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You have probably heard of homing pigeons，which usually appeared in wars.From 3000 B．C.to the present，homing pigeons have ____ as postmen.They have been especially useful for carrying messages ____ wars.The telegraph is not ____ to carry about.Sometimes only the little pigeon can take a message where it ought to go.
In 1870，when the Prussians surrounded the city of Paris，the city was cut off from all the ____ means of communication.The people ____ many different ways of sending news.One way was to let go small balloons carrying mail.____ of course，they only drifted (漂) ____ the wind carried them.Often they landed inside the enemy’s lines.Even balloons large enough to carry a pilot could hardly be ____ controlled.
It was pigeons that in the end solved the ____.Homing pigeons were brought into the city.Soon they were carrying letters far and wide.The enemy brought ____ to catch pigeons，but the little postmen could fly faster than their ____.Strangely enough，pigeons played an important ____ in war.
During the First World War every army unit had a group of pigeons ____.Many of them were ____.Among them was an American pigeon with a French name Cher Ami，which meant“dear friend”．A group of US soldiers were surrounded by the enemy.They had no food and no bullets.They nearly died of ____.There was little hope for them.Cher Ami made his way ____ the bullets and succeeded.At once planes ____ to drop food and ammunition (军火) to them.With their strength ____，the soldiers fought back to their own army and got saved.
____ can pigeons carry the message？There were various methods.Usually the message is put into a little glass tube.The tube is tied to the leg or hidden under ____ or hung around the neck.
A．considered B．served C．regarded D．made
A．in favour of B．in need of C．during D．in time of
A．easy B．difficult C．necessary D．important
A．present B．past C．usual D．ordinary
A．used B．did C．tried D．managed
A．And B．Though C．Since D．But
A．which B．that C．to which D．where
A．well B．rather C．only D．just
A．questions B．situation C．problem D．thing
A．dogs B．soldiers C．planes D．hawks
A．enemies B．postmen C．balloons D．bullets
A．action B．part C．ball D．game
A．trained B．taught C．bought D．fed
A．killed B．sold C．honoured D．sent
A．the enemy B．hunger C．anger D．war
A．for B．to C．in D．through
A．landed B．found out C．set out D．set about
A．renewed B．arrived C．lost D．missing
A．Why B．How C．When D．Where
A．the head B．a body C．the foot D．a wing
Recently a Russian friend came to visit me. It was one of her lifelong dreams to visit London. She ______ at lunchtime and we ______ a tiring afternoon going round the Tower of London. ______, by 5 o’clock I couldn’t help ______ that she didn’t seem as enthusiastic as she had been ______. I asked if ______ was wrong and she said, “This is all very interesting but where is the ______ and where are the men in bowler hats (圆顶礼帽)? Why did everyone _____ to get on the bus at the bus stop instead of making a queue? It’s very ______ from the books I’ve read about England.”
Her______ made me think. It’s true that people don’t ______ much any more: nowadays you often find that everyone just jumps on the bus. Or maybe this is only in London. Also the idea of a man standing up and offering his______ to a woman on a train or bus is ______ these days, although my father still does it!
Speaking of the______: well, we all know that a hundred years ago there used to be fog all year round in London, but we______ have much fog; nowadays we have pollution from all the cars! Over the last few years in_____ London had been one of the hottest places in Europe, although we still get more than enough rain in the season.
What about the city men in their working “uniform”? Well, you can still see some city gentlemen in their smart ______ , but men hardly ever_____ bowler hats. A few things don’t ______, though. If you try to______ a conversation with an English person on the underground in London, she or he will probably look at you as if you were mad!
A．left B．went C．arrived D．returned
A．lost B．spent C．took D．wasted
A．However B．But C．So D．And
A．looking B．understanding C．watching D．noticing
A．earlier B．later C．recently D．usual
A．all B．everything C．nothing D．something
A．ticket B．picture C．fog D．uniform
A．wait B．pull C．back D．push
A．different B．similar C．familiar D．strange
A．notes B．records C．comments D．lists
A．stop B．queue C．stand D．wait
A．drink B．book C．seat D．bag
A．unusual B．polite C．different D．common
A．air B．weather C．pollution D．season
A．sooner or later B．no more C．no sooner D．no longer
A．autumn B．spring C．summer D．winter
A．dress B．suits C．jackets D．shirts
A．wear B．mend C．prepare D．buy
A．remain B．continue C．turn D．change
A．finish B．start C．stop D．break
Learning experiences happen to us throughout our lives. Not long ago, I had one that I would like to .
