My dad was a fisherman. He worked hard and stayed out until he caught enough 36 to feed the family nearly every day. When the weather was bad he would 37 me to school. An old truck was used in his fishing business. When we got to the school, he would give me a big 38 on the face and tell me to be a good 39 . It was so embarrassing for me. I was 12 years old, and my dad would still kiss me goodbye!
I remember the day when I decided I was too 40 for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile. He started to lean (倾斜) toward me, but I put my hand up and 41 , “No, Dad.” It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way. He had a surprised look on his face for a long time, and his 42 started to be wet. He turned and looked out of the windshield (挡风玻璃). “You’re 43 ,” he said.“You are a big boy—a man. I won’t kiss you any more.”
It wasn’t long after that when my dad went out to 44 and never came back. It was a day when most of the fishermen stayed at home except Dad. He had a big family to feed
How I wish I had been a man then. If I had been a man, I would 45 have told my dad I was too old for a goodbye kiss.
A．food B．birds C．animals D．fish
A．ride B．carry C．drive D．bring
A．kiss B．laugh C．look D．hand
A．man B．boy C．teacher D．fisherman
A．old B．young C．excited D．moved
A．spoke B．said C．repeated D．answered
A．hands B．feet C．eyes D．face
A．kind B．clever C．wrong D．right
A．school B．sea C．boat D．river
A．still B．ever C．never D．only
One day, some children were playing hide-and-seek（捉迷藏）happily. In front of the 31 , Jim found the door of the letter box was 32 and climbed in. He 33 closed the door. When he knew 34 he had locked himself in it, he began to 35 help, but nobody could 36 . He was 37 and began to cry. At that time, his sister was 38 for him. She happened to hear him. She , of course, wasn’t able to open it.
When the 39 helped him out, he couldn’t keep back his tears. He had been in the box for nearly an hour.
“Don’t forget 40a stamp on yourself next time,” said the postman.
A．shop B．park C．post office D．hospital
A．open B．closed C．big D．broken
A．slowly B．easily C．quickly D．hardly
A．that B．what C．why D．if
A．find out B．find C．shout for D．look after
A．open B．help C．see D．hear
A．angry B．hungry C．afraid D．happy
A．asking B．looking C．waiting D．shouting
A．policeman B．friend C．postman D．cleaner
A．to draw B．to put C．to make D．to buy
One afternoon, I went to pick up my mother from work.I got there a little early, so I _______ (41) my car by a small park, and _______ (42) for her.
As I looked outside the car window, I saw a little boy, around two years old, running _______ (43) on the grass as his mother _______ (44) from a short distance. The boy had a big smile on his face as if he had just been ______ (45) free from some sort of prison .The boy would then fall to the grass , (46) up , without looking back at his mother , run as_______ (47) as he could ,again , still with a smile on his face ,as if nothing had happened.
At that moment, I thought to myself , “why aren’t most adults this way ?” Most adults, when they fall down, make a big deal out of it and don’t even _______ (48) a second attempt. They would be so _______ (49) that they would not try again if someone saw them fall .Or , because they fall , they would find a good _______ (50) for themselves that they’re not fit for it . They would end up too afraid to attempt again for fear of failure.
However, with kids, when they fall down, they don’t consider their falling down as a failure, instead, they treat it as a _______ (51) experience. They try again and again until they _______ (52) .The answer must be that they have not connected“falling down” with the word “failure”. As a _______ (53), they are not discouraged in any way .Besides, they _______ (54) think to themselves that it’s quite okay to fall down and that it’s not wrong to do so. In other words ,they allow themselves to make _______ (55), so they remain energetic.
I was deeply impressed by the boy’s persistence (坚持不懈) and the manner in which he did.
