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
Once upon a time, the colors of the world argued.
Green said, “Clearly I am the most important.I am the sign of and hope.I am the color of grass, trees and leaves. me, all animals would die.” said loudly.“What is the color of the sky and the sea? Isn’t water the most important thing for life?” Yellow laughed, “I bring laughter, happiness and warmth into the world.Every time people look at a , they start to smile.Without me there would be no fun.” Orange said at the top of his voice, “I am the color of health and strength.Think of carrots, pumpkins and oranges.When I fill the sky at or sunset, everyone is at my beauty.” Red could it no longer, so he shouted, “I an the color of danger and bravery.I give people courage.”The colors went on .Their voices became louder and louder.The thunder（雷）got angry and the started to pour.When the colors began to cool, the rain said, “You foolish colors! Don’t you know that each of you is special? hands and follow me.” They did what they were told and together made the most beautiful rainbow（彩虹）。
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Ann is a middle school student. She has a sister 1 a brother. They are Helen and Paul. Ann and Helen can 2 . Ann can sing and play 3 well, but Helen 4 . Helen doesn’t like playing the instruments（乐器）. She 5 chess, but she doesn’t play chess 6 Ann. Ann can’t play chess. Helen often plays with Paul, because Paul plays 7 very well. Paul can 8 play basketball well. And he is 9 the school basketball club. He often 10 other students with basketball.
A．or B．but C．so D．and
A．speak B．show C．dance D．plays chess
A．the guitar B．guitars C．guitar D．a guitar
A．can B．doesn't C．don't D．can't
A．has B．does C．likes D．can
A．with B．for C．on D．and
A．basketball B．chess C．games D．the violin
A．also B．too C．only D．either
A．of B．to C．in D．on
A．plays B．joins C．teach D．Helps
完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，计15分)
阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案 。
Early every morning, my husband kissed the baby, said goodbye to me and then rushed out of the door, into his busy day. And then I fed my baby and it fell fast __ . Usually I would lay the baby in bed and quickly have the house in _.
This morning, however, I sat down, just ___, with the baby in my arms. The thoughts ran into memories of the mornings with my husband-------a father rushing out of the door to meet the obligations﹙责任﹚of life. Suddenly, I thought of my own .
My mother when I was ten. As I looked back, I could see how faithful my dad was. He worked hard to support our family alone. He provided food, clothing, warmth, and . Every time we were in danger, he would try his best to keep us safe.
After making the baby comfortable, I dialed my telephone number. I had just realized the _ of the ordinary（普通的）daily life going on around us. And we often took it for granted(理所当然), and it needed to be recognized（重新认识）.
“Hi, Dad.” I said, holding back tears（泪水）.
“Hey, how are you?”, was in his voice.
“Fine, I'm just _ _ to say... thank you.” I said it out before my throat ﹙喉咙﹚tightened（收紧） too much for me to_ __.
"What for?"
“For getting up and going to work every morning of my life. Now that I have my own child and I see my husband doing , I just wanted to thank you for being faithful.”
There was silence for a moment before my dad tried to keep . After a while, he said with a small shaking in his voice, "You're welcome, Bud.”
I don't remember much of the rest of the call, I will never forget that moment of revelation(显露)about my father. Since then, I have realized that those ordinary everyday fathers are the true heroes in life. I'm that my father was one of them.
A．sleepy B．asleep C．hungry D．thirsty
A．use B．line C．order D．fashion
A．thinking B．dreaming C．imagining D．expecting
A．child B．father C．mother D．family
A．passed by B．passed down C．passed away D．passed up
A．protection B．help C．family D．money
A．husband’s B．baby’s C．mother’s D．father’s
A．difference B．importance C．balance D．confidence
A．sadness B．stress C．sorry D．love
A．emailing B．arriving C．calling D．flying
A．say B．talk C．tell D．speak
A．differently B．the same C．again D．more
A．silent B．worried C．calm D．excited
A．and B．but C．or D．nor
A．surprised B．afraid C．thankful D．angry
完形填空,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。
Lisa has always been overweight. She wanted to lose weight, not just because she wanted to _______ more beautiful and he healthier, but also because it would make life easier. For example, it was______ for Lisa to find ready-made clothes that would fit. She had to ask a tailor(裁缝) ______ clothes that were large enough. In school, she needed a special chair______ was bigger and stronger than the other chairs. If she went for a walk, she got tired very quickly. She was also unhappy about the way people treated______ sometimes. “People look at me and even make fun of me. That’s unfair! It’s true that I’m overweight, but I don’t think people______ treat me differently because I’m big. I can’t enjoy _____ with my friends because I’m afraid of getting fatter.” Her friends and family never made fun of her. They tried to help her______ . They wanted her to be happy and healthy. Sometimes when Lisa was feeling sad, she didn’t want to speak to _____.
But now things ____ quite different. Last month her classmates were preparing for the School_____ Week. Someone advised Lisa to play the lead role of the proud Queen(女王) who was tall and fat. Lisa ____ and practiced a lot.
Soon after the play, Lisa became the star! She did _____ well that everybody remembered the proud Queen. They stood around her and said “ _____ ” to her. She even won the School Best Actress Award for her wonderful performance.
