May Day holiday is coming. My family are discussing w 1 to do for it. We are planning to travel a 2 . We want to go to Singapore because my dad has g 3 to Singapore for a meeting. He has b 4 there twice. It’s a nice and clean c 5 . We will f 6 there next Monday. It will t__7___ us about two hours to go there by air. The weather there is very good all year r 8 . We will visit many p 9 of interest in Singapore . I think we will be happy t 10 the whole trip.
Do you remember the name of your kindergarten(幼儿园) teacher? I do. Her name was Mrs White.
I don’t remember much about we learned in her class, but my mother once told me that we write a lot. And I would bring back what I wrote and she could see there were so many mistakes. no red corrections. And always a star. Sometimes even a Good! It worried my mother, so one day she went to Mrs White and asked her why she corrected my mistakes.
And my mother says Mrs White said “The children are just to get excited about using words, about forming sentences. I don’t want to lose the interests with red ink(墨水). and grammar can wait. The wonder of won’t... ”.Maybe she didn’t say it exactly like that at that moment. And what my mother gave me was the main idea of what she could remember.
I now and think Mrs White must have been a rather teacher. She encouraged joy, wonder and excitement—even ifour expression of it was . Because she believed a bud(花蕾)once nipped(掐断) never opens.
I used to misspell “beautiful” a lot. Never could quite remember that the e went the a. It annoyed my teacher in high school very much. If I was going to use the word so often, she considered the I could do was spell it right. Finally the e’s and a’s were in their right places. Am glad I didn’t wait on them though. Pretty is to spell but it doesn’t hold as much as you mean sometimes.
And Mrs White I had no worries about writing what I meant. BecauseLife isn’t Pretty. It’s Baeutiful.
A．where B．what C．why D．when
A．liked to B．supposed to C．used to D．happened to
A．But B．So C．And D．Because
A．chat B．criticize C．show D．meet
A．often B．always C．never D．sometimes
A．beginning B．staring C．thinking D．opening
A．Speaking B．Reading C．Listening D．Spelling
A．exams B．words C．exercises D．homework
A．look forward B．look after C．look for D．look back
A． excellent B．strict C．hardworking D．careless
A． right B．wrong C．good D．bad
A．behind B．after C．before D．below
A．best B．worst C．most D．least
A．easy B．easier C．funny D．funnier
A． think of B．come up with C．thanks to D．remind of
On last Christmas Day, our parents’ home was full of joys of a close family relationship but this year things are . Our father had gone on November 26, and this was our Christmas without him. Mother was doing her best to be good, but I could tell this was especially for her. I’m not sure I should give her my planned Christmas gift.
A few months earlier I had painted two pictures of my parents. I’d planned to give them as gifts.
While painting one day, I was surprised by the doorbell ringing. I opened the . My father came. I showed the paintings. Finally, with tears running down his face, he said, “I don’t believe it. Look, how beautiful your mother is. Will you let me decorate them with frames(边框)?” I offered to send them to the frame shop the next day.
Several had passed after my dad died. It seemed all was taken away from my mother and me. I finally remembered to call about the paintings and was glad that my father had got a chance to see the pictures he died. I was surprised when the shopkeeper told me my father had visited the shop, the frames and had them wrapped.
As I my mother’s sad eyes and unsmiling face, I to give her Daddy’s and my gift.
After looking at the paintings and the card, with tear-filled eyes and a wide smile, she said, “ I knew Daddy would be us on Christmas Day!”
I looked at the gift card with my father’s handwriting. “ Mother: Our daughter reminded me why I am so lucky. I’ll be looking at you always. Daddy.”
A．usual B．same C．different D．beautiful
A．first B．second C．third D．last
A．interesting B．hard C．easy D．proud
A．why B．if C．because D．so
A．Mother’s Day B．birthday C．New Year D．Christmas
A．door B．window C．box D．present
A．it B．her C．them D．him
A．happily B．sadly C．surprisely D．loudly
A．minutes B．hours C．weeks D．years
A．character B．luck C．advice D．happiness
A．after B．until C．before D．when
A．heard of B．paid for C．shouted at D．gave up
A．looked at B．looked after C．looked for D．looked around
A．happened B．forgot C．promised D．decided
A．for B．with C．on D．at
Cancy is now with her parents. But she was stolen as a baby on Aug. 4, 1987.
