What’s a typical(典型的)day like in Buenos Aires(布宜诺斯艾利斯)? For Diego, who lives with his parents in a house in Buenos Aires, a school day starts 41 . If his mother doesn’t wake him up at 6:00 a.m., his dog Luna will. Diego 42 himself quickly and takes Luna for a walk.
Then it’s time to get ready for school. Diego puts on his school clothes and eats a quick 43 . He slings(抛)his heavy schoolbag over his shoulder and gets onto the city bus for the 25 minutes’ 44 to school.
Diego is in the seventh year of primary school. Classes start at 8:00 a.m. with math, followed
45 history and music. At 1:00 p.m., Diego and his friends have their lunch. After lunch, Diego heads to English class. This is one of his favorites, 46 the students practise English by writing e-mails to students in 47 countries.
When the 48 class ends, Diego and his friends 49 the bus to a city park to play football. Then he’s back home to start on homework. If he finishes in time, Diego will cook dinner. His parents come home from work at about 8:00 p.m., and 50 they sit down to dinner. After dinner, Diego does some reading or watches TV before getting ready for bed!
A.quickly B.early C.late D.slowly
A.dress B.dressed C.dressing D.dresses
A.lunch B.breakfast C.supper D.dinner
A.walk B.way C.ride D.road
A.at B.for C.by D.about
A.because B.if C.since D.unless
A.other B.others C.another D.the others
A.first B.second C.third D.last
A.fetch B.carry C.take D.bring
A.only B.just C.also D.then
The question was once asked of a highly successful businessman,“How have you done so much in your lifetime?”
He replied,“I have 41.I have turned my mind free to imagine 42I wanted to do.Then I have gone to bed and thought about my dreams.In the night I dreamt about my dreams.
And when I awoke in the morning,I saw the way 43my dreams real.White 44people were saying,‘You can’t do that,it is 45,’I was well on my way to achieving what I wanted,”As Woodrow Wilson,28th President of the U.S.,said:“We grow great by dreams.All big men are
46.”
They see things in the soft fog of a spring day,or in the red fire 47a long winter’s evening.Some of us 48these dreams die,but others feed,protect and look after them;keep them through bad days until they bring them to the sunshine and light,it comes 49to the people who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.
So please,don’t let anyone steal you dreams, 50try to tell you they are too impossible.
“Sing your songs,dream your dreams,and hope your hope.”A.dreamed B.changed C.learned
A.how B.what C.which
A.to make B.to realize C.to achieve
A.another B.the other C.other
A.possible B.impossible C.important
A.dreams B.dreamer C.dreamers
A.on B.inC.at
A.had B.let C.kept
A.never B.sometimes C.always
A.or B.and C.but
With a determined(坚定的) look on his face, Chicago’s Michael McCarthy held on to the banister(扶手) and climbed to the top of the Willis Tower not long ago. The Tower stands 1,451 feet(442 meters) tall, the_21_ building in the US.
As he got to the last step, McCarthy _22_ fell down, but that didn’t stop him. The 14-year-old boy finally finished climbing the 2,109 steps and arrived at the top, where he _23_cheers from many people.
“I just want to show people that _24_ a kid with no legs can do it, anyone can do it,” McCarthy said.
McCarthy, who was born without legs, has to wear prosthetic legs(假肢) and use a stick to walk. But McCarthy has a strong 25 . He believes having a disability(残疾) shouldn’t stop anyone 26 achieving his or her success.
He has been in a special school 27 he was four. When he decided to climb the Willis Tower, his teacher, Jeff Kohn, was 28 by his determination(决心) and offered to help train him. They 29 more than ten hours practicing climbing stairs and keeping balance with the prosthetics and sticks on the steps every day. “ 30 seems that he never knows how difficult it is. 31 I was so tired that I asked him to rest for a day,”said Kohn. “But he said he was still full of energy and wanted more 32 .”
Kohn always walked with McCarthy for the climb. “I 33 the last 10 floors, he went faster,” said Kohn. “He’s the most craven sportsman I’ve ever trained.”
McCarthy said he was 34 of himself and that the tower now holds special meaning. “When I’m older, I’ll 35 to the building and say ‘Look at this building I climbed’,” he said.
