Sudha Chandran, a classical dancer from India, had to have her right leg cut after a car accident. She was also cut off on her career(事业)road.
Though the accident brought her bright career to a _____, she didn’t give up. In the __ months that followed, Sudha met a doctor___ developed an artificial (人造的) feet made from rubber filled with sponge (海绵). So ______ she wanted to go back to dancing after she had been fitted with an artificial leg. Sudha knew that she believed in herself .___ __,she could realize her dream, so she began her courageous journey back to the world of ____— learning to balance, bend, stretch, walk, turn, twist and twirl.
After every public recital (个人表演), she might ask her dad about her performance. “You ____ have a long way to go” was the answer she used to get in return . In January 1984, Sudha made a historic comeback by giving a public recital in Bombay. She performed in such a great manner that it __ everyone to tears and this ______ pushed her to the number one position again. That evening when she asked her __ the same question, he didn’t say anything. He just touched her _____ as a praise.
Sudha’s comeback was _____moving that a film producer decided to make the story into a hit film.It has moved more and more people.
When someone asked Sudha how she had managed to dance again, she said quite ______, “__ DON’T NEED FEET TO DANCE.” is impossible in this world. If you have the will to win, you can achieve anything.
A.top B.start C.end D.stop
A.unforgettable B.painful C.enjoyable D.peaceful
A.Who B.Which C.Whom D.Where
A.Strongly B.Sadly C.in surprise D.in excitement
A.Also B.However C.Luckily D.Instead
A.running B.walking C.dancing D.singing
A.yet B.ever C.also D.still
A.made B.moved C.let D.had
A.story B.performance C.decision D.accident
A.doctor B.friend C.mother D.father
A.hand B.feet C.arm D.head
A.such B.too C.very D.so
A.slowly B.politely C.simply D.happily c
A.YOU B. HE C.SHE D.THEY
A.Nothing B.Anything C.Something D.Everything
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 a Saturday morning. When Mrs Green looked_ __into the sky, she smiled and said, “It’s going to be a fine day.” She woke her son up___ _eight and said, “Get up, Teddy. We are going to the zoo_ ___.Wash your face and eat your__ __quickly. We are going to New York by __ ____.”
Teddy was very__ ____, because he liked going to the zoo and taking a train. He said, “I dreamed _ _the zoo last night, Mum.”
His mother was _ ____, but she stopped and smiled. “You did, Teddy?”She said, “And what did _ _do in your dream?”
“You know,Mum.You were in__ _dream,too.”
A.down B.up C.next D.beside
A.in B.on C.at D.to
A.tonight B.yesterday C.today D.tomorrow
A.dinner B.breakfast C.lunch D.supper
A.bus B.air C.bike D.train
A.happy B.sorry C.well D.sad
A.in B.on C.about D.front
A.free B.busy C.sad D.interested
A.I B.us C.you D.everyone
A.your B.mine C.our D.my
请先通读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。(共15小题:每小题1分,满分15分)
There once was a master who went to India. In those times, we didn't have airplanes or many kinds of transportation that we do now. So the master went to India 1 . And when he got there, he saw a lot of fruit. In India they have plenty of fruit to sell, but much of it is 2 because they can't grow much 3 the water situation. So he saw one basket, a big basket of some very red, long fruit. And it was the cheapest in the shop, not expensive at all.
So he 4 and asked, "How much per kilo?" And the shopkeeper said, "Two rupees."(印度货币) Two rupees in India is 5 ; it's like dirt (尘土). So he bought a whole kilogram of the fruit and started eating it. But after he ate some of it: Oh, my God! His 6 watered, his mouth watered and burned, his eyes were burning, his head was burning and his face became 7 . As he coughed terribly , he 8 up and down, saying, "Ah! Ah! Ah!"
But he still continued to eat the fruit! Some people who were looking at him shook their heads and said, "You're crazy, man. Those are chilies(辣椒)! You can't eat so many; they're not good for you! People use them 9 a condiment(作料), but only a little bit to put into food for taste. You can't just eat them by the handful like that; they're not 10 !" So the silly master said, "No, I can't stop! I paid money for them, 11 now I'll eat them. It's my 12 !"
And you think that master was silly, right? Similarly, we sometimes do a lot of things like that. we still continue just because we've 13 money, time, effort and love into it. Just like the man who ate the chilies and felt so bad but couldn't stop because he didn't want to waste the money he'd paid.
So 14 you've lost something, let it go and move on. That's better than continuing to 15 .
A.by air B.on foot C.by taxi D.by car
A.delicious B.cheap C.expensive D.fresh
A.because of B.with the help of C.in need of D.as a result
A.got up B.went up C.turned up D.looked up
A.something B.nothing C.everything D.anything
A.eyes B.ears C.mouth D.nose
A.sad B.ugly C.red D.cold
A.searched B.climbed C.jogged D.jumped
A.as B.for C.to D.with
A.medicine B.vegetables C.fruit D.food
A.instead B.and C.but D.also
A.money B.food C.fruit D.drink
A.joined B.spent C.paid D.put
A.as if B.ever since C.even if D.so that
A.fight B.fail C.try D.lose
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Perfect(完美的) presents
David is going to America to stay with his penfriend, Chris. David wants to take some presents with him.
Chris in New York his parents and his two sisters. We both love , especially(尤其) football and basketball.
My mum thinks it is a good idea presents for all the family. So here I am on a shopping trip with my .
I know what I want Chris. I am buying a football shirt. He is a big Chelsea(切尔西球队) . It's expensive but it's the perfect . Mum has good ideas what to buy for Chris’s parents. She suggests some typical English foods tea and marmalade(果酱). We a great shop. It has just what we want. Mum also buys them a photo of London.
That just leaves Chris’s sisters. We go to a shop and I see some beautiful teddy bears. They are all in different and say “Greetings from London.”
They are perfect. Now I’m for my holiday.
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I like __1__.Every Sunday I get up early and go to a river by bike three kilometers away from my home. This morning,my wife(妻子) _2__to go with me. We go by car first and then walk to the __3__. We began to fish. In two hours I catch(抓,捉) nothing.
“Why don' t you let me try?" my wife asks. “All right.” I 4_. She 5__ six big fish in half an hour.
“I __6__go home first and I will cook them for lunch. You can__7__the bus home,”she says.
I stay by the river __8_ catch only an old shoe. I 9_ a little angry with myself. 10_ is the fish man in the family? My wife or I?
A.fish B.fishing C.fished D.for fish
A.wants B.to want C.like D.likes
A.bike B.car C.river D.home
A.speak B.says C.tell D.answer
A.catch B.catches C.to catch D.catching
A.can’t B.can C.will D.may
A.gets B.takes C.get D.take
A.but B.and C.or D.also
A.feel B.was C.be D.were
A.What B.Where C.Who D.Why
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
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