The little boy entered the house, unhappy. His mother was 31 cakes in the kitchen. She smiled as she 32 but stopped when she saw his face. “Tyler, 33 happened? Is everything okay?”
“Nothing is okay, mom.” said the boy, “Today, in our science lesson, Mrs. Green was talking about the 34 .She said that the whole world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are dying. She wants us to think of something we can do to help. I thought all the way, but there is 35 I can do to make a difference.”
“Let me tell you 36 .” the mother said after thinking for a while. “One morning a man was walking down a beach, there he saw thousands of dying starfish covering the beach, they were pushed up by the 37 , and it was too far up for them to make their way back by 38 . The man shook his head as he walked along, ‘What a pity! So many starfish will die on the beach.’ The man felt very sorry 39 those starfish. He went on walking and just at that time he was 40 to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as 41 as he could, ‘how silly you are! My 42 ,’ the man said, ‘There are so many starfish, can you throw all of them back?’ The boy didn’t stop but kept throwing, ‘ 43 I can’t help them all .I can make a difference to this one, and this one, and this one, and this one.”
“Thinking for a moment, the man 44 to help return the starfish to their home. He smiled and said to himself, ‘Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the 45 person.
A．drinking B．making C．selling D．washing
A．turned around B．turned down C．turned on D．turned off
A．what B．when C．where D．why
A．air B．land C．water D．environment
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
A．a lie B．a joke C．a story D．a truth
A．wind B．rain C．waves D．sands
A．himself B．itself C．ourselves D．themselves
A．afraid B．surprised C．sad D．angry
A．slow B．fast C．soon D．high
A．father B．mother C．son D．daughter
A．Or B．So C．Because D．Though
A．began B．continued C．forgot D．waited
Helen Keller was a very bright， beautiful girl. At the age of six months she could say a few words. But unluckily， before she was two years old， she was badly . After that， she could not see or hear， and soon she could not even talk. Since then Helen had to for what she wanted. When she was six， her parents invited a teacher for her. With the help of the teacher， she began to see and hear the around her through her hands. She learned to the books for the blind. The teacher took Helen for long walks， and her about all the beautiful sights. Helen touched flowers， climbed the trees and even smelled a rain storm it came. She also learned how to swim and a horse. After she grew up， she became a famous in America. Her first and most famous book is The Story of My Life. Her story has brought new to many blind and deaf people. It has given light to those in darkness and encouraged them to live and work.
A．already B．never C．still D．also
A．dead B．ill C．strong D．thin
A．consider B．think C．look D．fight
A．town B．country C．world D．city
A．enjoy B．look C．see D．read
A．told B．spoke C．asked D．said
A．since B．while C．before D．after
A．drive B．serve C．play D．ride
A．doctor B．player C．writer D．singer
A．chance B．hope C．money D．job
David is American school boy. His school is not from his home. It takes him only ten to go to school by bus. But he’s often late for school because he can’t get up .
It’s a day today. David gets up early. He has breakfast and goes to school. He to the bus station. He takes a bus seven o’clock. His classes begin at half past seven. But today he is late. Do you know ? Because he takes a bus!
A．a B．an C．the D．/
A．away B．near C．far D．go
A．minutes B．hours C．days D．seconds
A．early B．lately C．late D．earlier
A．rain B．fine C．sun D．good
A．stop B．go C．walks D．run
A．in B．on C．of D．at
A．either B．to C．also D．no
A．reason B．where C．why D．how
A．wrong B．right C．small D．middle
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
With a hat by his feet, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building. He held up a sign which said, “I’m blind, please help.”
Only a few people put 36 in the hat. A man was walking by. He 37 some coins into the hat. He then turned the sign 38 , wrote some words, put the sign back and left.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people 39 to give money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man came to see 40 things were. The boy recognized his footsteps （认出他的脚步声）and asked, “Were you the one who 41 my sign this morning? What did you write?”
The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a 42 way.” What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day, 43 I cannot see it.”
Both the 44 told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply 45 people to help by throwing some money into the 46 . The second one, however, told people that they were able to enjoy the 47 of the day, but the boy couldn’t 48 he was blind.
There are at least two lessons we can learn 49 this story. First, be thankful for what you have. Someone else has less. Help them if you can. 50 , be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way!
