George and Betty didn’t have much money, but they wanted to buy a car. Betty didn’t have a 36 , so she was always finding ways to save money.
She 37 vegetables in her garden so that she wouldn’t have to buy any. She made sandwiches for George to 38 to work so that he wouldn’t have to buy his lunch.
Every day George took the bus to go to work and go home. It was not a long trip 39 the bus was slow because of the traffic.
One day, the traffic was even 40 than usual.
“I could run faster than this bus!” thought George.
The next day 41 work he decided to have a try. He went to the bus stop but didn’t take the bus. He ran along beside it on the sidewalk. He had to run quite fast to 42 the bus.
He arrived home. Betty was 43 to see him panting (喘气). She was worried. “What’s the matter?” she asked.
“I ran along beside the bus,” said George. “I saved two dollars and fifty cents without paying the fare.” He thought it would make Betty 44 , but it didn’t.
“ 45 didn’t you run beside a taxi?” she said. “You would have saved six dollars!”
A．work B．job C．child D．house
A．grew B．gave C．bought D．knew
A．make B．carry C．bring D．take
A．or B．and C．but D．so
A．larger B．bigger C．worse D．better
A．after B．before C．finished D．began
A．get out of B．get along with C．come up with D．catch up with
A．excited B．surprised C．interested D．bored
A．tired B．sad C．clean D．happy
A．When B．What C．Why D．Where
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My wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and watch a movie. She said, “I love you, but I know that woman also loves you and would like to spend _________ with you.”
The other woman ____________my wife asked me to pay attention to was my mother. My father has been dead for many years. My mother lived __________, but sometimes I was too busy to visit her.
That evening I called her and invited her to dinner and watch a movie. She seemed very___________ when I arrived at her house. We went to a restaurant. My mother took my arm and walked as if she was my first lady.
__________ dinner, we had a very good conversation. It was nothing special. We simply________the latest events in our lives. But we were so busy talking___________we missed the movie. At last, she said,” I’ll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you.”I agreed.
A few days later, my mother died of a heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a ____________ to do anything for her. Not long after that, I received a payment receipt (收据) from the restaurant as well as an attached (附加) note：
“I paid the bill for our second dinner in advance(提前). I am not sure___________I could have dinner with you or not. So I paid for two people, you and your wife. I have no words to explain how important that dinner meant to me. My son, I love you.”
At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time “I LOVE YOU” and giving our loved ones the time that they deserve (应得) . __________ in life is more important than our family.
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One day a poor man was traveling on horseback. At noon, he tied his horse to a tree and then _________down to eat something. A few ________ later, a rich man came along and tied his horse to the same tree.
“Please tie your horse to another tree,” said the poor man. “My horse is wild. It will kill yours.” ________ the rich man said, “I shall tie my horse as I like!” he tied up his horse and had his lunch nearby. After a moment they heard terrible ________ , the two horses were fighting. They went up to them, but it was too ________ . The rich man’s horse was killed. “See what your horse has done!” cried the rich man. “You will have to ________ for it.” And he brought the poor man before Mr. Know.
Mr. Know asked the poor man some questions. But he made no ________ . At last Mr. Know said, “This man is dumb. He cannot speak.” “Oh,” the rich man shouted ________ . “He can! He spoke to me when I met him.” “Are you sure?” asked Mr. Know. “What did he say ? “He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree because his horse was ________ and would kill my horse.” “Oh,” said Mr. Know. “So he ________ you. Then can you expect to get money from him? ”
The rich man said nothing and left silently.
A. put B. sat C. turned
A. days B. minutes C. weeks
A. So B. And C.But
A. song B. bell C. noise
A. late B. hard C. quick
A. pay B. wait C. care
A. idea B. mistake C. answer
A. heavily B. angrily C. happily
A. quiet B. nice C. wild
A.helped B. warned C. ordered
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I love PE classes in my school! One day, our teacher told us that we had the__ __ to choose our favorite sport. It included badminton, __ __basketball, volleyball and soccer. We were all ____ about that, because we could choose what we really like. Before, we always __ __taking PE classes. We thought they were boring. But now I think __ __ of us will get interested, because we are doing what we really enjoy!
A. chance B. activity C. time
A. singing B. dancing C. tennis
A. worried B. sad C. excited
A. liked B. hated C. started
A. none B. anyone C. all
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Henry was not good at math. Even when the teacher explained something a second time, he still couldn’t ___ it.
“Never mind. I’ll sit next to the boy who’s the best at __ __,” Henry thought, “and __ __ his answers.”
The day of the exam came, and Henry sat next to Allan, who was _ __ at the top of the class in math. Henry copied Allan’s answers onto his own exam paper. At the end of the exam, the teacher said, “Well, boys and girls, I’ve decided to give a red star to the student who got the highest grade. It’s __ __ for me to decide who I’ll give the star to, however, __ __ two students, Henry and Allan, got the _ __ grade.” After a moment she went on, “But I’ve decided to give the star to __ __ this time.”
Henry was __ __ when he heard this. He stood up and said, “But I got the same grade as Allan, madam.”
“That’s true.” The teacher said. “However, Allan’s answer to Question 6 was ‘I don’t know.’ , but __ __ was ‘Nor do I.’.
A. retell B. answer C. understand
A. English B. math C. science
A. check B. copy C. keep
A. never B. almost C. always
A. hard B. easy C. unusual
A. because B. though C. until
A. low B. high C. same
A. Allan B. Henry C. nobody
A. afraid B. angry C. pleased
A. his B. mine C. yours
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My friends and I had just finished lunch at a hotel when it started to pour heavily. When it became lighter, I decided to brave the rain(冒雨) to get my , which was parked at my office three streets away. My friends argued that I shouldn’t go, mainly I was seven months pregnant (怀孕的) then. I told them that I’d be very . One of them wanted to come with me but I insisted that she should stay with another friend who needed __with her baby.
I walked out of the and started making my way to the car. At the traffic crossing，a car stopped and the passenger with an umbrella. I knew what was happening, he walked right beside me and told me he’d send me to my destination(目的地). I was very embarrassed(尴尬的) and refused, he insisted on offering me his help. During our walk, he kept telling me to walk slower, as the ground was . When we got to the car parking lot, I him and we parted(分手). I did not get his and may not even recognize(认识) him now. Did he purposely stop for me? I’ll never know.
So how did I pay it forward? I was at home when I two Indian construction(建筑) workers walking in the heavy rain. They were probably on their way to the construction sitenear my home, which was a long walk. I went out and them an umbrella. The two men were wet through. They were surprised by my action , and I told them they should__ _ the umbrella and keep it. They were very . And like me, probably wondered why a stranger was giving such kindness.
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