My sister and I were flying from our home in Kansas to a summer camp in Minnesota. Our plane had a two-hour at the airport in Omaha, where I saw a toy airplane that I really . I had $10 and I had no idea what I needed to at camp, but I spent $8 on the airplane anyway.
When we reached the camp, I discovered that there were no showers! , we bathed in a lake every night. I needed to buy soap. Because the regular soap I brought had chemicals that could the fish. The special soap cost $4 at the camp store. After buying the plane, I had $2 left, so I couldn’t buy the soap.
After a few days, I was a . Sally, our camp teacher, asked me if I needed some soap. When I her that I had spent my soap money on a toy airplane, she laughed and said, “You need to budget.” She then explained that a budget was a(n) for spending money to help make sure you save enough for things you — like soap — before you buy fun things — like . Sally gave me her extra soap, which I took.
When I returned home from , I decided to make my budget. Every week I spent time writing down everything I bought, and some weeks, I would have more in my “Money In” account I did odd jobs (零活) around the house.
Budgeting was , especially when my friends bought soda at the store after school and I couldn’t because I had spent all my “Want to Spend” money. But I with it, and by the next summer, I had enough money to buy a Paula Pilot doll at Omaha Airport, as well as at the camp store to Sally!
A．rest B．trip C．flight D．stop
A．made B．wanted C．left D．remembered
A．learn B．bring C．buy D．do
A．Besides B．However C．Instead D．Anyhow
A．special B．common C．small D．expensive
A．catch B．raise C．hurt D．control
A．hero B．mess C．star D．failure
A．warned B．told C．suggested D．reminded
A．plan B．idea C．example D．promise
A．lose B．gather C．need D．hate
A．chemicals B．clothes C．bills D．toys
A．fortunately B．cautiously C．unhappily D．gratefully
A．school B．airport C．camp D．hospital
A．daily B．weekly C．monthly D．yearly
A．so B．and C．because D．until
A．hard B．boring C．safe D．fresh
A．dealt B．began C．agreed D．stuck
A．received B．saved C．earned D．borrowed
A．fish B．water C．soap D．soda
A．apologize for B．call on C．care for D．pay back
When I was in the ninth grade, my parents started fighting. I could hear them at each other at night. It always seemed like they were fighting about me. I started to and couldn’t fall asleep. Some nights I didn’t feel like I at all.My grades really started to too. It was hard to pay attention during class because I felt so all the time.
My mom had to take me to see a therapist (治疗专家). On the way, I to worry even more. What would my friends me if they knew I was going to see a therapist? What if the therapist couldn’t me? It was not that . My therapist asked me a lot of questions and then we talked about how my life might if I was able to get more sleep. I understood how the future could be better, I felt really to try new things. At the end of the session, I was sent home with a piece of paper called a sleep diary. When I woke up each morning, I had to answer all these questions about my sleep.
, she gave me homework related to my sleep. I wasn’t to text or be on my computer after 8 pm. If I couldn’t fall asleep after about ten minutes, she wanted me to get up and do something in another room that would help me to and feel sleepy.
During the therapy sessions, she was a cheerleader for my life and kept out all the things I was doing right. With her help, it was so much easier to notice the things that were happening all around me.
After about two months of seeing my therapist, I was sleeping at least eight hours a night, sometimes even nine! I felt happier. I could . My grades got better. Basically, I felt like myself! It was so much better to admit that something was and to do something to fix it just watch my whole life get worse and worse.
A．laughing B．shooting C．knocking D．screaming
A．doubt B．protest C．worry D．quarrel
A．dreamed B．ate C．spoke D．slept
A．reduce B．drop C．change D．influence
A．tired B．bored C．upset D．shy
A．refused B．started C．ended D．happened
A．agree with B．worry about C．get on with D．think about
A．teach B．answer C．fix D．recognize
A．helpful B．awful C．interesting D．practical
A．adjust B．develop C．benefit D．improve
A．Once B．Unless C．Though D．If
A．nervous B．excited C．surprised D．calm
A．Therefore B．However C．Besides D．Instead
A．persuaded B．reminded C．asked D．allowed
A．study B．respond C．relax D．recover
A．pointing B．trying C．leaving D．picking
A．tiny B．positive C．exciting D．important
A．forgive B．appreciate C．concentrate D．understand
A．realistic B．significant（有意义的） C．acceptable D．wrong
A．instead of B．rather than C．as well as D．other than
I teach a bilingual kindergarten class. One Monday I noticed that two of my students, Juan and Cynthia, had a shared on Friday of that week. I told both their moms that they could bring in to celebrate their children’s birthdays.
I wondered whether either wanted to bring in a birthday treat for the kids. On Thursday, I asked Juan and Cynthia about it, but they didn’t know anything about their parents’ plans. Both children, however, were very about having a birthday party the next day in class. As I was tired after work, I decided to it until the next day.
The next morning my first thought was: What should I do about the cake? It would be terrible if there was nothing for the kids to at the party. The thought worried me as I approached (接近) the Mexican bakery on my drive to school.
The shop had four large pieces of cake for a dollar each. The only thing was I was on cash. I needed the five dollars in my purse to until payday. However, I decided the party was the most important.
After story time, I told the students that we are celebrating the double birthdays of Juan and Cynthia.I brought out the cake and lit the candles, and then we sang Happy Birthday. I cut each of the four pieces of cake into five little pieces. It was just , all 20 of my students had come to class that day.
At the end, they said thank you to me. As I watched them walk away, still , tears came to my eyes.
