When our children were younger, it was popular for city people to buy a small farm in the country and _____ a few animals there.
One of our new neighbors ____ some ducks. They seemed very lovely. However, they were ____ to run around in their yard and the neighbors’ yards -- ____ ours. Our vegetables were their favorite food. Often we would “shoo” the ducks home and wonder ____ there wasn’t a fence to keep them.
One day, I asked her if she ____her ducks were bringing trouble to my garden. She told me that they were her ____ and he was away traveling. My attitude (态度) to her was bad.
We realized that our neighbors were not planning to build a ____, so our son built one. The ducks now stayed in their own yard. I didn’t see my neighbor again ____ months later.
A women’s church group asked me to ___ at their mother and daughter’s party. The topic was “Love”. Much to my ____, the first woman I saw when I walked into the church was my neighbor. I knew I could not speak about love to them when I hadn’t been ____with my neighbor. So I walked ____to her and said sorry for my attitude. She forgave me and then we talked a lot.
Do you have anybody like that in your life? Let me ____ you, if at all possible, to clear the ____between you.
A．put B．keep C．send D．take
A．bought B．sold C．dropped D．showed
A．made B．allowed C．forced D．chosen
A．except B．but C．without D．including
A．what B．why C．if D．when
A．saw B．understood C．thought D．realized
A．husband’s B．daughter’s C．wife’s D．grandma’s
A．fence B．house C．nest D．room
A．after B．before C．until D．while
A．speak B．talk C．say D．tell
A．excitement B．joy C．glad D．surprise
A．nice B．patient C．friendly D．annoyed
A．up B．along C．towards D．down
A．offer B．lift C．encourage D．afford
A．air B．difficulty C．pleasure D．trash
When Bill and Kate married(结婚), neither of them had much money, so they were not able to __44__ a house. Two years later, Bill’s father died (去世了) and ____45____ him some money, so they bought a house..When they moved into ___46___ for the first time, one of Bill’s friends sent him a bottle of wine _____47____ a present. The bottle was in a paper box.
At that time, Bill and Kate had a lot of ____48___to do. They had to clean the house and decided where to put their TV sets, beds, cupboards, desks and tables. They were so busy that they forgot about the bottle of wine. They put it in a cupboard and didn’t ____49___open the paper box. A few months later, when they had a baby, Bill __50___ some friends to his house. He thought of the wine and found it out from the cupboard. It was so sweet. Bill had never thought that would be the best present for the wonderful party for his wife and his baby.
A．borrow B．live C．buy D．move
A．gave B．lent C．returned D．left
A．that B．it C．there D．here
A．to B．like C．as D．for
A．job B．work C．thing D．working
A．yet B．ever C．even D．just
A．took B．invited C．asked D．brought
Maria Gomez was born in Peru (秘鲁). She grew up in a small village. She went to school when she was six years old. She went to an elementary school (小学), but she didn’t 36 to high school. Her family was very 37 and she had to go to work when she was thirteen years old. She worked in a shoe factory.
When Maria was seventeen years old, her family 38 to the United States. First they lied in Los Angeles, and then they moved to San Francisco. When Maria 39 to the United States, she was not very happy.
She missed her friends in Peru, and she couldn’t 40 a word of English. She began to study English at night, 41 work in a factory during the day.
Maria studied very hard, and now se speaks English well. She’s 42 at night, but now she’s studying typing. She wants to 43a secretary (秘书). Maria still misses her friends in Peru. But she’s very happy now, and she hopes she will have a good future in the new country.
A．want B．go C．began D．study
A．rich B．poor C．happy D．glad
A．moved B．changed C．happened D．started
A．talked B．called C．got D．spoke
A．tell B．talk C．know D．say
A．when B．so C．or D．and
A．studying B．thinking C．sleeping D．writing
A．do B．work C．be D．play
My name is Jenny. I 1a sister. Her name is Katty.
It is 2 November5th.it’s her birthday .She is thirteen, 3 she likes cakes (蛋糕) very much, my father and mother 4 her a big cake. Look! The cake is 5 the table of her room. It’s her nice cake. You can see her 6 on it. There are 7 things for her birthday.
