Run Away, Don't Delay
One night, my son was watching his big screen TV alone, and I decided to join him. He was watching a show____there were college students going to a gettogether in Washington DC, and____the thousands who gathered there to celebrate something. When they got there, they started becoming____in drinking, and doing drugs. I didn't want to watch it any more, so got up and went to bed.
About 330 a．m. I awoke, and lay there thinking about____， and a poem began forming in my mind, which began as, “____sin(something wrong)comes calling, or knocking at your door, run away, don't delay，____sin is like a magnet, and it will pull you down, run away, do not____.” As I lay there, there was music which____it, and I knew that there was no way I would remember it by____， so I got up and sat at the table, trying to____both the words and the music which came to me at the time.____the pattern was set, and I had the notes written down in my notebook, the____of the poem came to me as well.
When it got____I decided to sit down at the piano and began trying to play it. My family came into the sitting room and I told them about the song, and wanted to____it with them. They all liked it, and____several times that day, I sang it again, and played it again, trying to fix it in my____.
Later, I wanted to put the song on paper____just the little dots in my notebook indicating how high and how____to go. Not knowing how to do that, I____the song, and then sent it to my sister, Jennie, who had written many songs using her own poetry and music, and soon, here came the music and words all done up____. I was so glad.
A．that B．which C．in which D．for which
A．joining B．watching C．reporting D．encouraging
A．satisfied B．involved C．excited D．embarrassed
A．the tragedy B．the accident C．the mistake D．the program
A．Whenever B．However C．Wherever D．Whoever
A．for B．with C．thus D．otherwise
A．see B．stay C．care D．take
A．caught up with B．got on well with C．took part in D．came along with
A．now B．heart C．night D．morning
A．turn off B．write to C．put down D．look back
A．Since B．Once C．Before D．Because
A．style B．other C．rest D．part
A．light B．sunny C．well D．perfect
A．learn B．check C．share D．write
A．so B．such C．very D．too
A．dream B．heart C．life D．family
A．but for B．instead of C．other than D．as if
A．big B．far C．low D．sweet
A．recorded B．sang C．played D．printed
A．kindly B．carefully C．friendly D．nicely
The 100th Running Shoe Keychain
When I was in Grade 6, I joined the cross country running club. I hated running but______ because my friends were in the club. I worked hard but no matter how hard I trained, I ______ came in the last. After yet another meet where I came in last, I told my coach that I was going to ______. I couldn’t run. I hated running and all I was doing was pulling the ______ down. I don’t remember his words, but I do remember he ______to let me quit. I remember feeling that he believed in me even though I didn’t believe in myself. I kept ______and participating in the meets. He never gave up on me. Instead, he always encouraged me to keep going, and told me that I could do it.
Then the final meet came, a huge ______ with less than two hundred students running. We learned that not only the first 20 students ______ the line would win an award, but also the first 100 would be given a running shoe keychain as encouragement. We set off and I quickly______behind. I didn’t stop and kept running. My friends who_____me encouraged me to keep running. When I passed the_____, finally, and received the 100th keychain, there were still students behind me. For the first time, I was not the_____one! I remember how excited I felt and how my friends felt happy for me.
The following week there was a school gathering. We were all called up in front of the school. The coach shared that we were high_____at the meet, and almost everyone on the team came home with_____. I felt ashamed, for I was the one who didn’t win an award. I only came in the 100th place and didn’t______ his praise. Then he came behind me, put his hands on my shoulders and told the school he was _____of me because I never gave up and because of that, I pulled from last ______to the middle of the race--which was an unbelievable personal ______. He spoke on how we all ______one another and how well we worked together, ______we all were racing alone.
I still keep that keychain, which tells me never to give up and always work with others. It doesn’t matter if you are the first; what matters is doing your best.
