21."Wanted:Violin.Can't pay much.Call..." That advertisement in the newspaper made me remember my childhood.I,too,bad wanted a violin,but we didn't have the money.Even though times(歲月) were(1)
,I couldn't wait any longer to ask. "Daddy,may I have a violin of(2)
?" Daddy's face looked(3)
.But a few weeks later,Daddy went home,with a case in his hand,(4)
,"Mary,I found this second hand violin for seven dollars." The day when I carried my violin to school for my first lesson,no one could know how(5)
I was.I practiced,joined the school orchestra(管弦樂隊),gave performances...Several years seemed to nun even quickly and I found myself in the first violin chair.More years(6)
,and my violin made every move with me,until one day,I carefully(7)
it away. Now here(8)
this wanted advertisement,I discovered the case deep in my closet (儲藏室) .I put it on the table.Then I picked up the(9)
,walked to the telephone and called by the(10)
. Later in the day- a man of about 30 knocked at the door. "I've been expecting someone would(11)
my advertisement.My daughter wants a violin so(12)
," he said,examining my violin."How much are you asking?" I said, "Seven dollars."""Are you sure?" he asked,(13)
he did not believe his ears."Seven dollars."I.(14)
and then added,"I hope your little girl will enjoy it.(15)
I did at her age.' I smiled,but I found my tears rolling down my face.
22.The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication means. Life today is much easier than it (1)
hundreds of years ago,(2)
it has brought new problems. One of the (3)
(big) is pollution. Pollution comes in many(4)
(form).We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it. Man has been polluting the earth. The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious(5)
there were not so many people. When the land(6)
(use)up or the river was dirty in one place, man moved to another place. But this is no longer true. Man is now(7)
(slow) polluting the whole world. Air pollution is still the most serious. It's bad for all living things in the world. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution(8)
(make) us angry more easily. Many countries are making rules(9)
(fight) pollution. They stop people from (10)
(burn)coal in houses and the factories in the city, and from putting dirty smoke into the air.