An 8-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother Andrew. All she knew was that he was very and they had no money. Only a very expensive operation could him.
One morning, the girl heard her father say to her mother: “Only a miracle(奇迹) can save Andrew now.” The girl went to her bedroom, collected all of her money and counted it . She hurried to a drugstore.
“How can I help you?” asked the salesman.
“I want to buy a miracle,” the girl answered. “My brother has something growing inside his head. My daddy says only a miracle can save him. So how much does a miracle
?”
“We don’t sell miracles here, my dear. I’m so sorry,” the salesman said .
“What kind of a miracle does your brother need?” asked a well-dressed man standing nearby.
“I don’t know,” she answered. “He’s really sick and needs an operation in his head. So I all my money.”
“ do you have?” asked the man.
“$1.11,” she answered, “ but I can try and get some more.” She said again and again.
“Well, what luck,” said the man. “$1.11 is the of a miracle. Let’s go to see your brother.”
That man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a famous brain doctor. The operation was and it wasn’t long before Andrew was well again. Sometimes miracles do happen.
A．happy B．sick C．strong D．funny
A．save B．take C．make D．use
A．carefully B．early C．really D．hardly
A．nice B．clean C．bad D．beautiful
A．spend B．take C．pay D．cost
A．happily B．wisely C．sadly D．easily
A．took B．brought C．put D．sent
A．How many B．How much C．How long D．How often
A．price B．power C．money D．prize
A．important B．expensive C．difficult D．successful
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All over the world men and women, boys and girls enjoy sports. Sports help people____ healthily and happily.
What sports do you like ____? Is it hot in your city? Then swimming is one of your sports. There are beautiful rivers and lakes across the country. The weather is also good _ swimming. Or do you live in a cold city? Then you would like _________. There are many skiers in Austria. There are big mountains and cold winters. ________ it often rain in your country? Then kite flying would not be one of your sports.
People in Switzerland love to ___________ the wonderful mountains of their country. Mountain climbing is _________ favourite sports there.
The cowboys of the USA use their horses for their work. They also use them for their sports. They ride, jump, use ropes and catch __________ animals---all on horseback.
__________ is work for many people who must get their food this way. But for other people it is a sport. How nice it is to go fishing __________there is no school!
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完形填空,先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
I stood there listening to my father shout at top of his voice. The look on his face said that one of us did something .
“Which one of you did this?”
We all looked down at the step. There was child’s handwriting in chalk there. I had a lot of . I hoped no one could see it. Would he guess it was me? I was so worried. When he asked me, I lied, “Not me, Dad.” The others denied（否认）it as well. Of course, we all knew that one of must have done it. But as the youngest and smallest of the three, I just couldn’t find the courage to tell the truth.
To who had written on the step, Father gave us each a piece of paper and a pencil. “I want each of you to exactly what you see on the step.”
I tried my best to write the words . I didn’t want Dad to be able to tell it was me.
He our pieces of paper and looked at them. “Since none of you will admit (承认) to have done it, then I will punish (惩罚) you .” I stood there and said nothing. The last thing I wanted was for Dad to me.
“I did it.” My sister said she did something that she didn’t. Father grounded her for a month.
We didn’t talk about that day for many years. Not until we were all older and I knew it was to finally tell my dad it was really me. I always felt sorry for it. That was the last time I let anyone take the blame (责备) for me.
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完形填空,先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
A mother planted many kinds of vegetables in her garden. One day, she said to her ________ , “Betty, come here. Look at all these little yellow marks (斑点)on the ________ of the cabbages ( a kind of vegetable ). They are eggs of a kind of insect. They are very beautiful but very bad for cabbages. This afternoon you must ________ all the eggs on the leaves and kill them. In this way, you will help us have ________ , greener and bigger cabbages.”
Betty didn’t think she could do it ________ and in the end she forgot all about it. The mother was ill for a few days and ________work in her garden. When she was well, she took Betty with her to the garden to see the cabbages. To ________ surprise, the insects have eaten every leaf. When Betty saw this, she began to ________ . Then her mother said to her, “We should never put off (推迟) what we have to do today till ________. And you must learn to deal (处理) with the bad things ________ they are small, or it will turn into a big problem.”
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Mr. Smith works in a museum. He likes his job and always goes to work________ than others.
One day Mr. Smith forgot the lunchtime, so he planned to buy ________to eat at a shop. When he came into the shop, he met an old friend. They didn’t see each other________ about five years, so they were very excited. His friend wanted him to drink together. Mr. Smith didn’t agree(同意) with him at first, because he worried about being________, but he agreed at last. They went into a restaurant and drank a lot. Then his friend said, “ You drank too much. Let me ________ you back to your office.
“No, no,” said Mr. Smith. “My office is ________ five minutes’ walk. I can go there by myself.” Then his friend left. It was ________ to stand up and it was too late, so he stopped a taxi. When he got into the taxi, the driver asked, “________ are you going, sir?”
“Park Street.”
The driver________ surprised（惊讶的）and said, “Oh! It’s just Park Street here, sir.”
“OK！”Mr. Smith said and got off the taxi. He brought out some________ and gave it to the driver and shouted. “But don’t drive so fast next time.”
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In Shanghai, the Bund(外滩) is one of the most popular places of interest. With a light show set to begin at around the Bund, a large crowd of people got together for an New Year’s Eve. They became .
“We were just trying to up the steps to see the light show, and then people at the top ________ pushing their way down,” said a young man glasses. “Then I heard someone scream, and people began to cry in .” The man, who spoke waiting a friend at Shanghai No. 1 People’s Hospital, said, “Some of us fell over.”
By Thursday afternoon, at thirty-six people had died in the accident and forty-seven were hurt. It was one of the most terrible public accidents. It’s a pity that people didn’t know how to themselves. Remember the easiest but best way— to shout “go back” together with people around.
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