I watched quietly as my little brother was caught in the act. He sat in the corner of the living room, a 1 in one hand and my father's new book in the other.
2 my father walked into the room, my brother cowered (畏缩) slowly. He sensed that he had done something 3 . From a distance I could see that he had 4 my father's new book and scribbled (乱画) in it. Now, looking at my father in 5 , he and I both waited for his punishment.
My father 6 up his prized book, looked at it carefully, and then sat down, without saying a word. Books were 7 to him. He was a clergyman(牧师) and for him, books were 8 .What he did next was unbelievable. Instead of 9 my brother, he sat down, took the pen from 10 , and then wrote in the book himself, alongside the scribbles John had made:
John s work, 1959, age 2. How many times have I looked into your beautiful face and into your warm, alert (警觉的) eyes looking up at me? And how many times have I 11 God for the one who has now scribbled in my new book?
"Wow," I thought, "This is punishment?" The years and the books came and went. Our family experienced what all families go through and perhaps a little bit more: happiness and 12 , laughter and tears. We always knew our parents 13 us and that one of the proofs (证明) of their love was the book. From time to time we would 14 it, look at the scribbles, read my father's expression of love, and feel 15 .
A.book B.pen C.paper D.ruler
A.Because B.Since C.As D.Though
A.interesting B.wrong C.useless D.important
A.dropped B.read C.borrowed D.opened
A.surprise B.excitement C.sadness D.fear
A.picked B.put C.gave D.checked
A.enjoyable B.valuable C.useless D.attractive
A.courage B.money C.health D.knowledge
A.beating B.hurting C.punishing D.forgiving
A.the corner B.the floor C.the table D.my brother's hand
A.thanked B.asked C.provided D.reminded
A.sadness B.excitement C.pride D.envy
A.needed B.loved C.preferred D.encouraged
A.open B.use C.read D.explain
A.jealous B.relaxed C.confident D.proud
Mike was a little boy. One day Mike went with his father to his grandparents by train. the train, Mike put his head out of the window. His father said, “Mike, be ! Don’t put your head out of the window!” But Mike didn’t his father. His father could do .
Then Mike’s father wanted to a joke on his son. He took Mike’s cap quietly, hid (藏) it his back and said, “You see, your cap has flown(飞) .” Mike touched his head and it was really gone. The boy looked and then he began to cry. He wanted to get his cap back.
“Don’t worry, son.” said his father, “I have a strange to get your cap back.” “ can you get it back?” asked Mike in surprise.
His father said, “Close your eyes and whistle(吹口哨)once, and maybe your cap will come back.” Mike came to the window, closed his eyes and whistled. Just at that , his father quickly put the cap on the son’s head.
“Oh! It is !” Mike laughed. He was pleased, then he quickly took his father’s cap and it out of the window. “Now it is your turn to whistle, Dad!” he said happily.
A.look B.see C.watch D.notice
A.At B.Of C.To D.In
A.quick B.happy C.careful D.quiet
A.answer B.look at C.hear D.listen to
A.nothing B.anything C.some D.any
A.do B.work C.play D.take
A.before B.behind C.after D.at
A.away B.high C.around D.out
A.worried B.glad C.happy D.nervous
A.road B.path C.way D.street
A.Why B.How C.What D.Where
A.on B.in C.up D.out
A.while B.second C.minute D.moment
A.terrible B.wonderful C.bad D.lovely
A.threw B.placed C.brought D.got
There are ____ people(人) in my family. ____ are my father, my mother, my brother and I. My father is ____.He’s a teacher. My mother is 39. She is a teacher,__ __. They work hard. ____ a student. I’m in . There ____ sixteen boys and fourteen ____ in my class. There are eighteen desks ____ thirty chairs in the classroom. All classmates are very happy.
A.three B.four C.five D.six
A.They B.Theirs C.There D.Them
A.thirty eight B.thirteen-eight C.thirty-eighty D.thirty-eight
A.to B.two C.too D.Too
A.I’m B.He’s C.They’re D.His
A.Class one B.class two C.Class Two D.Class One
A.is B.am C.are D.be
A.boys B.girles C.boyes D.girls
A.and B.to C.of D. with
A.my B.I C.me D.mine
I have a good friend. name is Peter. We study in Beijing Sunshine Secondary School. We are in the same (同一个) class. He sits in front of . His favourite lesson is Music. He many CDs. He likes music very much. He likes playing football, too. After school we often play football in the . He is very helpful. We often help each .
Peter is not Chinese. He is from . He his family comes to Beijing. His father is a doctor and his mother is a nurse. They work from Monday Friday. At weekends, his mother likes shopping and his father likes fishing. Sometimes they go to the park. They all like Chinese food. The whole family very happy.
A.He B.His C.She D.Her
A.I B.my C.mine D.me
A.have B.has C.there is D.there are
A.listen B.listen to C.listening D.listening to
A.classroom B.library C.playground D.bookshop
A.one B.other C.others D.some
A.England B.Chinese C.English D.American
A.from B.on C.with D.for
A.and B.like C.with D.to
A.be B.am C.is D.are
Project Hope is a social service program to help poor students. It started on October 30th, 1989. It aims to bring schools into poor areas of China, and to help poor families afford an education for their children.
In the past sixteen years, Project Hope has raised about 3 billion yuan from people at home and abroad. It has paid for the education of 2.5 million poor students and sent 2.3 million students to high schools. Minmin comes from a poor family. She has received help from Project Hope. Without the help of project Hope, she couldn’t go on her studies. Project Hope changes her life. She has been a college student for two years. With the money, Project Hope has built thousands of schools and libraries and trained 2300 teachers. But 40 million children from poor families still need help, so Project Hope still has a lot of work to do. Project Hope is a social service program to _______________.
A. help homeless people B. help poor students C. help disable childrenProject Hope started ___________.
A. in 1998 B. 14 years ago C. in the past sixteen years Minmin has been a college student with the help of ___________.
A. Project Hope B. her classmates C. her teachersWhich of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Project Hope has raised money to build ring roads.
B. Project Hope has raised money from Home and abroad.
C. Project Hope has trained 2.5 million teachers. The writer wrote this article to ______________.
A. tell us what Project Hope does
B. tell us how poor China is
C. raise money
There is good news for the children in the . We may still remember the girl big eyes. Her big eyes us her dream: I wish to go to school. In China, there are still girls and boys like her. They want to go to school, their families are too poor. If the family has two or three children, it is harder for them to the education for all the children. So the parents often ask girls at home, and boys to go to school.
Now they worry about the money. From 2006 on, children could go to school for free in some poor places. They don’t have to pay for books and other things. Some of them can even get money from the government to make their life . Soon all the children in the countryside can go to school for free. All families are very happy with the news. It is great. China that has changed for the better.A. cities B. countryside C. farm
A. with B. on C. in
A. says B. tells C. talks
A. a lot B. much C. a lot of
A. butB. and C. or
A. take B. afford C. spend
A. stay B. staying C. to stay
A. mustn’t B. needn’t C. can’t
A. better B. worse C. longer
A. really B. never C. hardly