My uncle John used to live in a beautiful little house by the sea in Atlantic City. I say he “used to” live there he doesn’t live there any more. He was killed two years ago.
Uncle John wrote novels. He not only his job, but also made a lot of money doing it. When he died, he had $ 60 million in the bank.
After Uncle John’s death, I came to stay in his house for a while. I had been there for two days when a message on the screen of the old computer. I was very surprised, because I thought the computer had been . The message said, “You have new ! ” When I read it, I thought it looked like the of a novel. “This looks interesting,” I thought. “It must be one of Uncle John’s friends.” I decided I should make an answer to the e-mail to tell him or her that Uncle John was . However, the computer would not let me .
Every day for the next three weeks, more e-mail kept arriving. I printed of all of them. The story was about Jane Winterbourne, a young writer working on her first novel. She sent her novel to Jack Tanner, an old writer and asked him to her to publish it. However, he cheated her, and published the novel himself — pretending that he had it. The novel was very . Tanner made a lot of money, and bought himself a house by the sea in Atlantic City. It was then that I realized that “Jack Tanner” and “Jane Winterbourne” were names. “Jack was to be Uncle John.”
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A．sent B．noticed C．read D．typed
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A．information B．post C．mail D．business
A．picture B．story C．end D．beginning
A．like B．about C．from D．to
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A．play B．reply C．watch D．stop
A．copies B．pieces C．parts D．covers
A．teach B．help C．show D．refuse
A．missed B．corrected C．written D．bought
A．new B．expensive C．important D．successful
A．false B．true C．long D．beautiful
A．pointed B．spelt C．meant D．called
There are many different kinds of cars in the world. My aunt thinks that cars are their drivers. She says, “Rich people have expensive cars, big people have large cars, and old people drive old cars.” But I don’t her.
My neighbour, Mrs. Hill, is 82 years old. She drives only on Tuesday, and she drives only to the bank. She drives more than 30 kilometres an hour. Do you think Mrs. Hill has a very and small car? No, her car is new. It’s very large, and it go 200 kilometres for each hour!
My friend is . He draws beautiful pictures with lots of colors. But his car is black! Mrs. Bates has a very, very old one. There is often something with the car. Does she drive that kind of car because she is poor? No, she has four factories and dollars in the bank. My aunt Mary has a ver car, though she drives to the country with her husband, her two children, her mother and their dog.
Now you have my friends and their cars. Do you agree with my aunt? Maybe you have a car. Does it say anything about you?
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A．like B．look after C．agree with D．chat（闲谈）with
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A．may B．can C．must D．has to
A．a teacher B．a reporter C．a writer D． an artist
A．interesting B．wrong C．mistake D．trouble
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A．big B．small C．expensive D．new
A．read about B．known C．seen D．met with
Lisa and Mike were celebrating their anniversary （周年纪念日）.The couple used to be sweet. But now had changed since they got married. The once lovely couple had turned bitter（痛 苦）.They fought over every little thing. of them hated the way things had changed.
Lisa was for Mike to come home. She hoped that Mike would remember their anniversary. She 4 imagined that her husband would bring her flowers. In this , they could remember the old happiness again and forget all the .
But her imagination was cut short（打断）when the phone in the bedroom .
Lisa answered to the sound of a man. "Hello madam, I'm calling from the police station.
Is this Mr. Mike Green's ?”“Yes, it is!”
“I'm sorry madam but there was a traffic accident and a man has . We got this number from his wallet(钱夹 ). We need you to come and identify (辨认 ) his body."
Lisa was shocked (震惊)! could this happen! She'd have died for another chance to mend every little fight! She lay and cried the floor in pain. She lost her chance. Forever! , there was a noise at the doorway. The door opened and Mike came in. "My dear, it's a day today. My wallet was stolen."
"That's the best I've ever heard," Lisa said with a smile as her eyes were .
