On a snowy evening, a rich lady was standing by the road. She was very worried. Her had broken down. Just then a poor man named Robert came. He was on his back home from work as usual. The lady wondered, "Is the man going to me? He looks very cold and hungry." But to her surprise, stopped and said with a smile, "Can I help you, madam?" After forty , the car was at last fixed by Robert. The lady wanted to pay him." No, that's , madam." he said, "I was just helping someone in . If you really want to pay me back, I hope you see someone in need, you should give him a hand." A few minutes later, the lady a shabby (破旧的)house by the road. She remembered Robert's words, so she stopped. The hostess(女主人) warmly asked her . The lady could see that was a family and that they needed help. When the hostess was making tea in the kitchen, the lady on a table 500 dollars and went away quietly. Robert came home later than before, thinking how their life was. His wife was pregnant(怀孕) and the baby was to be born the next month but there was not money. His wife went up to him, gave him a kiss and said softly, "Don't worry, dear! Everything's going to be all . A stranger has helped us out." Let's always be ready to help others because helping others is helping ourselves.
A.bike B.motorbike C.bus D.car
A.step B.way C.road D.life
A.help B.save C.kill D.find
A.she B.he C.I D.they
A.days B.hours C.minutes D.years
A.nothing B.something C.everything D.anything
A.picture B.rain C.need D.danger
A.whatever B.whenever C.however D.whichever
A.saw B.heard C.smelt D.felt
A.out B.away C.in D.along
A.terrible B.sad C.rich D.poor
A.dropped B.forgot C.lay D.left
A.exciting B.hard C.happy D.interesting
A.many B.some C.enough D.few
A.right B.wrong C.glad D.well
Carnegie was born in 1888 to a poor farming family in the central United States. The boy didn’t see a train he was 12 years old. In his teens, he had to get up at 3 a.m. every day to milk the cows in his family.
When Carnegie first entered college, he felt because of his clothes and ordinary looks. His mother him: “Why not try to be better in other things instead of just dress and good ?”
Carnegie tried to be more active in college. He joined the debate (辩论) team. But one after another, he lost 12 meets. The young man was very in himself. He said later that he thought of killing himself after so many failures. soon Carnegie was seen practicing public speaking on the riverside. Because of his hard work, he at last. In 1906, Carnegie won a famous speech contest and became widely known. The young man made his own words come true, “Believe that you will succeed, you will.”
In order to his success, Carnegie opened schools and wrote books. His best-sellers include How to Win Friends, Influence People, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. More than 50 million of his books have been printed in 38 languages. They are still helping people on the road to success.
A.when B.as C.until D.while
A.hopeless B.tired C.happy D.useless
A.replied B.ordered C.protected D.encouraged
A.colleges B.looks C.families D.speeches
A.interested B.surprised C.disappointed D.excited
A.Although B.Then C.So D.But
A.succeeded B.failed C.graduated D.tried
A.or B.but C.and D.so
A.achieve B.share C.realize D.show
A.schools B.ones C.stories D.Copies
Mary and Peter were having a picnic near a river when Mary noticed something flying overhead. “ ,”she shouted to her friends. “That’s a spaceship up there and it’s going to here.”
Frightened (吓唬) by the strange silver colored spaceship, of the young people got in their and drove away quickly. Peter Mary and was always close to her. They, more than frightened, watched the spaceship land, saw a door open. When nobody , they went to the spaceship and looked into it. In the center of the floor was a pile of food. Peter followed Mary into the spaceship and didn’t the door close behind him. The temperature fell quickly and the young people lost consciouseness (知觉) . When they woke up, they were to see that they were back by the river . The spaceship had gone. Their car was nearby.
“What ?” said Mary.
“Don’t ask me; perhaps we had a .” Peter said slowly. “Did you …. Did you see a spaceship?”
“Yes, ” said Mary. “Oh, Peter, we have seen a UFO coming from another world.”
A.Look B.Come C.Stop D.Stand
A.arrive B.come C.land D.leave
A.none B.some C.many D.most
A.cars B.rooms C.houses D.buses
A.knew B.liked C.saw D.met
A.afraid B.worried C.careful D.curious (好奇)
A.come along B.came over C.came out D.came round
A.it B.there C.that D.this
A.know B.think C.hear D.hope
A.two B.three C.four D.five
A.happy B.surprised C.interested D.ready
A.again B.too C.later D.finally
A.started B.stopped C.happened D.landed
A.rest B.dream C.drink D.walk
A.could B.would C.should D.must
完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分,计15分)
阅读下列短文,从文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。
Long long ago there was a poor little girl who lived near a forest. She had no family and no one to love her. So she often sad and lonely.
One day, when she was walking in the forest, she found that a small was trapped unluckily in a bush. The butterfly tried to fly away failed. The kind little girl saved the butterfly with great care. Instead of flying away, the butterfly turned into a beautiful fairy (仙女). The little girl was very .