A.largest B.highest C.earliest D.latest
A.seldom B.hardly C.always D.almost
A.enjoyed B.needed C.made D.kept
A.while B.after C.if D.though
A.heart B.hope C.body D.love
A.by B.for C.in D.from
A.as B.since C.until D.before
A.pleased B.beaten C.moved D.asked
A.used B.spent C.took D.wasted
A.Here B.There C.He D.It
A.However B.Sometimes C.Again D.Then
A.friends B.helpers C.time D.exercise
A.tried B.saw C.did D.met
A.thinking B.talking C.worried D.proud
A.point B.go C.turn D.hurry
In a small town in France, there was a farmer who lived alone. Every day he 31 a pound of butter to his neighbour, who was a baker, One day the baker decided to32 the butter to see if he was getting a pound. After he weighed it, he found that he wasn't. The baker then took 33 farmer to the judge (法官).
The judge asked the farmer if he had any way to weigh the butler. The farmer replied. "I am so 34 that I do not have enough money to buy anything to weigh it,35 I do have a kind of scale(天平). " The judge asked, "Then how do you weigh the buttery" The farmer replied, "Before the baker started buying butler from36 , I had bought bread from him. So now every time when I bring home the bread from the baker, I put it On the scale and give him the butter of the same weight,"
We37 what we give to Others in life. Whenever you take action, ask yourself this38 , "Am I honest?"
Honesty or dishonesty can become a39 . Some dishonest people can lie(说谎) without a red face. Others lie so much that they do not even40 what the truth is any more. But who is it bad for? As a matter of fact, those who lie will hurt themselves by their own dishonest behaviour.
A.gave B.fed C.threw D.sold
A.weigh B.watch C.cut D.use
A./ B.a C.an D.the
A.rich B.poor C.honest D.quiet
A.and B.so C.but D.or
A.I B.my C.me D.mine
A.get back B.look back D.turn back
A.answer B.question C.help D.idea
A.difference B.habit C.mistake D.difficulty
A.Study B.mean C.imagine D.know
Everyone likes to receive gifts. In many countries people give gifts for special occasions. For example, in the United States people give 63for birthdays, weddings, and when someone graduates from high school or college. In Japan many people give gifts at special times in the summer and 64 . And in some countries people give a person a gift when they visit the person’s home. But how do you choose the65 gift?
It's not always easy to find a great gift for everyone, especially when you are buying a gift for someone from another 66. In many Western countries watches and 67are nice gifts. However, Chinese people do not like clocks as gifts. The Chinese words that mean to give a clock are similar to the words for to die. So many Chinese people think that a clock as a gift is bad 68.
Many people around the world think that flowers are always a safe gift. But even flowers can be 69! In Russia a gift of an odd number of flowers (1,3,5, etc. ) is okay. But a gift of an even number of flowers (2,4,6, etc. ) is not okay. It's only for funerals! People in China do not like gifts of white flowers, because white is the color for funerals. And don't70red roses to a stranger from Germany. They may think you love them! Red roses mean love in several cultures!A. money B. gifts C food
A. person B. place C. winter
A. right B. wrong C. shiny
A. country B. city C. village
A. flowers B. books C. clocks
A. luck B. lucky C. unlucky
A. a safe gift B. a problem C. a good tdea
A. receive B. accept C. give
Once there was a girl in my class that I thought was beautiful and smart. I believed that she was perfect. When the time for my birthday came, I 56 her to my party, and she came.
A few months 57 , it was her birthday. I got a special scarf for her. Thinking about how happy she would be to receive my gift made me so 58 .
I asked her when her birthday party was going to be. She replied, " 59 do you want to know? You're not invited. You're just a dog with glasses !"
I felt really 60 when she said that. I just stood there looking at her. Everyone standing by her came to stand next to me. Then we all 61 .
That day, I figured out that even if someone looks perfect, there is a very good possibility that they aren't. When it comes to perfection, it's how someone treats you that is more 62 than how they look.A. invited B. invites C. inviting
A. ago B. before C. later
A. excited B. sad C. relaxed
A. How B. Why C. Who
A. good B. nice C. bad
A. left B. came C. smiled
A. confident B. creative C. important