Until last year, the saddest thing of my life was that my wife Alice and I couldn’ t have any children. So we always all the children in our street to our house for Christmas breakfast.
Last year, Alice died. I was very and decided not to invite the children for Christmas breakfast. But Kathy and Peter, my next door neighbors, asked me to them for dinner on Christmas Eve.
As soon as I arrived, Kathy asked me, “Do you have any milk at your house?”
“Yes,” I replied. “ you need some, I’ll go and get it right away.”
“Oh, that’s all right. Come and sit down. Just give Peter your and let him do it.”
After a happy dinner with them, I went home. When I opened my door, I found my house had been decorated by Peter! It was just as as each Christmas before. At that moment, I wished that I could still the Christmas breakfast, but I had made no preparations.
Early the next morning, a little boy with a bag of candies my bell. Before I could ask him what was , he was joining by two of his friends. Within fifteen minutes, my house was full of , and I had all the food I needed. I had a happy breakfast with the children again.
A．took B．invited C．sent D．led
A．happy B．lazy C．sad D．poor
A．help B．join C．pay D．meet
A．Unless B．As C．Since D．If
A．money B．milk C．keys D．things
A．beautiful B．dirty C．colorless D．empty
A．buy B．enjoy C．sell D．serve
A．rang B．answered C．required D．painted
A．boiling B．ending C．singing D．happening
A．gifts B．children C．flowers D．candies
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Erik was a fourteen-year-old boy. He thought he was a young man but his parents didn't think so. They told him, "When you begin to think about others, you'll be a young man." One morning, his parents gave Erik money to buy hamburgers at a store. He saw an old man there. The man looked very . Erik went up to him and found that the old man had lost his money and hadn't had for his breakfast. Erik took the old man to the nearest restaurant. But the man ordered only a glass of water for . Erik felt sorry for him, so he asked the waiter to the man some bread and a cup of coffee. The old man was so that he ate up all the food very soon. After that, the man told Erik that he would never forget kindness. Erik was very pleased when he heard the old man say, "You are a very good young man." their surprise, the food was a present because day was the birthday of the boss.
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Jack is my good friend. We are in the same and we’re in the same class, too. He is twelve years old, and I’m thirteen years old. His parents are both teachers in a middle school.
Jack is a good . In the school, he studies very hard. His is very good. He often helps other students with their English. Our teacher likes him we like him, too. After school, we play football and basketball sometimes.
Every day, he early in the morning. Then he reads English for thirty minutes. After breakfast, we go to school together by bus. In the evening, he does his at home. Then he often________football games on TV. On Sundays, he goes out to play with his parents. are in a park and do sports there. Sometimes my father also takes me to the on weekends. We can meet them and then we do sports and play together. We are happy.
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完形填空,阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
One day, a teacher was speaking to a group of students about how to make use of time. He gave such an interesting example that his students would never .
He put a wide-mouth jar (罐子) on the table. Then he some rocks and carefully put them into the jar, one at a time. When rocks would fit inside, he , “Is this jar full?”
Everyone in class shouted, “Yes.” “Really?” The teacher pulled out a bag of small stones. He put small stones in and shook the jar. The small stones went into the spaces between the big rocks. He then asked the group ，“Is this jar full?”
“Probably not,” one of them answered. “Good!” the teacher replied. He brought out a box of sand and some sand into the jar and it went between the rocks and small stones. Again he asked the question, “Is this jar full?
“No,” the class shouted. Again the teacher said, “Good.” He poured a cup of water into the jar it was full. Then he asked, “What is the point (要点) here?” One student his hand and said, “The point is that if you try really hard, you can put more things in.”
“No,” the teacher answered,“That’s not the . What I want to tell you is that if you don’t put the big rocks in first, you will never get others in at all. are the “big rocks” in your life? Time with your friends, your education or your dreams? Remember to put the in first, or you’ll never get others in at all."
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完形填空,阅读下面短文，然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Several years ago I noticed something strange：people seemed to be smiling at me more often．____, during my young adult years people had never smiled at me that much．They would look at me for only a second and move away their____ altogether．Once in a while they would nod or say “hi” to me but more often they said______ at all．
All that seemed to______ as I got older, though．For some ______ reason people were suddenly greeting me with a ______smile when I walked ___________ them. Their eyes seemed to ______ up brightly when they said “hello” to me and many times they would even______ to chat happily with me for a few minutes．At first I didn’t know what had happened to me. Had the whole world suddenly gotten kinder without___ ____me?
Then one day when I was walking alone in a store，the _______came to me．At that moment I walked by a display of _____ and saw that I had the______expression on my face．I had been smiling without even knowing it．All of a sudden，I _____that I was the one who had really changed. I had grown so much in love and joy. And it was the light shining from my own soul that others reflected(反射) back to me， We are all mirrors in this life. May you reflect every kindness and joy that you see in this world．And may your own soul always ______brightly as well．Thus you will always be happy．
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The United States is full of automobiles (机动车). There are still many families without cars. But some families have two or more cars. However, cars are used for more than pleasure. They are a part of life.
Cars are used for . They are driven to offices and factories by workers who have no other way to their jobs. When salesmen are sent to parts of the city, they have to drive in order to their products. Farmers have to drive into the city in order to shop for hecessities.
Sometimes, small children must be driven to . In some cities, school buses are used only when children more than a mile from the school. When the children are too to walk that far, their parents take to drive them to school. One drives on Mondays, taking her children and the neighbors' children as well. Another mother drives on Tuesdays, another on Wednesdays and so on. This is forming a car pool (拼车). Working people also form car pools, with three or four people taking turns to drive to the place they work. More car pools should be formed in order to put cars on the road and to use less oil. is a great problem, and so is the traffic in and around cities. Too many cars are being driven. Something should be done about the use of cars.
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