A．eggs B．coins C．toys D．pencils
A．got B．lost C．took D．dropped
A．on B．off C．back D．around
A．asked B．began C．hoped D．continued
A．how B．what C．whose D．which
A．put B．found C．changed D．cleaned
A．usual B．simple C．different D．dangerous
A．as B．so C．for D．but
A．signs B．men C．boys D．lessons
A．told B．took C．helped D．ordered
A．bag B．hat C．pocket D．basket
A．food B．songs C．beauty D．pictures
A．because B．unless C．before D．though
A．about B．with C．from D．except
A．First B．Second C．Third D．Fourth
When Amy wrote her first novel in secondary school, she never imagined that she would become a writer one day. Like many 16 writers on the Internet, the 17 woman got into this online world accidentally(偶然地).
Three years ago, Amy worked in a medical industry. Her job kept her busy for six months and left her almost 18 to do for the rest of the year. To fill the time, she started writing 19 on the Internet. Her first novel was about her neighbours and their life 20 she is familiar with.
Amy has been interested in writing 21 she was a child. At first, she just wanted to share her novels 22 people she knew. Then one day an editor of a famous website emailed her, asking her 23 she would like to sell the electronic copyright(授权) of one of her novels. She 24 immediately and the novel was moved to the VIP section of the website. She got $ 1,500 for that.
Now Amy is a full-time 25 . So far her eight novels have come out online, and five of them 26 .
“The Internet made me famous and brought me 27 ,” she said. “I earn much more money now— about $60,000 a year. I am 28 with my career, but there is one problem — that my talent might run out after five years and I’ll have to 29 to work in the medical industry.”
“Before that day comes, I’ll keep 30 for the readers with my light and close-to-everyday-life writing style,” said Amy with a smile.
A．other B．others C．another D．the other
A．28-year-old B．28-years-old C．28 years old D．28-year old
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
A．reports B．novels C．diaries D．plays
A．who B．which C．that D．whom
A．when B．while C．since D．until
A．about B．of C．to D．with
A．that B．if C．why D．how often
A．agreed B．disagreed C．refused D．left
A．housewife B．editor C．saleswoman D．writer
A．will print B．were printing C．printed D．were printed
A．success B．succeed C．successful D．successfully
A．unhappy B．angry C．satisfied D．proud
A．come B．go C．return D．get
A．to write B．writing C．write D．written
A group of frogs were traveling1 the forests, but suddenly two of them fell into a hole. The other frogs tried to help them. When they saw how deep the hole was, they cried to the two frogs that they could not be saved. The two frogs didn’t 2 and tried their best to jump up out of the hole. The other frogs 3 saying that they were sure to die. 4, one of the two frogs, who heard what the other frogs were saying, gave up. Then he fell down and died.
The 5 frog, however, continued to jump as 6 as he could, and at last made it out. When he 7 , the other frogs asked, "Didn’t you hear us?" The frog, who had a poor 8, said, "I thought you were encouraging me all the time."
The story teaches us a 9:There is power(力量) of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging 10 to those who are down can help them out while a discouraging word can kill them.
( )1. A. across B. through C. from D. past
( )2. A. care B. understand C. know D. think
( )3. A. kept B. finished C. practiced D. stopped
( )4. A. Luckily B. Finally C. Suddenly D. Happily
( )5. A. another B. other C. others D. one
( )6. A. wide B. tall C. hard D. far
( )7. A. got out B. ran away C. got off D. woke up
( )8. A. smelling B. eyesight C. hearing D. looking
( )9. A. way B. skill C. sentence D. lesson
( )10. A. smile B. laugh C. help D. word
Jim is an American boy. He likes __1__football matches, __2 __he hasn’t enough (足够的) money to buy tickets. He has to watch the matches __3__TV at home when he has __4__homework. He must go to school from Monday to Friday, so he missed (错过) a lot of important football matches.
A big football match would be held (举行) in the afternoon the next day. __ 5 __wanted to watch it very much. But he couldn’t. He would have a physics (物理) test in __6___afternoon.
"Can we have a video, mom?" Jim asked his mother __7___he went to school. "Then from our TV set you can record (录像) the match for me."
"I’m __8___we can’t afford (买得起) one," said his mother. The next morning Jim went home with a smile, __9___a new video. "But where did you get the money, Jim?" His mother asked in surprise.
