One afternoon I took a trip to an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting. I was expecting a view of the masterpieces(名作).
A young couple looking at the in front of me chatted non-stop. I watched them for a moment and realized the wife was doing all the talking. I admired(佩服)this man for being so with her. Bored by their noise, I moved on.
I met them several times as I moved those rooms of art. Each time I heard her voice, I moved away quickly.
I was standing at the museum gift shop buying some cards when the couple walked to the exit(出口).
" He's a brave man, " the clerk said. "Most of us would our interests if we were blind at such a young age. But behind his wife he comes in there's a new art show. "
"But he can't see. " I said in surprise.
" His wife each painting so that he can see it in his head. "
I learned about patience, courage and love that day. I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person withoutsightand the courage of a husband who would not allow blindness to change his . And I saw the love shared by two people as I this couple walk away holding each other's hands.
A.crowded B.quiet C.noisy D.silent
A.gifts B.maps C.books D.Paintings
A.strict B.patient C.careful D.excited
A.through B.across C.into D.out of
A.give up B.give away C.die out D.run away
A.whatever B.wherever C.whenever D.whether
A.talks B.shows C.describes D.tells
A.nothing B.everything C.something D.anything
A.mind B.eyes C.life D.decision
A.met B.knew C.researched D.Watched
When someone says, “Well, I guess I’ll have to face the music”, it doesn’t mean that he is planning to go to hear a singer or a concert. It shows you may feel uncomfortable when you are called in by your leader to why you did this and that or why you did not do this or that. If you “face the music”, you are sure to be less unhappy than that.
Every one of us has to “face the music” at some time or another, especially as . We can all remember father’s words “I want to talk to you”. And only because we did not listen to him. What a(an) thing it was!
In the middle or at the end of every , we students have to “face the music”. The result of the exam will whether we will face the music or not. If we don’t get good , that means parents’ cold faces and contempt (轻视) of the teachers and classmates.
“To face the music” is to every American, young or old. It is at least 100 years old. It really that you have to do something, no matter how terrible the whole thing might be, because you know you have no choice.
A.manage B.attend C.miss D.forget
A.discover B.believe C.explain D.encourage
A.friends B.teachers C.leaders D.children
A.angry B.magical C.exciting D.honest
A.terrible B.important C.interesting D.careful
A.season B.term C.year D.month
A.follow B.change C.decide D.realize
A.chances B.marks C.tools D.choices
A.known B.strange C.safe D.harmful
A.discusses B.covers C.develops D.means
A strange thing happened to me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day that I to go for a look in the country.
On the way back home, my car stopped. It was out of gas(汽油) on a road far from a town! I decided to walk until I found someone who could sell some gas. I walked almost a mile before I finally found a near the road.
I knocked at the door and a little old lady with long white hair . She said, “I’ve waited for you here for a long time. Come in. is ready.”
“But I only came for some gas.” I answered.
“Oh, Alfred! Gas? You like tea.” said she.
I quickly explained that my car was out of gas, but she didn’t to listen to me. She just kept calling me Alfred. She was very strangely. As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house quickly.
Luckily, there was another house down the road and I was able to the gas. When I told the man about my , he said, “Oh, that’s Miss Emily. She lives alone in that big house. She’s , but she wouldn’t hurt anybody. She is still waiting for the man she was going to marry thirty years ago. The man left home and never came back because of the war.”
A.walked B.rode C.hurried D.drove
A.busy B.quiet C.modern D.noisy
A.hotel B.restaurant C.house D.market
A.answered B.returned C.noticed D.served
A.Gas B.Tea C.Juice D.Coffee
A.promise B.remember C.learn D.seem
A.shouting B.crying C.acting D.jumping
A.touch B.buy C.borrow D.sell
A.experience B.advice C.result D.plan
A.famous B.strange C.wonderful D.friendly
It is interesting to visit another country, but there are some problems when you don’t know the ____very well. It may be ___ to talk with the people there. We may not know how to use the telephone in the country. We may not know how to buy ____. In a ____ country we may not know where to eat or what to order in a ____. It is not easy to decide how ____to tip (给小费) waiters or taxi drivers. When we need help, we might not know how to ask for help. It is not pleasant to have an experience(经历) ____ that. ____ a short time, however, we learn what to do and what to ____ . We learn to enjoy life in another country and then we may be ____ to leave.
A.language B.people C.words D.country
A.tired B.happy C.hard D.easy
A.nothing B.anything C.things D.shopping
A.good B.new C.old D.young
A.shop B.school C.hospital D.restaurant
A.soon B.many C.much D.often
A.as B.like C.for D.with
A.After B.In C.Before D.For
A.talk B.tell C.speak D.say
A.glad B.worried C.sorry D.interested
(原创)Do you believe in yourself? When you are in trouble, don’t say you can’t get over it. Believe in your dreams. Believe that you are loved. Believe that you make a difference. I was told a about a teacher who once did what he could to make his students get to know the of believing in themselves.
