I had said goodbye to my husband, Joe, so often, but this time was .
We now had our first child. After nights of talks, we made the difficult that Joe would go by himself to Alabama for the six-month training course, and I would stay behind with our new son. It was important that I my teaching position（职位）near our home at Fort Hood. Also we were part of a strong network of friends whom I could turn to for help.
On Joe's evening at home, I bathed little Joey, got him into his sleeper and was heading to the bedroom when Joe gently touched on the shoulder. Lifting the baby from my arms, he said he wanted to put Joey to bed tonight.
They headed down the hall, and I busied myself with meaningless tasks, Joe to appear from the bedroom within a few minutes. A half hour went by, and still he had not come back. Thinking he was having getting our son to fall asleep, I walked quietly to the baby's room and looked into the dimly-lit（灯光暗淡的）room.
Sitting in the rocking chair, moving slowly back and forth, was my husband with tears（眼泪）in his eyes. He was holding our baby in his arms he had fallen asleep long before. When his pained eyes met mine, he said, "I just can't put him down."
That night we stood over Joey's bed, holding each other and saying over and over that we would make it through this leaving and be again soon.
Joey is six now, and he has a four-year-old brother named Jack. There have been many goodbyes since that night, yet my soldier still fights back tears when it's time to once again in service to his country and give his boys that last, long hug（拥抱）goodbye.
A．dangerous B．different C．impossible D．terrible
A．promise B．wish C．suggestion D．decision
A．miss B．keep C．get D．accept
A．first B．next C．other D．last
A．us B．them C．me D．her
A．expecting B．remembering C．agreeing D．allowing
A．excuse B．fun C．trouble D．chance
A．though B．because C．unless D．even
A．sure B．proud C．alone D．together
A．visit B．sleep C．leave D．play
Once a man and his wife worked for a businessman. There was a big box in the businessman’s living room. The businessman pointed at the box and said, “There’s only one thing you mustn’t do. Don’t open the box.” After saying this, he the living room.
The woman said to her husband, “There must be something expensive in the box. Let’s it, shall we?” Her husband said no to her.
The woman didn’t give up her . One day, she decided to find out what was in it. Her husband didn’t stop her. She opened the box and looked .She found nothing in the box and tried hard to close it, she failed.
That evening the businessman came home and found the box was .He was very angry and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home．
“But there was nothing in the box,” the woman said. “We haven’t taken anything .” The businessman shouted at them, “The box is not important. I cannot believe you. That’s important!”A．left B．entered C．went to
A．open B．close C．clean
A．work B．advice C．idea
A．inside B．outside C．down
A．so B．and C．but
A．lost B．open C．empty
A．at once B．at last C．at all
We are living a fast life. It seems that everything has to be fast, for example, food, fast Internet, fast roads, fast money. Every day we try to get things done , but there are some moments that we have to slow down and enjoy our lives.
We are always every day. I have to work eight hours or more a day at my full-time job. When I get home, it’s always over seven o’clock. I make an effort（努力） to something. I try to find a bit of time for my hobby—writing. I hardly ever write and work weekends. Those are my days to try to recharge （休整）and reduce the stress from my work. I sleep on the sofa during the day, some beer in the open air or go out for a picnic if the weather is nice.
What I’m trying to say is this: if you don’t take some time to slow down once in a while（偶尔） and your life, it will pass you by. You can be unhealthy both in body and mind if you don’t take the time to relax. So this weekend, don’t make any . Just get up on Saturday morning your body says it’s time to get up. Make some coffee, step outside and get fresh morning air, turn on the radio and prepare yourself for nothing.
A．good B．fast C．slow D．cold
A．specially B．seriously C．directly D．quickly
A．busy B．happy C．free D．sad
A．drink B．buy C．write D．say
A．with B．except C．in D．on
A．eat B．drink C．take D．get
A．spend B．share C．enjoy D．relax
A．plans B．mistakes C．noises D．sentences
A．but B．when C．or D．so
A．any B．many C．no D．some
Most elephants are grey. Only a few are . It’s difficult to see a white elephant. When people find a white , they feel excited.
