Once upon a time there lived a woman who had a bad temper(脾气). She 1 at everyone around her. For most of her life she believed the anger inside her was 2 else’s fault(过错).
She went to see a wise monk(高僧) to ask for 3 . The monk told her to take a large pot（罐子) from his kitchen, fill it with 4 , and stand outside on the sidewalk in front of his house. “It’s hot outside,” the monk said to her “When a person 5 , you must give him or her a glass of water. Do this until there is no 6 left inside you.” 7 she stood outside with a water pot and served water to walkers every day for the next several weeks.
Every morning she asked 8 if there was any anger inside her. And every morning the answer was, “yes.” So she continued 9 water. Until one afternoon when a man walked up, took the water pot out of her hand and drank the water up, and then 10 it onto the ground as he went on his way.
The woman was very 11 . Unable to control herself, she 12 the pot and threw it at the rude man. The pot broke into pieces over the back of his head and he fell to the ground, bleeding.
As the woman calmed down, she realized the mistake of what she had made and began to cry. She called 911 and 13 what had happened. A moment later an ambulance(救护车) and two police cars arrived and took the man away. Then one of the police officers walked over to the woman, who was 14 crying, and said, “ The city owes(欠) you a big ‘thank you.’ That man has been 15 our wanted list for over a year now. He is an important suspect in many murder cases and robberies.”
A．pointed B．laughed C．smiled D．screamed
A．anybody B．somebody C．everybody D．nobody
A．information B．news C．advice D．message
A．juice B．water C．milk D．coffee
A．walks past B．drives past C．rides past D．runs past
A．water B．money C．anger D．energy
A．Because B．But C．So D．Unless
A．herself B．himself C．itself D．themselves
A．drinking B．serving C．selling D．buying
A．put B．dropped C．fell D．threw
A．happy B．excited C．surprised D．angry
A．gave up B．picked up C．put up D．cleared up
A．spoke B．told C．reported D．asked
A．already B．still C．always D．never
A．on B．in C．at D．to
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One day, I am reading a newspaper when my wife calls me in the kitchen, “Will you ________ here and make your daughter eat her food?”
I throw the ________ away and run to my 8-year-old daughter, Millie. In front of her is a bowl of rice. She says to me: “Dad, I want to do a special thing. ________ I eat all the rice, will you let me do it?” “OK.” I say.
“Dad, I want to cut(剪掉) all my hair from my ________ this Sunday.” She says. I feel a little surprised(惊讶的). “Millie, why don’t you ask for something else? We will be ________ when we see your cleanshaven(剃光的) head.”
“Dad, you say you will let me ________ it!” Millie cries.
On Monday morning, I ________ her to school. I watch my hairless(没有头发的) daughter walking to her classroom. I see a boy with a hairless head. He ________ another car, and shouts: “Millie, please ________ for me.”
“Sir, your daughter is ________ .” A woman gets out of the ________, and says, “That boy is my son, Harish. He is ill. He lost(失去了) all his hair because of chemotherapy(化疗).He doesn’t ________ to go to school. Millie visits him and I don’t know she would cut her hair________ my son! ”
I stand there, and I can’t ________ anything. “Thank you, my little angel! You are teaching me what love is!” I think. My daughter is a ________ girl. She lives for her friends.
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There was once a farmer who lost his watch in his barn ( 仓库 ). The watch was only cheap but it was very ________ to him because it was a present from his father. After ________ the barn for a long time ,he gave up and asked for ________ from a group of children playing nearby.
He promised them that the person who ________ the watch would be rewarded ( 奖赏 ).
Hearing this , the children hurried inside the barn at once . They searched ________ but still could not find the watch . Just when the farmer was going to give up, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another ________.
The farmer looked at him and thought , “ Why not ? ________, this kid does look honest .”
So the farmer sent the little boy back to the barn. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand ! The surprised farmer asked the boy how he ________ where the rest had failed.
The boy ________ , “ I did nothing but sit quietly and listen for the sound of the watch .”
This shows us that sometimes a peaceful mind can think _______ than an excited one .