"That’s __10 __, mom. I sold our TV set."
| 1. |
A. watching |
B. seeing |
C. looking at |
D. hearing |
| 2. |
A. and |
B. so |
C. but |
D. or |
| 3. |
A. in |
B. on |
C. at |
D. with |
| 4. |
A. few |
B. a few |
C. many |
D. quite a little |
| 5. |
A. Mother |
B. Father |
C. Teacher |
D. Jim |
| 6. |
A. the same |
B. the different |
C. a |
D. as |
| 7. |
A. after |
B. before |
C. because |
D. as |
| 8. |
A. glad |
B. afraid |
C. pleased |
D. frighten (恐惧) |
| 9. |
A. carrying |
B. carries |
C. carry |
D. to carry |
| 10. |
A. difficult |
B. easy |
C. difficulty |
D. easily |
As a single mother of four children and working at a low-paid job, I couldn’t get enough money for the family, but we had ____ on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always enough. Not knowing we were poor, my kids just thought I was ____. I’ve always been glad about that.
Christmas was coming, and although there wasn’t enough ____ for a lot of gifts, we planned to hold a family party. And the big excitement for the kids was the fun of Christmas ____.
The children planned weeks before, asking ____ what they wanted for Christmas. Luckily, I had saved $120 for them to buy ____.
The big day arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar note and ____ them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散开). We had two hours to shop; then we would ____ again at the “Santa’s Workshop”.
On the way home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, ____ my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually ____. She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies — fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything ____ we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door, ready to be angry again.
This is what she told me: “I was looking ____, thinking of what to buy, and I ____ to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees.’ One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she ____ for Christmas was a doll(玩具娃娃). So I took the card off the tree and bought the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”
I never felt so ____ as I did that day.
A．bowls B．forks C．chopsticks D．food
A．busy B．serious C．strict D．kind
A．effort B．room C．time D．money
A．shopping B．traveling C．parties D．greetings
A．the other B．each other C．another D．all of them
A．toys B．clothes C．presents D．bills
A．made B．reminded C．invited D．spoke
A．draw B．stay C．move D．meet
A．including B．besides C．except D．beside
A．quiet B．excited C．happy D．sad
A．since B．after C．while D．until
A．out B．over C．forward D．around
A．forgot B．stopped C．failed D．hated
A．wanted B．did C．got D．played
A．painful B．rich C．helpless D．angry
“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
Though the great progress has been made in medical science, human beings are often attacked by cancer, which means death. A woman named Bonnie suffered a of discomforts caused by the treatment of cancer. She didn't regard cancer as a deadly illness, but a laughing matter. She treated it In a humorous way. To put it in way, she is teaching people that even though cancer isn't ,we can treat it in a humorous way.
Her second child was going to be born three months away she was diagnosed(诊断)with cancer. Suddenly, a happy mother turned into a helpless woman afraid for her own .It was after she had had her baby that she had an operation. Then came chemo(化疗)and her life seemed to be made up of fears and tears. But the moment in her life came after she lost all her hair and a free wig(假发)arrived. She tried i c on as her older son Kyler watched.
"That was when I decided how to deal with it: crying over this bad wig or laughing about it. Either way would make remember it," Bonnie said. She spent a lot of time looking for anything funny from cancer patients. She got a lot out of collecting stories. She started laughing a lot, finding it the perfect medicine. Using herself a bald model, Bonnie set out to design her own greeting cards and calendars, making fun of the sufterings of chemo.
" joy, we badly need to laugh." she said.
Clearly, you can increase your confidence to get over any disease and trouble by means of
laughing.
A．set B．series C．way D．pack
A．another B．the other C．other D．others
A．serious B．terrible C．fun D．bad
A．before B．until C．while D．when
A．son B．illness C．operation D．life
A．lowest B．highest C．great D．ugly
A．myself B．everyone C．my son D．my husband
A．detective B．romantic C．different D．humorous
A．as B．be C．is D．to
A．Had B．To have C．Have had D．Having
A hungry wolf was walking around in the evening. He met a dog. The dog was fat and looked happy. The wolf made with the dog.
“You are looking better. It seems you are happy and satisfied. Your skin is so nice. You have been fed with nice food,” said the wolf.
