It was a Sunday afternoon and, unlike the past few weekends, the four of us did not sit at the kitchen table playing cards.
That evening, my parents ___ my sister Emily and me down in the living room because they said that they ___ to talk to us.
My father began slowly, as if he was ___ something back. Lines grew ___ in his forehead ___ he told us that he and my mother were getting a divorce(离婚). Tears began to ___ in my mother’s eyes.My father went over and ___ out beyond the view of the backyard.
I always ___ of my parents as being in love, ___ they fought all the time.I saw them as in ___ every way.I looked up to them ___ anyone else,and now they destroyed their ___.I think the ___ came from not having anyone to look up to.
Now I see my father about once a week, and it is ___.I can talk to him more ___ and I have learned to appreciate the time I get to spend with my father. ___ my mother it has changed in a different way.I have come to ___ her more.She works so hard to ___ the family.
It took lots of time for me to know that what they did was for the ___ and to ___ them for it.I now know that parents are not perfect and also make mistakes.
A．sat B．seated C．were sitting D．were seated
A．decided B．ought C．had D．meant
A．getting B．holding C．taking D．stopping
A．deeply B．light C．hard D．deep
A．before B．as C．after D．since
A．build B．fall C．drop D．pile
A．found B．glared C．saw D．stared
A．knew B．heard C．learned D．thought
A．as if B．even though C．so that D．now that
A．perfect B．happy C．confused D．puzzled
A．as much as B．no more than C．not more than D．more than
A．dream B．mind C．image D．figure
A．effect B．thought C．idea D．pain
A．different B．difficult C．distant D．delicious
A．often B．seriously C．openly D．kindly
A．On B．Like C．At D．With
A．respect B．expect C．hope D．refuse
A．help B．afford C．support D．supply
A．best B．better C．most D．more
A．admire B．forgive C．thank D．praise
Inspiration
“Mama, when I grow up, I’m going to be one of those!” I said this after seeing the Capital Dancing Company perform when I was three. It was the first time that my ___ took on a vivid form and acted as something important to start my training. As I grew older and was ____ to more, my interests in the world of dance ____ varied but that little girl’s dream of someday becoming a ___ in the company never left me. In the summer of 2005 when I was 18, I received the phone call which made that dream a ____; I became a member of the company ____ back to 1925.
As I look back on that day now, it surely ____ any sense of reality. I believe I stayed in a state of pleasant disbelief ____ I was halfway through rehearsals (排练) on my first day. I never actually ___ to get the job. After being offered the position, I was completely ___. I remember shaking with excitement.
Though I was absolutely thrilled with the change, it did not come without its fair share of _ _. Through the strict rehearsal period of dancing six days a week, I found it vital to _ up the material fast with every last bit of concentration. It is that extreme ____ to detail and stress on practice that set us ____. To then follow those high-energy rehearsals __ a busy show schedule of up to five performances a day, I discovered a new ___ of the words “hard work.” What I thought were my physical ____ were pushed much further than I thought _ _. I learned to make each performance better than the last.
Today, when I look at the unbelievable company that I have the great ____ of being a part of, not only as a member, but as a dance captain, I see a ___ that has inspired not only generations of little girls but a splendid company that continues to develop and grow-and inspires people every day to follow their dreams.
A．hobby B．plan C．dream D．word
A．connected B．expanded C．exposed D．extended
A．rarely B．certainly C．probably D．consistently
A．director B．trainer C．leader D．dancer
A．symbol B．memory C．truth D．reality
A．bouncing B．dating C．turning D．tracking
A．lacks B．adds C．makes D．brings
A．while B．since C．until D．when
A．Cared B．Expected C．Asked D．Decided
A．motivated B．relaxed C．convinced D．astonished
A．challenges B．profits C．advantages D．adventures
A．put B．mix C．build D．pick
A．Attention B．association C．attraction D．adaptation
A．apart B．aside C．off D．back
A．over B．by C．with D．beyond
A．function B．meaning C．expression D．usage
A．boundaries B．problems C．barriers D．efforts
A．necessary B．perfect C．proper D．possible
A．talent B．honor C．potential D．responsibility
A．victory B．trend C．tradition D．desire
My daughter has been crazy about raising a pet for a long time. Last spring I bought two newly-hatched(孵化) chickens for her. She got and took good care of them. , a few days later, both chickens died. She burst into tears because of .I helped her the two birds under a tree behind our house. I thought it would be the of her ideas.
