Having a son as a woman who has only really been around women can be a strange experience. I sometimes tell my husband that raising our 3-year-old boy someone dropped me off on another planet where I didn’t know the _ and had no map.
My son makes me laugh like no other, but his desires and interests sometimes do feel as _ to me as another galaxy(银河系). He has taught me so much about the bigger man in my life (my husband) and even more about _ in general.
When I get mad at my husband now, I look at our son and _ . He was once as sweet and precious as my son, even if he is so _ now.
My mother-in-law’s attitude used to be confusing to me, but now I kind of _ it. I love my son violently. If some woman ever _ him, she’d be punished for that.
_ my daughter can’t find something, she searches. But my son is _ calling, “Mommy! Daddy! Where is my toy?” It’s so much like my husband. He will also spend 0.1 seconds _ before calling out to me and _ where the butter, cheese, or coat is. My son has taught me it’s a male thing. _ , that doesn’t mean I won’t break of it. I _ will. Isn’t that what all moms say?
My husband showers every day on most _ days. But on the weekends or on vacation? Forget it. Now I understand that. My son hates bath time and _ the whole time. I have to fight with him and reward him to get _ .
Nothing is sweeter for a mom than her baby boy. My son and daughter are equally _ to me, but in a different way. He tells me he loves me and how _ I am. I wish I could bottle that sweetness and _ it for the teen years.
A．feels like B．competes with C．contributes to D．turns out
A．connection B．movement C．language D．change
A．risky B．mild C．foreign D．classic
A．interests B．planets C．kids D．men
A．stop B．grow C．rise D．burst
A．exciting B．confusing C．touching D．annoying
A．set B．get C．make D．take
A．approaches B．hurts C．ignores D．persuades
A．Before B．Because C．If D．Unless
A．sincerely B．immediately C．fortunately D．obviously
A．guessing B．imagining C．wondering D．looking
A．thinking B．telling C．asking D．debating
A．However B．Moreover C．Otherwise D．Therefore
A．finally B．probably C．mainly D．definitely
A．cold B．rainy C．meeting D．working
A．laughs B．screams C．talks D．sings
A．weak B．tight C．clean D．clever
A．close B．welcome C．strange D．similar
A．regretful B．beautiful C．skillful D．shameful
A．remind B．exchange C．save D．appreciate
Mrs. Jones was very interested in singing. She had a good , except that some of her high notes tended to sound like a gate, which someone had forgotten to . Mrs. Jones was very aware of this , and took every she could find to practise these high . As she lived in a small house where she could not practise without the rest of the family, she usually went for long walks along the country roads whenever she had time, and practised her high notes there. Every time she heard a or a person coming along the , she stopped and until she could no longer be heard before she started practising again, because she was a person, and because she was sensitive about those high notes.
One afternoon, however, a fast, open car came up behind her so and so fast that she did not hear it until it was only a few yards from her. She was singing some of her highest and most notes at the time, and as the car passed her, she saw an anxious suddenly come over its driver’s face. He put his brakes on violently, and as soon as the car stopped, he jumped out and began to all his tires carefully.
Mrs. Jones did not dare to tell him what the noise he had heard had really been, so he got back into his car and drove off as as he had been when he stopped.
A．voice B．noise C．sound D．note
A．close B．open C．repair D．oil
A．strength B．sickness C．weakness D．advantage
A．time B．chance C．person D．place
A．notes B．songs C．signs D．sounds
A．preventing B．harming C．disturbing D．damaging
A．train B．car C．noise D．driver
A．path B．avenue C．street D．road
A．waited B．expected C．confused D．puzzled
A．brave B．shy C．ordinary D．unique
A．carefully B．gently C．quickly D．silently
A．beautiful B．tiring C．difficult D．energetic
A．expression B．conclusion C．impression D．action
A．wash B．observe C．repair D．examine
A．calm B．upset C．puzzled D．pleased
When I was in the ninth grade, my parents started fighting. I could hear them at each other at night. It always seemed like they were fighting about me. I started to and couldn’t fall asleep. Some nights I didn’t feel like I at all.My grades really started to too. It was hard to pay attention during class because I felt so all the time.
My mom had to take me to see a therapist (治疗专家). On the way, I to worry even more. What would my friends me if they knew I was going to see a therapist? What if the therapist couldn’t me? It was not that . My therapist asked me a lot of questions and then we talked about how my life might if I was able to get more sleep. I understood how the future could be better, I felt really to try new things. At the end of the session, I was sent home with a piece of paper called a sleep diary. When I woke up each morning, I had to answer all these questions about my sleep.
, she gave me homework related to my sleep. I wasn’t to text or be on my computer after 8 pm. If I couldn’t fall asleep after about ten minutes, she wanted me to get up and do something in another room that would help me to and feel sleepy.
During the therapy sessions, she was a cheerleader for my life and kept out all the things I was doing right. With her help, it was so much easier to notice the things that were happening all around me.
After about two months of seeing my therapist, I was sleeping at least eight hours a night, sometimes even nine! I felt happier. I could . My grades got better. Basically, I felt like myself! It was so much better to admit that something was and to do something to fix it just watch my whole life get worse and worse.
