Yesterday my grandfather told me about his early days. he left school, he found a job in a post office. He worked hard there. Soon he had more money than his friends because of his hard work. It seemed that he would have a future.
When he was 25 years old, however, he began to be his job. He wanted a more exciting one, so he left the post office. Two months , he found a new job in a big . Workers in this company traveled a lot. At first he really enjoyed the traveling. But after a year, he began to it. He had to move around and he was always in a car or on a train. The thing was that he couldn’t make any new friends. Even so, his boss was not satisfied with him. Two years later he the company.
He was so at that time that he sold his house. He had to accept a part-time job in a shop. He was surprised to find that he loved it! He made new friends every day and he reading books. Three years later, he the shop owner's daughter. Soon they had their first child. In the next ten years, they had another three and four more book shops! He became very rich indeed.
“Life is wonderful,” he told me. “The most thing is that you should always try your best. Never give up!”
A．While B．When C．Until D．If
A．bad B．bright C．coming D．interesting
A．tired of B．crazy about C．interested in D．afraid of
A．ago B．before C．later D．afterwards
A．factory B．shop C．school D．company
A．hardly B．usually C．seldom D．never
A．like B．prefer C．hate D．practise
A．worst B．happiest C．best D．strangest
A．reached B．called C．left D．started
A．happy B．energetic C．rich D．poor
A．cloth B．fruit C．book D．dress
A．enjoyed B．finished C．began D．forgot
A．married B．knew C．met D．visited
A．sisters B．brothers C．cousins D．children
A．difficult B．important C．amazing D．Boring
When Mr. Hunt woke up in the morning, he felt his bedroom was very bright. He thought he ____ to turn off the light again. He sat up and tried to do that. And now he ____ it was the sunlight.
Mr. Hunt went to see their daughter in the city two days ago. She cooked some food for him ____ he left. But Mr. Hunt hoped to have breakfast in a restaurant near the park. And then he could walk ____ the lake. He put on his clothes and went out. The sun was shining brightly in the sky and the ____ was fresh (清新的) . But people were busy and he could see only some old people and children. He went in the restaurant and sat down at a table, waiting for the ____.
“Hi, Peter!” someone called him and he saw it was his ____ Richard. “Hi, Richard. Glad to meet you here.” “Glad to meet you, too,” said Richard. “I’m sorry , but I ____ my wallet at home . So could you lend fifty dollars to me, please?” “Sure, but I have only twenty five dollars in my ___.” “It doesn’t matter ,” said Richard , “ then you’ll owe(欠) me twenty-five dollars and I’ll owe you ____ dollars , too . That’ll be fair (公平的) .”
A．knew B．hoped C．forgot D．liked
A．guessed B．found C．said D．told
A．before B．after C．when D．because
A．in B．on C．under D．around
A．fruit B．cloud C．air D．water
A．money B．glass C．answer D．menu
A．friend B．worker C．driver D．waiter
A．took B．put C．forgot D．left
A．shoes B．pocket C．shirt D．hand
A．fifteen B．twenty C．twenty-five D．thirty
I had said goodbye to my husband, Joe, so often, but this time was ____.
We now had our first child. After nights of talks, we made the difficult ____ that Joe would go by himself to Alabama for the six-month training course, and I would stay behind with our new son. It was important that I ____ my teaching position near our home at Fort Hood. Also we were part of a strong network of friends ____ I could turn to for help.
On Joe's ____ evening at home, I bathed little Joey, got him into his sleeper and was heading to the bedroom when Joe gently touched ____ on the shoulder. Lifting the baby from my arms, he said he wanted to put Joey to bed tonight.
They headed down the hall, and I busied myself with meaningless tasks, ____ Joe to turn up from the bedroom within a few minutes. A half hour went by, and ____ he had not come back. Thinking he was having ____ getting our son to fall asleep, I walked quietly to the baby's room and ____ into the dimly-lit（灯光暗淡的）room.
