“I can’t believe what I’m hearing!” I thought to myself. Jeff was the last candidate (候选人)for president of Student Council. My best friend Tony came to me and said, “I’m sorry, Mike. I really thought you should be 1 .”
Later that day, I happened to pass Jeff in the dining room. I offered him a 2 “Congratulations” and walked to my usual table. To my surprise, Jeff put his plate beside mine.
“I’m, er…I’m just wondering if you would …consider coming to work on my team,” he said 3 . “You are really smart, and you would be a great manager.”
“I don’t think so,” I replied, feeling unsure.
“Well, if you change your mind, we are meeting tomorrow,” he said before moving to another table.
All that night, I thought about the offer from Jeff. Maybe being a part of the election process(选举过程) would give me a 4 to make important changes at our school. I decided to join them.
My first goal was to 5 an attractive advertisement. Within a few days, we designed a poster with Jeff’s pictures showing him in a number of activities. No one could walk through any hallway 6 passing Jeff’s smiling face.
My next step was to 7 which new activities students would like to have at our school. Many of them wanted a chess club and a volleyball team.
With the information I had collected, Jeff met with the headmaster. The headmaster 8 to add these activities to our school program.
An eighth grader said, “It’ll be like attending a new school with Jeff as president.”
Hearing these words made my heart filled with 9 . I had wanted to become president of Student Council to make a difference. I achieved that and more by working as a member of Jeff’s team. He became the most popular candidate and I was large part of his 10 . The fact that it has made a difference in other people’s lives is the real prize. What a great feeling!
A．heard B．chosen C．invited D．followed
A．polite B．loud C．warm D．cheerful
A．proudly B．quickly C．nervously D．regretfully
A．suggestion B．chance C．message D．change
A．print B．invent C．create D．send
A．with B．by C．through D．without
A．carry out B．try out C．work out D．find out
A．agreed B．wanted C．expected D．asked
A．pride B．surprise C．patience D．hope
A．luck B．spirit C．life D．success
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阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
Are you nervous when you stand in front of the public? Are you afraid to make a speech?
Li Jun, a middle school boy, felt shy when he was making a speech the other day. Li had thought it would be quite easy to speak in front of 1 classmates.
"I was wrong. It was very different and much 2 than talking to my classmates during playtime," Li said. "I tried, but it was really difficult to speak. I felt like a mute (哑巴) and wanted to leave the classroom 3 "
Li is not ___4____. Many middle school students now have the same 5 : they can talk about their ideas freely 6 their best friends after class, but can't speak in public. According to Zhou Hong, a teacher from a university, the main reason is that schools in China pay more attention to writing instead of 7 .
Zhou hopes schools can give students more chances to open their 8 , such as speech competitions, English corners and class discussions. Students can join in any one they want to. 9 he also gives some advice to students. "During your free time you should 10 more. When you're speaking in public, take it ___11___. Just imagine you're talking to nobody and speak up your ideas clearly," Zhou said. "That 12 a fine public speech and you'll feel confident. "
A．Her B．my C．your D．his
A．harder B．easier C．better' D．later
A．slowly B．quickly C．sadly D．happily
A．lonely B．alone C．only D．just
A．answer B．subject C．problem D．question
A．except B．beside C．from D．with
A．listening B．speaking C．reading D．singing
A．mouths B．eyes C．minds D．hearts
A．But B．So C．And D．Or
A．play B．practice C．write D．Watch
A．nervous B．easy C．hard D．funny
A．reports B．keeps C．hears D．Makes
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阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Do you know why different animals or pests(害虫) have their special colors? Colors in them seem to be mainly used to ___1___ themselves.
Some birds like eating locusts(蝗虫), but birds cannot ___2___catch them. Why? It is because locusts change their__3___ with the change of the colors of crops. When crops are green, locusts look ___4___. But as the harvest time comes, locusts change into the same brown color __5___ crops have. Some other pests whose colors are ___6__ plants are easily found and eaten by ___7___. So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only __8____.
If you ___9___ animals’ life, you’ll find the main use of colors is to protect __10___. Bears, lions and other animals ___11___ quietly through forests. They cannot be easily seen by hunters ___12___ their colors are much like the trees.
Colors are useful not only on the land, but also in the __13___. A kind of fish can __14____ a kind of black liquid(液体) when they face danger. The liquid spreads over quickly, so they cannot be found by their enemies and can quickly swim away. That is ___15____ they can live safely though they are not strong at all. So colors are really useful to animals.
A．show B．protect C．kill D．interest
A．easily B．freely C．safely D．differently
A．sizes B．smells C．colors D．shapes
A．yellow B．red C．black D．green
A．so B．as C．like D．with
A．different from B．same as C．similar to D．opposite with
A．other B．others C．the others D．another
A．in the morning B．at noon C．at night D．in the daytime
A．study B．write C．draw D．work
A．them B．themselves C．it D．itself
A．run B．fight C．move D．eat
A．because B．so C．and D．although
A．forests B．desert C．sea D．mountains
A．keep out B．come out C．look out D．give out
A．why B．when C．how D．where
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从A,B,C,D四个选项中选择能填入空白处的正确答案，并将其字母代号填入答题卷相应空格内。
Many parents want their children to be famous one day. But do children have the same 1 ?
A new 2 —Hi, Ke'ai is on at Beijing Children's Art Theatre. It tells the story of a boy called Ke'ai. His parents would like him to become a painter or a 3 one day. They teach him to 4 and to play the violin, but Ke'ai doesn't enjoy these activities. Then one day Ke'ai's parents see Liu Xiang win a gold 5 at the Athens Olympic Games, and they want him to be a sportsman.
" 6 do they want me to be someone else?" Ke'ai asks and says, "I only want to be
7 ."
The play shows us that it is good for parents to learn to 8 their children. It helps parents to think about what kids want to do.
Young audiences(观众)enjoy the story, and also the 9 in the play. There are two songs in the play. One of them, "Ke'ai's Song" is very 10 to learn, so the audiences can sing the song on their way home after the play!
A．jobs B．dreams C．habits D．hobbies
A．song B．film C．play D．opera
A．writer B．teacher C．sportsman D．musician
A．paint B．write C．run D．drive
A．match B．ring C．medal D．race
A．How B．Why C．When D．Where
A．myself B．different C．alone D．great
A．encourage B．understand C．criticize D．inspire
A．light B．clothes C．skill D．music
A．easy B．difficult C．important D．necessary
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When I was young, I liked to play jokes on people I knew, especially on my parents and friends. One day my mother was 1 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 2 and ran out of the kitchen. Then I said, “Don’t worry. I’m just 3 .” And my mother shouted at me, “If you do it 4 , I’ll hit you.”
One day I went swimming with my 5 in the sea. I wanted to play a joke on them. In the beginning, I went swimming 6 , and I called out, “Help!” All my friends came to help me, only to 7 that I was joking. But the next time I wasn’t joking. I was so 8 that I swam in deep water. I tried my best to call my friends for help, but this time nobody came to help me. 9 , they found I was telling the truth. They came and saved my life. They took me to the hospital. This is the best 10 in my life. From then on, I haven’t joked on anyone.
A．cooking B．sleeping C．writing D．running
A．angry B．worried C．sorry D．excited
A．smiling B．saying C．playing D．joking
A．now B．then C．again D．once
A．friends B．classmates C．brothers D．parents
A．fast B．slowly C．well D．alone
A．find B．understand C．say D．think
A．careful B．careless C．fast D．slow
A．At first B．In the end C．Since then D．At that time
A．time B．sport C．lesson D．day
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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 ther 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
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