When I was about six years old, my brother David and I visited our aunt, Mary. We stayed in her house for a night. David was only 4 years old, and was still of the dark., so Mary left the hall light on when we slept.
However, David the grey moths(蛾) flying around the hall light. He asked Mary to make the moths go away. When she asked , she simply said, “Because they are ugly and scary, I don’t like them.” Mary laughed and said, “Being ugly outside doesn’t not being beautiful inside. In fact, moths are one of the most beautiful animals in the animal world.
“Once, the angels (天使) were . They were sad because it was raining heavily. The little moths hated to see others so sad. They decided to make a rainbow(彩虹) to cheer up the angels. They thought if the butterflies(蝴蝶) , they could make a beautiful rainbow together.
“Then one of the moths went to ask the butterflies for help. But the butterflies didn’t want to any of their colors, so the moths decided to make a rainbow themselves. They beat their wings very hard and the colors on them made a rainbow. They kept giving a little more and a little more the rainbow went across the sky. They had given away all their colors except grey, which didn’t match the beautiful rainbow.
“Then the once-colorful moths became . The angles saw the rainbow and smiled…” My brother went to sleep with that story and hasn’t feared months since then.
A．afraid B．sure C．proud D．happy
A．liked B．hated C．let D．killed
A．how B．what C．when D．why
A．mean B．make C．know D．hope
A．laughing B．playing C．crying D．talking
A．kind B．angry C．ugly D．sad
A．refused B．advised C．helped D．left
A．give up B．pick up C．turn up D．look up
A．unless B．until C．after D．since
A．red B．yellow C．green D．grey
Mrs. Ball had a son. His name was Mick. She 26 him very much and as（因为）he was not a 27 child, she was always afraid that he might 28 ill. 29 she usually took him to see the best 30 in the town four times a year and asked the doctor to look 31 the son.
During one of these 32 , the doctor gave Mick all kinds of tests(检查) and then said to him, “Do you have any trouble with your nose or ears ?” Mick 33 for a second and then answered, “Yes, I 34 _.”
Mrs. Ball was very 35 . “But I’m sure you have 36 told me that, Mick!” she said worriedly. “Oh, really?” said the doctor 37 . “And what trouble do you have 38 your nose and ears, my boy?” “Well,” answered Mick. “I always have trouble with them when I’m 39 my sweater off, 40 the collar (领子) is very tight (紧的).”
A．loved B．hated C．missed D．cared
A．rich B．clever C．strong D．happy
A．is B．are C．be D．were
A．Which B．Of C．But D．So
A．player B．teacher C．doctor D．1awyer
A．after B．over C．for D．at
A．talkers B．times C．visitors D．stays
A．waited B．thought C．stood D．looked
A．did B．do C．does D．doing
A．excited B．interested C．pleased D．surprised
A．already B．just C．never D．always
A．angrily B．seriously C．happily D．hardly
A．for B．at C．of D．with
A．turning B．taking C．keeping D．putting
A．because B．but C．although D．till
In America and Canada, people also have___16__festival. It is____17___ Thanksgiving Day. It is ____18____the fourth Thursday of November.On that day,families get together and eat a big____19____.They have a lot of___ 20____for dinner.They usually eat turkeys. A turkey ____21____a chicken, ___22____ it is much bigger____23____a chicken.In America and Canada, many people say ____24___for the ____25____. .
A．a spring B．a summer C．an autumn D．a winter
A．call B．calling C．called D．calls
A．in B．on C．at D．for
A．dinner B．supper C．lunch D．breakfast
A．food B．meat C．bread D．cakes
A．is B．likes C．like D．looks like
A．and B．but C．then D．for
A．like B．as C．than D．near
A．my God B．thank you C．goodbye D．Yeah
The little boy entered the house, unhappy. His mother was 31 cakes in the kitchen. She smiled as she 32 but stopped when she saw his face. “Tyler, 33 happened? Is everything okay?”
“Nothing is okay, mom.” said the boy, “Today, in our science lesson, Mrs. Green was talking about the 34 .She said that the whole world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are dying. She wants us to think of something we can do to help. I thought all the way, but there is 35 I can do to make a difference.”
