Tom is the son of a farm owner. One New Year's Day, when he was 15, his father him to work on the farm for one year when he was free. Tom was with his father's idea. "That isn't my job. I have too much school work to do. " Hearing this, his father said, "I promise (许诺) to give you the best present you can finish one year's work. " Tom thought for a while and .
Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and worked until evening, just like any other . Time passed quickly. Tom's crops (庄稼) grew well. On the last day of the year, the father called his son to him."I'm happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole ," said the father. "Now, tell me you want."
The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread made from his wheat (小麦). "I've already got the present. No pains, no gains. I think this is what you wanted me to ." His father was quite pleased to hear that.A. asked B. invited C. promised
A. pleased B. unhappy C. excited
A. Unless B. because C. if
A. refused B. answered C. agreed
A. slowly B. hard C. easily
A. student B. son C. farmer
A. month B. year C. day
A. what B. where C. how
A. smallest B. worst C. best
A. know B. take C. decide
Is money everything? At present some people think that is everything. Some of them even their lives for it. Money has its most useful on the poor, but once a person has a rich life, a lot more money doesn't mean more .
If money was , all millionaires would have true love, true friendship, good health and a long life. , this is not always true.
Nothing else is more than the three words “I love you”. But can be bought？I’m afraid not. Love means to give, not to take. To every person, health and long life are the most valuable things. Well, can health and a long life be bought with money? The answer is “No”.
Of all the longest living people in the world, of them are millionaires. True friendship can't be bought . Many other things be bought with money: knowledge, life and happiness and so on. Just think, if a person these things at all, is the money still useful? No matter how much money you have, it is still not enough you a happy person if you have no one to laugh , no one to cry for. Now, do you think money is everything?
A．time B．health C．friend D．money
A．lose B．like C．save D．affect
A．affect B．effect C．effort D．influence
A．stress B．sadness C．happiness D．problems
A．something B．anything C．nothing D．everything
A．If B．But C．While D．However
A．polite B．generous C．pleasant D．boring
A．life B．love C．health D．friends
A．probably B．perhaps C．maybe D．impossible
A．all B．few C．each D．none
A．also B．too C．yet D．either
A．cannot B．mustn’t C．needn’t D．shouldn’t
A．has B．doesn’t have C．will have D．won’t have
A．make B．makes C．to make D．making
A．at B．to C．for D．with
When I was a teenager growing up in France, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could this was to work in the local paper factory in my town, or get married. I was very nervous when I told my I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, “ You are going to college.” I was very when he said, “OK. Let’s go to the paper factory.”
Two days later, took me to the factory. I imagined everyone to be friends, together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I I had watched too many movies as a teenager.
When we the factory gate, my father spoke to the guard(门卫) and one minute later we were . I walked around the factory looking at the building, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was . I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”
He asked me, “What do you think of the ?”
“Too bad,” I answered.
“And marriage is even !” he said.
I went back to school the next day thinking about studying hard I could get into a good college. I studying English so I decided to major in(主修) languages at college. Thanks to my father and our to the paper factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!
A．say B．do C．receive D．find
A．teacher B．friend C．father D．husband
A．Yes! B．No! C．Really? D．OK?
A．angry B．tired C．nervous D．surprised
A．he B．she C．it D．they
A．working B．studying C．singing D．farming
A．guess B．mean C．say D．hope
A．looked at B．returned to C．arrived at D．left for
A．outside B．inside C．back D．away
A．terrible B．wonderful C．funny D．special
A．workers B．guard C．building D．factory
A．better B．harder C．worse D．easier
A．but B．if C．so that D．such that
A．enjoyed B．stopped C．disliked D．minded
A．way B．idea C．plan D．visit
China is the home of tea. It more than 4,000 years of history. People in China drink tea daily. the three major drinks ----tea, coffee and cocoa（可口茶）, tea is drunk by people in the world. Over a thousand years ago, tea from China, silk and porcelain(陶瓷), began to be known by the world and has been important .
Tea leaves mainly in the area south of the Yangtze River, in the provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian, because of the mild(暖和的) and rich soil there. Longjing, Wulong, Pu’er and Tieguanyin are all tea.
