Dear grandma,
How’s it going? I hope that grandpa is well now. I was sorry to hear that he had a 21 last week. I hope you are in 22 health.
Things are fine here. I finished my end-of-year 23 last week, and got my report card today. I always 24 nervous when I see the envelope 25 school in the mail, but luckily I did OK this time. I 26 a really hard time with science this semester , and I wasn’t surprised to find that my 27 report was from my science teacher. She said I was lazy, which isn’t true .It’s just that I find 28 really difficult. Another disappointing result was in history. My history teacher said I could do better. The good news is that 29 math teacher said I was hard-working. And my Spanish teacher said my listening was good. Well, that’s about all the news I have for now. Mom and Dad 30 their love.
Love,
AlanA. cold B. lesson C. picnic
A. pity B. good C. bad
A. exercise B. homework C. exams
A. get B. do C. take
A. on B. from C. about
A. made B. had C. put
A. longest B. easiest C. worst
A. Chinese B. science C. P.E
A. his B. your C. my
A. send B. bring C. start
Haire, 19, with five friends, got into his car at around 10 p.m., and went to a party. They’d driven on the streets often, they couldn’t find the house, and Haire’s iPhone GPS wasn’t working.
He had to drive into a parking place by a small lake to see his car’s GPS could help. Before Haire could stop the car, his friend Sawin, 19, looked up from the backseat and saw a pair of lights from the water about fifty yards away. “There is a car in the water!” he cried.
In the darkness, the boys could hardly see through the windows. “We thought we had to get this man out of there now, or he was going to die,” says Haire.
He and Sawin jumped into the cold water and hard to the sinking car. Inside, Miguel Hernandez was holding the steering wheel and looking up in fear.
Haire the car first and helped Hernandez roll down the window, and he opened Hernandez’s seat belt. Then water began into the car, causing it to go down to the bottom of the 15-foot-deep lake.
Haire and Sawin Hernandez out of the car and took him back to the shore as the car went down completely into the darkness below.
“Some things happened sometime, and it was hard for people to ,” says Haire. “We left my friend’s house at a certain time, didn’t have to stop at any red lights, and got .” Sawin agrees, “If we had showed up 30 seconds later, he probably would have been dead.”
A．but B．so C．or D．and
A．that B．what C．how D．if
A．dark B．strange C．black D．interesting
A．clearly B．slowly C．quickly D．loudly
A．ran B．drove C．swam D．jumped
A．reached B．arrived C．drove D．stopped
A．dropping B．pouring C．throwing D．bringing
A．saw B．turned C．sent D．pulled
A．enter B．expect C．explore D．excuse
A．lost B．found C．worried D．pleased
As we all know, the former(前任的) Chinese leaders were interested in playing sports, such as ping-pong, basketball and football. is President Xi Jinping.
Xi was a sports lover and he used to playing football very much. And now he is also one of the football fans in China. He thinks we should not only care about the national team(国家队), but also pay much more to the training of the young players. So he visited Europe(欧洲) this year, he especially watched China-Germany(德国) youth football match. Although the team lost the game in the end, he still encouraged the young players to train harder and give up. He told them that they would be the keys to China’s football.
Our life is just China’s football. As Xi once said in Shanghai, “China’s football dream looks far away but we cannot stop. You might make your dreams one day only if you keep dreaming.” So there is excuse for us to give up our dreams, and we must try our to realize them.
A．And B．So C．Nor D．Neither
A．watch B．enjoy C．want D．practice
A．money B．time C．attention D．interest
A．if B．until C．before D．when
A．Chinese B．German C．European D．English
A．even B．ever C．don’t D．never
A．for B．like C．from D．about
A．come back B．come in C．come on D．come true
A．no B．some C．little D．few
A．hardest B．harder C．best D．better
Maybe you have seen this in schools: Some students study nearly all the time but they just pass their exams, while some others may spend much ltime on their books but do much better in exams. How could this happen? People used to think that hard work is the only way to success. But now they understand that smart work can make them successful, too.
