Once, a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well. After they ____ their work, he left them, saying, “When the sun is down, I will come and see your work.”
At last one of them said, “What’s the use of doing this foolish work? We can ___ fill the basket.” ____ man answered, “That is none of your business.” The first man said. “You may do as you like, but I am not going to work at ____ so foolishly.” He ____ his bucket(圆桶) and went away. The other man said no word, and kept on carrying ____. At last the well was almost ____.
As he poured the last bucket of water into the basket, he saw a bright thing in it. He ______. It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came. ____ he saw the ring, he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted. He told him to keep the ring for himself. “You ___ so well in this little thing,” he said, “ What now I know I can believe you with many things.”
A.finished B.did C.began D.had
A.never B.also C.hard D.always
A.The other B.Another C.One D.A second
A.anything B.something C.nothing D.everything
A.picked up B.put away C.took away D.threw away
A.water B.basket C.well D.work
A.full B.empty C.filled D.clean
A.put it up B.looked it up C.picked it up D.gave it up
A.While B.As soon as C.Before D.Since
A.have done B.will do C.do D.are doing
Betty and Lingling are talking about the future. “What will our life 1 in the future?”
asks Betty. “I don’t know,” says Lingling. “What do you think?” “Well, no one knows, but it’s interesting 2 .” “We will 3 go to school. We 4 our lessons on the Internet. When we have problems(难题), . The teacher will 5 us the answers on the Internet.
“Now almost everyone 6 a mobile phone ,but_ 7 twenty years everyone will carry apocket computer.” “A lot of people will live and work under the sea.” “Machines will do lots of 8 _, and so people will have more 9 .” “ We will have some rice, vegetables and fruit for meals every day. We will not get any meat to eat because there will be 10 animals. “
“ Oh , our way of life in the future will change a lot.”
A.be like B.be C.look like D.like
A.guess B.guessing C.guesses D.to guess
A.often B.never C.usually D.always
A.will think B.will bring C.will learn D.will help
A.take B.give C.talk D.drive
A.have B.has C.is D.are
A.On B.In C.At D.Of
A.job B.work C.works D.working
A.busy time B.busy times C.free times D.free time
A.few B.many C.much D.some
“Low *carbon” becomes the most popular words these days because more and more people pay attention to our environment. Not only China but all other 1 concentrate on the topic of “low carbon”. Low carbon life 2 a kind of lifestyle in which people do their best to use less energy. The purpose of the lifestyle is to push us to 3 the environment.
Because of the fast increase of population and human *desire, the human living environment, health and safety are 4 worse and worse. So we can say, the lifestyle is becoming the killer of the earth and human beings. Therefore, low carbon life is needed by man’s own health. So we should develop good 5 in our daily life. For example, when we go shopping, we’d better use 6 plastic bags. We should eat more 7 and less meat. As for clothing, we’d better buy the necessary clothes and not buy clothes with animal *leather. As for housing, when building a 8 , we must use green material; buy the lights that need less energy and remember to 9 the lights when not needed; put rubbish into different kinds and recycle the useful things, like bottles and paper. As for transportation, we can 10 if you go to the places near your house. For short trips, we can ride a bike instead of driving a car. Try to use public transportations. As for working, companies should 11 clerks to use e-mail, MSN and other ways instead of using paper. We use paper only when necessary. For using 12 : If you don’t use computer in a short time, you can change the computer into its “sleep”.
Besides, we should try 13 best to tell the people around us the importance of the low carbon lifestyle. And we can also ask them to 14 us to take the low carbon life, in this way, not only can we make our city better, 15 also it’s good for ourselves.
In all, it weighs greatly for all of us to put the low carbon lifestyle into practice.
