One summer evening, a 10-year-old boy was trying to hit a bottle with a slingshot(弹弓). The bottle was about 7 to 8 meters __36__. The boy tried many times but still couldn’t hit it. His mother just kept passing him small stones.
A girl walked by. She __37__ the boy for some time and said to the mother, “Let me show him how to shoot.”
“No, thank you,” said the __38__, “he is blind.”
The girl was surprised and asked, “How can he hit the bottle then?” “I tell him he can do it,” said the mother, “__39__ he tries hard enough.”
The little boy tried again and again. The mother always told him that he was doing __40__. The boy became more confident. After a long time, it __41__ dark. The girl said goodbye to the mother and son. When she turned to leave, she heard a stone hit the __42_! The little boy finally made it!
With confidence and patience, nothing is impossible.A. long B. tall C. away
A. said B. watched C. wondered
A. mother B. boy C. girl
A. before B. after C. if
A. good B. better C. well
A. went B. become C. got
A. bottle B. slingshot C. stone
During these years fashion is more and more popular. Many young students 1 going after fashion. Girls like to wear short skirts or color their hair, and2like to wear long hair. Some of 3try to be more original so that they can4others’ attention(注意).
However, another group of students5pay much attention to fashion. They like to go their own 6. They don’t wear the clothes in style. They wear what they really like.
Students going after fashion sometimes7look really great, but sometimes may be 8. As for me, I think it is crazy 9 after fashion. Everyone has his own style. Why do we go after fashion and finally make people everywhere look the same? I think we should find things that 10ourselves, so we will be ourselves.A enjoy B want C practice D finish
A men B women C children D boys
A them B their C theirs D they
A find B get C send D compare
A often B don’t C no D always
A questions B problems C thoughts D ways
A may B must C need D should
A upset B terrible C ill D original
A go B to go C and go D to going
A like B surprise C fit D include
“Where is the university?” This is a question that many visitors to Cambridge ask. But no one can give them a 1 answer, for there is no wall to be found 2the university. The university is the city. You can find classroom buildings, 3 , museums and offices of the university all over the city. And most of its members are the students and4of the thirty-one colleges.
Cambridge was already a 5 town long before the first students and teachers arrived 800 years ago. It grew up by the river Granta, and the river was once 6 the Cam. A 7 was built over the river as early as 875. So the town got its name “Cambridge”.
In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries more and more land was used for college buildings. The town grew much 8 in the nineteenth century after the opening of the railway in 1845. Cambridge became a 9 in 1951 and now it has a population of over 100,000. Many young students in other countries 10 to study at Cambridge. Thousands of people from all over the world come to visit the university town. It has become a famous place all around the world.
A.true B.clear C.right D.real
A.around B.in C.near D.by
A.cinemas B.parks C.zoos D.libraries
A.parents B.farmers C.workers D.teachers
A.interesting B.usual C.developing D.old
A.said B.called C.spoken D.talked
A.bridge B.building C.station D.house
A.smaller B.slower C.faster D.cleaner
A.city B.college C.university D.country
A.stop B.hate C.hope D.need
Electronic (电子的) books, or e-books, have changed the way many of us read. Now, electronic textbooks are changing the way many students 1 . Many schools in Washington have begun using online course materials for their students. Rather than using a regular textbook, it’s all online.
“Our students are ready to use resources (资源) from different 2 ,” said the head teacher, Peter Noonan. He talked about the 3 of electronic textbooks to a reporter. “The world is changing 4 . Online textbooks can change right along with the things that are happening. Besides, electronic textbooks 5 less than regular textbooks. We need to pay $8 million for the regular textbooks for our students, but we only need to spend $6 million 6 the electronic textbooks,” said Peter Noonan.
Students have different ideas about the change, 7 most like it. “I don’t have to carry a textbook around, so that is 8 ,” said a high school student named Melanie Reuter. Maria didn’t 9 . “I don’t like it because the Internet sometimes doesn’t work.”
