Once there lived two brothers. The elder was called Simon and the younger Victor. They _______ each other very much, and always took care of one another. Every day they worked from morning ______ night, getting as much gain谷物 as possible from their fields.
One late autumn evening, after their work in the ______ was done, Simon said to his wife, “ Victor got married last month. He has many bills账单 to pay. I think I will put a bag of rice in his barn谷仓.” “ Oh, that’s a good idea, ” said his wife. “But please don’t tell him, ” said Simon, “If he knows I put the rice there, he will ________ take it.”
So, late that night Simon took a bag of rice to Victor’s barn. The next day, when he looked at his own barn, he found _________ strange. “I took a bag of rice to Victor’s house last night, ______ I still have the same number of bags in my barn. _______ did that happen?”
Simon decided to take another bag of rice to his brother’s barn that night. But the next morning, he found the _______ number of bags in his barn again! “ This is very strange,” he thought.
That night he______ again. He carried a large bag of rice on his shoulder肩膀, and walked down the road to his younger brother’s house. In the bright moonlight, he could see another ______ coming down the road. He was carrying something on his _______ too.
“Young Brother!” Simon cried, “What are you doing?”
“I was ______ you, Older Brother,” said Victor, “Your family is ________ than mine. I thought you needed more rice.” The two brothers quickly _______ that they had been taking rice to each other. They ________ what they had done. “ It is good to have a brother like you,” they both said. And they lived happily ever after.
A.disliked B.hated C.loved D.enjoyed
A.until B.at C.through D.with
A.shops B.fields C.hospitals D.factories
A.never B.sometimes C.usually D.ever
A.everything B.anything C.nothing D.something
A.so B.and C.but D.or
A.How B.What C.Why D.Where
A.small B.different C.huge D.same
A.planned B.failed C.hoped D.tried
A.brother B.person C.sister D.wife
A.back B.shoulder C.head D.hand
A.proud of B.polite to C.angry with D.worried about
A.smaller B.richer C.larger D.happier
A.remembered B.realized C.imagined D.explained
A.laughed about B.dreamed about C.shouted at D.complained about
Although it was autumn, the snow was already beginning to fall in Tibet (西藏).Our legs were so heavy and cold that felt like big pieces of ice. Have you seen snowmen ride bicylces? That’s what we looked like! Along the way children who were long wool coats stopped to look at us. In the late we found it was so cold that our water bottles froze (结冰).However, the lakes like glass in the setting sun and loooked wonderful.
Wang Wei rode in front of me as usual. She was in high spirit and I knew I didn’t need to her. To climb the mountains was hard work but as we us, we were surprised by the view. We seemed to be able to see for miles, and we were so high that we found ourselves cycling through clouds. After a while, we began going the mountains. It was great fun especially as it slowly became much .At the foot of the mountains, colourful butterflies flew around us and we saw many sheep eating green grass. Then we had to our caps, gloves and trousers for T-shirts and shorts.
In the early evening we stopped to make camp .We our tent(帐篷)and then we ate. Afte supper Wang Wei went to sleep but I stayed . midnight the sky became clearer and the stars grew brighter.As I below the stars I thought about how far we had already travelled.
We will reach Dali in Yunan Province soon, where our cousins will join us. We hardly wait to see them!
A.we B.you C.they D.it
A.never B.ever C.even D.yet
A.dressed in B.put on C.taken off D.dressed up
A.morning B.afternoon C.evening D.night
A.shine B.shining C.shines D.shone
A.follow B.encourage C.remind D.discover
A.looked at B.looked after C.looked for D.looked around
A.up B.down C.around D.into
A.colder B.drier C.warmer D.wetter
A.charge B.check C.chase D.change
A.put out B.put away C.put up D.make up
A.alive B.alone C.away D.awake
A.At B.On C.In D.From
A.lie B.lied C.lay D.laid
A.may B.can C.must D.shall
At the beginning of this century, medical scientists made an interesting discovery(发现): we are built not just of flesh (肌肉) and blood but also of time. They were able to show that we all have a ‘body clock’ us, which controls the and fall of our body energies. It can us different from one day to the next.
