Hundreds of years ago in a small town, a moneylender lent a lot of money to a poor man. The moneylender , who was old and ugly, ____ the poor man’s beautiful daughter. So he came up with an idea. He said the poor man didn’t need to return the money to him ____ he could marry his daughter. Both the man and his daughter were_______.
The moneylender then told them that he would put a small ______ stone and a small white stone into an empty bag. The girl would have to ______ one. If she took the black stone , she would become the moneylender’s ______ and her father’s debt would be let go. If she picked the white stone, she didn’t need to marry him and her father’s debt would______ be let go. Her father would be put into prison if she refused to pick a stone.
As they talked, the moneylender picked up two stones. As he did that, the girl_____that he had put two black stones in the bag. He then asked the girl to pick her stone from the bag.
The girl thought for a while and then had an idea. She put her hand into the bag and took out a stone. ______ looking at it, she let it fall onto the path where it ______ became lost among all the other stones. “ Oh how______ I was！” She said, “But never ______. If you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to _______ which stone I picked.” This ______ tells: Sometimes we can think about things in a _______way. Most difficult problems do have an solution.
A．pleased B．attracted C．loved D．saw
A．if B．unless C．so D．but
A．bored B．frightened C．relaxed D．excited
A．pink B．red C．black D．yellow
A．show B．damage C．check D．choose
A．daughter B．cousin C．wife D．friend
A．again B．still C．never D．hardly
A．said B．feared C．thought D．noticed
A．On . B．About C．For D．Without
A．usually B．surprisingly C．immediately D．slowly
A．worried B．clever C．careless D．lucky
A．laugh B．mind C．cry D．complain
A．tell B．explain C．ask D．arrange
A．saying B．story C．news D．man
A．careful B．funny C．different D．normal
Jane’s mother worked on the farm from morning till dark, supporting the family. To make Jane live a happy life, Mother was very about spending money. However, Jane didn’t understand . Every day Mother was busy with her work while Jane was studying at school, so they had time to enjoy themselves.
One day, Mother realized Jane was unhappy and even unfriendly to her, so she decided to go with Jane to make Jane happy.
On Sunday morning they went happily to the snowfield. Since they were both in clothes, the manager advised them to buy ski clothes. He said there was an accident, they might be easily found in their ski clothes. Mother couldn’t them, so she refused.
Then they went skiing in their white clothes. They were skiing on the snowfield when suddenly the began to shake(震动). It was the snow slide(雪崩). They ran a long way and escaped the snow slide finally, but they couldn’t find their . Later, a helicopter was flying , but people on it couldn’t see or hear them. Jane was in danger because she had hurt her head seriously. Just then Mother an idea. At once she her hand and then bright red blood(血) dropped down on the snowfield. A red SOS was on the snow. Jane was saved, but Mother died.
Every time I think of the blood dropping onto the snowfield, I feel . I believe anyone who hears the tragedy(悲剧) will admire(钦佩) Mother for her selfless love to her daughter.
A．excited B．worried C．careful D．peaceful
A．me B．her C．him D．them
A．few B．much C．little D．enough
A．swimming B．shopping C．hiking D．skiing
A．red B．pink C．orange D．white
A．if B．that C．whether D．though
A．wear B．afford C．borrow D．spend
A．sadly B．angrily C．heavily D．happily
A．sky B．farm C．house D．snowfield
A．way B．clothes C．shoes D．manager
A．under B．below C．beside D．above
A．gave up B．wrote down C．came up with D．caught up with
A．pierced B．killed C．lifted D．raised
A．In fact B．Just now C．On time D．At last
A．angry B．surprised C．painful D．wonderful
When I was young，my father told me that little acts of kindness may give one great happiness. Since then I have always tried to help people in .
One hot summer afternoon, I was down the highway to New York when another car suddenly into my lane(车道). My car was in the far right lane，so it ran onto the roadside. As a(n) driver，I moved my car quickly and skillfully back onto the highway without causing any accident.
