IMAGINE a life without arms or legs! You can’t hold anyone in your 1 . You can’t walk anywhere with your feet. How would you last a day like that? Would you 2 at yourself in the mirror like Nick Vujicic, the 29-year-old Australian?
Nick was born without limbs（四肢）, so life was not 3 for him. At school many students played jokes on him 4 he looked different from everyone else. He was refused to be 5 friends, so he always felt 6 . However, he faced that bravely. He 7 to type and write with two toes（脚趾）at the age of six, and he could 8 surf and play golf. In college, he achieved great success and was among the 9 students in the studies. And he decided on 10 to do later in his life—to encourage others to work hard for their dreams.
Now Nick is one of the most popular 11 in the world. He travels to many countries and gives speeches about his story 12 difficulties. “Living life fully is about looking at what you 13 , not what you don’t have.” he said. His 14 encourages millions of people.
“I tell people to keep on getting up when they 15 and to always love themselves,” he said. “If I can encourage just one person, then my job in this life is done.”
A．arms B．ears C．eyes D．teeth
A．laugh B．cry C．smile D．shout
A．old B．easy C．modern D．difficult
A．because B．if C．until D．although
A．his B．my C．their D．our
A．happy B．relaxed C．lonely D．surprised
A．failed B．forgot C．helped D．learned
A．even B．ever C．never D．hardly
A．tall B．lazy C．sleepy D．excellent
A．how B．who C．what D．where
A．doctors B．speakers C．scientists D．managers
A．at B．for C．into D．against
A．make B．have C．lose D．want
A．story B．sadness C．friend D．family
A．fall B．play C．listen D．exercise
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Everybody loves a good joke. Even children at a very young age start ___ jokes to their friends. Some people are _ very good at telling funny stories. When they tell a joke, everyone finds it _3 But someone else telling the same joke may not make you laugh. This is because it is not only the end of the joke that has to be funny. A good joke-teller is amusing ____ telling the whole story.
Some people are witty (诙谐的，风趣的) in their normal everyday conversation. They say humorous things all the time. They can quickly see two ____ words in the same word and then like to make puns (双关语). If someone says to them, after their trip to the US. "How did you find New York?" They will probably answer by saying something like, "By driving south from Boston!"
There is another type of humor where people play jokes on their __ . They tease them by saying untrue things like, "Someone just ____ me that our English teacher is going to give us a test today." When their friends start to worry, they laugh and say, "I am only ___." These people love to make ____ of you, make you silly and ridiculous. And nobody likes to be made fun of, ___, of course, on April 1st. On this day, everyone is allowed to play jokes on their friends.
A．saying B．telling C．speaking D．talking
A．always B．sometimes C．never D．hardly
A．exciting B．relaxing C．surprisng D．amusing
A．before B．while C．after D．until
A．different B．same C．similar D．opposite
A．teachers B．students C．friends D．family
A．taught B．answered C．asked D．told
A．kidding B．asking C．playing D．talking
A．use B．fun C．story D．friends
A．though B．besides C．except D．however
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All living things on the earth need other living things to live with. Nothing lives . Sometimes one living thing kills . Each kind of life eats another kind of life live, and together they form a food chain(食物链). Some food chains are simple, while others are not. But food chains begin with the sun, and all food chains become if one of the links disappears.
All life needs sunlight to live on. But only plants can use directly(直接地). They make food from sunlight, water, air and so on. Animals can only use the sun’s energy it has been changed into food by plants. Some animals feed directly on plants. Others eat smaller animals. Meat-eating animals are only plants indirectly.
What about human beings? We are members of many food chains. We eat wheat, rice, vegetables, fruit and so on. We also eat meat and drink milk. But often break up the food chains. They kill wild animals. They also make rivers, lakes and seas dirty. When these rivers, lakes and seas are polluted, the fish in them be eaten. If people eat the fish, they will get strange diseases.
Each form of life is linked to all the others. Breaking the links puts all life in danger.