“Let me tell you 36 .” the mother said after thinking for a while. “One morning a man was walking down a beach, there he saw thousands of dying starfish covering the beach, they were pushed up by the 37 , and it was too far up for them to make their way back by 38 . The man shook his head as he walked along, ‘What a pity! So many starfish will die on the beach.’ The man felt very sorry 39 those starfish. He went on walking and just at that time he was 40 to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as 41 as he could, ‘how silly you are! My 42 ,’ the man said, ‘There are so many starfish, can you throw all of them back?’ The boy didn’t stop but kept throwing, ‘ 43 I can’t help them all .I can make a difference to this one, and this one, and this one, and this one.”
“Thinking for a moment, the man 44 to help return the starfish to their home. He smiled and said to himself, ‘Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the 45 person.
A．drinking B．making C．selling D．washing
A．turned around B．turned down C．turned on D．turned off
A．what B．when C．where D．why
A．air B．land C．water D．environment
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
A．a lie B．a joke C．a story D．a truth
A．wind B．rain C．waves D．sands
A．himself B．itself C．ourselves D．themselves
A．afraid B．surprised C．sad D．angry
A．slow B．fast C．soon D．high
A．father B．mother C．son D．daughter
A．Or B．So C．Because D．Though
A．began B．continued C．forgot D．waited
Dear Mom and Dad,
I will go to Alice’s home with her after school, and I will have supper and sleep there. Don’t 1about me. You know that Alice is one of my best friends. If you want to talk with me, you can call 68610598 after 6:00 pm.
Please forgive me for not telling you first. I don’t think you will 2me to do so if I tell you first. 3I think teenagers should be allowed to stay at their friends’ houses sometimes. I am sixteen years old and I’m not a little kid any more. I hope I can make decisions for 4.
At home, there are too many 5for me to obey(遵守): Don’t stay out so late; don’t have meals before 6hands; don’t watch TV without finishing homework, etc. Parents should be 7teenagers, but we need freedom, too.
I don’t like doing my homework 8at home. I’d love to study withAlice. We can learn a lot from each other. 9please allow me to stay at Alice’s house once a week. If you 10, Alice can stay at our house with me, too.
Yours,Lillian
( ) 1. A. care B. hear C. talkD. worry
( ) 2. A. let B. take C. allow D. teach
( ) 3. A. Unless B. OrC. But D. Even though
( ) 4. A. himself B. herselfC. yourself D. myself
( ) 5. A. idea B. opinion C. things D. rules
( ) 6. A. giving B. washing C. puttingD. holding
( ) 7. A. afraid ofB. interested inC. strict withD. angry with
( ) 8. A. along B. alone C. lonely D. own
( ) 9. A.Or B. Although C. So D. Because
( ) 10. A. worry B. think C. agree D. make
I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can vaguely(模糊地) 1 the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. It would be wonderful to see things again, 2 a disaster can do strange things to people. It happened to me the other day that I might not have come to love 3 as I do if I hadn’t been blind. I believe in life now. I am not sure that I would believe in it so 4 . I don’t mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I 5 mean that the loss of 6 made me enjoy more of 7 I have now.
Life asks us to keep making 8 to reality. If a person is able to get ready for anything changeable his world will 9 more meaningful. I became blind, but I was 10 . My parents and my teachers saw 11 in me－a potential(潜力) to live, you might call it－which I didn’t see, and they make me fight it out with blindness.
The hardest 12 I had to learn was to believe in myself. That was what I had to do at least. If I hadn’t been able to do that, I would become a chair rocker for the 13 of my life. When I say I believe in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self-confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase 14 . That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that: A belief that I could deal with anything alone; that somewhere in the 15 there is a special place where I can make myself fit.
1. A. imagine B. find C. remember D. guess
2. A. but B. though C. so D. because
3. A. myself B. life C. eyes D. blindness
4. A. that B. therefore C. happily D. deeply
5. A. seldom B. just C. hardly D. always
6. A. them B. it C. blindness D. light
7. A. that B. what C. which D. where
8. A. moments B. encouragements C. improvements D. changes
9. A. become B. change C. look D. end
10. A. brave B. lucky C. sad D. wise
11. A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything
12. A. problem B. experience C. difficulty D. lesson
13. A. rest B. whole C. need D. last
14. A. lonely B. alone C. self D. person
15. A. company B. group C. society (社会) D. family