Yesterday my grandfather told me about his early days. When he left school, he found a job in a post office. He worked hard in the . Soon he had more money than his friends his hard work. It seemed that he would have a bright future.
When he was 25 years old, however, he began to his job. He wanted a more exciting one, so he left the post office. Two months later, he found a new job in a big company. Workers in this company traveled a lot. At first he really enjoyed the traveling. after a year, he began to hate it. He had to and he was always in a car or on a train. The worst thing was he couldn’t make any new friends! Even so, his boss was not satisfied with him. Two years later he had to leave the company.
He was at that time, so he sold his house. He had to accept a part time job in a book shop. He was surprised to find he loved it! He made new friends every day and he enjoyed reading books. Three years later, he the shop owner’s daughter. Soon they had their first child. In the next ten years, they had another three and four more book shops! He became very rich indeed.
“Life is ,” he told me. “The most important thing is that you should always try your best. Never give up!”
A．factory B．theatre C．bank D．post office
A．because B．because of C．as a result D．while
A．dislike B．love C．like D．enjoy
A．almost B．usually C．seldom D．never
A．So B．And C．But D．Though
A．stay in one place B．move around C．make noise D．make a wish
A．happy B．energetic C．rich D．poor
A．married B．understood C．met D．visited
A．sisters B．brothers C．children D．cousins
A．boring B．important C．necessary D．wonderful
完形填空,阅读下面短文， 从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
Please look at this photo! We see a tall and strong boy in it. His name is Mike. He comes________ Canada. Now he is in China. He’s a student in . He has big eyes and blond hair. can speak English and Chinese. He’s our friend and likes to help us.
Mike three cats in his home. The cats are Chinese. One is , the other two are small. The big cat looks strong. The small cats are her babies. They have black and white . They are very cute. Mike’s classmates like the cats . But the cats are happy to see Mike! Do you have a cat, ?A.canB.doC.are
A. from B.toC. at
A. Class Five, Grade Seven B.class five, Grade Seven C.Class Five, grade seven
A.SheB. He C. They
A. fineB. good C.well
A.haveB.havesC. has
A. tallB.longC. big
A. hairB.hairsC.haires
A. very muchB.very C. much
A. tooB.to C. two
根据短文内容，从A，B，C，D四个选项中选出最佳答案。
A farmer found a wounded eagle(受伤的鹰) in his field. He was so________ that he took it home and cleaned its wounds(伤口). After that he placed it outside in the yard, in the hope that it________get well soon.
Strangely enough, the eagle soon got used to the ________ of all the chickens in the yard. It learned to walk from side to side like chickens, and eat happily from a trough(食槽). For many years, the eagle ________ his new life on the farm.
Then one day, one of the farmer’s friends pointed to the playing eagle and asked , “________ is that eagle acting like a chicken?” The farmer told him what had happened, and the friend felt quite________ .
“What a pity!” said the friend. “It should fly in the sky instead of living here!” He picked up the eagle, and threw it into the air. The eagle was ________ , and cried loudly. Then it just fell down on the ground. That night, the friend could hardly sleep as he remembered the chicken-like（像鸡一样的） eagle. The next morning, he headed back（回到) to the farm for another________. This time he carried the eagle to the top of a nearby mountain.
When he stood at the highest place of the mountain, he looked into its eyes and shouted, “Don’t you understand? You weren’t made to live like a chicken!” As he________ the eagle up, he made sure it was facing into the bright light of the rising sun. Then he ________ tossed(抛) the bird into the sky. This time the eagle opened his wings, and disappeared（消失） into the clouds.
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Wally was a wild goose(鹅). One day, when he was flying south for ________ with his family, he saw some farm geese walking around and eating corn on the ground. “It would be nice to have corn,” he thought. “And flying is very ________ . I’d like to walk around for a while.”
Wally________ his family, landed among the farm geese and began to eat corn. The other wild geese went on flying ________ Wally didn’t care. “I’ll join them again when they come back ________in a few months,” he thought.
A few months went by, it was spring. Wally looked up and saw the other wild geese. They looked beautiful in the ________ . Wally said to himself, “It’s time to leave. I’m ________ the ground.”
So Wally tried to fly. But he became very ________ because he had eaten too much corn and he hadn’t exercised his wings much. He ________ to the ground. “Oh, well, I’ll just wait until they fly south again. Then I’ll join them,” he said.
When his family flew overhead once more, Wally tried to fly again, but he________ .
Wally became a farm goose at last.A. winter B. spring C. summer
A. interesting B. exciting C. boring
A. followed B. joined C. left
A. so B. but C. or
A. north B. southC. west
A. riverB. sky C. field
A. tired of B. afraid of C. worried about
A. thin B. wildC. fat
A. jumped B. fell C. ran
A. rose B. succeededC. Failed
完形填空 分别通读下面两篇短文，根据短文内容，从A、B、C 三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
When I was in high school, I didn’t do well in my schoolwork at first. ________I wanted
to go to college. I went to talk with my favorite teacher. He told ________ that there might be no chance for me to go to college. It made me very ________ .
But I didn’t give up (放弃). I might not be able to get into ________ . But I wouldn’t stop ________ . Then I found that my ________ in the past was spending too much time on science. I was not good at my schoolwork, because I wasn’t working hard on all________ .
So during the following semesters I ________ my plan. I spent more time in studying English, math and other subjects. I worked hard by ________ to the teachers carefully in class and doing more exercises after class. Now I am studying at college.
If you are not doing well at school at the moment, don’t ________ . Forget the past years and restart (重新开始) now! I believe all your dreams can come true.A. OrB. And C. But
A. her B. him C. me
A. upset B. tired C. glad
A. hospitalB. college C. Trouble
A. speakingB. spending C. trying
A. hope B. opinion C. problem
A. sports B. subjects C. dreams
A. changedB. kept C. Exchanged
A. looking B. talking C. Listening
A. give up B. pick up C. look up
完型填空
On my first job, I worked as a sports editor for a small newspaper. I never got a letter from my readers, so I was_____ that there was an envelope on me desk one morning. From the ____, I could see it was from a most popular newspaper.
When I opened it, I found a note and it read,“You did a good job. Go on!”
The note was ______ by Mr John, a famous sports editor .As I was a green hand, his words made me ____. After that, I kept the note in my desk drawer. When I wondered______ I had the ability to be a good editor, I would read John’s note and become ______again.
Later, when I made friends _______ Mr John, the note writer, I learnt that he often wrote notes to ______young people in many fields.“When I make ____happy, I feel happy ,too”,he told me.
______, why are there few note writers like John in our life? In my opinion, many people are_____ that they cannot be well understood. Also, writing_____more time and it is harder to pick up the phone . The problem with phone calls is that they cannot last a long time ,but a note is a good way of record and our words can be read ______.
So, when you find some people around you need_____, please write a note of encouragement to bring them more confidence. Maybe, you are not sure what will____, but remember Mr John’s words which making others feel happy makes you happy, too.
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