Two brothers worked together on a farm. One was married and had a large 51 . The other had no wife yet. Although they lived in different houses, they shared everything they got from their farm.
One day, the single brother said to himself, “It’s not 52 that we share all the rice. I’m 53 and I need less than my brother.” So, every night he took a bag of rice from his store-room and 54 across the field 55 their houses, putting it into his brother’s store-room.
At the same time, the married brother thought, “It’s not fair to share all the rice. I’m married and I have my wife and children to 56 me when I am 57 . However, my brother has no one to take care of his 58 .” So, each night he also took a bag of rice and put it into his brother’s store-room.
Several months passed by. They found 59 strange that their rice never became less. Then, one dark night the two brothers ran into each other. Slowly they began to understand what was happening. Their bags fell onto the ground and tears 60 their eyes at once.
A．group B．family C．class D．team
A．right B．popular C．interesting D．wrong
A．poor B．happy C．alone D．rich
A．jumped B．played C．went D．rode
A．from B．through C．off D．between
A．look after B．look for C．look out D．look at
A．worried B．old C．healthy D．dead
A．hope B．children C．farm D．future
A．them B．this C．it D．that
A．appeared B．filled C．dropped D．rose
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Who invented music? Who sang the first song? No one knows the answers ____ these questions. But we know that music is important in almost everyone’s life.
Babies and young children love to hear people sing for them. When they are ____ older, they like to sing the songs they have heard. When children go to school, their ____ of music grows . In middle school, students take music lessons. And they become interested in pop music. It will make them happy. That's because that music can help people relax after ____ hard work.
Music is heard everywhere now, in shops and buses and in the houses, we shall try to find out more about how music works.
The following is a radio broadcast.
Good morning. Today’s broadcast brings together music from different corners of the world. The ____ we have chosen for you are American music. Indian music, pop music and so on.
In this broadcast we shall study the ____ of music. We shall try to ____ what music says and how people feel. I shall explain ____ they are all good music.
The word “music” comes from the Greek word “muse”. The Muses are goddesses of the arts. Music is only one of the arts. It’s like a spoken language, but it ____ different.
We couldn't imagine that without music ____ our life would be like
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My name is Grace. Look！This is a picture of ____ family. A boy is in it.____ is my brother，Tommy. Tommy is ____ the sofa. A woman(妇女)is in the picture，too. She is my____.She is at the table. My father____ in the picture. He is at____with his students. A plant and a schoolbag ____on the table. The schoolbag is my brother's.Two____are under the chair. They are also my ____.You can see some____.They are in the bookcase.
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My parents always told me that I couldn't dance, because it was a girl’s sport. But I never gave up my ________ of becoming a dancing star. I practiced secretly, learning from books, movies, and shows. However, without my parents' support, that dream seemed impossible to reach.
One summer, my little sister Maggie was going to dance lessons. I quickly asked ________ parents to allow me to take her to the lessons. What a _______ chance to learn dancing!
One afternoon, I was practicing a new dance in my room, when Maggie walked ________. “What’s the matter, Maggie?” I stopped ________.
“Dennis, you are a great dancer! Can you help me?”
“What is it?” I wondered.
“There’ll be a dancing performance in my school, ________ all the boys think I'm slow, and ________ of them wants to be my partner. Could you dance with me for it?” She looked at me hopefully.
“You can be a good dancer!” I encouraged her. “Let's show those people that they have been _______ all along.”
In the following months, we ________ every evening, hiding from my parents. I was having a fantastic time and________ Maggie improved a lot.
Finally came the big day. I became ________ when I heard my parents would come to watch the performance. As the ________ began, I took a deep breath and tried to calm down. We moved perfectly, shining with pride. From the cheering of the crowd, I was sure we had ________. My heart was beating wildly when I saw my________ coming towards me. He put his hand on my shoulder. “Well done, Son. Though it is hard for me to admit(承认) it, it seemed that you really ________ this stage(舞台). Go for it and make us proud.”
I'd been waiting for this moment for so long. I knew that the road ahead wasn't going to be easy, but I wouldn't give up. I wanted nothing more in life than to dance.
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Lisa and Mike were celebrating their anniversary(周年纪念日).The couple used to be sweet. But now had changed since they got married. The once lovely couple had turned bitter（痛苦）.They fought over every little thing. of them hated the way things had changed.
Lisa was for Mike to come home. She hoped that Mike would remember their anniversary. She________imagined that her husband would bring her flowers. In this , they could remember the old happiness again and forget the unhappiness. But her imagination was cut short when the phone in the bedroom .
Lisa answered to the sound of a man. "Hello madam, I'm calling from the police station. Do you know Mike Green?” “Yes, he is my .” “I'm sorry madam but there was a traffic accident and the man has . We got this from his wallet. We need you to come and identify (辨认) his body.”
Lisa was shocked! could this happen! She lay and cried the floor in pain. She lost her husband. Forever! , there was a noise at the doorway. The door opened and Mike came in. "My dear, it's a day today. My wallet was stolen."
"That's the best I've ever heard," Lisa said a smile as her eyes were watering.
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My grandfather is eighty years old. He always says life is from the past, and he often says that life in the past was and easier.
Family life is different. Mother at home in the past and took care of their children, but now everyone is busy working. No one has time to children at home.
And the ! No one walks anymore. More and more people drive. In the past we walked five miles to school on schooldays, even in . But now children don’t. And the life in school is also different. In class, for example, we used our heads to work out problems in the past, but now we use calculators(计算器).
Most families have computers now. In the past we didn’t have . We didn’t even have lights. My mother had to spend all day in the kitchen. But now we don’t often eat at home.
And people talk less to each other before. They are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, and too busy to think.
Life was easy in the past, but now it is quite different.A. difficult B. different C. important
A. betterB. goodC. worse
A. workedB. gotC. stayed
A. look after B. look like C. look at
A. busesB. carsC. bikes
A. springB. autumnC. winter
A. EnglishB. ChineseC. math
A. carsB. TVsC. computers
A. playingB. cookingC. watching
A. asB. thanC. from