Over the past centuries, Chinese people their unique（独特的）tea culture, which includes tea planting, tea-leaf picking, tea making, tea drinking and so on. Tea is a popular topic which is often mentioned in dances, songs, poems and novels.A. have B. has C.is
A. Of B. For C.In
A. the number of B. a number of C.the largest number of
A. with B. between C.except
A. at that time B. from now on C.from then on
A. produce B. are produced C.were produced
A. climate B. condition C.environment
A. interesting B. necessary C. famous
A. had developed B. have developed C. developed
A. too B. as well C. also
One night, I was sitting in my kitchen half listening as my 15-year-old brother Tommy fought with my 12-year-old brother Kevin. I didn’t pay attention when Kevin rushed up the stairs with the hurt on his face.
About 20minutes later, as I was walking upstairs I heard Kevin crying inside the ____. I knocked on the door and asked, “Hey Kev, do you want to talk?” No answer. I tried again, “Hey, why don’t you come out of there?” Again, no answer. So I took a stack of（一堆） cards and a pencil and wrote, “If you don’t want to ______, we can write notes to each other.”
An hour later I was _______ sitting on the floor outside the bathroom with two stacks of cards in front of me. One was blank(空白的) and the other was cards _____Kevin on which he had translated all his unpleasant feelings into words for me.______ I read one of Kevin’s notes, tears came to my eyes. It said, “______ in this family cares about me, I’m not clever. Tommy thinks I’m a fool and Dad wishes he had the other Kevin as a kid because he’s better at basketball. And you’re never around to even ___ me.”
Tears came to my eyes as I wrote back to him. It was ______what he had said about me. I wrote back, “You know Kev, I really do love you and I’m sorry I don’t always show it to you. I am here for you and you are _____ in this family.”
There was no answer for a while, but then I heard a tearing sound coming from inside the bathroom. Kevin, who had _____ cards wrote on a torn-up(撕毁的) paper cup, “Thanks.”
I wrote back “For what?” It returned to me with “loving me” written on it. Since then, I try my best to ____ half notice my family members any more. Kevin and I have a closer _____ now, and sometimes when one of us notices that the other is upset we’ll smile and say “Write it on a paper cup.”
A．kitchen B．study C．bedroom D．bathroom
A．talk B．listen C．know D． see
A．again B．surely C．still D．angrily
A．for B．from C．about D．of
A．Because B．Though C．So D． As
A．Nobody B．Anybody C．Somebody D．Everybody
A．call B．praise C．help D．notice
A．strange B．true C．funny D．wrong
A．understood B．proved C．loved D．protected
A．played with B．searched for C．looked forward to D．run out of
A．never B．ever C．only D．yet
A．friendship B．connection C．relationship D．touch
Do you often communicate with your parents? Some parents are always comparing their with themselves when they were young or with other people when they were children.
"When I was your age," a father said to his sixteen-year-old son one day, "I was at the top of my class every year. And I what I wanted to do when I left school. I had goals (目标). You are always at the bottom (最后) of your class you have no goals."
The man's son said nothing. He had already heard this from his father many times. "And when your mother was your age, " the young man's father , " she had a good job and she lots of money. You don't even have a part-time job .You earn nothing. " The man's son still said nothing. He had heard this before, too. "
And when your brother was your age, "the young man's father said, "he studied hard. But you just waste your time."
And the man's son still said nothing.
Finally, the young man's father said, "And when Abraham Lincoln was your age, he worked all day and studied at night."
This time the son stay silent. "
And when Abraham Lincoln was your age, father," he said, "He was the President of United States. are you?"
His father had no answer this.
Are your parents always comparing you with others? And what's your reply? Do you have a better way to communicate with each other?
A．children B．students C．teachers D．friends
A．know B．knew C．will know D．have known
A．although B．or C．and D．but
A．went away B．went over C．went up D．went on
A．won B．made C．received D．gave
A．old B．young C．older D．elder
A．can B．can't C．could D．couldn't
A．a B．an C．the D．/
A．What B．How C．Where D．Who
A．to B．with C．of D．on
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