We are lucky to live in a rich country where we have many things. However, most of us usually some things.
Electricity is one thing that we waste ____. Lights, TVs, and other things are often kept on even when no one is using them. We should turn them off when we do not need them. It less than a second to do it. Anyhow, not wasting electricity save money, because we do not have to the electricity we do not use.
The second thing that we often waste is water. Fresh water is precious(宝贵的)， it shouldn’t be wasted.It is only a simple matter of turning off a tap*. I am sure can do this easily if he wants to.
big waste is food. My mother cook so much food that much of it was thrown away. I told her we had wasted so much . She thought I was right and now cooks __ _ what we can eat.
It is not to be wasteful. I find there is a simple of not wasting things. That is to use only what we . Do not touch what we do not need. this way we can stop being wasteful.
A．use B．wash C．waste D．forget .
A．little B．most C．few D．least
A．radios B．apples C．bikes D．doors
A．brings B．costs C．keeps D．takes
A．afford B．save C．pay for D．care for
A．though B．because C．so D．but
A．nobody B．something C．everybody D．nothing
A．Others B．Other C．Another D．The other
A．planned to B．used to C．was able to D．was afraid to
A．electricity B．water C．food D．money
A．mainly B．only C．mostly D．specially
A．right B．fine C．bad D．necessary
A．way B．thing C．plan D．project
A．buy B．need C．bring D．get
A．On B．In C．For D．At
When I was in high school, I didn’t do well in my schoolwork at first. I wanted to go to college. I went to talk with my favorite teacher. He told that there might be no chance for me to go to college. It made me very .
But I didn’t give up (放弃). I might not be able to get into . But I wouldn’t stop . Then I found that my in the past was spending too much time on science. I was not good at my schoolwork, because I wasn’t working hard on all .
So for the following semesters I my plan. I spent more time in studying English, math and other subjects. I worked hard by to the teachers carefully in class and doing more exercises after class. Now I am studying at college.
If you are not doing well at school at the moment, don’t . Forget the past years and restart (重新开始) now! I believe all your dreams can come true.
A．Or B．And C．But D．So
A．her B．him C．them D．me
A．sad B．tired C．glad D．relaxed
A．hospital B．college C．trouble D．water
A．speaking B．spending C．trying D．paying
A．hope B．opinion C．answer D．problem
A．sports B．subjects C．dreams D．chances
A．changed B．kept C．followed D．realized
A．looking B．talking C．agreeing D．listening
A．give up B．pick up C．look up D．keep up
Why do I want to go to college? No one has ever asked me ____ a question. But many times I have asked myself. I have _____ many ideas. _____ important idea is that I want to be a better man.
Many things make human beings（人类） different ____ or better than or even superior (优越于)to animals. One of the most important things is ____ . If I fail to receive higher education, my education _____. As I want to be a fully _____ man, I must get a well-rounded(全方位的) education, which good colleges and universities are supposed to ______. I know one can get educated in many ways, but colleges and universities are ____ the best places to teach me how to educate myself. Only when I am well-educated（良好教育的）, will I be a better man and _____ serve (为服务) the people .
A．quite B．so C．such D．another
A．come up with B．agreed with C．been fed up with D．got on well with
A．Most B．The most C．More D．Much
A．to B．around C．between D．from
A．education B．weather C．temperature D．science
A．finished B．don’t finish C．will not finish D．has finished
A．develop B．developed C．developing D．experience
A．improve B．graduate C．hear D．provide
A．between B．among C．inside D．outside
A．can good B．may better C．be able to D．be able to best
Dear Laura,
I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you ____.
I wanted to do something very ___ for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child. He ____ all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it ___ it looked almost new. I was so ____ of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet and a riding outfit.(一套服装)
I could ____ wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I hardly slept the night before. Upon awakening, I went to the kitchen to start the coffee, tea, and morning food. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a __: “To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”
I was so __. It had been a long-standing (长期存在的) joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could ____ lessons. “Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one.” was my husband’s response.(反应)
I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could ____ this expensive gift.
Of course, the house awoke, and my son was excited with my reaction. Many kisses were ____, and I immediately wanted him to ___ my gift.
As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not ____ what I was expecting. Then I ____ that he has sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.