A．laughing B．shooting C．knocking D．screaming
A．doubt B．protest C．worry D．quarrel
A．dreamed B．ate C．spoke D．slept
A．reduce B．drop C．change D．influence
A．tired B．bored C．upset D．shy
A．refused B．started C．ended D．happened
A．agree with B．worry about C．get on with D．think about
A．teach B．answer C．fix D．recognize
A．helpful B．awful C．interesting D．practical
A．adjust B．develop C．benefit D．improve
A．Once B．Unless C．Though D．If
A．nervous B．excited C．surprised D．calm
A．Therefore B．However C．Besides D．Instead
A．persuaded B．reminded C．asked D．allowed
A．study B．respond C．relax D．recover
A．pointing B．trying C．leaving D．picking
A．tiny B．positive C．exciting D．important
A．forgive B．appreciate C．concentrate D．understand
A．realistic B．significant（有意义的） C．acceptable D．wrong
A．instead of B．rather than C．as well as D．other than
I teach a bilingual kindergarten class. One Monday I noticed that two of my students, Juan and Cynthia, had a shared on Friday of that week. I told both their moms that they could bring in to celebrate their children’s birthdays.
I wondered whether either wanted to bring in a birthday treat for the kids. On Thursday, I asked Juan and Cynthia about it, but they didn’t know anything about their parents’ plans. Both children, however, were very about having a birthday party the next day in class. As I was tired after work, I decided to it until the next day.
The next morning my first thought was: What should I do about the cake? It would be terrible if there was nothing for the kids to at the party. The thought worried me as I approached (接近) the Mexican bakery on my drive to school.
The shop had four large pieces of cake for a dollar each. The only thing was I was on cash. I needed the five dollars in my purse to until payday. However, I decided the party was the most important.
After story time, I told the students that we are celebrating the double birthdays of Juan and Cynthia.I brought out the cake and lit the candles, and then we sang Happy Birthday. I cut each of the four pieces of cake into five little pieces. It was just , all 20 of my students had come to class that day.
At the end, they said thank you to me. As I watched them walk away, still , tears came to my eyes.
After talking with their parents, I learned that our simple celebration had been both Cynthia’s and Juan’s first birthday party. I had to the last couple of days of that month on the one dollar ---- but it was certainly worth it!
A．birthday B．interest C．room D．feeling
A．toys B．parents C．cakes D．friends
A．excited B．disappointed C．relaxed D．puzzled
A．try B．leave C．keep D．change
A．see B．say C．play D．eat
A．weak B．short C．hard D．out
A．save B．make C．last D．owe
A．half B．over C．all D．enough
A．smiling B．dreaming C．singing D．shouting
A．struggle B．occupy C．labor D．spare
Christopher Reeve made many successful films and TV shows but he is most famous for his Superman films. Unfortunately, disaster came in 1995. The doctors did not him to live.
However, he made amazing progress. He learnt to breathe on his own and started a new life with great j . Like many people suffered some terrible injury, Christopher Reeve was changed by that experience. He raised a lot of money to promote medical research into back injuries. He also made speeches about his experiences. It not only drew public attention, but also encouraged people living with all kinds of problems.
Reeve has never thought of . He got involved with charity work to improve the quality of life for all disabled people.
Christopher Reeve died on October 10, 2004, but people all over the world will always remember him as a real-life .
A．want B．wish C．expect D．encourage
A．energy B．courage C．effort D．decision
A．who B．whose C．which D．whom
A．giving in B．giving out C．giving up D．giving off
A．film star B．history maker C．player D．superhero
Do you know one bird whose name is crow(乌鸦)?Here is a story about one of them. There was once a lazy crow, who thought it was too much trouble to food. “Caw! Caw!” he said, “If someone brought me my food every day, I’d be very !”
One day, he saw a(n) pigeon flying by. “How happy and well-fed it looks,” the crow said to himself. So the crow the pigeon until they came to a . There were some other there too. Before long, an old man came along and brought them a large bag of food. When the man had gone, the crow flew over to the pigeons. “Caw!Caw!” said he. “Can I you?”
“No, you can’t!” the pigeons angrily. “We don’t know you.”
The crow went home feeling . But he suddenly had a(n) . “I’ll paint my grey,” he said, “and then the pigeons will I am one of them.” After he finished the painting, he flew off to the park and was by the pigeons. The crow was so hungry that he got very excited at the food. “Caw! Caw! Give lots to me!” he said loudly. , the pigeons found he was a crow. They flew after him and made him .
Sadly, the crow flew to his own forest. But when his old friends, the other crows saw him, they asked him to . They did not him because of his grey-painted feathers. So the crow felt than before. His own did not want him, the pigeons wouldn’t let him into their group.
“What looks easier isn’t always so,” the crow said to himself. “I wish I had never painted my feathers grey!”
A．pick out B．look for C．put away D．hand in
A．lovely B．healthy C．happy D．pretty
A．boring B．funny C．old D．fat
A．followed B．caught C．protected D．taught
A．square B．forest C．park D．house
A．men B．visitors C．pigeons D．crows
A．help B．join C．see D．believe
A．explained B．advised C．shouted D．continued
A．lucky B．asleep C．tired D．sad
A．idea B．choice C．change D．accident
A．head B．feathers C．feet D．legs
A．understand B．guess C．hope D．think
A．welcomed B．discovered C．noticed D．attacked
A．Strangely B．Finally C．Suddenly D．Interestingly
A．wait B．stop C．cry D．leave
A．go away B．give up C．set off D．hurry up
A．miss B．like C．know D．forget
A．colder B．worse C．busier D．stronger
A．brothers B．friends C．parents D．sisters
A．though B．but C．as D．and
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