Sitting in the rocking chair, moving slowly back and forth, was my husband with ____ in his eyes. He was holding our baby in his arms ____ he had fallen asleep long before. When his pained eyes met mine, he said, "I just can't put him down."
That night we stood over Joey's bed, holding each other and saying over and over that we would make it through this leaving and be ____ again soon.
Joey is six now, and he has a four-year-old brother named Jack. There have been many goodbyes ____ that night, yet my soldier still fights back tears when it's time to ____ once again in service to his country and give his boys that last, long hug goodbye.
A．dangerous B．different C．impossible D．terrible
A．promise B．wish C．suggestion D．decision
A．miss B．keep C．get D．accept
A．whom B．whose C．which D．what
A．first B．next C．other D．last
A．us B．them C．me D．her
A．expecting B．remembering C．agreeing D．allowing
A．again B．still C．then D．ever
A．excuse B．fun C．trouble D．chance
A．moved B．talked C．turned D．looked
A．colors B．tears C．joys D．fears
A．even though B．as if C．so that D．now that
A．sure B．proud C．alone D．together
A．on B．for C．since D．through
A．visit B．sleep C．leave D．play
阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
We were going to play a team from a country school .They didn’t come the match nearly began .They looked than we thought .The wore dirty T-shirts and blue jeans and looked like farm boys .We thought they saw a basketball before .We felt that we didn’t any practice to play with such a team .It was very late so they couldn’t have any time to practice .The match began ,one of our boys the ball and he tried to give it to another one . But from out of nowhere a boy in a T-shirt the ball and he quickly and beautifully got the ball into our basket and had two points .They us .They had another two points in a minute .Soon it was all over .The country team the match .Of course we knew that there was still another team than any good team .But the important lesson we learn this time was : One can’t tell a man or a team by the .
A．when B．so C．until D．at
A．stronger B．younger C．worse D．better
A．never B．often C．sometimes D．always
A．have B．make C．use D．need
A．got B．played C．took D．carried
A．caught B．changed C．held D．stopped
A．surprised B．frightened C．admired D．smiled
A．lost B．won C．got D．had
A．worse B．less C．better D．more
A．T-shirt B．appearance C．name D．points
Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood.
When he was 12, his parents . He was alone and didn’t get on well with others. People always laughed him. No one showed kindness (友善) to him. His only friend was a dog named Tige.
One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped , she dropped other bags. He came to help her.“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!”She said kindly, smiling.
A special feeling came to him. These were kind words he had ever heard. He watched her she went far away, and he whistled（吹口哨）to his dog and went directly to the river nearby.
“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!”he repeated the woman’s words. Then in a low he said to his dog,“You are a nice little dog!”Tige raised ears as if（似乎）it understood.
“Uh! Even a dog likes it!”he said,“Well, Tige, I won’t say unkind words to you any more.”Tige waved its tail happily.
The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw but a dirty boy. He washed his face . Again he looked. He saw a clean nice boy. He was amazed (震惊). From then on, he had a new life.
After telling this, the businessman stopped for a while, and then he said,“Ladies and gentlemen, this is the place where that kind woman planted in me the first seed (种子) of kindness. All of us should learn about kindness. a great power it has!” If you show kindness to others, you will be an able man.A.dead B. die C.died
A.at B.to C.of
A.picking it up B to pick it up C.to pick up it
A.the first B.first C. the first time
A.until B.before C.when
A.sound B.noise C..voice
A.it B.it’s C. its
A.something B.nothing C. somebody
A.carefully B.careful C.careless
A.What B.How C.It
In front of my daughter Sindu was a bowl filled with cabbage. She cabbage. She sat there in silence with tears（眼泪）in her eyes.
“Sindu, darling, why don’t you a little? Your Mom will shout at me.”
Sindu wiped (擦) her tears with the back of her hand.
“OK, Dad. I’ll eat, just a .” Then Sindu said: “Dad, if I eat it all, will you give me what I want?”
