Early Native American groups lived in different cultural areas. Their environments had resources. Each group made particular products or developed certain skills, besed on their own As they perfected their skills, exciting began to happen. For the first time in their history, they had more things than they
They wouldn’t let their products go to , of course. When Native American groups began to communicate with each other, they began to things they wanted or needed. The they traded goods and services without using any form of money was called bartering. Thanks to bartering, people began to enjoy a better of life. To barter with others meant that work became much . No one group had to work as hard to make or find everything they needed for survival.
Native American groups would often travel long distances for the chance to with each other. In between trading times, they would or collect extra products. They kept them especially for the purpose of bartering with other native groups at their trade meetings.
Another of trading between cultural areas was that people could enjoy products that were to make with the resources in their own . For example, people from the Desert Southwest area tools made from whalebone(鲸须). There was no whalebone available in the . However they could get it from the natives living in the Pacific Northwest area.
Some people use bartering today to get things the need. You might to do the dishes for your brother if he will take you to the movies. Especially in hard economic people return to this way of getting things they need.
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As the drought seemed to be lasting forever, a small group of farmers were wondering what to do next. The rain was important not only to keep their crops____， but to support the townspeople's way of____. As the problem became more____， the local church felt it was time to get involved and called a prayer meeting to ask for____.
In what seemed a remembrance of a Native American____， the people began to arrive. After they were all____. The pastor(牧师)slowly____his way to the front to officially____the meeting.
Everyone was taking the chance to____with close friends. The pastor's thoughts when he____the front were on quieting those____and starting the meeting.
____he began to ask for quiet, he____through the crowd and he took____of an elevenyearold girl sitting in the front row.
Her face was shining____excitement, but she____sat in her place. Next to her, was a bright red umbrella, ____for use. The beauty and innocence of the girl made the pastor smile as he____the faith she had. No one____at the meeting had brought a(n)____.
They had all come to pray for rain, but she had come expecting God to answer with the needed rain.
A．wealthy B．healthy C．powerful D．necessary
A．working B．remaining C．staying D．living
A．usual B．urgent C．common D．ordinary
A．rain B．help C．money D．advice
A．ceremony B．contest C．match D．celebration
A．covered B．occupied C．crowded D．seated
A．found B．struggled C．felt D．made
A．end B．close C．begin D．hold
A．talk B．tell C．say D．drink
A．arrived B．reached C．got D．hurried
A．possible B．probably C．patient D．present
A．Though B．Until C．While D．As
A．got B．walked C．looked D．saw
A．hold B．sight C．notice D．attention
A．for B．with C．by D．at
A．quietly B．calmly C．anxiously D．worriedly
A．eager B．ready C．anxious D．curious
A．recognized B．promised C．realized D．allowed
A．even B．else C．still D．also
A．book B．pen C．record D．umbrella
阅读下面短文，理解大意，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
What has really changed my life is that now I believe in myself. I came to the United States ten years ago. I would always say that I was trying to to study, but there were always things like work and my kids that would not___me to start.
Now I realized that those were only____. What was stopping me is that I was___to start studying again. I always believed I would____by myself.
One day, ____my son told me that he was embarrassed because his friends would come over and I didn't____them because I didn't speak English. He was also sad____I could never help him with his homework. That same day, I____myself, “Rocio, you have to start believing in yourself and you will see you can____it.” That night I couldn't__ . I was thinking that now I couldn't____my kids down.
The next day, I went downtown to look for a big banner in____of the school that said that they____calsses for adults. I came in to see if I could____， but the classes were____already.
That night I took the kids to the movies, and on the____back, I told them we would take a new route. The following Monday, I went to ask for____. They told me that summer schools was starting that week.
That's how I started studying English last summer. It is difficult, but I have had great____. My daughter had to____a story for school. It was about the person they most admired and____. She wrote that I was the person she most admired because I had started going to college. I will never forget this. When you believe in yourself, you can do anything.
A．make B．force C．promise D．allow
A．reasons B．excuses C．causes D．explanations
A．afraid B．ready C．willing D．happy
A．teach B．direct C．learn D．indicate
A．however B．therefore C．otherwise D．besides
A．recognize B．understand C．realize D．know
A．though B．while C．because D．once
A．spoke B．said C．stated D．told
A．produce B．create C．invent D．make
A．wake B．eat C．sleep D．dress
A．feel B．let C．fall D．drop
A．front B．spite C．middle D．terms
A．offered B．formed C．completed D．finished
A．listen B．hear C．attend D．give
A．begun B．closed C．started D．empty
A．way B．road C．path D．route
A．news B．information C．message D．signal
A．rewards B．prize C．progress D．courage
A．print B．recite C．copy D．write
A．why B．how C．when D．where
During Christmas break from college, a young man wanted to borrow his father's car to drive to a New Year's Eve____to be held in Vermont. The father was____about the son hitting one of the roadblocks that people set up all over the place on New Year's Eve. The____that was reached was that the son would be allowed to use the car, but he would not drink at all.
So he drove to Vermost, got completely____and attempted to drive home. On the way home he hit a roadblock. He was told to____the car and stand in a line of people that were being given the infamous sobriety(not drunk)____. However, the policeman____him out. He was____standing off to the side while the others were____the police officer how well they could walk a____line, etc.
At 700 a．m, his father got up to answer the____. There were____policemen there. They asked him if he was the____of that red FLAT. He replied, “Yes, I am，”One of the policeman asked him if he was driving the car the evening before and he said that his son had been the driver.
