What a busy day! The three boys were fed, bathed and changed into their nightclothes. Mary had them a story and finally they were asleep. “Babysitting (照看) the three boys aged eight, six and four is extremely ,” she thought.
“Sleep,” she considered, “if only I could!” But she had difficult homework to complete. Leaning back, she her feet onto the sofa to get comfortable. Whoever said babysitting was a(n) way to make money obviously hadn’t met the three boys, she thought. The television was on, the room was warm, and the lights were dim. Mary’s felt heavier and heavier. I mustn’t sleep, she thought—which was what she did, of course.
Strangely enough, she soon that she was a world-famous chef（主厨）. She made a and wore diamonds and designer clothes. Most days she relaxed by the pool, meeting the rich and famous or —her favorite hobby. She took the leading role in her own TV show.
That is, until she became too . “I am definitely the best in the world,” she thought, as she prepared a tasty chicken dish. But seemed to go right. She spilt the flour, she dropped an egg and she cut her finger. Despite all the troubles, she to get the chicken into the stove. Soon, smoke blanted the room. The children was on fire. set in, but Mary could not run—she was to the spot. She tired hard to move, but could not, a sharp sound awoke her.
She got shocked and confused— was pouring from the kitchen. Rushing to investigate, she was met by three little faces and some very burnt bread. “Sorry, we were hungry and you were , so we tried to make some bread.” explained a boy. Relieved, Mary de them a snack and sent them back to bed. She them never to fall asleep on the job again!
A．given B．written C．told D．taught
A．successful B．helpful C．tiring D．surprising
A．shook B．put C．bent D．kept
A．difficult B．boring C．important D．easy
A．eyes B．mind C．heart D．legs
A．nicely B．exactly C．curiously D．carelessly
A．realized B．reminded C．learned D．dreamt
A．decision B．fortune C．business D．plan
A．sleeping B．reading C．running D．babysitting
A．just B．ever C．even D．only
A．selfish B．proud C．stubborn D．sensitive
A．everything B．something C．anything D．nothing
A．tired B．arranged C．managed D．prepared
A．Panic B．Pain C．Noise D．Stress
A．frozen B．dragged C．pushed D．brought
A．because B．until C．as D．unless
A．smoke B．light C．water D．fire
A．cheerful B．strange C．guilty D．confident
A．busy B．hungry C．worried D．asleep
A．promised B．allowed C．expected D．persuaded
My First Trip in the United States
I still remember my first day in the U. S. very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane at Kennedy Airport at three o'clock in the afternoon. The weather was very and it was snowing, but I was too excited to . From the airport, my friend and I took a taxi to my . On the way, I saw the skyline of Manhattan for the time and I looked in surprise at the famous skyscrapers (摩天大楼) and their man-made . me unpack at the hotel, my friend left and promised to return the next day.
my friend had left, I went to a near the hotel to get something . Since I couldn't speak a single word of English, I couldn't tell the what I wanted. I was very worried and started to make some , but he didn't understand me. Finally, I ordered the thing as the man at the next table was . After dinner, I started to walk along Broadway I came to Times Square with its theatres, neon lights, and crowds of people. I did not feel tired, so I to walk around the city. I wanted to see on my first day, although I knew it was impossible.
When I returned to the hotel, I couldn't fall asleep, lay and thought about New York. It was a very big and amazing city with many high-rise buildings and streams of cars, and full of and busy people. I also decided right then that I had to learn to .
A．took off B．landed C．dropped D．reached
A．hot B．warm C．cold D．cool
A．look B．listen C．enjoy D．mind
A．home B．hotel C．office D．school
A．first B．one C．last D．only
A．satellites B．lakes C．beauty D．parks
A．Helped B．Helping C．Had helped D．Being helped
A．Before long B．Shortly after C．Soon D．Then
A．restaurant B．shop C．supermarket D．pub
A．to drink B．to read C．to eat D．to listen
A．boss B．cook C．waiter D．waitress
A．voices B．suggestions C．sounds D．gestures
A．similar B．different C．same D．right
A．looking B．ordering C．picking D．eating
A．until B．when C．before D．after
A．tired B．stopped C．determined D．continued
A．anything B．everything C．something D．some things
A．asleep B．awake C．afraid D．alive
A．noise B．voices C．streets D．places
A．drive a car B．cook meals C．teach Chinese D．speak English
Not long ago I wasn't doing very well in exams and I was full of disappointment and thinking. While on the Internet, I met many new friends, but one in particular . His nickname is Colorful Day, and we on the web. He told me he lost his at age 15 and felt the whole world had closed its door to him.