“Yes, within reason.”
she began to eat. It took her almost half an hour to finish the . Then she came up to me and said: “Dad, I want to have my head shaved (剃)！”
“Sindu, why don’t you something else? If we see you with a clean-shaved head, we will be ,” I said.
“But, Dad, you ! Now, you are going back on your words.”
I had to my promise. Sindu had all her hair cut off. She looked beautiful
On Monday morning, I took her to school. Just as we , a boy got out of a car, and shouted, “Sindu, please wait for me!”
Guess what? The boy had hair either.
“Sir, your daughter is !” A man got out of the car and said, “That boy is my son Harish. He has cancer. He lost his hair he got ill. Sindu cut hers off, so Harish would feel less . She’s a special girl.”
I stood for a while, then said “My little girl, you are me how selfless (无私的) real love is!”
A．liked B．enjoyed C．hated D．cooked
A．cook B．cut C．ask D．eat
A．few B．little C．moment D．lot
A．Luckily B．Slowly C．Easily D．Happily
A．food B．homework C．game D．talk
A．ask for B．look for C．work for D．pay for
A．happy B．sad C．funny D．excited
A．said B．understood C．promised D．proved
A．make B．break C．change D．keep
A．arrived B．met C．left D．drove
A．much B．no C．thick D．short
A．great B．silly C．weak D．strange
A．before B．and C．so D．when
A．different B．strong C．dangerous D．important
A．giving B．offering C．teaching D．advising
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
When I was nine years old, I used to go to the post office with my mother, sending greeting cards to my aunt in Singapore. To me, these trips were really 16 memories. And receiving mail through a mailbox outside our gate was just as exciting. My small hands could 17 get the mail without using a key! I always couldn’t wait to see how much I was 18 . Oh, a letter! From Singapore! I would run back home and show it to my 19 . When there was a letter for me, I wouldn’t run—I would open it right there.
After my family moved back to Singapore, I 20 going to the post office. Years later, my company sent me to Shanghai, and the post office found me again. Two years ago I celebrated my 21 with five friends on top of the mountain in Longsheng, China. At sunrise we 22 up to a beautiful view from the mountain top. Later in the afternoon, as we were going 23 the mountain and returning from the sunrise viewing place, a 24 shop caught our attention. It only sold noodles, coffee and had a China 25 sign.
We asked the owner if she could really send mail. She happily said yes. It seemed hard to believe, 26 we were at the highest top of the mountain. I picked one postcard out and asked my friends to write 27 a birthday note. We bought a stamp, wrote some notes and gave the shop owner the postcard.
Three weeks later, I arrived home and 28 my mailbox: Hello, postcard! I broke into a big smile.
That birthday postcard attracted me again to the post office and all its delights. I had 29 the post office all these years. Today I 30 send postcards to friends. And every time I am at the post office buying stamps, I cannot help but smile—how one postcard will make its way across the world and brighten up someone’s day.
A．bad B．poor C．good D．short
A．easily B．simply C．hardly D．specially
A．weighing B．getting C．selecting D．accepting
A．friend B．aunt C．mother D．owner
A．enjoyed B．stopped C．hated D．considered
A．wedding B．return C．success D．birthday
A．broke B．woke C．grew D．stood
A．around B．over C．up D．down
A．cold B．dirty C．small D．modern
A．Traffic B．Life C．Police D．Post
A．because B．though C．while D．when
A．him B．me C．her D．them
A．bought B．repaired C．painted D．opened
A．missed B．influenced C．studied D．visited
A．just B．seldom C．still D．never
“You know,Ann,” my friend Nick said, “Lisa and Anita were just talking about you.” I immediately got 11. “They said that you join the Students Union just because the teacher likes you, not because you are excellent.”
I 12 to keep myself from crying, getting down to my knees. After Nick told me everything my supposed best friends said about me, I felt I was 13 .