“Thank you for me. You are so kind. I will make any of your dreams come true.” said the fairy.
The little girl thought for a moment and then said, “I want to be !”
The fairy said, “Very well. I will help you.” And she said something in the little girl’s ear. Then the fairy disappeared.
As the kind little girl grew up, she was ready to help people in need and was popular among the villagers. No one in the village was as happy as she was. Everyone asked her the of her happiness. She always smiled and , “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a kind when I was a little girl.”
When the kind girl became a very old woman and was dying, the neighbours in the all gathered (聚拢) around her bed because they were that her secret of happiness would die with her. They asked, “Please tell us the kind fairy said.”
The lovely old woman still and said, “She told me that everyone needed me, no matter how safe they seemed, no matter how rich or poor, no matter how old or . She said that helping others would make me happy all my life.”
A.thought B.found C.sounded D.felt
A.butterfly B.bird C.snake D.squirrel
A.so B.or C.but D.as
A.surprised B.tired C.crazy D.nervous
A.catching B.hearing C.killing D.saving
A.smart B.happy C.rich D.famous
A.always B.never C.seldom D.hardly
A.problem B.secret C.power D.lesson
A.asked B.hoped C.answered D.spoke
A.king B.fairy C.ghost D.princess(公主)
A.village B.town C.city D.world
A.excited B.pleased C.glad D.afraid
A.that B.what C.how D.why
A.shouted B.cried C.smiled D.jumped
A.young B.great C.nice D.quiet
Mr. and Mrs. Green were very worried about their son, Leo. He seemed to be dumb( 哑的) he was normal in every other way. Mr. and Mrs. Green tried everything to get him to ,but with no success.When Leo was six years old, the best doctors in the town him carefully, but could find nothing wrong.
And he seemed to be smart. It was just that he _ spoke.
“There might be something wrong with his ,and he doesn’t know he's able to speak,’,one doctor said.“But he can read and write,,,said Mr. Green. “We’ve written him notes, telling him that he can speak. ”“It’s certainly very ,” another doctor said. Perhaps he’ll be able to speak some day. ” passed. Leo went to university. But he did not say a word. Then one day,Leo was having a meal with his parents. Without any warning, he looked up from his and said,“Pass me the salt,please. ”
Mr. and Mrs. Green were excited. “You spoke! You spoke!” they cried. “ Why have you so long to speak?” “I didn’t have anything to say,,,he said. “Until now everything was perfect. But you forgot to put salt in potatoes. ”
A.because B.when C.though D.before
A.speak B.walk C.play D.laugh
A.taught B.found C.examined D.asked
A.never B.often C.usually D.always
A.back B.hair C.face D.mind
A.unfair B.strange C.noisy D.quiet
A.Hours B.Weeks C.Months D.Years
A.good B.right C.single D.new
A.chair B.meal C.hands D.books
A.slept B.walked C.served D.waited
Mary was a 911 operator (接线员) in Los Angeles. One Thursday morning, she was surprised to get a from a very young child. She said “Mom is ” again and again. Mary found the address of the call and called the police. In a minute, the policeman and the doctors arrived the house. When they broke the door open, they couldn’t believe their . A little child was sitting beside her mother and holding her mother’s hand. She was so young that maybe she could not ! Tears were running down her face at that time.
The woman soon after the doctor gave her medicine. Later, she told people, “Many people were that my daughter could call 911. On Monday I tried to teach her to call 911, but she couldn’t do it.” Mary was surprised, too. She said, “It’s really amazing for a two-year-old child 10 911. How can she do that?”A. present B. call C. letter
A. ill B. angry C. tired
A. early B. happily C. quickly
A. at B. in C. to
A. ears B. eyes C. mouths
A. speak B. see C. walk
A. got up B. woke up C. put up
A. surprised B. excited C. disappointed
A. what B. when C. how
A. call B. to call C. calling
完型填空
根据上下文内容,从所给的四个选项中选择一个合适的选项。
Charlie is twenty-three now. He ________ a university(大学) and found work in a factory last year. It’s ________and there are no more than fifty workers in it. And only he________in a university. So he looks down upon (瞧不起) his ________ . He always thinks he’s right and never agrees with ________. He likes to say, “I’ve never made a mistake!”
But once the young man couldn’t ________ a foreign instructions (说明书). An old worker studied it for two days and ________ Mr. White, the boss of the factory, ________it meant. The boss asked Charlie why. He made a few excuses to say for________ . And he didn’t agree with the old man. The boss became angry and asked, “ Is it ________ that you’ve never made a mistake?”
The young man wouldn’t make Mr. White ________and had to say, “No, it isn’t, sir.”
