In the Pacific Northwest during winter, 5.15 a.m. might be the middle of night. It is not only dark, but also cold. If you asked me a year ago if I could run early on a winter morning, I would laugh. ，last fall I connected with a friend. She'd been running with a partner in the morning and had forty pounds that year .I knew I could also have the same kind of weight loss. Since her running partner wasn't running, I asked if I could her.
The first two months were ,because we ran twice a week at 5.15 a.m. My body wasn't used to the early hours and every run was difficult. Then it snowed and we took two months . When the roads were clear, we soon were running together five days a week. As I'd changed the route of running, I discovered little that made it even more worthy（值得的）than a little weight loss. As we couldn't see other runners' faces, we said "good morning" to them shining a flashlight（手电筒）．Running in the dark made us part of a club. When the sky was clear, I noticed lots of stars. It me of summertime camping and I looked forward to running in warmer weather.
Though I haven't taken off forty pounds yet, it's amazing how much more I have and how much stronger I feel. Because of the morning run, the rest of the day is more productive（有成效的）than before,1 wouldn't say I've a morning person, but l would say morning run is now my thing.
A．However B．Therefore C．Instead D．Otherwise
A．got B．lost C．missed D．achieved
A．invite B．leave C．join D．teach
A．short B．easy C．interesting D．hard
A．away B．over C．off D．down
A．joys B．jobs C．toys D．objects
A．from B．by C．with D．without
A．reminded B．told C．warned D．informed
A．money B．time C．food D．energy
A．influenced B．forgotten C．-become D．remembered
Miss Brown would never forget the night when she met a robber(抢劫者) many years ago.
That evening, she went to a birthday party which 1 until two o’clock in the morning. Miss Brown walked in the 2 street alone. Suddenly from the back of the dark building a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out at her. “Good morning，lady.” the man said in a low voice, “I don’t think you wish to 3 here!” “What do you want?” “Your earrings. Take them 4 !”
Miss Brown suddenly had a 5 idea. She tried to cover her necklace with the collar(衣领)of her overcoat while she used the other hand to take off both of her earrings and then quickly 6 them on the ground.
“Take them and let me go,” she said. The robber thought that the girl didn’t like the earrings at all, only trying to 7 the necklace. The earrings would cost 8 , so he said, “Give me your necklace.”
“Oh, sir. It doesn’t cost much. Please let me wear it.”
“I am not that 9 . Quick!”
With shaking 10 , Miss Brown took off her necklace. As soon as the robber left, she picket up her earrings and ran as fast as she could to one of her friends.
The earrings cost 2000 pounds and the necklace which the robber had taken away cost only six pounds.
A．ended B．stayed C．stopped D．lasted
A．busy B．quiet C．noisy D．wide
A．die B．escape C．fight D．sleep
A．out B．away C．off D．down
A．funny B．safe C．brave D．great
A．handed B．threw C．passed D．put
A．own B．keep C．have D．get
A．cheap B．expensive C．more D．less
A．afraid B．angry C．silly D．bad
A．hands B．feet C．head D．body
The bell rang loudly.Everybody packed their school bags and got ready 1 home.When the teacher dismissed the children，they lined up in two rows and walked 2 to the school gate.
Usually，George’s 3 would fetch him home from school.But today she was not there.George waited for fifteen minutes 4 he walked home.
When he reached home，he knocked at the door as he did not bring his keys.Surprisingly，no one opened the door.George 5 his mother was in the toilet，so he waited for his mother.After a few minutes there was 6 no answer.Just as he was about to go to the nearby coffee shop where his father worked to 7 the keys，he heard the friendly voice of his neighbor，John.
George told John that no one was at home and Johns mother suggested that George could stay in their house till his mother came back.George and John played happily till evening when George’s mother came back.George 8 John and his family before he went back into his house.His mother told him that she had a backache and she had to see a doctor. 9 this experience，George learnt an important 10，“Neighbors are people who help each other.”