A．obeyed B．joined C．agreed D．practised
A．constantly B．approximately C．personally D．absolutely
A．fall B．lose C．rest D．quit
A．score B．coach C．team D．record
A．regretted B．forbade C．refused D．hesitated
A．begging B．applying C．failing D．training
A．affair B．success C．amount D．honour
A．to B．beyond C．over D．across
A．followed B．fell C．left D．kept
A．helped B．inspired C．passed D．supported
A．field B．line C．test D．match
A．least B．last C．quickest D．farthest
A．spots B．speeds C．quality D．chance
A．presents B．keychains C．wishes D．awards
A．believe B．value C．deserve D．request
A．aware B．proud C．capable D．sure
A．place B．number C．race D．minute
A．matter B．ambition C．victory D．opinion
A．encouraged B．introduced C．proved D．attracted
A．as if B．in case C．as long as D．even though
Everybody has a choice .I believe that I always have a choice. No matter what I'm doing and what is happening to me. I used to write my books, typing on a keyboard, ____now I can no longer _____ my hand. Today I am sitting at my computer, speaking these words through a microphone. In 2008, I was diagnosed with ALS, a(n) _ ____ disease, which would weaken and finally ______every important muscle in my body. That is to say, I will be _____ unable to move, to speak, and finally, to______. Only largely depending upon others could I live. I was lost and felt everything around me become dull.
I was ____ to give up writing completely and remained _ __ all day long. In the ____, some of my friends and ralatives came to ____ me. However, It wasn’t long _ ____I became lonely again, wondering the meaning of life. Sometimes I came up with the _____ that I’d better end my life because I couldn’t ____ the complex(复杂的) expressions on my family’s faces. I became depressed, doubtful and _____. Then one day as I was wheeling myself along a nearby street, I found an old guy in dirty clothes with no legs ___ in the street. I was shocked and woke up at once. I was more ____ than him. I have thousands of ____ to live on. When he came to me begging, I was so inspired and offered all that was in my purse. From then on I _____ to go through the process of learning to use voice recognition software. Old woman ____I was, I wrote more now than ever.
Every day now I have a ____ on not only whether I will live, but how I will live. I can choose to see it as an invitation—an opportunity to learn who I really am.
A．and B．so C．but D．until
A．lift B．control C．remove D．wash
A．curable B．unknown C．common D．terrible
A．destroy B．rebuild C．cancel D．remove
A．hardly B．actually C．gradually D．totally
A．communicate B．behave C．breathe D．die
A．determined B．forced C．encouraged D．advised
A．positive B．disabled C．dependent D．silent
A．beginning B．end C．evening D．hospital
A．guide B．admire C．entertain D．comfort
A．since B．when C．until D．before
A．opinion B．idea C．imagination D．choice
A．understand B．guess C．forgive D．bear
A．hopeless B．adventurous C．disabled D．impolite
A．sleeping B．begging C．singing D．dancing
A．unlucky B．miserable C．confident D．fortunate
A．chances B．excuses C．reasons D．purposes
A．managed B．continued C．intended D．stopped
A．but B．though C．even if D．that
A．way B．method C．thought D．choice
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Many of my friends meet on Wednesday in the early morning to go to a specific parking lot sale. We it because we can put whatever fits into the shopping bag just $1.
One day as we finished, paid our dollars, and stayed to talk a bit, we noticed the that remained was being thrown into their dustbin. We asked , and they said they had no room for the extra clothes and it would up very quickly. I asked them why they had not in touch with places like churches and for women and children. They said they several times in the past and they only came two or three times and as they had to be there at a specific time in the right after the parking lot sale. After coming a few times, most of these organizations quit.
As we are here all the time, we to take the remainder of what was left. They ! So we loaded our two cars full and drove it to our city. We have done this every now for two years! We held yard sales and flea markets for whoever clothing. We opened up a clothing closet called Gifts Of Grace a storage facility donated two units to us.
Now we have a real building and advertise clothing for anyone who has the need. We have served hundreds of in the tight economy so far with the clothing they were just going to . Now our community is better because of it and our lives are blessed. Their lives are made a bit to have this opportunity to find nice clothing for not any penny.
We volunteer and run it about two or three days a . One person’s trash is always another person’s treasure!
