Once, in a small village, lived a family with eight children. Two of the children loved 31 very much, but the family was so poor that it was impossible to send 32 of them to study at the art college at the same time. After many discussions, the two boys finally 33 a plan. They would toss(抛) a coin. The loser would go 34 into the mines (煤矿) and, with his earnings(赚得的钱), 35 his brother studying at the college. Then, when the brother who won the toss finished his studies, after four years, he would support the other brother studying at the 36 .
James won the toss and Jack went down into the mines. James worked with all his heart and his paintings were much 37 than those of most of his teachers, and by the time he 38 , he was beginning to make a lot of money for his paintings.
39 James returned, the family held a big dinner for his great success. Soon after the meal began, James 40 up from his seat to drink a toast (举杯祝酒) to his dear 41 . He said, "Jack, now you can go to the art college and your 42 will come true. I will take care of you. "
But Jack said 43 , "Brother, the four years in the mines has done too much to my hands, so it' s too 44 . Now I can' t even hold a glass. "
To show his great love and respect, James drew his brother' s hands with 45 towards the sky.
He called his drawing "The Praying Hands", which became very famous years later.
A．painting B．books C．school D．money
A．any B．all C．both D．neither
A．looked out B．worked out C．took out D．got out
A．off B．away C．up D．down
A．support B．agree C．follow D．let
A．home B．mine C．college D．school
A．better B．worse C．cheaper D．older
A．arrived B．graduated C．walked D．waited
A．Before B．When C．Though D．While
A．picked B．turned C．looked D．stood
A．brother B．sister C．father D．mother
A．way B．idea C．dream D．practice
A．happily B．surprisedly C．angrily D．softly
A．early B．late C．good D．helpful
A．legs B．feet C．arms D．fingers
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—10各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
I sat down to read under an old tree in the park．I felt my life was_______, for my whole world was dark.
A young boy ran up to me, out of breath．He stood right before me with his head down and said_______, “Look what I found!” In his hand was a flower, and what a poor sight! The flower was dry and______．I gave him a small smile and then turned my eyes away so that he could take his dry flower and go off to play.
However, he sat n ext to my side and placed the flower to his_______and said in surprise, “It smells sweet and it’s beautiful, too．That’s_______I picked it．Here, it’s for you.” The flower before me was dead．But I knew I must_______ it, or he might never leave．So I accepted the flower, and replied, “This is just what I want.” Just then, for the first time I noticed that the boy could not see — he was blind.
Tears (眼泪) came down my face as I______him for picking the best one．“You’re welcome,” he smiled, and then ran off to______．I sat there and wondered how he was able to learn about my pain.
Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see the problem was not with the world; the problem was me．And for all those years I myself always was ______．I decided to see the beauty in life, and_______every second of my life．And then I held that dry flower up to my nose and breathed in the smell of a beautiful rose.
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—10各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C）中，选出最佳选项。
Everyone is good at something, for example, singing, dancing or playing instruments (乐器)．Amy and Danny are my good friends．Amy sings the best_______us．She joined lots of singing competitions and won many_______．Danny has a talent for playing the piano．His mom_______him a piano as a gift on his eighth birthday．Then he started to play it．What about me? I’m good at_______．There is a talent show in our school every year．It is a_______event (事件), and most students take part in (参与) it．It’s up to the teachers and students to_______who sings the best or plays the piano the most______.
Last year, Amy and Danny_______the show．But I didn’t, because I thought no one would go to a talent show to watch a kid draw a picture．_______of them practiced hard before the show．Amy won the second prize．Danny didn’t win a prize, but he was_______very happy．“The most important thing is that I tried my best to do it,” he said.A．of B．as C．for
A．screens B．prizes C．tickets
A．acted B．chose C．gave
A．dancing B．acting C．drawing
A．fresh B．great C．similar
A．know B．decide C．reach
A．beautifully B．beautiful C．good
A．answered B．watched C．joined
A．All B．Both C．Any
A．clearly B．still C．either
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Each of us makes mistakes from time to time．In fact, we can learn a lot from ______．
Donnie was a student and never answered questions in class．He was to make mistakes．He never finished his homework he didn’t want to make any mistakes．Nothing changed Marry Anne, a teacher, came to our ．
One morning , Marry Anne asked Donnie to some questions．After a while Donnie was in tears because he made a mistake． Marry Anne got a box full of erasers from the desk．
“Look, Donnie,” she said standing him．“I’ve got something to show you．” She the erasers, one at a time, and put them on the desk．
“See these erasers, Donnie?” she continued．“Do you know the erasers become smaller and smaller? That’s because we make mistakes．But we erase the mistakes and try ．That’s what you must learn．”
“Here,” she said, “I’ll one eraser on your desk, so you will remember that may make mistakes．” Donnie looked at Marry Anne and smiled．
Donnie a lot from then on．He knew that everyone had the permission to make mistakes as long as you learned them and tried again．
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
IMAGINE a life without arms or legs! You can’t hold anyone in your arms．You can’t walk anywhere with your feet．How would you last a day like that? Would you_______at yourself in the mirror like Nick Vujicic, the 29-year-old Australian?
Nick was born without limbs（四肢）, so life was not_______for him．At school many students played jokes on him_________he looked different from everyone else．He was refused to be their friends, so he always felt_________．However, he faced that bravely．He learned to type and write with two toes（脚趾）when he was six, and he could_________surf the Internet and play golf．In university, he achieved great success and was among the excellent students in the studies．And he decided on _________to do later in his life—to encourage others to work hard for their dreams.
Now Nick is one of the most popular_________in the world．He travels to many countries and gives speeches about his story_________difficulties．“Living life fully is about looking at what you have, not what you_________,” he said．His story encourages millions of people.
“I tell people to keep on getting up when they________and to always love themselves,” he said．“If I can encourage just one person, then my job in this life is done.”
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“Low carbon”（低碳）becomes the most popular words these days because more and more people pay attention to our environment. Not only China but all other countries_______the topic of “low carbon”. Low carbon life _______a kind of lifestyle in which people do their best to use less energy. The purpose of the lifestyle is to push us to ________the environment.
______ the fast increase of population and human desire(欲望), the human living environment, health and safety are becoming ______. So we can say, the lifestyle is becoming the killer of the earth and human beings. Therefore, low carbon life is needed _______ man’s own health. So we should develop good habits in our daily life. For example, when we go shopping, we’d better use fewer plastic bags. We should eat more vegetables and less meat. As for clothing, we’d better buy the necessary clothes and _______ clothes with animal leather（皮革）. As for housing, when building a house , we must use green material, buy the lights that need less energy and remember to ________the lights when needed; put rubbish into different kinds and recycle the useful things, like bottles and paper. As for transportation, we can walk if you go to the places near your house. For short trips, we can ride a bike instead of driving a car. Try to use public transportation. As for working, companies should _____ clerks to use e-mail, MSN and other ways instead of using paper. We use paper only when necessary. For using computer : If you don’t use computer in a short time, you can change the computer into its “sleep”. Besides, everyone should try ______ best to tell the people around us the importance of the low carbon lifestyle. In all, it weighs greatly for all of us to put the low carbon lifestyle into practice.A. belong to B. pay attention to C. depend on
A. helps B. means C. lives
A. keep B. pollute C. protect
A. Instead of B. Because of C. Because
A. better and better B. worse and worse C. good
A. by B. to C. in
A. not to buy B. to buyC. not buy
A. turn off B. turn on C. put off
A. make B. let C. encourage
A. ours B. we C. our