It was yearbook day and we were given an hour to sign each other’s yearbooks in the cafeteria. I was president of the class and I played sports. When I sat down at a table, people started to come over to get their yearbooks signed and to sign __36__.
Among them, a weak boy with ugly teeth and thick glasses kept shaking. I had seen him around, and I knew he was always laughed at. He seemed __37__ of himself, and was so pale that it __38__ us to look at him.
He came up and asked me nervously, “Can you sign this?” I took his yearbook but I didn’t know __39__ to write. I saw that there was the name “Ricky Sanders” written on the front of it. So I wrote:
I put down the yearbook and turned around to get some signatures from some of my friends when I __40__ my yearbook was gone. I saw that Ricky had sat down with my yearbook. “What are you doing?” I asked him. He looked up calmly(平静地) and __41__said “Sign!”
My friends broke into a loud laugh, and I saw that he was carefully frying to put a signature in my yearbook. He hadn’t even finished the “R” yet. I thought for a while and __42__ to let him sign.
It took him nearly five minutes to sign and when I got my yearbook back, there was a very shaky “RICKY”. He hugged(紧抱) his yearbook and __43__. I couldn’t help but smile back at him.
In that moment, my __44__ changed completely.
I gave him a high five and suddenly everyone at my table wanted his signature. He was asked politely to write in their yearbooks and the signature __45__ of his yearbook were filled up. He was smiling so big that it lit up the whole room.
I changed school the next year, and I never saw Ricky again. However, I will never forget the day that he became the most __46__ guy in school. Whenever I’m __47__, I still look back at that yearbook.
A．mine B．his C．ours D．theirs
A．unafraid B．unsure C．proud D．tired
A．worried B．surprised C．taught D．hurt
A．how B．which C．where D．what
A．saw B．noticed C．thought D．believed
A．still B．ever C．even D．just
A．smiled B．waited C．left D．rose
A．sense B．value C．attitude D．idea
A．lists B．pages C．boxes D．tables
A．different B．patient C．popular D．important
A．away B．out C．behind D．down
As a single parent of four children, money was always tight .It was Christmas time, and although there wasn’t money for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party . But the big excitement for the kids was the fun of Christmas (36).
They planned weeks ahead of time , asking (37) what they wanted for Christmas. luckily, I have saved $120 for (38) to share by all five of us .
The big (39) arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and (40) them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散开). We had two hours to shop. Then we would (41) back at the “Santa’s Workshop.”
Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits (42) my younger daughter, Tina, who was unusual (43). She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies—fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything (44) we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door，(45) to be angry again. This is what he told me:
“ I was looking (46) thinking of what to buy , and I (47) to read the title cards on the ‘Giving Trees.’ One was for a little girl, four years old. And all she (48) for Christmas was a doll .So I took the card off the tree and (49) the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”
I never felt so (50) as I did that day.
A．shopping B．travelling C．parties D．greetings
A．the other B．each other C．one by one D．every other one
A．toys B．clothes C．presents D．bills
A．day B．chance C．times D．tree
A．forced B．reminded C．invited D．begged
A．draw B．stay C．move D．meet
A．including B．besides C．except D．regarding
A．quiet B．excited C．happy D．ashamed
A．since B．after C．while D．until
A．waiting B．ready C．hoping D．afraid
A．out B．over C．forward D．around
A．forgot B．stopped C．failed D．hated
A．wanted B．did C．got D．played
A．made B．searched C．bought D．found
A．angry B．rich C．patient D．bitter
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阅读下面短文，从每小题A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。
A well-dressed man came into a famous jewellery （首饰）shop. He explained that he wished to buy a pearl（珍珠）for his wife’s birthday and that the 16did not matter since business had been very good for him that year. After examin;ing a number of beautiful and valuable pearls, he chose a nice black one that _17_ $5000. He paid for that pearl , shook hands with the jeweler and left.
A few days later the man returned and said his wife had liked that pearl _18_ that she wanted another one just like it. It had to be exactly the _19_ size and quality as she wanted a pair of earrings made. “Can you give me any advice on _20_ to get such a pearl?” said the man. The jeweler replied , “I would say it’s _21_ to find an exact one like that pearl.”
