or, about, me, hear from, win, interesting, usually, be, create, reason |
Dear Sally,
Thanks for your letter. It was great to (1) you. You asked me to tell you (2) my favorite day of the week. Well, it's definitely Friday.
One (3) I like Fridays is because I have my favorite subjects at school: PE and chemistry.Chemistry's great because we do experiments in the science lab and our teacher,Mr.King,is so funny.In PE we (4) play basketball, which is my favorite sport. I'm good at it because I'm quite tall.Our team always (5) .
We also have French on Fridays, which is actually my least favorite subject,but after that we have ICT which is much (6) .At the moment I'm (7) a webpage for our basketball team.After school I hang out with my friends, then in the evening I play football at the sports center. On Friday nights we sometimes go to someone's for a party(8) to watch a film. We can relax a bit on Friday evenings because there (9) no school on Saturday.
Tell (10) about your favorite day in your next letter. Write soon.
Love
Danny
able;catch;difficult;hold; learn;little;possible;speech;success;tie;true; we |
A man walking through an elephant camp was surprised to find that the elephants weren't being kept in cages or held by chains. All that was holding them back from running away from the camp was a small piece of rope﹣it was just(1) to one of their legs.
As the man looked at the elephants, he couldn't understand it. Why didn't the elephants just use their power to break the rope and run away?
Wanting to know the(2) , he asked a trainer nearby why it was so.
"When they were very young and much smaller, we used the same size of rope to tie them, and at that age, it was enough(3) them. As they grew up, they still believed that they couldn't break away. Even now, they believe the rope can still control them, so they have the (4) courage to try to break free, "the trainer answered.
The man was(5) . These animals were able to break away from the rope whenever they wanted, but it was only because over time, they believed that it was just(6) .
How many of us go through life like the elephants﹣believing that it was beyond(超越)our(7) to do something only because we failed once or some times before?
Failure is part of(8) . If we fail at something, we can still get something from it. Failure in the past doesn't mean we can never(9) in the future. We should keep on trying with confidence(10) even after we have experienced failures in life.
根据短文内容,从方框中选出恰当的单词或短语填空,使语意通顺完整,每个选项只能用一次,有两项多余.
A.what |
B.returned |
C.preparations |
D.before |
E.got off |
F.himself |
G attend |
H.if |
I.Recently |
J.during |
K.got up |
L.national |
How does David Cameron,the British prime minister,spend his day?What does he do every day?(71) some reporters had a chance to spend a whole day with him and made a short video about a day in his life.
Mr.Cameron(72) at 6 a.m.He opened the fridge and made breakfast.He likes fish,tomato and lemon and made a simple sandwich of it for(73) .
At 7 a.m.,all was quiet in the kitchen as Mr.Cameron sat by a table and read his diary for the day.He read notes and thought about(74) to discuss with his team members.
After a quick shower and a change of clothes,it was time to start the working day with the cabinet (内阁)meeting.He first discussed with members from the Conservative Party (保守党) before going to a bigger cabinet meeting.There were a lot of decisions to make(75) the meetings.
At eleven o'clock,Mr.Cameron answered questions from newspapers and radio stations.He also recorded some radio messages and television speeches for(76) holidays,such as Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
In the afternoon,Mr.Cameron prepared for the Prime Minister's Questions for the next day.It takes him about half an hour to answer questions from more than 600 Members of Parliament (国会议员)every Wednesday.Before the question time,about ten people help him make(77) .
Each week,Mr.Cameron has to(78) a private meeting with The Queen.So at six in the afternoon,he left Downing Street (唐宁街)and went to Buckingham Palace (白金汉宫).He(79) from Buckingham Palace at seven.
A day of hard work ended around eight o'clock.Mr.Cameron read books and watched television in his bedroom(80) he went to sleep at about eleven o'clock.
将下列单词的适当形式填入空格.每空限填一词,每词只能用一次.
continue make place careful who same stop before good something
A man named Bill once visited a temple that was still being built. He saw a sculptor (雕刻家)(1) a sculpture. As he watched the man work on the sculpture, he noticed that there was a similar sculpture lying nearby.
He felt strange and asked the sculptor, "Why are you creating two (2) sculptures? Do you need two to put in different (3) ?"
"No." the man said without looking up, "We need only one, but the first one became damaged(损害)(4) I could finish it, so I' m working on a new one."
Bill picked up the damaged sculpture and examined it (5) . But he couldn't find (6) wrong with it.
"Where is the damage?" he asked.
"There is a scratch (划痕) on the sculpture's nose " the sculptor said while (7) his work.
Bill then asked "Where are you going to place the sculpture?"