He was so fast that I couldn't believe he was blind! But he continued to ，“ Five years ago, I realized it was time to change my life. I had read about Helen Keller and understood her life . So I developed a website about her life mine called "Three Days to See".
I visited his website which was well produced and vividly .
I asked, "How did you to build such a website?" He said, "Thanks to the new technology, I can use software specially for the blind. I point the cursor (光标), it will just read it out to me. We can do far more things and more information than we could before. "
I then asked, "Didn't you have great difficulty with it?" He hesitated and then began his with a smiling face, "Yes, but I have faith in myself to my colorful days. And modern technology gives me this medium and to do it. "
His attitude towards life made me believe that our destiny offers not the cup of despair, the chalice (高脚杯) of opportunity. I returned to my lessons, with a smile on my face and with of a colorful future.
The Internet, which opened to me to different lives and cultures, has a charm you can't find in another wise non-virtual world.
A．positive B．active C．negative D．instructive
A．turns out B．stands out C．comes out D．looks out
A．argued B．interviewed C．told D．chatted
A．eyesight B．hearing C．courage D．confidence
A．speaking B．saying C．typing D．spelling
A．follow B．write C．read D．copy
A．friendship B．marriage C．happiness D．hardship
A．as well as B．such as C．like D．as
A．offered B．presented C．delivered D．found
A．try B．come C．work D．manage
A．designed B．sold C．planned D．imagined
A．Whether B．However C．Whatever D．Wherever
A．send B．access C．communicate D．exchange
A．webpage B．speech C．words D．opinions
A．create B．produce C．recognize D．organize
A．moment B．change C．opportunity D．occasion
A．hopeful B．disappointed C．pleasant D．optimistic
A．but B．and C．so D．then
A．eagerness B．expectation C．richness D．nervousness
A．touch B．fell C．experience D．suffer
As a single mother, I had to do two jobs, which kept me very busy.
Two months ago, I went to a with Alice. Since I went out with her, she seemed very happy. Many parents were there with their children. I sat down on a bench, Alice playing with other children. About half an hour later, a man of about forty years old came and beside me. As I had to go back to work, I stood up and told Alice that we had to .
"Can I stay here a little longer?” Alice pleaded.
"No, we must go now, " I said, Alice just didn't move.
"Just ten more minutes, " she pleaded again, and I became .
"Go now, " I , and Alice started to cry. that, the man sitting on the stood up and came to us.
"Why don't you just let her ten more minutes?" he asked. Then he told me a . He used to be very busy, too. Every time his little son wanted to go out and play, he told him he was . One day, his son went out and played , and he didn't come back again—he was hit by a driver of a car. The father regretted what he had done to his son, but he never had the 31 to play with him again. Hearing the story, I . 1 knelt down and said to Alice, "OK, ten more minutes, and Mom will play you. "
is all about making priorities (优先). What are your priorities? Give someone you 35 ten more minutes of your time today.
A．park B．school C．sea D．cinema
A．sometimes B．often C．usually D．hardly
A．keeping B．hearing C．finding D．watching
A．got off B．sat down C．broke in D．turned up
A．go B．shop C．change D．eat
A．because B．as C．but D．so
A．sad B．pleased C．angry D．excited
A．whispered B．wished C．begged D．shouted
A．Knowing B．Seeing C．Hoping D．Thinking
A．ground B．chair C．bench D．stone
A．run B．play C．do D．laugh
A．story B．joke C．way D．lie
A．busy B．lonely C．boring D．ill
A．suddenly B．alone C．happily D．crazily
A．blind B．kind C．drunken D．good
A．energy B．interest C．heart D．chance
A．stayed up B．took part C．calmed down D．came back
A．behind B．with C．for D．under
A．Choice B．Joy C．Work D．Life
A．appreciate B．dislike C．admire D．love
Adventure is in my blood. And I had been considering how I was going to celebrate my high school graduation. I didn't just want a small in the backyard. I started thinking about doing a solo somewhere out of the ordinary. I took out and drew the 1, 500-mile route along which I would be from the northernmost point in Norway to the southernmost section of Sweden. When I my plans with my dad, he as I thought he would. Because I get my adventurous from him, he was all for it.
