Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble free area.
When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping, he doesn't __36__drive to a store and back home. He always looks__37__ 37 up and down the streets of his neighborhood. He looks for anything___38 such as strange cars, loud noises, __39 windows, or people gathering on street corners.
Tim__40to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville, Indiana, USA. The neighborhood watch group__41on the third Wednesday of every month. That's__42 Tim gets together with about ten of his neighbors to discuss community__43. Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police__44_their homes, streets, and families safe.
Tina Stedman, president of__45 neighborhood watch group, agrees with Tim. “People seem to think that crime(犯罪) happens to other people but not__46 them. Well, it's never happened to me,” she said,“but I don't think anyone has the__47 to steal from other people or to make them feel__48 sitting in their own homes.”
Alex, a member of the group, said that all the neighbors__49_our for one another.“We__50 each other's homes. We keep watch on the neighborhood at night and on weekends. Usually a __51_ of four or five of us goes out together. If something doesn't look right, then we call the__52. For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for__53, or someone destroying property(财产), we report to the police.”
Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups__54 a lot in keeping crime down. Her husband Jim agrees, “Police are good people, but they can't do __55 .”
36. A. yet B. still C. just D. rather
37. A. carefully B. clearly C. nervously D. coldly
38. A. familiar B. unusual C. expensive D. interesting
39. A. curtained B. open C. old D. broken
40. A. attends B. belongs C. goes D .turns
41. A. meets B. quarrels C. sings D. searches
42. A. where B. why C. when D. how
43. A. politics B. wealth C. health D. safety
44. A. keep B. hold C. let D. protect
45. A. its B. his C. their D. your
46. A. round B. on C. about D. to
47. A. right B. chance C. courage D. mind
48. A. unlucky B. unsafe C. disappointed D. discouraged
49. A. set B. let C. hold D. look
50. A. care B. enter C. watch D. manage
51. A. group B. set C. number D. crowd
52. A. judges B. police C. firemen D. doctors
53. A. work B. burden C. service D. trouble
54. A. produce B. find C. get D. help
55. A. anything B. everything C. harm D. wrong
A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. In fact, the boy disliked , preferring a bar of chocolate if given the choice. However, as they say, the forbidden fruit can be . Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the he felt and the more he wanted that apple.
He stood on tiptoe, as high as he could, but even as his tallest he was unable to touch it. He began to .up and down, as high as he could, at the of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple. Still it remained out of .
Not giving up, he thought, if only he had something to 0n. His school bag wouldn't give enough height and he didn't want tothe things inside, like his lunch box, pencil case, and books. Looking ,he hoped he might find an old box, a rock, or, with luck, even a ladder, it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use.
He had tried everything he could think to do. seeing any other choices, he and started to walk away. At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his ,and how he really wanted that apple. The more he like this, the more unhappy he became.
However, the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn't always get he wanted. He started to say himself, "This isn't helpful. I don't have the apple and I'm feeling unhappy as well. There's more I can do to get the apple-that is unchangeable-but we are supposed to be able to 0ur feelings. If that's the case what can I do to feel better?"
A.fruit B.trees C.vegetables D.sweet
A.difficult B.dangerous C.attractive D.healthy
A.sadder B.angrier C.hungrier D.cooler
A.hanging B.stretching C.beating D.pulling
A.strength B.length C.weight D.height
A.look. B.jump C.walk D.wave
A.edge B.stage C.top D.level
A.hope B.control C.sight D.reach
A.feed B.stand C.sit D.hold
A.break B.shake C.take D.share
A.through B.forward C.down D.around
A.so B.but C.and D.yet
A.After B.While C.Without D.Upon
A.kept off B.gave up C.got through D.turned over
A.lessons B.garden C.efforts D.school
A.thought B.stole C.ate D.learned
A.which B.what C.how D.where
A.with B.by C.in D.to
A.something B.anything C.everything D.nothing
A.change B.express C.forget D.describe
Stephanie McRae was used to driving in bad weather. Although still beat the windshield of her SUV(运动越野车), the worst of the day's storm seemed to have passed as she her 11-year-old daughter, Maddie, home at 8:30 pm.
Maddie in front, while two young kids sat strapped into their SUV in back. Driving along the mud by a river, McRae, 39, a terrifying sight: The road just ahead had been craved in and . She stepped heavily on the brake. The SUV into a flooded hole some 6 metres below, and was washed into the , which the storm had turned into a river 30 metres wide. Rocks and fallen tree knocked into her SUV, making it upside down. The pressure blew out the window.
No one was hurt, there was no way to escape either, The SUV was being towards the middle of the river, about 400 metres away. McRae helplessly and prayed aloud with Maddie: “Please, God, please, help us!” The SUV, submerged and with water, came to a stop when it parked at an angle in a logjam(浮木阻塞).
It was Maddie who took control. Pushing her way out of the back window, the slight but athletic Maddie onto the top of the SUV, which had righted itself, and yelled to her mother to hoist up the younger children. Soon the were crowded on the top of the SUV’s roof. to hold on as the water swept over them. McRae caught hold of the two-year-old kid to her chest while holding the three-year-old on her leg. Both children were so that MeRac wondered if they were all right. With her mother’s permission, the 11-year-old girl-Meddie got over lots of problems to ask for help in a village and fortunately they were saved.
