Homesick is a compound(复合的) word made up of HOME and SICK. You know what each 46 means on its own, of course. But do you know the meaning 47 they are used together? The definition(定义) of homesick is SICK FOR HOME. It means you miss your home.
Now think for a minute 48 SEASICK. If you change the word HOME in the definition to the word SEA, would the definition 49 SEASICK? Does seasick mean SICK FOR SEA? It means something quite 50 . Seasick means SICK BY THE MOVEMENT ON THE SEA. When you are 51 ,the only place you want to be is at home. When you are seasick, 52 you want to be is at sea.
Have you ever 53 a person being heartsick? Heartsick doesn’t mean that something is wrong with a person’s heart. People are heartsick when they are 54 deep inside as if their hearts are broken.
And we also have other compound words, such as handshake and 55 . Perhaps you may write definitions for them. It must be helpful to know some thing like this in your English study.
A．word B．phrase C．sentence D．passage
A．how B．why C．when D．where
A．for B．from C．about D．like
A．get B．fit C．read D．have
A．right B．wrong C．same D．different
A．homesick B．heartsick C．seasick D．earsick
A．thought over B．thought out C．heard from D．heard of
A．hurt B．hit C．loved D．moved
A．hobby B．height C．heaven D．handbag
On Fridays, I come home from work at about 2:00 in the afternoon and I just have a rest. On Friday evenings, I don’t go out, but __36__ a friend of mine comes for __37__. He or she __38__ the wine(酒) and I cook the meal. I love cooking! We listen to music or we just __39__.
On Saturday mornings, I get up at 9:00 and I go to the __40__ to buy something. Then in the evenings, I sometimes go to see a film. I love __41__! Then I eat in my favourite Chinese __42__. On Sunday... Oh, on Sunday morning I stay in bed __43__. I don’t get up until 11:00! Sometimes in the afternoon I __44__ my sister. She lives in the village and has two children. I like playing with them, but I leave __45__ because I go to bed at 8:00 on Sunday evenings.
A．sometimes B．every day C．never ` D．one day
A．party B．dinner C．drink D．play
A．likes B．brings C．puts D．drinks
A．play B．eat C．talk D．cry
A．school B．room C．cinema D．shop
A．stories B．pictures C．films D．friends
A．restaurant B．family C．shop D．friends
A．late B．early C．fast D．long
A．play B．visit C．talk D．love
A．early B．late C．quickly D．happily
Peter's job was to examine cars when they crossed the frontier (边界) to make sure that they were not smuggling (走私) anything into the country. Every evening he would see a factory worker coming __36__ the hill towards the frontier, __37__ a bike with grass on it. When the bike __38__ the frontier, Peter would stop the man and __39__ him take the grass off. Then he would examine the straw very __40__ to see whether he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man's pockets __41__ he let him tie (捆绑) the grass again. The man would then put it on his bike and go off down the hill with it. Although Peter was always __42 __ to find gold or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he never found __43__. He was sure the man was smuggling something, but he was not __44__ to think out what it could be.
Then one evening, after he had looked __45__ the grass and emptied the worker's pockets __46__ usual, he __47__ to him, "Listen, I know you are smuggling things __48__ this frontier. Won't you tell me what it is? I'm an old man, and today's my last day on the job. Tomorrow I'm going to retire (退休). I promise I shall not tell __49__ if you tell me what you've been smuggling." The worker did not say anything for __50__. Then he smiled, turned to Peter and said quietly, "Bikes."
A．towards B．down C．to D．up
A．filling B．pulling C．pushing D．carrying
A．arrived B．appeared C．came D．reached
A．ask B．order C．make D．call
A．carefully B．quickly C．silently D．horribly
A．before B．after C．first D．so
A．lucky B．hoping C．thinking D．wondering
A．nothing B．something C．everything D．anything
A．possible B．strong C．able D．clever
A．through B．thoroughly C．upon D．up
A．like B．more C．then D．as
A．told B．cried C．ordered D．said
A．cross B．past C．across D．into
A．everyone B．anyone C．no one D．someone
A．moment B．long time C．sometime D．some time
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A train stopped at a small station.An old man on the train looked 1 the window and saw a woman.The woman was selling cakes,and many people from 2 train were buying them.The old man wanted 3 a cake,but the old woman was standing far from him.It was raining hard and he 4 want to go out of the train.
Suddenly he saw a boy.The boy was walking on the platform 5 from him.“Come here boy,”the old man shouted.“Do you know 6 each of the cakes is?”“Five cents,”the boy answered.The old man gave ten cents and asked him 7 two cakes.“One is for me,and 8 is for you,”he told the boy.
Some minutes 9 ,the boy came back.He was eating a cake.He gave the old man five cents and said,“Sorry,there was only 10 .”
A．for B．out C．out of D．up
A．a B．the C．/ D．an
A．to buy B．buying C．buys D．bought
A．doesn’t B．not C．didn’t D．stand
A．not far B．not near C．near D．in
A．how much B．what C．how D．how many
A．sold B．bought C．to buy D．to sell
A．other B．others C．another D．the other
A．after B．later C．late D．before
A．cake B．two cakes C．some cakes D．one cake
The earth（地球）moves（移动）round the sun ,and the 1 moves round the earth. When our part of the earth turns（转） 2 the sun ,it is 3 .When our part of the earth turns 4 from the sun ,it’s night.
The sun is 5 bigger than the moon. But sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun ,because it is much 6 to the earth.
The sun is very bright. It 7 very strong light. The moon looks quite bright, too, but it doesn’t give 8 light 9 .The light from the moon comes 10 the sun .
A．moon B．earth C．sun D．star
A．round B．to C．with D．from
A．hot B．cold C．DAY D．night
A．out B．away C．on D．of
A．quite B．a little C．very D．much
A．near B．far C．nearer D．farther
A．takes B．gets C．bring D．gives
A．very B．any C．many D．some
A．more B．too C．much D．at all
A．on B．out C．from D．of
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The Spring Festival is the Chinese 1 . It usually comes 2 February. Everyone in China 3 the Spring Festival very much. When the Spring Festival comes, Li Lei usually 4 his parents clean their house and do some 5 and other housework. 6 that day everyone in China eats jiaozi, New Year’s cakes and some other 7 food. Li Lei likes New Year’s cake, but Han Meimei says jiaozi is 8 than New Year’s cakes. The Chinese people eat the New Year’s cakes and jiaozi 9 their houses. 10 happy they are!A. Christmas B. New Year’s Day C.Mid-Autumn Day
A. on B.at C. in
A. likes B. like C. liking
A.helping B. help C. helps
A. shops B. shoppings C. shopping
A. At B. In C. On
A. much B. little C. delicious
A. nice B. nicer C. nicest
A. in B. at C. outside
A.What B. How C. What a
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