A．important B．expensive C．useless D．interesting
A．finding B．searching C．watching D．studying
A．money B．danger C．work D．help
A．saw B．found C．looked D．watched
A．somewhere B．anywhere C．nowhere D．everywhere
A．way B．chance C．lesson D．present
A．In all B．That’s all C．After all D．Above all
A．came B．knew C．succeeded D．stopped
A．spoke B．added C．talked D．replied
A．badly B．better C．worse D．Well
A few minutes before six o’clock, Mr. Smith left the house. He just wanted to the car when a gunman (持枪者) jumped up from the back seat. He a gun to Mr. Smith’s head. “Drive me to Paris!” he shouted.
“All right,” Mr. Smith answered. He started the engine (发动机), pulled away (开走) from the side of the street and down. Being 81 years old, he knew he could not fight with the gunman. He knew he needed help . Where were the police？ As he drove each crossing, he looked up and down the side streets, hoping to find a police car, but he could see . “Just my luck,” he thought. “If I were driving too , there would be a police car on every corner.”
Suddenly he pushed his foot down on the accelerator (加速器), and the car went faster. “What are you doing？” shouted the gunman. “To the police,” Mr. Smith answered. “I thought I saw a police car near there.”
He ran red lights, drove wrong on one-way streets. On the two-way streets, he drove on the wrong side of the road. None of the policemen saw him. Again, Mr. Smith’s plan was not working. He had to try a new plan.
He turned at a corner and saw the in front. Then he drove his car as fast as he could towards the police gate. The car knocked a police motorbike over and stopped. Mr. Smith shouted, “Help! Help!” Then he back to grab (抓住) the man’s gun. At the same time the policemen heard the noise and quickly caught the gunman.
A．stop B．begin C．leave D．start
A．brought B．pointed C．held D．carried
A．drove B．left C．took D．pushed
A．past B．over C．through D．towards
A．somebody B．anybody C．everybody D．nobody
A．fast B．slowly C．generally D．commonly
A．more B．much C．very D．quite
A．look for B．keep away from C．look at D．care about
A．train station B．police station C．hospital D．bank
A．got B．looked C．turned D．came
A beautiful ,well-dressed lady came to see her doctor . She said she was bored by her lifestyle , and her whole life was empty and ________.
So the doctor called the old lady who cleaned the office floors , and said to the rich lady，“I’m going to ask Mary to tell you how she found ________ . All I want you to do is to________”
So the old lady put down her broom(扫帚) ，sitting on a chair to tell her story,“Well ,my husband _____ malaria （疟疾 ） and months later my only son was killed by a car . I had nobody … I had nothing ___ . I couldn’t sleep; I couldn’t eat ; I never smiled at anyone; I ____ thought of the death . Then one evening a little cat _____ me home from work . I felt sorry for the cat . It was cold outside , so I decided to let the cat in . I got it some milk , and it licked(舔 ) the plate ______ . Then it rubbed against my leg , and for the first time in months, I smiled . Then I stopped to think : if _____ a cat could make me smile , maybe doing something for _____could make me happy ,too . So the next day I baked（烘烤 ）some biscuits and took them to a neighbor who was _______ in bed. Every day I tried to do something ______ for someone . It made me so happy to see them happy . Today I don’t______ of anybody who sleeps and eats better than I do . I’ve found ______ by giving it to others . ”
When she heard that , the rich lady cried . She had _____ that money could buy ,but she had lost the things which money couldn’t buy
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My old college roommate, Bob, was no ordinary person. In the first _____, he did not come from an ordinary family, both his parents were famous. His father was a chess expert and rocket research (火箭研究) _____ for NASA. His mother had been an opera singer in Europe. _____, what made Bob unusual was_____ his parents were famous, he had _____ interest in school---he never studied and avoided(回避；躲开) activities that ____thinking. In general, he was quite different from his parents. In fact, you might think Bob was rather stupid, ____ you asked a question about a car. When it came to working with or knowing about cars, Bob was a genius(天才)! He could take a car _____, put it back together again, _____ any mechanical(机械) difficulty, or give you the correct statistics（统计数字）for any American car built in the last 20 years. There was ____ he did not know about _____. That was what made Bob so unusual.
After six months of college, he _____ all his classes and had to drop out. He left the school. After _____, he got a job in a garage (汽车修理厂) working with _ . In the end, I think he was secretly _____ that he had to leave school.
