Yesterday my grandfather told me about his early days. he left school, he found a job in a post office. He worked hard there. Soon he had more money than his friends because of his hard work. It seemed that he would have a future.
When he was 25 years old, however, he began to be his job. He wanted a more exciting one, so he left the post office. Two months , he found a new job in a big . Workers in this company traveled a lot. At first he really enjoyed the traveling. But after a year, he began to it. He had to move around and he was always in a car or on a train. The thing was that he couldn’t make any new friends. Even so, his boss was not satisfied with him. Two years later he the company.
He was so at that time that he sold his house. He had to accept a part-time job in a shop. He was surprised to find that he loved it! He made new friends every day and he reading books. Three years later, he the shop owner's daughter. Soon they had their first child. In the next ten years, they had another three and four more book shops! He became very rich indeed.
“Life is wonderful,” he told me. “The most thing is that you should always try your best. Never give up!”
A．While B．When C．Until D．If
A．bad B．bright C．coming D．interesting
A．tired of B．crazy about C．interested in D．afraid of
A．ago B．before C．later D．afterwards
A．factory B．shop C．school D．company
A．hardly B．usually C．seldom D．never
A．like B．prefer C．hate D．practise
A．worst B．happiest C．best D．strangest
A．reached B．called C．left D．started
A．happy B．energetic C．rich D．poor
A．cloth B．fruit C．book D．dress
A．enjoyed B．finished C．began D．forgot
A．married B．knew C．met D．visited
A．sisters B．brothers C．cousins D．children
A．difficult B．important C．amazing D．Boring
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Hundreds of years ago in a small town, a moneylender lent a lot of money to a poor man. The moneylender , who was old and ugly, _____ the poor man’s beautiful daughter. So he came up with an idea. He said the poor man didn’t need to return the money to him _____ he could marry his daughter. Both the man and his daughter were________.
The moneylender then told them that he would put a small _______ stone and a small white stone into an empty bag. The girl would have to ______ one. If she took the black stone , she would become the moneylender’s _______ and her father’s debt would be let go. If she picked the white stone, she didn’t need to marry him and her father’s debt would______ be let go. Her father would be put into prison if she refused to pick a stone.
As they talked, the moneylender picked up two stones. As he did that, the girl______that he had put two black stones in the bag. He then asked the girl to pick her stone from the bag.
The girl thought for a while and then had an idea. She put her hand into the bag and took out a stone. ______ looking at it, she let it fall onto the path where it ______ became lost among all the other stones. “ Oh how______ I was！” She said, “But never ______. If you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to _______ which stone I picked.” This ______ tells: Sometimes we can think about things in a _______way. Most difficult problems do have an solution.
A．pleased B．attracted C．loved D．saw
A．if B．unless C．so D．but
A．bored B．frightened C．relaxed D．excited
A．pink B．red C．black D．yellow
A．show B．damage C．check D．choose
A．daughter B．cousin C．wife D．friend
A．again B．still C．never D．hardly
A．said B．feared C．thought D．noticed
A．On . B．About C．For D．Without
A．usually B．surprisingly C．immediately D．slowly
A．worried B．clever C．careless D．lucky
A．laugh B．mind C．cry D．complain
A．tell B．explain C．ask D．arrange
A．saying B．story C．news D．man
A．careful B．funny C．different D．normal
Peter’s job was to examine cars when they crossed the frontier(边界) to make sure that they were not smuggling(走私) anything into the country. Every evening he would see a factory worker coming the hill towards the frontier, a bike with grass on it. When the bike the frontier, Peter would stop the man and him take the grass off. Then he would examine the straw very to see whether he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man’s pockets he let him tie(捆绑) the grass again. The man would then put it on his bike and go off down the hill with it. Although Peter was always to find gold or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he never found . he was sure the man was smuggling something, but he was not to think out what it could be.
Then one evening, after he had looked ____ the grass and emptied the worker's pockets ____ usual, he ____ to him, "Listen, I know you are smuggling things ____ this frontier. Won't you tell me what it is? I'm an old man, and today's my last day on the job. Tomorrow I'm going to retire (退休). I promise I shall not tell ____ if you tell me what you've been smuggling." The worker did not say anything for ____. Then he smiled, turned to Peter and said quietly, "Bikes."
