My life is always filled with sadness and little joy. However, no matter what happens, I can always ______it bravely.
Last year, I couldn’t believe the ______that I was allowed to enter the only key high school in my hometown. Then I rushed to my home and told my ______. But my father didn’t seem as ______as I was. He just kept smoking without saying a word and my mother put her head down and couldn’t help ______.
I knew very well what my family was ______. My mum had been ill in bed for 2 years. We lived a ______ life and I couldn’t continue my schooling. I felt so upset but I could say ______to my parents. I decided to help my father with his work ______my family.
To my surprise, things completely changed ______the beginning of the new term. My head teacher came to my family with some money, which had been ______by my schoolmates. He encouraged me, “Always have a dream.” ______tears in my eyes, I stepped into the key high school.
I have been studying hard since I entered the high school. Whenever I meet difficulties, I always ______ my teacher and schoolmates. I have a college dream and I must work hard for it, no matter ______ hard life is. Just as a great man says, “When one door shuts, ______opens in life.”
A.solve B.meet C.face D.make
A.idea B.news C.story D.thought
A.teachers B.parents C.grandparents D.brothers
A.nervous B.interested C.excited D.worried
A.laughing B.crying C.saying D.shouting
A.about B.before C.like D.against
A.hard B.happy C.nice D.rich
A.everything B.something C.anything D.nothing
A.to leave B.to stop C.to support D.to fire
A.after B.since C.before D.on
A.spent B.raised C.planned D.saved
A.From B.Between C.With D.Without
A.think of B.dream of C.hear of D.talk of
A.what B.which C.how D.that
A.other B.others C.the other D.another
Some people have a very poor sense of direction. , I am one of them. I a place many times but I may still get lost there the next time.
When I was a little girl, I was very shy and asked others the way. And so I used to walk round in circle and hope that by chance I would get to the place I was going to.
Now, I am no longer shy to ask people for directions, but I often receive helpless or even wrong information. So I try to avoid giving people wrong directions. If anyone asks the way somewhere, I would say, " Sorry, I am a stranger here."
Once on my way to work I by a man. He asked me I could tell him the way to the Friendship Building. I gave him my usual reply. But just as I walked on only a few steps, I realized that he had asked the way to my office building. However, I had no time to turn back and him. I was rushing to meet with someone at my office and I didn't want to keep him .
When I just got to my office, the secretary showed in the man who had asked me for directions. Imagine how I was and how surprised he was when we saw each other at the first sight!
A.Luck B.Lucky C.Unlucky D.Unluckily
A.have visited B.visit C.visited D.will visited
A.always B.usually C.often D.never
A.much B.too C.very D.such
A.I B.me C.my D.mine
A.stopped B.left C.was stopped D.was left
A.where B.how C.if D.that
A.look at B.look after C.look for D.look like
A.wait B.waiting C.waited D.to wait
A.embarrassed B.worried C.bored D.tired
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An 8-year-old Miami boy, Joshua Williams, is president of his own non-profit organization---Joshua’s Save the World. His organization provides food and clothes for ppeople and families in Miami and the neighboring areas.
Joshua has rthousands of dollars for his organization. He started to help the hungry when he was just 5. He was in his mother’s car when they passed a beggar. Joshua asked his mother to stop so that he could give him $20. “It’s my pocket m
. I want to help him, Mum,” Joshua recalled. One year later, he created his organization with the help of his mother and Francine Hanna, a local businesswoman. “He just thought that was what he wanted to do,” his mother said. “And there was nothing that could s
him.”
The organization now provides clothing, furniture and food for the poor people in America. At the same time, Joshua never misses a cto ask other people to follow what he did whether at church or on the streets. Earl Laird l
his job two years ago and hasn’t managed to get a n
one. Without money, he can’t p
for the flat and has to live on the street. He depends on food from Joshua’s Save the World. “Joshua is an angel (天使) from God,” he said.
Joshua has won Miami’s “Do the Right Thing” award and the “Kids Who Care” competition, which awarded him a $1,000 note. Even though he has adone a lot, he said that his mission (使命)to provide for the poor is f
from finished. “I want to get a team together,” Joshua said. “I want my team to go out and give food to people who have a need for it. I want to spread love to countries in Africa.”
I was said to be the worst student in my class, and my family thought I was hopeless. I had to Grade Six. At that time a new teacher, Miss Sadia, came to our school.
