It was 3:43. Thunder was crashing and the rain was pouring. Suddenly my father rushed into my room. “Adam! Adam! Get up! We’re flooding!” he shouted and shook me by the shoulders. That woke up! I ran downstairs to the basement. It was like a swimming pool. My mother and I immediately started to pick up things and take them upstairs. I had no on, so my feet were quite freezing.
Things got worse every minute. Within the next hour, we had moved everything that we could to the first floor. The computer, big-screen television and heavy boxes with our most valuable things were taken to safety. , our piano, sofa, washing machine and water heater were all still down there—being . There was nothing we could do.
That was the hardest part. Knowing that your home is being destroyed is bad enough, but that you can’t do anything to stop it feels even worse.
Water had come in our front door. Rescue were floating in our streets. Mother told me to pack an overnight bag of clothes and valuables and get ready to leave.
When it was safe to walk outside, all the people in the neighborhood at the street corner. People became friends, and friends became like family. People each other. We learned later that the National Weather Service had declared the storm a flash flood.
I really have something from this flood. I’ve learned what destruction is. I have learned what means. I know in the future, when I watch people’ s lives affected by natural disasters, I can understand them. I will show great pity on them and I will do what I can to help them.
A．him B．them C．her D．me
A．hat B．shoes C．jacket D．glasses
A．covered B．crowded C．filled D．fixed
A．So B．And C．Because D．However
A．discovered B．arranged C．measured D．destroyed
A．realizing B．knowing C．telling D．writing
A．ships B．boats C．cars D．buses
A．finally B．usually C．exactly D．certainly
A．stood B．walked C．gathered D．met
A．comforted B．influenced C．believed D．worried
A．learned B．discovered C．thought D．concluded
A．truth B．safety C．value D．regret
Jim gets up at half past seven. He has an egg and some milk breakfast. Then he begins to go to school. When he is on his way school, he is thinking, “ I tell my teacher that my mother is ill Monday. I tell him that my bike is broken on Tuesday. What do I today?”
Jim thinks it over but he doesn’t a good idea. “May I come in?”says Jim at the door.
“Oh, my boy.” says Mr White, “Please look at the on the wall. What time is it now?”
“It’s ten past eight,” says Jim.
Mr White is not. “You are late class three times this week. If all the students are like you, the clock is no use,I think.”
“You are , Mr White”, says Jim. “If we don’t have the clock, do you know I am late for class?”
A．to B．for C．with D．at
A．from B．in C．to D．on
A．at B．in C．on D．to
A．tell B．speak C．say D．talk
A．has B．have C．to have D．having
A．blackboard B．picture C．map D．clock
A．glad B．sorry C．fine D．bad
A．with B．on C．for D．to
A．right B．wrong C．bright D．well
A．how B．why C．when D．where
Dear Tom,
My name is Liu Yun. I’m a 12 year-old girl. I’m the only in my family. My birthday is 1st. It’s the day of the tenth month. It’s also the National Day. My parents a party for me on that day. My friends to the party. They bring me lots of birthday presents (礼物), and they sing (唱) Happy Birthday to me. eat some fruit: strawberries, oranges and . We eat chicken and cakes dinner. We also play games. We have a time!
What’s your age (年龄)? is your birthday? Can you let me know?
Yours,
Liu Yun
A．son B．daughter C．boy D．people
A．April B．September C．October D．December
A．first B．second C．fourth D．tenth
A．look B．have C．call D．sell
A．come B．take C．found D．help
A．You B．We C．They D．I
A．carrots B．bananas C．tomatoes D．chicken
A．on B．in C．for D．of
A．difficult B．boring C．healthy D．good
A．What B．How C．When D．How old
Have you ever complained (抱怨) why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes dark to you? Are your lessons sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you will find the whole world smiling to you..