The teacher stood his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers. “I know how hard you have worked to prepare for this test,” he said. “And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to a B to those who prefer not to the test.”
Many students thanked the teacher and left. The teacher looked at the students left and said, “Does anyone else want to get a ‘B’? This is your last chance” Two more students decided to go.
Only seven students were still in the classroom. The teacher then handed out the papers. There were only three sentences on the paper: Congratulations! You have just received an “ “in this class. believing in yourselves.
I never had a teacher like that, but I think it is a test that any teacher could give. Students who are not confident in what they have learned are ‘B’ students at most The same is true in our daily life. The ‘A’ students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have learned from both and failures. They have got life’s lessons, not only from normal , but from events in their daily lives, and have become better people. You see, one should believe in himself.
A. story B. book C. magazine
A. difficulty B. importance C. difference
A.in the front of B. next to C. in front of
A. offer B. provide C. serve
A. take B. fail C. pass
A. C B. B C. A
A. Keep B. Stop C. Consider
A. successful B. succeed C. successes
A. life B. education C. experiences
A. never B. sometimes C. always
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Smiles and tears are part of life. But do you find enough time for ? I’m not asking if you experience lots of good times. Of course, we should laugh during the happy times. But do you laugh during the difficult times?
Erma Bornbeck is know for her funny looks. But she wrote about a more serious subject--cancer in children. The book is titled, I WANT TO GROW , I WANT TO GROW UP. Erma talks with many children who cancer and learns important lessons from them. She learns, for example, that cancer survivors(幸存者) know how they should smile at life, though they are receiving chemotherapy(化疗).
She tells about the experience of Jessica. Jessica’s leg was cut off at the knee(膝盖) because of cancer. She was learning to wear a prosthesis(假肢). Jessica told about playing soccer. She hit the ball hard her foot. The ball flew off in one direction her man-made leg flew another way. Then the brave girl lay on the floor, laughing happily.
As the saying goes, “There’s a time to cry and a time to laugh.” Do our find . time to laugh? You can … if you find reasons to laugh during the difficult times. Survivors know . If you can laugh even when you’re in trouble, you will make it. Remember, laugh and the whole world laugh with you. Cry and you cry alone.
A.calling B.laughing C.crying D.cry
A.either B.too C.also D.as well
A.it B.one C.ones D.first
A.HAIR B.NAILS(指甲) C.GRASS D.finger
A.has B.have C.had D.had had
A.15 years old B.15-years-old C.15-year-old D.15-years-olds
A.in B.with C.under D.below
A.while B.whenever C.whether D.if
A.many B.plenty of C.lot D.lots
A.where to laugh B.who to laugh C.how to laugh D.why to laugh
Jack is my best friend. We've been friends for 10 years. We were both born in 1991, so we are at the same . We both study at a school Taizhou Middle School. Jack is an easy-going person and he often makes friends without too much trouble. Jack and I often share our own secrets between us, so we are to each other.When I feel worried or unhappy, I can always go to him. A famous saying goes like this: " A friend in 5is a friend indeed." In some way, bad things always test our friendship. If someone is really your lifelong friend, then he or she will give us enough and necessary help. Do you agree?
Every day, after class, we often go to the school library. There're tens of thousands of books and magazines. The school library good service(服务), for example the air-conditioner(空调)is always on and drinks are always ready to give you freshness(新鲜). Rich people always donate large sums(大量)of money to support the library. Everybody is happy about it. During the Reading Week, we always invite our friends to interesting books. Every year, we have two long holidays. When we're on , we usually go to different places together. In a word, it's lucky to have such a friend sharing interesting things together.
A.age B.year C.old D.ages
A.name B.named C.call D.is called
A.difficult B.hard C.hardly D.easily
A.lying B.smiling C.wrong D.true
A.sadness B.need C.happiness D.sorrow
A.trust B.money C.time D.food
A.gives to B.takes C.brings D.offers
A.expensive B.free(免费的) C.most D.least
A.talk B.speak with C.say D.discuss
A.vacations B.holiday C.holidays D.a vacation
One day my wife and I went shopping by car. We had a lot of things____, because my brother and ____family were coming to spend the weekend with us. We stopped the car _____a stone. An hour later,we came back to the car.___ of us carried a lot of things. Then trouble started. We could not open the car door.
“Oh,dear,”said my wife. “___are we going to do?”