Having _______ this, the workers were happy. One of them asked, “ It means that you also make some mistakes!”
Charlie ________his mind at once and said, “ I made only one mistake in my ________ !”
“When?” the boss asked in surprise.
“ Just now, sir.” Answered the young man. “When Mr. White ________ me acknowledge (承认)I was wrong!”
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Eric was standing in front of a large, gray house in the countryside. He had just been dropped off by his mum, who left after telling him that he was going to the next twelve days there with no TV, no mobile phone and worst of all—no .
Just then, a man appeared* at the gate of the house. When he saw Eric, he went up to him immediately*. "I'm you are Eric. Welcome to Camp Reboot," said the man proudly. "I'm Tony, the camp leader*, but you will me 'Sir'. Now you tell me you're here."
Eric quickly replied, "My mum made me here!" When Tony looked angrily him and did not say , Eric realized his mistake and added, "Sir!"
"And do you know why your mother sent here? Asked Tony.
"She thinks I spend too much time online—that I can't live without the Internet... Sir," answered Eric. "It's not just her opinion. It's the ! Look at you—tired, unhealthy and certainly not getting sleep. You're here because you think your world on the Internet is much than the real world. But you're wrong! The real world has much more to offer. At Camp Reboot, you're going to go hiking, boating, rock-climbing and stay outdoors most of the ," said Tony.
Eric's heart broke.
"But it's not going be all fun and games." Tony continued. " We have rules here. you break them, you'll never be sent home ! Instead, you'll have to sweep the floor, wash the dishes or do an extra hour of exercise!"
"Oh, my God!" cried Eric. "What have you got me into, Mum?"
A.save B.keep C.show D.spend
A.radio B.camera C.book D.computer
A.sad B.sure C.anxious D.surprised
A.call B.make C.wish D.name
A.what B.how C.why D.when
A.attempt B.pretend C.escape D.come
A.at B.on C.in D.to
A.something B.anything C.everything D.nothing
A.it B.you C.him D.her
A.answer B.story C.truth D.excuse
A.short B.quick C.enough D.terrible
A.older B.darker C.poorer D.better
A.time B.life C.year D.month
A.If B.Until C.Before D.While
A.extremely B.possibly C.early D.slowly
完形填空
Henry was a boy of nine. He was born in a ____ family. His father was often ill and couldn’t go to work. ____ his mother worked in a factory. She worked hard and hoped to give her four children and husband(丈夫) ____ food and clothes. But she failed. Her family were sometimes ____. Of course, she couldn’t send Henry to school. She was ____ it but she didn’t know what to do. The boy was very clever and taught himself to read and write and ____ at home in the evening. And in the daytime he was polishing(擦)shoes in the street, so he could make some ____ for his family.
One afternoon the boy saw a young man’s shoes were ____, so he said to him, “ Let me polish your shoes.”
“No, thank you,” the young man said and walked ____.
“You may pay me only one dollar, sir,” the boy shouted ___ him. But the young man said no again. Then the boy ____ for a while and told him that he would polish his shoes for nothing. The young man ____ to this, and soon one of his shoes was shining brightly. The man ____ the other shoe to the boy, but the boy said no to polish it if he wasn’t paid two dollars for his work. The young man refused(拒绝)to ____ anything on it and went away.
But his shoes were so different that he had to ____. He turned back and gave the boy two dollars. In a very short time the shoe was as bright as the other one.
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Sui Lu is now well-known as a Chinese gymnast (体操运动员). She was one of the ‘brightest’________ at the Guangzhou Asian Games. At the Games 18-year-old Sui won ________gold medals in team, all-round, balance beam and floor exercise.
Sui started ________in gymnastics at the age of 3 and joined the national team in 2005. The Hunan girl was first ________when she got two gold medals in the 2008 National Championships (锦标赛) in Tianjin. ________thought Sui would go to the Beijing Olympics. But Sui made a few small ________in the following two World Championships in Russia and France. She wasn’t________to be in the Olympic team. The ________girl cried her heart out.
The failure changed Sui ________a quieter, but more hard-working person. ‘These last two competitions have helped me learn to become more________, especially on the balance beam,’ Sui said.
She proved________again at the 11th Chinese National Games. At the Games she ________ two gold medals.
Now, Sui’s ________is to go to the London 2012 Olympics. ‘I’ve ________been to the Olympics,’ said Sui. ‘I will try my best to get the chance to go to London and I won’t give up ________ the last moment.’
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完形填空,阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从下列各题所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案,将其序号填入题前括号内。
Saturday, 30 October
Father’s birthday is coming, so I decided to put up a bookself for my father because he loves________and has many books.
I ________ the building materials online. My best friend Daniel came to help me and brought some ________ . We read the instructions first and ________ started to work. Daniel is good at DIY and is really ________ . It took us only an hour to finish the work. I had a little________ using the hammer. Daniel taught me ________ to use it properly and we had fun working together.
