Homesick is a compound (复合的) word made up of “home” and “sick”. You know
1 each word means on its own, of course. But think about what the words mean when they are 2 together. “Homesick” means “Thinking of home, unhappy away from home.” In other words, it means “sick for home”.
Now think for a minute 3 the word SEASICK. If you change the word “home” in the definition (定义) to the word “sea”, would the definition 4 “seasick” ? Does seasick mean “thinking of sea, unhappy away from sea”? It means something quite 5 . Seasick means “made sick by the only place where you are on the sea.” It means “sick because of the sea.” When you are homesick, the only place you want to be is at home. When you are seasick, the 6 place you want to be is at sea.
Have you ever 7 a person being heartsick? Heartsick does not mean that something is wrong with a person’s heart. People are heartsick when they are 8 down deep inside as if (好像) their hearts are broken.
And so, when you are carsick, you are “made sick by the movement of a car on the road.” You are sick because of the car, not sick for it.
You can see, then, that 9 compound words are what they seem at first glance (一瞥). Think about the compound words, such as handshake and 10 . Perhaps you may write definitions for them. It must be helpful to know something like this in your English study.
A．what B．that C．which D．who
A．read B．used C．thought D．understood
A．for B．from C．about D．like
A．fit B．read C．get D．have
A．different B．same C．right D．wrong
A．first B．only C．safe D．last
A．heard of B．heard from C．thought over D．thought about
A．hit B．hurt C．loved D．moved
A．not others B．not every C．not all D．not other
A．careful B．southern C．illness D．handwriting
Today is Sunday. Brother and I1 at home. We2 to carry two boxes into the room. My brother’s box is 3 , but 4 is big. We put5 on the table. We can see6 clothes in the boxes, but my7 aren’t in them. I8 find my socks. Brother can9 me to find them. They’re under the bed. I must look10 my things.
A．be B．am C．is D．are
A．look B．want C．know D．meet
A．small B．big C．heavy D．light
A．I B．my C．mine D．His
A．it B．they C．them D．him
A．an B．a C．some D．the
A．books B．pens C．socks D．desks
A．can’t B．not C．no D．isn’t
A．find B．help C．see D．meet
A．in B．at C．on D．after
Hello, my name is Jack. I 21 a student in No.1 Middle school. In my spare time(空余时间), I like doing sports .I like22 tennis and basketball.
Look 23 my bedroom. I have a tennis racket. 24 is on the table. I have two 25 . They are 26 the bed. Playing sports is very 27 , so I like it very much. I also like eating. Among(在……中间)fruits, I like 28 best. But I 29 like vegetables. I like French fries very much. So I am very fat. The doctor asks me to eat more 30 food.
A．is B．are C．am D．do
A．the B．a C．/ D．an
A．at B．in C．for D．to
A．It B．Its C．They D．Them
A．basketballs B．basketball C．volleyball D．soccer
A．in B．at C．to D．under
A．boring B．fun C．well D．bad
A．carrots B．ice cream C．broccoli D．bananas
A．do B．don’t C．does D．doesn’t
A．relaxing B．healthy C．bad D．health
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Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school? You will probably 1__ they go to learn languages, geography, history, science and all the other subjects. That is quite 2 ,but why do they learn these things?
We send our children to school to 3 them for their future work and life. Nearly everything they study at school has some practical use in their life, but is that the __4 reason they go to school?
There is 5in education than just learning facts. We go to school above all to learn how to learn, so when we 6 school we can go on learning. If a man really knows how to learn, he will 7 be successful, because whenever he has to do something new he will quickly teach himself how to do it in the best way. The uneducated person, on the other hand, is ___8 unable to do it or does it badly, so the 9 of school is not just to teach languages, geography, science, etc, but to teach pupils the 10 to learn.
A．speak B．say C．talk D．tell
A．true B．real C．wrong D．fact
A．stop B．ask C．turn D．prepare
A．best B．only C．just D．first
A．many B．much C．more D．most
A．leave B．go to C．attend D．come to
A．never B．hardly C．always D．seldom
A．both B．either C．neither D．not
A．difference B．promise C．choice D．purpose
A．subjects B．reasons C．way D．knowledge
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Once, a king showed two men a large basket(篮子) in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well(井). After they 1 their work, he left them, saying, “When the sun is down, I will come and see your work.”
At last, one of them said, “What’s the use of doing this foolish(愚蠢的) work? We can 2 fill the basket.” The other man answered, “That is 3 of your business.” The first man said. “You may do as you like, but I’m not going to work at something so 4 .” He 5 his bucket and went away. The other man said no word, and kept on carrying 6 . Finally, the well was almost 7 .
As he poured(倒) the last bucket(桶) of water into the basket, he saw a bright thing in it. He picked it 8 . It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came. 9 _he saw the ring, he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted. He told him to keep the ring for himself. “You 10 so well in this little thing,” he said, “that now I know I can believe you with many things.”
A．finished B．did C．began D．had
A．ever B．never C．easily D．no
A．none B．no C．not D．no one
A．clever B．foolish C．easy D．funny
A．picked up B．put away C．took away D．threw away
A．water B．basket C．well D．work
A．full B．empty C．filled D．clean
A．up B．down C．of D．on
A．While B．As soon as C．Before D．Since
A．did B．will do C．was do D．were do
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One day when I was five years old , my mother was washing the kitchen floor. I was telling her about a new girl at school, and she looked up at me and said, “__1___are your two best friends?”
I was not __2___ what to say, “Um--- Jenny and Mary.”
My mother __3___ washing the floor and asked me, “ Well, what about Kate and Cindy?”
“But they’re my __4___.”
“Yes, but they can __5___ be your best friends. Friends may come and __6___, but your sisters will always be there for you.”
At that time I felt __7___. How could my two sisters be my closest friends? We fought all the time over toys, food, and what to __8___ on TV. How could my sisters be my best friends? They weren’t even the same age as me. We all had our own ___9__ at school. But my mother never let us _10___ that sisters are lifelong friends. Like all mothers, she wanted to give us a great gift ___11__ let us know how lucky we were. She let us play together and always punished us in the same way, too.
We didn’t always __12___ well and fought just like any other sisters. Now twenty years have __13___. We realise that our mother is __14___. Today I share things with my sisters that I don’t ___15__ with anyone else.
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