Arnold Pointer, a professional fisherman from the south of Australia, set free (释放) a big female white shark that was 1 in his large fishing nets. He thought she would have more and more babies. But now the fisherman is facing a(n) 2 problem. The white shark is so 3 to him that for nearly 2 years she hasn’t left him 4 . She even follows him everywhere. 5 this, Arnold Pointer can’t do fishing — all the fishes are scared at her, and he doesn’t know 6 to do anymore.
It is hard to drive away such an almost 17-feet-long shark for Arnold Pointer. We all know the white sharks are protected 7 the wildlife conservation. At the same time, some special feeling has been 8 between Arnold and “Cindy”, the name the fisherman has given the white shark.
Arnold says, “Every time I stop the boat, she always comes to me, turns on her back and lets me pet (抚摸) her body and neck. She sings, turns her eyes, and moves her fins (鳍) up and down, hits the water 9 .”
Cindy is 10 an interesting animal that Arnold has to try to go fishing in different places. Doesn’t Cindy know what her action means? Maybe she really doesn’t understand.
A．built B．caught C．killed D．invented
A．strange B．exciting C．happy D．serious
A．thankful B．useful C．careful D．wonderful
A．alive B．aloud C．alone D．asleep
A．For instance B．Instead of C．Such as D．Because of
A．how B．when C．what D．why
A．up B．on C．by D．down
A．established B．achieved C．expected D．increased
A．sadly B．normally C．luckily D．happily
A．so B．such C．too D．much
“What’s the matter, mum?”
As soon as I enter the door, I find that my mother is ____. It’s unusual –she usually____the door and welcomes me with a smile!
“She’s dying,” mum says sadly. I ____what she says. The tulip (郁金香)，mother’s____ is dying.
A month ago, we moved ____our new house and mum bought a very beautiful tulip. Mum liked it very much. ____she was free, she would sit ____her armchair beside the tulip and enjoys its beautiful color ____inviting smell(香味).
She treated it like a baby and looked after it ____. She put the tulip by window and moved it from one place to ____to give the tulip enough sunshine. The first thing she did when she _____ every morning was ____the tulip, Mum also fertilized(施肥)it many times.
She hoped that with great care, the tulip would become more and more beautiful and ____. But the tulip was dying ____too much sunshine, water and fertilizer.
It’s true that mother loved the tulip. But this kind of love ____be harmful（有害的）. Love can sometimes kill what you love.
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(原创)Do you believe in yourself? When you are in trouble, don’t say you can’t get over it. Believe in your dreams. Believe that you are loved. Believe that you make a difference. I was told a about a teacher who once did what he could to make his students get to know the of believing in themselves.
The teacher stood his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers. “I know how hard you have worked to prepare for this test,” he said. “And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to a B to those who prefer not to the test.”
Many students thanked the teacher and left. The teacher looked at the students left and said, “Does anyone else want to get a ‘B’? This is your last chance” Two more students decided to go.
Only seven students were still in the classroom. The teacher then handed out the papers. There were only three sentences on the paper: Congratulations! You have just received an “ “in this class. believing in yourselves.
I never had a teacher like that, but I think it is a test that any teacher could give. Students who are not confident in what they have learned are ‘B’ students at most The same is true in our daily life. The ‘A’ students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have learned from both and failures. They have got life’s lessons, not only from normal , but from events in their daily lives, and have become better people. You see, one should believe in himself.
A. story B. book C. magazine
A. difficulty B. importance C. difference
A.in the front of B. next to C. in front of
A. offer B. provide C. serve
A. take B. fail C. pass
A. C B. B C. A
A. Keep B. Stop C. Consider
A. successful B. succeed C. successes
A. life B. education C. experiences
A. never B. sometimes C. always
One very cold morning, my father and I were working on the farm. I asked him how long I must stay in the .
“About an hour.” he answered.
“I wish I could go home now—my aches.”
“I am sorry, but can’t you stay till lunch time?” said my father.
“But my headache is getting .”
“Well,” said him,“ you may go home. I don’t want you to work if you are sick. Go straight home tell your mother to give you some rhubarb(大黄，一种苦药). It will you a lot.”
I went back home. However, I told my mother that my head was better, hoping not to the terrible medicine. But it was too . She understood my as well as my father. So she prepared the rhubarb.
I had to swallow(吞) all of the rhubarb. Dear me! How bitter(苦) it was! I would rather all day in the field. But it cured(治愈) my laziness, and I learned that it is important to be .
Friends, keep it, though there is another and a better reason.A. field B. hospital C. factory
A. tooth B. head C. stomach
A. better B. worse C. less
A. but B. or C. and
A. hurt B. worry C. help
A. take B. buy C. make
A. early B. late C. easy
A. joke B. duty C. problem
A. work B. play C. study
A. kind B. honest C. helpful
Joe wanted a computer. He asked his for the money, but they said he must get it himself. But did he get it? He thought about this for a long time. Then he saw one of his classmates, Dick, delivering (送) . "I could do that," he thought. "Maybe I could even get the computer right away. I could pay for it a little each week." He ran to up with Dick. Joe asked him a lot of questions. He learned that it was to get twenty dollars each week. He learned that the job about three hours each night. Dick him the phone number of the newspaper manager.
Joe almost flew home. After he had told his mother he thought, she ,"I think it is a great idea," she said. "I'll call the newspaper manager."
"Wait, Mum." Joe said. "I'll call. After that, I'm going to be a businessman now. " Joe's mother smiled .
A．teachers B．parents C．classmates D．friends
A．how B．what C．when D．why
A．newspapers B．bikes C．computers D．books
A．take B．catch C．carry D．get
A．possible B．friendly C．available D．wrong
A．spent B．paid C．took D．cost
A．taught B．made C．asked D．gave
A．that B．when C．what D．where
A．shouted B．smiled C．cried D．worried
A．sadly B．politely C．angrily D．happily
The shortest player in the NBA
Spud Webb was born in Texas, the USA, in 1963. He was very small-much smaller than kids at school. However, he had a big dream – he wanted to play in the NBA.
While junior high, Spud the school team, but he was refused to play at first because he was too small. He did not lose heart. When he finally got the chance, he scored 20 points in his first game. From then on, he was the star of the team.
In senior high, Spud often had to sit in the stands his height. He practiced even and got the coach to change his mind. Spud went on to become leader of the team. In his last year of senior high, he was named player of the Year in Texas.
However, no university would invite him to play basketball simply because he was only 170 cm tall. He decided to play at a junior college. There he led his team to the national championship. This brought him to the attention of North Carolina State University. As a result, he succeeded a scholarship.
Although he was a great player at university, the NBA was not in him because all its players were more than 20 cm taller than he was. After he graduated, he in another basketball league. He remained there for about a year the NBA took notice of him. In 1985, he joined the Atlanta Hawks and became the shortest player in the NBA at that time. He had many great achievements, but his proudest moment came in 1986 – he won the Slam Dunk Contest.
Through hard work, Spud Webb proved that size and body type does not matter – you can do almost if you never give up.
A．any B．the other C．all the D．all
A．attended B．attending C．to attend D．attends
A．joined B．took part in C．entered D．tried out for
A．because of B．because C．since D．as
A．hard B．harder C．hardly D．more hardly
A．to get B．getting C．in getting D．got
A．interest B．interesting C．interested D．interests
A．was willing to B．was happy to C．was forced to D．was ready to
A．when B．before C．while D．after
A．something B．nothing C．anything D．all thing
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