I was going to Marblehead with my sailboat team. The team was racing down the highway at 85 mph we realized we were . luckily, we saw a rest area ahead, I had a brand-new $20 bill. I was so because I had never had that kind of cash before. But spending it on seemed like throwing it away. We all rushed into the pizza line. I got a pizza and a drink, and walked to my table. About halfway through the meal, I I had not actually handed my money to the cashier. I had just out, and nobody had noticed．I felt terrible. My conscience(良心) opened its mouth and swallowed me in one big bite. I couldn’t over it. I just couldn’t go back to the cashier and for my stolen pizza．—-I was so upset that I to give myself the pleasure of an ice cream in that someone would say, “Hey, Jeff, why don’t you use the change the pizza instead of that nice , new $20 bill? I was so of my cash now.
For the next two years, whenever I was of the “pizza incident”, I would say to myself, “Don’t think about it.”
I have learned two things from this . maybe I was a fool for in to my conscience , and being too stupid to appreciate a pizza．But the real lesson is that even if you get away from what you have done, your conscience will up with you.
This reflects(反映) the saying, “A coward(懦夫) dies a thousand deaths, a hero dies one.” I was a coward and have felt terrible about that accident at least a thousand times. If I had been a “ ” and gone back to pay for the pizza, I would have felt a little uncomfortable about it only once, or maybe twice.
A．say B．spare C．share D．explain
A．as B．while C．then D．when
A．lost B．tired C．hungry D．anxious
A．excited B．eager C．satisfied D．encouraged
A．rest B．food C．travel D．drink
A．Luckily B．Finally C．Actually D．immediately
A．thought B．Recognized C．noticed D．realized
A．walked B．left C．worked D．found
A．look B．get C．turn D．think
A．ask B．pay C．apologize D．send
A．refused B．wanted C．hoped D．meant
A．hope B．surprise C．anger D．fear
A．into B．with C．for D．from
A．sure B．upset C．proud D．pleased
A．warned B．reminded C．thought D．told
A．story B．experiment C．Experience D．mistake
A．turning B．taking C．handing D．giving
A．free B．cheap C．plain D．delicious
A．make B．Wake C．catch D．put
A．coward B．fool C．loser D．Hero
Michael Greenberg is a very popular New Yorker. He is not famous in sports or the arts. But people in the streets him, especially those who are .
For those people, he is "Gloves" Greenberg. How did he get that ? He looks like any other businessman, wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase (公文箱). But he's _. His briefcase always has some gloves.
In winter, Mr. Greenberg does not like other New Yorkers, who just look at the sidewalk and the street. He looks around at . He stops when he someone with no gloves. He gives them a pair and then he , looking for more people with cold .
On winter days, Mr. Greenberg gloves. During the rest of the year, he gloves. People who have heard about him him gloves, and he has many in his apartment.
Mr. Greenberg doing this 21 years ago. Now, many poor New Yorkers know him and his behavior. But people who don't know him are sometimes him. They don't realize that he just wants to make them .
It runs in the . Michael's father always helped the poor as he believed it made everyone happier. Michael Greenberg feels the . A pair of gloves may be a thing, but it can make a big difference in winter.
A．learn from B．know about C．look down upon D．look after
A．old B．poor C．kind D．busy
A．job B．chance C．name D．message
A．calm B．crazy C．different D．curious
A．feel B．sound C．act D．dress
A．cross over B．drive along C．keep off D．hurry down
A．people B．cars C．street numbers D．traffic lights
A．sees B．chooses C．greets D．helps
A．holds up B．moves on C．hangs out D．turns around
A．eyes B．ears C．faces D．hands
A．searches for B．gives away C．stores up D．puts on
A．buys B．steals C．returns D．borrows
A．call B．send C．lend D．show
A．began B．remembered C．delayed D．enjoyed
A．study B．dislike C．understand D．excuse
A．sorry for B．satisfied with C．proud of D．surprised by
A．smart B．happy C．special D．rich
A．family B．city C．neighborhood D．company
A．honor B．pain C．same D．cold
A．small B．useful C．delightful D．comforting
At the age of sixteen, I joined a volunteer group with my dad. After we arrived, we “our family”was living in a trailer(拖车) that was in condition. A crew had been working on it for two weeks, every time they finished one problem, another surfaced.