I was with that driver，but I thought that he just did not pay attention to the lane change, and he did not do that on purpose(故意).The car ran away after cutting me off. Very soon it disappeared from sight. After a while，I came around a curve(弯道) and found the car. The driver was walking along the roadside. He was an elderly man and looked . With no telephone nearby and the nearest services twenty miles away. I decided to and see what the problem was.
The man’s car had a flat tire(瘪胎). Although he had a spare tire，he had nothing to work with. I decided to him. I changed the tire for him and allowed him to sit in my air-conditioned
car while I did it. Fifteen minutes later，I the work. I was hot and tired，but I really felt after an act of kindness to the man who had earlier my car run off the road.
You can really enjoy great from kindness acts, so always lend your hands to others in trouble.
A．need B．school C．danger D．summer
A．walking B．riding C．running D．driving
A．fell B．floated C．came D．climbed
A．active B．experienced C．frightened D．energetic
A．unhappy B．satisfied C．familiar D．friendly
A．even B．certainly C．almost D．simply
A．quickly B．quietly C．politely D．carefully
A．new B．red C．same D．other
A．excited B．relaxed C．surprised D．worried
A．stay B．research C．stop D．hide
A．punish B．train C．help D．encourage
A．began B．finished C．took D．continued
A．good B．sorry C．angry D．shy
A．noticed B．made C．watched D．heard
A．friendship B．success C．excitement D．happiness
Hi, Jack! You ask me to go swimming next Sunday. Thanks a lot for __________ me. I’d like to go with you very much,
_________ I am sorry to say that I can’t go. I’m
__________ and I don’t have time that day. In the morning, I have to get up
________ to meet my aunt at the train
_________. She is coming to see my grandma. It will take me the
______ morning to wait at the station because I don’t know the arriving
_________of that train. And I have to study
________ the English test in the afternoon. There is another terrible thing in my family, my mother is
_______. So I have to look after
_______ at home. However, I can go with you next time. I hope you have a good time.
There is good news for the children in the countryside. We may still remember the girl big eyes. Her big eyes are us her dream: I wish to ! In China, there are still manygirls and boys her. They want to go to school, but theirfamiliesare too _. If the family has two or three children, it is harder to the money for all the children. So the parents often ask 7to stay at home, and boys to go to school.
Now they needn't the money. From 2006 on, children can go to school for free in some poor places.
They don't have to pay for books and other things. Some of them can even get money from the government to make their life . Soon, all the children in the countryside can go to school for free. All families are very happy with the news. It is great.
A．with B．on C．to D．in
A．saying B．telling C．speaking D．talking
A．go to work B．go to bed C．go to school D．go home
A．are B．look C．look like D．like
A．poor B．busy C．comfortable D．rich
A．pay B．take C．buy D．lend
A．teachers B．girls C．boys D．all the children
A．look up B．turn on C．worry about D．make sure
A．better B．shorter C．longer D．worse
A．not B．never C．hardly D．really
Mr. Brown is a very old man. Every morning he for a walk in the park. And he comes home at twelve thirty his lunch. But today a car at his house at twelve o’clock. Two policemen help him get out. One of them to Mr. Brown’s daughter, “ The old man can’t find his in the park. He asks us to take him home in the .”
The daughter thanks the and they leave. Then she asks her father, “Dad, you go to that every day. But today, you can’t find the way. What’s wrong with you?”
The old man smiles(微笑) like a child and , “I can find my way. I don’t want home, you know.”
A．go B．goes C．is going D．to go
A．for B．with C．at D．in
A．is stopping B．stopping C．stops D．stop
A．say B．says C．is saying D．saying
A．bus B．car C．bike D．way
A．car B．bus C．taxi D．plane
A．policeman B．policemen C．driver D．old man
A．way B．park C．bus D．car
A．say B．saying C．says D．to say
A．walk B．to walk C．walks D．walking