I teach a bilingual kindergarten class. One Monday I noticed that two of my students, Juan and Cynthia, had a shared on Friday of that week. I told both their moms that they could bring in to celebrate their children’s birthdays.
I wondered whether either wanted to bring in a birthday treat for the kids. On Thursday, I asked Juan and Cynthia about it, but they didn’t know anything about their parents’ plans. Both children, however, were very about having a birthday party the next day in class. As I was tired after work, I decided to it until the next day.
The next morning my first thought was: What should I do about the cake? It would be terrible if there was nothing for the kids to at the party. The thought worried me as I approached (接近) the Mexican bakery on my drive to school.
The shop had four large pieces of cake for a dollar each. The only thing was I was on cash. I needed the five dollars in my purse to until payday. However, I decided the party was the most important.
After story time, I told the students that we are celebrating the double birthdays of Juan and Cynthia.I brought out the cake and lit the candles, and then we sang Happy Birthday. I cut each of the four pieces of cake into five little pieces. It was just , all 20 of my students had come to class that day.
At the end, they said thank you to me. As I watched them walk away, still , tears came to my eyes.
After talking with their parents, I learned that our simple celebration had been both Cynthia’s and Juan’s first birthday party. I had to the last couple of days of that month on the one dollar ---- but it was certainly worth it!
A．birthday B．interest C．room D．feeling
A．toys B．parents C．cakes D．friends
A．excited B．disappointed C．relaxed D．puzzled
A．try B．leave C．keep D．change
A．see B．say C．play D．eat
A．weak B．short C．hard D．out
A．save B．make C．last D．owe
A．half B．over C．all D．enough
A．smiling B．dreaming C．singing D．shouting
A．struggle B．occupy C．labor D．spare
It was the summer of my freshman year of college. Instead of heading home for a nice long , my friends and I had decided to and take some extra courses. We had the top floor of an old house to live in. My bed was into a stuffy(闷热的)former laundry room and each night was a new in humidity. Still, it felt
to be in my own place for the first time. After the first few weeks, , the thrill faded and set in. I found myself sitting alone each night my home and my parents.
My summer holidays had always been a time. I spent hours playing basketball and swimming. I talked to my Mom while she tended her flowers. I helping my Dad drag firewood for the winter. And every night I sat at a dinner table full of delicious food with love while my family filled the room with the sound of sweet . Now I found myself missing them than ever.
Finally when my were at their lowest, I heard a at the door. I opened it and was to see my parents standing there with big smiles to fill my heart and a box full of food to feed my hungry friends. We spent the afternoon eating, on each other’s news, and just being together. It felt so good, and I felt so loved.
Victor Hugo wrote that, “The supreme happiness of life is the that one is loved; loved for oneself, or better yet, loved despite oneself. ”It was that gift of happiness that my parents gave me that afternoon and every day of my life.
A．journey B．term C．break D．way
A．leave B．stay C．relax D．travel
A．rented B．bought C．painted D．repaired
A．made B．changed C．jammed D．hidden
A．wish B．pleasure C．experiment D．adventure
A．exciting B．boring C．astonishing D．moving
A．anyway B．though C．therefore D．instead
A．headache B．loneliness C．satisfaction D．homesickness
A．forgetting about B．relying on C．thinking of D．referring to
A．special B．terrible C．specific D．difficult
A．gave up B．had trouble in C．put off D．took pride in
A．frozen B．prepared C．tasted D．kept
A．laughter B．scream C．whistle D．sigh
A．less B．more C．worse D．better
A．minds B．dreams C．spirits D．thoughts
A．kick B．hit C．crash D．knock
A．disappointed B．surprised C．puzzled D．encouraged
A．hungry B．open C．sick D．gentle
A．making up B．getting up C．catching up D．taking up
A．sign B．chance C．secret D．belief
A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms(成语), though my teacher told us the importance again and again.But ___ the importance of English idioms was shown in an interesting experience.
