Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue (美德).
William Bennett
Thanksgiving Day was coming. The first grade teacher gave her class a fun assignment (作业) — to draw a picture of for which they were thankful.
Most of the class might be considered poor, but still many would the holiday with turkey and other traditional food of the season. These, the teacher thought, would be the subject of most of her students’ art. And they were.
But Douglas made a(an) kind of picture. Douglas was a different kind of boy. He was the teacher’s true child of weak and unhappy. As other children played at , Douglas used to stand close by her side. One could only guess at the pain that Douglas felt behind those sad .
Yes, his picture was different. When he was asked to draw a picture of something for which he was thankful, he drew a . Nothing else. Just an empty hand.
His abstract (抽象的) picture caught the of his classmates. Whose hand could it be? One child guessed it was the hand of a farmer, because farmers turkeys. Another suggested a police officer, because the police protect and people. Still others guessed it was the hand of God, for God feeds us. And so the discussion went on — until the teacher almost forgot the young artist .
When the children had gone on to other assignments, she stopped at Douglas’ desk, bent down, and him whose hand it was. The little boy looked away and murmured, “It’s yours, teacher.”
She recalled the when she had taken his hand and walked with him here or there, as she had the other students. How she had said, “Take my hand, Douglas, we’ll go outside.” Or, “Let me show you how to hold your pencil.” Or, “Let’s do this together.” Douglas was very for his teacher’s hand. Brushing aside a tear, she went on with her work.
The story speaks of more than thankfulness. It says something about teachers teaching and parents parenting and friends showing friendship, and how much it means to the Douglases of the world. They might not always say thanks, but they’ll remember the hand that out.
A．anything B．something C．nothing D．everything
A．congratulate B．spend C．celebrate D．consider
A．good B．interesting C．exciting D．different
A．break B．rest C．desk D．first
A．noses B．hands C．faces D．eyes
A．gift B．person C．hand D．turkey
A．thought B．description C．respect D．imagination
A．raise B．need C．buy D．show
A．look at B．care for C．take away D．drive off
A．himself B．itself C．herself D．themselves
A．said B．asked C．talked D．spoke
A．chances B．forms C．ways D．times
A．much B．many C．often D．long
A．thankful B．helpful C．careful D．beautiful
A．moves B．holds C．reaches D．puts
完形填空
Long long ago, a famous city was covered by a thick forest, but now there is no forest left.
Many animals were living in the city. The began to die out. Farmers grew rice and pigs and chickens there. They cut down trees and burnt them. They needed to keep themselves warm in winter and cook their food. Elephants disappeared（消失）because there was not enough food for them. did wolves and tigers. Monkeys and other animals soon died out in the same way.
You might think that there are no longer any animals in the city in the zoos. But there are still over 30 different kinds of animals there. One of the animals is the barking deer. They are beautiful little animals rich brown fur and a white spot under the tail. They look like deer but they are smaller. They make a noise like a dog .Now there are not many barking deer left. So it is important people to protect wild animals. Do you think so?
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Several years ago I studied in a university in the biggest city in our country. It’s beautiful but it’s hot in ____. So I usually returned to my hometown when my ____ began. It is not big, but it’s cool and quiet. I could ____ in the daytime and have a good sleep at night.
One day I had some ____ to solve. But I didn’t take the dictionaries home. My father told me Charlie, one of my ___, had a good library. I went to his house at once. We didn’t see each other after I ____ middle school. At first he didn’t recognize me. He ____ me up and down. And then he called out, “Oh, dear! It’s you, Fred!”
Of course we were ____ to meet each other again and talked a lot about our schoolmates and ___. Later on he showed me around his library. It wasn’t big but there were a lot of nice books in it. And the dictionaries I ____ were in them too. At last I said, “____ you lend some dictionaries to me, please?”
“I’m sorry I don’t lend any books to ____,” said the young man.
“Are you afraid I’ll ____ them?”
“No, I’m not. I’m afraid you won’t ____ them to me. Look! All the books are not ____, but borrowed!”
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完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A Thanksgiving Day article printed in a newspaper told of a school teacher who asked her class of first graders to draw a picture of something they were for. She thought of how little these children from poor neighborhoods really had to be thankful for. she knew that most of them would draw pictures of turkeys(火鸡) or tables with food. The teacher was to see the picture Douglas handed in… a childishly(幼稚地) drawn hand.
But whose hand? The class was greatly interested in the abstract(抽象的) image. “I think it must be the hand of God that brings us food,” said one child. “A farmer,” said another, “because he the turkeys.” when the others were at work, the teacher came over to Douglas’s desk and asked whose hand it was. “It’s your hand, Teacher.” he .
She remembered that very often at break time she had taken Douglas, a short child by the hand. She often did that with the children. But it so much to Douglas. Perhaps this was everyone’s Thanksgiving, not for the material things given to us but for the , in whatever small way, to give to others.
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完型填空
I am American. name is Ron. I’m eleven. I two friends. They’re . names are Kate and Susan. all like sports. I soccer . Kate likes , too. Susan likes basketball. She three basketballs. We basketball after school. We often watch the games TV.
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完形填空先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
In the doctor’s waiting room, men and women were sitting on the chair, waiting for their turn. Bob, a school boy, was them. They all looked very except Bob. He was reading an interesting story in a magazine. Just then the doctor came in to he was ready for the next person. Bob jumped up and ran into the room.
“What’s your , young man?” said the doctor. Before Bob said a(n) , the doctor made him down on a bed. “Now, let me listen to your heart.” Bob tried to speak, but the doctor told him not to say anything. Bob tried to sit up, but the doctor him. “Now open your mouth. I’ll take your temperature...Mm, good.” a moment, the doctor said, “Well, my boy, you haven’t got a bad cold. It’s nothing. Mm, In fact, there’s nothing wrong with you.” “I know there isn’t,” said Bob, “I just came here to fetch(取得) the medicine for my father.”
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