Some students don’t have a computer or can’t go online at home. Stephen is 10 of them. But he said, “I can go to the library, or go to a friend’s house, to go online.”
A.eat B.learn C.sleep D.walk
A.newspapers B.schools C.places D.grades
A.advantages B.progress C.messages D.environment
A.normally B.slowly C.possibly D.fast
A.happened B.cost C.ended D.behaved
A.for B.in C.at D.on
A.but B.or C.until D.and
A.polite B.rude C.good D.bad
A.appear B.stay C.agree D.arrive
A.another B.one C.other D.neither
Around the world, people have different ideas about what good manners are.
When you go to restaurants in different parts of the world, it's __1___ to know the right and wrong things to do. For example, in China it's OK to __2__a lot of noise in a restaurant. In fact, if a restaurant isn't noisy and __3___, you may think there is something wrong with it. However, in many western countries, restaurants are __4___places. If a table is too loud, other people who are eating there might even __5___to the owner of the restaurant.
Paying the bill is also different from country to country. In China,one person usually pays for __6__. In western countries, one person pays if he or she is entertaining clients(宴请宾客), but whenfriends eat together, they usually share the cost. This is called doing Dutch(均摊费用). Also, when westerners pay the __7__ , they usually leave some money for the__8___. This is called “Leaving a tip”. Leaving a tip is thought to be polite. In the U.S., it's __9___to leave tips of 10%, 15%, or 20% of the bill, which is decided by how good the service is. Good waiters can make a lot of money!
The food people eat is different in the world, but you can findthe same kind of food in many countries. Chinese and Italian food, for example, are __10__ all over the world.
A.popular B.difficult C.important D.enjoyable
A.cause B.keep C.stop D.make
A.lively B.dangerous C.lucky D.polite
A.noisy B.quiet C.busy D.clean
A.shout B.explain C.complain D.ask
A.everybody B.nobody C.somebody D.none
A.bill B.waiter C.visitors D.food
A.gatekeeper B.seller C.waiter D.visitor
A.terrible B.common C.serious D.unusual
A.different B.popular C.expensive D.cheap
Learning Chinese may seem difficult to foreigners outside China. 36 , Daisy Raffan, an 37 girl in Britain, hopes to bring the language to the young people.Daisy has 38 an online learning website(网站) to teach the language to as 39 people as possible all over the world. 40 China’s fast development in the world, Daisy thinks 41 important for people to learn the language sooner rather than later.Daisy has 42 Putonghua since the age of five.Two years ago, after she decided to pass on what she had learned, this teenager 43 the idea for the website, kids Chinese club.com.She said, “People are afraid to learn Putonghua.One of the main reasons is that they think it’s an 44 language to learn, but I have had fun 45 it.And I hope what have done is easy and fun.”Her 46 offers a series(系列)of lessons, which are videos of Daisy teaching a group of students on topics from greetings and numbers to Chinese culture.
Daisy’s website has 47 the support of several important persons—the teenager 48 she has received a letter praising(赞扬)her work from Gordon Brown, who is the British Prime Minister(首相).
She said, “I wrote to him and told him what I was doing and got a letter 49 .He said that what I was doing was a really good 50 .I thought it was amazing.I was excited that someone so important was supporting what we’re doing.”
A.Otherwise B.Therefore C.However D.By the way
A.5-year-old B.18-year-old C.8-year-old D.28-year-old
A.invented B.discovered C.wrote D.set up
A.much B.few C.many D.little
A.As B.When C.With D.But
A.this B.that C.it D./
A.taught B.learnt C.drew D.talked
A.came out B.came on C.came over D.came up with
A.impossible B.interesting C.excellent D.easy
A.telling B.learning C.writing D.speaking
A.e-mail B.magazine C.essay D.website
A.won B.made C.given D.beaten
A.wonders B.asks C.doubts D.says
A.in B.back C.down D.up
A.girl B.design C.idea D.person