A.countries B.cities C.towns D.villages
A.helps B.means C.lives D.thinks
A.keep B.pollute C.protect D.make
A.doing B.trying C.discovering D.becoming
A.lists B.shops C.decisions D.habits
A.more B.less C.fewer D.many
A.tea B.vegetables C.meat D.food
A.house B.bridge C.store D.market
A.turn off B.turn on C.put off D.put on
A.walk B.rush C.run D.drive
A.make B.let C.see D.encourage
A.machine B.light C.bed D.computer
A.ours B.we C.our D.us
A.stop B.tell C.join D.hear
A.so B.but C.and D.though
Dear Dad,
I’m writing to you because it’s not easy to talk about it. I still 1 clearly how my uncle died two years ago. In fact, I seriously want to ask you to stop smoking. I’ve looked up a lot of information about smoking and I found out something 2 . You know that smoking is bad for your 3 and can cause cancer. I’ve learnt that it causes many other 4 too. Do you know that over ten thousand people die from smoking every year in Britain?
When mum asks you to smoke 5 , you think she’s angry. Well, it’s true that she doesn’t like the 6 of smoke in the house. When you smoke, it’s also 7 for mum and me. In other words, when we 8 in your smoke, it’s like we’re smoking ourselves. 9 , we can also get disease. Doctors are finding that more and more 10 are falling ill because of the others’ smoking.
I know that it’s very 11 to stop smoking, but you must give it up. Please see the doctor and ask him 12 help. We will do anything we can to help you. You must try to 13 your own life. We don’t want to 14 you because you are so important to us. 15 you, who can help me with my maths homework or mend my bike? Please don’t smoke!
Your daughter,
Meimei
A.remember B.forget C.think D.feel
A.interesting B.terrible C.boring D.strange
A.health B.study C.work D.mind
A.things B.mistakes C.feelings D.illnesses
A.nowhere B.anywhere C.outside D.inside
A.color B.smell C.shape D.taste
A.useless B.useful C.bad D.good
A.move B.rest C.arrive D.breathe
A.However B.As a result C.In fact D.For example
A.doctors B.nurses C.non-smokers D.smokers
A.difficult B.easy C.important D.dangerous
A.on B.from C.of D.for
A.save B.waste C.refuse D.accept
A.trouble B.lose C.hurt D.keep
A.With B.Without C.Behind D.By
My friend Sally is an English __1___. Her family name is ___2____. She is 13 years old. Here is a photo ___3____ her room. In ___4___ room, her notebook and computer game ____5_____ on the desk. Her schoolbag is on the sofa. Her ___6____ are on the sofa, too. Some books and two pens are in her schoolbag. A baseball is under the bed, ___7____ it’s not hers. It’s her brother’s. Sally has a TV. It’s on the table. Next to the table is a photo. Three girls are ____8____ the photo. Do you know ___9____ the two girls are? Well, ___10___ are Sally’s good friends, Mary and Cindy.A girl B boy C dog D father
A EricB FrankC BrownD Bill
A for B of C at D in
A his B her C he D she
A is B are C am D /
A pencil B penC schoolbagsD pencils
A andB too C but D also
A at B to C in D under
A whatB howC whereD who
A these B they C this D that
In America, parents want their children to do something they can., they want them to usewisely(精明地). When the children are still very young, parents will begin telling them different kinds of money. Parents also tell them what money can.When the children become a little, parents teach them to save money. If the children want to buy something, they can usemoney. Parents will tell them what they should buy and what they shouldn’t .
When children use their money, parents often tell them to share(分享)withParents are gladtheir children share their money and help others.the children can learn to be helpful. Parents also teach their children to make a plan formoney. It is good for them.
In America, people often sell some of their old things . If people buy them, they can get some money. Some children help others wash carssell newspapers to get money . But in China, parents have different opinions. Maybe there is something good for us to learn. Do you think so ?
A.For example B.However C.Such as D.Because
A.things B.computers C.money D.time
A.be used to B.is used for C.use for D.be used for
A.big B.younger C.older D.old
A.their own B.of their own C.his own D.themselves
A.the others B.others C.other D.the other
A.seeing B.to see C.looking D.to look
A.On the way B.In this way C.In the way D.By the way
A.spending B.costing C.taking D.paying
A.and B.or C.but D.though