Mr. Hadley was my 6th grade teacher. I was a tall thin girl weighing barely a hundred pounds. I ended up taking a lot of 36 especially from the boys, because of my appearance. I became an extremely 37 young lady.
One day 38 in the 6th grade class was told by Mr. Hadley that we would be 39 to stand up in front of the class and read the 40 that we had completed.
When my turn came, I 41 to stand up in front of all those students and 42 to their tricks. Mr. Hadley came over to me and again 43 me to read my report. I gave it back to him. He walked to the front of the 44 and said, "Yvonne has a very good report here and I think everyone 45 to hear her read it. If I hear anyone making 46 noises or making fun of her in any way, I will let you fail right here and now. Understood?"
Mr. Hadley walked back to me and 47 me the paper, asking me to go to the front of the class. I walked to the front of the class on legs 48 were shaking and I felt a(n) 49 in my chest. Everyone were all quiet, including those boys. I stood there trying to gain 50 .
Mr. Hadley walked over to me putting his arm around me, "You can do it. I have 51 in you!" His words helped calm me. I 52 the report and instead of the kids laughing at me and 53 me, they all stood up and clapped their hands.
From that day on the kids never made fun of me again and some 54 made friends with me. I continued to be quite shy all through school 55 from that day on I knew if I had to stand up in front of class again. I could do it.
A．exercise B．interests C．trouble D．tricks
A．brave B．shy C．graceful D．selfish
A．someone B．everyone C．none D．anyone
A．allowed B．required C．advised D．warned
A．newspapers B．reports C．experiences D．texts
A．refused B．decided C．promised D．pretended
A．show off B．look back C．open up D．put down
A．asked B．forced C．ordered D．permitted
A．teacher B．classroom C．blackboard D．class
A．likes B．hates C．needs D．dares
A．quiet B．strange C．special D．little
A．left B．dropped C．offered D．handed
A．which B．what C．where D．that
A．rabbit B．idea C．warmth D．coldness
A．strength B．excuse C．calm D．encouragement
A．dependence B．support C．confidence D．result
A．read B．recited C．announced D．described
A．looking down upon B．making fun of C．losing interest in D．breaking away from
A．definitely B．fortunately C．surprisingly D．actually
A．but B．and C．so D．though
My husband and I insisted that our children were old enough to clean their rooms and make their beds. But they thought . My complaints, even self-justified shouting, were always landing on ears. Very often a whole hour’s scolding would end with their into tears, I felt very frustrated. I realized I needed to my method of “mothering”.
One day when they were at school, I spent some time their rooms. On their desks, in plain , I left the cards: “Dear Bill (the other card was to Sarah), your room was messy this morning and I’m sure you like it clean. Love, the Room Fairy.” arriving back, the children were excited to receive the little note from the Room Fairy. The next day, their rooms were fairly tidy. Sure enough, there was another note from the Room Fairy _ for them, thanking them for their nice “gift” of a clean room and asking them to play a certain violin . Each day, thank--you notes would be written differently to keep the ideas .
Sometimes the Room Fairy would propose a little : “If you can finish your homework and your lessons before dinner, I’ d like to watch a particular television program with you tonight.” Sometimes some colored markers or other little items would be left in of well done jobs the day .
I can’t remember how long “the Room Fairy” continued leaving her love notes. When they were age appropriate, we used various versions of Post-Its(贴条). The bathroom mirror became the centre of our home. Appointments, notices about visiting relatives, lesson schedules, and changes in plans could be posted.
We all benefited from and the idea of sharing reminders and daily details of life through notes. I believe the true advantage of the Room Fairy notes survives in our frequent and enjoyable communication.
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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（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
There are many ________ of chocolate. If you love it, you can’t forget DOVE --the most famous chocolate brand. But do you know what the _________ of DOVE is?
Dove chocolate is born because of status. One day in 1919 Princess Bazaar of Luxembourg's royal family first met the royal kitchen helper Leon. Many nights Leon slipped into the kitchen and various ice creams for Bazaar. They soon fell in love. Unfortunately owing to their quite different social , both of them had to bury the deep feelings in heart.
Afterwards Bazaar was ________ to accept an arranged royal marriage against her wishes. For many days Leon could not see Bazaar, and he was burning with impatience. Finally Bazaar at the table a month later. While serving desserts, Leon wrote the letters "DOVE" is an abbreviation of DO YOU LOVE ME hot chocolate on Bazaar's ice cream. Leon expected that Bazaar could understand his feeling.
A few days later, Bazaar got married. Leon, broken-hearted, could not bear the mental and left for America, he and his own family ran a candy store years later but lived unhappily.
Many years later, met again before Bazaar’s death. Bazaar recalled that she did eat the ice cream that afternoon didn't see the melting letters and also didn't receive any from Leon and she had to give in to her fate and missed him all her .
Hearing this, Leon in tears. that chocolate had been solid, those letters would never have melted and he would not have lost his chance. Leon decided to create a solid chocolate which can preserve a long time.
After lots of research, he and each piece of chocolate was firmly engraved(刻) with the –DOVE. It is a symbol of the love between Leon and Bazaar.