“Let’s ask that policeman,” I said.
The policeman was very kind ___was glad to help us. A few minutes later, he got the door____. Just at that moment, ____angry man came up and shouted, “What are you doing____ my car?”
We looked at the number of the car,and our___turned red.
A.to buy B.to carry C.to take D.to bring
A.her B.his C.our D.their
A.at the back B.after C.in front of D.in the front of
A.All B.None C.Neither D.Both
A.What B.How C.Why D.When
A.so B.and C.then D.or
A.to open B.to close C.open D.close
A.the B.a C./ D.an
A.about B.on C.with D.to
A.eyes B.heads C.noses D.faces
I sat down to read under an old tree in the park. I felt my life was , for my whole world was dark.
A young boy ran up to me, out of . He stood right before me with his head down and said , “Look what I found!” In his hand was a flower, and what a poor sight! The flower was dry and . I gave him a small smile and then turned my eyes away so that he could take his dry flower and go off to play. , he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his and said in surprise, “It smells sweet and it’ s beautiful, too. That’s I picked it. Here, it’s for you.” The flower before me was dead. But I knew I must it, or he might never leave. So I accepted the flower, and replied, “This is just what I .” Just then, for the first time I noticed that the boy could not —he was blind.
Tears (眼泪) came down my face as I him for picking the best one. “You’re welcome.” he smiled, and then ran off to . I sat there and wondered how he was able to learn about my pain (痛苦).
Through the eyes of a blind child, I could see the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. And for all those years I myself had been . I decided to see the beauty in life, and every second of my life. And then I held that dry flower up to my nose and breathed in the smell of a beautiful rose.
A.hopeless B.colourful C.simple D.wonderful
A.mind B.trouble C.breath(呼吸) D.work
A.sadly B.strictly C.angrily D.excitedly
A.dead B.fresh C.alive D.heavy
A.So B.Or C.However D.And
A.head B.nose C.ear D.neck
A.how B.when C.where D.why
A.buy B.sell C.accept D.break
A.admire B.dislike C.want D.have
A.cry B.speak C.smile D.see
A.forgave B.thanked C.paid D.hated
A.sleep B.study C.dance D.play
A.at most B.at times C.at first D.at last
A.cheerful B.useful C.blind D.deaf
A.waste B.enjoy C.lose D.forget
Do you think of the future? Three friends and I make a poster (海报) to show our thoughts(想法) in a class meeting.
The main (主要的) of the poster is black. We hope it can make people . We draw a green at the bottom (底部) of the poster. We want to show that the Earth is so beautiful. If we don’t protect (保护) now, maybe we’ll have to find another planet (星球) to live on in the future.
The future is not all about things. We write the words “politics” (政治) and “technology” (科技) the poster. During our speech(演讲), we say in the future all the countries will work together. And our technology will develop (发展) very fast and make the world better.
We also talk a new planet to live on. We name it “nearth”. It the words “new” and “earth”. We think maybe in the future humans and aliens (外星人) will live together and even have babies. We name these babies “hulien”--“human” and “alien”.
Do you like the future we think about? How will the future in your eyes?
A.paper B.colour C.size D.kind
A.to think B.thinking C.thinks D.think
A.place B.Earth C.ground D.future
A.them B.us C.it D.you
A.bad B.nice C.great D.good
A.at B.in C.on D.to
A.about B.for C.with D.from
A.from B.be from C.comes from D.come from
A.too B.also C.very D.again
A.like B.be like C.look like D.look
The teacher stood before his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers. ‘I know how you have worked to prepare for this test:' he said. "And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to offer a 'B' to those who not to take the test."
Many students thanked the teacher and left. The teacher looked at the remaining(剩下的)students and said, "Does anyone else want to get a 'B'? This is your last chance." Two students decided to go.
Seven students remained. The teacher then handed out the papers. There were only three sentences on the paper: Congratulations! You have just got an in this class. Keep believing in .
I never had a teacher like that, but I think it is a test that any teacher could give. Students who are not in what they have learned are 'B' students at best.
The same is in our daily life. The 'A' students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have both successes and failures. They have learned life's lessons, not only from normal education, from events in their lives. In the end, they have become people. You see, one should always believe in himself.
