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American summers are filled with outdoor picnics, baseball games and swimming pools. Summer in America is a time ______the outdoors, no matter how hot it might be. Let’s take a look at some of the popular drinks.
Lemonade is ______of all American summer drinks. It
______ by mixing lemon juice, water and sugar. It is usually served very cold, with ice.
Ice tea is ______popular summer drink in America. Ice tea is usually
______ in a tall glass of ice. Many Americans
______ to add sugar to sweeten the drink. This drink is often drunk in the afternoon
______relaxing in the shade. Ice tea is now also sold by the bottle , at almost any store in America.
The Slurpee, a famous American drink in recent years, is a great ______to cool off in the summer heat. It is a mix of ice, sugar and fruit juices. However, the drink is mostly made of ice. They can
______ at most small convenient stores. Slurpees are popular with young Americans.
Milkshakes have a long ______in America . It is made of a mix of ice cream , milk and flavoring.
Every great achievement has been the result of years of dreaming. Even in early times, people could realize the of dreams. If a person has a dream and works hard, he or she will find a way bring it into success.
Children do not have knowledge. However, they are natural dreamers. We should not them. With their rich imagination, they will with fantastic dreams. History is of examples. Many great men were dreamers when they were children. One such dreamer was Thomas Edison. He used to ostracized(排斥) when he was in primary school, but his achievements were greater than in his time.
Teenagers and young people should also be to dream. They had big dreams and their dreams their lives and even the world. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are the good examples. They developed technology and brought great progress to humans besides making money for .
Older people should believe that it is never late to dream. Colonel Saunders KFC at the age of 67. Everyone has a chance to make dreams .A.important B. importance C. most important
A.toB. of C. for
A.manyB. a lotC. much
A.make fun B. laugh atC. look down
A.come up B. catch upC. get on
A.fullB. filled C. fill
A.beingB. beC. been
A.else everyone's B. everyone else's C. everyone else
A.encouraged B. encouraging C. encourage
A.changeB. changedC. to change
A.had B. have toC. have
A.themB. themselves C. theirs
A.so B. veryC. too
A.set up B. set out C. put up
A.come true B. achieve C. realize
I was flying to New York at night. Suddenly, a storm broke and the plane began to be tossed(颠簸)around.
When I looked the plane, I could see that nearly all the passengers were worried and afraid. The future seemed terrible and many were if they would make it through the storm.
Then , I saw a little girl. It seemed that the storm meant to her. She sat on her seat reading a book. Sometimes she closed her eyes, then she would read again, with no or fear in her eyes. When the other passengers were scared(惊恐的) half to death, that child was completely calm and . I couldn’t believe my eyes.
When the plane finally reached New York, I was not surprised to that all the passengers were hurrying to come out. I stopped and spoke to the girl whom I had for such a long time. I asked she had not been afraid.
The child replied, “My daddy is the , and he is taking me home.”
A．at B．around C．up D．into
A．wondering B．expecting C．dreaming D．realizing
A．probably B．luckily C．suddenly D．certainly
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
A．pride B．worry C．anger D．regret
A．unafraid B．nervous C．active D．tired
A．say B．hear C．find D．think
A．known B．watched C．helped D．protected
A．whether B．how C．when D．why
A．guard B．driver C．pilot D．traveller
A teacher was giving a talk to his students on stress(压力) management. He raised a glass of water and asked them, "How do you think this glass of water is?"
The students began to think and . Their answers are different, from 20g to 500g.
"It does not matter on the real . It depends on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call a . It is the exact same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes. What we have to do is to put the glass down, for a while before holding it up again."
"If we carry our burdens,sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on. The burden will become increasingly heavier. We have to the burden every now and then, so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on."
So you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it back home. You can pick it up tomorrow.
Whatever burdens you have, let them down for a moment if you can. And learn to ourselves.
Life is short but amazing. Enjoy it!
A．heavy B．full C．much D．long
A．read B．watch C．guess D．listen
A．glass B．weight C．water D．height
A．minute B．night C．day D．week
A．mother B．teacher C．doctor D．friend
A．rest B．shake C．look D．work
A．this time B．some other time C．next time D．all the time
A．give up B．put down C．pick up D．think about
A．after B．since C．before D．until
A．save B．help C．care D．relax
Along time ago, there was an emperor. He had a beautiful . In the garden, there was a little nightingale(夜莺）singing very beautifully.
One day, the emperor heard about this little bird’s beautiful . He asked his guards to bring her to him. When the emperor heard the nightingale’s voice, he said, “Put her a golden cage, so she can stay and sing for me whenever I want to hear her.
The little bird was so unhappy about being kept in the cage that she stopped one day. The emperor was very angry. He ordered the scientists in his palace to make a robot bird for him. The bird could sing very beautifully, . The emperor was pleased.
Soon the robot bird became old. It no longer sang beautiful songs. Just at that time, the emperor was ill and he became very weak. One morning, while in bed, the emperor wanted it to sing once . But the robot bird sing any more. Suddenly, the nightingale landed on the window. She began to sing her most beautiful song. The emperor was very happy! He became each day.
After the emperor was well, he changed a lot and became kind his people. From then on, all his people cherished(爱戴）him for his love and kindness.
A．park B．house C．garden D．door
A．noise B．voice C．sound D．noisy
A．in B．on C．for D．from
A．to sing B．sing C．sings D．singing
A．also B．so C．too D．either
A．jumping B．standing C．lying D．running
A．again B．two C．second D．twice
A．can B．could C．don’t D．couldn’t
A．weaker and weaker B．taller and taller C．better and better D．younger and younger
A．at B．to C．on D．in
Bees live in a house that is called a hive. There are three kinds of bees: workers, drones (雄蜂) queens. Only one queen bee can live in each hive. If she is lost or dead, the other bees their work.
Workers are very clever and busy. They all join together small rooms called cells of wax for their honey. Each worker bee does its own work. Some go out and collect honey from the flowers; stay at home and work inside the hive. The cells have six sides are made by worker bees. Did you ever look into a glass hive and see them while at work? It is to see how busy they always are. Before winter comes, all the drones are driven from the hive they don’t eat the honey they did not collect.
It is not safe children to be too close to bees. Bees have painful stings they use in their defense (防御).
A．and B．or C．but D．either
A．are stopped B．stops C．will stop D．stopped
A．builds B．built C．build D．to build
A．the other B．others C．another D．other
A．who B．whom C．which D．/
A．pleasant B．boring C．scary D．tiring
A．in order to B．so as to C．as long as D．so that
A．to B．for C．in D．with