On a number of drives throughout my childhood, my mother would suddenly pull over the car to examine a flower by the side of the road or rescue a beetle from tragedy while I, in my late teens and early twenties, sat __________ in the car.
Though Mother’s Day _______ Earth Day, for me, they have always been _________ each other. My mom has been “green” since she became_________ the environment. Part of this habit was _________of thrift (节俭). Like her mother and her grandmother before her, mom _________her plastic bags.
Mom creates a kind of ________ relationship with wildlife in her yard. She knows to pick the apples on her trees a little early to _________ the bears and that if she leaves the bird feeders(给食器) out at night, it is _________that they will be knocked down by a family of raccoons (浣熊). Spiders that __________ their way into the house and are caught in juice glasses will be ________ in the garden.
I try to________ my children that looking out for the environment starts with being ________of the environment. On busy streets, we look for dandelions (蒲公英) to fly in the wind; we say hello to neighborhood cats and _________ plastic cups and paper bags. This teaching comes easily, I realize, because I was taught so well by __________. Mom didn’t need to lecture; she didn’t need to beat a drum to change the world. She simply slowed down enough to ________ living in it and with that joy came mercy and an instinct for protection.
I am slowing down and it isn’t __________the weight of my nearly forty years on the planet, it is out of my concern for the planet itself. I’ve begun to save glass jars and reuse packing envelopes. I pause in my daily tasks to ___________ the squirrels race each other in the trees above my house.
Last summer, in the _________of my son and daughter, I planted tomatoes in my yard. With the heat of August around me, I ate the first while sitting on my low wall with dirt on my hands. Warm from the sun, it burst on my tongue with a sweetness I immediately wanted to __________ with my mom.
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I was very shy when I was little. One day in class, my teacher asked me a . I didn’t know the answer to it. Then I said something that sounded very to my classmates. They all laughed. From that day on, I always to be quiet in class.
When I was thirteen years old, my family moved to a city, so I went to a new school. On the first day, my dad and I our house late. When I arrived at the school, the class had begun. I walked in and found the entire class was me. This frightened me. For the next couple of classes I just sat .
Mrs Smith, a kind-hearted teacher in my new class, noticed I was quiet. She decided to me. The next day in her class, she handed out a piece of to everyone. What I saw on the paper made my heart beat ; it was an activity where you had to people if they had or did any of those things listed on the paper. This meant that I had to talk to those strangers I wanted to finish it. At first, I just stood there not what to do, but then I thought, “What if I actually tried to to people? Then maybe I would make some at this school.” I encouraged myself and finally talking with other students. Sure enough, those “strangers” turned out to be really and helpful. They invited me to with them after class. These people are my friends today. We often hang out together.
If you’re just like I used to be, don’t be afraid to talk to others. They can be very nice and may become your friends.
A．suggestion B．favor C．secret D．question
A．boring B．strange C．funny D．fancy
A．wanted B．started C．chose D．dreamed
A．beautiful B．new C．good D．small
A．left B．came C．found D．rebuilt
A．looking at B．looking for C．laughing at D．shouting at
A．quietly B．nervously C．happily D．straight
A．forget B．attract C．surprise D．help
A．plastic B．paper C．cake D．rubber
A．better B．slower C．faster D．later
A．explain B．show C．tell D．ask
A．though B．if C．unless D．so
A．knowing B．thinking C．studying D．noticing
A．lie B．talk C．run D．walk
A．plans B．differences C．friends D．changes
A．finished B．enjoyed C．continued D．started
A．naughty B．brave C．nice D．clever
A．live B．play C．fight D．study
A．also B．never C．hardly D．still
A．shy B．calm C．active D．selfish
After finishing college, Taylor became a teacher in a middle school. His favorite subject was , because his hobby was traveling.
Taylor liked children, and was always ready to have a(n) with them, so they learned a lot from him at the same time having fun.
One September, at the beginning of the term, he was having his first in a new class. To , he decided to ask them some simple questions he could see how much they had already known. He found some of the students had that he enjoyed telling jokes, and they were ready to have some fun with him.
"Where is Turkey?" was the first question.
"Turkey? Sir," a boy answered, "you'll find it on the dinner table every December."
"Very , and it isn't a wrong answer," said Taylor with a smile, while the class laughter.
"Do you really know where it is?"
The boy , in fact, know. "Part of it is in Southeast Europe and part of it is in Asia, sir," he said.