8 are apples, oranges, bananas and some CDs. I 9 her a new book. Her good 10 Kelsey, Jane and Sally are coming (要来) . She likes to eat the birthday cake with (和) her friends.
A．there is B．am C．have D．has
A．on B．in C．at D．to
A．but B．and C．also D．when
A．find B．give (给) C．put D．help
A．of B．in C．on D．under
A．name B．books C．friends D．store
A．a B．this C．many D．two
A．They B．That C．This D．It
A．let B．need C．give D．know
A．brothers B．uncles C．names D．friends
One will feel happy when others flatter( 奉承) him in his face. It is said that the best way of flattering someone is to give him a “top hat” 31 .
A student was going to leave the capital to become 32 official (官员) in a city far away. Before he started, he came to say 33 to his teacher.
“It is 34 job to be a good official.” his teacher said. “ you must be strict 35 yourself and never be careless.”
“Don’t worry about me, sir.” The student answered. “I have already 36 anyone hundred top hats, which will 37 those people quite happy.”
“But we are really gentlemen! 38 could a real gentleman do such a thing ? ” His teacher was a bit _39 . “ Never forget 40 I taught you in class!”
“ 41 are always right, sir. I also hate such things. But, sir, 42 no one really gentleman like you can be seen in the world now.” said the student. It seemed that he had to do so.
43 hearing this, the teacher was pleased. “What you said is true!”
“I have 44 one top hat already. Now I have ninety-nine 45 .” the student said to his friend later on when he asked the student what he had talked with the teacher about.
( ) A. to dress B. dressingC. wearing D to wear
( )
A．a B．the C．an D．/
A．hello B．goodbye C．OK D．thanks
A．not an easy B．not easy C．a good D．difficult
A．about B．with C．from D．to
A．made B．bought C．prepared D．repaired
A．give B．let C．keep D．make
A．How B．What C．Why D．When
A．pleased B．angry C．excited D．sorry
A．that B．how C．why D．what
A．You B．We C．They D．Us
A．hardly B．about C．almost D．nearly
A．Before B．After C．Because D．If
A．sent out B．bought C．sold D．borrowed
A．left B．already C．yet D．else
It was yearbook day and we were given an hour to sign each other’s yearbooks in the cafeteria. I was president of the class and I played sports. When I sat down at a table, people started to come over to get their yearbooks signed and to sign __36__.
Among them, a weak boy with ugly teeth and thick glasses kept shaking. I had seen him around, and I knew he was always laughed at. He seemed __37__ of himself, and was so pale that it __38__ us to look at him.
He came up and asked me nervously, “Can you sign this?” I took his yearbook but I didn’t know __39__ to write. I saw that there was the name “Ricky Sanders” written on the front of it. So I wrote:
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I put down the yearbook and turned around to get some signatures from some of my friends when I __40__ my yearbook was gone. I saw that Ricky had sat down with my yearbook. “What are you doing?” I asked him. He looked up calmly(平静地) and __41__said “Sign!”
My friends broke into a loud laugh, and I saw that he was carefully frying to put a signature in my yearbook. He hadn’t even finished the “R” yet. I thought for a while and __42__ to let him sign.
It took him nearly five minutes to sign and when I got my yearbook back, there was a very shaky “RICKY”. He hugged(紧抱) his yearbook and __43__. I couldn’t help but smile back at him.
In that moment, my __44__ changed completely.
I gave him a high five and suddenly everyone at my table wanted his signature. He was asked politely to write in their yearbooks and the signature __45__ of his yearbook were filled up. He was smiling so big that it lit up the whole room.
I changed school the next year, and I never saw Ricky again. However, I will never forget the day that he became the most __46__ guy in school. Whenever I’m __47__, I still look back at that yearbook.
A．mine B．his C．ours D．theirs
A．unafraid B．unsure C．proud D．tired
A．worried B．surprised C．taught D．hurt
A．how B．which C．where D．what
A．saw B．noticed C．thought D．believed
A．still B．ever C．even D．just
A．smiled B．waited C．left D．rose
A．sense B．value C．attitude D．idea
A．lists B．pages C．boxes D．tables
A．different B．patient C．popular D．important
A．away B．out C．behind D．down