A．left B．stopped C．repaired D．drove
A．waited B．cared C．prepared D．looked
A．carefully B．anxiously C．freely D．easily
A．watched B．noticed C．surveyed D．supported
A．cut B．kept C．found D．set
A．hold B．get C．end D．pick
A．well B．long C．fast D．soon
A．make B．provide C．practice D．discover
A．confused B．embarrassed C．exhausted D．surprised
A．cause B．sign C．chance D．excuse
A．learning B．running C．teaching D．falling
A．progress B．improve C．achieve D．succeed
A．decision B．result C．reason D．matter
A．hardly B．perfectly C．probably D．nearly
A．mistakes B．choices C．plans D．wishes
Wang Yani was born in 1975. Even as a baby she loved to draw. Her father was an 1 .Yani wanted to be like him. So she tried to stand like her father as she painted, which made him laugh.
One day, Yani painted lines on her faher’s painting. He got 2 . At the time she was only two and a half years old. She cried and said, “I want to like you!” Her father looked at her without saying anything. He 4 remembered his childhood(童年). He also wanted to draw and paint, but his parents didn’t understand. They just got angry. He didn’t want to see the same thing happen to his daughter. So he decided to 5 her.
With her father’s help, Yani soon 6 . Her lines became flowers, trees, and animals. Her father took her to parks and zoos to get 7 for her paintings. By the end of six, Yani had made over 4,000 works. Her paintings were very special. People 8 her works. When she was eight, one of her paintings was made into a Chinese postage stamp.
Yani became famous when she was young. Her works were 9 in different countries in Asia, Europe and North America,10 her parents never sold her paintings. She is well-known in the world, and art is still a great joy in her life..
A．actor B．athlete C．artist D．engineer
A．angry B．excited C．sad D．interested
A．laugh B．speak C．stand D．paint
A．happily B．clearly C．hardly D．usually
A．help B．stop C．refuse D．miss
A．did homework B．made money C．did sports D．made progress
A．news B．time C．ideas D．luck
A．hated B．loved C．found D．forget
A．lost B．sold C．bought D．shown
A．and B．but C．so D．or
I often go to a shopping center with my mother. The shopping center is new and__1__. There are lots of great things there. There are __2__and food. There are many people there. ___3__do many people come here to buy things? Do you know? Let me tell you. The things there are good and at a very great price. The ____4__there are nice and friendly. So I buy a T-shirt ___5__ red for only 2 dollars.
My sister Mary has a yellow sweater. It’s very nice. But it’s too small. She ___6____a new one. She goes to the shopping center with us on Sunday. Because she doesn’t go to __7____ that day. There are many clothes on__8____. They are very nice. They are in all___9___. There are red, black, red and blue ones. She likes a blue sweater very much. __10____it’s too big. At last, she takes a green sweater for only 0 dollars.
A．old B．big C．boring D．sad
A．vegetables B．fruit C．dessert D．clothes
A．What B．When C．Why D．Where
A．people B．girls C．clerks D．boys
A．with B．to C．in D．on
A．want B．needs C．haves D．buy
A．school B．shop C．store D．home
A．sale B．shop C．sweater D．food
A．sizes B．colors C．clothes D．things
A．And B．But C．Or D．Too
This is __1__ news for children in the countryside. We may still remember the girl __2__ big eyes. Her big eyes are __3_ us her dream: I wish to __4__! In China, there are still __5__ girls and boys like her. They want to go to school, but their _6_ are too poor. If the family has two or three children, parents __7_ send them all to school. So they often ask __8__ to stay at home, and boys to go to school.
Now they needn’t __9__ the money. From 2006 on, children can go to school _10__ in poor areas. They don’t have to __11__ books and other things. Some of them can even get __12__ from the government（政府）to make their life better. Soon, __13__ children in the countryside can go to school for free. All families are very __14_ with the news. It is _15__ great.
A．small B．good C．bad D．big
A．with B．on C．to D．in
A．saying B．telling C．speaking D．talking
A．go to work B．go to bed C．go to school D．go home
A．a lot B．1ot of C．a lot of D．much
A．schools B．cities C．houses D．families
A．can’t B．will C．should D．mustn’t
A．teachers B．girls C．boys D．all the children
A．look up B．turn on C．worry about D．make sure
A．by themselves B．on foot C．for free D．with money
A．borrow B．read C．bring D．pay for
A．books B．clothes C．food D．money
A．all B．some C．many D．most
A．sad B．interested C．happy D．excited
A．not B．never C．hardly D．really