"Good!" said Taylor. The next few students also had funny answers Taylor's questions.
Taylor knew that there was a girl in the class who was and always got the highest mark in the exams, so he turned to her and asked her, "What is the ?"
"It's an imaginary line drawn the earth that has an equal distance from the North Pole and from the South Pole, sir," the girl answered at once.
"Good!" Taylor said, "Very good." But he thought perhaps she had it by heart, so he asked her another question to whether he was right or not.
"Do you really know what that ?" he asked. "Could you, for example, tie a knot (结) in the equator?"
The class laughed, but she answered, "Yes, sir."
"Oh, really?" said Taylor, still with a smile.
"Yes, sir," the girl said, "as the equator is not a(n) line, you could tie an imaginary knot in it."
This time, Taylor happily in the students' loud laughter.
A．politics B．geography C．physics D．history
A．fight B．argue C．fun D．trip
A．while B．but C．with D．without
A．exam B．meeting C．speech D．lesson
A．calm down B．learn from C．start with D．end with
A．even though B．as if C．so that D．now that
A．seen B．heard C．considered D．recognized
A．Christmas B．Valentine's Day C．Children's Day D．Father's Day
A．silly B．right C．wrong D．funny
A．cried out B．burst into C．talked into D．shouted at
A．might B．could C．did D．had
A．for B．to C．of D．with
A．lucky B．silly C．clever D．open-minded
A．moon B．equator C．earth D．line
A．between B．from C．around D．through
A．held B．put C．kept D．learned
A．see B．realize C．know D．look
A．is B．means C．talks D．tells
A．imaginary B．real C．long D．fake
A．joined B．attended C．turned D．stayed
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In the fourth grade，I discovered my one true love—acting．It is not only fun，but it teamwork and empathy, things I think the world should have more of．
However, I never expected that acting would also teach me to !
In the first semester of my freshman year of high school，my school the play Frankenstein．It’s about a scientist named Victor Frankenstein who creates a monster, and the monster destroys the scientist’s life．
I got the lead female of Frankenstein’s girlfriend，Elizabeth．I had been in plays before，so I was very to the rehearsal(排练)process of memorizing lines and then a character with help from the director．But this play was different from one I had ever done before，because Frankenstein and Elizabeth had to kiss in the play a lot．The boy who Frankenstein was very cute，I must say．There was a(n) in which our characters shared“15kisses”． ，the director removed it．But there were still some kissing scenes．
Would we to kiss，or would we actually kiss? Our director having us kiss for real，and for the first few times，it was very ．My lips barely touched the boy’s．Many of the other actors and actresses laughed at us．
，one thing about stage kissing that you have to understand is that you are not being yourself. That goes for any ．After that experience，I feel like I can any role．It was a big event in my toward becoming a better actress．I feel more being onstage and showing my character’s personality to the ．And that is important for getting the message of a play across．
A．1earns B．teaches C．directs D．explains
A．kiss B．hug C．bow D．pray
A．prepared for B．carded out C．put on D．took up
A．when B．where C．whether D．how
A．star B．role C．maid D．keeper
A．used B．addicted C．related D．devoted
A．imagining B．convincing C．developing D．revising
A．each B．no C．some D．any
A．played B．served C．created D．replaced
A．space B．part C．area D．interval
A．Eventually B．Surprisingly C．Fortunately D．Regrettably
A．intend B．mean C．try D．pretend
A．applied to B．ended up C．objected to D．gave up
A．fierce B．romantic C．awkward D．pitiful
A．However B．Therefore C．Meanwhile D．Otherwise
A．behaving B．acting C．touching D．moving
A．change B．design C．handle D．assess
A．way B．journey C．tour D．trip
A．comfortable B．practical C．optimistic D．hopeful
A．readers B．actresses C．actors D．audiences
There are many brands of chocolate. If you love it, you can’t forget DOVE -- the most famous chocolate brand. But do you know what the meaning of DOVE is?
Dove chocolate is born because of . One day in 1919 Princess Bazaar of Luxembourg's royal family first met the royal kitchen helper Leon. Many nights Leon slipped into the kitchen and various ice creams for Bazaar. They soon fell in love. Unfortunately owing to their quite different social , both of them had to the deep feelings in heart.