Lisa and Anita came in, acting as if(好像) 14 had happened.Lisa was still my deskmate and Anita was still my partner for our history project. I was 15 that they were able to pretend we had the perfect friendship. 16 they’d said such hurtful things.
I felt like I didn’t have a friend in the world, all because of rumor(谣言).
The tongue can be our worst 17 . Rumors do harm to friendship. They are like sharp knives, breaking one’s dignity(尊严) into pieces. When we say 18 things abut others, we’re hurting their hearts.
So how was I to act next? I thought of 19 them back. But instead, I told them directly they had hurt me. Lisa started 20 and Anita was speechless. I knew they were both sorry for what they had said. They said sorry to me, and I forgave them 21 I was still unhappy. Sure, things were a little embarrassing (尴尬的) at first, but soon enough everything was back to the way it had been before. I still 22 rumors from time to time. Talking about others is a part of our life, but the more I learn about the friendship, the more I realize the importance of tolerating others.
A．relaxed B．nervous C．scared D．energetic
A．struggled B．decided C．continued D．preferred
A．different B．wrong C．sick D．alone
A．everything B．something C．anything D．nothing
A．surprised B．satisfied C．frightened D．worried
A．simply B．especially C．obviously D．probably
A．criminal B．victim C．suspect D．enemy
A．unpopular B．unlucky C．unkind D．unusual
A．attacking B．arguing C．bringing D．pulling
A．shouting B．keeping C．fighting D．crying
A．because B．although C．after D．unless
A．play with B．agree with C．deal with D．help with
The poor are very wonderful people. One evening we went out and picked up four people from the street. One of them was in a most 15 condition, and I told the others: You look after the other three. I take care of this one who looked 16 . So I did for her all that my love can do. I put her in bed, and there was such a beautiful 17 on her face. She took hold of my __18__as she said “thank you” and she died. I asked myself what I would say if I was in her 19. And my answer was very simple. I would have tried to draw a little 20 to myself. I would have said I am hungry, that I am dying, I am cold, I am in pain, or something else, but she gave me much more---she gave me her grateful love. And she 21 with a smile on her face. As did that man whom we picked up from the drain (下水道), half eaten with worms, and we brought him to the home. “I have lived like an 22 in the street, but I am going to die like an angel, loved and cared for.” And it was so 23 to see the greatness of that man who could speak like that, who could die like that without complaining, without cursing(诅咒) anybody, without comparing anything. Like an angel---this is the 24 of our people.
A．comfortable B．important C．difficult D．terrible
A．better B．happier C．worse D．different
A．smile B．tear C．laugh D．surprise
A．head B．face C．coat D．hand
A．place B．room C．home D．side
A．attraction B．ability C．advice D．attention
A．lived B．died C．came D．talked
A．ant B．angel C．animal D．actor
A．wonderful B．difficult C．grateful D．important
A．achievement B．greatness C．behavior D．unhappiness
A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had 16 a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well 17 it, he told him that was all he wanted.
On the morning of his graduation day his father called him into his own study and told him how 18 he was to have such a fine son. He handed his son a beautiful gift box. 19 but slightly disappointed（失望）, the young man opened the box and found a lovely book. 20 , he raised his voice at his father and said, “With all your money you give me a book?” and rushed out of the house, 21 the book in the study.
He did not contact his father for a whole year until one day he saw in the street an old man who looked like his father. He 22 he had to go back home and see his father.
When he arrived at his father’s house, he was told that his father had been in hospital for a week. The moment he was about to leave for the hospital, he saw on the desk the 23 new book , just as he had left it one year ago. He opened it and began to turn the pages. Suddenly, a car key 24 from an envelope（信封）in the book. It had a tag（标签）with the dealer’s name, the same dealer who had the sports car. On the tag was the 25 of his graduation, and the words “ PAID IN FULL”.