A．hate B．love C．dislike D．admire
A．for B．at C．with D．by
A．vegetables B．furniture C．food D．clothing
A．how B．what C．why D．where
A．take B．stand C．pile D．pick
A．kept B．got C．stayed D．been
A．shelters B．schools C．hospitals D．villages
A．did B．visited C．wrote D．called
A．paused B．left C．continued D．stopped
A．night B．evening C．afternoon D．morning
A．pretended B．Helped C．Offered D．promised
A．refused B．agreed C．hesitated D．admitted
A．Tuesday B．Wednesday C．Thursday D．Sunday
A．sold B．bought C．needed D．donated
A．until B．before C．while D．when
A．free B．cheap C．expensive D．new
A．families B．churches C．stores D．buildings
A．take away B．wash away C．throw away D．put away
A．harder B．easier C．tougher D．simpler
A．century B．year C．month D．week
When I first entered university, my aunt, who is an English professor, gave me s new English dictionary. I was _____to see that it was an English-English dictionary, also known as a monolingual dictionary.____it was a dictionary intended for non-native learners, none of my classmates had one ____, to be honest, I found it extremely ___ to use at first. I would look up words in the dictionary and ___ not fully understand the meanings. I was used to the ____ bilingual dictionaries, in which the words are ___ both in English and Chinese. I really wondered why my aunt ___ to make things so difficult for me. Now, after studying English at university for three years, I ___ that monolingual dictionaries are ___ in learning a foreign language
As I found out, there is ___, often no perfect equivalence(对应) between two ____ in two language. My aunt even goes so far as to _____ that a Chinese “equivalent” can never give you the _____ meaning of a word in English! ____ , she insisted that I read the definition(定义) of a world in a monolingual dictionary _____ I wanted to get a better understanding of its meaning. ______, I have come to see what she meant.
Using a monolingual dictionary for learners has helped me in another important way. This dictionary uses a(n) ____ number of words, around 2, 000, in its definitions. When I read these definitions, I am ____ exposed to（接触）the basic words and learn how they are used to explain objects and ideas. ____ this, I can express myself more easily in English.
A．sad B．surprised C．worried D．nervous
A．Because B．If C．Unless D．Although
A．and B．so C．or D．but
A．interesting B．difficult C．ambitious D．practical
A．thus B．even C．again D．still
A．new B．familiar C．earlier D．ordinary
A．described B．expressed C．explained D．created
A．decided B．agreed C．offered D．happened
A．imagine B．recommend C．predict D．understand
A．natural B．easier C．better D．convenient
A．at best B．in fact C．at times D．in case
A．ideas B．names C．words D．characters
A．declare B．hope C．doubt D．tell
A．basic B．exact C．translated D．expected
A．Rather B．However C．Therefore D．Instead
A．while B．before C．until D．when
A．Gradually B．Generally C．Largely D．Probably
A．extra B．average C．total D．limited
A．nearly B．repeatedly C．immediately D．anxiously
A．According to B．In relation to C．In addition to D．Because of
An ordinary teacher named Pan Shanji has moved China by devoting the past 34 years as an educator who has been his knowledge to children with few other for schooling. Pan Shanji has about 200 students over his 34-year teaching , and although not one of them it to college, he is very proud of all of them. "My students are the first group of people from three local villages who have dared to leave the mountains to look for jobs," Pan, 53, says .
Pan, a member of the Mulam ethnic group(么佬族), is the only teacher for 12 students from 6 to 9 years old in the mountainous Dayandong village of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. He teaches many subjects, Chinese, math, sports, painting and music.
As far as the three villages are concerned, they are the most in Guzhai town. In the 1940s, their ancestors to the mountains to avoid the Japanese invasion(侵略) and there. The average annual income per family is less than 1,000 yuan ($159). They plant some crops on the farmland in valleys and a self-sufficient life.
Pan is the first high school in Dayandong village, which makes him feel for helping the illiterate villagers.
"I have four younger sisters who their only chance of schooling for me. My father lost his chance to the army because of illiteracy(文盲) in the 1950s. In the early 1970s, when he worked as a temporary worker at a local railway construction site, he often cried at night , because he missed home but could not home for three years and he was too shy to ask for help. So I tried my best at school and realized that writing is for us."
Pan told the media that he will stay in the village and do he can to help the children because they are the future of the village.
A． passing on B．deciding on C．fixing on D．relying on
A．opportunities B．equipment C．patterns D．technique
A．discussed B．taught C．learned D．chatted
A．project B．choice C．work D．career
A．took B．appreciated C．made D．managed
A．proudly B．sharply C．slowly D．sadly
A．choosing B．seeking C．ranging D．growing
A．appointing B．including C．consisting D．attracting
A．clean B．fancy C．remote D．quiet
A．led B．hid C．fled D．forced
A．slid B．settled C．improved D．constructed
A．earn B．act C．perform D．live
A．graduate B．driver C．coach D．director
A．generous B．responsible C．professional D．funny
A．gave off B．gave out C．gave up D．gave in
A．attend B．join C．fight D．devote
A．firmly B．happily C．surprisingly D．silently
A．write B．support C．visit D．raise
A．essential B．creative C．typical D．careful
A．wherever B．whatever C．whenever D．whichever