I had said goodbye to my husband, Joe, so often, but this time was ____.
We now had our first child. After nights of talks, we made the difficult ____ that Joe would go by himself to Alabama for the six-month training course, and I would stay behind with our new son. It was important that I ____ my teaching position near our home at Fort Hood. Also we were part of a strong network of friends ____ I could turn to for help.
On Joe's ____ evening at home, I bathed little Joey, got him into his sleeper and was heading to the bedroom when Joe gently touched ____ on the shoulder. Lifting the baby from my arms, he said he wanted to put Joey to bed tonight.
They headed down the hall, and I busied myself with meaningless tasks, ____ Joe to turn up from the bedroom within a few minutes. A half hour went by, and ____ he had not come back. Thinking he was having ____ getting our son to fall asleep, I walked quietly to the baby's room and ____ into the dimly-lit（灯光暗淡的）room.
Sitting in the rocking chair, moving slowly back and forth, was my husband with ____ in his eyes. He was holding our baby in his arms ____ he had fallen asleep long before. When his pained eyes met mine, he said, "I just can't put him down."
That night we stood over Joey's bed, holding each other and saying over and over that we would make it through this leaving and be ____ again soon.
Joey is six now, and he has a four-year-old brother named Jack. There have been many goodbyes ____ that night, yet my soldier still fights back tears when it's time to ____ once again in service to his country and give his boys that last, long hug goodbye.
A．dangerous B．different C．impossible D．terrible
A．promise B．wish C．suggestion D．decision
A．miss B．keep C．get D．accept
A．whom B．whose C．which D．what
A．first B．next C．other D．last
A．us B．them C．me D．her
A．expecting B．remembering C．agreeing D．allowing
A．again B．still C．then D．ever
A．excuse B．fun C．trouble D．chance
A．moved B．talked C．turned D．looked
A．colors B．tears C．joys D．fears
A．even though B．as if C．so that D．now that
A．sure B．proud C．alone D．together
A．on B．for C．since D．through
A．visit B．sleep C．leave D．play
“Keep your eyes on your paper” is one of the rules that Mrs. Archer has taught us. It’s a simple rule, but it’s not a rule everybody chooses to
This morning, I felt was watching me too closely during an English exam. I turned my head quickly and saw James, who sat me. My eyes caught his and he , “Let me see your answers!”
I gave him a , not sure if he was joking, and returned to my test. This time I moved a little more closely towards my own paper. “I can’t see!” James said in a low voice.
“What am I going to do?” I . Cheating(作弊) was wrong. I’d studied hard for the test, but James . I put my arm around my paper so that he couldn’t see the answers. I knew I did what I felt was right. Maybe it made James angry.
When the exam ended, I stood there for a moment, wondering . But I felt it necessary to let him know cheating was wrong. My searched for the right words.
“Sorry, James, but you know me to understand how I feel about cheating,” I said slowly and gently. “But maybe I can help you study before the next test.” “OK, Brain”, “You’re right. I should study hard.” I stood there for a moment, finally able to breathe again. I was happy my friendship with James wasn’t destroyed.
A．break B．follow C．take D．check
A．nobody B．anybody C．everybody D．somebody
A．in front of B．behind C．before D．around
A．whispered B．talked C．spoke D．answered
A．book B．note C．hand D．smile
A．said to him B．asked the teacher C．thought to myself D．talked to me
A．had B．hadn’t C．has D．didn’t
A．how to say B．when to say C．what to say D．where to say
A．eyes B．body C．mind D．memory
A．well enough B．good enough C．hard enough D．bad enough
A well-dressed(穿得好的) man goes into a restaurant one day. He sits _______at a table near the window.
A waiter comes up to him and says,“_____I help you, sir? ” The man says, “Can I see the menu?” “Certainly.” the man wants a good meal. He orders(点餐) a lot of delicious_____ . The waiter brings them to him. The man is having his _____ happily. At this time, a boy comes in and sits down beside the man. He asks the _____ to give him an ice cream. The man does so. Now the boy is eating his ice cream.
“I will go out _____ a newspaper.” the man says and leaves. After the boy eats his ice cream up, he _______ and goes to the door.
“______, your father has not given the money for the meal and your ice cream.” the waiter stops him and says.
