Whenyouwritealetterormakeatele-优题课

From the balcony (露台) of my grandma’s tenth-floor apartment, I search the sky, hoping to see stars.

“Stars are afraid of city lights, but a little song is __(1)__ good for something,” Grandma puts her arms around me and sings softly in her low and beautiful ___(2)___.

But stars are still hiding.

So I rest ___(3)___ deeper into her arms, hoping for a few more minutes of her warmth as much as I hope to see at least one star.

“Tomorrow won’t come if you don’t dream tonight, Sally!” She kisses my hair and points me to ____(4)____.

The next day, I wake up and take the lift ___(5)___ Grandma as usual.

On the fourth floor, the lift stops suddenly and it goes dark. I feel my ___(6)__ beating in my ears. Grandma rings the bell and is told that the power (电) is off along the whole street.

Grandma holds my hands, and we sing together in the dark lift.

Before long, Mr. Smith comes and helps us get out safely. Grandma takes my hand, and we walk ___(7)___ the stairs to the first floor. Grandma nods in the direction of my school.

“Am I still going?”

“School has power, dear Sally.” She takes my hand again! And I am not ___(8)__ for school.

The power is still off when I come home that afternoon.

After dinner and homework, we come to the balcony and watch day turn to evening. Lights come on several streets away, but it’s ___(9)___ here.

“Stars might not be so afraid tonight,” I say.

“Star light, star bright…” I start to ___(10)___, and Grandma joins in.

One, two, three… Thousands of stars light the sky bright!

(1).

A．

hardly

B．

always

C．

already

D．

never

(2).

A．

mind

B．

hand

C．

noise

D．

voice

(3).

A．

myself

B．

herself

C．

itself

D．

himself

(4).

A．

bed

B．

chair

C．

desk

D．

wall

(5).

A．

for

B．

of

C．

with

D．

in

(6).

A．

head

B．

heart

C．

feet

D．

legs

(7).

A．

off

B．

over

C．

up

D．

down

(8).

A．

good

B．

late

C．

bad

D．

famous

(9).

A．

bright

B．

blue

C．

dark

D．

white

(10).

A．

sing

B．

draw

C．

sleep

D．

swim

It was the first time Moham went to a restaurant in his new neighborhood. He looked up at the menu board, and ___(1)___ how he could understand what all of these strange names meant. Moham decided that he would ___(2)___ ask the waitress for ice cream in a cup. She smiled brightly, wrote down his ___(3)___ and disappeared behind the big glass display case (陈列柜).

A moment later, she came back with a tall paper cup. ___(4)___ it was a long straw (吸管) and some kind of drink. Moham, quite ___（5）__, took the cup and thanked her, thinking about the possibility that he had used wrong words.

“It’s the soda you ordered,” __（6）__ said, “an ice cream drink in a cup.”

He smiled at the waitress, pointed at one of the __（7）__ in the display case, and said, “That one, please,” which seemed to __（8）__ better.

Moham took the cake and his unexpected soda to a table and sat down to eat. Why was it that English had been so __（9）__ for him in his classes in Tunisia, but when it came to ___（10）__ speaking, he couldn’t even get what he wanted to eat?

Just then, a girl, who sat at the next table and had watched the whole __(11)___, smiled at him and said, “Hey, welcome to our beautiful city! Don’t feel __(12)__ about your English—you’ll get better at it __(13)___ you’ve lived here for a while. I’m from Spain, and the first time I tried to order a salad here, I __(14)___ with a plate of pig’s feet. At least you got a soda!”

Hearing this, Moham felt much better. He wasn’t the only one ___(15)___ to communicate, and his new city began to feel just a little more like he could call it home.

(1).

A．

imagined

B．

wondered

C．

described

D．

remembered

(2).

A．

just

B．

even

C．

never

D．

also

(3).

A．

wish

B．

suggestion

C．

dream

D．

order

(4).

A．

Above

B．

Inside

C．

Under

D．

Near

(5).

A．

moved

B．

bored

C．

surprised

D．

tired

(6).

A．

he

B．

you

C．

she

D．

I

(7).

A．

salads

B．

cakes

C．

drinks

D．

strawberries

(8).

A．

work

B．

spread

C．

develop

D．

read

(9).

A．

special

B．

popular

C．

important

D．

easy

(10).