The sculptor replied that it would be placed on a platform which is 20 feet in height." If the sculpture is up
that high,(8) is going to notice that there is a scratch on the nose? " Bill asked.
The sculptor (9) his work, looking up at the man and said," I will know it."
The sculptor chose a high standard of excellence in his work. Even if other people didn't notice it, it mattered to him that his work should be of the (10) quality (质量). This is an attitude we should work hard to have.
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How do you "laugh" when chatting with friends on the Internet? Is it "haha" or "hehe"? In Thailand, they use "555" (1) their laughter. What other different ways do people use around the world?
It has been quite a long time since people (2) to use online expressions. Some common expressions of laughter include LOL, meaning laugh put out, and ROFL, rolling on the floor laughing. You can see the influence of these expressions everywhere. LOL (3) in Oxford English Dictionary in 2011.
But how do other languages express meaning online symbols? Most languages follow the rule that they have similar sounds. Sometimes, numbers or letters in one language (4) very different in another. "555" sounds like a person (5) in Chinese, but like laughter in Thai. This is because the number 5 is pronounced "ha" in Thai. "Jaja" is the Spanish way of writing "haha". In Spanish, "j" is pronounced like the English "h". Isn't it funny to find these interesting ways to "laugh" ?
have;true;say;as; patient;well;like; I;do; run |
Last year I was 14 years old. I had an " enemy", a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺点). Day by day her list grew: I was very thin; I was (1) ;I sometimes didn't respect the teachers, I talked too much: I was too proud, and so on. At last, I couldn't stand it. I cried and(2) to my father. He listened to me quietly.Then he asked,"Alfred, are the things she says true or not? Didn't you ever wonder what you are really(3) ? Well, you now have that girl's opinion. Go and make a list of everything she(4) and find out the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things you heard."
I did (5) my father told. To my surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn't change (like being very thin), but a large number I could and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I got a fairly clear picture of (6) .
I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it. "It's just the case for you. he said,"you know better than anyone the (7) .about yourself But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you'll find it will be of great help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don't shut your ears, listen to them all, but hear the fact only and do what you know is right thing(8) .
In my life. I've never (9) a better piece of advice. Thanks for the shortcomings that someone has pointed out for us. They can make us know ourselves more and improve us(10) as we grow up.
选出方框内的单词或词组填空,其中有一个单词或词组是多余的.
reminded |
wonders |
carry on |
aloud |
opposite |
against |
43.It's important for students to read English very day.
44.The post office is just my home.
45.I'm glad you me of the meeting.I had completely forgotten it.
46.The Great Wall of China was first built over 2,000years ago.It is one of the of the world
47.Let's donate money to ORBIS for doctors to with their work.
everything,trouble,sick,because,quiet,come,about,allow,eye,run |
In January 2020,a virus we now call COVID﹣19 broke out.This virus was highly infectious(易传染的).It made lots of people terribly(1) and sometimes even killed them.At that moment,(2) was put into lockdown(封锁)in Wuhan as if the stop button(按钮)was pressed across the city.
Before the lockdown, my family went to my parents' hometown in Caidian,a suburb(郊区)of Wuhan.Life went on(3) .All the villagers closed their doors and didn't go out.Soon,I began to worry(4) my study.Our government and several companies made it possible for students to study at home.Through livestreaming(直播课) ,we were able to learn all the subjects online.At first,I was afraid I couldn't keep up my studies(5) the Internet was very slow in the countryside.Sometimes I had(6) connecting to my online classes.This made me feel a little nervous.My parents often encouraged me and helped me a lot.
Without my textbooks, I had to read and do exercises on a computers screen, which hurt my(7) .Luckily, our teachers taught us to do eye exercises.They provided us with psychological guidance(心理辅导) as well.
Gradually,life fell into a new routine(惯例).I studied online,went to bed and got up early, Every afternoon, I(8) around the backyard for a while to keep healthy and strong.I wanted to be prepared for the(9) entrance examination for high school.
It was my birthday when Wuhan was(10) to reopen.I was very happy to see stores selling hot dry noodles again.I think I'll remember this birthday forever.
young shoot child go lucky |
The Taliban(塔利班组织) controlled an area in Pakistan. They neither allowed people to listen to music nor watch television, and they also stopped girls from (1) to school. Eleven﹣year﹣old Malala made the brave choice to blog(发微博)about life under the Taliban. She kept an opinion that girls had the right to an education. Malala′s blog made the Taliban very angry. While riding a bus in 2012, Malala (2) in the head by a Taliban gunman. (3) , she didn't die from that attack. The following year, she gave a historic speech to the United Nations. Speaking about the importance of education, Malala said, "I'm here to speak up for the right of education for (4) ."In 2014, she became the (5) person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
find it box own lucky
Charlie was a boy.His family was very poor.There was a chocolate factory near their house and Charlie loved chocolate more than anything else.