A．alone B．lonely C．together D．happily
A．other B．the other C．another D．the others
A．for B．so that C．and D．in order to
A．any B．all C．some D．most
A．better B．broken C．stronger D．nicer
A．moonlight B．laser light C．sunlight D．bright light
A．after B．before C．until D．by the time
A．making B．catching C．eating D．feeding
A．sunlight B．animals C．plants D．people
A．can B．cannot C．must D．needn’t
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One of my patients, a successful businessman, tells me that before his cancer he would become nervous unless things went a certain way. Happiness was “____ the cookie”. If you had the cookie, things were good. If you didn’t have the cookie, life wasn’t worth ___. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. Sometimes it was money, sometimes power, sometimes a new car. A year and a half ___ he had a cancer, he sits shaking his head, “It’s like I stopped learning ____ to live after I was a kid. When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is ____. But he is two and a half and I am forty-three. It’s taken me this long to understand that the cookie will never make me happy for long. The ____ you have the cookie, you start to worry about it. You know, you have to ____ a lot of things to take care of the cookie, to keep it from breaking and be sure that no one takes it away from you. You may not even get a chance to eat it ___ you are so busy just trying not to lose it. Having the cookie is not what life is about.”
My patient ____ and says cancer has changed him. For the first time he is happy. No matter if his business is doing well or not, no matter if he wins or loses at golf. “Two years ago, cancer asked me, ‘Okay, what’s important? What is really important?’ Well, ____ is important. Life any way you can have it, life with the cookie, life without the cookie. Happiness does not have anything to do with the cookie; it has to do with being alive. Before, who made the time?” He pauses(停顿) thoughtfully. “Damn(该死), I guess life is the cookie.
A．cooking B．buying C．making D．having
A．everything B．anything C．nothing D．something
A．before B．after C．when D．since
A．how B．where C．which D．when
A．excited B．bored C．surprised D．unhappy
A．place B．way C．minute D．reason
A．look up B．send up C．give up D．set up
A．because B．so C．and D．but
A．cries B．laughs C．worries D．shouts
A．life B．cookie C．cancer D．time
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In Ancient Egypt, only boys went to school. That seems ! Why could only boys go to school? Let's see we can discover.
Boys needed an education to be in Ancient Egyptian culture. When they were young, boys learned skills their fathers. They learned to fish, hunt, and work in the family's fields. As a boy grew, his father would decide what type of education he would . For some of the poorer boys, he could learn was his father's trade. , some fathers wanted their sons to have a better life. But, this was very costly. School by the government. So if a boy was going to learn else than his father's trade, there was a fee. If he could afford the fee, a father had two main chances: an apprenticeship(学徒) or school.
Artisans(工匠) and craftsmen(技工) offered apprenticeships to boys. A father would pay a fee to have his son special skills. During an apprenticeship, a boy worked beside the tradesman to learn from him. Apprenticeships lasted for many years.
A．unhappy B．unfair C．unknown D．unclear
A．which B．how C．when D．what
A．joyful B．useful C．wonderful D．forgetful
A．on B．to C．through D．from
A．find B．catch C．fetch D．receive
A．all B．each C．every D．both
A．Therefore B．Especially C．However D．Finally
A．weren’t built B．wasn’t built C．didn’t built D．shouldn’t be built
A．nothing B．something C．everything D．anything
A．learned B．taught C．talked D．made
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先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个答案中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案，并将The USA is a very big country to visit, so choose carefully the places to see and the time to go. Bring a good because you may want to travel around.
New York and Washington D.C. are good places to in May or October. It’s not too hot then. In winter there’s a lot of .
The best plan is to arrive New England in September. The weather starts to get cooler and the trees start to change colour. It’s a good idea to bring your camera you may want to take photos of the autumn . 4,000 kilometres away in Los Angeles, California, the weather is fine all year. It’s nice to see the Sun in Decmber! Bring your swimsuit because you might want to in the sea.
In the northwest, it isn’t very cold, but there’s a lot of rain, so bring an umbrella. It’s to visit Alaska in July and August but it might be cool in the evening. So remember to wear some clothes. But don’t come in winter. It’ll be dark all day and cold.
In Texas and the southeast , there are storms from time to time in summer and fall. It’s usually very hot and sunny compared to many other places.
So when’s the best time to visit the USA ? Any time you like !
A．book B．backpack C．map D．knife
A．visit B．see C．look D．watch
A．wind B．rain C．fog D．snow
A．to B．in C．at D．/
A．so B．but C．because D．though
A．leaves B．hills C．rivers D．sky
A．run B．jump C．ride D．swim
A．please B．pleasant C．pleasure D．pleased
A．warm B．cool C．hot D．cold
A．freeze B．froze C．frozen D．freezing
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