The idea of a ‘body clock’ should not be too because the lives of most living things are controlled by the 24-hour night-and-day cycle (循环). We feel and fall asleep at night. We become and energetic during the day. Most people will have a bad feeling if the 24-hour cycle is . For example, people who are not used to working at night can find that lack (缺少) of sleep causes them to badly at work.
the daily cycle of sleeping and waking,we also have other cycle which lasts longer than one day.Most of us would that we feel good on some days and not so good on others;sometimes our ideas seems to be so active and at other times,they are not.
A.beside B.inside C.outside D.under
A.life B.offer C.use D.rise
A.show B.treat C.make D.change
A.difficult B.natural C.surprising D.frightening
A.quiet B.tired C.comfortable D.cheerful
A.regular B.serious C.lively D.clear
A.disturbed B.pushed C.restarted D.troubled
A.perform B.suffer C.count D.control
A.With B.As well as C.Except D.Rather than
A.afford B.admire C.advise D.Agree
The Spring Festival(春节) is the Chinese New Year’s Day. It usually comes February. Everyone in China the Spring Festival very much. When the Spring Festival , Li Hong usually his parents clean their house and some shopping and other housework. On that everyone in China eats dumplings, New Year’s cakes, and other good . Li Hong likes New Year’s cakes. But Wang Hai says dumplings are than New Year’s cakes. The Chinese people the New Year’s cakes and dumplings in their houses . How they are!
A.after B.on C.in D.by
A.has B.like C.remembers D.likes
A.goes B.comes C.reaches D.hears
A.helps B.makes C.gets D.takes
A.buys B.does C.goes D.carries
A.morning B.evening C.day D.afternoon
A.food B.drinks C.vegetable D.fruit
A.smaller B.better C.bigger D.sweeter
A.find out B.buy C.eat D.sell
A.happy B.delicious C.lovely D.great
Alice was a beautiful girl. She liked nothing except dressing ____ and dancing when she was at school. Of course she wasn’t good at her ____. But the boys were ready to help her with her lessons ___ they liked to dance with her. And after she finished middle school, she __ found work in a big shop. The __ had a son and he wanted the girl to marry him. Alice ____ though the young man wasn’t clever enough. But she __ all kinds of clothes and shoes. She lived in the beautiful house with a big garden and she __ did anything at home. She didn’t love her ___ but she lived a city life.
Once Mrs. Evans called Alice. The woman said she bought a few ___ pictures and asked her to appreciate(欣赏)them. She ____ nothing about the art but she was afraid to be laughed at and got there in time. She saw several women there. They were ____the pictures when she went in. She thought for a long time and said, “Look! They’re all ___. Why didn’t you buy the new ones?”
The women looked at each other but they tried not to ___. And when they were appreciating a picture “Tramp(流浪汉)”, she said, “I don’t think the artist could draw! Such a___ man had no money to have a portrait taken(请人画像)!”
A.him B.himself C.her D.herself
A.classes B.English C.maths D.language
A.when B.while C.because D.after
A.hardly B.easily C.no longer D.happily
A.bookseller B.shopkeeper C.gatekeeper D.policeman
A.agreed B.hated C.preferred D.failed
A.sold B.was sold C.gave D.was given
A.always B.sometimes C.never D.often
A.husband B.son C.brother D.uncle
A.cheap B.expensive C.terrible D.strange
A.liked B.interested C.watched D.knew
A.looking up B.looking for C.talking about D.hearing from
A.old B.clean C.dirty D.thin
A.stop B.smile C.laugh D.lie
A.busy B.clever C.rich D.poor
It was the last lesson before holidays. The students very happy. Their English teacher was very happy, .The teacher played nice games with them. He sang some nice songs, and then he went to the blackboard and wrote “SMILES” it.“This is one of the words in English”,he said to the class. The class laughed, and then one girl and said,“Why is it one of the longest words in English?”The teacher said for a while. Then he smiled and said,“Because there is a mile between the letter and the last.”
A.a B.an C.the D.much
A.is B.are C.was D.were
A.too B.either C.neither D.also
A.a little B.little C.any D.also
A.before B.on C.in D. in front of
A.long B.longer C.longest D.short
A.whole B.each C.all D.both
A.stand up B.sit down C.stood up D.lay down
A.something B.anything C.nothing D.everything
A.one B.first C.two D.second