A．

slowly

B．

carefully

C．

actually

D．

honestly

(11).

A．

discussion

B．

process

C．

performance

D．

argument

(12).

A．

crazy

B．

hopeful

C．

bad

D．

excited

(13).

A．

although

B．

if

C．

because

D．

since

(14).

A．

ended up

B．

cheered up

C．

showed up

D．

came up

(15).

A．

refusing

B．

planning

C．

regretting

D．

fighting

When my sister Gina was born, she had a problem with her heart. She was weak after a long ___(1)__ and had to go to the hospital very often. She had __（2）__ walking, playing with other children, and going to school.

Our parents wanted to take Gina to a special place in Florida and hoped Gina could ___（3）___ with dolphins(海豚). When Gina knew it, she was __（4）__ because she didn’t know whether it was easy to be around dolphins.

When we got to Florida, we couldn’t wait to __（5）__ the place. Kids who had ___（6）___ needs like Gina could come and spend time with dolphins. I thought it was going to be a vacation, ___（7）__ it wasn’t. Gina had to work hard every day for a week.

However, the trip was amazing. Gina ___（8）__ and clapped (鼓掌) when she saw the dolphins. One of the dolphins squeaked (尖叫) happily to __（9）__ her. They swam together all day. Gina was able to move her body more than she ___（10）___ did at home. Mum and Dad were proud of Gina. I was, too.

(1).

A．

health

B．

illness

C．

peace

D．

letter

(2).

A．

trouble

B．

success

C．

trust

D．

tradition

(3).

A．

draw

B．

cook

C．

swim

D．

skate

(4).

A．

polite

B．

sleepy

C．

worried

D．

honest

(5).

A．

help

B．

clean

C．

invent

D．

visit

(6).

A．

boring

B．

special

C．

harmful

D．

careless

(7).

A．

but

B．

because

C．

so

D．

and

(8).

A．

locked

B．

laughed

C．

escaped

D．

apologised

(9).

A．

hurt

B．

punish

C．

forget

D．

welcome

(10).

A．

hardly

B．

loudly

C．

usually

D．

immediately

Albert was mad about computer games. When people encouraged him to return to ___(1)___ life, he would say, “This is my doorway to the world.”

In one of his favorite games, he would ___(2)___ as many turtles as he could. ___(3)___ else could collect more than he did. But Albert still wanted more. One day, when he got home from school, he found two real turtles in his bedroom.

Albert’s parents decided to make them his __(4)__. Albert had to learn all he could to look after the turtles. He also ___(5)___ to trick them into leaving his room, but it never worked. Gradually, he got used to living with the turtles, and __(6)__ began to enjoy it. And other people loved hearing Albert’s stories and his growing knowledge about __(7)___.

One day, the turtles disappeared. His parents ___(8)___ that he would return to his games, but that didn’t happen. __(9)__, he went to buy some pets and looked after them in his spare time.

Now whenever people ask him about it, he points at his __(10)__ and says, “They are my doorway to the world. There’s a lot more to them than you’d realize.”

(1).

A．

normal

B．

hard

C．

similar

(2).

A．

hide

B．

draw

C．

collect

(3).

A．

No one

B．

Anyone

C．

Someone

(4).

A．

invention

B．

job

C．

secret

(5).

A．

refused

B．

remembered

C．

tried

(6).

A．

once

B．

still

C．

even

(7).

A．

computers

B．

nature

C．

bedrooms

(8).

A．

worried

B．

hoped

C．

ordered

(9).

A．

Anyway

B．

Instead

C．

Besides

(10).

A．

games

B．

pets

C．

rooms

Sir Isaac Newton was a scientist who discovered the law of gravity（重力）. People have learned that Isaac Newton once ___(1)___ when he was thinking under an apple tree. __(2)__ he was woken up by an apple falling on his head. He jumped up, shouting, “Gravity made the apple fall!”

Did the apple really fall on him? No one __(3)__ for sure. The story of the apple may have some __(4)__, but people who knew him have written that it never happened. Newton had actually been studying gravity and thinking about how apples fell down from a tree and not __(5)___ for many years.

(1). A. fell overB. fell asleepC. fell ill

(2). A. SuddenlyB. SlowlyC. Usually

(3). A. promisesB. forgetsC. knows

(4). A. truthB. purposeC. requirement

(5). A. insideB. offC. up