Peter is thirteen. He is 1 Grade Two this year. He likes to play football and watch football matches. And he often 2 newspapers. He does his best to know where and when a football match will be.
Now Peter is having lunch. He is 3 the radio, too. He is very happy 4 there will be a nice football match on TV at four 5 this afternoon. He wants 6 it very much. But he is going to have English and Chinese lessons. It’s 7 for him to find a way.
“Hello, Mrs. Black,” Peter says to his teacher 8 the phone. “Peter is ill in bed. He wants to ask for half a day’s leave(请假).”
“Oh, I’m 9 to hear that,” says Mrs. Black. “But 10 is that?”
“It’s my father, Mrs. Black.”
A．on B．at C．in D．from
A．sees B．look C．watches D．reads
A．hearing B．listen to C．listening D．listening to
A．so B．because C．and D．but
A．in B．on C．at D．/
A．sees B．to look C．watches D．to watch
A．hard B．easy C．good D．interesting
A．in B．by C．on D．with
A．happy B．glad C．afraid D．sorry
A．where B．who C．what D．how
When I was eleven years old, God gave me a gift of happiness. One day, on my way home from school, a truck ran over me and cut off my 1 . As I lay there bleeding, I realized that I might have to live the rest of my life 2 legs. How depressing（令人沮丧的）! 3 then I realized that depression won’t get my legs back. So I decided not to 4 my life feeling depressed. When my parents arrived at the 5 , they were shocked and sad. I told them, “I’ve already 6 the fact. Now you also have to get used to this.”
Ever since then, I often see my friends getting 7 about little things: their bus comes late; they get a bad grade on a test. But I just 8 life.
I was lucky to realize that it is a waste of energy to focus on what you have 9 , and that the key to happiness is to take pleasure in what you have. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? So 10 are many people unhappy?
People often think happiness is based on what you 11 . “My whole life would improve if I had a new car.” But when you get the 12 and what happens? For a whole week you are walking on air. Then you go right back to being 13 .
Happiness is not a happening; it’s a state of 14 . You can have whatever there is in the world and still be uncomfortable. Or you can have relatively 15 and feel full of joy. Happiness comes from mastering the art of appreciating and consciously taking pleasure in what you already have.
A．arms B．legs C．feet D．fingers
A．without B．by C．on D．with
A．So B．Or C．But D．Once
A．spare B．devote C．influence D．waste
A．hotel B．hospital C．station D．school
A．believed B．accepted C．refused D．received
A．worried B．guilty C．excited D．curious
A．hate B．enjoy C．save D．dislike
A．struggled B．supported C．lost D．completed
A．how B．why C．when D．whether
A．achieve B．promise C．donate D．admire
A．car B．life C．job D．grade
A．wise B．silly C．friendly D．unhappy
A．pain B．appearance C．anger D．mind
A．much B．many C．little D．all
Once there was a poor little girl living near a forest. She had no family and no one to love her. So she often 1 sad and lonely.
One day, when she was walking in the forest, she found that a small 2 was trapped unluckily in a bush. The butterfly tried to fly away 3 failed. The kind little girl saved the butterfly with great care. Instead of flying away, the butterfly turned 4 a beautiful fairy (仙女). The little girl was very 5 .
“Thank you for 6 me. You are so kind. I will make any of your dreams come true.” said the fairy.
The little girl thought for a moment and then said, “I want to be 7 !”
The fairy said, “Very well. I will help you.” And she said something in the little girl’s ear. Then the fairy disappeared.
As the kind little girl grew up, she was 8 ready to help people in need and was popular among the villagers. No one in the village was as happy as she was. Everyone asked her the 9 of her happiness. She always smiled and 10 , “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a kind 11 when I was a little girl.”
When the kind girl became a very old woman and was dying, the neighbours in the 12 all gathered (聚拢) around her bed because they were 13 that her secret of happiness would die with her. They asked, “Please tell us what the kind fairy said.”
The lovely old woman still 14 and said, “She told me that everyone needed me, no matter how safe they seemed, no matter how rich or poor, no matter how old or 15 . She said that helping others would make me happy all my life.”