A．towards B．down C．to D．up
A．filling B．pulling C．pushing D．carrying
A．arrived B．appeared C．came D．reached
A．ask B．order C．make D．call
A．carefully B．quickly C．silently D．horribly
A．before B．after C．first D．so
A．lucky B．hoping C．thinking D．wondering
A．nothing B．something C．everything D．anything
A．possible B．strong C．able D．clever
A．through B．thoroughly C．upon D．up
A．like B．more C．then D．as
A．told B．cried C．ordered D．said
A．cross B．past C．across D．into
A．everyone B．anyone C．no one D．someone
A．moment B．long time C．sometime D．some time
At the beginning of this century, medical scientists made an interesting discovery（发现）: we are built not just of flesh (肌肉) and blood but also of time. They were able to show that we all have a ‘body clock’ us, which controls the and fall of our body energies. It can us different from one day to the next.
The idea of a ‘body clock’ should not be too because the lives of most living things are controlled by the 24-hour night-and-day cycle (循环). We feel and fall asleep at night. We become and energetic during the day. Most people will have a bad feeling if the 24-hour cycle is . For example, people who are not used to working at night can find that lack (缺少) of sleep causes them to badly at work.
the daily cycle of sleeping and waking, we also have other cycle which lasts longer than one day. Most of us would that we feel good on some days and not so good on others; sometimes our ideas seem to be so active and at other times, they are not.
A．beside B．inside C．outside D．under
A．life B．offer C．use D．rise
A．show B．treat C．make D．change
A．difficult B．natural C．surprising D．frightening
A．quiet B．tired C．comfortable D．cheerful
A．regular B．serious C．lively D．clear
A．disturbed B．pushed C．restarted D．troubled
A．perform B．suffer C．count D．control
A．With B．As well as C．Except D．Rather than
A．afford B．admire C．advise D．agree
My life is always filled with sadness and little joy. However, no matter what happens, I can always ______it bravely.
Last year, I couldn’t believe the ______that I was allowed to enter the only key high school in my hometown. Then I rushed to my home and told my ______. But my father didn’t seem as ______as I was. He just kept smoking without saying a word and my mother put her head down and couldn’t help ______.
I knew very well what my family was ______. My mum had been ill in bed for 2 years. We lived a ______ life and I couldn’t continue my schooling. I felt so upset but I could say ______to my parents. I decided to help my father with his work ______my family.
To my surprise, things completely changed ______the beginning of the new term. My head teacher came to my family with some money, which had been ______by my schoolmates. He encouraged me, “Always have a dream.” ______tears in my eyes, I stepped into the key high school.
I have been studying hard since I entered the high school. Whenever I meet difficulties, I always ______ my teacher and schoolmates. I have a college dream and I must work hard for it, no matter ______ hard life is. Just as a great man says, “When one door shuts, ______opens in life.”
A．solve B．meet C．face D．make
A．idea B．news C．story D．thought
A．teachers B．parents C．grandparents D．brothers
A．nervous B．interested C．excited D．worried
A．laughing B．crying C．saying D．shouting
A．about B．before C．like D．against
A．hard B．happy C．nice D．rich
A．everything B．something C．anything D．nothing
A．to leave B．to stop C．to support D．to fire
A．after B．since C．before D．on
A．spent B．raised C．planned D．saved
A．From B．Between C．With D．Without
A．think of B．dream of C．hear of D．talk of
A．what B．which C．how D．that
A．other B．others C．the other D．another
Everyone needs to sleep. This is a fact of life that everyone has to deal with and that they get plenty of it. Your body needs time to get back the energy that you during the whole day. This usually happens when you are sleeping. Your body is building your energy again to you to work.
If you don’t get enough sleep, your body will have a(n) time fighting against illnesses. You have to give your body enough time to rest or you will get . Have you ever that when you are very tired, you have thinking or dealing with problems? This is because not only your but your mind is tired. So sleep is to your mind, too.
By getting enough sleep, you will be able to your body and mind, feeling relaxed and energetic. So sleep as much as you can, and let your body and mind rest.
A．talk with B．make sure C．make up D．use up
A．caught B．saved C．used D．bought
A．ask B．stop C．make D．help
A．shocked B．unhappy C．hard D．free
A．rich B．busy C．angry D．ill
A．watched B．replied C．noticed D．created
A．trouble B．records C．matters D．things
A．body B．feeling C．sleep D．energy
A．final B．enough C．important D．difficult
A．wake up B．take up C．live up D．leave off
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