A．expected B．enjoyed C．admired D．owned
A．afford B．offer C．keep D．like
A．encouraged B．comfortable C．proud D．moved
A．Nervous B．Serious C．Careful D．Curious
A．Calmly B．Angrily C．Excitedly D．Worriedly
A．leaving B．putting C．forgetting D．throwing
A．learned B．realized C．knew D．agreed
A．much B．still C．only D．quite
A．lost B．came C．appeared D．dropped
A．picture B．place C．date D．sign
It is very important to stay healthy. I have a neighbor. She is an old lady. She can do all the housework, 16 newspapers, watch TV and search on the Internet to learn something new. I often see 17 do taijiquan in the morning and dance in the evening. She looks young and beautiful 18 she is over seventy. Last week a reporter from a magazine interviewed her and asked 19 she kept so young and healthy. She replied with a smile:
I have a secret of staying young and healthy. It is quite 20 . Keep your mind active, take an interest in the world 21 you, and learn at least one new thing every day. Try to do different kinds of housework and do sports as 22 as you can. Don’t think you are too old to go back to 23 . I know a man who entered a medical college when he was 70 years old. He studied there for 6 years and now he is a doctor. Another man went to a tennis school at the age of 71 and now he is good at 24 tennis. Some people may say staying young is easy only for those who live in the future. In fact, no matter how old you are, you can make it.
Please tell the story to your family. It would be a good start to 25 the lady’s example. I hope all people will stay young and healthy.
A．look B．read C．see D．watch
A．her B．him C．other D．others
A．than B．since C．though D．because
A．what B．why C．who D．how
A．early B．dear C．easy D．late
A．under B．around C．above D．between
A．soon B．busily C．hardly D．often
A．place B．song C．school D．dance
A．buying B．losing C．sending D．playing
A．follow B．give C．make D．bring
One day, a boy found the cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small 41 in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make 42 body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped.
So the boy 43 to help the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be 44 .He took a pair of scissors(剪刀) and cut the hole 45 .The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it 46
a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin 47 .The butterfly didn’t start to fly. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬行) around with a weak body and thin wings. It was never able to fly.
The boy acted with 48 but he didn’t understand why it could be like this. When a butterfly crawls out of the cocoon, it must struggle. The hard work of 49 out of the cocoon makes the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be 50 to fly. If the butterfly never has to squeeze(挤压) itself out of the cocoon, its wings will never get the fluid and it can never fly.
51 struggles are what we need in our lives. If we lived our lives without any problems, we would never learn or grow. We would not be 52 we could have been and we would never fly.
In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even 53 growth, without it , there’s no way of life. We can’t avoid 54 or problems. So, next time you are 55 a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly. Struggle a little—then fly!
A．hole B．worm C．tall D．snake
A．it B．it’s C．itself D．its
A．decided B．asked C．showed D．ordered
A．afraid B．interested C．surprised D．grateful
A．slimmer B．bigger C．shorter D．smaller
A．touched B．sounded C．looked D．smelt
A．wings B．feet C．eyes D．head
A．success B．excitement C．kindness D．humour
A．get B．getting C．to get D．got
A．ready B．quiet C．glad D．used
A．Somewhere B．Something C．Some time D．Sometimes
A．as helpful as B．as weak as C．as strong as D．as creative as
A．repeats B．recommends C．requires D．represents
A．happiness B．difficulties C．pleasure D．hope
A．served with B．growing into C．bringing in D．faced with
Three small fish lived in the sea. When they were very young, their parents died. They had to 15 each other day after day. Finally, they grew up and 16 to swim deeper and further.
One morning, the three fish were 17 to a shallow(浅) water by a big wave(浪). A small boat was taken there, too. It was hard for the fish to go back to the sea because the boat was right in front of them. The largest fish realized that they were 18 , and said they had to find a way to leave there as fast as possible. The second largest fish 19 with his elder brother, but the youngest one did not. He said that there was much 20 for their activities, so he would not worry at all and still swam around 21 .
At last, the largest fish returned to the 22 by jumping over the lowest part of the boat. The second largest fish also succeeded in 23 his elder brother in the other side of water. But the youngest one didn’t follow them and still swam joyfully.
