An old farmer lived with his grandson. Each morning, the 16 got up early and read his Bhagavad Gita(薄迦梵歌).
One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa! I try to read the book like you 17 I can’t understand it, and I forget it easily. What’s the 18 of reading it?”
The grandfather said, “Take this coal(煤炭) basket down to the 19 and bring me back a basket of water.”
The boy did as his grandfather 20 ,but all the water ran 21 he got home. The grandfather laughed, “You’ll have to move faster next time.”
This time the boy 22 faster, but again the basket was empty. He told his grandfather that is was 23 to carry water in a basket. He wanted to use a bottle instead, but the old man said, “I just want a basket of water. You’re not 24 hard enough.”
The boy wanted to show his grandfather that the water would surely run. He again put the 25 into the river and ran hard. But there wasn’t anything in it again. He said 26 ,“Look, grandpa, it’s useless!”
“Watch the basket.” said the grandfather.
For the first time the boy 27 the basket was different. It had changed from a dirty old coal basket into a 28 one, inside and out.
“Boy, you might not understand or remember 29 when you read the book, but when you read it, you will be 30 ,inside and out. That’s what you got from it.”
A．son B．father C．grandfather D．grandmother
A．so B．but C．or D．and
A．time B．place C．use D．habit
A．house B．beach C．lake D．river
A．said B．saw C．liked D．did
A．as B．after C．until D．before
A．ran B．rode C．drove D．flew
A．difficult B．interesting C．impossible D．unimportant
A．hitting B．trying C．holding D．studying
A．hand B．bottle C．basket D．coal
A．sadly B．hopefully C．excitedly D．happily
A．forgot B．realized C．believed D．remembered
A．white B．clean C．new D．black
A．nothing B．something C．anything D．everything
A．different B．relaxed C．curious D．worried
完形填空
通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项。
This is a story about a father and his daughter. When the girl was very young, her father would tell her, “I love you, little girl!” When she was ________ , her father would still tell her, “I love you, little girl.” The girl would not be very ________ and say, “I’m not a little girl any more.” Then the father would laugh and say, “But to me, you’ll ________ be my little girl.”
The little girl grew up and left home. Gradually (渐渐地), she learned more about herself, and she learned ________ about her father, too. No matter where she went in the world, her father would ________her and say, “I love you, little girl.”
One day she ________ that her father had an accident (事故), and he could no longer move, talk or tell her that he loved her.
She went to see her father. He looked small and was not ________ anymore. He looked at her and tried to say “I love you, little girl”, ________ , he could not.
She climbed up on the bed and lay next to him. Tears ran down from her eyes. She put her ________ on her father’s chest(胸), and then she heard the beat (跳动) of his heart. The heart beat on, and the magic (魔法) happened. It beat out the words that his mouth could no longer say: I LOVE YOU, LITTLE GIRL.
The magic is a father’s ________ .
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词语填空,阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的A、B和C 三个选项中选出最佳答案。并在答题卡上将答案填入对应的题号。
People all over the world enjoy sports because sports can help them keep_________ and live long. Some sports or games go back ________ years, like running or jumping. Chinese boxing, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are very new. People are ________ new sports or games all the time.
Many people like to watch others play sports or games. They buy tickets or ________ their TVs to watch the games. Often they get very ________ and happy when “their” team________ the match.
People play different games in different ________ . Swimming is fun in summer, ________ skating is good in winter.
Some sports are so interesting ________people everywhere enjoy them. For example, basketball ________ by about 200 million people in more than 200 countries. People can play it in parks, schools or factories. What fun it is to watch a NBA match.A. healthB. healthyC. healthily
A. thousands of B. two thousandsC. more
A. lookingB. inventing C. catching
A. turn onB. turn offC. turn down
A. sadB. excited C. interesting
A. beatsB. winsC. fights
A. colorsB. holidaysC. seasons
A. orB. thoughC. but
A. whatB. thatC. when
A. is played B. playerC. played
完形填空I was once a fat girl. I weighed 336 pounds and looked as big as my fridge. I was never __it. But one day I had a medical examination（体检）. The told me that I was having heart trouble. It me up. I began to feel nervous. Then I decided to do something!
In a year and five months, I 104 pounds. What a great thing I did ! I didn’t have any expensive food, medical treatment（治疗）or camp-style（训练营式的）exercise. What was the secret to my ?
First I looked through the Internet for do-it-yourself that people could follow on losing weight. Of course I saw countless ads which try to get me to buy their products. But I bought nothing. The only thing I did was to change my bad . The following are what I have done. You can try these. Stop drinking something with too much sugar in it. sweet cakes. Eat green vegetables. Use only vegetable oil. Never eat after 6:30 pm. Also, do light exercise for 15 to 20 minutes five days a week.
Then I kept doing what I should do. People sometimes say,“You don’t need to tell me __to do. I know it already!”But the fact is that knowing what to do and doing what you know are totally . The important thing is to know what to do and then just keep doing it.
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Antarctica is in the most _____part of the world. It’s like nowhere else____the earth. It’s nearly twice the size of Australia, much____ than Europe. Antarctica is the ____ and windiest place in the world, even colder and windier than the Arctic. In summer, the sun shines for twenty-four hours a day. ____ in winter, it’s completely dark for about three months. Very___ plants grow there, but there is some wildlife, like sea lions and penguins (企鹅).
When Captain James Cook traveled around Antarctica by ship ____, he found nobody living there. Today, a few ____ are studying the Ozone Hole (臭氧空洞) in Antarctica. The ozone layer (臭氧层) is getting thinner and thinner. The biggest “hole” is over Antarctica, and the____ there is becoming warmer. These scientists are thinking about ways to____Antarctica. Maybe they will find some useful methods soon.
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Old George selected（挑选） his food in the supermarket more carefully than NASA chose its astronauts. When he left the cashier, he was ____________ to think that he had saved 80 cents today.
At the exit, the cold wind made him ____________ his gloves. He looked for them in his coat and pants _____________ could not find them anywhere. He had bought the black gloves at a(an) ____________ price, for just $35, years ago. They were ____________ and very comfortable. He had taken great care looking ____________them, so they were in good condition.
George, calm on the outside but mad on the inside, re-entered the _____________. He followed the same route he had walked before. Several minutes of searching turned out to be in vain (徒劳). His ___________ were gone. “People have changed,” he said to himself. “Years ago, if somebody picked up something lost, they would give it back. Not any more!”
He stared at anybody wearing black gloves to see if they looked like ____________. On his way to the dairy section, he _____________ a lady wearing a pair of black gloves. He sped up and in three seconds was in front of her. But ____________ the surprised woman looked over, his eyes dropped, for her gloves were just far too small to be his. He went over to the cashier to ask if she had received any lost gloves, but she said no. He finally walked out _____________ the street.
A few days later, poor George decided to buy another leather pair. _____________ getting on the subway, he stepped into the supermarket again. He wanted to see if by any chance his gloves had been returned to the lost and found office. “What color are they?” the woman in the office asked. “Black,” he _____________the same answer. She looked into her drawer and drew out a pair of ___________ leather gloves. “Are they?”
“Yes! Those are mine,” George exclaimed, his eyes full of joy.
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