Every night,I watched for Miss Ellen's lights to go off. She lives next door and we are best friends,____I'm young and she's old. We both like dogs,cats and birds. Miss Ellen has another best friend,her ____,Imogene. Soon as her lights were off,I went into our kitchen and got a(n) ____ to say goodnight to Imogene.
“Imogene?” I kept my voice ____ because Imogene is old and I didn't want to ____ her.
Imogene looked at me ____ I put the egg under her. She seemed to ___ sitting on that egg. I guessed it must ____ her of good old times.
Every morning,I went to Miss Ellen's home to ____ her bread while she ate Imogene's egg.“ I should let you eat the egg too,but it's Imogene's ___ to me,”she said.
When Imogene stopped laying eggs last year,Miss Ellen became ____ and quiet. That was before I started ____ giving her one of Mom's every night.
One morning when I got to Miss Ellen's kitchen,something was ___.Miss Ellen seldom allowed Imogene in the house,but that day she was on the table. Miss Ellen was ____,holding two eggs in her hands.
“Can you ____ it?My Imogene laid this herself!It's not one of your mother's. Oh!Oh!”She ____and put her hand over her mouth.
I looked at her in ____.“You knew?”
“Yes. I'm sorry. To tell the truth,Imogene ____ that you come to visit her every day. She didn't want you to stop. So we decided to keep ____.”
It took a minute for me to ____.Then I figured it out. Both of them wanted me to come. I touched Imogene's head and smiled at Miss Ellen.
A.for B.yet C.though D.because
A.dog B.cat C.bird D.hen
A.egg B.apple C.cake D.drink
A.firm B.soft C.loud D.pleasant
A.lose B.hurt C.keep D.frighten
A.unless B.since C.as D.if
A.like B.consider C.regret D.mind
A.tell B.remind C.warn D.convince
A.mix B.cut C.borrow D.share
A.promise B.choice C.gift D.job
A.sad B.calm C.boring D.strange
A.slowly B.secretly C.mainly D.simply
A.important B.funny C.wrong D.different
A.busy B.angry C.excited D.shocked
A.believe B.feel C.make D.see
A.remembered B.stopped C.smiled D.nodded
A.peace B.disappointment C.surprise D.confidence
A.hopes B.prefers C.suggests D.loves
A.quiet B.happy C.honest D.friendly
A.start B.understand C.cry D.notice
Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.
I have a problem, and I need your help. I always thought I was popular school.
just now I fount out my friends didn’t invite
to their party. Everyone else in my class
invited except me, and I don’t know
. I can’t think
I did wrong. I’m very upset, and don’t know how to deal
it? What do you think? Can you
me?
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D .Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Would you send a monkey to do your shopping for you? Sounds very strange, doesn’t it ? But monkeys can be trained to do some wonderful things. Most people know that monkeys are one of 36 cleverest beasts(兽). Scientists have been studying the connection(联系) __37__ monkeys and people for a long time. They have done experiments that test __38__monkeys are able to do simple things.
In one test, a scientist put two monkeys in two cages beside each other. Each cage had a machine. One cage had a machine which gave out water. __39__ had one which gave out food. Each monkey was given _40__ black and white coins. The black coins worked _41_ in the food machine. The white coins worked in the machine with the __42__. After some time, both animals _43__ know which coin worked in which machine.
Then the test was made _44__. The coin s were taken away. The monkey with the water machine was __45_ to have any water for twenty-four hours. The food monkey was prevented from __46_ any food. The next day, the coins were returned to the monkeys. This time, __47__, the monkey with the food machine was given coins for water machine, and the monkey with the water machine was given the coins that worked in the food machine. What did the two __48__ monkeys do? The two clever monkeys __49__ through the bars (栅栏) of their cages and __50_coins with each other.
A.man’s B.earth’s C.nation’s D.nature’s
A.between B.with C.to D.from
A.when B.what C.whether D.as
A.The one B.The rest C.Another D.The other
A.a piece of B.a bag of C.a little D.scores
A.almost B.nearly C.only D.mainly
A.water B.food C.monkey D.scientist
A.were used to B.used to C.could hardly D.were able to
A.harder B.easier C.worse D.newer
A.allowed B.not allowed C.asked D.drank
A.wasting B.drinking C.having D.asking
A.but B.unless C.however D.although
A.tired B.angry C.wild D.poor
A.looked B.got C.reached D.arrived
A.received B.changed C.refused D.played
Tong Shiqiang rushed into a kindergarten behind his primary school several times, carrying a __36__ of kids each time he rushed out of their classroom on that fateful(灾难的)day. Only 14 years old and 1.5m tall, Tong can now __37__ a national bravery award for saving seven children.
The grade-6 student was __38__ a Chinese language class in Zhongwang Primary School in Qishan village of Longnan city, one of the worst-hit areas in Gansu province, __39__ the deadly quake struck on May 12,2008. There were 49 __40__ students in his class at the time.
"Windows began rattling(嘎嘎响)and it __41__ as if lots of bees were singing underground," __42__ Tong Shuangxi, Tong Shiqiang’s teacher and uncle. "The sound grew __43__ ... and then I __44__ it was an earthquake."
The teacher cried: " __45__ out!" All the students ran out of the room immediately.
__46__ outside, Tong Shuangxi rushed toward the kindergarten where the children __47__ a nap (午睡). Tong Shiqiang ran with him.
Only three of the kids had __48__ to run out of their room when they __49__ the building. The rest were crying, too __50__ to move. It __51__ less than three minutes for them to carry out all the five- and six-year-olds to __52__.
