When Ron Clark began teaching in 1995, his teacher gave him this advice, “If you can 1 the life of one child, you’ll be a success.” Up to now, Ron still doesn’t agree with that advice. When Ron entered a class, he decided to change every student’s life for the better.
Ron never planned on being a teacher. After 2 , he travelled around the world, living a life 3 of adventures(冒险), but after getting terribly sick, he went back to his hometown, North Carolina. Then he got 4 again and taught at a school there. “From then on it was like magic — I fell in love with teaching.” said Ron. After five years of teaching, he heard that some schools in East Harlem, New York were failing because there were 6 good teachers. “At that moment I had a(n) 6— it was like a calling,” he said. “And so I said, ‘I’m going to do it.”
Before school started, Ron went to every single student’s home to 7 with their families. He gave his students his home phone number, so if they had any 8 with their homework, they could call him. To connect with his students, Ron knew he should use special 9 of teaching. He learned to play funny games with them, gave them 10 lessons, and spent his time showing students 11 New York’s tourist attractions. His students studied harder and behaved better in 12 .
Because of his 13 in North Carolina and Harlem, Ron Clark has become one of the most successful teachers in America. And his book called The Essential 55, more than 14 else, has become very popular in the world.
Sold in over 25 15 , The Essential 55 has encouraged teachers around the world to influence the lives of all of their students. Ron Clark is now starting a new school in Atlanta, Georgia — probably his biggest adventure!
A．live B．influence C．make D．choose
A．school B．work C．class D．college
A．filled B．fond C．proud D．full
A．terrible B．well C．sick D．pleased
A．some B．few C．many D．more
A．feeling B．idea C．view D．mind
A．play B．study C．deal D．meet
A．information B．advice C．task D．trouble
A．ways B．goals C．rules D．aims
A．friendly B．nicely C．lively D．lovely
A．across B．along C．around D．at
A．subject B．lesson C．return D．score
A．effects B．affects C．works D．efforts
A．anywhere B．anyone C．anything D．nothing
A．towns B．cities C．countries D．universities
Mr Smith lives in a small town, but he works in an _____ in a big city. He goes to work _____train in the morning and comes______the same way _____the evening.
One morning, he is_ __his newspaper in the train. A man taps(轻拍) him on the shoulder(肩膀) from behind. Mr Smith thinks, “Who is he? I have____seen him before.” So he looks _____the man in surprise. The man says _____to him and then begins to talk to him. The man says, “Your life_______interesting ，is it? You _____on the same train at the same station at the same time _______morning and you always sit in the same _____ and read the same newspaper.”
When Mr Smith hears this, he puts his newspaper ______, turns round, and says to the man angrily(生
气地), “_____do you know all this about me?”
“Because I am _______sitting in the same seat behind you.” The man answers.
A．school B．office C．factory D．company
A．on B．in C．by D．with
A．home B．family C．house D．town
A．in B．on C．at D．from
A．looking B．seeing C．reading D．finding
A．always B．never C．often D．sometimes
A．in B．at C．for D．after
A．goodbye B．sorry C．hello D．thanks
A．is B．isn’ t C．has D．hasn’t
A．put B．get C．go D．take
A．every B．one C．this D．in
A．seat B．room C．class D．city
A．on B．off C．up D．down
A．Where B．What C．When D．How
A．never B．always C．like D．Already
Denny Crook was a famous photographer. He traveled all over the world, taking pictures for magazines and newspapers and won many prizes.
“I’ll do anything to get a good photo,” he often said. “I’ll go anywhere at any time, even if it is .”
And he told the . He had photos of earthquakes, forest fires, floods and even wars. If something interesting happened, Sam went to photo it.
He was a married man and his wife often asked him to take her with him, but he always . “I’ll travel for my work, not for ,” he told her . “You won’t enjoy yourself, and I won’t have to care for you. Sometimes there’s not even anywhere to , and I have to sleep outside. I often don’t have a good or a bath for days. You won’t like it.”
“Denny, I’m not a child, I can look after myself. ” his wife didn’t . “Please take me with you the next time you go overseas.”
Denny said nothing, but he about it, and when he was asked to go to Africa he said, “You can come to Africa with me if you want to. I’ve got to take photos of wild there. It should be interesting and not too uncomfortable.”
His wife was very , and at first she had a very enjoyable time.
Then Denny went off to some lions to photo. His wife went with him, but before long they became separated. She walked down one path while he walked down the other.
Then Denny heard her . He ran back and saw her running toward him. A huge lion was running after her.