“Well, my friend, my life is simple. I my master’s house. He feeds me four times a day. I have been given a small house where I sleep well. I don’t have any .”
“Then your life is good. I also wish the same. But you see I am always hungry. You see my bones. I am fed very .”
“OK, then.Come with me. Live with me. You will also be happy,” said the dog.
The wolf .Both of them reached the house where the dog lived. Both were happy. the wolf entered the house, he happened to see the top of the dog’s . He found no fur there.
“Why is there no fur on your neck?” The wolf asked the dog.
“Oh, my dear friend. do you ask it? My master puts a belt(皮带) around my neck. The belt the neck while the belt is tied to a chain(链子). My master pulls it and pushes me my house,” said the dog.
“What?”the wolf said and didn’t enter further. He was to hear what the dog said.
“Friend, let me . I am not jealous(羡慕的) about you. You eat good food. But you are here.My bones are thin, but I am in my world. I can go anywhere I like. Thank you. I shall return to my forest.”
A．money B．friends C．progress D．faces
A．badly B．carelessly C．properly D．cleverly
A．watch B．own C．build D．fix
A．dreams B．difficulties C．goals D．thoughts
A．much B．well C．often D．little
A．succeeded B．won C．agreed D．wondered
A．If B．Since C．As D．Though
A．neck B．back C．leg D．head
A．How B．When C．Where D．Why
A．moves B．rubs C．cuts D．burns
A．on B．in C．onto D．into
A．surprised B．pleased C．worried D．interested
A．look up B．come in C．go back D．break down
A．hit B．tied C．killed D．fed
A．alone B．poor C．famous D．free
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 story about a teacher who once did what he could his students get to know the importance of believing in themselves.
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 students left and said, “Does anyone else want to get a ‘B’? This is your last .” Two more students decided to go.
Only seven students were still in the classroom. The teacher then the papers. There were only three sentences on the paper: Congratulations! You have just an ‘A’ in this class. Keep 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 .对他们已经所学的东西不是自信的学生最多是B类学生。
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 got life’s , not only from normal education, but from events in their lives, and have become better people. You see, one should always believe in himself.A. to make B. make C. making
A. hardly B. hard C. terribly
A. dislike B. go C. prefer
A. chance B. hope C. test
A. handed out B. handed in C. handed over
A. given B. sent C. received
A. at most B. at least C. at times
A. possible B. impossible C. true
A. heard of B. learned from C. dreamed of
A. experiences B. experiments C. lessons
Grow deep roots
When I was young, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He ____invited us to play in this yard, but he was a very kind person.
Dr. Gibbs had some ___ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants would spoil them. If you watered them, each young tree would grow weaker and weaker. So you had to make things difficult for them and __the weaker trees early.
He talked about how watered trees grew shallow roots, and how trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in ____of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important. So he never watered his trees.
Dr. Gibbs died several years after I left home. When I came back home, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about 25 years ago. They were very big and strong. I planted some trees a few years later and carried water to them for a whole summer. After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blow in, they ___a lot.
Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I hope that their lives will be ___. But now it’s time to change my thought . I know my children are going to face difficulties. There’s always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is get roots that reach deep into the brave heart. When the rains fall and the winds blow, we can face them strongly and won't be beaten down.
A．always B．never C．probably D．directly
A．general B．crazy C．interesting D．wrong
A．look up B．put off C．depend on D．pick up
A．search B．need C．charge D．favour
A．grow B．cover C．shake D．change
A．long B．easy C．difficult D．horrible
I have a good friend. Her name is Kate. She is American girl. She is eleven. She with her family in China. There are people in her family. They’re her father, her mother, her brother and herself(她自己). She has a cat. name is Mimi. It’s Sunday today. They at home. Look! Kate with Mimi. Her father is reading newspapers. Her mother is cleaning the house. Where is her brother Jim? He is doing homework in his study. Kate Chinese very much, but she can’t it very well. Jim likes soccer. He can play it very well.
A．a B．an C．the D．/
A．live B．living C．to live D．lives
A．five B．four C．six D．three
A．It B．It’s C．Its D．It is
A．are all B．are not C．all are D．not are
A．play B．plays C．playing D．is playing
A．he B．his C．her D．my
A．like B．to like C．likes D．liking
A．speak B．tell C．say D．talk
A．play B．plays C．to play D．playing
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