Six-year-old Brandon decided to make pancakes for his parents. He should first take the flour(面粉), so he 46 the cupboard and pulled out the heavy flour bag. He put some flour 47 the bowl with his hands, mixed in a cup of milk and added some sugar.
Soon Brandon was 48 flour and getting frustrated, He wanted this to be 49 for Mum and Dad, but it was getting very bad. He didn't know what to do 50 .
Suddenly he saw his cat near the bowl and went to push it away, but he 51 the egg box to the floor. He tried to 52 but slipped(滑倒) on the eggs, getting his clothes 53 . Just then, he saw his dad standing at the door.
Brandon's eyes were full of tears. He was 54 his dad would beat him, but his father didn't. 55 , he picked up his crying son and kissed him.
That's what we sometimes face in 56 . We try to do something good, but it turns into a mess. Sometimes we just 57 there in tears because we can't think of anything else to do. Hopefully, that's 58 someone close to us picks us up, loves us and forgives us. But we can't 59 trying to "make pancakes" for "Dad" or for others. Sooner or later we'll get it 60 , and then they'll be glad we tried.
A．turned on B．turned off C．closed D．opened
A．above B．at C．into D．under
A．full of B．covered with C．good at D．used for
A．something good B．anything bad C．everything bad D．nothing good
A．certainly B．already C．recently D．next
A．fell B．broke C．knocked D．sent
A．clean up B．get up C．grow up D．take up
A．clean B．big C．cheap D．dirty
A．sure B．confident C．happy D．excited
A．Therefore B．Besides C．Instead D．But
A．life B．time C．use D．space
A．lay B．land C．study D．stand
A．whether B．when C．where D．how
A．stop B．keep C．mind D．finish
A．terrible B．difficult C．right D．necessary
【改编】Lang Lang is a world-class young pianist who grew up in Shenyang. He went to a piano school in Beijing when he was just eight. “You need , ” his father said. “But if you work hard, no fortune will come.”
What made him sad was his piano teacher in Beijing didn’t like him. “You have no talent.You will never be a pianist.” an eight-year-old boy, Lang Lang was badly hurt. He decided that he didn’t want to be a any more. For the next two weeks, he didn’t touch the piano. Wisely, his father didn’t push, but waited.
Luckily the day came when his teacher asked him to some holiday songs. He didn’t want to, but as he placed his fingers on the piano keys, he realized he could show other people that he had ability to do it well. That day he told his father that he wanted to study with a new teacher. that point on, everything turned around.
He started winning competitions in the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition. When it was that Lang Lang won, he was too excited to hold back his tears. Soon it was clear that he couldn’t stay in China forever—he had to play on the world’s big . In 1997 Lang Lang moved again, this time to Philadelphia, US. There he spent two years practicing and by 1999 he had worked hard enough for fortune to take over. After his successful performance at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, gigs (演奏会) in Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall started in. Lang Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots(找到) him, and lets him .
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Many parents want their children to be famous(著名的) one day. But do children have the same ？A new , Hi, Ke’ai, is on at Beijing Children’'s Art Theatre(剧院). It tells the story of a boy called Ke’ai. His parents would like him to become a painter(画家) or a one day. So they teach him to and to play the violin, but Ke’ai doesn't enjoy these activities. Then one day Ke’ai’s parents see Mo Yan won an award (奖)for his works, and they want him to be a writer, too.
“ do they want me to be someone else?” Ke'ai asks and says, “I want to be myself.”
The play(话剧) shows us that it is for parents to learn to understand their children. It helps parents to what kids really want to be in the future.
Young audiences（观众）enjoy the story, and also the in the play(话剧). There are two songs in the play. One of them, Ke’ai’s Song, is very easy to learn, so the audiences can sing the song on their way home the play!
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One afternoon a boss was riding in his car when he saw two men along the roadside eating grass. He felt and ordered his driver to stop and he got out to ask why.
He asked one man, “Why are you eating grass?” “We don’t have any money for . We have to eat grass.” the poor man replied.
“Well, then, you can come with me to my house and I’ll you,” the boss said.
“But sir, I have a wife and two children with me. They are over there, under that tree.”
“Bring them along,” the boss replied. to the other poor man, he said, “You come with us, too.” The second man said a pitiful voice, “But sir, I also have a wife and six children with me!”
“Bring them along ,” the boss answered. They all the car, which was no easy task even for such a large car. In the car one of the poor men turned to the boss and said, “Sir, you are so . Thank you for taking all of us with you.”
The boss replied, “Glad to do it. You’ll love my because the grass there is almost a meter high.”
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The most positive (乐观的) person I have ever seen is my dad! He is so positive that I do not hearing a single word from him which is related (相关的) to hopelessness!
Unlike most moms and dads, my dad never says things that make me feel . He is always there to give me encouragement and help. I do wrong things, he always tells me what’s right in a positive way. For example, if I am in , he often tells me to open the books he bought me. Then he asks me to read the that can help me with the problems I’m facing. After that, we have a together.
Even though I’m not always a good kid, my dad shouts or gets angry with me. I know that he’s a day—a day when I grow up and understand things in my life.
I can see the reason that he is so positive is because he believes in . And he believes that whatever , it is under control. So we have nothing to worry about. Be positive!
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A.完形填空
Teddy' s Bear
The story of how the teddy bear was invented is an interesting one. In 1902, American president （总统），Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt was hunting (打猎) in the forest several of his friends. Almost everyone had successfully shot an animal, but the president not. Nobody wanted to make the president look , so they tied an American black bear to a . They wanted the president to shoot .
The president was very surprised to see the bear tied to a tree. He felt it was to shoot the bear, because it couldn't run away. He to shoot it, and the story of his decision went all over the country. was moved by the president's beliefs (信念). There was a cartoon showing the president refusing to shoot a cute bear.
It was this cartoon and the story behind the president's hunting trip that gave Morris an idea to make a new . He made a small, soft bear and it in his shop window. Next to the bear he made a sign that read, "Teddy's Bear". The new toy was a big success and it Morris with the money to create a toy company.
Teddy bears have been since they were first made. A teddy bear would be the first choice people think about children's toys. Theodore Roosevelt's famous on a hunting trip in 1902 brought millions of soft, stuffed bears. They are being loved by people across the world.
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