Martin is an American boy. He is eight years old. His parents 41 _ five years ago and he is now living with his grandmother in New York.
One morning, Jimmy , one of his classmates, came to his home with an exercises book in his hand. Jimmy lives in a house not far from Martin's. They often go to school together.
"Would you help me with this maths problem?" Jimmy said as soon as he came into the room. "It's too hard for me and I can't work it out."
"Let me try, " Martin said. "I 42 it isn't too hard for me. "
Martin tried his best but he couldn't work it out, 43 .
"If we had a small computer, all the problems would be 44 for us to do. " Jimmy said.
"A small computer . . . , " Martin thought for a minute, then he said, "I've got an idea. We can 45 one in a shop. "
"A computer is very 46 , and we don’t have enough money. "
"That's OK, " said Martin. "We can ask the new president (总统) 47 some money. He said he would help anyone in trouble. I' m sure he will help us. He is very rich, you know."
So they decided to write a letter to the new president. Soon the letter was finished and they hurried to the post office.
In front of the post office stood a small box. They 48 the letter into the box carefully and went home happily.
The next morning, they 49 the post office on their way to school. They found 50 , the box was not a post box but trash-box (果皮箱).
A．have died B．had died C．died D．have been death
A．sure B．think C．hope D．wish
A．neither B．either C．too D．also
A．easy enough B．enough easy C．difficult enough D．enough difficult
A．borrow B．lend C．bring D．buy
A．expensive B．cheap C．important D．useful
A．to B．for C．about D．on
A．place B．took C．dropped D．bring
A．passed B．past C．pasted D．passing
A．with their surprise B．in their surprise C．to their surprise D．of their surprise
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I can’t remember when I started collecting litter．But it was when I got tired of ________litter nearby that I realized no one else was going to pick it up．
I live near a forest in Ohio, America．I can walk there________ three minutes．I used to love going there to play with my dog．But one day there was ________ much litter there that I became very unhappy．I decided to clean up the forest, and I wanted to ________ happy when I went there again．I made my first trip to clean the forest that afternoon．I took a big black rubbish bag with me．Ten minutes ________ I started to pick up litter, my bag was full! There were cans, bottles, broken glass and newspapers in it．
From then on, I ________ to the forest four times a year to pick up litter．I often stay there for three hours．It makes me feel ________ to do something for the environment．After each trip, I look through all the litter that I’ve collected．If ________ of it is recyclable (可回收利用的), I’ll keep it．I can’t understand why people drop litter．But I will keep on picking it up ________ they stop dropping it．I know I am only doing a small bit ________ the earth, but I still think it is important．
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I live in a city where jobs are difficult to get and finding well—paid jobs is even ________ ．Many people have to walk a long way to work ________ they can’t even afford an old, used car．
Yesterday I ________ one of these people when I was driving home．A man was walking down the road and trying to ask for a ________ from the passing cars．Two cars in front of me passed him by． ________ wanted to do the same but the sight of that poor man remained in my mind for quite a moment．________ I drove back and gave him a ride．
As I drove along, we had a conversation and I ________ that the man was trying all his best to support his ________ while working a temporary(临时的)job．Every coin he had was going to________the house and food．
But as we came close to the house he was living in, I saw his tired eyes grow ________ ．His little girl was playing in the front yard and ________ into her daddy’s arms as soon as he was out of the ________．I was almost lost in that happy moment．I smiled, said ________to them and wished them future happiness．Then I ________ ．
That day, the journey home which used to seem so ________ became very short．
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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。
The little boy entered the house, unhappy．His mother was_______cakes in the kitchen．She smiled as she_______, but stopped when she saw his face．"Tyler, _______happened? Is everything okay?"
"Nothing is okay, mom." said the boy," Today, in our science lesson, Mrs．Green was talking about the_______．She said that the whole world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are dying．She wants us to think of something we can do to help．I thought all the way, but there is_______I can do to make a difference．"
"Let me tell you_______." the mother said after thinking for a while．"One morning a man was walking down a beach, there he saw thousands of_______starfish covering the beach, they were pushed up by the waves(浪), and it was too far up for them to make their way back by_______.The man shook his head as he walked along, 'What a pity! So many starfish will die on the beach.' The man felt very sorry_______those starfish．He went on walking and just at that time he was______to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as_______as he could,' How silly you are! My_______,' the man said, 'There are so many starfish, can you throw all of them back？' The boy didn't stop but kept throwing,'_______I can't help them all I can make a difference to this one, and this one, and this one, and this one．"
"Thinking for a moment, the man_______to help return the starfish to their home．He smiled and said to himself, ' Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the_______person．"
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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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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
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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