I stood in line to sign up for the middle school track(田径)team.
“Track isn't an sport.” the coach said. “Are you ready to practice hard every day?”
“Oh, yes. I love running.” I replied.
“Well, that's good,” the coach said.“ starts tomorrow after school.”
I was a little nervous about running with mostly older students, but I decided to face my fear.
“Welcome to the first day of practice.” the coach ordered everyone to the bottom of a sand hill. “Okay.”, he said, “This is the practice we'll do all season. You are going to run up and down the sand hill ten times as fast as you can. If you can't _it, move to the side.” We all lined up, legs ready.
“Go！”the coach shouted, and we went.
I considered myself a bit small but strong. Running up that hill, however, was harder than I had imagined it would be. The sand kept falling down under my feet and it was hard to keep balance(平衡). I tried my feet in deeper, but people kept passing me shouting “Look out!” and “Move off to the side!”
“Don't cry,” I told myself as tears filled my eyes. I had to step aside. I went home from practice feeling like a(an) .
That night my dad noticed sad face and asked what was wrong. The story came pouring out. Dad listened quietly and then asked, “How do you want to run?”
“I really want to run,” I whispered through my tears.
“Then, run,” he said. “Everyone will respect you if you don't stop and give all you have. I know how strong-mined you can be when you set your mind to it.”
The next day the hill looked as hard as it had been the day before, but I had a new attitude and something to . “Go！” the coach shouted. Several older students ran by me as we started up the hill. I still fell in the sand, and I still wanted to leave every step of the way; but I kept slowly and progressively. When I reached the top, I gave a silent cheer and headed back down again. My dad was right. I won that day and became a part of the team. On my last time down, everyone clapped and cheered.
A．old B．easy C．exciting D．unusual
A．Practice B．Progress C．Class D．Work
A．funniest B．hardest C．safest D．worst
A．get B．find C．make D．follow
A．away B．out C．up D．by
A．fixing B．resting C．shaking D．digging
A．stranger[ B．failure C．honor D．hero
A．badly B．quickly C．hard D．well
A．them B．you C．us D．it
A．change B．realize C．learn D．prove
A．climbing B．jumping C．falling D．rushing
A．trust B．praise C．respect D．support
It is true that people with better education are usually able to get better paying jobs. In other words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t. It seems that the purpose of education is to make people get jobs. But this isn’t accepted by all people.
Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life to get education only for a way of living. This was probably one of the earliest reasons of education. In fact, if education is just a way of making a living, people don’t need to spend so much time in school. People can get education for a living in a short time. Subjects like history and geography need not be taught to everyone. Even language and maths need not be taught in detail, either. Here it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.
Education is well-rounded and it is mainly for improving a man. It is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative thinking and other abilities. After that, it is to make him a wise man and thankfully enjoy the achievements of human. Educationis to make a man lead a better life. Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music, read good books, watch plays and take an interest in the world.
I would agree that making a good living is an important reason for education, but certainly not the most important or the main reason.
People with little education usually .
A．spend a long time in school B．have a good chance to get a job C．spend the best years to choose jobs D．have fewer chances to get a good job
A．make a man lead a better life B．teach a man to write and read C．make people get a way of living D．teach people to read good books
A．圆满的 B．崭新的 C．公平的 D．全面的
A．accept education as a way of living B．take an interest in the whole world C．develop their abilities to make plays D．learn subjects like language and math
A．education should make a man improve B．people can get education in a short time C．people should be able to get good paying jobs D．all subjects are so important for a way of living
Several weeks ago, our headmaster, Mr. Gaudi, told us that our school had been chosen to compete on Smart Aleck—a game show which my best friend Carla and I love. Carla has a good imagination, and I know a lot of history, so we thought we’d be good for the team.
A few days later, Mr. Gaudi held a meeting with everyone interested in the . He told us that Smart Aleck uses a five-member team. He also said that three more people would be needed as backup(替补). , four times that many students were at the meeting. So Mr. Gaudi said we would have a and the top eight scorers(得分者) would become the team and the backup. Everybody agreed that this was a way to decide.
Yesterday, all of the hopefuls went to the dining hall after school. We would have to decide the starting line-up(阵容). Mr. Gaudi acted as the host. After a few hours, all the on the team were chosen except one. Carla and I tied(打成平手) for that last position. We had to hold a one-on-one competition the two of us. The winner would be on the team and the loser would be the backup.
Midway through our two-person competition, I was starting to pull ahead(领先). I saw the look on Carla's face. I waited for a second and knew what I had to do. As much as I wanted to be on Smart Aleck, Carla wanted even more. So, starting with my next question, I held back and let Carla , just by a little bit. She felt sorry for my not being on the team as she she would be on the show. And since I will go as backup, I’ll still have the fun of the show up close.