When the young man____himself in front of the policemen, he knew he was some sort of____. Upon questioning, he____that he driving the car, but when asked if he had been____， he said, “No！”When the policeman asked if he could see his car, he was unable to remember the____. He said that it was in the garage.
And when the four of them walked out to look at the car, instead of looking at the car he had driven the____before, they saw a____car parked there.
A．party B．meeting C．concert D．sports meeting
A．sure B．worried C．curious D．anxious
A．suggestion B．condition C．conclusion D．agreement
A．excited B．tired C．pleased D．drunk
A．stop B．get out of C．drive D．get into
A．punishment B．test C．education D．talk
A．gave B．made C．missed D．found
A．considered B．required C．suggested D．left
A．showing B．explaining C．asking D．telling
A．long B．straight C．calm D．direct
A．telephone B．call C．doorbell D．question
A．many B．two C．four D．one
A．manager B．father C．student D．owner
A．stood B．found C．put D．took
A．danger B．test C．trouble D．accident
A．believed B．told C．admitted D．said
A．driving B．hurting C．drinking D．missing
A．drive B．test C．time D．line
A．day B．morning C．night D．afternoon
A．similar B．familiar C．police D．damaged
“Little Annie”Sullivan, as she was called when she was young, was no stranger to hardship. She was____sightless herself and was, as one time, ____as hopelessly“insane(精神病)”by the doctors. She was locked in the basement of a____institution outside of Boston. At times, Little Annie would violently____anyone who came near. Most of the time she generally ignored everyone in her____.
An elderly nurse believed there was hope, ____and she made up her mind to show love to the child. Every day she visited Little Annie. For the most____， the child did not acknowledge the nurse's presence, but she still____to visit. The kindly woman left cookies for her and spoke words of love and encouragement. She believed Little Annie could____， if only she were shown love.
Eventually, doctors noticed a____in the girl. Where they once witnessed anger and hatred, they now noted an emerging gentleness and____. They moved her upstairs where she continued to improve. Then the day finally came____this seemingly“hopeless”child was set____.
Anne Sullivan ____into a young woman with a(n)____to help others as she, herself, was helped by the kindly nurse. It was she who____the great potential in Helen Keller. She loved her, disciplined her, and played with her. Anne Sullivan worked____in Helen's life; but it was a loving nurse who first____in Little Annie and lovingly transformed an uncommunicative child into a compassionate teacher.
The name of Helen Keller would have____unknown if it had not been for Anne Sullivan. ____would the name of Anne Sullivan if it had not been for a kind and devoted nurse. And so it goes. Just how far back does the chain of love extend? And how for forward will it lead?
A．almost B．hardly C．mostly D．seldom
A．thought B．seemed C．imagined D．diagnosed
A．physical B．chemical C．mental D．occasional
A．attract B．attack C．attend D．touch
A．absence B．performance C．judgment D．presence
A．therefore B．otherwise C．however D．besides
A．column B．part C．section D．content
A．continued B．lasted C．considered D．suggested
A．return B．recover C．remember D．reply
A．chance B．mistake C．change D．fault
A．love B．worry C．anxiety D．wish
A．where B．though C．until D．when
A．free B．busy C．spare D．loose
A．brought B．grew C．took D．knocked
A．order B．demand C．desire D．proposal
A．watched B．checked C．examined D．saw
A．doubts B．decisions C．plans D．wonders
A．depended B．believed C．introduced D．absorbed
A．remained B．reminded C．contained D．included
A．Either B．Nothing C．So D．Neither
Wishing to encourage her young son's progress on the piano, a mother took her boy to a Paderewski concert. After they were seated, the mother____a friend and walked over to greet her.
Seizing the____to explore the wonders of the concert hall, the little boy rose and went____a door market“NO ADMITTANCE”. When the house lights dimmed(变暗)and the concert was about to begin, the mother returned to her____and discovered that the child was missing.
Suddenly, the curtains____and spotlights focused on the stage. In horror, the mother saw her little boy sitting at the keyboard, ____out“Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”．
At that moment, the great piano master____his entrance, quickly moved to the piano, and____in the boy's ear, “Don't____. Keep playing.”
Then leaning over, Paderewski reached down with his left hand and began____in a bass part. Soon his right arm reached____to the other side of the child and he added a running obbligato(伴奏). ____， the old master and the boy____a frightening situation into a wonderfully creative____.
That's the way it is in life. ____we can accomplish(完成)on our own is____noteworthy. We try out best, but the____aren't exactly graceful flowing music. ____when we trust in the hands of a Greater Power, our life's work truly can be beautiful.
Next time you set____to accomplish great feats, listen carefully. You can hear the____of the Master, whispering in your ear, “Don't quit. Keep playing.”
A．made B．spotted C．met D．called
A．chance B．performance C．piano D．lesson
A．over B．above C．across D．through
A．car B．seat C．room D．table
A．parted B．drew C．pulled D．divided
A．looking B．taking C．picking D．got out
A．made B．asked C．forgot D．delayed
A．shouted B．cried C．whispered D．looked
A．perform B．stop C．go D．give
A．filling B．getting C．breaking D．taking
A．forwards B．down C．up D．around
A．However B．Together C．Luckily D．Hurriedly
A．charged B．became C．changed D．grew
A．experience B．play C．concert D．film
A．What B．That C．Which D．When
A．hard B．hardly C．always D．usually
A．failures B．successes C．causes D．results
A．So B．And C．But D．Though
A．down B．about C．away D．out
A．sound B．noise C．voice D．song
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