Now more and more people fall in love with this chocolate. Giving someone DOVE sending the whisper of love DO YOU LOVE ME?
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Deo sat staring straight ahead, so as to think about this. Then they were a bridge so high he felt he were in the airplanes again, and Muhammad said, “Manhattan,” and at a horizon of buildings impossibly tall, giant trees, like a sky of pillared (成柱状的) clouds at sunrise in the mountains. a time Deo began to notice vacant lots, and buildings with wood their windows. When Muhammad turned off a main avenue onto a side street, Deo wanted to ask, urgently, they were stopping here. A few yards away, a man stood urinating (撒尿) the wall of a building. The sidewalk was covered with empty cans and and all sorts of paper trash. Muhammad led the way a brick building with broken windows and letters scribbled(潦草地书写的) here and there on the walls. High up on one wall there were three letters , as if each letter were swollen: P E N. He followed Muhammad , the air reeking of urine and excrement (排泄物), up a staircase with a busted railing (破碎的栏杆), finally into a room with a dirty wooden floor, a room with door and no furniture. At the end of a hallway, there was a toilet, completely stopped up.
Muhammad said he stayed here to money. He didn’t have to pay rent for this room. His whole reason for being in New York was to and save as much as he could. He would be for Senegal in a few weeks. Deo should do as he had—work here for a while and save, then start a new life. But he should do this back in Africa, not in New York. “Because it’s so hard here,” Muhammad said.
A．delivering B．travelling C．building D．crossing
A．only if B．as if C．even if D．if only
A．stared B．glared C．pointed D．shot
A．like B．in C．as D．from
A．Before B．When C．While D．After
A．rushing B．passing C．covering D．flowing
A．finally B．hopefully C．thankfully D．fortunately
A．why B．what C．how D．where
A．through B．against C．from D．off
A．flowers B．bottles C．windows D．tables
A．from B．on C．in D．toward
A．heard B．read C．seen D．painted
A．inside B．outside C．sideways D．upward
A．but B．and C．or D．for
A．all B．some C．any D．no
A．sunny B．light C．dark D．bright
A．keep B．save C．raise D．lose
A．obtain B．achieve C．earn D．reach
A．leaving B．arriving C．searching D．staying
A．anywhere B．everywhere C．somewhere D．nowhere
阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Times were tough in our household.My husband was out of work and there was no sign of anything for him.In addition to going to nursing school full-time,1 was working three part-time jobs to put food on the table for our family of five.
After a rather___ meal one night,I answered the ringing phone. With no ,a voice asked,’’Do you need food? Come to my place and I can help you.”Directions followed and he hung up the phone. No in-depth conversation or queries as to our situation. It was up to us to decide whether we a voice on the telephone.
1 was desperate. With food in the cabinet and no prospect of a job for my husband, I had to take a , swallow my pride, and accept the strange offer. Was there a ?When I uneasily got to a ranch home as ,I found there was no car in the garage. ,lined up in orderly rows were tables filled with varieties of food. A craggy （轮廓分明有皱纹的）gentleman me, not much different than our phone conversation!’’Look around. If you see what you want,_ yourself.”'He handed me paper bags and turned to another new arrival, passing along the same .This couldn't be real!
I guiltily filled the paper sacks with what we needed and gratefully thanked the elderly man.Be here next week. You’ll of the food by then “was his reply”.
Then I learned the thing. Widowed and retired, he wanted to do something in his golden years to fill his time. Daily, he drove his pickup truck and begged for items and canned goods from local grocery stores and folks like us who had fallen on hard times.
I never knew what our weekly menus would be I had “shopped" in the garage, but I knew, with our bellies full, we could focus on paying necessary bills.
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阅读后面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
“I will be a photographer. I'm going to bits of Australia back home with.” I told myself this before, yet I feel so____ on this plane that’s flying me thousands of miles away. I don’t want to put down my bag. I was so ______ _ yesterday, but today I feel like a child. I don’t belong on this plane ____ __ men sit with briefcases on their laps reading newspaper. They’re all ______ __.
I’ve never been out of the US, and now, all by myself, I’m traveling to Australia, a world I know _____ ___ about. A part of me ______ __ it as home. My heart is what’s pulling me there.
I remember little about my mother, but I remember that she had an Australian accent. She was ______ __ and wasn’t like my friends’ moms, who would take us to the mall. ______ ___, my mom would take us to New Jersey beaches, where we would _____ ___ the whole day taking walks along the shore, _______ _ it was October and the water was ____ __ our toes. My mom told me that in Australia, _____ __ was always spent on the beach with friends and family, and everyone ______ __ Santa hats with their bathing suits. It never got cold and bitter there; the sun was always bright and warm. My mom was _____ _ and I was so proud of her.
I don’t know how she met my father, but they met somehow years ago and they got ____ __ and moved into an apartment in New Jersey, where my dad grew up. Then I was born and we just a perfect ______ ___ of three who went out to dinner, watched movies in the dark and _______ __ each other.
I know things have been hard on my father ______ __ my mom died years ago. It’s hard for me, too, which is why I have to _____ ___ the wonderful place my mom grew up in and loved. My mom talked about Australia so much and now I have to see this place that ______ _ me to her.
This is an adventure. My adventure.
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