Now Lisa doesn’t worry ______ being fat any more. She believes in the English saying “Every dog has its day.”
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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
When I was nine years old, I used to go to the post office with my mother, to send greeting cards to my aunt in Singapore. To me, these trips were really memories. And receiving mail through a mailbox outside our gate was just as exciting.
My small hands could get the mail without using a key! I could never to see how much I was getting. Oh, a letter! From Singapore! I would run back home and show it to my . 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 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 with five friends on top of the mountain in Longsheng, China. At sunrise we up to enjoy a beautiful view from the mountain top. Later in the afternoon, as we were going the mountain and returning from the sunrise viewing place, a small caught our attention. It only sold noodles, coffee and had a China sign.
We asked the owner if she could really send mail. She happily said yes. It seemed hard to believe we were at the highest point of the mountain. I picked one postcard out and asked my friends to write a birthday note. We bought a stamp, wrote some notes and gave the shop owner the postcard. Three weeks later, I arrived home and my mailbox. Hello, postcard! I broke into a big smile.
That birthday postcard attracted me again to the post office. I had the post office all these years. Today I 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．weigh B．wait C．get D．plan
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．bank B．hospital C．shop D．river
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
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
There are different kinds of friends. Many friends will step in your life, but only friends leave footprints .
I shall always recall (回忆) the autumn and the girl with the . I know she will always be my best friend. It was a golden season. I liked walking alone in the leaves, the sound of them.
Autumn is a harvest season but life is uninteresting. The free days always get me . But one day, the sound of a violin flowed into my ears. A young girl, standing in the wind, was in playing her violin.
I had never seen her before. The music was so nice that I listened quietly. Lost in the music, I didn't know that I had been there for so long .But it did not seem to disturb her.
Leaves were still falling. Every day she played the violin in the corner of the building I went downstairs to watch her performance. I was the only listener.
Autumn was nearly over. One day, when I was listening carefully, the sound suddenly To my surprise, the girl came over to me.
“You must like violin.” she said.
“Yes. And you play very well. Why didn’t you continue?” I asked.
Suddenly, a look appeared on her face and I could feel something unusual.
“I came here to see my grandmother, but now I must leave. I once played very badly. It was your listening every day that me.” she said.
“In fact, it was your playing that gave me a meaningful autumn.” I answered, “Let's be friends.”
A．good B．true C．new D．old
A．sound B．song C．play D．violin
A．looking for B．listeningto C．finding D．hearing
A．up B．off C．down D．over
A．lost B．active C．busy D．interested
A．waiting B．stopping C．standing D．hearing
A．because B．so C．when D．but
A．stopped B．began C．gone D．changed
A．happy B．sad C．strange D．surprised
A．surprised B．excited C．encouraged D．interested
A Fun Way to Start the Day
Mrs．Bames turned off the bright camera light on the news desk．Charlie，a fifth-grade news announeer（播音员），sat at the desk．“Our show seems to be missing something，”he saiD． “It seems like we should end our________on a cheerful note．We should give the students________to enjoy．Since the show is school wide，we could help everyone begin the day in a positive way．”
“What do you mean，Charlie？Don't you think the students like watching our news show and ________about the important events of the day？”Mrs．Barnes said jokingly．“Sure，”Charlie answereD． “I'm just looking for a little something more to add to our program，”he said.
Charlie was what his mother called an“experimenter”．He was，________trying to find a new way of doing something，and today Charlie wanted to think of how to really________up the school with the morning news.
As Charlie walked, he hummed（哼唱）the school song．His friend Jenny met him in the hallway and，without a word，she too began humming．By the time they reached the classroom door，another girl，Lily，had________them and started singing their happy song.
At first，Mrs．Barnes watched the class with a confused expression，and then with a shine in her eyes，she smileD． Her class loved to sing，and she liked sharing this________with them.
Just at that moment，Charlie realized that music was the________ he had been looking for.
That's it！Charlie thought．We can end the morning news by singing our school song.
“So what do you think？”Charlie asked heartedly．Mrs．Barnes was happy to see Charlie _______about his volunteer work as the school news announcer.“Let's give it a try！”Mrs．Barnes replieD． “I have a feeling that it will be a________way to end our morning news show and a fun way to start the day！”
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词语填空,通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Do you know Tu Youyou? She is a famous Chinese ________. She shared the 2015 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine(诺贝尔生理学或医学奖) with two other foreign scientists. She is the first Chinese woman to ________the prize. She found artemisinin(青蒿素)with her ________. She first tried the medicine on herself,________she wanted to make sure that it was safe (安全). “As the head of the group, I had the responsibility(责任).” The 85-year-old scientist spoke to CCTV ________ her work. Artemisinin is a ________ for the world people from the traditional Chinese medicine. It has ________ many lives. Tu Youyou expects Chinese medicine to ________ more people all over the world.
We can learn a lot from Tu Youyou. We should do ________useful for people. If we want to be successful, we should keep on working hard with our group and ________ give up.
A. dentist B. scientist C. nurse
A. win B. beat C. lose
A. family B. classmates C. group
A. when B. because C. why
A. about B. for C. in
A. gift B. result C. ticket
A. accepted B. saved C. decided
A. help B. hope C. meet
A. nothing B. anything C. something
A. seldom B. never C. Usually
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