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 46 , and so on. At last, I became very angry and ran to my father. He listened to me 47 . Then he asked, "Are these things true or not? Do you know what you are really like? Go and make a 48 of what she said and find the 49 that are true."
I did as he told me. To my great 50 , 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 51 time, I got a clear 52 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 53 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 54 your ears and feel 55 . 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．clean B．open C．close D．wash
A．hurt B．safe C．pretty D．cheap
Mr. White works in an office. He liked reading in bed when he was at school. It was bad for his and now he has near sight. But he wouldn’t want to know about it and he never wears a pair of glasses. It often him some trouble.
One winter morning he was sent to a village school on business. He a bus at a stop in a small town. Then he had to walk there. The road to the village wasn’t smooth. He fell over some times and it his clothes dirty. he got to the village. Suddenly it began to blow and it got colder. While he was looking for the school , his was blown off. He began to run after it but he couldn’t get it. He couldn’t understand why his hat ran into a house as if (似乎) it had . And he ran into the house, .
A woman stopped him and shouted angrily, “ are you running after my hen?”
A．ears B．nose C．mouth D．eyes
A．anybody else B．nobody C．woman D．somebody
A．follows B．takes C．brings D．carries
A．took off B．got off C．got on D．came on
A．took B．made C．gave D．felt
A．At first B．At home C．At times D．At last
A．clothes B．bag C．hat D．glasses
A．legs B．hands C．shoes D．arms
A．always B．also C．either D．too
A．What B．Why C．Which D．Who
Andy was a single father, raising a 5-year-old boy alone. He was often worried that his son up without a motber to care for him. In the morning he went away on business, leaving the child alone. He was worried about the child all the way, not if he had eaten. But his child always told him not to worry. Andy alwayswent home .after finishing his work When he got home one day, the child was deep asleep. He was tired out. When he went to bed himself, he was to find an overturned（打翻的）bowl of noodles under the quilt. He his sleeping son angrily, "Why are you so naughty（淘气的），making the quilt ? Who will wash it?" It was the first time tbat he had hit his boy after his wife's death.“I haven't," the child explained tears in his eyes, "This is your supper, Daddy." In order
to let his father eat supper when be got home, the child cooked two bowls of one for himself, for his father. He was afraid that his father's noodles would get ,so he placed them under the quilt to keep them warm.
A．grew B．picked C．taken D．put
A．thinking B．knowing C．waiting D．standing
A．angrily B．happily C．quickly D．possibly
A．worried B．excited C．patient D．surprised
A．got up B．gave up C．came up D．woke up
A．dirty B．clean C．broken D．old
A．with B．through C．across D．in
A．rice B．milk C．noodles D．dumplings
A．other B．the other C．another D．others
A．hot B．cool C．nice D．more
One day, a boy found the cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly tried to make body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped.
The boy decided to the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be thankful. He took out a knife and cut the hole to make it . The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it looked a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin . The butterfly didn’t start to fly. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬行) around with a weak body and thin wings. It was able to fly.
The boy acted with kindness, he didn’t understand why it could be like this. When a butterfly crawls out of the cocoon, it must try very hard. The hard work of getting out of the cocoon makes its wings strong. It helps the butterfly be to fly. If the butterfly doesn’t have to try hard to get out of the cocoon, its wings won’t get strong enough for it to fly.
In our lives, pain is the key all windows. Without it, there’s no way of life. We can’t difficulties or problems. So, next time you have a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly. Try hard—then fly!
A．dog B．girl C．hole D．bird
A．my B．its C．your D．their
A．eat B．kill C．feed D．help
A．older B．bigger C．shorter D．warmer
A．eyes B．ears C．hands D．wings
A．never B．still C．also D．often
A．or B．if C．but D．because
A．used B．ready C．glad D．afraid
A．to B．on C．in D．at
A．feel B．find C．avoid D．stand
BEIJING—The sky is gray and air smells strange. It’s another day of smog.
On Saturday， heavy haze(霾) still covered north and east China. Highways were closed and couldn’t take off on time.
The smoggy weather the country’s land from north to south， including Beijing， Hebei， Shandong， and 6 other provinces. People could only see clearly than 50 meters in some areas.
Cities Shanghai and Nanjing have been covered by the gray sky for the past several days. Many walkers in the street had to wear . In the Lukou airport in Nanjing， more than 60 flights were canceled(取消) on Saturday the haze， which also made primary and middle schools and kindergartens stop on Thursday and Friday in Nanjing.
The office worker of Environmental Protection said earlier this week that there were several reasons behind the widespread haze： unpleasant weather conditions making difficult for smog to disappear， automobile exhaust(尾气)， and coal use for winter heating.
To fight pollution， the Chinese government now plans to clean up the air by cutting coal use， some factories， and removing 6 million old cars from the roads.
“We must face up to the facts，” said Yan Naiqiang， a professor of environmental science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. “The treatment of smog will be a long fight. From now on， if we use buses or cars less and do more riding， we believe a clear sky is not a faraway dream.”
A．coaches B．trains C．flights D．double-deckers
A．afforded B．affected C．admired D．announced
A．less B．more C．farther D．nearer
A．in B．like C．around D．outside
A．hats B．gloves C．sunglasses D．masks
A．besides B．except C．because of D．for
A．classes B．rest C．work D．shopping
A．mainly B．mostly C．main D．most
A．that B．this C．one D．it
A．close B．closing C．open D．opening
It was Mother’s Day, but the young mother was a little unhappy. she was 800 miles away from her parents. In the morning she phoned her mother her a happy Mother’s Day, and her mother told her the beautiful lilacs(丁香花) in the garden.
Later that day, when her husband knew that she liked lilacs, he said, “I know where we __ find all that you want. Get the children and come on.” So they went, driving down the country roads. There on a small hill, they saw of beautiful purple lilacs. The young woman ran quickly to enjoy the flowers. , she picked a few here and a few there. On their way home there was a smile on her face. When they were passing an Old People’s home, the young woman saw an old granny sitting in a chair. She had no with her. They stopped the car and the young woman walked to the old woman, put the flowers in her hands, and smiled at her. The old granny was very and she thanked here again and again. She smiled happily, too.”
When the young mother to her car, her children asked her, “Who is that old granny? Why did you give flowers to ?” I don’t know her.” Their mother said, “But it’s Mother’s Day, and she looks very lonely. I have all of you, and I still have my mother. Just think how much those flowers mean to her.”
A．And B．Or C．Because D．If
A．wishing B．wish C．wished D．to wish
A．about B．on C．at D．of
A．must B．can C．could D．may
A．hundred B．thousand C．thousands D．million
A．Carefully B．Careful C．Careless D．Care
A．people B．children C．person D．human
A．sad B．nervous C．happy D．mad
A．came back B．came over C．came up with D．came out
A．she B．herself C．hers D．her