One day after class, she noticed that I was staying alone during the lunch break. She came to me and began to talk to me. It was just a conversation. After that day, she gave me particular attention and it made me feel special. I started to work hard because she gave me the feeling that believed me, and my started to improve in her subject.
Months later, she moved into a house near my . We would walk home together after school. Her constant support helped me, especially in my studies, as I knew she would my grades both in her subject and the other subjects. I finally second in my class.
Then, after Grade Six, she started to slowly drift away(疏远), still kept a constant check on me. By the time I was in Grade Seven, we spoke, but by then I had become the in my class. When I left my school, I was out of touch with her, as she never answered the when I called her.
Then I graduated and went to a good university. One fine day, our paths crossed again. I met her at a wedding. I could not asking her, "Why did you stop talking to me?" "You are a clever boy. I wanted you to be a tree standing on your roots, not depending on others. Now here you are and I feel of you. You are your inspiration(启发灵感的人) and do not need to a shoulder." she said. I could not say anything, but I smiled. I'll always thank her .
A.jump B.attend C.copy D.repeat
A.stupid B.useless C.normal D.secret
A.everyone B.someone C.anyone D.nobody
A.words B.objects C.classes D.grades
A.home B.school C.hotel D.company
A.change B.look C.improve D.check
A.received B.came C.caught D.held
A.but B.as C.or D.so
A.ever B.often C.once D.hardly
A.oldest B.strongest C.best D.cleverest
A.road B.schoolyard C.phone D.machine
A.finish B.help C.prevent D.keep
A.own B.teachers’ C.parents’ D.classmates’
A.sad B.proud C.good D.ashamed
A.give up B.get on C.look for D.take up
A little boy named Harry became very ill. He had to lie in bed all day, unable to move. He spent his days feeling and blue.
There wasn’t much he could do except look out of the . Time passed, and his illness frustrated him. Until one day he saw a strange in the window. It was a penguin eating a sausage(香肠) sandwich. The penguin got in the open window, and said “good afternoon” to Harry, turned around, and __ quickly.
Of course, Harry was very . He was still trying to work out what had happened. Outside his window he saw a monkey busy blowing up a balloon(气球). At first Harry asked himself that could possibly be, but after a while, as more and more crazy-looking appeared outside the window, he couldn’t help and found it hard to stop.
An elephant jumped on a stone, or a dog wore a pair of glasses and acted in a way. The little boy didn’t tell anyone about this. Those strange characters ended up putting joy back in his heart, and in his body. Before long, his health had so much that he was able to go back to school again.
There he told his classmates all that he had . While he was talking to his best friend, he saw __ coming out of his friend’s school bag. Harry asked his friend what it was, and he was so insistent (坚持) that his friend had to show him what was in the bag.
There, inside, were all the things that his best friend had been using to try to the little boy!
And from that day on, Harry always did his best to make sure that no one felt sad and alone.
A.happy B.sad C.excited D.cool
A.roof B.hole C.window D.wall
A.photo B.painting C.sign D.shape
A.above B.below C.over D.through
A.left B.slept C.flew D.drove
A.annoyed B.surprised C.bored D.tired
A.what B.which C.when D.where
A.people B.students C.children D.characters
A.crying B.laughing C.running D.coughing
A.funny B.rude C.dull D.strict
A.grown B.improved C.increased D.developed
A.acted B.heard C.experienced D.dreamed
A.something B.anything C.nothing D.everything
A.quickly B.suddenly C.immediately D.finally
A.cheer up B.give up C.make up D.put up
In the future, scientists would put very small computers in our heads. This can help people a lot. ____ these small computers, the people with ear diseases will be able to hear. And the people with eye diseases can ____. These small computers will not be just for ____ people. Most of us will have these computers to make our life ____. For example, if we have it, we can think ____ and we can remember more things.
For students, computers can do ____ things. Maybe in the near future students ____ schoolbags. They just need to carry a small computer to ____, because the textbooks, exercise books, and notebooks are all in the computer. The teachers will check students’ homework with computers, ____. But this can give another problem, because ____ will be easier for students to copy each other’s homework.
Everything will be possible. We never know what will happen.
A.Because B.Since C.Because of D.Thank to
A.to hear B.hear C.to see D.see
A.ill B.sick C.old D.young
A.good B.well C.better D.best
A.more clearly B.clearly C.clear D.clearer
A.much B.a lot C.lots of D.lot of
A.needn’t B.will need C.will not need D.don’t need
A.home B.school C.factory D.office
A.too B.either C.as well as D.also
A.that B.it C.they D.this