A.rain B.snow C.wind D.mud
A.walked B.drove C.ran D.rushed
A.stood B.lay C.cried D.sat
A.belts B.backs C.seats D.toys
A.worried B.thought C.saw D.feared
A.washed away B.taken away C.gone away D.moved away
A.changed B.fell C.jumped D.knocked
A.sea B.bank C.take D.river
A.rising B.leaving C.singing D.falling
A.leaves B.branches C.skins D.flowers
A.and B.or C.but D.so
A.carried B.set C.turned D.swept
A.begged B.screamed C.asked D.applied
A.filling B.burdening C.fighting D.talking
A.hidden B.closed C.broken D.covered
A.climbed B.slept C.rolled D.tied
A.two B.three C.four D.five
A.losing B.trying C.finding D.getting
A.noisy B.Happy C.excited D.quiet
A.remote B.close C.crowded D.unknown
When you are learning English, you find wrong to translate a sentence word by word into your language. Take the sentence “How do you do?” as an. If you look each word in the , one at a time, what is your ? It must be a sentence in your native language. Languages do not only have different sounds, they are also in many other ways. It is very to master the rules of word in the study of English, too. If the puts words in a very unusual order, the listener doesn’t the speaker’s sentence easily.
Another thing we must always is that there are a lot of in the English language. ,when we say “look out!” to a man who is in danger, we mean “Be careful!”
When people are parting, they often say “Good—bye” “Bye—bye!” But sometimes they say “Good morning!” or “Good afternoon!” or “Good evening!” or “Good night!” to one another “Good—bye!” In fact, few people know that “Good—bye!” is a short way of saying “God be with you!”
A.it B.that C.you D.yourself
A.second B.spoken C.native D.foreign
A.advice B.example C.article D.answer
A.up B.at C.after D.down upon
A.sentence B.book C.phrase D.dictionary
A.idea B.meaning C.answer D.translation
A.wrong B.interesting C.puzzled D.strangely
A.same B.different C.similar D.alike
A.important B.easy C.simple D.hard
A.place B.stress C.order D.formation
A.speaker B.listener C.reader D.writer
A.read B.repeat C.translate D.understand
A.remember B.say C.do D.deal with
A.letter B.words C.phrases D.idioms
A.Such as B.For example C.Because of D.According to
A.hardly B.nearly C.really D.clearly
A.and B.or C.instead D.as well
A.don't B.must C.should D.may
A.without B.instead of C.unless D.more than
A.today B.tomorrow C.in future D.in the past
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
According to legend, a young man while roaming the desert came _____a spring of delicious crystal-clear water. The water was so ____, he filled his leather canteen(水壶) so he could bring some back to a tribal elder who had been his ____.
After a four-day journey he ____ the water to the old man who took a deep drink and _____his student lavishly(大量地) for the water he offered. The young man returned to his village with a _____heart.
Later, the teacher let another student taste the water. He spat it out, saying it was awful. It _____ had become stale because of the old leather______
The student ______ his teacher: "Master, the water was foul(腐臭的). Why did you pretend to like it?"
The teacher replied, "You only tasted the water. I tasted the _____. The water was simply the container for a (n) _____of loving-kindness and nothing could be sweeter."
I think we understand this lesson best when young children give _____innocent gifts of love. ____it's a tray or a bracelet, the natural and proper _____ is appreciation and expressed _____thankfulness because we love the ____within the gift.
__ __doesn't always come naturally, _____ most children and many adults _____only the thing given rather than the feeling in it. We should remind ourselves and teach our children about the____and purity of feelings and expressions of gratitude. After all, gifts from the heart are really gifts of the heart.
A.through B.out C.across D.around
A.valuable B.rare C.cool D.sweet
A.father B.teacher C.neighbor D.leader
A.presented B.bought C.showed D.introduced
A.paid B.blamed C.thanked D.apologized
A.regretted B.firm C.unpleasant D.happy
A.obviously B.accordingly C.hardly D.simply
A.container B.case C.belt D.package
A.stared B.challenged C.informed D.respected
A.student B.surprise C.truth D.gift
A.act B.matter C.purpose D.hope
A.back B.away C.off D.out
A.Though B.Neither C.Whether D.No matter
A.reward B.return C.response D.treatment
A.ever-lasting B.good-willed C.honey-mouthed D.heart-felt
A.idea B.dream C.expectation D.memory
A.Faith B.Confidence C.Gratitude D.kindness
A.however B.therefore C.otherwise D.because
A.value B.choose C.receive D.prefer
A.beauty B.freedom C.optimism D.generosity
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。[来Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important : giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You needn’t worry if you money.
This is how I with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store in my mind, I step in and make the to the storekeeper. If an accident takes place, the of which I think the local police could use, I him up and tell him about it, though I am not in here. I found a rule about this world is to give getting something back, though the often comes in an unexpected form.
One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special letter to my home, though it was to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of . More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was . I was told at the window that there were boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long list. As I was about to be , the postmaster appeared in the . “Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering an __ delivery to your home?” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office we ke one specifically for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get but complaints.”
A.difference B.research C.speech D.discovery
A.earn B.lack C.spend D.steal
A.experienced B.connected C.cooperated D.experimented
A.strikes B.flashes C.happens D.attempts
A.appeal B.request C.suggestion D.demand
A.story B.damage C.challenge D.material
A.call B.hold C.cheer D.pick
A.possession B.trouble C.place D.charge
A.plus B.without C.for D.before
A.process B.goal C.return D.concern
A.replied B.addressed C.driven D.brought
A.invitation B.apology C.complaint D.appreciation
A.discussing B.providing C.applying D.starting
A.enough B.extra C.no D.other
A.admitting B.relating C.buying D.waiting
A.positive B.shocked C.discouraged D.optimistic
A.doorway B.window C.home D.yard
A.unfamiliar B.unexpected C.unknown D.uncertain
A.in case B.now that C.even if D.rather
A.nothing B.something C.anything D.everything