Dear Anne,
How are you? I had great fun last Wednesday,____12th,2013. It was a traditional Chinese festival called Dragon Boat Festival that day.
This festival is in memory of Qu Yuan, one of ____greatest Chinese poets. He killed himself by jumping into the Miluo River on May 5th of the lunar calendar(阴历) ，278 BC. People there rowed the boats to ___
___him. But it was too late. They were very sad and then threw rice into the ___
__to feed the fishes so that they would stay away from his body.
______ then on, every year on this day, people enjoy ___
___ Zongzi which is made of rice with meat, eggs and so on. In the past we ate it only ___
___a year, but now we regarded it as our daily food. We can have it any time we like.
Have you ever ______the dragon boat race on TV? It is another important part of this festival. Several teams row their dragon-shaped boats as ___
___as they can. The first team to reach the finish line wins.
If you have a plan to visit China next year, would ______like to spend this festival with us?
Best wishes,
Xiao Qiang
Once, a circle lost a piece of its own. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around, looking for its 41 piece. But because it was not complete, it could only roll (滚) very slowly. It enjoyed the flowers and the sunshine 42 the way. It talked with worms. It found lots of different pieces, but 43 of them fit. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on 44 for the lost piece. Then one day the circle found a piece that fit 45 . The circle put the piece into 46 . It could be whole with nothing lost. It was so happy and began to roll. As it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to see flowers or talk to worms. It realized how different the world was when it rolled so quickly. It felt so sad 47 it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled very slowly.
Sometimes we are perfect when we lose something. A man who 48 everything is poor in some ways. He will never have hopes, dreams or something 49 . He will never know someone loves him or someone is giving him something he has always wanted or never had.
We couldn’t be perfect. But we must be brave enough to love, strong enough to forgive, kind enough to share 50 with others and clever enough to know there is enough love around us and then we can always have a wonderful time in our life.
A．miss B．lose C．missing D．losing
A．at B．of C．in D．along
A．none B．all C．every one D．each
A．look B．looking C．to look D．looked
A．perfectly B．perfect C．part D．partly
A．it B．itself C．them D．themselves
A．which B．whether C．that D．what
A．own B．has C．owned D．have
A．bad B．worse C．good D．better
A．kindness B．sadness C．happiness D．illness
It's very common to meet different people in public places.
When I was 12 years old,I got a small job in a 16 ,On my first day at work,I didn't come home for lunch. When I came home at night, Mum asked, “How did you 17 your lunch, dear?”I answered,“I made some new friends in the supermarket, twin brothers, their mom and dad. They were my customers. They invited me 18 lunch."
Mum was happy that I had made new friends but she wanted to know what kinds of19 they might be.
Several days later,I asked my friends to come to the supermarket where l worked 20 let Mum meet them. Mum was very 21 to find out that the twin brothers were joined at the chest（胸部）.She felt very strange because I didn't tell her about that before.
When Mum asked me about this,I said,“I know that too. But do you know that their mom has to make all clothes because it's 22 difficult to find anything to fit them? They're also good 23 .That day, Joe, the one on the right, made me noodles for lunch."
When Mum saw the twins, she must have thought how strange they 24 .But to me,what I cared about was that they had difficulty——25 clothes and they were good cooks.
A．supermarket B．post office C．factory D．bank
A．find B．make C．manage D．eat
A．at B．for C．after D．before
A．men B．women C．boys D．people
A．and B．but C．or D．so
A．surprised B．excited C．interested D．disappointed
A．so B．very C．too D．really
A．friends B．singers C．workers D．cooks
A．selling B．making C．wearing D．buying
There once was a farmer who lost his watch in his barn (谷仓). The watch was only cheap but was very ____36 to him because it was a gift from his father.
After _ 37 __ the barn for a long time, he gave up and asked for __38 __ from a group of children playing nearby.
He __39 __ them that the person who found the watch would be rewarded.
Hearing this, the children hurried inside the barn ___40 __. They searched everywhere but still could not find the __41 ___. Just when the farmer was going to give up, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another ___42___.