Afterwards Bazaar was made to an arranged royal marriage against her wishes. For many days Leon could not see Bazaar, and he was burning with . Finally Bazaar turned up at the table a month later. While serving desserts, Leon the letters "DOVE" which is an abbreviation of DO YOU LOVE ME with hot chocolate on Bazaar's ice cream. Leon that Bazaar could understand his feeling.
A few days later, Bazaar got . Leon, broken-hearted, could not the mental suffering and left for America, where he and his own family a candy store years later but lived unhappily.
Many years later, they met again before Bazaar’s death. Bazaar that she did eat the ice cream that afternoon but didn't see the letters and also didn't receive any promise from Leon and she had to to her fate and missed him all her lifetime.
Hearing this, Leon broke down in tears. If that chocolate had been , those letters would never have melted and he would not have lost his last . Leon decided to create a solid chocolate which can a long time.
After lots of research, he succeeded and each piece of chocolate was engraved(刻) with the letters – DOVE. It is a of the love between Leon and Bazaar.
Now more and more people fall in love with this chocolate. Giving someone DOVE means sending the of love DO YOU LOVE ME?
A．anger B．sorrow C．love D．envy
A．served B．made C．drew D．heated
A．opinion B．view C．attitude D．status
A．discover B．forget C．bury D．struggle
A．know B．accept C．try D．practise
A．sympathy B．impatience C．joy D．humor
A．mixed B．sent C．wrote D．pressed
A．allowed B．promised C．declared D．expected
A．married B．sick C．bored D．changed
A．repeat B．bear C．reduce D．keep
A．supported B．found C．ran D．sold
A．learned B．recalled C．heard D．believed
A．annoying B．confusing C．interesting D．melting
A．give in B．give up C．give out D．give away
A．powerful B．liquid C．solid D．frozen
A．belief B．promise C．courage D．chance
A．eat B．preserve C．miss D．sell
A．quickly B．happily C．firmly D．lightly
A．symbol B．sign C．survey D．study
A．story B．secret C．rumor D．whisper
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
One day I was full of anxiety to do some for an important oral exam in the local library, but people kept me. I was getting annoyed and of course, I wasn’t able to . Suddenly I heard someone singing behind me. I and glared at the person who was singing. It was a tall girl about the same age as me.
The fact that she looked like a sensitive, friendly girl didn’t matter. If anything, it made me even angrier. “How could she be so selfish?” I thought .
I picked up my books, glared at her and whispered coldly, “Thanks to your , I’ve been unable to study. You’re so !”
I left the library in such a hurry that I left the most important textbook . when I got home two hours later, I found that textbook gone. I was so that I almost cried. Just then, the phone rang，a gentle voice the speaker as Jenny and asked if I was Jane. After that I was, she said that she had noticed I’d left my book in the library and as my was in it, she’d asked a librarian to get my phone number f. She said that she didn’t live far away and could bring it around for me if I needed it.
I sighed with and agreed to meet her at the convenience store down the road. Of course you’ve who Jenny was. She was the girl I had shouted at for singing in the library. When I recognized her in the convenience store, I was filled with and apologized for my ruled behavior. I felt so , but Jenny just laughed, saying she was glad to see that I’d also left my in the library! I couldn’t help laughing at this and I invited her back to my apartment for a quick cup of tea.
Ever since then we’ve been best friends and we got along really well. To be honest, I trust her more than any one else. I often think how I am. If Jenny hadn’t been a kind person who was willing to my shortcomings, I would have experienced such true friendship.
A．research B．revision C．work D．experiment
A．watching B．asking C．warning D．disturbing
A．speak B．improve C．concentrate D．follow
A．turned around B．turned down C．turned off D．turned over
A．sadly B．hopelessly C．angrily D．crazily
A．practice B．noise C．attitude D．existence
A．selfish B．active C．sensitive D．stupid
A．out B．around C．aside D．behind
A．nervous B．careless C．upset D．forgetful
A．introduced B．considered C．took D．remembered
A．deciding B．confirming C．realizing D．thinking
A．address B．class ` C．writing D．name
A．comfort B．relief C．confidence D．satisfaction
A．recognized B．found C．guessed D．heard
A．courage B．energy C．doubt D．shame
A．worried B．sorry C．terrible D．excited
A．glare B．expression C．virtue D．friendship
A．considerate B．pleased C．luck D．grateful
A．overcome B．share C．hide D．forgive
A．ever B．never C．seldom D．still