TodayisSeptember1st.Itisdayofs-优题课

The little boy entered the house, unhappy. His mother was 31 cakes in the kitchen. She smiled as she 32 but stopped when she saw his face. “Tyler, 33 happened? Is everything okay?”
“Nothing is okay, mom.” said the boy, “Today, in our science lesson, Mrs. Green was talking about the 34 .She said that the whole world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are dying. She wants us to think of something we can do to help. I thought all the way, but there is 35 I can do to make a difference.”
“Let me tell you 36 .” the mother said after thinking for a while. “One morning a man was walking down a beach, there he saw thousands of dying starfish covering the beach, they were pushed up by the 37 , and it was too far up for them to make their way back by 38 . The man shook his head as he walked along, ‘What a pity! So many starfish will die on the beach.’ The man felt very sorry 39 those starfish. He went on walking and just at that time he was 40 to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as 41 as he could, ‘how silly you are! My 42 ,’ the man said, ‘There are so many starfish, can you throw all of them back?’ The boy didn’t stop but kept throwing, ‘ 43 I can’t help them all .I can make a difference to this one, and this one, and this one, and this one.”
“Thinking for a moment, the man 44 to help return the starfish to their home. He smiled and said to himself, ‘Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the 45 person.

A．drinking B．making C．selling D．washing

A．turned around B．turned down C．turned on D．turned off

A．what B．when C．where D．why

A．air B．land C．water D．environment

A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing

A．a lie B．a joke C．a story D．a truth

A．wind B．rain C．waves D．sands

A．himself B．itself C．ourselves D．themselves

A．afraid B．surprised C．sad D．angry

A．slow B．fast C．soon D．high

A．father B．mother C．son D．daughter

A．Or B．So C．Because D．Though

A．began B．continued C．forgot D．waited

Dear Mom and Dad,
I will go to Alice’s home with her after school, and I will have supper and sleep there. Don’t 1about me. You know that Alice is one of my best friends. If you want to talk with me, you can call 68610598 after 6:00 pm.
Please forgive me for not telling you first. I don’t think you will 2me to do so if I tell you first. 3I think teenagers should be allowed to stay at their friends’ houses sometimes. I am sixteen years old and I’m not a little kid any more. I hope I can make decisions for 4.
At home, there are too many 5for me to obey(遵守): Don’t stay out so late; don’t have meals before 6hands; don’t watch TV without finishing homework, etc. Parents should be 7teenagers, but we need freedom, too.
I don’t like doing my homework 8at home. I’d love to study withAlice. We can learn a lot from each other. 9please allow me to stay at Alice’s house once a week. If you 10, Alice can stay at our house with me, too.
Yours,Lillian
( ) 1. A. care B. hear C. talkD. worry
( ) 2. A. let B. take C. allow D. teach
( ) 3. A. Unless B. OrC. But D. Even though
( ) 4. A. himself B. herselfC. yourself D. myself
( ) 5. A. idea B. opinion C. things D. rules
( ) 6. A. giving B. washing C. puttingD. holding
( ) 7. A. afraid ofB. interested inC. strict withD. angry with
( ) 8. A. along B. alone C. lonely D. own
( ) 9. A.Or B. Although C. So D. Because
( ) 10. A. worry B. think C. agree D. make

I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can vaguely(模糊地) 　1　 the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. It would be wonderful to see things again, 　2　 a disaster can do strange things to people. It happened to me the other day that I might not have come to love 　3　 as I do if I hadn’t been blind. I believe in life now. I am not sure that I would believe in it so 　4　. I don’t mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I 　5　 mean that the loss of 　6　 made me enjoy more of 　7　 I have now.
Life asks us to keep making 　8　 to reality. If a person is able to get ready for anything changeable his world will 　9　 more meaningful. I became blind, but I was 　10　. My parents and my teachers saw 　11　 in me－a potential(潜力) to live, you might call it－which I didn’t see, and they make me fight it out with blindness.
The hardest 　12　 I had to learn was to believe in myself. That was what I had to do at least. If I hadn’t been able to do that, I would become a chair rocker for the 　13　 of my life. When I say I believe in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self-confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase 　14　. That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that: A belief that I could deal with anything alone; that somewhere in the 　15　 there is a special place where I can make myself fit.
1. A. imagine B. find C. remember D. guess
2. A. but B. though C. so D. because
3. A. myself B. life C. eyes D. blindness
4. A. that B. therefore C. happily D. deeply
5. A. seldom B. just C. hardly D. always
6. A. them B. it C. blindness D. light
7. A. that B. what C. which D. where
8. A. moments B. encouragements C. improvements D. changes
9. A. become B. change C. look D. end
10. A. brave B. lucky C. sad D. wise
11. A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything
12. A. problem B. experience C. difficulty D. lesson
13. A. rest B. whole C. need D. last
14. A. lonely B. alone C. self D. person
15. A. company B. group C. society (社会) D. family

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We went to play against a team from a country school. They didn’t come 1the match began. They looked 2than we thought. They wore dirty T-shirts and blue jeans and looked like farm boys. We thought they 3saw a basketball before. We felt that we didn’t 4any practice to play with such a team. It was very late so they couldn’t have any time to practice. The match began. One of our boys 5the ball and he tried to give it to another one. But from out of nowhere a boy in a T-shirt 6the ball and he quickly and beautifully got the ball into our basket and had two points. They 7us because they had another two points in a minute. Soon it was all over. The country team 8the match. Of course we knew that there was still another team 9than any good team. But the important lesson we learned this time was: One can’t tell a man or a team by the 10.
( ) 1. A. when B. so C. until D. at
( ) 2. A. stronger B. younger C. worse D. better
( ) 3. A. never B. often C. sometimes D. always
( ) 4. A. have B. make C. use D. need
( ) 5. A. got B. played C. took D. carried
() 6. A. caught B. changed C. held D. kicked
( ) 7. A. laughed B. frightened C. admired D. smiled
( ) 8. A. lost B. won C. got D. had
( ) 9. A. worse B. less C. better D. more
( )10.A. T-shirt B. appearance C. name D. points

Many people think the 1 time is spent, the more work will be done. So students have to spend the whole day doing school work 2the three meals.
Modern students have many 3 . They love sports, computers and music. A 4holiday can get them away from too much school work , and they can do what they like. But still teachers do not 5 it. Because they have too much homework, they have no time to enjoy themselves. Students are really tired of their weekend homework. So they don’t do it 6Sunday night. And there is not enough time to finish the homework carefully. The poor weekend homework usually makes teachers 7.
Things always get worse 8 right ideas. Too much school work makes students lose 9 in learning. It’s also bad for their health.
A horse runs faster after a rest. But for students only a rest is not enough. So such a condition（状况）should be 10to give students both pleasure and knowledge.
( )1 A. many B. much C. more D. most
( )2 A. except B. for C. during D. with
( )3 A.hobbies B. books C. pens D. friends
( )4 A.two days B. two-days C. two-day D. two-day’s
( )5 A. talk about B. think about
C. speak of D. look after
( )6 A. on B. except C. after D. until
( )7 A. to get angry B. get angry
C. to feel unhappy D. quite surprised
( )8 A. to B. by C. without D. with
( )9 A. interested B. interest
C. interesting D. themselves
( )10 A. changed B. kept C. taught D. made