“It’s a wonderful feeling. Now I can sleep,” mother Joy White said after her grown-up daughter over the weekend, “I never took her picture off my dresser. I never looking for her.”
Cancy was not yet a month old she was stolen. She had a and her worried parents took her to hospital. A woman dressed as a got close to Joy White in the emergency room and told her everything would be .Joy went home to rest. When she returned to the hospital ,Cancy was gone.
, a girl known as Nejdra grew up in Bridgeport. As a teenager, she began to doubt that she wasn’t concerned with the family that her. And she was puzzled that she was able to get a copy of her birth certificate（出生证明）.
Finally, she began to do some on the Internet. On a website, she found a photo of a baby named Cancy. The site got in touch with Joy White on Jan.4 and her a baby photo taken by the family who raised Nejdra.
“I was shouting. I was so excited,”Joy said, “ I saw the picture I said, ‘That’s my daughter.’ I saw myself in her.”
DNA tests Nejdra is Cancy --- the daughter of Joy White and Carl Tyson.“I already knew in my heart that this was my daughter,” Tyson said.DNA检测证实Nejdra是凯西。
A．helping B．noticing C．dreaming D．meeting
A．kept on B．insisted on C．gave up D．set about
A．when B．if C．until D．so
A．mistake B．habit C．chance D．fever
A．nurse B．student C．friend D．child
A．special B．attractive C．fine D．exact
A．Besides B．At the same time C．Still D．yet
A．actually B．always C．simply D．luckily
A．served B．saved C．stole D．raised
A．never B．also C．only D．already
A．homework B．tests C．research D．experiments
A．missing B．smiling C．crying D．singing
A．lent B．showed C．bought D．handed
A．Although B．Because C．In case D．As soon as
A．allowed B．suggested C．proved D．wished
Do you want to be successful in everything you do? If so, then _？ Here is an example.
There was a farmer who _ corn (玉米) all his life. Each year he took his corn to the market. Then each time his corn was chosen as the _ and won the first prize.
One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something surprising about how he grew it.The farmer _ seed (做种子的) corn to his neighbors.
“How can you share your best seed corn with your neighbors？” the reporter asked.“You know they are taking part in the _ with you each year.”
“Why, sir,” said the farmer, “didn't you know？The wind picks up pollen (花粉) from the corn and moves it quickly from field to field. If my neighbors grow __ corn, crosspollination (异花传粉) will affect the quality of my corn. So if I want to grow good corn, I must _ _ my neighbors to grow good corn.”
The farmer knows much about the connection of life. His corn cannot improve _ _ his neighbor's corn improves.
As a great man says, “We make a living by what we __ _, but we make a life by what we give.” We can't live without food, clothes, and many other things. However, a meaningful life is not decided by how much we can get, but by how much we can give others. Giving, instead of taking, makes us different from other animals. So those who choose to live well must help others to live well and those who choose to be happy must help others to find _ _ in their life.
A．why B．how C．when D．where
A．grew B．bought C．sold D．collected
A．cheapest B．prettiest C．best D．shortest
A．lent B．showed C．offered D．provided
A．game B．fight C．experiment D．competition
A．tasty B．bad C．tall D．unusual
A．teach B．remind C．help D．require
A．unless B．though C．because D．when
A．do B．own C．get D．grow
A．hope B．success C．friendship D．happiness
A green life sometimes just needs a good idea like sharing cars共车. It’s a new way of thinking. You can use a car but you don’t need to own it. Now the idea of “car sharing” has becomein many countries.
As we know, most cars are parked in garages for much time. In fact, we drive our own cars as long as one or twoa day on average. When we don’t use them, we have to pay for parking andthings. That coats too much money. To save money, some people come up with the idea of “car sharing”. If we share a car, we’ll onlywhen we use it.
Now many people are starting to do car sharing. In Switzerland, almost 40.000 people have joined it. Japan is also trying to makepopular around the country. A popular B. interesting C. funny
A. hour B. hours C. minutes
A. other B. others C. another
A. spend B. costC. pay
A. time saving B. money saving C. car sharing