves of Yao Ming: travelers first need a fitting pair of shoes, and then  20  one firm step at a time towards their goals．

1． A．forbade                   B．outgrown                C．matched                 D．a(chǎn)ffected

2． A．measured             B．raised                     C．shot                       D．stretched

3． A．height                     B．size                        C．length                    D．feet

4． A．wildly                     B．immediately             C．gradually               D．sharply

5． A．upset                   B．a(chǎn)nxious                   C．sorry                      D．responsible

6． A．growth                   B．study                      C．clothing                  D．future

7． A．expressed            B．a(chǎn)pplied                    C．suggested               D．contributed

8． A ．jeans                     B．shoes                      C．future                     D．wages

9． A．dream                     B．a(chǎn)chievement            C．recreation               D．prejudice

10． A．meet                     B．protect                    C．fit                          D．hold

11． A．friends                  B．teammates               C．parents                   D．coaches

12． A ．goal                    B．demand                   C．incident                  D．task

13． A．Though                 B．Yet                         C．Because                  D．As

14． A．recreation              B．harmony                 C．a(chǎn)ccess                    D．glory

15． A．mind                     B．time                        C．effort                            D．benefit

16． A．easy                            B．difficult                   C．common                 D．normal

17． A．recognize              B．grasp                      C．a(chǎn)pproach                D．reach

18． A．once                     B．soon                       C．forever                   D．sometimes

19． A．travel                    B．trip                         C．journey                   D．tour

20． A．miss                     B．leap                        C．gain                        D．take