One day I happened to meet an Englishman on the road，and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, he seemed to be ___ by gently shaking his head，shrugging (耸肩) his shoulders, saying，“You don't say！You don't say！”I was puzzled.I thought，“Perhaps this is ___ a good topic.”I had ___ change the topic.So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? ___ , have you ever ____ there？”“Certainly，everyone ____ home will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing ____.” He was deep in thought when I began to talk ____ a guide.“The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. We are very ____ of it.”Soon I was interrupted again by his order—“You don't say！”I ___ help asking，“____ do you ask me not to talk about it？”“Well, I didn't ask you ___ so，”He answered，greatly ____.I said，“Didn't you say ‘you don't say’？”____ this, the English ____ to tears.He began to ____，“‘You don't say' actually means really. It is an ____ of surprise. Perhaps you don't pay attention to English idioms.”___ then did I know I had made a fool of ___.Since then I have been more careful with idioms.
A．rapidly B．very fast C．soon D．quickly
A．tired B．moved C．interested D．amazed
A．just B．only C．not D．really
A．rather B．better C．never D．like
A．Excuse me B．Tell me C．After all D．By the way
A．gone B．visited C．seen D．been
A．from B．back C．with D．in
A．it B．them C．anything D．something
A．as B．to C．with D．like
A．glad B．satisfied C．proud D．found
A．couldn't B．wouldn't C．shouldn't D．mustn't
A．How B．When C．Why D．Where
A．doing B．to do C．making D．to make
A．encouraged B．frightened C．pleased D．surprised
A．Heard B．To hear C．Hearing D．Listening
A．laughed B．cried C．was moved D．was touched
A．explain B．shout C．prove D．say
A．experience B．expression C．explanation D．example
A．From B．Since C．By D．Only
A．me B．myself C．mine D．somebody
The Quiet Hero
It was Mother's Day, the day we celebrate everything about mothers and everything we do.But I'll ____ that Sunday in 1996 was bitter and sweet for me.As a single mother I ____ to think of my shortcomings—how many evenings I couldn't spend with my children，and how many things I couldn't ____ my waitress's salary to buy.
But what ____ kids I had！My daughter Maria was a senior in college and Denny was at home from his freshman year at Harvard University.They were ___ impolite enough to complain，but there were so much more I ____ I had done for them.I just hoped they ____.
As I walked into the ____ quietly to start breakfast，I was greeted by a vase ___ a dozen red roses！When had Denny possibly slipped down to leave them？But even their delicate beauty was overshadowed by the note sitting beside them，in the quick，manly ____ of an eighteenyearold.It was about a story that happened between Denny and me long ago.It ____：...she took a day off from her busy ____ to take the boy to see his hero in the flesh at the stadium.It took 3.5 hours just to get there，and they had to be there early ____ he could see his hero take batting practice.___ their arrival，she took her hardearned money to buy an overpriced Tshirt on which was ____ his hero making a diving catch.After the game，of course he had to ___ his hero's signature，so she stayed with the little boy ____ one o'clock in the morning...
It took me long enough to ___ it，but I finally know who the ____ hero is.Mom，I love you!
And suddenly，it was a ___ Mother's Day，after all.
A．admit B．adopt C．deny D．refuse
A．intended B．liked C．tended D．hesitated
A．stress B．spare C．strengthen D．spend
A．poor B．great C．faithless D．pretty
A．merely B．usually C．never D．often
A．wished B．hoped C．expected D．desired
A．supported B．understood C．approved D．disgusted
A．livingroom B．kitchen C．bedroom D．study
A．including B．containing C．possessing D．pinning
A．handwriting B．description C．tone D．scratch
A．wrote B．recorded C．memorized D．read
A．event B．content C．schedule D．circumstance
A．or B．for C．but D．so
A．At B．In C．On D．By
A．impressed B．printed C．presented D．pressed
A．buy B．abandon C．get D．swap
A．before B．until C．after D．when
A．see B．hear C．realize D．tell
A．actual B．true C．imaginary D．visual
A．sad B．bitter C．happy D．exciting
Comparisons were drawn between the development of television in the 20th century and the diffusion of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries. Yet much had happened _____. As was discussed before, it was not _____ the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic _____, following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the _____ of the periodical. It was during the same time that the communications revolution _____ up, beginning with transport, the railway, and leading _____ through the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and motion pictures _____ the 20th-century world of the motor car and the air plane. Not everyone sees that process in a right way. Nevertheless, it is _____ to do so.
