Once upon a time, some children were playing at the seaside when they found a turtle. They began to beat the turtle. Just at that time, a young man came and shouted, “Stop!” The children ran 36 quickly. The turtle was very thankful and said, “Thanks for your kindness. I really would like 37 you to a wonderful place now.”
The young man rode on the back of the turtle and was taken to the secret palace in the sea. When he 38 the palace, he was very surprised and said to the turtle, “What a nice palace!” To thank him, the king of the turtles gave him a very 39 . He had never seen such a dinner before. He received a warm welcome there and was very 40 everything.
After dinner, the king of the turtles said, “I am going to give you two boxes, __41 you can open only one.” “You mustn’t open both. Don’t forget it!” the turtle warned him. “All right. I will open only one.” The young man promised. At this time, a large wave sent him out of the sea.
After he went back 42 , he opened the bigger one of the two boxes. To his surprise, the box was full of gold. “My God!” he cried, “I’m 43 now.” Then he thought, “Things in 44 box must be valuable, too.” He couldn’t wait any longer. He broke his promise and opened the other box. As soon as he opened it, he became an old man. His hair turned white. His face 45 an old man over eighty years old. It all happened in a moment. He was sorry for what he did, but it was too late.
A．through B．away C．into D．out
A．wanting B．asking C．to let D．to invite
A．left for B．arrived in C．arrived at D．got away
A．big dinner B．poor dinner C．common dinner D．small dinner
A．pleased with B．strick with C．angry with D．sorry for
A．so B．or C．but D．as
A．to home B．home C．to the sea D．the sea
A．a poor man B．a rich man C．an old man D．a young man
A．another B．other C．the others D．the other
A．liked B．felt like C．looked like D．looked
One spring afternoon, many years ago, I went to pick up my mother from work. I got there a little early so I parked the car by the roadside and waited for her.
As I looked outside the car window, I saw a little boy, around two years old, running freely on the grass as his mother _____ from a short distance（距离）. The boy had a big smile on his face as if he had just been set free out of ______. The boy would then fall to the grass, ______ up quickly, even without looking back at his mother, run as ______ as he could again, still with a smile on his face, as if nothing had happened.
At that moment, I thought to myself, “Why aren’t most adults this way?” Most adults, when they fall down ,make a big deal out of it and don’t even ______ a second try for fear of failure(失败).
However, with kids, when they fall down, they don't consider their falling down as failure, instead, they treat it as a ________experience. They try again and again until they ____. The answer must be that they have not connected “falling down” with the word “failure”. As a_____, they are not discouraged in any way, Also they _______ think to themselves that it’s quite OK to fall down and that it’s not wrong to so . In other words, they _______ themselves to make mistakes, so they remain energetic.
I was deeply impressed by the boy’s persistence and the manner in which he did.
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阅读下面的短文，从短文后所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
One day, a boy found the cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small _____in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make _____body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped.
So the boy _____to help the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be _____. He took a pair of scissors(剪刀) and cut the hole ______. The butterfly came out of the cocoon, but it __ a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin _____. The butterfly didn’t start to fly. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬行) around with a weak body and thin wings. It was never able to fly.
The boy acted with_____but he didn’t understand why it could be like this. When a butterfly crawl out of the cocoon, it must struggle. The hard work of _____out of the cocoon makes the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be _____to fly. If the butterfly never has to squeeze(挤压) itself out of the cocoon, its wings will never get the fluid and it can never fly.
_____struggles are what we need in our lives. If we lived our lives without any problems, we would never learn or grow. We would not be ____ we could have been and we would never fly.
In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even _____ growth, without it, there’s no way of life. We can’t avoid _____ or problems. So, next time you are _____ a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly. Struggle a little–then fly!
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阅读下面的短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可填入空白处的最佳选项。
Once there was a girl who could do everything she wanted in the world. All she had to do was to choose and focus on it. So one day she sat down and began to paint. When she finally finished painting, she looked proudly at her and smiled.
It was clear that she was . And she knew it, too. But a few moments after she finished painting, she got anxious and quickly stood up. she thought that there was so much more in the world to see and do, and she would face so many . If she finally decided to do something else with her life, then all the time she painting would be a waste. So she looked at her work for the last time, and walked out of the door.
She had to choose thing to reach a higher goal. Should she practice medicine? Or buildings? Or teach children? She was quite .
Twenty-five years later, the girl began to cry. Because she she had been walking for so long, and that over the years she hadn’t done anything at all. She learned that life isn’t about possibility. Anything is possible. The truth of is to get down on one thing, but does not aim too high and changes the goal freely.
The girl was no longer a girl. She knew she wanted exactly. So she bought some painting materials and began to paint. She smiled and painting through day and night, because she had finally made a decision. And there was some time left to enjoy the magic that life is all about.
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Every day we have a math class. We always show interest in it. Some sleep, some daydream, others read something else. listens to our math teacher. To this problem, our clever math teacher found a out at last.
Mr. Black thought since everyone liked candy, the only way to 0ur attention was to give us candy. A clever came upon him’.He put a lot of candy inside a big ball that any-one could . In class he asked us some questions. When anybody answered one question . Mr. Black would throw the ball to the student and the student could some of the candy out of the ball. Then, the student would have to throw the ball to the with the right answer, and as that.
The idea us all sit up and pay attention for a while but soon almost all of us went back to . We all ate too much candy. The only person in our math class who liked the idea was a fat boy named Ward. He just eating and eating until finally even Mr. Black had to say, “I’m . Ward, but I just don’t have enough money to buy you candy. “
A. great B. much C. little
A.Everyone B.Someone C.Nobody
A. do B. solve C. make
A. ball B. question C.way
A.get B.pay C.give
A. advice B.idea C. head
A. keep B. eat C. open
A. quickly B. calmly C. correctly
A. take B. send C. receive
A. student B. teacher C. next one
A.made B.called C.forced
A.listen B.sleep C.eat
A. never B. also C. still
A. stopped B. helped C. kept
A.sorry B.glad C.excited
阅读短文，并从各题所给的选项中，选择最佳选项。
When I was young, I liked to play jokes on people I knew, especially on my parents and friends. One day my mother was and I was playing with my younger brother Tony.
Suddenly I ran to my mother and said, “Tony fell from the open window!” She was very and ran out of the kitchen. Then I said, “Don’t worry, I’m just .” And my mother shouted at me, “If you do it , I’ll hit you.”
One day I went swimming with my in the sea. I wanted to play a joke on them. In the beginning, I went swimming alone, and I called out, “Help!” All my friends came to help , only to find that I was joking. But the next time I wasn’t joking. I was so that I swam in deep water. I tried my best to call my friends for help, but this time came to help me.
, they found I was telling the truth. They came and saved my life. They took me to the hospital. This is the best in my life. From then on, I haven’t joked on anyone.
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