After talking with their parents, I learned that our simple celebration had been both Cynthia’s and Juan’s first birthday party. I had to the last couple of days of that month on the one dollar ---- but it was certainly worth it!
A．birthday B．interest C．room D．feeling
A．toys B．parents C．cakes D．friends
A．excited B．disappointed C．relaxed D．puzzled
A．try B．leave C．keep D．change
A．see B．say C．play D．eat
A．weak B．short C．hard D．out
A．save B．make C．last D．owe
A．half B．over C．all D．enough
A．smiling B．dreaming C．singing D．shouting
A．struggle B．occupy C．labor D．spare
Christopher Reeve made many successful films and TV shows but he is most famous for his Superman films. Unfortunately, disaster came in 1995. The doctors did not him to live.
However, he made amazing progress. He learnt to breathe on his own and started a new life with great j . Like many people suffered some terrible injury, Christopher Reeve was changed by that experience. He raised a lot of money to promote medical research into back injuries. He also made speeches about his experiences. It not only drew public attention, but also encouraged people living with all kinds of problems.
Reeve has never thought of . He got involved with charity work to improve the quality of life for all disabled people.
Christopher Reeve died on October 10, 2004, but people all over the world will always remember him as a real-life .
A．want B．wish C．expect D．encourage
A．energy B．courage C．effort D．decision
A．who B．whose C．which D．whom
A．giving in B．giving out C．giving up D．giving off
A．film star B．history maker C．player D．superhero
Do you know one bird whose name is crow(乌鸦)?Here is a story about one of them. There was once a lazy crow, who thought it was too much trouble to food. “Caw! Caw!” he said, “If someone brought me my food every day, I’d be very !”
One day, he saw a(n) pigeon flying by. “How happy and well-fed it looks,” the crow said to himself. So the crow the pigeon until they came to a . There were some other there too. Before long, an old man came along and brought them a large bag of food. When the man had gone, the crow flew over to the pigeons. “Caw!Caw!” said he. “Can I you?”
“No, you can’t!” the pigeons angrily. “We don’t know you.”
The crow went home feeling . But he suddenly had a(n) . “I’ll paint my grey,” he said, “and then the pigeons will I am one of them.” After he finished the painting, he flew off to the park and was by the pigeons. The crow was so hungry that he got very excited at the food. “Caw! Caw! Give lots to me!” he said loudly. , the pigeons found he was a crow. They flew after him and made him .
Sadly, the crow flew to his own forest. But when his old friends, the other crows saw him, they asked him to . They did not him because of his grey-painted feathers. So the crow felt than before. His own did not want him, the pigeons wouldn’t let him into their group.
“What looks easier isn’t always so,” the crow said to himself. “I wish I had never painted my feathers grey!”
A．pick out B．look for C．put away D．hand in
A．lovely B．healthy C．happy D．pretty
A．boring B．funny C．old D．fat
A．followed B．caught C．protected D．taught
A．square B．forest C．park D．house
A．men B．visitors C．pigeons D．crows
A．help B．join C．see D．believe
A．explained B．advised C．shouted D．continued
A．lucky B．asleep C．tired D．sad
A．idea B．choice C．change D．accident
A．head B．feathers C．feet D．legs
A．understand B．guess C．hope D．think
A．welcomed B．discovered C．noticed D．attacked
A．Strangely B．Finally C．Suddenly D．Interestingly
A．wait B．stop C．cry D．leave
A．go away B．give up C．set off D．hurry up
A．miss B．like C．know D．forget
A．colder B．worse C．busier D．stronger
A．brothers B．friends C．parents D．sisters
A．though B．but C．as D．and
Once there was a group of men — a young hot-blooded man and a big number of old folks, doing a timber (木料) job in a jungle.
This young man was very . He always continued to work through his break time and that those old folks were wasting time, having to several times a day to drink and chat. As time went by, this young man noticed that he worked through break time and hardly took a , those old folks were chopping the same of trees as he did and sometimes did more. It was as if they worked through the break time as he did. So he to work harder the next day. Unfortunately the were even worse.
One day, one of the old folks him for a drink during their break time. That young man and said that he had no time! Then the old man smiled and said, “It is just a waste of effort to chopping trees without re-sharpening your axe（斧子）.Sooner or later you will or be so tired as you have spent too much .”
Suddenly the young man that actually during break times while those old folks were having a chat, they were re-sharpening their axes at the same time! And that's how they could faster than him, yet spending less time!
What we is efficiency by making use of our skill and ability . Only then can we have more time to do other things. Otherwise we will always keep saying ... I have no !
A．weak B．clever C．hard-working D．good-looking
A．admired B．complained C．reminded D．predicted
A．plan B．appear C．work D．break
A．even though B．only if C．because D．unless
A．photo B．rest C．step D．bath
A．weight B．height C．amount D．price
A．failed B．pretended C．agreed D．decided
A．marks B．results C．effects D．conditions
A．invited B．blamed C．thanked D．forgave
A．begged B．argued C．nodded D．refused
A．wrong. B．valuable C．extra D．exact
A．mind B．avoid C．practice D．keep
A．speed up B．give up C．watch out D．turn out
A．energy B．money C．life D．skill
A．warned B．expected C．realized D．announced
A．also B．hardly C．seldom D．never
A．talk B．chop C．walk D．climb
A．abandon B．introduce C．need D．teach
A．quickly B．curiously C．seriously D．intelligently
A．time B．tool C．job D．patience