A．time B．place C．word D．use
A．actor B．player C．scientist D．lawyer
A．However B．Though C．Certainly D．Of course
A．because B．as C．instead D．though
A．great B．special C．no D．never
A．offered B．needed C．reported D．taught
A．unless B．when C．if D．since
A．away B．up C．clearly D．separately
A．ask B．answer C．repair D．have
A．very much B．very little C．so many D．a few
A．his father B．his mother C．himself D．them
A．passed B．chose C．wrote D．failed
A．graduating B．leaving C．working D．mastering
A．cars B．companies C．friends D．workers
A．successful B．sorry C．funny D．happy
It was the golden season. I could see the leaves falling with the cool wind. For others, it is a harvest season, while for me, it is a（n） season. I was for the Postgraduate Entrance Examination. But so many unhappy things made me so tired, so I decided to have a walk along the Yanjiang Road in my university.
“Autumn is a lonely season and life is uninteresting. The days in this season always get me ”, I thought when the sound of a guitar flowed into my ears, like a stream flowing from the mountains. A young girl, sitting on the lawn, was lost in playing her guitar. She was a beautiful girl, when the wind blew her long hair. I had never seen her before. The music was so attractive that I listened quietly.
Lost in the music, I did not that I had been standing for so long. But my existence did not seem to disturb her. Leaves were still falling. Every day when I passed by the lawn, I would see her playing her guitar. She was the only and I was the only audience. During the rest of the days in the season, life became and I could review the courses carefully.
Autumn was over. One day, when I was listening devotedly, the sound suddenly stopped. To my surprise, the girl came over to me.
“You like the music,” she said.
“Yes, you play very well. Why did you stop?” I asked.
Suddenly, a expression appeared on her face.
“I came here just to have a rest because I in the college entrance examination. I felt very disappointed. And it was your listening every day that me,” she said, “and I have to go tomorrow.”
“In fact, it was your playing that gave me a autumn and helped me believe that I have the ability to pass the Postgraduate Entrance Examination.” I answered, “I think it was God who gave us the to know each other and we should be good friends.”
She smiled and I smiled in that beautiful autumn..
A．yellow B．green C．new D．empty
A．annoyed B．annoying C．bored D．boring
A．going B．waiting C．preparing D．caring
A．across B．down C．away D．out
A．mainly B．specially C．mostly D．especially
A．understand B．realize C．remember D．consider
A．performer B．artist C．reporter D．volunteer
A．boring B．interesting C．sad D．dull
A．nearly B．hardly C．already D．just
A．may B．would C．can D．must
A．excited B．angry C．sad D．worried
A．failed B．sent C．broke D．took
A．moved B．encouraged C．wondered D．saved
A．short B．meaningful C．relaxing D．successful
A．space B．gift C．chance D．luck
When Mr Smith retired(退休), he bought a small in a village near the sea. He it and hoped to live a quiet life in this house.
But to his great surprise, many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most building in the village. From morning to night there were outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and of them even went into Mr Smith’s garden. This was too much for Mr Smith. He decided to ask the visitors to . So he put a notice on the window. The notice said, “If you want your curiosity(好奇心)，come in and look round. Price: twenty dollars.” Mr Smith was sure that the visitors would coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr Smith had to every day showing them around his house.“I came here to not to work as a guide（导游）,”he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.
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It was Day. A man stopped his car at a flower shop some flowers. He wanted the shopper to send the flowers to his mother, who lived two hundred miles away. As he got out of his car, he found a young girl on the road crying. He asked her what was and she replied, “I want to buy a red rose my mother, but I only have seventy-five cents. A rose costs two dollars.” The man smiled and said, “Come into with me, and I’ll buy you a rose.”
He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother’s flowers. As they , he offered to drive the girl . She said, “Yes, please! You can take me to my mother.” She brought to a cemetery(墓地), where she placed the rose on the grave. The man was . He returned to the flower shop, picked up the flowers he ordered, and drove two hundred miles to his mother’s house. Today is the day for your mother. Send a flower to your kind and beautiful mother.
