Chocolate, one of the most popular foods in the world，has a history as rich as its flavor. Hi e Aztecs(阿芝特克人)of Mexico about chocolate a long time ago. It comes from the beans of a special tree, a(n) having grown in the American countries for at least four thousand years. They made it a drink. Sometimes they mixed hot peppers with chocolate. They called the " xocoatl"， meaning " bitter juice". This is the word “ chocolate ” comes from. As long ago as century，Indian families drank chocolate at wedding parties other important ceremonies. , chocolate was not known in Europe until 1528, the Spanish explorer Hernando Cortez brought it from Mexico to his own country. Drinking chocolate soon became in Spain and quickly to the rest of Europe. The Spanish did not like peppers，so they sugar to chocolate. Three hundred years later, a scientist in Holland who loved chocolate learned to make chocolate into sweets. After 1850, people who liked chocolate could eat it as well as drink it. the years passing, people in other countries began to make many kinds of chocolate. Today the making of chocolate has become a very big . The Aztecs believed that chocolate can make people . Today, we do not believe this. There are many reasons why chocolate has become so popular. People like its rich, delicious flavor. Some people think that chocolate is even more delicious when it is made with other things, fruit and nuts. Also, chocolate makers can chocolate into different shapes that are pleasing to And also, eating chocolate has a helpful physical effect. The sugar and fat in chocolate give people quick energy.
A．learned B．studied C．knew D．told
A．plant B．flower C．fruit D．animal
A．into B．of C．from D．up of
A．drink B．beans C．chocolate D．peppers
A．which B．that C．whose D．/
A．why B．which C．what D．where
A．twelve B．twelfth C．the twelfth D．the twelve
A．and B．on C．with D．of
A．However B．Besides C．For example D．Though
A．why B．when C．then D．because
A．famous B．popular C．important D．useful
A．sent B．spread C．turned D．made
A．added B．turned C．changed D．made
A．why B．how C．what D．who
A．With B．As C．For D．Because
A．industry B．agriculture C．custom D．factory
A．healthy B．strong C．fat D．clever
A．as well as B．so that C．such D．such as
A．make B．take C．put D．change
A．find B．look at C．enjoy D．notice
This is a story that can teach us a good lesson. One day, a man in rags begged from door to door along the street. With an old wallet in his hand, he was asking for a few coins to buy something to eat. He kept complaining about his bad fortune and kept __36__ why those who had so much money were never __37__ and were always desiring more.
“As far as I'm concerned, if I had only enough to ___38__ and to wear, I would not want anything more.”
Just at that moment Goddess Fortune, who came down the __39__ saw the beggar and said to him, “Hi, I have wished to __40__ you for a long time. Now, open your __41__ and I will pour my gold into it. But I will do that only on this __42__ : All that falls into the wallet will be pure gold; but every piece falling upon the __43__ shall become dust. Do you understand？”
“I see.” said the beggar.
“Then you should __44__ ！It's obvious that your wallet is a(an) __45__ one, so don't load it too heavily，” said the Goddess Fortune.
The excited beggar could hardly __46__ to have gold. He quickly opened his wallet, and a __47__ of yellow coins was poured into it. The wallet grew heavier and heavier.
“Is that enough? Isn't it cracking？” asked Fortune.
“Never __48__ .It's still strong enough now.”answered the beggar.
The wallet was filled with so many coins that the beggar's hands began to __49__. “Ah, if only the golden stream would __50__ forever! Just a little more，” said the beggar, “__51__ just a handful or two.”
“There! It's full. The wallet will __52__ .” warned the Goddess, but the beggar requested, “It will __53__ a little more, just a little more.”
One more piece was added and the wallet split. The __54__ fell upon the ground and became dust. The greedy beggar had now __55__ but his broken bag.
A．showing B．explaining C．proving D．wondering
A．relaxed B．satisfied C．worried D．depressed
A．learn B．watch C．eat D．play
A．street B．bridge C．yard D．forest
A．praise B．forgive C．help D．comfort
A．coat B．pocket C．box D．wallet
A．occasion B．suggestion C．situation D．condition
A．hand B．feet C．ground D．street
A．look out B．look after C．look up D．look down
A．small B．empty C．worn D．full
A．stand B．wait C．breathe D．think
A．stream B．piece C．pair D．variety
A．stop B．request C．fear D．insist
A．spread B．close C．loose D．shake
A．pour B．end C．dry D．bury
A．take B．add C．lend D．send
A．flow B．break C．disappear D．change
A．attract B．permit C．include D．hold
A．wallet B．food C．gold D．bag
A．nothing B．anything C．everything D．something
It happened many years ago, and I was in high school then. Being a student from a 36 family, I had to work on weekends to make some extra money that my family couldn’t really 37 to give me, and one day after work I lost my wallet.