Long ago, a white elephant was to the king. Only the king could have a white elephant. And the white elephant must be a very good one. People wanted to take a look at the animal. On its way to the king, the white elephant attracted （吸引） many people. They ran into the street and shouted, “A white elephant is coming!”
All the people liked the cute elephant. Some gave it to drink. Others sang songs to the elephant. A boy put a red hat on the elephant’s head.
Then the elephant came before the king. At last the king saw the white elephant. The kingit a name himself. The elephant ate from gold dishes and it began a new life.A．grey B．white C．red
A．elephant B．king C．street
A．swept B．painted C．taken
A．dishes B．water C．food
A．asked B．gave C．built
Online shopping is more and more popular. You can shop without your house. Just sit in front of your computer, click your and your things will be sent to your house in several days.
Last November 11th, many online stores offered a big discount(折扣) and free delivery(邮递) . The biggest online shopping sites in China, taobao.com and tmall.com, sold worth 19.1 billion yuan in total.
“Goods online are often much cheaper. It also me a lot of time. And we often find more goods online to than in shopping malls.” said Wang Xin, an online shopping lover in Beijing. She late for a lot of cheap goods online.
Another big of online shopping is that it helps people get things from different places . “I like eating duck necks very much and Taobao makes it for me to buy them from shops in Wuhan.” said Zhang Xi, a girl in Yangzhou.
While enjoying online shopping, many people also have worries, for middle school student buyers. Young students are easily attracted(吸引) by advertisements on the Internet and things they don’t need.
“Middle school students pay more attention to their studies. Searching for things wastes their time,” said Jing Chunling, an education expert(专家). “Besides, online shop owners have no idea of the of their buyers. Anyone can easily buy things they want. Some of the goods are for young students such as cigarettes(香烟) and wine(酒).”
A．leaving B．reaching C．returning D．arriving
A．head B．mouth C．mouse D．printer
A．price B．address C．job D．service
A．clothes B．things C．food D．shoes
A．takes B．spends C．needs D．saves
A．look for B．choose from C．pay for D．meet up
A．looked up B．got up C．stayed up D．stood up
A．advantage B．problem C．result D．example
A．easily B．finally C．carefully D．difficultly
A．important B．interesting C．possible D．impossible
A．certainly B．simply C．luckily D．especially
A．sell B．steal C．buy D．borrow
A．can B．should C．could D．would
A．places B．hobbies C．interests D．ages
A．good B．bad C．useful D．helpful
The teacher stood before his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers. “I know how you have all worked to prepare for this test,” he said. “And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to a B to anyone who would prefer not to take the test.”
Many students jumped up to the teacher and left the classroom. The teacher looked at the students left and said, “Does anyone else want to get a B? This is your last .” Two more students decided to go.
Seven students . The teacher then began to hand out the . There were only three sentences typed on the paper, “Congratulations! You have just an A in this class. Keep believing in yourself.”
I never had a teacher like that, I think it is a test that any teacher could and should give. Students who are not in what they have learned are B students at best(充其量).
The same is in real life. The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have both successes and failures. They have learned life’s lessons, either from normal education or from events in their lives, and have become people.
Scientists say that by the age of eight, 80% of what we believe about has already been formed. You are a big kid now, and you that you have some limits. However, there is you can’t do or learn or be.
Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest said, “It’s not the mountain we face and conquer but ourselves.”
A．luckily B．terribly C．quietly D．hard
A．offer B．pass C．show D．take
A．praise B．fight C．thank D．attack
A．chance B．trouble C．test D．idea
A．left B．remained C．came D．arrived
A．results B．presents C．papers D．books
A．given B．sent C．discovered D．received
A．and B．but C．or D．so
A．confident B．strict C．interested D．pleased
A．unusual B．impossible C．true D．special
A．broken out B．dreamed of C．learned from D．cared about
A．ruder B．cuter C．worse D．better
A．them B．you C．ourselves D．myself
A．decide B．realize C．forget D．imagine
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing