One summer day when I was in high school, my father sent me to buy some tools for our farm. I loved ___31____ better than driving our family truck to do something. But this time I was not so happy___32___ my father had told me I would have to ask for credit ( 赊账) at the store.
___33_____ is a proud age. The young men at that age want respect (尊重) but not charity. I had seen many times that my friends were ___34____ when they asked for credit. We lived in a poor village,___35_____ was needed seriously I knew clearly how difficult it might be to make the store owner believe me and get the credit.
At Dali’s Brothers store. Buck Davi was talking to a farmer. After I finished ___36_____ the things I wanted, I walked to him. “I need to put these on credit,”I said to him ____37____.
The farmer gave me a ___38_____look. But Buck’s face didn’t change in the slightest. “No problem,” he said in a relaxing voice, “ I believe your daddy will____39____them in time. " Then he turned to the farmer, This boy is Jame William’s son.”
The farmer nodded to me in a friendly way. At that time. I___40_____pride. Jame William’s Son, these three___41____ opened a door to an adult’s respect and trust.
That day I___42____ that a good name was of great importance. My father’s good name had won our neighbors’ respect for our family. A good name, and the responsibility (责任) that came with ____43_____ encouraged us a lot. They made us be___44______ than we might be. We also wanted to be regarded as good people. __45__ acting like good people for a long time, we became good out of good habits.A. something B. anything C. nothing
A. because B. while C. unless
A. Six B. Sixteen C. Sixty
A. influenced B. cheered C. refused
A. health B. money C. freedom
A. choose B. choosing C. to cheese
A. carefully B. angrily C. easily
A. pleasant B. kind C. strange
A. care for B. pay for C. look for
A. was full of B. was surprised at C. was famous for
A. letters B. words C. sentences
A. discover B. discovered C. have discovered
A. it B. him C. them
A. better B. stronger C. cleverer
A. With B. For C. By
Hello, I'm Tom. I'm a middle school student. It's nice to meet you here. First, let me tell you 46 about my family. There are five people in my 47 .They are my mother, my father, my sister, my brother and I.
My father is a worker. My mother is an English teacher. My sister is eighteen and my brother is sixteen. I'm fourteen. We 48 go to the same school. We all enjoy 49 football games.
My 50 is in West Street. There is a big tree and some small trees around my house. The big one is a pear tree and the small ones are apple 51 . 52 there 53 any pears or apples on them now. 54a photo of my house. In the photo, you can see three cats in my house. They are all black and white. We 55 them very much.
A.anything B.something C.thing D.anyone
A.school B.house C.room D.family
A.two B.five C.three D.six
A.seeing B.looking at C.watching D.looking
A.bed B.school C.room D.home
A.trees B.rivers C.houses D.schools
A.But B.And C.So D.Or
A.isn't B.is C.are D.aren't
A.He's B.Here's C.It's D.There are
A.are liking B.likes C.like D.is liking
One day, my English teacher asked me to help her save back-up(备份) copies of her work in the computer. I then realized I was able to know the grades of all of her students. I 36 her how to copy files(文件) from one disk to another and she thanked me.
A few days later, she asked me to help her again, because she 37 how to do it. When I showed it to her, some students in my class38 and began to talk among themselves 39 .Later that day, at lunch time, several of them came up to me.
“Hey, could you help us change our grades? We’ll 40 for it.”
I could not believe what I heard. I could get paid for something very 41 . “All right. I’ll do it.” The next day, my English teacher 42 me to help him out again. When he was not paying 43 , I changed their grades from Fs to As.
I soon became very 44 among my friends. They began to treat me like God who could do45 . Word spread quickly and I became very rich.
Everything was going fine46 I was called into the headmaster’s office. When I got there, both of my teacher and the headmaster were very angry. “ I don’t want to47 what your teacher said, but I have to. She has too much evidence(证据),’’ the headmaster said. “Do you have anything to say for yourself?”
“No,” I said finally. I didn’t realize how 48 my behavior had been. I had disappointed my teacher and the headmaster. And there was no way49 . I had to leave my school. That was a good50 for me.
A.said B.urged C.knew D.showed
A.lost B.remembered C.reminded D.forgot
A.listened B.noticed C.played D.checked
A.quietly B.luckily C.sincerely D.angrily
A.pay B.praise C.follow D.explain
A.familiar B.easy C.interesting D.pleasant
A.challenged B.allowed C.taught D.asked
A.money B.work C.attention D.interest
A.common B.popular C.modest D.dishonest
A.something B.anything C.nothing D.some things
A.until B.since C.because D.after
A.believe B.reply C.hate D.influence
A.hard B.interesting C.serious D.important
A.up B.in C.back D.down
A.skill B.lesson C.story D.example
When I was about 12, a girl in my class liked to point out my problems. I was too thin; I wasn’t a good student; I talked too much; I was too 61 , and so on. At last, I became very angry and ran to my father.
He listened to me 62 . Then he asked, “Are these things true or not? Do you know what you are really like? Go and make a 63 of what she said and find the 64 that are true.”
I did he told me. To my great 65 . I discovered that about half of the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change(like being very thin). But there were things I could and wanted to change. For the 66 time, I got a clear 67 of myself.
I brought the list back to dad. He refused to take it. “That’s just for you.” He said. “You know the truth about 68 better than anyone else. When people say something that is true about you, you should find it helpful.”
Our world is full of people who think they know your business. Don’t 69 and feel 70 . Listen to them.
A.beautiful B.proud C.smart D.rich
A.bravely B.happily C.quickly D.quietly
A.joke B.programme C.list D.record
A.secrets B.mistakes C.lessons D.points
A.surprise B.interest C.opinion D.fact
A.first B.second C.next D.last
A.book B.picture C.drawing D.notice
A.yourselves B.myself C.herself D.yourself
A.clean B.open C.close D.wash
A.hurt B.safe C.pretty D.cheap
Two brothers worked together on a farm. One was married and had a large 51 . The other had no wife yet. Although they lived in different houses, they shared everything they got from their farm.
One day, the single brother said to himself, “It’s not 52 that we share all the rice. I’m 53 and I need less than my brother.” So, every night he took a bag of rice from his store-room and 54 across the field 55 their houses, putting it into his brother’s store-room.
At the same time, the married brother thought, “It’s not fair to share all the rice. I’m married and I have my wife and children to 56 me when I am 57 . However, my brother has no one to take care of his 58 .” So, each night he also took a bag of rice and put it into his brother’s store-room.
Several months passed by. They found 59 strange that their rice never became less. Then, one dark night the two brothers ran into each other. Slowly they began to understand what was happening. Their bags fell onto the ground and tears 60 their eyes at once.
A.group B.family C.class D.team
A.right B.popular C.interesting D.wrong
A.poor B.happy C.alone D.rich
A.jumped B.played C.went D.rode
A.from B.through C.off D.between
A.look after B.look for C.look out D.look at
A.worried B.old C.healthy D.dead
A.hope B.children C.farm D.future
A.them B.this C.it D.that
A.appeared B.filled C.dropped D.rose
Mr. Johnson lives outside the town. He works in a post office. His wife is often ill and six children __26____ at school. He works hard but he is often short of __27____. In the end of every month his family are always__28____.
One afternoon, on his way home, it suddenly began to __29____. When he got home, he was wet through. He hurried to go __30____ after supper and his wife washed the clothes and shoes for him. __31____ she went to bed, she brought the clothes into the room but __32____ the shoes. The next morning Mr. Johnson couldn’t find his shoes. His wife found a pair of __33____ shoes under the bed for him. Then he went to __34____ and told the policeman about it.
“I __35____ ten dollars for my shoes, sir,” said the man. “Look! I have to __36____ such a pair of worn-out shoes!”
Several days later the police __37____ a thief and found the shoes. They were as worn-out as the __38____ which Mr. Johnson was wearing.
“You’ve fooled us, Mr. Johnson,” said a policeman. “The shopkeeper told me a pair of new shoes like them __39____ only seven dollars!”
“You’re right, ,sir,” said Mr. Johnson. “I’ve __40____ them for five years and I had them mended six times. And I paid three dollars to the shoemaker for mending them!”
A.play B.study C.work D.live
A.water B.food C.clothes D.money
A.full B.afraid C.hungry D.angry
A.rain B.snow C.blow D.shine
A.to work B.to sleep C.to bed D.swimming
A.After B.Before C.While D.Because
A.remembered B.threw C.dropped D.forgot
A.broken B.new C.nice D.cheap
A.bus stop B.bus station C.post office D.police station
A.borrowed B.paid C.lent D.lost
A.look for B.find C.wear D.dress
A.caught B.stopped C.saw D.killed
A.one B.ones C.old D.new
A.cost B.sold C.took D.spent
A.bought B.given C.had D.liked