A．Mother’s B．Teachers’ C．Children’s D．April
A．ordered B．order C．to order D．ordering
A．to sit B．sitting C．sat D．sits
A．happen B．wrong C．true D．matter
A．with B．to C．for D．in
A．the shop B．the school C．the street D．the grave
A．leave B．are leaving C．were leaving D．leaves
A．to home B．home C． to a cemetery D．to shop
A．he B．his C．him D．her
A．moved B．happy C．sad D．angry
It was 3:43. Thunder was crashing and the rain was pouring. Suddenly my father rushed into my room. “Adam! Adam! Get up! We’re flooding!” he shouted and shook me by the shoulders. That woke up! I ran downstairs to the basement. It was like a swimming pool. My mother and I immediately started to pick up things and take them upstairs. I had no on, so my feet were quite freezing.
Things got worse every minute. Within the next hour, we had moved everything that we could to the first floor. The computer, big-screen television and heavy boxes with our most valuable things were taken to safety. , our piano, sofa, washing machine and water heater were all still down there—being . There was nothing we could do.
That was the hardest part. Knowing that your home is being destroyed is bad enough, but that you can’t do anything to stop it feels even worse.
Water had come in our front door. Rescue were floating in our streets. Mother told me to pack an overnight bag of clothes and valuables and get ready to leave.
When it was safe to walk outside, all the people in the neighborhood at the street corner. People became friends, and friends became like family. People each other. We learned later that the National Weather Service had declared the storm a flash flood.
I really have something from this flood. I’ve learned what destruction is. I have learned what means. I know in the future, when I watch people’ s lives affected by natural disasters, I can understand them. I will show great pity on them and I will do what I can to help them.
A．him B．them C．her D．me
A．hat B．shoes C．jacket D．glasses
A．covered B．crowded C．filled D．fixed
A．So B．And C．Because D．However
A．discovered B．arranged C．measured D．destroyed
A．realizing B．knowing C．telling D．writing
A．ships B．boats C．cars D．buses
A．finally B．usually C．exactly D．certainly
A．stood B．walked C．gathered D．met
A．comforted B．influenced C．believed D．worried
A．learned B．discovered C．thought D．concluded
A．truth B．safety C．value D．regret
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My name is Liu Yuqing. I will never my first English teacher, Miss Yang, because I learned a lot from her. Miss Yang is a young woman. She has a round face big eyes. There is always a on her face.
She taught me English when I entered the school. When I first met her, I was and couldn’t speak a word of English. She said to me, “Come on! Don’t be shy. You can do it well.” She always me with my English when she was free.
Every day, she prepared (准备) her lessons before class. When she came into the classroom, she said hello______everone. She tried to make every class . She had all kinds of activities in class and tried to make every student speak English. After class, if we had problems with studies or life, she would give us some .
With her help, my English a lot and she was very happy for me. Miss Yang is really a good teacher.
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Once a man and his wife worked for a businessman. There was a big box in the businessman’s living room. The businessman pointed at the box and said, “There’s only one thing you mustn’t do. Don’t open the box.” After saying this, he the living room.
The woman said to her husband, “There must be something expensive in the box. Let’s it, shall we?” Her husband said no to her.
The woman didn’t give up her . One day, she decided to find out what was in it. Her husband didn’t stop her. She opened the box and looked .She found nothing in the box and tried hard to close it, she failed.
That evening the businessman came home and found the box was .He was very angry and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home．
“But there was nothing in the box,” the woman said. “We haven’t taken anything .” The businessman shouted at them, “The box is not important. I cannot believe you. That’s important!”A．left B．entered C．went to
A．open B．close C．clean
A．work B．advice C．idea
A．inside B．outside C．down
A．so B．and C．but
A．lost B．open C．empty
A．at once B．at last C．at all
On a trip to California, my family stopped for lunch. As we walked towards the entrance to the restaurant, a man, with a messy beard and _____ hair, jumped up from a bench outside the restaurant and opened the door for us. Paying no attention to his ______, he greeted us in a friendly way.
Once inside, my daughters said in a low voice, “Mom, he _______.” After we ordered our lunch, I explained, telling the the kids to look beyond the dirt. We then watched other _____ come into the restaurant but many took no notice of him. Seeing this rudeness truly ______me. The day I became a mother, I had determined to set a good example to my children. Yet sometimes being a good example was _______, especially when things didn’t go right. After our meal arrived, I realized I had left my car-sick pills in the car, so I went back to the car to get them.