__53__ whether all the kids had been saved, Tong and his nephew had __54__ begun checking the name list when the classroom’s walls fell down. "That’s the only time I was scared," said Tong Shiqiang.
The 14-year-old is __55__ to be nominated (提名) for the child hero award, to be given by the Ministry of Education and the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Youth League.
A.score B.dozen C.couple D.number
A.beat B.win C.show D.give
A.listening B.hearing C.giving D.attending
A.when B.while C.where D.which
A.another B.other C.others D.the other
A.looked B.turned C.appeared D.seemed
A.reminds B.remains C.recalls D.remarks
A.a louder B.weaker C.clearer D.louder
A.realized B.found C.thought D.recognized
A.Nobody B.Everybody C.Somebody D.Anybody
A.once B.Before C.Since D.After
A.were having B.have C.had D.having had
A.tried B.wanted C.managed D.attempted
A.arrived B.reached C.got D.escaped
A.surprised B.moved C.frightened D.excited
A.paid B.spent C.cost D.took
A.safety B.classroom C.yard D.hospital
A.No problem B.No wonder C.Not sure D.Not know
A.ever B.just C.never D.even
A.possible B.probable C.likely D.maybe
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It’s Saturday morning. Tony’s sitting at the kitchen table, 36 with a piece of bread. He’s not even 37 . Is he ill? No, but he does have a 38 . He has nothing to do because the Internet is down. When he 39 up this morning, Tony was feeling 40 . He jumped out of bed full of plans for the weekend 41 . It would be a weekend like any other --- a great weekend. But that was 42 he turned on his computer and 43 he was unable to go online. Having no Internet changes everything.
Every weekend, Tony 44 goes online to email friends, read the 45 to keep up with what’s happening in the world and 46 a few online chess games with his cousin Helen to finish the weekend off. The perfect weekend --- online!
Just as Tony is 47 how he can possibly have a normal weekend without the Internet, his mum walks into the 48 . “Cheer up, Tony. Don’t 49 the Internet any more, OK?” Tony makes no 50 but sighs (叹气).“Go and play chess with Helen!” Tony’s mum 51 .
“Oh, yes! Helen lives just around the 52 . We can meet and play chess face to face for a 53 . Maybe this weekend won’t be so bad,” Tony 54 , as he walks to the phone. There is 55 without the Internet after all.
A.cutting B.playing C.eating D.thinking
A.hungry B.angry C.tired D.sleepy
A.fear B.problem C.business D.thing
A.rose B.rang C.looked D.woke
A.great B.disappointed C.unhappy D.worried
A.also B.above C.ahead D.ago
A.after B.before C.until D.when
A.thought B.guessed C.decided D.found
A.usually B.nearly C.especially D.already
A.letters B.news C.reports D.contents
A.guess B.take C.play D.make
A.proving B.wondering C.realizing D.remembering
A.living-room B.hall C.kitchen D.study
A.talk about B.care about C.think about D.look about
A.answer B.progress C.movement D.choice
A.edge B.distance C.corner D.end
A.chat B.time C.lesson D.change
A.continues B.smiles C.reads D.watches
A.change B.task C.weekend D.life
A lesson in caring
It was a cold evening. My daughter and I were walking up Broadway. I didn’t notice a guy sitting inside a cardboard box. But Nora 36 . She wasn’t even four, but she 37 at my coat and said, “That man’s cold. Daddy, can we take him home?”
I don’t remember my 38 . But I do remember a sudden 39 feeling inside me. I had always been delighted at how much my daughter noticed in her 40 , whether it was 41 flying or children playing. But now she was noticing 42 and beggary.
A few days later, I saw an article in the newspaper about volunteers who picked up a food package from a nearby school on a Sunday morning and 43 it to an elderly person. It was quick and easy. I signed us up. Nora was 44 about it. She could understand the importance of food, so she could easily see how 45 our job was. When Sunday came, she was ready, but I had to 46 myself to leave the house to fetch the food package. On my way to the school, I fought an urge (强烈愿望) to turn 47 . The Sunday paper and coffee were waiting for me at home. Why do this? 48 , we phoned the elderly person we’d been appointed. She 49 us right over.
The building was in a bad state. Facing us was a silver-haired woman in an old dress. She took the package and asked us to come in. Nora ran inside. I unwillingly followed. 50 inside, I saw that the department belonged to someone poor. Our hostess showed us some photos. Nora played and when it came time to say goodbye, we three hugged. I walked home 51 .
Professionals call such a(n) 52 “a volunteer opportunity”. They are opportunities and I’ve come to see. Where else but as volunteers do you have the opportunity to do something 53 that’s good for others as well as for yourself? Nora and I regularly serve meals to needy people and 54 clothes for the homeless. Yet, as I’ve 55 her grow over these past four years, I still wonder—which of us has benefited more?
A.did B.was C.has D.had
A.pulled B.replaced C.waved D.aimed
A.debate B.reply C.explanation D.expression
A.general B.funny C.heavy D.magical
A.web B.dream C.castle D.world
A.insects B.animals C.plants D.birds
A.coldness B.illness C.suffering D.appearance
A.sent B.returned C.devoted D.posted
A.concerned B.sorry C.worried D.excited
A.creative B.valuable C.shocking D.simple
A.warn B.stop C.allow D.push
A.back B.away C.up D.out
A.Therefore B.But C.Anyhow D.Also
A.requested B.promised C.invited D.helped
A.Although B.Once C.Because D.Though
A.in tears B.in surprise C.in reality D.in disappointment
A.stay B.visit C.reception D.challenge
A.fair B.famous C.difficult D.enjoyable
A.collect B.make C.order D.design
A.let B.made C.watched D.affected