Of course I was the proudest mother ever on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.
So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still exists(存在) and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!
I thought you’d love to __ this story with me.
Yours,
Hilary
P.S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used” already shiny motorcycle.
A．an example B．advice C．support D．courage
A．polite B．similar C．special D．private
A．played B．studied C．traveled D．worked
A．after B．before C．unless D．until
A．sure B．fond C．proud D．confident
A．perhaps B．really C．almost D．hardly
A．note B．notice C．word D．sign
A．disturbed B．frightening C．surprised D．surprising
A．give B．take C．draw D．teach
A．present B．afford C．find D．order
A．exchanged B．happened C．helped D．lost
A．tear B．open C．check D．receive
A．purely B．basically C．obviously D．exactly
A．realized B．remembered C．imagined D．supposed
A．send B．publish C．share D．write
On a cold November afternoon, my mother and I were walking back home from a pizza store. We had bought many things. We were dressed warmly, and I was feeling a little as I was carrying our shopping bag, I decided to something away. I was walking towards a dustbin I noticed a poor man walking out of the restaurant in front of us. He headed over to the nearby dustbin and started looking through it.
I suddenly felt very because I was about to throw away a new drink just because it was too heavy. I walked up to him and handed the and some bread over to him, which surprised him .The man looked at me and took what I gave him. A huge smile on his face. I felt I couldn’t be happier with . But then he said, “Wow, this is my son’s lucky day!”
With that, he thanked me happily and started off on his bike. I heard him singing as he rode away. I got a warm inside. I now understand what it by the saying “Giving is getting”.
it was only a little action, I got and learned more in those two minutes than I did in the rest of the month. Everyone in the world help. Everyone can give help and everyone can be helped.
The look of that man’s happiness appears in my mind I have the chance to do something nice. This is the power of .
A．worried B．interested C．surprised D．tired
A．throw B．put C．give D．keep
A．and B．but C．so D．when
A．nervous B．happy C．sorry D．proud
A．money B．toys C．drink D．clothes
A．in silence B．in surprise C．in anger D．in excitement
A．turned B．appeared C．went D．ran
A．myself B．ourselves C．yourself D．himself
A．still B．once C．even D．ever
A．idea B．welcome C．word D．feeling
A．aims B．means C．looks D．offers
A．If B．Though C．Because D．While
A．needs B．gives C．takes D．brings
A．whichever B．however C．whatever D．whenever
A．kindness B．friendship C．knowledge D．feeling
There was an old pear tree in a man’s garden. ___, the tree fruited every year, so the man would get many pears. But now, the tree ___. There were no more pears for the man. So the ungrateful (忘恩负义的) man decided to cut the tree down. When he walked to the tree with an axe (斧子) in his hand, the tree said to him, “Please don’t cut me down. I ___ so many pears for you in the past years. Now I only have a short time to live.”
“I’m sorry. I have to do so, ” The man said, “ I need something to make a chair. ” Then he began to wave his axe. At the moment, a bird ___ said to him, “ Don’t cut it down. ___ you go out and your wife feels lonely, she will come out to the garden and sit under the tree to enjoy its cool shade (树荫) , and I sing songs to make her ___. We give much pleasure to your wife when you are away from home.”
The man didn’t listen to the bird and drove it away. When he was about to cut the tree, some bees flew out of it and said, “ Listen! If you agree not to kill this tree, we will give you delicious ___ every day. Would you please ___ the tree with us? ” The man got moved. He said, “ You are so kind to the tree, __ it has become old. Now I see I shouldn’t cut it down. It has done so much to me and my wife. Let the tree stay here, and let the bird continue to sing songs here. ” ___ these word, the man left. And the old tree lived there to its last day.
A．In spring B．now and then C．In the past D．Last year
A．got tired B．got hungry C．got thirsty D．got old
A．have brought B．had brought C．brings D．brought
A．on the old tree B．in the old tree C．at the old tree D．from the tree
A．Every day B．Every moment C．Every time D．Every minute
A．happier B．happily C．happiness D．happy
A．food B．fruit C．honey D．pears
A．leave B．let C．make D．get
A．because B．so C．although D．however
A．In B．With C．By D．For
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