One’s education starts from family, especially from his or her mother. Here is a story__26__ happened in my childhood.
One Saturday morning, I was watching TV in the living room with my two brothers. My mum__27__ several apples of different colors and sizes. She put all the apples on the table, then __28__me and my younger brothers, “Which do you like ?”__29__ my younger brothers and I wanted the biggest one. __30__ I could say “ The biggest one”, one of my brothers stood up and said what I wanted to say.
My mum __31__ the biggest apple and said to us, “It is __32__to get the biggest apple. Many people want the best thing, but few really get it. Now let’s start a __33__. Look at the lawn(草坪) in front of our __34__. I’ll divide it into three parts. Each of you must finish pruning(修剪) __35__own share. The best and quickest one will be__36__the biggest apple.” I won the apple finally.
Since then, I have learned to try my best to succeed whenever I get a chance. I work __37__to get what I want. That was what my mother advised me to do. I feel very thankful to my mum because she taught me a very basic but the most __38__lesson. It is quite fair that we can get what we want __39__competing (竞争). My mother kept teaching us in this way and we followed her __40__ all the time.
I do believe that mother is the first teacher of children, who can teach them to be a No.1 pursuing person.
A．how B．what C．that D．when
A．wanted B．drew C．hid D．brought
A．told B．answered C．replied D．asked
A．All B．Both C．Neither D．Either
A．Before B．When C．Until D．After
A．ate up B．looked up C．picked up D．gave up
A．good B．strange C．bad D．polite
A．lesson B．party C．conversation D．competition
A．school B．church C．house D．library
A．my B．our C．your D．their
A．sent B．given C．shown D．shared
A．hard B．carelessly C．easily D．comfortably
A．expensive B．important C．difficult D．traditional
A．on B．without C．about D．by
A．advice B．example C．decision D．plan
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One day a poor man was traveling on horseback. At noon, he tied his horse to a tree and then _________down to eat something. A few ________ later, a rich man came along and tied his horse to the same tree.
“Please tie your horse to another tree,” said the poor man. “My horse is wild. It will kill yours.” ________ the rich man said, “I shall tie my horse as I like!” he tied up his horse and had his lunch nearby. After a moment they heard terrible ________ , the two horses were fighting. They went up to them, but it was too ________ . The rich man’s horse was killed. “See what your horse has done!” cried the rich man. “You will have to ________ for it.” And he brought the poor man before Mr. Know.
Mr. Know asked the poor man some questions. But he made no ________ . At last Mr. Know said, “This man is dumb. He cannot speak.” “Oh,” the rich man shouted ________ . “He can! He spoke to me when I met him.” “Are you sure?” asked Mr. Know. “What did he say ? “He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree because his horse was ________ and would kill my horse.” “Oh,” said Mr. Know. “So he ________ you. Then can you expect to get money from him? ”
The rich man said nothing and left silently.A. putB. satC. turned
A. daysB. minutesC. weeks
A. SoB. AndC.But
A. songB. bellC. noise
A. lateB. hardC. quick
A. payB. waitC. care
A. ideaB. mistakeC. answer
A. heavilyB. angrilyC. happily
A. quietB. niceC. wild
A.helpedB. warnedC. ordered
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I love PE classes in my school! One day, our teacher told us that we had the__ __ to choose our favorite sport. It included badminton, __ __basketball, volleyball and soccer. We were all ____ about that, because we could choose what we really like. Before, we always __ __taking PE classes. We thought they were boring. But now I think __ __ of us will get interested, because we are doing what we really enjoy!A. chanceB. activityC. time
A. singingB. dancing C. tennis
A. worriedB. sadC. excited
A. likedB. hatedC. started
A. noneB. anyoneC. all
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Henry was not good at math. Even when the teacher explained something a second time, he still couldn’t ___ it.
“Never mind. I’ll sit next to the boy who’s the best at __ __,” Henry thought, “and __ __ his answers.”
The day of the exam came, and Henry sat next to Allan, who was _ __ at the top of the class in math. Henry copied Allan’s answers onto his own exam paper. At the end of the exam, the teacher said, “Well, boys and girls, I’ve decided to give a red star to the student who got the highest grade. It’s __ __ for me to decide who I’ll give the star to, however, __ __ two students, Henry and Allan, got the _ __ grade.” After a moment she went on, “But I’ve decided to give the star to __ __ this time.”
Henry was __ __ when he heard this. He stood up and said, “But I got the same grade as Allan, madam.”
“That’s true.” The teacher said. “However, Allan’s answer to Question 6 was ‘I don’t know.’ , but __ __ was ‘Nor do I.’.A. retellB. answerC. understand
A. EnglishB. mathC. science
A. checkB. copyC. keep
A. neverB. almostC. always
A. hardB. easyC. unusual
A. becauseB. thoughC. until
A. lowB. highC. same
A. AllanB. HenryC. nobody
A. afraidB. angryC. pleased
A. hisB. mineC. yours
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My friends and I had just finished lunch at a hotel when it started to pour heavily. When it became lighter, I decided to brave the rain(冒雨) to get my , which was parked at my office three streets away. My friends argued that I shouldn’t go, mainly I was seven months pregnant (怀孕的) then. I told them that I’d be very . One of them wanted to come with me but I insisted that she should stay with another friend who needed __with her baby.
I walked out of the and started making my way to the car. At the traffic crossing，a car stopped and the passenger with an umbrella. I knew what was happening, he walked right beside me and told me he’d send me to my destination(目的地). I was very embarrassed(尴尬的) and refused, he insisted on offering me his help. During our walk, he kept telling me to walk slower, as the ground was . When we got to the car parking lot, I him and we parted(分手). I did not get his and may not even recognize(认识) him now. Did he purposely stop for me? I’ll never know.
So how did I pay it forward? I was at home when I two Indian construction(建筑) workers walking in the heavy rain. They were probably on their way to the construction sitenear my home, which was a long walk. I went out and them an umbrella. The two men were wet through. They were surprised by my action , and I told them they should__ _ the umbrella and keep it. They were very . And like me, probably wondered why a stranger was giving such kindness.
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I was on my way to work. Arriving at the station I found my train was___ __because of the bad weather. I had to __ ___for two hours at the bus station.A lady sat beside me. I could notice how ___ ___ she looked. She seemed very worried. I asked her if she was waiting for the next train. She didn’t __ __. I asked her again. She replied, “Uhuh. Yes.” Then she wiped(擦) her eyes.
I said, “Hey dear, what is wrong? Why are you crying?” She told me her story. She told me that her father__ ___ the year before. She used to have a job, but she wanted to look after her sick mother who lived alone, __ __she stopped working. Her family was ___ __ and she could not pay the doctor’s bills (账单) of her mother. Then she said she even planned to kill herself. I was shocked!
She stayed another half an hour while I tried to comfort her to be brave. I told her I would try to get her a good ___ __ that would pay well. And I told her to believe she could have a better life.
I passed her my __ __ and asked her to ring me if she needed help. She smiled and said, “Thanks for your_ __ and I promise I won’t have any more terrible thoughts. I will live long and well.”
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