江苏省兴化市常青藤学校联盟2014～2015年八年级下第三次月度联考英语试题
七、短文填空 (每空一词；共10空，每空1分，满分10分)
“It is better to travel 10,000 miles than to read 10,000 books,” said US First Lady Michelle Obama in Beijing on March 22. Mrs. Obama, along (1) w her mother and two daughters made their first trip to China from March 20-26.
In a speech at Peking University, Mrs. Obama encouraged students to study (2) a . “It’s not enough to get good (3) g __ at school,” she said in the speech. “Overseas (海外) (4) e helps make our life successful.”
“By learning each other’s languages and by showing respect (尊重) for each other’s (5) c , you are building bridges of understanding. And they (6) l to so much more,” she said.
The US is the top destination (目的地) for Chinese students who go abroad. More than 200,000 Chinese students are now studying in the US.
In 2009, US President Barack Obama announced (宣布) his goal of (7) s 100,000 students to China. (8) S _ then 68,000 US students have come to China. What’s (9) m , many kids in the US are now studying Chinese. “It is a hard language, but it is never (10) t early to start learning it,” said Mason Grabowski, 14, a student from Chicago.
八、书面表达(20分)
刘伟，无臂钢琴演奏者。他十岁时在一次意外中失去双臂，但他并没有放弃(give up)成为一名钢琴家( pianist)的梦想。在后来的日子里，他每天刻苦用脚练习弹琴，最终在“中国达人秀”(China's Got Talent)的舞台上实现了自己的梦想。他的表演感动了很多人。请根据以上内容写一篇英语短文。
要求：
1．简要描述刘伟的经历：
2．谈谈从他的经历中你得到的启示。
3。词数80左右。开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Liu Wei, an armless piano player, has a very special experience.__________________________