A．thought B．found C．sounded D．felt
A．butterfly B．bird C．snake D．squirrel
A．so B．or C．but D．as
A．on B．up C．into D．down
A．surprised B．tired C．mad D．angry
A．catching B．beating C．killing D．saving
A．active B．happy C．energetic D．humorous
A．always B．never C．seldom D．hardly
A．success B．secret C．power D．lesson
A．asked B．hoped C．answered D．refused
A．witch B．fairy C．ghost D．princess
A．village B．town C．city D．world
A．excited B．pleased C．glad D．afraid
A．shouted B．cried C．smiled D．jumped
A．young B．great C．nice D．quiet
One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student, “You speak very good English.” But the girl answered, “No, no. My English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite 1 at the answer. Thinking he had not made 2 understood or the girl had not 3 him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak very well.” 4 the girl still kept saying, “No.” In the end the American boy could not understand and didn’t know 5 to say.
What’s wrong with the girl’s answer? She didn’t 6 a compliment (恭维) in the same way as the American people do. She should answer, “Thank you” instead of “No”. She 7 understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the 8 , people will feel proud and 9 when they are praised . So if someone says the 10 you have cooked are very delicious, you should say, “Thank you.”
In our country we think being modest is a virtue (美德) and being proud is a bad thing , but in my opinion, being confident does not 11 being proud, so sometimes you should be confident 12 being modest.
13 you are modest and say, “No, I’m afraid I can’t do it well”, while working in a western country, the others may think that you really cannot do it. If you often say “No”, you will certainly be looked down upon by 14 . When asking for a job, if one says something like “Yes, I can certainly do it” instead of “Let me have a try”, he or she will 15 get it. So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence.
A．excited B．surprised C．relaxed D．frightened
A．itself B．herself C．himself D．themselves
A．heard B．watched C．listened to D．looked at
A．Though B．Although C．Or D．But
A．when B．which C．what D．how
A．receive B．accept C．refuse D．disagree
A．hardly B．really C．rarely D．badly
A．east B．south C．west D．north
A．dutiful B．modest C．shameful D．confident
A．dishes B．cups C．glasses D．bowls
A．think B．say C．ask D．mean
A．as soon as B．as well as C．instead of D．in spite of
A．Unless B．Until C．Whether D．If
A．another B．the other C．the others D．others
A．fail to B．expect to C．succeed in D．believe in
Do you like going to a zoo to see ____1___? How about ____2___ a zoo and feeding the animals yourself? It's not a joke. It happened both in a film and in the ____3___.
Benjamin Mee is a newspaper writer in Los Angeles, the US. His wife dies and he has to ____4___ his two young kids. Hoping for a fresh start for his family. Mee ____5____ his job and buys an old house on 73000 square meters ____6___ the city. The land comes with a special gift: a zoo in the country called the Rosemoor Animal Park!
The zoo was ____7___ because of the economy crisis (经济危机). With ____8___ raising them, about 200 animals are still living there.
The Mee family decide to help reopen the zoo. But it's not an easy job ____9___ they have no experience and little money. There are also unexpected ____10___, such as a bear running away one day.
This is the story of American movie We Bought a Zoo. It tells the real amazing story of Benjamin Mee.
A．tigers B．lions C．animals D．birds
A．buying B．visiting C．building D．renting
A．story book B．international website C．TV program D．real world
A．look for B．look after C．look up D．look at
A．finds B．gets C．quits D．loses
A．outside B．inside C．behind D．before
A．opened B．closed C．watched D．rebuilt
A．engineers B．nurses C．doctors D．zookeepers
A．since B．though C．whether D．however
A．surprises B．joys C．problems D．excitement
Although it was only autumn，everything outside was covered in white．Unexpectedly, we were hit with a big 1 storm and no one was prepared．
We have two apple trees in our backyard．Prana，our dog，loves 2．When she goes outside，she usually grabs a dirty apple from the ground to eat later on．Prana knows that when she brings her treasure into the house，I am not always 3，so she tries to hide it from me．It is our little game．
On the day that it snowed too 4 in the season，Prana went outside and I 5 her from the window．I noticed that she was 6 lots of holes and bringing out the apples buried beneath the snow．She seemed to be 7 to dig up as many apples as she could．
But when she came back inside，she brought back only one．About five minutes later,I looked outside．The yard was completely 8 with birds．Prana had dug up all those apples for her bird friends to eat．She knew that they hadn’t prepared 9 food for the early winter.
This beautiful act of unconditional love from a(an) 10 taught me what real kindness was．
A．sand B．snow C．thunder D．rain
A．apples B．winter C．games D．bones
A．clear B．correct C．happy D．surprised
A．1ate B．beautifully C．1ightly D．early
A．met B．watched C．called D．heard
A．hiding B．finding C．cutting D．digging
A．determined B．suitable C．nervous D．encouraged
A．hit B．marked C．covered D．taken
A．delicious B．enough C．1ess D．extra
A．teacher B．friend C．animal D．bird
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