Mr. and Mrs. Green were very worried about their son, Leo. He seemed to be dumb( 哑的） he was normal（正常） in every other way. Mr. and Mrs. Green tried to get him to ,but with no success. When Leo was six years old, the best doctors in town him carefully, but could find nothing wrong.
And he seemed to be smart（聪明）. It was just that he _ spoke.
“There might be something wrong with his ,and he doesn’t know he’s able to speak,” one doctor said. “But he can read and write ,” said Mr,Green. “We’ve written him notes,telling him that he can speak.” “It’s really very ,” another doctor said.Perhaps he’ll be able to speak some day,” passed. Leo went to university.But he did not say word Then one day,Leo was having a meal with his parents.He looked up from his and said, “pass me the salt, please.”
Mr. and Mrs. Green were excited. “You spoke! You spoke!” they cried. “ Why have you so long to speak?” “I didn’t have anything to say，he said. “Until now everything was good. But you forgot to put salt in potatoes. ”
A．because B．when C．though D．before
A．speak B．walk C．play D．laugh
A．taught B．found C．examined（检查） D．asked
A．never B．often C．usually D．always
A．back B．hair C．face D．mind（思想）
A．unfair B．strange C．noisy D．quiet
A．Hours B．Weeks C．Months D．Years
A．some B．an C．a D．many
A．chair B．meal C．hands D．books
A．saw B．walked C．served D．waited
A farmer found a wounded eagle (鹰) in his field. He was so that he took it home and cleaned its wounds（伤口）. After that he placed it outside in the yard, in the hope that it get well soon.
Strangely enough, the eagle soon got used to the of all the chickens in the yard. It learned to from side to side like chickens, and eat happily from a trough (食槽). For many years, the eagle his new life on the farm.
Then one day, one of the farmer’s friends pointed to the playing eagle and asked, “ is that eagle acting like a chicken?” The farmer told him what had , and the friend felt quite .
“What a pity!” said the friend. “It should fly in the sky instead of living here!” He picked up the eagle, and it into the air. The eagle was , and cried loudly. Then it just fell down on the ground.
That night, the friend could hardly sleep as he remembered the chicken-like eagle. The next morning, he headed back to the farm for another . This time he carried the eagle to the of a nearby mountain.
When he stood at the highest place of the mountain, he looked into its eyes and shouted, “Don’t you understand? You weren’t made to live like a chicken!” As he the eagle up, he made sure it was facing into the bright of the rising sun. Then he tossed (抛) the bird into the sky. This time the eagle opened his wings, and disappeared into the clouds.
A．polite B．brave C．kind D．proud
A．would B．should C．must D．need
A．food B．sounds C．water D．habits
A．walk B．sleep C．talk D．drink
A．missed B．enjoyed C．lost D．forgot
A．When B．Why C．How D．What
A．suffered B．experienced C．happened D．found
A．puzzled B．sorry C．amazed D．worrying
A．pulled B．moved C．took D．threw
A．frightened B．guilty C．excited D．angry
A．drink B．meeting C．rest D．try
A．top B．foot C．center D．side
A．tied B．put C．filled D．held
A．sight B．light C．space D．shape
A．easily B．hardly C．quickly D．powerfully
Mr. Young has a big shop in the center of the city. He tells all his employees to be to the buyers and he gets a lot of . One day an old woman went to the shop to a silk blouse. When she came out of the shop with the blouse, she her wallet in it. A girl picked it up and there were nearly five hundred dollars in it. She looked around and saw it. She put it into her quickly. Soon the old woman came back to look for it, of course she . That evening Mr. Young was told about it. He was very and sent the girl away. Then he decided to employ an honest man to take her . Several young men came, but _ of them could satisfy him.
This morning a young man came to his . He asked, "Do you smoke, sir?" "No, sir," answered the young man.
"Do you ?" "No, sir."
Mr. Young asked him the other questions, and the young man's satisfied him. Before he employed him, he asked him the last question, "You have shortcoming, do you?" "No, I don't, sir. " said the young man. "I only like telling lies.”
A．strict B．friendly C．strange D．terrible
A．business B．surprise C．money D．hope
A．buy B．borrow C．look for D．lend
A．threw B．put C．placed D．left
A．found B．knew C．understood D．wanted
A．somebody B．anybody C．nobody D．everybody
A．hand B．pocket C．bottle D．glass
A．won B．lost C．forgot D．failed
A．sad B．angry C．happy D．worried
A．place B．seat C．table D．chair
A．both B．all C．neither D．none
A．house B．car C．office D．pigstye
A．dress B．drink C．eat D．sleep
A．answer B．clothes C．knowledge D．face
A．much B．some C．any D．no
Mr Ball is a teacher. He biology in a middle school in the town. He’s and gets unmarried. So he lives with his mother. Something is wrong with her and he has to talk to her or she can’t hear him. The old woman often felt when he was at school, so he bought a dog for her.