, I was wrong . Children are children . The failure hasn’t my daughter in any way. She still tried to keep a small animal or even a snail.
One day last winter, I noticed under the eaves(屋檐) of the house a family of sparrows(麻雀). My daughter and I could the sparrows as our “pets”, but we didn’t.
So I told her to the grains on the windowsill（窗台）. A few minutes later, the sparrows came to land on the windowsill and pecked(啄) at the rice. Suddenly my daughter asked me, Mum, can we catch and the sparrows, and let them live with us in the room？ How it is for them to live outside？
“Oh, my dear. I do not think it’s a good idea. You know,” I explained to her, “the sparrow is a bird who loves .No one can keep them in a cage. If they are caught, they will quickly. They are to living outside. Moreover, they have warm nest under the eaves.
From then on, we have set up a kind of with the sparrow family. We feed them frequently and them as pet birds. However, we do not need to them. We seeing these little birds flying and jumping among branches, leaves and flowers in the spring morning.
A．exciting B．excited C．disappointed D．encouraged
A．Naturally B．Suddenly C．Unfortunately D．Finally
A．leaving B．their death C．the chickens D．them
A．Bury B．put C．dig D．set
A．end B．beginning C．wish D．reality
A．Thus B．Then C．However D．Therefore
A．at all B．in all C．after all D．for all
A．encourage B．upset C．help D．impress
A．look B．act C．feed D．catch
A．throw B．pour C．pile D．scatter
A．one after another B．one another C．every other D．each other
A．stay B．love C．cage D．watch
A．free B．happy C．cold D．warm
A．freedom B．spring C．flying D．trees
A．please B．starve C．suffer D．die
A．safe B．used C．proud D．happy
A．neighbor B．understanding C．friendship D．relationship
A．think B．treat C．dream D．appreciate
A．hurt B．possess C．belong to D．hatch
A．enjoy B．would like C．want D．consider
In the middle of the night, Peter's wife suddenly fell ill. She couldn't help crying, “Oh, my stomach! Get the !” Peter, awaking from a deep sleep, thought his wife was only having a dream. “Stop that noise,” he said to her. He turned over and tried to go to again, but his wife still cried out, “Oh, help!help! I'm sure I'mdying.”
Peter got out of bed and started but he could not find him any clothes.
“Where is my shirt?” he asked. His wife was ill to tell him, and she could only cry, “Oh, my stomach!”
As soon as he had put his clothes he said, “Now, my dear, are you quite certain that you need the doctor? Surely you can wait until morning, can’t you?”
“No, I can't. Go, go, go,” his wife shouted,
“ you will find me dead the morning.”
So Peter went out into the dark street. He had only gone a few meters he heard his wife calling him again.
“I’m again now, and I shall not want the doctor,” she said, softly.
Hearing this, he started running as as he could towards the doctor’s. When he arrived there, he knocked at the door loudly enough to wakeeveryone around.
The doctor put his sleepy head out of the bedroom window and said, “ Er? Who’s there?”
“Oh, Doctor.” Peter called up to him, “I’ve very news for you. My wife ill with a terrible stomachache. I was on my way to bring you to her, but she called me back to say the trouble had suddenly left her. So you need not come. Go back to now, and sleep well!”
A．driver B．nurse C．doctor D．child
A．terrible B．interesting C．surprising D．wonderful
A．bed B．sleep C．dream D．hospital
A．dressing B．wearing C．raising D．working
A．very B．so C．too D．quite
A．good B．bad C．wrong D．poor
A．down B．off C．on D．up
A．and B．but C．so D．or
A．after B．in C．before D．until
A．after B．when C．before D．while
A．good B．wrong C．all right D．right
A．fast B．slowly C．hurriedly D．happily
A．good B．bad C．necessary D．ill
A．fell B．stayed C．grew D．failed
A．your home B．your bedroom C．your dream D．bed
I’d been proud that I’d never lost my cell phone until my husband Jack got a call one evening.
