In New York, on a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of a train station. He was playing his ____. His music was so great that many people put money into his ___.
The next day, the young artist came to the ___ place, and played the violin as usual. Different from the day before, he took out a piece of paper and put ____on the ground. The paper said, “Last night, a man named George Sang put an important thing into my hat by mistake(由于弄错). Please come to ___ it soon.”
___ about half an hour, a(an) __ man got there in a hurry, “Oh, it’s you. You did(确实) come here.” The young violinist asked ____, “Are you Mr. George Sang?” “Yes! Yes!” Then the violinist asked, “Did you lose something?” “Lottery(彩票).It’s the most valuable(宝贵的) lottery in my 70 years of life,” said the man.
The violinist ___ a lottery ticket. George Sang’s name was on it, so the violinist __ it to him.
Later someone asked the violinist, “Since(既然) you _play the violin every day to make your tuition (学费) in the university(大学), why didn’t you keep the lottery ticket for yourself?”
The violinist said, “___I don’t have much money, I live happily; but if I lose honesty, I won’t be happy forever(永远).”
Through our lives, we can get a lot and lose so __ . But being ___should always be with us. If we act in a dishonest way, we may be ____ in a short period. However, from the long-term view, we will be a loser(失败者).
A．piano B．guitar C．violin D．sax（萨克斯）
A．bowl B．hat C．pocket D．hands
A．interesting B．different C．strange D．same
A．it B．its C．they D．them
A．borrow B．buy C．get D．bring
A．After B．Before C．From D．When
A．young B．old C．small D．tall
A．coldly B．angrily C．calmly D．sadly
A．took out B．took off C．took back D．took away
A．sold B．bought C．gave D．lent
A．could B．had to C．should D．must
A．Although(虽然) B．Once(曾经) C．If D．Unless(除非)
A．many B．much C．little D．few
A．kind B．rich C．honest D．poor
A．sad B．happy C．sorry D．unlucky
In real life, robots are mainly used in factories. They do many different jobs. Usually these jobs are too , difficult or boring for humans.
Robots also help disabled people and people who cannot look after . For example, scientists are making a robot to help people. Now many of them have a dog to help them. The dog is called a guide dog. In the future, guide dogs might be robot dogs.
One robot dog is called Meldog. It has wheels. It usually “walks” its owner. It is very clever. It knows the speed of its owner’s walk. Meldog talks to its owner by . The owner wears a special belt. This belt instructions to the owner from Meldog such as “Stop here”, “Turn left” and “Turn right”.
In the United States, another of robot helps disabled workers. This robot, called Kilroy, helps disabled computer operators. The robot the sound of its owner’s voice. It follows instructions such as “Turn the page” and “Make a cup of coffee”.
Robots are also used in American . They can do simple jobs. For example, they shave (刮脸) patients and brush their teeth and take meals from the kitchen to patients’ rooms. It never gets lost this robot has a map of the hospital in its computer memory.
A．interesting B．strange C．dangerous D．safe
A．others B．another C．them D．themselves
A．deaf B．blind C．old D．sick
A．in front of B．behind C．under D．above
A．television B．radio C．loudspeaker D．mobile telephone
A．posts B．writes C．reads D．sends
A．type B．size C．set D．double
A．guesses B．thinks C．hears D．sees
A．cinema B．hospitals C．museum D．theatre
A．until B．before C．because D．whether
You may think that English dictionaries have been used for many, many centuries. In fact, an English dictionary you today wasn’t made until the Qin Dynasty. They spent most of the important work on dictionaries. They spent nearly all their lives trying to words for their dictionaries. For them, it was a wonderful journey. The largest dictionary in the world is Oxford English Dictionary（牛津字典）. The for this dictionary came from an important meeting in Britain in 1857. twenty-two years later, Oxford University asked James Murray to be the editor（编者）of its new dictionary. Murray had never been to . At the age of fourteen, he left his villageschool in Scotland and taught himself while working in bank. he became a great teacher. After Oxford gave him the job. Murray had a small house in his garden to do the work. Every morning, Murray got out of bed at five o’clock and in the small house several hours before breakfast. Often he would work into the night. Murray hoped to finish the new dictionary in ten years but after five year, he was adding（增加）words for the letter “A”! He worked on the dictionary he was very old. Forty-four years later, in 1928, other editors finished the dictionary.
A．use B．write C．copy D．miss
A．easy B．boring C．early D．dangerous
A．spell B．invent C．collect D．make
A．way B．idea C．use D．prize
A．school B．cinema C．village D．collage
A．Later B．Longer before C．So far D．Ever since
A．sold B．built C．broken D．drawn
A．read B．wrote C．worked D．thought
A．already B．still C．usually D．always
A．if B．because C．until D．since
Now we have the Internet and TV programmes．There is so to talk about．They are around us all the time and us all kinds of things．
To help kids stay away from bad , a two-day meeting was held in Shanghai last week．People at the meeting talked about how to make kids’ programmes and books . They want kids to grow up in an information world fights or terror(恐怖)．
The Internet and TV help people learn is going on around us. sometimes what they tell you may be wrong．You need to use your and think for a while when you are watching TV or suffering on the Internet.