My old car 38 gas in the back. I paid for the gas and then put my wallet on the bumper(保险杠)，and drove off. I hadn’t even had time to 39 it when my phone rang and an old man asked me 40 I had lost my wallet. I checked the 41 of my jacket and to my horror, I had. He asked me to tell him how much money was 42 it, and I told him. He then told me where to 43 my wallet.
As I drove into his driveway, I 44 that his car was for the 45 . I was thinking that there was no way this man could 46 get out of hid car and get my wallet off the 47 . He had to pull over, 48 in his wheelchair, lower the lift, and then pick it up, I was 49 .
I knocked on the 50 and he told me to come in. I thanked him like 10 times for 51 my wallet. While I didn’t want to make him angry by offering him 52 , I really felt like offering something. So I asked him if there was anything I could do to repay his 53 , and he said, “Just pass 54 on.” I really wanted to thank him, so I 55 promised I would.
A．strange B．poor C．happy D．small
A．decide B．win C．afford D．keep
A．threw B．needed C．cost D．had
A．miss B．take C．open D．share
A．why B．how C．if D．when
A．corners B．parts C．sides D．pockets
A．for B．on C．behind D．in
A．pick up B．look for C．think about D．set up
A．noticed B．said C．meant D．wrote
A．young B．old C．disabled D．rich
A．sadly B．easily C．slowly D．bravely
A．house B．park C．street D．garden
A．get B．rush C．pull D．fall
A．angry B．pleased C．disappointed D．surprised
A．floor B．door C．board D．car
A．enjoying B．disliking C．finding D．hiding
A．money B．thanks C．invitations D．help
A．carefulness B．teaching C．understanding D．kindness
A．them B．it C．him D．those
A．suddenly B．worriedly C．calmly D．sincerely
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Once upon a time, there lived many doves (鸽子) in the jungle. One day they went out in search of food. They flew long distances 1 did not get anything to eat. All of them were now completely 2.
A young dove asked the King Dove, “Your Majesty(陛下), please 3 us to take some rest.” The king replied, “Have 4, my dear young fellow. We shall 5 get something to eat very soon.”
The young dove started flapping(拍打) his wings with 6 and soon left everyone else behind. After some time, he 7 and spoke to others, “Hey, I see lots of 8 down there.”
Hearing this, all the doves started 9 the scattered (散落的) grains under a banyan tree. 10 the King Dove said, “It is too good to be true. There is something wrong. Don’t rush towards the grains. It may be a 11 . Some hunter must have laid a trap(陷阱).”
But the doves were extremely hungry. The 12 of the grains was too tempting (诱惑人的). Without giving a(n) 13 to the king’s advice, they swooped (突然下降) down and started eating the grains. After having a big 14, they tried to fly away only to 15 that they were caught in a net.
The King Dove said, “I told you before that it is a trick of some hunter.”
All of them felt ashamed and 16 . One of them said to the King Dove, “Oh, Your Majesty, please save us.”
So the King Dove said, “All of you must try to fly with the 17 at the same time and in the same 18, all of you.”
Just then they saw a(n) 19 show up. The King Dove said, “Now all of you, fly together.”
So all the doves flapped their wings together and flew with the net. The hunter stood shocked. He couldn’t 20 what he had just seen.
A．but B．and C．so D．however
A．excited B．surprised C．tired D．embarrassed
A．let B．leave C．permit D．accept
A．rest B．courage C．luck D．belief
A．slowly B．perhaps C．possibly D．surely
A．surprise B．pleasure C．force D．anger
A．turned down B．turned back C．held back D．held down
A．persons B．hunters C．plants D．grains
A．rushing towards B．looking for C．picking up D．dropping down
A．Gladly B．Amazedly C．Hardly D．Suddenly
A．magic B．trick C．dream D．mistake
A．color B．smell C．view D．sight
A．sound B．thought C．idea D．care
A．meeting B．discussion C．meal D．break
A．appreciate B．understand C．realize D．concern
A．pleased B．scared C．full D．sick
A．food B．king C．net D．wing
A．way B．place C．circle D．direction
A．hunter B．guide C．adult D．child
A．believe B．remember C．tell D．catch
This story happened after the First World War. A French soldier named Frank returned to his hometown after the war.___41___he had been disabled in the war, he could hardly do anything. So before long he became very___42___.