We went to visit a friend in hospital one day last year. When Jack’s rang, it was my mother calling from my . She asked if I had my mobile. I checked my purse. It was !
I used Jack’s phone to call my number. Then a boy, whom I’ll call Phys, it. “I found your phone!” he said, excitedly. “I have been trying to find you, but it was getting late, I decided to leave.” He gave me the address of a near his home.
Later that evening, I went to him there. I didn’t dare to go , worrying this was some cheater. So Jack came along. After 30km, we got to the coffee shop which Rhys .
My were gone. Phys was just a young boy. “How did you my mum?” I asked. He that when he found my mobile by the roadside, he started calling people in my list of contacts. But all they was my mobile phone number—which didn’t . He’d called many names, starting with the letter A. Finally he got Adam, one of my friends, who my house.
I was to get my phone back with all the contacts, messages and photos I could have lost forever. I was so to Rhys and offered him some money, but he .
As we drove back, we praised Rhys for his honesty.
A．car B．radio C．mobile phone D．doorbell
A．home B．company C．school D．hospital
A．found B．lost C．fell D．bought
A．gone B．new C．busy D．broken
A．ignored B．returned C．answered D．got
A．because B．that C．whether D．if
A．post office B．coffee shop C．hotel D．supermarket
A．follow B．catch C．meet D．punish
A．alone B．back C．slowly D．finally
A．running B．driving C．walking D．going
A．knew about B．looked at C．heard of D．talked about
A．difficulties B．illnesses C．fears D．hopes
A．remember B．tell C．forget D．understand
A．found B．heard C．said D．felt
A．had B．noticed C．expected D．finished
A．happen B．matter C．help D．fit
A．sold B．bought C．shared D．called
A．sorry B．sad C．glad D．proud
A．useful B．grateful C．strange D．polite
A．missed B．recognized C．agreed D．refused
A group of people were in search of a home. After some time walking around, they finally found a place to down.
They needed some , and the chief (首领) sent out three groups of people to the surrounding areas. After a short discussion, the three groups went out in directions.
The first group explored the north. There, they saw large fields with crops, vegetables and fruits. They went back to report their . “We saw lots of vegetation (植物). We can be .”
The second group went southwest. There, they saw lots of . As they went back, they said, “We saw hundreds of animals. We can for our food, and rely on meat to sustain (维持) us.”
The last group went southeast. There, they reached the sea and saw hundreds of fish swimming. They returned and said, “We saw plenty of fish. We can go for our food.”
“We can eat meat alone!” shouted the second group.
“No! ! We did not see any animals at all!” said the first group.
The third group joined in, “Are you ? We did not see anything like you have . There was only water. We need to become fishermen!”
Each group got so with the others that they each went to the place they had explored. They were that they alone had the answer and that the others must have been wrong.
, each group of people only chose to believe themselves. they had chosen to learn from one another and them, they could have had the best of everything.
A．spending B．costing C．taking D．losing
A．break B．cool C．settle D．calm
A．water B．food C．energies D．information
A．explore B．clean C．measure D．cover
A．same B．a C．/ D．different
A．main B．few C．poor D．many
A．experiences B．findings C．results D．conditions
A．vegetarians B．fishermen C．hunters D．miners
A．mountains B．people C．animals D．houses
A．prepare B．hunt C．fight D．wait
A．mainly B．partly C．fully D．hardly
A．surfing B．boating C．fishing D．swimming
A．Fishes B．Crops C．Cows D．Flowers
A．going B．sleeping C．coming D．joking
A．described B．brought C．wrote D．explained
A．strict B．angry C．sad D．pleased
A．sad B．pleasant C．sure D．anxious
A．Happily B．Luckily C．Unluckily D．Hopefully
A．After B．Because C．Before D．If
A．admire B．believe C．appreciate D．understand
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