Mr.Wonka was the(81) of the chocolate factory.He had hidden five Golden Tickets inside chocolate (82) ,and the children who got the Golden Tickets would be invited to visit his factory.And they would get a prize.
Charlie wanted to get a ticket so badly.One day,he (83) some money on the ground on his way home,and he used it to buy chocolate.(84) ,he got a Golden Ticket!
When five children visited different chocolate rooms,four other children caused some trouble.Charlie was the only one who didn't cause any trouble.He won the prize﹣the factory (85) .He was very happy.
come first how fly probably meter it for little and |
Have you ever dreamed of flying to school like Harry Potter? Of course, you're(1) not a magician.But Speeder could make your dreams(2) true. Speeder is a flying motorcycle. A
US company made(3) . The company calls it the world's(4) flying motorcycle.
Speeder can take off(5) land anywhere. It flies at 240 km per hour at a height of 4,500(6) in the sky. To reach that speed, Speeder mainly uses diesel fuel (柴油)to(7) .The company will do more research on(8) to use clean energy to power Speeder in the future.Speeder riders must weigh(9) than 109 kg. If a rider is too heavy, it will be hard(10) the motorcycle to take off.
like why bird usually discover |
Do you have a dog,a cat or a bird at home?Do you watch them carefully?
Sientists have found that cats,dogs,(92) and even goldfish are left﹣handed or right﹣handed.These scientists work in Queen's Belfast University.They said that pets are left﹣handed or right﹣handed(93) people.As we all know,it is important for animals to be good at getting food.Some like to get food with their right hands,but some like to get food with the left hands.
That's (94) the animals are left﹣handed or right﹣handed.
The scientists have (95) that male cats and dogs are almost left﹣handed,and female cats and dogs are right﹣handed,because their work in everyday life is different.
People(96) think that left﹣handed people are better at languages; some even think that left﹣handed people are smarter.When it goes to animals,it makes animals act more quickly.
he, kill, scared, silly, lie, courage, hear, against, fight, strong |
One sunny afternoon, a young deer and an old deer were(1) under a tree in the forest. Suddenly, in the distance, they (2) some sounds of dogs' barking.
The old deer stood up quickly. He felt nervous and (3) . He said to the young deer, "Be quick! It's time to find a place to hide in. The barking dogs are fierce(凶猛的) and they will (4) us. "
The young deer laughed and said, "Why should we hide from the dogs? We are bigger and(5) than them. We can toss(扔)them aside with our big antlers(角). We should fight with them bravely. "
The old deer admired the (6) of the young deer, but he did not believe the young. "We'd better run away now." said the old deer.
The young deer refused to run away. He decided to fight (7) the dogs. As the dogs ran to (8) , he put down his antlers and wanted to toss them aside, But he didn't win the (9) because there were too many dogs. He was killed by the dogs in the end.
The young deer lost his life because he didn't know his strength and weakness. We can learn a lesson from the story. Don't be like the (10) young deer when we are in danger. We should know our strength and weakness.
阅读下面短文,用方框内所给词汇的适当形式填空,使短文语义完整.
win well spirit by beat their beginning because most three |
On Sunday, the Chinese women's volleyball team won a gold medal at the Rio Olympic Games. This is their (1) Olympic gold medal since a Chinese women's team first (2) an Olympic gold medal in the 1980s.
Over the past 36 years, Chinese women's volleyball players have done (3) in the Olympics. And the spirit they showed has been called as "the fighting(4) of Chinese women's volleyball team" and it is praised (5) the whole country.
At the (6) of the gold prize game, something went wrong for the Chinese team. And Serbia won 25 ﹣19 in the first set. But the Chinese team tried(7) best, and they turned the game around by winning the following three years.
The first time China won women's volleyball gold prize was in 1984in Los Angeles Olympic Games. The Chinese team (8) the US team in the final. China's head coach Lang Ping was then the (9) important player of the team. The second time was in Athens when China beat Russia in the final in 2004.
The women truly deserved(值得)the gold medal, (10) they never lost hope and kept on trying.
at all too many my own choices by myself think about |
I often argue(争论)with my mum when I grow older. She tries her best to make my life easier and she does(1) things for me.Although I know my mum loves me, I don't think she understands me (2) . She likes making every decision instead of me. She even chooses the clothes I wear. I am not given a chance to (3) anything! I think it's important to be independent(独立的)and make (4) . I want to control my life (5) . I am puzzled(困惑的)and have no idea what I should do.