During my last year of junior high school, our teacher, Mrs Debby, gave us a ____1___. I was a hard-working student and I did well in all subjects. I was ____2_____ that I had nailed this test and breezed through (轻松答完) the questions ___3____ I read the last one: ‘What is the ___4____ name of the woman who cleans the school?’
Of course I thought that ___5_____ have been a joke. I saw the cleaning woman every day. She was short and about 50 years old. She had dark hair. But ___6____ would I know her name? I had never talked with her before. In fact, I’d never ___7____ thought about talking to her. I looked at my paper and started to feel rather ___8____. Finally, I handed in my paper, leaving the last one____9___.
Before the quiz (随堂测验) ended, one student asked if the last question would be ___10___ in our grades. “Of course,” the teacher said, “In your life, you will meet many people. They are all ____11___. They deserve (理应得到) your attention and care, even if all you do is to____12___ and say hello.”
I’ve never___13____ that lesson. Everyone deserves my ___14_____ and I should get to know all of the people ___15____ work and live around me. That is, perhaps, the most important lesson of my life. I also later learned that the cleaning woman’s first name was Hannah.
A．match B．quiz C．contest D．game
A．worried B．excited C．confident D．nervous
A．until B．when C．after D．unless
A．last B．family C．full D．first
A．might B．must C．could D．would
A．what B．when C．how D．where
A．just B．nearly C．even D．almost
A．glad B．guilty C．surprised D．lucky
A．unseen B．unanswered C．unnoticed D．unchosen
A．counted B．valued C．amounted D．regarded
A．patient B．funny C．important D．necessary
A．watch B．smile C．talk D．feel
A．dreamed B．understood C．realized D．forgotten
A．attention B．love C．forgiveness D．sorrow
A．whose B．who C．which D．whom
O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His name was William Sydney Porter. He wasborn in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an life. He did not go to school for very long, but he teach himself everything he needed to . When he was about 20 years old , Henry went to Texas, where he tried jobs. He first worked a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. some money went missing from the , O. Henry was believed to have it. Because of that, he was to prison. During the three years in , he learned to write short stories. After he prison, he went to New York and writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were , would finish with a sudden change at the end to the surprise.
A．real B．the other C．last D．first
A．important B．exciting C．unhappy D．uneasy
A．yet B．still C．managed to D．wanted to
A．do B．write C．read D．know
A．difficult B．different C．important D．good
A．with B．on C．for D．as
A．Because B．So C．When D．Where
A．newspaper B．prison C．school D．bank
A．seen B．got C．had D．stolen
A．sent B．made C．given D．taken
A．school B．bank C．North Carolina D．prison
A．got out of B．stayed in C．went in D．looked out of
A．stopped B．continued C．enjoyed D．finished
A．readers B．people C．they D．he
A．readers’ B．newspaper’s C．book’s D．stories’
My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors said that with treatment he would be able to walk, but would never run very well. The first three years of his life was in hospital. By the time he was eight, you wouldn’t know he has a problem when you saw him .
Children in our neighborhood always ran around their play, and Joey would jump and ran and play, . We never told him that he probably wouldn’t be to run like the other children. So he didn’t know.
In grade he decided to join the school running team. Every day he trained. He ran more than any of the others, only the top seven runners would be chosen to run for the . We didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn’t know.
He ran four to five miles every day - even when he had a fever. I was , so I went to him after school. I found him running . I asked him how he felt. “Okay,” he said. He has two more miles to go. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept .
Two weeks later, the names of the team were caked. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had the team. He was in seventh grade - the other six team members were all eighth graders. We never told him he couldn’t do it … so he didn’t know. He just it.