We also tried to paint the bookself blue-my father’s favourite ________ . When we finished, it ________ really cool.
I feel happy with my work ________ I believe my father will be proud(自豪)of it as well.
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One day, when your mother gets older and older, will you dislike her more words and her had health? Here is a mother`s letter to her______. Let`s read it and see what`s moving you.
Dear son,
When I grow old one day, please be _______ to me and try to understand me. If I get dirty when eating or if I can`t ____ myself., help me. Remember the hours I spent teaching you . If I say some things again and again when I speak to you, please _____me. When you were_______, I had to read you the same story again and again ________ you went to sleep. When my tired legs do not let me walk, give me your _____. I did the same when you started walking. When I come near to you, you should be next to me, try to understand me and help me _______ I did when you were a baby. When I am ill, you should look ______me well, just like I took good care of you day and night. Please spend more time _____ with me when you are free. I`ll pay you by a smile and love.
I love you, son!
Your mother,
Mary
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完形填空。(共15小题,每小题1分,满分15分)
Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school? You will probably they go to learn languages, geography, history, science and all subjects. That is quite , but do they learn these things?
We send our children to school to them for their future work and life. Nearly everything they study at school has some practical use their life, but is that the reason they go to school?
There is in education than just learning facts. We go to school above all how to learn, so that when we have left school we can go on learning. If a man really knows , he will always be successful, because whenever he has to do , he will quickly teach himself how to do it in the best way. The uneducated person, on the other , is unable to do it, or does it badly, so the purpose of school is not just languages, geography, science, but to teach pupils the to learn.
A.speak B.say C.talk D.tell
A.others B.other C.the other D.another
A.true B.real C.fact D.wrong
A.how B.where C.why D.what
A.stop B.ask C.ready D.prepare
A.at B.in C.on D.with
A.best B.only C.just D.first
A.many B.much C.more D.most
A.learn B.to learn C.learning D.learned
A.how to learn B.why to learn C.how does he learn D.why does he learn
A.anything new B.something new C.new anything D.new something
A.way B.word C.foot D.hand
A.both B.either C.neither D.not
A.learn B.to learn C.teach D.to teach
A.subjects B.reasons C.way D.knowledge
“I don’t like my parents. They always tell me this should be done, and that should not be done. It sometimes makes me______,” said Zhang Hua, a middle school students in Guangdong. Do you have the same problem? Why does it ______that some parents are not so friendly in their children’s eyes?
Your parents ______everything about you, from the time you were born. They do a lot for you, ______something would make you angry, because they care about you and worry about you. They tell you the______of making friends. They ask you to concentrate on your lessons______ computer games. They also worry about how much sleep you get and tell you it’s bad for your health to___. They want you to grow up healthily and happily.
So how can you make things easier on yourself? It’s easier than you think. Just make sure your parents_____what you are doing. Call them if you stay somewhere else later than usual. Say sorry to them you make_____. Talk about your ideas with them. They may talk about theirs with you. School rules ______anytime.
Someday when you become a parent, you may be able to know how to get along with your children.
A.happy B.interested C.angry D.excited
A.smell B.sound C.taste D.seem
A.read about B.worry about C.look for D.talk about
A.though B.so C.or D.since
A.difference B.trouble C.importance D.opportunity
A.besides B.with C.except D.instead of
A.give up B.end up C.look up D.stay up
A.see B.hear C.know D.feel
A.faces B.success C.mistakes D.friends
A.must obey B.must be obey C.must be obeyed D.should be obey
Look at the diagram. It something of home computer used by a group of young people. We asked thirty young people between fourteen and eighteen. We asked them how much they usually spent on their computers in a week, but we were most interested in they used their computers for.
The usual time spent on a computer in a week was about twelve hours, with user about thirty-two hours, and the lowest user only five hours.
All the children said they usually used computers . Fourteen children told us they did some word processing (文字处理) . Only two of them said computers helped with their lessons, and eight people told us they kept addresses and phone numbers on their computers or used as diaries. Only three people said they were learning to make computer programmes and nobody looked up databases(数据库). None of them used computers for any use.
The results show that computer use is quite high among 14~18 year old. They also show quite clearly that computers by most young people as little more than game machines. The only other great uses are for word-processing and address lists. Though computers are common in the homes of young people, they have not yet become useful in everyday life.
A.shows B.says C.writes D.gives
A.hours B.money C.time D./
A.what B.why C.how D.whether
A.high B.higher C.the higher D.the highest
A.to read B.reading C.to play games D.playing games
A.at times B.as usual C.in the end D.all the time
A.theirs B.them C.its D.it
A.another B.other C.the other D.others
A.are seen B.have seen C.will be seen D.see
A.closing B.opening C.leaving D.keeping