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Success stories Reading A 郎朗从小热爱弹钢琴，而且非常刻苦用功，他的父母也对他倾注了很多心血，他的父亲更是起了不可或缺的重要作用。在北京学琴的时候老师曾说他没有“天分”，当不了钢琴家，当时九岁的郎朗是怎样做的呢？一起来看看郎朗的回忆吧！ To be a serious musician, I would have to move to Beijing. I was just eight years old. My new teacher in Beijing didn’t like me. “You have no talent,” she often told me, “You will never be a pianist. ” And one day, she fired me. I was just nine years old. I was devastated（调皮捣蛋的）. I didn’t want to be a pianist any more, I decided. I wanted to go home to my mother. For the next two weeks I didn’t touch the piano. Wisely, my father didn’t push. He just waited. Sure enough, the day came at school when my teacher asked me to play some holiday songs. I didn’t want to, but as I placed my fingers on the piano’s keys（琴键）, I realized I could show other people that I had talent after all. That day I told my father what he’d been waiting to hear — that I wanted to study with a new teacher. From that point on, everything turned around. I started winning competitions. Choose the best answer. ( )1. What does the underlined word “fire” mean here in Chinese? A. 用火烧 B. 开除 True(T) or False(F). ( ) 2. At first Lang Lang’s father supported Lang Lang’s decision to give up playing the piano. ( ) 3. Lang Lang showed his talent by playing some holiday songs. Complete the sentences 1. 他在四岁时就会弹钢琴了。 He could play the piano ______________ four. 2. 老师们对我们很严格。 Teachers ________________ us. 3. 我很感激你协助我的表演。 I _______________ you _____ my performance. Complete the sentences 4. 他的成功是付出了代价的。 His success came __________. 5. 李老师代替王老师教我们英语。 Miss Li taught us English _________ Miss Wang. 6. 昨晚她突然生病了。 She suddenly _______ last night. Language points 1. He was practising the piano while other children at his age were playing games and having fun. (P2) 当他正在练琴的时候，同龄的其他小朋友在玩游戏。 解析：这是一个由while引导的时间状语从句。主从句都用了过去进行时(was practising 和were playing, having fun)，表示两个动作同时发生。 例如： After supper, my father was reading new