With a hat by his feet, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building. He held up a sign which said, “I’m blind, please help.”
Only a few people put 1 in the hat. A man was walking by. He 2 some coins into the hat. He then turned the sign 3 , wrote some words, put the sign back and left.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people 4 to give money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man came to see 5 things were. The boy recognized his footsteps (认出他的脚步声)and asked, “Were you the one who 6 my sign this morning? What did you write?”
The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a 7 way.” What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day, 8 I cannot see it.”
Both the 9 told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply 10 people to help by throwing some money into the 11 . The second one, however, told people that they were able to enjoy the 12 of the day, but the boy couldn’t 13 he was blind.
There are at least two lessons we can learn 14 this story. First, be thankful for what you have. Someone else has less. Help them if you can. 15 , be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way!
I stood there listening to my father shout at top of his voice. The look on his face said that one of us did something .
“Which one of you did this?”
We all looked down at the step. There was child’s handwriting in chalk there. I had a lot of . I hoped no one could see it. Would he guess it was me? I was so worried. When he asked me, I lied, “Not me, Dad.” The others denied(否认)it as well. Of course, we all knew that one of must have done it. But as the youngest and smallest of the three, I just couldn’t find the courage to tell the truth.
To who had written on the step, Father gave us each a piece of paper and a pencil. “I want each of you to exactly what you see on the step.”
I tried my best to write the words . I didn’t want Dad to be able to tell it was me.
He our pieces of paper and looked at them. “Since none of you will admit (承认) to have done it, then I will punish (惩罚) you and said nothing. The last thing I wanted was for Dad to me.
“I did it.” My sister said she did something that she didn’t. Father grounded her for a month.
We didn’t talk about that day for many years. Not until we were all older and I knew it was to finally tell my dad it was really me. I always felt sorry for it. That was the last time I let anyone take the blame (责备) for me.
A.hard B.wrong C.special D.true
A.surprise B.happiness C.fear D.joy
A.them B.me C.you D.us
A.find out B.talk about C.think about D.look for
A.write B.read C.recite D.draw
A.clearly B.slowly C.differently D.carefully
A.opened B.colored C.showed D.collected
A.only B.all C.both D.one
A.beat B.teach C.punish D.understand
A.lucky B.silly C.easy D.safe
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Hearing is very important to all of us. We can beautiful music, nice songs of birds, the laughter of people or other different kinds of in the world with our ears. we must try to protect our ears. The following will tell you protect ears.
Listening to music a lot can be bad for ears, when headphone(耳机) are used. So the volume(音) when you’re wearing headphones or try not wear headphones. You should give your ear a rest if you like wearing headphones. You should give your ears a rest if you like wearing headphones.
Before swimming, remember earplugs(耳塞) into your ears or wear a swim hat to stop water into your ears. If you are going to a concert, wear earplugs to protect your ears the terrible music! , special earplugs can be made for you if you often go to concerts or if you are a musician. See a doctor if your ears . some medicine if the doctor asks you to do so. the advice above now and you won’t be saying “what? what?” when you are getting .
A.listen B.hear C.listening D.hear of
A.sounds B.noise C.voices D.barks
A.Because B.Although C.So D.But
A.what B.how C.what to D.how to
A.loud B.aloud C.loudly D.quiet
A.specially B.especial C.special D.especially
A.turn to B.turn off C.turn down D.turn up
A.put B.to put C.putting D.to putting
A.get B.to get C.from getting D.with getting
A.for B.from C.with D.at
A.In fast B.In short C.In general D.In a word
A.break B.sick C.ill D.hurt
A.Drink B.Eat C.Take D.Have
A.Listen B.Hear C.Follow D.Fetch
A.young B.old C.sick D.tired
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Hearing is very important to all of us. We can beautiful music, nice songs of birds, the laughter of people or other different kinds of in the world with our ears. we must try to protect our ears. The following will tell you protect ears.
Listening to music a lot can be bad for ears, when headphone(耳机) are used. So the volume(音) when you’re wearing headphones or try not wear headphones. You should give your ear a rest if you like wearing headphones. You should give your ears a rest if you like wearing headphones.
Before swimming, remember earplugs(耳塞) into your ears or wear a swim hat to stop water into your ears. If you are going to a concert, wear earplugs to protect your ears the terrible music! , special earplugs can be made for you if you often go to concerts or if you are a musician. See a doctor if your ears . some medicine if the doctor asks you to do so. the advice above now and you won’t be saying “what? what?” when you are getting .
A.listen B.hear C.listening D.hear of
A.sounds B.noise C.voices D.barks
A.Because B.Although C.So D.But
A.what B.how C.what to D.how to
A.loud B.aloud C.loudly D.quiet
A.specially B.especial C.special D.especially
A.turn to B.turn off C.turn down D.turn up
A.put B.to put C.putting D.to putting
A.get B.to get C.from getting D.with getting
A.for B.from C.with D.at
A.In fast B.In short C.In general D.In a word
A.break B.sick C.ill D.hurt
A.Drink B.Eat C.Take D.Have
A.Listen B.Hear C.Follow D.Fetch
A.young B.old C.sick D.tired
Once upon a time, there was an owl(猫头鹰) in the middle of a dark forest. All the animals knew that he was the wisest among of them. So they often went to him and told him their problems. Then the owl always told them to solve their problems.
One day, a little bird came to the owl. She was .
“What’s wrong with you?” asked the owl.
“I’m not happy at all, Mr. Owl . I don’t want to be a bird any more. ”the bird .
“ Why don’t you want to be a(n) ?” asked the owl.
“Because I am so small and weak, ”she cried. “I want to be as big and strong as the lion. He is important, but I am not. ”
Then the owl said in her ear. Then the bird dried her tears and away. One week later, the bird came back. “Thank you very much, Mr. Owl. You are so ,”she said to the owl. “I’m very happy now. Every day, I watch out for (监视)lions and tigers. they come near, I shout as loudly as I can. Then they all run and hide. They often me for that. I am useful and important now. ”
The wise owl smiled and said: “Dear, no one in the world is useless.”
A.both B.all C.either D.none
A.how B.why C.what D.when
A.crying B.smiling C.singing D.sleeping
A.agreed B.advised C.replied D.asked
A.lion B.bird C.tiger D.owl
A.nothing B.everything C.anything D.something
A.ran B.flew C.drove D.swam
A.bright B.silly C.polite D.impolite
A.After B.When C.So D.But
A.leave B.thank C.laugh at D.worry about
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This is a photo __ Mike’s family. The man is his father. His name is Bill. He is a teacher in No. 1 High School. The woman next to Mike’s father is ____ mother. She is a teacher in No. 1 High School, too. The girl is Betty. She is Mike’s sister. She is 13. She is in ___in No. 1 High School. ____ is the boy in a cap? It’s Mike. He ____ like his father. He and his sister are in ___ school but in different ___. Mike is in Class 2, Grade 8. Oh, who are the old man and old woman ____the sofa? ____ are Mike’s grandparents. Mike ___ a very happy family.A.to B. of C. on
A. him C. he C. his
A. class 2, grade 7 B. Class 2, Grade 7 B. Class 2, grade 7
A. Where B. What C. Who
A. looks B. look C. looking
A. same B. the same C. sames
A. grade B. class C. grades
A. on B. in C. between
A. Them B. They C. Their
A. have B. is C. has