Once his dog had some .One of them was very beautiful and he it very much. The animal was too young to eat itself. Mr Ball had to it during his holiday. A new term began and he had to most time at school. He was afraid his mother would to give it some food in time, he began to train the little dog to bark（吠）when it felt so that his mother could it and gave some food to it. He told his workmates about his experiment in his office and he was sure he would be .
Several months passed and one of his workmates asked him the result.
“I don’t think I’ve .” said Mr Ball. “My experiment has obtained（得出）a surprising result: It doesn’t eat anything I don’t bark”
A．studies B．learns C．teaches D．practises
A．strong B．young C．healthy D．old
A．hands B．arms C．eyes D．ears
A．loudly B．slowly C．carefully D．clearly
A．sad B．lonely C．exciting D．happy
A．babies B．sisters C．brothers D．playmates
A．hated B．believed C．thanked D．liked
A．look for B．look like C．look after D．look at
A．use B．pay C．spend D．take
A．remember B．forget C．hope D．try
A．hungry B．thirsty C．terrible D．sick
A．find B．touch C．listen to D．hear
A．strange B．common C．successful D．wise
A．failed B．explained C．when D．after
It was Molly’s job to hand her father his paper lunch bag each morning before he went to work. One morning, beside his usual lunch bag, Molly ____ him a second paper bag. This one didn’t look so good. It was ____ and was held together with tape胶带.
Her father kissed Molly and started off to work with the ____ bags.
On his lunch break, while he was eating, he looked ____ the second old bag: two small dolls, three small stones and some coins. The busy father smiled, finished eating and ____ away the bags, dolls and stones.
That __6__ when they were having supper, Molly asked, “ Where’s my bag, Daddy？”
“What bag？”“The one I gave ____ this morning.”“I left it at the office. ____？”
“I forget to put this note in it，” she said. “Those are the ____I really love. I thought you might like to ____with them. You didn’t lose the bag, did you, Daddy？
“Oh, no，” he said, lying. “I ____ forgot to bring it home. I’ll bring it tomorrow.”
When Molly put her arms around her father’s neck, he opened the ____ that read: “I love you, Daddy.”Molly had given him her treasures, ____ he had thrown them into the trash can. So when he went back to the ____， he went straight to the trash can and ____ all of Molly’s things. He put the treasures inside the bag and carried it home.
A．handed B．asked C．helped D．bought
A．nice B．old C．empty D．expensive
A．two B．three C．four D．five
A．for B．after C．into D．around
A．gave B．put C．ran D．threw
A．morning B．noon C．evening D．midnight
A．you B．him C．her D．them
A．Who B．When C．Where D．Why
A．foods B．places C．people D．collections
A．study B．play C．deal D．fight
A．even B．just C．still D．hardly
A．card B．letter C．note D．book
A．so B．or C．but D．and
A．shop B．office C．bedroom D．school
A．turned up B．used up C．gave up D．picked up
Sophia Wu,25,is a young Chinese woman who lives with her family in Chile. On February 27,2010, shea night that she would never forget.
“I was asleep and was woken up a strong shaking（震动）at around 3:30 in the morning. My whole was shaking and I couldn't stand still（静止）. I wanted to run down the stairs to go outside but suddenly the light in the room went out. I couldn'tat all.
That night an 8.8-magnitude earthquake happened in Chile. Buildings and bridges fell into pieces. Electricity and water seruices were . The Chilean Red Cross reported that about 500,000 homes were and more than 800 people died.
The earthquake has been the fith since 1900. More than 90 aftershocks（余震）followed the earthquake.
say that there are about 500,000 earthquakes in the world each year. Of these, only 100,000 are felt, and 100 of them cause clamage.
Earthquakes happenthe movement of huge rocks that make up the earth. So far, scientists haven't found a way to predict（预测） earthquakes. But you can learn to keep yourself during an earthquake.A.enjoyedB.experiencedC.missed
A.byB.forC.at
A.bedB.roomC.floor
A.bedB.roomC.floor
A.cut offB.turned offC.used up
A.burnedB.destroyedC.built
A.smallestB.worstC.strongest
A.ScientistsB.Workers C.Drivers
A.in stead ofB.because ofC.in order to
A.protectB. helpC. hide