Hard workers don’t mworking for long hours, while smart workers always think of several different answers to these questions. “Why should I suffer this?” “Isn’t there a better way to do this?” Thanks to these people, we can use computers instead of the abacus now. P
in every field is the direct result of “try to find a better way” by smart workers. There was a large soap factory in Japan. Once it received an unusual letter from someone who c
that there was no soap in the soapbox he bought.
How could empty soapbox go out of the factory? The engineers checked the producing and packing. The producing was fine, but in about one in ten thousand cases, the packing machines let an empty soapbox go. There was no need to spend a lot of money repairing the machine for such a small problem. The engineer soon worked out a s. He put a large X-ray (X射线) machine and two large computers to find out the empty soapbox. A
teaching the workers how to use it, he sat down in his seat, exhausted.
“Sir, we could have solved the problems in a much simpler and cheaper way.” a worker said.
“Really? How?” “We can put a huge fan near the packing machine. The wind coming from the fan will blow away the empty boxes and leave the other o with soap. There would be no need for an X-ray machine, two computers, and operating by workers.”
See, this is smart work. In order to succeed, we should not only learn from the engineers’ hard work, but also think smart like the workers.
Today, clothes are made in many different colours. They are also made from many different
like wools, cotton, linen and silk. Most people own lots of clothes. Each day, they choose what to wear.
Clothes
Clothes cover our bodies and protect us from the weather. They can also make us feel good about the way we look. Sometimes, our clothes tell other people about us, such as the work we do or what religion(宗教) we are. People have been wearing clothes for many thousands of years, but the clothes people wore long ago were different from the clothes people wear today.
Fashion
Fashion means the kinds of clothes that are popular at one time. Ancient Romans wore dresses. Some Romans wore togas(宽外袍) to special events. Long ago, women in some countries wore corsets under their dresses. Corsets were pulled in tight and tied at the back, so they weren’t to wear. Women wore corsets to make their waists (腰)look smaller. Fashion . It can be different from place to place. However, most people today wear simple clothes that are easy to put on and care for. Clothes need to be for the climate a person lives in, too.
Uniforms
People have worn uniforms for thousands of years. Uniforms show the work people do, or what school they go to, or what team or group they belong to. Most uniforms today are suitable. Some uniforms help to protect people from danger.
Clothes in the past and the future
You can learn more about the clothes people used to wear by looking at old paintings and old photos. What clothes will people wear in the future? What styles will people wear? Maybe people in the future will look back at the clothes in fashion today and think they look strange!
A．products B．chemicals C．materials D．styles
A．something B．anything C．nothing D．everything
A．warm B．comfortable C．beautiful D．suitable
A．repeats B．continues C．increases D．changes
A．thick B．right C．traditional D．dry
A．especially B．seldom C．finally D．even
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Around two weeks ago, I was invited to be a judge（裁判） at a college．All of the students had been given a piece of paper with a topic written on it．The first one to speak looked a little ．“My dear friends and judges,” he said loudly, “this is an unfair ! I have been given the paper,” he continued, “to speak on the topic with just a few minutes’ preparation, those who come after me have more time to their speeches!” He then left the stage and went out of the hall．
I met him later by chance．“Who said life is ?” I asked him with a smile, and I asked him to walk with me to my car．“Have you seen the figures（数字） they show when a new car is into the market, saying how good it is?”
“Yes,” he nodded．
“But they put a after all these figures．They say all the figures are in ideal road conditions!”
“Yes,” he said again．
“Can you show me some ideal road conditions?” I asked him, and he smiled．“The car that sells well is the one will provide power and speed on the roads．That car is the winner．”
We had got to the car．“Don’t look for ideal competition conditions,” I said．“ the unfair and come out a winner!”
I looked back as I drove away and saw him smile and wave, and I knew he would do as I said．
A．unhappy B．afraid C．ungrateful D．tired
A．idea B．competition C．topic D．judge
A．when B．so C．since D．while
A．wait for B．care about C．work on D．find out
A．easy B．fair C．interesting D．boring
A．produced B．imported C．advertised D．introduced
A．word B．guide C．line D．letter
A．that B．what C．who D．whose
A．best B．worst C．busiest D．longest
A．fight B．balance C．blame D．Change