It is generally recognized, _____, that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century, _____ by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, _____ its impact on the media was not immediately _____. As time went by, computers became smaller and more powerful, and they became “personal” too, as well as institutional, with display becoming _____ and storage capacity _____. They were thought of, like people, _____ generations, with the distance between generations much _____.
It was within the computer age that the term “information society” began to be widely used to describe the _____ within which we now live. The communications revolution has _____ both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time, but there have been _____ views about its economic, political, social and cultural implications. “Benefits” have been weighed _____ “harmful” outcomes. And generalizations have proved difficult.
A．between B．before C．since D．later
A．after B．by C．during D．until
A．means B．method C．medium D．measure
A．process B．company C．light D．form
A．gathered B．speeded C．worked D．picked
A．on B．out C．over D．off
A．of B．for C．beyond D．into
A．important B．difficult C．honest D．concrete
A．indeed B．hence C．however D．therefore
A．brought B．followed C．stimulated. D．characterized
A．unless B．since C．lest D．although
A．apparent B．desirable C．negative D．believable
A．sharper B．darker C．heavier D．higher
A．decreasing B．increasing C．declining D．flowing
A．by means of B．in terms of C．with regard to D．in line with
A．deeper B．fewer C．nearer D．smaller
A．environment B．distance C．sky D．state
A．regarded B．impressed C．influenced D．effected
A．competitive B．controversial C．conditional D．clumsy
A．above B．upon C．against D．with
Hi，this is Linda，a schoolgirl from New Jersey.My day is full of activities and I seem to be always ____.During the week，I usually get up at half past six ____ I would really prefer to sleep late.After I get up I perform my ____ routine of washing my face，brushing my teeth，and then____ what to wear.After I get dressed，I brush my hair.I usually don't have time for____ in the morning because I have to catch a bus at seven o'clock to ___.The bus is usually___ and it really makes me envy my schoolmates who don't have to ride the bus to school.Classes at school start at a quarter to eight except on Tuesdays____ they start at seven.Each class has its own timetable.Classes are fortyfive minutes long with tenminute ___，except for one“long”break between the third and the fourth classes，which is twenty minutes____.
My classes take place____in our classroom or in various labs or a gym. After class we go for lunch to the___.Some students in their third and fourth____have afternoon classes，afterschool activities or driving lessons.
After school I sometimes go shopping or just ___ around the town for a while.When I get home I like to ____ for some time, I listen to music or watch TV. Then I start my homework or help with some housework.
I___eat dinner at about seven o'clock. At dinner my family____what happened during the day.____dinner，I watch TV or go surfing(冲浪)or watch a film or a video.I usually manage to go to ___ around half past ten.
What do you think of my____？
A．angry B．busy C．early D．happy
A．as B．if C．since D．though
A．day B．night C．morning D．afternoon
A．asking B．deciding C．knowing D．thinking
A．breakfast B．dinner C．lunch D．supper
A．cinema B．hospital C．school D．work
A．cheap B．crowded C．empty D．expensive
A．that B．when C．while D．where
A．breaks B．periods C．pauses D．stops
A．away B．long C．sharp D．short
A．all B．both C．either D．neither
A．dining hall B．library C．living room D．street
A．hour B．week C．month D．grade
A．look B．move C．travel D．walk
A．play B．relax C．sing D．sleep
A．carefully B．immediately C．slowly D．usually
A．discuss B．report C．say D．repeat
A．After B．Before C．Over D．Through
A．bed B．dream C．church D．toilet
A．country B．family C．lifestyle D．school
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