Was I cheating(欺骗) by not trying as hard as I could? I don’t think so. No one noticed, and Carla and I didn’t it. It won’t hurt the team Carla will be a very good competitor on the real show. I think that making my best friend happy was the right thing to do.
A．all B．both C．neither D．none
A．choices B．friends C．leaders D．fans
A．course B．work C．trip D．show
A．unluckily B．luckily C．sadly D．hopefully
A．direction B．discussion C．competition D．conference
A．special B．hard C．fair D．funny
A．members B．rules C．names D．orders
A．of B．on C．between D．among
A．Still B．Never C．Then D．Again
A．us B．it C．me D．her
A．wait B．turn C．move D．win
A．accepted B．realized C．considered D．decided
A．seeing B．refusing C．asking D．hearing
A．mean B．plan C．need D．say
A．if B．though C．unless D．because
One winter afternoon, a bear met a fox. The fox was carrying a fish. “ nice fish!” said the bear. “How did you catch it on a cold winter day?” The fox didn’t want the bear to know the truth, so he said, “Go to the pool and cut a hole in the ice. Put your long tail in the pool. Then wait for the fish to bite. If you sit with your tail in the pool for a long time, you will catch a lot of fish. When you think you have caught enough fish, your tail. Give a quick, strong pull.” “Thank you!” said the bear. “That a funny way to catch fish, I’ll try.”
At the pool, the bear cut a hole in the ice. He his tail in the waterhole. Then he waited for the fish. The water grew . The bear’s tail grew colder, too. Finally he thought he had caught enough fish supper. He tried to stand up and pull out his tail. The poor bear couldn’t stand up. The water in the pool into ice. The bear gave a pull. But only part of his tail came out. The long part was frozen in the ice.
All this happened long ago. But from that winter day, all bears have had very short .
A．How B．What C．How a D．What a
A．so B．such C．very D．quite
A．get out B．push out C．take out D．pull out
A．looks B．looks like C．sounds like D．sounds
A．put B．get C．took D．brought
A．more colder B．much cold C．colder and colder D．very colder
A．in B．for C．have D．eat
A．become B．changed C．got D．turn
A．quickly B．strongly C．hard D．hardly
A．heads B．hands C．feet D．tails
It took Peter quite a while to find a place for his car, and in the end he had to it on a small street, a few minutes away from the dentist’s. As he got out, he looked at his watch. He would meet the dentist at five and he had half an hour. He walked into the square and sat down in a chair, to the falling sun.
As he sat there, he the children playing. He was to see a red car like his own come out of the street where he had parked. The car moved and soon disappeared (消失). Peter felt in his pockets for his keys, but they were not there.
“My car!” he shouted in a loud . He got up and ran out of the square, then down the small street. He couldn’t see his car at first, and then he found it was a larger one, with the keys on the roof of his car.
By the time he got to the dentist’s, it was after five. “A very strange thing to me,” he said to the dentist to explain why.
“Don’t about that,” said the dentist. “I just got here myself.”
A．put B．leave C．give D．drive
A．also B．ever C．still D．even
A．like B．finish C．enjoy D．wait
A．watched B．looked C．see D．make
A．pleased B．surprised C．angry D．worried
A．slowly B．lovely C．sadly D．fast
A．sound B．voice C．speed D．laugh
A．behind B．in front of C．between D．at the back of
A．worked B．passed C．heard D．happened
A．worry B．worried C．think D．talk
Mark Hill is a traffic police officer in Watford, near London. He works on some of the busiest in Britain. “There are traffic police twenty-four hours a day. There are three shifts(轮班) each day, and each shift is hours. Usually we have to deal with three or four each shift.”
“We deal with anyone who is hurt in the accident. That’s thing. Then we have to clear the road and get the traffic again.”
“You must be careful while driving. Most accidents happen because people drive too , especially when the roads are wet. it’s more . Sometimes we get accidents drivers don’t follow the rules. For example, I’ve seen a lot of drivers who pass the others the left. It is not right in . If you want to pass the cars in front, you have to go into the fast lane(车道) on the right.”
“I love my It makes me feel every day—I never know I’m going to do from one day to the next. And I meet all kinds of people. I think there’s any other job that can give you that experience.”A、schools B、shops C、streets
A、on a trip B、on duty C、on show
A、eight B、fifteen C、eighteen
A、lessons B、accidents C、news
A、the first B、the last C、the second
A、flying B、serving C、moving
A、fast B、carefully C、slowly
A、safe B、dangerous C、cool
A、and B、because C、but
A、on B、for C、in
A、China B、Britain C、America
A、accident B、house C、job
A、excited B、angry C、sad
A、what B、how C、where
A、isn’t B、doesn’t C、don’t
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