“Father? You’re _____. He is not my father. I don’t _____ him. I meet him in the street. He says he will(会) give me an ice cream if I come here at twelve o’clock.” says the boy.
A．in B．on C．down D．up
A．Can B．Must C．Should D．Would
A．chicken B．dishes C．salad D．vegetables
A．cakes B．drink C．supper D．meal
A．man B．father C．waiter D．boy
A．with B．for C．to D．at
A．sits down B．gets up C．stands up D．comes down
A．Excuse me B．Sorry C．Hello D．Hi
A．good B．right C．well D．wrong
A．like B．know C．help D．ask
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Here are some predictions: things to come, things to go.
The Spring Festival, the most important Chinese holiday when everyone returns home, has caused headaches for millions of Chinese. More than 2 billion people travel at the same time, making getting travel tickets and the journey difficult. China plans to build more than 120,000 kilometers of railway and a fast transportation network that will serve 90% of the population by 2020. And because most of China will be cities, people will not have to go to other places to find a job, so it will no longer be a problem.
In the future, digital newspapers will be sent to personal web tools through Internet. Readers can discuss topics with journalists and editors. Information will move faster.
But scientists have found something else for oil as fuel. Coal, natural gas, solar power, nuclear power and even water can take the place of oil as sources of energy.
Schools will go electronic. Everything will be in the computer and students will not need to bring books to school. They will find information on the Internet. A computer will be the students’ library, schoolbag and connection to the outside world. There will be robot teachers. They will check homework on computers and communicate with the students’ parents through e-mail. And school buses will be like spaceships, comfortable and safe.
A．What might the future be like? B．Oil is running out faster than expected. C．Computers will be important and popular among the students. D．But in 28 years, Spring Festival travel may not be a problem at all.
There is a park near my home. But I don’t go there very often. One afternoon I into the park and found it was really small. In the park, there were two ways. One was wide and clean. There were lots of flowers on both sides. was narrow and dirty. Grass grew everywhere. But finally I decided to follow the dirty way.
Ah! There was a small there. It was the most beautiful garden I had ever seen. There were trees, flowers and chairs. I thought it was part of the park.
Many people tell me that there is to see in the park. Now I tell them
they follow the right way, they will feel differently. When I’m telling them, they just smile at me answering. I know they don’t believe me. My trip to the park that day made me understand something about .Don’t be
to choose a different way. Be brave. You may get a big surprise!A. went B. looked C. entered
A. easy B. different C. same
A. Another B. Other C. The other
A. lake B. garden C. river
A. the best B. a better C. a nice
A. something B. nothing C. anything
A. if B. when C. after
A. in B. without C. for
A. study B. family C. life
A. lucky B. afraid C. worried
My best friend and I were in the shop that she owns. It was the middle of the afternoon. We were both very happy and making plans for the weekend. Suddenly a man entered the shop. We knew that he didn’t look like one of our usual customers, but we welcomed him _ __ anyway. Without any hesitation he pulled something out of his coat. We didn’t notice that it was a __ __ until he ordered us to go into the back with him.
After he warned us that he could fire at any time, he looked for the money everywhere, in the bank, from our wallets, and then he asked for our jewellery (珠宝) and we gave him all he wanted. Finally, he finished his “job” and left.
When I was a child, I felt safe with my parents in my home or wherever I was not alone. Then I began to understand the news and I learnt that __ __ things were happening “out there”, but I still kept thinking that those events were just other people’s __ __, not mine. From the moment the man walked out of the shop, I completely ___ ___. I always look around to see which kinds of people are possibly following me. Now I usually double-check everything: if I’ve locked myself in the car or in the house. I am always careful not to wear any jewellery. Whenever a stranger is getting too close or is trying to get information from me, I feel nervous. I know that it is wrong, and that not everyone is going to _ __ me again.
After all, I consider myself lucky, since nothing really bad happened to me or my friend, but since that day I haven’t felt safe any more. I hate that man not for having taken my jewellery and money, but for having deprived（剥夺）of my innocence.
A．sadly B．quietly C．angrily D．politely
A．gun B．note C．mistake D．knife
A．funny B．horrible C．pleasant D．serious
A．exchanges B．worries C．feelings D．fables
A．made a decision B．lost my way C．changed my mind D．calmed down
A．disturb B．investigate C．fool D．attack
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