Two hours later, when the sun rose up, the water in the small shallow corner 24 . The fish who did not try to return to the sea died of lack(缺乏) of water.
A．listen to B．look after C．talk with D．worry about
A．dared B．hated C．refused D．stopped
A．allowed B．given C．invited D．taken
A．in safety B．in doubt C．in danger D．in peace
A．agreed B．talked C．disagreed D．discussed
A．time B．food C．water D．air
A．slowly B．sadly C．luckily D．happily
A．sea B．river C．lake D．pool
A．catching B．joining C．taking D．telling
A．rose up B．ran out C．washed away D．dried up
Once there was a grasshopper(蚱蜢), who was the best hopper(跳跃者) in the world. She taught __16__ grasshoppers how to hop. Soon all grasshoppers were hopping well, so she felt very proud.
Then one day an eagle appeared. She immediately decided to teach the eagle how to hop, __17__she was sure that hopping was the key to __18___ . But every time she __19___ the eagle to hop, he just said, “There is no need. You are satisfied with hopping, but I can fly. “
“Stop this silly talking of flying!” screamed the grasshopper. “Flying is__20__ in your imagination. “
The next day, some of the grasshoppers went to talk to the eagle. “How is it that you don’t know how to hop, yet you still talk of flying? It is ___21___our teacher’s orders.”
“Hopping is useful and can make you happy, but when you can fly, it is no longer___22___.” said the eagle.
“Tell us more,” said the grasshoppers.
The eagle began telling them what the world___23___the grass fields was like. It was a world that included mountains, rivers and oceans(海洋).
Then the eagle took one___24___grasshopper in his powerful wings to the sky. The grasshopper could see the mountains, rivers and oceans that the eagle ___25___.
After the eagle landed, he saw a spark (闪光) in the grasshopper’s eyes. The grasshopper told others what he had seen in the sky. Therefore, the grasshoppers dreamt of flying in the sky.
A．another B．other C．others D．the other
A．as B．and C．or D．because of
A．business B．weakness C．happiness D．succeed
A．confused B．told C．advised D．asked
A．just B．even C．hardly D．ever
A．for B．well with C．against D．down
A．helpful B．dangerous C．necessary D．safe
A．on B．through C．across D．beyond
A．strong B．brave C．attractive D．beautiful
A．imagined B．had talked C．told D．had described
A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s disappointment,she said she would go. This 16 be the first time that his classmates and teacher 17 his mother and he felt ashamed of her 18 . Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a scar(疤痕)that 19 nearly the right side of her face. The boy never wanted to 20 why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were impressed by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother in spite of the scar, but the little boy was still 21 and hid himself from everyone, 22 a conversation between his mother and the teacher.
The teacher asked 23 ,“How did you get the scar on your face?”
The mother answered,“When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was 24 afraid to go in because the fire was 25 ，so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked senseless but 26 , a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She touched（摸着） the 27 side of her face. “This scar will be 28 ,but to this day, I have never regretted what I did.”
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her mother in his arms and 29 a great sense of the sacrifice(牺牲)that his mother had made for him. He held her hand tightly for the 30 of the day.
A．would B．could C．should D．must
A．noticed B．greeted C．accepted D．met
A．look B．appearance C．clothes D．smile
A．included B．passed C．covered D．decorated
A．talk about B．think about C．care about D．hear about
A．surprised B．sad C．happy D．embarrassed(尴尬)
A．listening to B．looking at C．hearing D．watching
A．carefully B．seriously C．nervously D．anxiously（焦急的）
A．so B．much C．quite D．too
A．out of control B．under control C．in control D．over control
A．surely B．hopefully C．luckily D．unluckily
A．left B．crying C．wiped D．burned
A．ugly B．lasting (持久的) C．serious D．frightening
A．felt B．realized C．enjoyed D．told
A．others B．other C．rest D．following
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