George and Betty didn't have much money, but they wanted to buy a car. Betty didn't have a , so she was always finding ways to save money.
She grew vegetables in her garden so that she wouldn't have to buy any. She made sand-wiches for George to take to work so that he wouldn't have to his lunch.
Every day George took the bus to go to work and go home. It was not a long trip the bus was slow because of traffic（交通）.
One day, the traffic was even than usual.
"I could run faster than this bus!" thought George.
The next day work he decided to have a try. He went to the bus stop, but didn't the bus. He ran along beside it in the sidewalk. He had to run fast to catch up with（赶上）the bus.
He arrived home. Betty was to see him panting（气喘）. She was worried. "What' s the matter?"
"I ran along beside the bus," said George. "I saved two dollars and fifty cents paying the fare（费用）," He thought it would make Betty happy, but it didn't.
" didn't you run beside a taxi?" she said. "You would have saved（节省）six dollars !"
A．work B．job C．child D．house
A．make B．eat C．have D．buy
A．or B．and C．but D．so
A．larger B．bigger C．worse D．better
A．after B．before C．since D．until（直到）
A．get off B．get on C．come up with D．stop
A．most B．much C．more D．quite
A．excited B．surprised C．interested D．bored
A．for B．no C．without（没有） D．instead（代替）
A．When B．What C．Why D．Where
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Dear Mr. Zhu,
I read your magazine every month. I your column(栏目)“Teenagers Now” a lot. I am almost 17, and have some problems at home. They are always troubling me. I hope you can help me.
The problem is my . Whenever I want to do something or tell him my idea, he doesn’t listen to me at all. Whenever I try to talk to him, he just shouts at me. When I don’t listen to him, the two of us .
He and my mother always me do things I don’t like, such as the piano and learning Japanese. Then, when I have some free time and want to be alone, they are not happy.
My father gets very when I listen to music. Also, every time I watch a DVD in the evening, he sends me to or tells me to spend more time studying. He has stopped me from getting on the Internet.
I love him a lot, but I don’t understand why he always says” ” to the things I want to do. He was once a young person as I now. He should understand me better than he does now. Don’t you think so?
Yours truly,
Liu Wei
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I can’t remember when I started collecting litter. But it was when I got tired of litter nearby that I realized no one else was going to pick it up.
I live near a forest in Ohio, America. I can walk there three minutes. I used to love going there to play with my dog. But one day there was much litter there that I became very unhappy. I decided to clean up the forest, and I wanted to happy when I went again. I made my first trip to clean the forest that afternoon. I took a big black rubbish bag with me. Ten minutes I started to pick up litter, my bag was full! There were cans, bottles, broken glass and newspapers in it.
From then on, I to the forest four times a year to pick up litter. I often stay there for three hours. It makes me feel to do something for the environment. After each trip, I look through all the litter that I’ve collected. If of it is recyclable（可回收利用的）, I’ll keep it. I can’t understand why people drop litter. But I will keep on picking it up they stop dropping it. I know I am only doing a small bit the earth, but I still think it is important.
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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。
A Fun Way to Start the Day
Mrs．Bames turned off the bright camera light on the news desk．Charlie，a fifth-grade news
announeer（播音员），sat at the desk．“Our show seems to be missing something，”he said．“It seems like we should end our on a cheerful note．We should give the students to enjoy．Since the show is schoolwide，we could help everyone begin the day in a positive way．”
“What do you mean，Charlie？Don't you think the students like watching our news show and about the important events of the day？”Mrs．Barnes said jokingly．“Sure，”Charlie answered．“I'm just looking for a little something more to add to our program，”he said.
Charlie was what his mother called an“experimenter”．He was， trying to find a new way of doing something，and today Charlie wanted to think of how to really up the school with the morning news.
As Charlie walked, he hummed（哼唱）the school song. His friend Jenny met him in the hallway and，without a word，she too began humming. By the time they reached the classroom door，another girl，Lily，had them and started singing their happy song.
At first，Mrs．Barnes watched the class with a confused expression，and then with a shine in her eyes，she smiled. Her class loved to sing，and she liked sharing this with them.
Just at that moment，Charlie realized that music was the he had been looking for. That's it！Charlie thought. We can end the morning news by singing our school song.
“So what do you think？”Charlie asked heartedly．Mrs．Barnes was happy to see Charlie about his volunteer work as the school news announcer.“Let's give it a try！”Mrs．Barnes replied．“I have a feeling that it will be a way to end our morning news show and a fun way to start the day！”
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A woman saw 3 old men sitting outside.She said, “I don’t think I know you,but you must be very hungry. Please come in and have something ”. “Thanks for your invitation, madam. But we don’t go into a house together,”they refused . “Why is that?”she asked.One of the old men said,“His name is Wealth(财富),this is Success,and I am Love.Now go in and with your family which one of us you want in your house. "The woman went in and told her family all that happened. She said,“Let’s invite Wealth. We have been so . ”Her husband disagreed,“My dear, why don’t we invite Success？Don’t you want me to be a successful man?" Then her daughter asked,“Would it be to invite Love?Our life will then be filled with love ! ”
In the end , the family decided to take the advice. So the woman went out and asked. “Which one of you is ? Please come in and be our guest.”Love got up and started walking to the house.The other two also got up and him.Surprised,the lady asked Wealth and Success,“I invite Love. Why are you coming along?”The two old men answered，“If you invited Wealth or Success,the other two would have to stay out,but as you invite Love, he goes, we go with him. Where there is Love,there is Wealth and Success. ”
A．to drink B. to use C．to eat
A. politely B. impolitely C. normally
A．agree B. discuss C．play
A．happy B．poor C．rich
A．less B．worse C．better
A．daughter’s B．father’s C．Mother’s
A．Wealth B．Success C．Love
A．followed B．left C．stopped
A．seldom B．never C．only
A．however B．wherever C．whatever
Long ago, people did not need money.They on wild animals, fruits and other plants.
As time passed, people learned to raise animals and crops. Sometimes, families more than they needed, so they started to with other families. Later, people began to use money as a means of exchange. However, it was not the kind of money we use today. They used shells, rice, salt, large stones and so on.
During the 600s B.C, people began using coins money. They soon found that coins were easier to carry than goods and lasted a long time. , countries began to make their own coins.
The Chinese were the first to use paper money, probably as as the 11th century. The Italian Marco Polo saw the Chinese using money when he visited China in the 1200s. However, European countries didn’t start using paper money 1600s.
Today, we have many ways to pay for things.We don’t often use coins or paper money. It’s more for people to pay for things by card in our daily lives paying with a card is easier and safer than carrying around a lot of “real” money.
A．played B. lived C．ate
A．produced B. planted C．invented
A．talk B. trade C．get
A．for B. with C．as
A．At first B. At least C．Later
A．early B．late C．long
A．inventor B．teacher C．traveler
A．after B．until C．unless
A．common B．dangerous C．inexpensive
A．but B．because C．though
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