A．to go B．go C．to go to D．goes to
A．ordering B．orderly C．order D．orders
A．father B．neighbor C．mother D．doctor
A．before B．after C．when D．while
A．hoped B．thought C．said D．preferred
A．almost B．already C．always D．still
A．get B．make C．find D．buy
A．called B．loved C．thanked D．visited
A．From B．About C．To D．Of
A．word B．saying C．sentence D．lesson
A saint (圣人) found a group of family members shouting angrily at each other on a river bank. He asked his disciples(信徒), “ 1 do people shout when they are angry with each other?” The disciples 2 for a while and one of them said, “Because they lose their calm.”
“But why should they shout when the other persons are just 3 them? They can tell them what they have to say in a 4 manner.” Asked the saint.
The disciples gave some other answers but 5 made the saint pleased. Finally the saint 6 , “When two people are angry with each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout in order to 7 each other. The angrier they are, the 8 they will have to shout to cover that great distance. What happens when two people fall in love? They don’t shout at each other but talk softly, because their hearts are very close. The distance 9 them is very small or doesn’t exist(存在).”
The saint looked at his disciples and continued, “So when you argue with other people, do not say words that distance each other, or else there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the 10 to return.
A．What B．When C．Where D．Why
A．thought B．laughed C．cried D．rested
A．far from B．next to C．across from D．in the front of
A．hard B．lively C．soft D．bad
A．everyone B．anyone C．someone D．none
A．explained B．answered C．replied D．asked
A．see B．watch C．hear D．listen to
A．softer B．louder C．larger D．higher
A．by B．near C．among D．between
A．way B．answer C．home D．person
There are lots of rules at Selina’s school.
She agrees with some __1__ them. For example, they can’t arrive ___2___ , they can’t run in the hallways, and they can’t eat in class. All___3___ rules are okay because they’re reasonable(合情合理的).
But there are some rules Selina___4___agree with. For example, at her school they have to wear a uniform and they can’t wear jeans. But she thinks jeans are___5___because they’re comfortable. In school, they can’t listen to music in art class. Selina doesn’t agree with this rule. She thinks ___6____ music in art crass is okay.
Selina___7___ has to follow some rules at home. For example, ___8____ she wants towatch TV, she has to finish her homework first. And she can’t go out with her friends ___9___school nights, that is, from Monday to Friday, she also has to clean her room ___10___week. Luckily, she doesn’t have to take out the trash（垃圾）. She hates it.
A．of B．from C．to D．under
A．busy B．late C．scary D．happy
A．this B．that C．these D．it
A．didn’t B．isn’t C．don’t D．doesn’t
A．good B．heavy C．bad D．expensive
A．listening B．listening to C．listen to D．listen
A．too B．else C．also D．other
A．because B．so C．but D．if
A．on B．in C．at D．with
A．two B．next C．every D．last
Joe wanted a computer. He asked his for the money and they said he must get it himself. But how did he get it? He about this when he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask children to work for them. Maybe he could take away snow for the neighbours. But this was not . He had to wait a long time for that. He couldn't cut grass for their gardens he had no tools to do the work with.
Then he saw one of his classmates, Dick, delivering . I could do that, he thought. Maybe I could get the computer right away I could pay it a little each week. He ran to Dick. Joe him a lot of questions. He learned that it was to get twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job took three hours each night. Dick him the phone number of the newspaper manager
Joe almost flew home. After he had told his mother he thought, she . "I think it
is a idea, " she said, "I'll call the newspaper...."
"What, Mum," Joe said, "I'll call." After that, I'm going to be a businessman now.
Joe's mother smiled .
A．teachers B．parents C．classmates D．friends
A．said B．told C．thought D．spoke
A．spring B．summer C．autumn D．winter
A．because B．when C．while D．after
A．newspapers B．bikes C．computers D．cars
A．on B．to C．of D．for
A．answered B．asked C．wrote D．read
A．friendly B．kind C．possible D．wrong
A．at B．about C．before D．after
A．taught B．gave C．made D．asked
A．that B．when C．what D．where
A．smiled B．shouted C．cried D．worried
A．big B．large C．great D．bad
A．sadly B．happily C．politely D．angrily
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