We decided the only reasonable was to build a new house-something unusual but under these circumstances. The family was with their new house.
While we ate lunch together, I asked the family’s three boys, Josh, Eric and Ryan,“What do you want for your new ?”we were when Josh responded,“I just want a bed.”
The boys had slept in a bed! They were accustomed to plastic mats. we decided beds would be the perfect . A few volunteers drove to the nearest city and beds and new bedding.
When we saw the delivery truck coming, we told the family about the . We could hardly ourselves. It was like watching children on Christmas morning.
As we the frames of the beds together, Eric ran into the house to us. As my father slipped a pillowcase (枕套) onto one of the pillows, Eric asked,
“What is that?”
“A pillow,”he replied.
“What do you it?”Eric continued to ask.
“When you go to sleep, you put your on it,”I answered softly. Tears came to our eyes as he handed Eric the pillow. “Oh . . . that’s soft,”he said, it tightly.
Now, when my sister or I start to ask for something that seems urgent, my Dad gently asks,“Do you have a pillow?”We know exactly what he .
A．imagined B．discovered C．supposed D．required
A．bright B．strange C．perfect D．poor
A．but B．for C．so D．once
A．effort B．purpose C．solution D．treatment
A．amazing B．expensive C．rare D．necessary
A．careful B．patient C．thrilled D．nervous
A．kitchen B．pool C．room D．family
A．upset B．glad C．disappointed D．shocked
A．still B．just C．never D．seldom
A．award B．gift C．lesson D．target
A．bought B．made C．rent D．returned
A．program B．journey C．opportunity D．surprise
A．contain B．believe C．feel D．express
A．awkward B．confused C．excited D．restless
A．fitted B．moved C．tied D．replaced
A．amuse B．guide C．inform D．watch
A．do with B．come with C．try on D．begin with
A．body B．head C．back D．hands
A．waving B．hugging C．pushing D．pulling
A．explains B．means C．proves D．reflects
What’s your dream? I remember when I was a child, someone would always come up and ask, “What are you going to be when you grow up ?
Well, it started out as being a cowboy or super hero. Later it was a fireman or an artist. My dreams of the future ______ as I grew older. When, at last , I was in college, I had my heart set on becoming a computer programmer. So I studied and ______ for that life.
Now, I’m designing software full-time and I’m ____ that I’ve realized my dream. _____, there’s a “thief” which goes around stealing our dreams and _____ us of the necessary mental state to _____ our goals. Sometimes, it will come as a parent, a friend or a co-worker, but the ______ one is just ourselves.
We find ourselves just about reaching the pinnacle(顶点), and this “small” voice says, “ You’ll never _____ it. Very few have ever done this ______.” And on and on the “small” voice predicts some kind of _______.
Failure, though, is exactly how dreams are realized. It is one of the most important tools we have ____ it teaches us good lessons. And, when we learn these lessons well, we are ready for success, ______ is probably just around the corner.
There is no “overnight” success, but with perseverance(毅力), it will ______.
So be _____ to your dream, and don’t let anyone _____ it from you—especially yourself.
A．achieved B．disappeared C．changed D．combined
A．asked B．looked C．prepared D．waited
A．shocked B．curious C．puzzled D．content
A．However B．Therefore C．Besides D．Finally
A．reminding B．ridding C．robbing D．informing
A．record B．find C．set D．reach
A．cleverest B．greatest C．strangest D．bravest
A．make B．understand C．find D．support
A．successfully B．sincerely C．bravely D．happily
A．pity B．danger C．failure D．accident
A．when B．because C．before D．although
A．what B．which C．that D．it
A．develop B．stay C．come D．return
A．equal B．useful C．true D．polite
A．borrow B．steal C．separate D．expect
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