Quickly Denny took his camera out of his case and it at his wife and the lion.
Then he shouted, “ , woman! I can’t get you both in the picture!”
A．dangerous B．natural C．convenient D．impossible
A．lie B．reason C．news D．truth
A．allowed B．refused C．failed D．joked
A．wealth B．prize C．pleasure D．luck
A．money B．time C．interest D．ability
A．meet B．work C．shop D．stay
A．meal B．picnic C．room D．party
A．agree B．understand C．reply D．complain
A．worried B．forgot C．asked D．thought
A．land B．flowers C．animals D．people
A．confused B．excited C．surprised D．disappointed
A．find B．feed C．drive D．shoot
A．threw B．fired C．showed D．pointed
A．Hurry up B．Look out C．Slow down D．Go ahead
“Never give up!” It is my law of my life. It has brought me . I learned the law from my father’s story.
My father was born in a poor village in the north of Jiangsu, China. When he was a young boy, he went to school in the morning, then in the fields till sunset. And then he did his homework during midnight. Life was hard, because they had no money!
At the age of 14, my father heard of . It was the land of gold, the land where people can become rich.
“ don’t I go to America?” he thought to himself, full of hope.
So, my father came to America. “I had thought it was easy to money in America,” he told me. “ when I arrived there, I realized it was not true. They did not like hiring me because I spoke little English. Later, I worked in a small restaurant, cleaning up tables, washing dishes and sweeping the floor. Life was for the first few years. I worked from 10 am to 11 pm. I wanted to go to school to learn English, but it was impossible. I couldn’t the schooling.”
My father kept working hard, and reached his goal!
“Alan,” he often says to me, “if you want something, you have to work for it and never give up. Things do not come in life.” That is what I learned from my father.
A．sadness B．loss C．success D．failure
A．taught B．worked C．studied D．slept
A．China B．France C．America D．the UK
A．weak B．poor C．clever D．lazy
A．What B．How C．Why D．When
A．discover B．make C．collect D．spend
A．But B．If C．So D．Because
A．comfortable B．strange C．nice D．hard
A．borrow B．need C．afford D．pay
A．really B．easily C．quietly D．slowly
At present, almost everyone has a mobile phone, but have you ever thought that cell phones be bad for your health? A study shows that heavy mobile phone use may cause hearing loss.
This study shows that people who use cell phones for about an hour a day have a time hearing some similar sounds, especially in their right ears. It is getting harder for to tell the difference between the sounds of “s” and “f”, and “t” and “z”.
Researchers studied 100 people who used cell phones and them with 50 people who did not. The study lasted for 12 months. What the researchers found was that cell phone users had more hearing than those who did not use cell phones.
Besides this, our ears have many little inside them. Too much noise will cause these hairs to get weak and die. When these hairs die, it affects our ability to listen.
However, cell phone users don’t care too much this study. One man said, “I’d be more worried about people who MP3 players. They put those earphones in their ears and listen to very music. I think that is more likely to cause hearing loss than a cell phone.”
A．should B．need C．might D．must
A．busier B．happier C．harder D．shorter
A．us B．you C．it D．them
A．compared B．suggested C．showed D．taught
A．advantages B．problems C．rules D．experiences
A．noises B．pains C．hairs D．pimples
A．hardly B．actually C．clearly D．finally
A．to B．with C．about D．of
A．produce B．use C．discover D．see
A．beautiful B．soft C．loud D．Light
It’s Sunday afternoon. Mary and her mother to the store. Her mother wants to buy some food. Mary wants to buy a skirt and some school things. They come to a store.
"What do you sell?" Mary asks.
"Many things." says. "You can buy food, drinks, clothes and school things.
Mary wants a skirt.
" do you want?" asks the girl.
"White. "
"Have a look this one. It’s nice."
"How much is the skirt?"
" eighty yuan."
"Can I find a cheap one?"
"What about the green one? It nice. And it is thirty yuan."
"OK. ."
"You are welcome."
After that, Mary buys some school things, too. mother buys some food, like bread, meat and chicken. get home very late.
A．going B．go C．to go D．goes
A．the mother B．a boy C．the girl D．the girls
A．What color B．What C．How D．How much
A．on B．for C．at D．in
A．They’re B．It’s C．Is D．Its
A．sound B．sounds C．look D．looks
A．too B．only C．also D．yet
A．Thank B．Thank for you C．Thanks D．Thanks you
A．Her B．His C．She D．He
A．She B．They C．Her mother D．We