Not long ago, a friend of mine decided to read a lot of books to get knowledge. So he went to the library and happily with several books. But after a few days, he felt bored. The idea of finishing all of the books seemed , because it was for him to sit quietly to read a whole book. He didn’t know what to do. Then one day, he suddenly thought of “Why not make reading fun?” It gave him again. Reading is a journey of spirit(心灵之旅). Every time when we a book, we are actually talking the writer. Since then, he tried to spend more time reading books, so he could feel all of the writer’s happiness and sadness. And reading is boring, but kind of interesting.
Attitude can make a great . Someone once said, “ the situation is bad, people are free to choose their attitude.” So, don’t complain about the situation. It helps . For example, one day the weather is fine. You and your friends want to go for a picnic. Just before you go, itsuddenly starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very and start to complain about the weather. But dear friends, whydon’t you sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature brings you? And with the timely rain, crops(庄稼) in the fields will grow better and farmers will have a good harvest (收成).
Attitudedecides everything. With an optimistic (乐观的) attitude, life is easy andhappy. Let’s smile to we meet and the whole world will smile to us.
A．seem B．taste C．sound D．smell
A．cry B．smile C．complain D．shout
A．more B．less C．many D．a lot
A．sang B．jumped C．returned D．danced
A．easy B．unnecessary C．possible D．impossible
A．hard B．interesting C．happy D．easy
A．money B．hope C．time D．knowledge
A．buy B．borrow C．read D．write
A．on B．about C．of D．with
A．of course B．no longer C．as usual D．in fact
A．decision B．difference C．discussion D．problem
A．Even though B．Because C．As if D．So
A．nothing B．anything C．everything D．something
A．comfortable B．nervous C．sad D．happy
A．wherever B．whenever C．however D．whatever
When Mr. Hunt woke up in the morning, he felt his bedroom was very bright. He thought he ___ to turn off the light again. He sat up and tried to do that. And now he __ it was the sunlight.
Mrs. Hunt went to see their daughter in the city two days ago. She cooked some food for him ____ she left. But Mr. Hunt hoped to have breakfast in a restaurant near the park. And then he could walk ___ the lake. He put on his clothes and went out. The sun was shining brightly in the sky and the ___ was fresh (清新的) . But people were busy and he could see only some old people and children. He went in the restaurant and sat down at a table, waiting for the ___.
“Hi, Peter!” someone called him and he saw it was his ____ Richard. “Hi, Richard. Glad to meet you here.” “Glad to meet you, too,” said Richard. “I’m sorry , but I __ my wallet at home . So could you lend fifty dollars to me, please?” “Sure, but I have only twenty five dollars in my _.” “It doesn’t matter ,” said Richard , “ then you’ll owe(欠) me twenty-five dollars and I’ll owe you __ dollars , too . That’ll be fair (公平的) .”
A．knew B．hoped C．forgot D．liked
A．guessed B．found C．said D．told
A．before B．after C．when D．because
A．in B．on C．under D．around
A．fruit B．cloud C．air D．water
A．money B．glass C．answer D．menu
A．friend B．worker C．driver D．waiter
A．took B．put C．forgot D．left
A．shoes B．pocket C．shirt D．hand
A．fifteen B．twenty C．twenty-five D．thirty
My uncle is a farmer. He has ninety trees on his farm. My uncle and my can’t pick(采摘) all the apples in fall(秋天). they ask my parents and me to them every year. It’s Sunday. My parents don’t go to and I don’t go to school. So we’ll go to the . We get up early(早) in the . My mother is in old clothes. My father buys many kinds of food for my uncle’s in a shop. She likes them very much. My uncle and aunt us many apples, too. I like to work on the farm.
A．apple B．orange C．banana D．family
A．mother B．sister C．brother D．aunt
A．If B．So C．But D．And
A．look B．buy C．help D．take
A．work B．shop C．school D．home
A．office B．hospital C．home D．farm
A．evening B．afternoon C．morning D．Sunday
A．her B．his C．she D．hers
A．son B．daughter C．father D．parents
A．take B．bring C．get D．give