Every year the former___43___ in the town would hold a party.Once the party was held in Bill’s house.Since he had become a rich man,he___44___the other soldiers with a lot of good wine and tasty food. At the party,Bill was so glad that he took out a big gold ___45___he had collected to___46___them. The coin was passed around.They talked and laughed.___47___,most of them got drunk and the gold coin was soon___48___. When Bill remembered the gold coin,he found it was___49___.Everybody helped to___50___the coin in the room,but they___51___.At that time,someone___52___that everyone in the room be searched.Everyone else___53___except Frank.”I’m not a___54___,why should I be searched?” Then he went out of Bill’s house.Since then people believed that it was Frank___55___had stolen the gold coin.Frank was looked down upon from then on.All the people in the town___56___from him.
Several years later,when Bill repaired his house,he___57___to find the gold coin in a crack of the floor.He hurried to Frank’s house to tell him about it and he___58___to Frank.Then he asked Frank,”But why didn’t you___59___to be searched at the time?”Hearing this Frank’s face turned red.”Because… my ___60___was full of bread and chicken that I had taken from your table and would carry home for my hungry wife and children.”
A．But B．And C．Because D．Or
A．rich B．strong C．stupid D．poor
A．soldiers B．farmers C．businessmen D．workers
A．gave B．brought C．offered D．provided
A．pen B．watch C．coin D．bowl
A．give B．show C．enjoy D．interest
A．Late B．Lately C．Later D．Latest
A．found B．kept C．forgotten D．seen
A．missing B．broken C．wrong D．false
A．look at B．look after C．look for D．look out
A．won B．defeated C．failed D．succeeded
A．said B．thought C．held D．suggested
A．spoke B．agreed C．refused D．wondered
A．thief B．soldier C．woman D．guest
A．whom B．which C．that D．he
A．kept away B．kept out C．kept up D．kept on
A．hoped B．seemed C．wanted D．happened
A．spoke B．liked C．apologized D．went
A．need B．allow C．stop D．refuse
A．hand B．pocket C．car D．mouth
I believe the best heroes are often the ones who haven’t been publicly recognized. They’re someone’s hero just by living their life as 36, not necessarily struggling for anything particular outside of survival. They’re everyday ordinary people.
37, my greatest hero without doubt isn’t a famous person or someone who has a rags-to-riches (白手起家的) story. In fact, this person isn’t a 38 at all, but a heroine: my mother, who has been my greatest source of inspiration（鼓舞）.
A brief glance (一瞥) into this 39 woman’s life makes it clear. My mother was married to a man who drank like a fish almost every day. As Mother 40 to us later in life, she simply didn’t want us to be 41 by my father. So, one day she packed her seven kids into an old wagon (马车), and headed back down south to Montgomery, Alabama.
At five foot three, she was a black lady with a small figure, with no college education. She did whatever she had to do to 42 as a single(单身的) parent and to successfully 43 all her children to adulthood.
By high school I had started to 44 my mother had achieved something 45 as a single parent. Then, when I was seventeen years old, I signed up(报名) for the Marine Corps. The day I 46 for basic training, my mother told me, a very thin and nervous black kid, four 47 words: “Just do your best.” That 48 may be a cliché (套话), but coming from her , it has given me a lifetime of powerful inspiration.
I’ve had my 49 of ups and downs in my life. Whenever meeting with any difficulty, I would 50 to myself, “If Mother overcame her challenges, I have no 51 not to do the same.” 52 I grew, I admired her for what she had achieved.
I graduated from community college with highest 53, and now I’m a student at Columbia University. Every step of the 54, I’ve been encouraged by the inspiration of my mother — my heroine. I’ve never 55. I’ve tried to do my best.
A．much B．usual C．well D．active
A．Indeed B．Otherwise C．Therefore D．Altogether
A．hero B．model C．heroine D．example
A．educated B．famous C．generous D．unusual
A．explained B．replied C．devoted D．responded
A．employed B．fooled C．influenced D．missed
A．escape B．survive C．hide D．recover
A．raise B．add C．enrich D．attract
A．believe B．imagine C．determine D．realize
A．exciting B．interesting C．tiring D．amazing
A．waited B．returned C．left D．came
A．honest B．simple C．useless D．extra
A．answer B．praise C．expression D．encouragement
A．movement B．experiences C．origin D．advantage
A．think B．lie C．react D．object
A．demand B．ability C．cause D．excuse
A．As B．Though C．Unless D．Before
A．honors B．flame C．pressure D．purpose
A．escape B．danger C．way D．hope
A．appeared B．stopped C．knocked D．glanced
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