A.hardly B.terribly C.luckily D.hard
A.dislike B.rather C.prefer D.start
A.another B.more C.others D.many
A.'D' B.'C' C.'B' D.'A'
A.himself B.yourself C.themselves D.ourselves
A.confident B.lucky C.modest D.easy
A.unusual B.impossible C.true D.good
A.broken off B.learned from C.dreamed of D.cared for
A.and B.or C.but D.also
A.ruder B.braver C.worse D.better
Leo is 66 years old. But he ___ young. He is a basketball fan. He has two ---one is a son and the other is a daughter. He has a great ___ __ collection. But he never
_ sports. He only likes collecting sports ______. He has 5 basketballs, 7 baseballs and 3 ping-pong balls. His son, Neal, likes soccer. He is in a soccer club. He often plays soccer with______ friends. He has a computer, too. Playing games is ___ __. He likes it very much. And his daughter, Nancy, likes very much. But she doesn’t have a volleyball and she doesn’t play it. She only likes it ______ TV.
A.sees B.watches C.sounds D.looks
A.child B.daughters C.sons D.children
A.art B.food C.sports D.books
A.do B.does C.play D.doesn’t
A.bags B.clothes C.things D.games
A.he B.he’s C.his D.him
A.boring B.bad C.interesting D.difficult
A.football B.basketball C.volleyball D.tennis
A.watch B.watches C.watched D.to watch
A.in B.of C.on D.about
I am waiting for the bus when I meet the old woman. “You look . Come and sit here,” she says. “ are you going?”
“I don’t know. I just want to catch a and see what it will be like at the end.”
“I’m afraid you’ll see there. Why don’t you enjoy the beautiful sights (风景)on the way? ”
“How can I do that when my heart(心) is ?” I asks sadly. My best friend left(离开)me.
The woman seems to (似乎)understand my feeling. “Don’t cry, little girl. I had the same experience(经历) as you before . Thirty-five ago, my husband left our three children and me. I was very sad. I wanted to kill (杀死)myself and the children, so I took to the sea. ,they seemed to know what would happen, so they loudly. Their cry suddenly woke me up (叫醒) . How could I my hope to live for one of life’s problems? After that, I worked hard to__ ___the children. Now they all live and one of them has his own family. ”
Then the woman gives me a , “We should never wait for the door to before us. We should find the key to the or try to find another way .”
The bus comes and I get on it with a smile.
A.tired B.good C.happy D.well
A.What B.How C.Where D.When
A.train B.bus C.boat D.plane
A.nothing B.everything C.something D.anything
A.smiling B.breaking C.singing D.dancing
A.days B.weeks C.months D.years
A.her B.them C.him D.it
A.So B.Or C.And D.However
A.laughed B.talked C.spoke D.cried
A.make B.stop C.let D.take
A.care B.look after C.play with D.look for
A.happily B.sadly C.badly D.happy
A.cry B.shout C.hit D.smile
A.open B.close C.lock D.mend
A.classroom B.office C.door D.shop
A true friend is always helpful. I didn’t believe it one thing happened to me when I was in Grade 7.
Li Jie was one of my classmates. He and I were also neighbours. He always listened to his mother I didn’t like listening to my mother. I didn’t think it was necessary for to teach me anything. Li Jie knew all about that but he said to me.
One weekend, Li Jie invited me to watch a film. I liked films very much so I went to the with him happily. The film was about the love between a and her son. After watching it, I began to know how great the love of the mother was. I felt that I didn’t listen to my mother before. I decided to think more about my mother than about . After I told that to him, Li Jie smiled and said, “It’s really necessary for you to watch such a film. That was a good choice (选择) for both you and me.”
Suddenly, I knew he invited me to watch the film. Just at that time, I knew a true friend is always .
A.when B.after C.until D.because
A.and B.but C.so D.or
A.her B.you C.him D.them
A.something B.anything C.everything D.nothing
A.park B.cinema C.museum D.zoo
A.mother B.father C.sister D.brother
A.happy B.bored C.sorry D.interested
A.myself B.herself C.himself D.yourself
A.how B.where C.what D.why
A.generous B.hard-working C.smart D.helpful
My best friend is one of my classmates. We have the hobby. We both enjoy music. I am good English, but she isn’t. She has great interest in university (大学) life and wants to go to university when she school. One day, I found her studying so I wanted to help her with it. she closed (关上) the book. I asked, "What are you doing?"
"Nothing," she answered shyly. I didn’t know she closed her book. "I just want to you," I said. "Please don’t laugh at me. My English is not good and I’m a little about learning it in front of others."
" laughs at you. That’s why you don’t make any progress (进步) in English. You should try. You should do your best to English with your friends. You can also ask for help from them."
A.different B.same C.difficult D.necessary
A.in B.for C.at D.with
A.comes B.comes over C.leaves D.leaves for
A.English B.chemistry C.physics D.history
A.And B.If C.But D.Though
A.when B.why C.how D.what
A.see B.worry C.mean D.help
A.wild(狂野的) B.shy C.calm(镇静的) D.angry
A.Someone B.Everyone C.Anyone D.No one
A.study B.show C.teach D.Hear