A．spent B．taken C．cost D．paid
A．talk B．sit C．study D．walk
A．after B．before C．during D．till
A．either B．too C．though D．yet
A．able B．sorry C．glad D．afraid
A．sixth B．seventh C．eighth D．ninth
A．so B．if C．then D．because
A．neighborhood B．family C．school D．grade
A．excited B．tired C．pleased D．worried
A．think about B．hear from C．agree with D．look for
A．alone B．away C．almost D．already
A．riding B．walking C．playing D．running
A．jumpers B．runners C．doctors D．teachers
A．got B．kept C．made D．found
A．played B．had C．left D．took
Mrs Hyde is a housewife． She went to the “Fitness Club” every afternoon because she wanted to keep healthy． One Friday afternoon, she ____ the door and went there as usual． _____ __ she came home, she felt something unusual． She found her necklace and new digital camera _____ __． She wondered _____ _ someone got in． However, there was no _____ of breaking into the room． She made a decision to _____ _ the truth．
The following Friday, Mrs Hyde went out ______ _ her usual time but she went shopping in the supermarket _____ _ going to the club． ______ _ she came home shortly after． She let herself in through the back door and sat down to wait and _____ __ what would happen．
It was 4：30 p．m． Suddenly, the bell rang while Mrs Hyde was making tea． The bell rang again, but Mrs Hyde didn’t ______ _ it． Then she ______ _ her letter box being opened． She saw carefully what happened in the kitchen． A piece of wire(绳) appeared ______ __ the letter box and then a hand． The wire caught around the knob of the back door and turned．
Mrs Hyde took out her mobile phone and called ____ _ at once． She told the police what was happening ______ _． A few minutes later, two policemen came and caught the thief．
A．locked B．opened C．brought D．took
A．After B．When C．Before D．If
A．missed B．broke C．missing D．breaking
A．who B．how C．which D．whether
A．reason B．way C．information D．evidence
A．find B．find out C．look for D．search
A．in B．on C．at D．by
A．instead of B．instead C．rather D．than
A．But B．Also C．Or D．Then
A．see B．seen C．saw D．to see
A．hear B．tell C．answer D．say
A．heard B．felt C．made D．used
A．across B．with C．by D．through
A．her neighbor B．the police C．her husband D．her friend
A．loudly B．noisily C．quietly D．sadly
Mrs. Evans was home from work. She had just gone into the kitchen to make the afternoon tea she saw a mouse running around on the kitchen floor. She and jumped up on the table. As soon as the mouse had gone, she jumped off from the , rushed out of the kitchen, her coat, ran out of the house and got on a bus which was going into the town. There she hurried into a shop and a large mouse-trap (捕鼠夹). She wanted to put to this mouse as quickly as possible.
When she got home the trap, she realized that she had forgotten any cheese to put in it. She searched everywhere there was not any in the house. It was too late to buy any because now all the shops were . She wondered what to do. , she had a clever idea. She took a pair of scissors and cut a picture of a piece of cheese out of a magazine. Then she put the picture in the trap a piece of cheese.
The next , Mrs. Evans came down to the and went straight away to the place where she had put the trap. She wanted to see if her plan had .The picture of the cheese had gone and in its place was a picture of a mouse.
A．where B．what C．while D．when
A．laughed B．cried C．surprised D．pleased
A．table B．floor C．house D．kitchen
A．put on B．took off C．tried on D．dressed in
A．asked B．bought C．sold D．left
A．a cheese B．an end C．a mouse D．a picture
A．for B．out C．with D．along
A．to sell B．to eat C．to borrow D．to buy
A．and B．so C．but D．or
A．open B．closed C．busy D．empty
A．At the end B．By the end C．To the end D．In the end
A．as a result of B．in the middle of C．instead of D．because of
A．afternoon B．hour C．evening D．morning
A．cooking room B．bathroom C．reading room D．sitting room
A．worked B．took C．changed D．made
The following is a story about Josie Dew.
When Josie Dew was , she fell out of a car, so she has never learned to .
She was still at primary school when she decided she wanted to . So when she was eleven, she decided to go for long bike rides, and cycled 40 or 50 every day.
Josie says, “The only thing about the middle school was cycling there and back. I left school when I was 16. I cooking so at that time I started a business. I cooked three-course meals, and delivered（递送） them ! In 1985, as soon as I had some , I cycled to Africa and back.”
Josie has to 40 countries and has had all kinds of interesting . She has cycled through the Himalayan Mountains in Nepal, then down into India. She has cycled through millions of locusts（蝗虫）in the Moroccan desert and through tornados（龙卷风）in the USA. She was in Romania on Christmas Day in 1989.And she hasn’t been to Egypt yet, because when she was in Turkey, a war nearby. So she went to Greece instead.
She has sometimes traveled with friends, boyfriends and even her mother, but she has often cycled . She had only one really frightening experience — a man her in Bulgaria.
In 1997 she hurt her leg very badly, she started writing books about her . She’s written five books, and now she is on her bike again! At the moment she is planning to cycle around New Zealand.
A．old B．young C．short D．tall
A．drive B．dance C．run D．walk
A．travel B．swim C．work D．jump
A．meter B．miles C．inches D．feet
A．good B．terrible C．boring D．tiring
A．hated B．imagined C．advised D．loved
A．by car B．by bike C．on foot D．by ship
A．water B．fruit C．money D．food
A．been B．gone C．returned D．moved
A．bikes B．souvenirs C．pictures D．experiences
A．ended B．started C．stopped D．left
A．happily B．quickly C．alone D．quietly
A．found B．loved C．greeted D．attacked
A．but B．so C．and D．or
A．family B．friends C．business D．Journeys