Just then, the “doorman”was opening the door for a couple. They ______ him without even noticing his presence. Letting them in first, I said a loud “thank you” to ______ as I went out.
When I returned, we talked a bit. He said he was not allowed inside _____ he bought food. I went back and asked our waitress to ______ one soup and sandwich. The kids looked puzzed as they had already eaten. But when I told them his story and said the _____ was for the “doorman”, they smiled. When it was time to continue our ______, I found the “doorman” enjoying his meal. Upon seeing me, he stood up and thanked me heartily with tears in his eyes.
Back in the car, I fell into deep thought. While we can’t choose many things in life, we can choose _____ to show gratitude. I said thanks to a man who had _____held open a door for me, and also said thanks for that opportunity to teach my children by _______.
A．dirty B．clean C．pretty D．shiny
A．appearance B．happiness C．illness D．carelessness
A．smokes B．shouts C．smells D．smiles
A．travelers B．visitors C．passengers D．customers
A．taught B．upset C．troubled D．surprised
A．tiring B．amazing C．difficult D．successful
A．waited for B．rushed past C．stopped by D．returned to
A．him B．them C．myself D．themselves
A．before B．since C．though D．unless
A．buy B．add C．show D．borrow
A．order B．money C．note D．service
A．meal B．talk C．trip D．story
A．where B．when C．how D．why
A．actually B．truly C．really D．simply
A．journey B．example C．lesson D．experience
What can you do in two minutes? Cyrus Siu, 12, made a great speech in English and the hearts of everyone.
Siu studies at Singapore International School in Hong Kong. He the Junior high category (初中组) of the 11th “21st Century Cup” National High School and Primary School English Speaking Competition in Xiamen, Fujian March 22.
His speaking skills and good English won him the top .
Siu said his first secret to success was many English books. He has read all the seven Harry Potter books, each four to five . Now he is reading Steve Jobs: A Biography(《乔布斯传》)
“These books may be for my age, but reading helps to learn new words,” he said.
Siu likes movies. Super hero movies, Iron Man(《钢铁侠》) and The Avengers(《复仇者联盟》), are his favorite.
“Every boy has the dream of becoming a super one day. Sometimes I imagine to be one of the heroes and shout out the English lines(台词). It’s good to combine(结合) your with learning English.
It’s also important to an English-speaking environment for yourself. Siu talks to his classmates and teachers in English all day long at school. his parents talk to him in Cantonese(粤语) at home, he still tries to answer in English.
“There is no shortcut(捷径) to studying English. Just practice, practice and practice!” Siu said.
A．won B．lost C．broke D．made
A．dropped out of B．worried about C．gave up D．took part in
A．in B．at C．on D．for
A．shape B．price C．prize D．work
A．selling B．making C．losing D．reading
A．copies B．times C．buttons D．seconds
A．interesting B．difficult C．helpful D．easy
A．me B．you C．him D．them
A．Chinese-speaking B．French-speaking C．German-speaking D．English-speaking
A．such as B．instead of C．because of D．above all
A．teacher B．doctor C．hero D．inventor
A．herself B．myself C．ourselves D．itself
A．answers B．questions C．interests D．problems
A．buy B．build C．invite D．publish
A．Before B．Though C．Since D．Because
Most elephants are grey. Only a few are . It’s difficult to see a white elephant. When people find a white , they feel excited.
Long ago, a white elephant was to the king. Only the king could have a white elephant. And the white elephant must be a very good one. People wanted to take a look at the animal. On its way to the king, the white elephant attracted （吸引） many people. They ran into the street and shouted, “A white elephant is coming!”
All the people liked the cute elephant. Some gave it to drink. Others sang songs to the elephant. A boy put a red hat on the elephant’s head.
Then the elephant came before the king. At last the king saw the white elephant. The king it a name himself. The elephant ate from gold dishes and it began a new life.A．grey B．white C．red
A．elephant B．king C．street
A．swept B．painted C．taken
A．dishes B．water C．food
A．asked B．gave C．built
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