The farmer looked at him and thought, “ Why not? After all, this kid looks honest.”
So the farmer __43 _ the little boy back into the barn. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand! The surprised farmer asked the boy how he ___44__ where the rest had failed.
The boy replied, “ I did nothing but sit quietly and listen for the sound of the watch.”
This shows us that sometimes a __45__ mind can think better than an excited one.”
A．important B．expensive C．useless D．interesting
A．finding B．searching C．watching D．studying
A．money B．danger C．work D．help
A．promised B．taught C．warned D．believed
A．angrily B．slowly C．immediately D．hardly
A．rule B．book C．child D．watch
A．way B．chance C．lesson D．smile
A．threw B．sent C．gave D．caught
A．came B．knew C．succeeded D．suggested
A．beautiful B．smart C．peaceful D．quick
It’s very important that we all recycle (再利用). In nature, everything ___26___ again. For example, when an animal dies, it becomes ___27____ animal’s food. Nothing is wasted. But humans have created things like plastic bags ___28___ can’t be broken down by nature. Our rubbish kills animals and __29___ water and soil. ___30___ we continue making too much rubbish, the problem will only get worse. If nature can’t reuse the rubbish, we must recycle __31__.
We should clean up the rubbish we’ve made because nature can’t.
Recycling is also the right thing to do for another reason. The earth is rich in natural materials like water and trees, __32 __ these materials are not endless. We use up our natural materials much _ _33 __ than the earth is able to reproduce them. For example, each year we cut __34 __ more that 6,000 square miles of forest. But it takes an average of 25 years for a new tree __35__.
Recycling can help us save the earth, so let’s take action right now.
A．use B．using C．is used D．used
A．another B．other C．others D．the other
A．who B．which C．how D．where
A．pollutes B．polluted C．polluting D．is polluted
A．When B．Whether C．Why D．If
A．them B．their C．it D．itself
A．but B．so C．and D．or
A．fastly B．fast C．taster D．fastest
A．out B．down C．in D．up
A．grows B．for growing C．growing D．to grow
A poor girl was selling flowers in the street 21 Christmas Eve. Her parents were ill, so she 22 get money for food. It was very cold. The girl felt cold and hungry. She stopped 23 a beautiful house. The girl knocked 24 the door and a man came out. She asked 25 he needed some flowers. The man said he didn't want 26 . She left the house and felt tired. She sat down at the 27 of a tall wall. She looked 28 the flowers. 'Ihe flowers 29 very nice. She suddenly had an unusual feeling. She felt she became light, 30 slowly she began to fly into the sky. She 31 higher and higher and at last she found herself on the clouds. A group of people were coming to meet her. At the head of them 32 her granny. She welcomed her and asked her why she didn't 33 .The girl told her that she had to 34 to get money became her parents were badly ill. Granny told her 35 and gave her lots of beautiful clothes and delicious food. The girl laughed 36 .
It snowed 37 that night. The girl died 38 a smile on her face. 39 , people in the beautiful house began to sing Christmas songs and 40 .
A． in B．on C．at D．（不填）
A．could B．had better C．would like D．had to
A．in front of B．in the front of C．behind D．beside
A．at B．to C．in D．for
A．what B．why C．if D．when
A．some B．any C． nothing D．something
A．head B．foot C．top D．middle
A．for B．up C．(不填) D．at
A．feels B．felt C．smelt D．smells
A．and B．but C．so D．or
A．went B．got C．looked D．flew
A．has B．was C．had D．were
A．get money B．go out C．come to see her D．stay at home
A．fly into the sky B．come here C．sell flowers D．help others
A．didn't worry B．not to worry C．to not worry D．to worry not
A．happy B．happier C．happiest D．happily
A．heavily B．heavy C．largely D．strongly
A．had B．has C．with D．without
A．By the way B．At the same time C．except the girl D．By way
A．looked after the girl B．talked about the girl C．enjoyed themselves D．watched themselves