I had only been away from my three days now, but there was an inner going on inside of me. Part of me was homesick and doubting whether I could make it. The other part of me was ready to to myself and my family that I could do it by myself.
On the road, I met another who was quite a bit older than I was. He had started his journey by bike at the southern part of Norway and had just finished. I could tell he had a great sense of . It encouraged me not to .
As I listened to my artists on my MP4 player, I pedaled (踩踏板) with my feet. There was around me for miles. , that wasn't entirely true. There were mosquitoes一 millions of them. My arms were so dotted with that they looked like a topographical map (地形图). But, however it would be, nothing could stop my advance towards the destination. As you know, adventure is in my blood.
A．meeting B．party C．conversation D．lecture
A．flight B．interview C．trip D．performance
A．instructions B．maps C．magazines D．newspapers
A．walking B．biking C．flying D．running
A．shared B．compared C．prepared D．changed
A．left B．sighed C．agreed D．cried
A．stories B．hobbies C．skills D．spirits
A．home B．school C．hotel D．office
A．request B．activity C．battle D．discussion
A．certainly B．reasonably C．usually D．really
A．turn B．reply C．prove D．adapt
A．driver B．jogger C．bicyclis D．pilot
A．slowly B．alone C．patiently D．worriedly
A．humour B．direction C．satisfaction D．balance
A．calm down B．break down C．speed up D．give up
A．personal B．favourite C．professional D．successful
A．nobody B．everybody C．anything D．everything
A．Firstly B．Eventually C．Actually D．Fortunately
A．wounds B．cuts C．dots D．bites
A．boring B．difficult C．complex D．confusing
A friend of mine met with an accident driving in darkness. His legs were so hurt that he couldn't move. What was the was that he found himself unable to ask for help—his mobile phone went out of as a result of exhausted (用尽的) battery. Nothing could be done but ____ _ in cold wilderness. It was 8 hours later that day broke, and then the of the rescue.
It was almost that he could stand the horror in the darkness for so long. Even more surprising was his : "First of all I checked up my conditions and found myself not in deadly danger. As there was no to call for help, I leaned back in my seat trying my best to keep the wound from . In this way I dozed (打吨) off. "
His story put an end to my regret for the of an exploration adventure that happened last year. A group of young men to explore a mountain cave and got lost. to find a way out in the dark cave, they were frightened and ran anxiously without a sense of . Finally they fell dead in fear and exhaustion. According to the people that found them, the place where they got lost was only about 10 meters away from the of the cave. If they stayed on the spot when they lost their way and tried to themselves, they would probably sense a faint light flashing not far away.
Don't you think that you can compare it with itself? When you meet with difficulties in life, you are lost in darkness. you that it's unclear yet and you needn't put up sniggle . It seems to be a negative (消极的) attitude, a person who can do so must have foresight as well as great courage in the first place.
A．hopeless B．worst C．more D．best
A．contract B．way C．control D．work
A．cry B．lie C．wait D．sleep
A．delay B．success C．team D．arrival
A．untrue B．unimaginable C．possible D．useless
A．plan B．decision C．explanation D．excuse
A．physical B．mental C．working D．medical
A．method B．way C．tool D．strength
A．rotting B．spreading C．bleeding D．running
A．loss B．failure C．disappointment D．sadness
A．had B．managed C．tried D．planned
A．Willing B．Unable C．Determine D．Deciding
A．hearing B．sight C．feeling D．direction
A．rescue B．village C．local D．brave
A．end B．top C．opening D．side
A．save B．help C．stop D．calm
A．adventure B．work C．life D．mankind
A．Mind B．Watch C．Imagine D．Warn
A．really B．immediately C．carefully D．hopefully
A．and B．so C．but D．while
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