The rich man _22_ the jeweler to advertise in the newspaper, and offered $25.000 for that matching pearl. Many people answered that ad, _23_ nobody had a pearl that was just right. Just when the jeweler had _24__ hope, an old lady came in. To his _25_ , she took a wonderful pearl from her handbag. “I don’t like to sell it, ” she said _26_. “I inherited (继承)it from my mother, and my mother inherited from _27_, but now I really need money.”
The jeweler was quick to pay her _28_ she changed her mind. Then he called the rich man’s hotel to tell the good _29_ to him. The rich man, however, was _30_ to be found. He had fled with the old woman a few more minutes before. A. sizeB. shape C. price
A. spent B. cost C. took
A. a little B. so much C. at all
A. same B. different C. common
A. what B. whyC. how
A. possible B. easy C. impossible
A. let B. make C. asked
A. so B. but C. and
A. found out B. given up C. come up with
A. disappointment B. surprise C. fear
A. happily B. loudly C. sadly
A. mine B.his C. hers
A. when B. before C. after
A. news B. advice C. way
A. somewhere B. anywhere C. nowhere
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Elena Desserich was a little girl. She loved to ___1___ and write. Elena dreamed of becoming an artist when she grew up—but sadly, she ___2___ had the chance to be an adult. When elena was 5 years old, the ___3___ said that she had brain cancer(癌症) and only had 135 days to ___4___.
Elena ___5___ the long days in hospital working on her painting, which were full of hearts and smiling families. ___6___ of her painting was shown in a gallery(画廊), right next to a Picasso’s painting. Soon she lost the use of her ___7___, and she began to “talk” with her family by writing notes.
When Elena died, her parents were very sad, ___8___ they knew the day would come. When they were tidying up her things, they began to find notes. All through her final days, Elena was writing love notes to her family and hiding(藏) ___9___ in secret places in the house.
Her parents started to collect them and all the ___10___ would say “I love you Mum, Dad and Grace.” They kept finding them—the amazing gift from Elena.
1. A. sing B. play C. paint D. read
2. A. never B. sometimes C. always D. usually
3. A. father B. teacher C. mother D. doctor
4. A. die B. live C. work D. paint
5. A. took B. paid C. spent D. cost
6. A. All B. One C. Both D. Neither
7. A. voice B. eyesC. ears D. nose
8. A. ever since B. even C. even though D. however
9. A. it B. her C. that D. them
10. A. notes B. paintings C. books D. places
Look at the girl. She is 51 good friend. She is 52 English girl. 53 name is Kate. 54 twelve. My 55 is Fangfang. 56 a Chinese girl. I’m eleven.
Kate 57 a small sports collection. She has 58 tennis racket, three basketballs, and five baseballs, but I only 59 a soccer ball. Kate and I both60 sports every day.
A．his B．her C．your D．my
A．a B．an C．the D．\
A．His B．She C．Her D．She’s
A．She B．She’s C．Her D．Her’s
A．name B．book C．friend D．bag
A．I B．I’m C．She D．She’s
A．have B．has C．doesn’t have D．don’t have
A．one B．two C．three D．four
A．has B．have C．doesn’t have D．don’t have
A．plays B．play C．playing D．to play
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What do you do at the weekend? Some people like to 21 at home, but others like to go 22a walk or play football. My friend Sam works hard in a factory during the23 . At the weekend, he always 24 the same thing. On Saturday he 25 his car and on 26 he goes with his family to a village by car. His uncle and aunt have a farm there. It isn’t a 27 one but there is always 28 to do on the farm. The children help with the animals and give them their 29 . Sam and his friends help in the fields. At the end of the day, they are all 30 and Sam’s aunt gives them a big meal.
A．play B．live C．stay D．enjoy
A．to B．for C．in D．at
A．day B．time C．autumn D．week
A．does B．makes C．borrows D．has
A．watches B．drives C．sells D．washes
A．Monday B．Sunday C．Saturday D．Wednesday
A．small B．big C．hard D．short
A．much B．little C．fast D．far
A．clothes B．places C．food D．water
A．clean B．late C．hungry D．friendly