My friends and I had just finished lunch at a hotel when it started to pour heavily.
When it became lighter, I decided to brave the rain(冒雨) to get my , which was parked at my office three streets away.
My friends argued that I shouldn’t go, mainly I was seven months pregnant (怀孕的) then. I told them that I’d be very . One of them wanted to come with me but I insisted that she should stay with another friend who needed with her baby.
I walked out of the and started making my way to the car. At the traffic crossing，a car stopped and the passenger with an umbrella.
I knew what was happening, he walked right beside me and told me he’d send me to my destination(目的地). I was very embarrassed(尴尬的) and refused, he insisted on offering me his help.
During our walk, he kept telling me to walk slower, as the ground was . When we got to the car parking lot, I him and we parted(分手). I did not get his and may not even recognize(认识) him now. Did he purposely stop for me? I’ll never know.
So how did I pay it forward? I was at home when I two Indian construction(建筑) workers walking in the heavy rain. They were probably on their way to the construction sitenear my home, which was a long walk. I went out and them an umbrella. The two men were wet through. They were surprised by my action , and I told them they should the umbrella and keep it. They were very . And like me, probably wondered why a stranger was giving such kindness.
A．money B．bag C．car D．raincoat
A．because B．so C．unless D．if
A．active B．strong C．busy D．careful
A．courage B．water C．help D．food
A．hospital B．hotel C．office D．supermarket
A．got off B．got in C．picked up D．took off
A．Before B．Since C．When D．For
A．so B．but C．and D．as
A．wet B．empty C．dry D．hard
A．paid B．asked C．thanked D．left
A．office B．name C．money D．umbrella
A．heard B．left C．noticed D．sent
A．bought B．sold C．threw D．passed
A．take B．bring C．buy D．lend
A．foolish B．sad C．grateful D．cheerful
The people in the USA have three meals every day. Breakfast comes ______ about 8:00 in the morning. They usually ______ eggs, some chicken, bread, fruit juice and coffee. _____ is at 12:00. It’s a fast meal. And it is usually ______ one hour. Some working people take lunch with ______ to the workplace. And students take hamburgers, fruit and eggs with them or have lunch at ______ school. Dinner is a ______meal for Americans. It’s for about two ______. It’s from six to eight in the ______. For dinner, American people have some good ______ — rice, chicken, vegetables and salad. After dinner, they have coffee, tea or milk. And they usually eat some deserts.A. in B. onC. at
A. have B. see C. buy
A. BreakfastB. Lunch C. Dinner
A. forB. toC. at
A. theyB. youC. them
A. aB. theC. \
A. longB. bigC. small
A. hoursB. daysC. months
A. morningB. afternoonC. evening
A. timeB. foodC. money
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Mary loved small animals．One morning while she was walking in the forest，she found weak birds in the grass．She took them home and put them in a small cage．She cared them with love and the birds both grew ．They thanked her a wonderful song every morning．
But something happened one day．Mary left the door of the cage open．The larger bird flew from the cage．She thought that it would ．As it flew close，she grasped(紧抓)it．She was very excited to catch it．Suddenly she felt strange．She opened her hand and looked sadly at the bird．Her great love had killed the bird!
The other bird was moving back and forth(来回)in the cage．Mary could ____its great need for freedom(自由)．It wanted to fly into the clear and blue sky．At once，Mary took the bird the cage and let it fly away．The bird circled once，twice，three times…
Mary enjoyed watching the bird flying and singing ．Suddenly the bird flew and landed softly on her head．It sang the sweetest song that she had ever heard．
The easiest way to lose love is to hold it too tight．The best way to keep love is to it wings．
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Water is the _____ of all the things we eat and drink. Not many people understand this but ______ quite true. The human body can go without _____ for a long time. We’ve got many examples for this. Yet two _____ three days without water can usually make people ______. Man can’t live ______ water.
Many people don’t understand how _____ water the human body needs _____ work well, and many people, especially young people, do not drink enough, _____ in very hot weather. Our body has mostly water, about 65% to 75%. That is to
say about two thirds of our body is water. When we do sports, some of the water will get away from our body. ___ we don’t drink some water, we won’t have enough water. And if we don’t have enough water, we’ll feel tired and many of us will get ill. So you know how important water is to us.
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Now, most people have watches. As we know, Switzerland（瑞士） is famous for its watches. __ _ , the watch was not __ _ in this country. It was the British who did. Many years ago, an Englishman traveled to Italy and on his way he went ____a small town in Switzerland. This Englishman traveled in a carriage（马车） inside which there was a carriage watch. This was the __ kind of watch. A blacksmith’s（铁匠） assistant hoped to see the watch. He __ what it was. __ he asked the Englishman about it. “ It is a carriage watch,” said the Englishman. “ This machine can tell the ___ but now it isn’t working.”
At once the blacksmith’s assistant decided to try to __ it. So the traveler
handed him the watch. He was very __ So it was not surprising that he was__ in showing it right. He even remembered how it was made. As soon as the traveler had gone, he made a watch of exactly the same kind.
So the watch-making was started in Switzerland. Today Swiss watches are sold all over the world.
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The winter vacation is coming. How do you make your vacation from your school life? Here is some for you. Maybe it can help you learn while you have fun!
You can go to visit .There you can see a lot of interesting and valuable things, such as works of art or historical items. That will help you learn more history___ your country.
Reading in the ___ is also a good choice. You can find different kinds of books there. You can read lots of English storybooks. It is _____for your English learning.
Traveling with your ______is also exciting! Also, you can do many outdoor activities, such as climbing the mountain, going to the beach. But you should always tell your parents ___ doing any of these things.
It is a good idea to make a vacation book. You can write in the vacation book: what you want to do for your vacation and what you see during your vacation. You can also draw something you like most on your vacation to make it more interesting. When a new term begins, you can it with you to share your experience with your friends.
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