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A．time B．day C．way D．fact
A．fighting B．feeling C．decision D．love
A．sounded B．rang C．knocked D．made
A．office B．address C．speaking D．number
A．lost B．left C．died D．hurt
A．How B．When C．Where D．What
A．above B．on C．beside D．to
A．Luckily B．Slowly C．Quietly D．Suddenly
A．nice B．bad C．cool D．warm
A．News B．advice C．lie D．information
A．looking B．Putting C．watering D．turning
This morning I got an e-mail from Roy. It seems that my boy really enjoys his new life at Harvard University.
The made me think of the first day when we moved into this house.
Little Roy ran around the new house with great excitement and tried to move his own things into the house such as his toys, books and clothes, , his little hand knocked over（打翻）a bottle of paint on the shelf. The paint made the tidy floor and white wall a terrible mess（一团糟）. “Oh, my God!” My wife rushed in angrily. I looked at my son, and his small face was filled with .
I and held his hand, “Take it easy, Roy. Now let’s do something to make it look .” I took out a . “You see, Dad is a magician（魔术师）, I can change it into a big tree.”
His mother soon helped paint some butterflies and flowers on the wall.
We spent the whole afternoon and laughing. The wall became a beautiful forest with plants, birds and small animals. Blue sky and white clouds were also painted by Roy. On that day, everybody in the house knew something happened.
The night before Roy left for Harvard, he asked me if I still remembered the day when he had knocked over the paint. “Since then I’ve worried about making mistakes,” he continued, “I believe I can always ways to solve the problems.”A. call B. e-mail C. card
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"Daddy, can I learn to play the violin?" young Sarah asked her father. She was always things and her father was not very pleased.
"You cost me a lot of money, Sarah," he said. " you wanted to leam horse riding, then dancing, then swimming. Now it's the _ . "
"I'll play every day, Daddy, " Sarah said. "I'Il try very hard. "
"All right, " her father said. " I know _ . I'll do. I 'll pay for you to have lessons for six weeks. At the end of six weeks you play something for me. If you play well, you can have lessons. If you play badly, I will stop the lessons. "
"OK. Daddy," Sarah said. "That is _ . "
He soon found a good violin teacher and Sarah began her lessons. The lessons were very expensive, but her father kept his .
The six weeks passed quickly. It was time for Sarah for her father.
She began to play. She played very . She made a terrible noise.
Her father had one of his friends with him, and the friend put his hands _ his ears.
When Sarah finished, her father said, "_ _, Sarah. You can have more lessons. "
Sarah ran happily out of the room. Her father's friend turned to him. "You've spent a lot of money, she still plays very badly, " he said.
"Well, that's true," her father said. "But since she started learning the violin, I able to buy five apartments in this building very cheaply. In 5 six weeks I'II own the whole building! "
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A．which B．that C．what D．how
A．must B．can C．may D．might
A．many B．much C．more D．fewer
A．impossible B．unfair C．funny D．fair
A．waming B．promise C．notice D．excuse
A．for playing B．to play C．to work D．for working
A．badly B．well C．better D．worse
A．off B．in C．behind D．over
A．Terrible B．Too bad C．Well done D．Sorry
A．or B．but C．though D．so
A．will be B．was C．am D．have been
A．other B．more C．another D．the other
"The grass looks greener on the other side of the fence." That's an old in English. It means other places often look better, more interesting than the place you live. Some people worry young Chinese are beginning to feel that way. They see young Chinese ignoring Chinese culture and, instead, Japanese cartoon books, watching Korean soap operas and even celebrating western holidays.
Foreign books and soap operas are good, Chinese writers and actors are just as good. As for holidays, Christmas is nice, but it can have the meaning for Chinese that Spring Festival has, and the West has nothing to compare with Mid-autumn Festival. And let's not forget the part of Chinese culture I like best: friendliness. Not all countries are as as China.
It's good to enjoy other cultures and to learn them, but they cannot replace your own culture. It's good to look on the other side of the fence, but you take a good long look. You will find that the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence.
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