“Let’s take air-cushioned (带气垫的) sports shoes for !” Advertisements say people can run faster if they wear these shoes. But you need to make how useful the shoes really are. The shoes may you look cool, but will they really make you run faster? Before you spend all your on something advertisements want you to buy, think twice. Each company says they have the best sports shoes in the world they want you to buy their shoes.
To kids from being cheated (欺骗) or badly effected, grow-ups are trying to make the media (媒体) more fun and safer for them.
The people at the Shanghai meeting said should be no bad things in Web pages and TV programmes for kids to see. The Internet workers also said they would try and care more about the views of kids.
A．many B．much C．little D．few
A．speak B．say C．talk D．tell
A．books B．teaching C．information D．games
A．better B．easier C．cleaner D．worse
A．with B．without C．under D．above
A．who B．which C．what D．that
A．Because B．But C．So D．Since
A．hand B．mouth C．head D．foot
A．fun B．short C．example D．sport
A．sure B．decision C．mind D．way
A．train B．make C．serve D．realize
A．knowledge B．time C．spirit D．money
A．though B．so C．because D．unless
A．stop B．frighten C．attract D．treat
A．we B．they C．it D．there
Making friends is a skill. Like most skills, it with practice. If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing to some actions. You must first go where there are people. You won’t make friends staying home .
Join a club or group, talk with those who like the same things you do is much easier. Or join someone some activity.
Many people are nervous when talking to new people. all, meeting strangers means the unknown. And it’s human nature to a bit uncomfortable(不舒服)about the unknown.
our fears about dealing with new people come from doubts(怀疑)about . We imagine other people are judging us, finding us too tall too short, too this or too that, but don’t forget that they must be feeling the same way. Try to accept yourself you are, and try to put the other person at ease(不拘束).You’ll both feel more comfortable.
Try to self-confident(自信)even if you don’t feel that way when you a room full of strangers, such as a new classroom, walk tall and straight, look directly other people and smile.
If you see someone, you’d like to , say something. Don’t wait for person to start a conversation(谈话).
Just meeting someone new does not mean that you will friends with that person. Friendship is based on mutual(相互的)liking and “give and take”. It time and effort to develop. And there are things that keep a new friendship from .
A．produces B．improves C．grows D．raises
A．take B．make C．do D．carry
A．lonely B．yourself C．alone D．with yourself
A．as B．that C．which D．more
A．with B．in C．on D．to
A．For B．Above C．In D．After
A．touching B．facing C．meeting D．seeing
A．see B．touch C．feel D．do
A．Many B．Some C．Much D．Most of
A．yourself B．oneself C．yourselves D．ourselves
A．and B．but C．or D．as
A．like B．as C．what D．that
A．make B．act as C．like D．express
A．come to B．go to C．enter D．step to
A．for B．to C．at D．about
A．speak to B．talk to C．say to D．call up
A．other B．the other C．another D．others
A．make B．do C．turn D．put
A．costs B．takes C．spends D．uses
A．growing B．living C．increasing D．happening
Once upon a time, there was a little boy named Rakesh, he studied and lived in a boarding school(寄宿学校). Every night he jumped over the wall and played outside. He returned before dawn (黎明) and lay on his bed again, so no one knew that Rakesh went out at .
One night as usual, Rakesh found asleep. He decided to play outside again. He went into his teacher—Mrs. Green’s room and saw her . Then Rakesh walked out towards the wall. Near the wall, there was a ladder in the bushes, he hid it there. He the ladders and he climbed up it , then jumped over the wall. at that time his teacher was awake and saw him going out.
got up and took away the from the wall. A few hours , Rakesh returned. In the dark, he tried to climb from the wall. Sadly, there was no ladder, instead, Mrs. Green was standing where the ladder was and waited for him. Rakesh was very to be punished (处罚), but to his surprise, she just helped Rakesh to get onto the ground , said, "Rakesh, at least a warm coat with you, when you go out at night."
Mrs. Green's made Rakesh know his own faults. He apologized (道歉) and never went out at night again. It is the lesson that he has ever had.
A．never B．always C．seldom D．sometimes
A．daytime B．weekends C．night D．noon
A．someone B．anyone C．no one D．everyone
A．loudly B．quietly C．happily D．quickly
A．sleeping B．reading C．watching TV D．running
A．took care of B．took away C．took a look at D．took out
A．And B．But C．So D．Because
A．He B．They C．She D．It
A．bed B．chair C．bushes D．ladder
A．ago B．before C．later D．late
A．up B．down C．out D．in
A．afraid B．glad C．sorry D．surprised
A．buy B．bring C．take D．borrow
A．kindness B．illness C．happiness D．sadness
A．worst B．best C．furthest D．smallest
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