Hundreds of years ago in a small town, a moneylender lent a lot of money to a poor man. The moneylender , who was old and ugly, the poor man’s beautiful daughter. So he came up with an idea. He said the poor man didn’t need to return the money to him he could marry his daughter. Both the man and his daughter were .
The moneylender then told them that he would put a small stone and a small white stone into an empty bag. The girl would have to one. If she took the black stone , she would become the moneylender’s and her father’s debt(债务) would be let go. If she picked the white stone, she didn’t need to marry him and her father’s debt would be let go. Her father would be put into prison if she refused to pick a stone.
As they talked, the moneylender picked up two stones. As he did that, the girl that he had put two black stones in the bag. He then asked the girl to pick her stone from the bag.
The girl thought for a while and then had an idea. She put her hand into the bag and took out a stone. looking at it, she let it fall onto the path where it became lost among all the other stones. “ Oh how I was！” She said, “But never . If you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to which stone I picked.” This tells: Sometimes we can think about things in a way. Most difficult problems do have an solution.
A．pleased B．attracted C．loved D．saw
A．if B．unless C．so D．but
A．bored B．frightened C．relaxed D．excited
A．pink B．red C．black D．yellow
A．show B．drop C．check D．choose
A．daughter B．cousin C．wife D．friend
A．again B．still C．never D．hardly
A．said B．feared C．thought D．noticed
A．On B．About C．For D．Without
A．usually B．surprisingly C．immediately D．slowly
A．worried B．clever C．careless D．lucky
A．laugh B．mind C．cry D．complain
A．tell B．explain C．ask D．arrange
A．saying B．story C．news D．man
A．careful B．funny C．different D．normal
In many classrooms, it’s not 31 to find students spinning (旋转) their pens 32 they listen to their teachers.
Pen-spinning is also popular 33 Japanese students. It is a form of entertainment. Recently, a pen-spinning competition was held in Tokyo, Japan. Ryuki Omura, a 16-year-old high school student, became the first pen-spinning 34 .
276 people took part in the competition. They came from different age groups. Some were students 35 some were office workers. First, they 36 the videos of their pen-spinning skills to the organizer’s website. Then some of them came to the last round in Tokyo. 37 of them had 30 seconds to show their skills in front of 400 people, 38 reporters and fans. Omura took a pen from his little finger to the rest fingers, then to his palm(手掌) and the back of his hand. His wonderful show made him 39 the champion.
Omura said he began learning pen-spinning only about 14 months ago. He did 40 in the competition. If you like to spin your pen, you can practice it in your spare time. But when you are in the class, please don’t do that.
A．different B．easy C．common D．difficult
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A．for B．between C．among D．to
A．chairman B．captain C．champion D．sport
A．or B．and C．with D．but
A．were sent B．sent C．was sent D．sends
A．Each B．Both C．Every D．All
A．includes B．included C．included D．including
A．become B．became C．becomes D．becoming
A．quite good B．quite well C．quite better D．even better
Miracles（奇迹）will happen if you don't give up trying. Even if you have 16 for one hundred times, you may succeed when you try for the 10lst time.
When I was born, my doctor told my mother that there was something wrong with my 17 . They were too soft to be able to walk. Although the news was bad, my mother didn't become 18 . She didn't believe what the doctor said 19 started to look for other ways.
My mother kept looking for other doctors for me, and finally she 20 . The doctor and his team in the hospital did 21 they could to help me. They also asked my parents to teach me to do some 22 to help me walk. One day when my mother came to pick me 23 . I crawled(爬) towards her. She was so surprised and happy that she couldn't believe 24 eyes. Crawling was not walking, but it was a good 25 . Day by day, I could walk by myself.
When I grew up, my mother 26 told me these stories. She said that if I thought of what she said whenever I met 27 , I could do anything successfully. I have been working hard and I have turned out to be a very 28 person. I get best 29in school and I am a good dancer and swimmer. Thanks to my mother's strong resolution(决心), I live a 30 life now. What the story tells us, as my mother always says, is: Never give up.
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A．patient B．confident C．frustrated(沮丧的) D．proud
A．or B．and C．if D．because
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A．presents B．friends C．books D．grades
A．happy B．sad C．tired D．boring
Jim Green works in the hospital. Last weekend he __41___ go to work. On Saturday morning his father ___42__ to him, “Jim, go to the city and to see my best friend, Mr. Vickers. Here is his 43 . His home is near the station.”
Jim went to the city __44__ train. He got off (下车) the train and thought, “Mr. Vicker’s 45 is near the station, I can __46 _ it easily.” But after an hour he couldn’t find it. 47 he stopped and asked an old man. The old man said, “Just go along this street, __48__left at New Zoo, and the house is __49__ your right.”
Three weeks 50 , his father told him __51__ Mr Vickers again. He had to __52__ someone for the way when he didn’t find the house. He stopped the 53 man. He was _54_ and said, “Are you still __55__ that place, young man?”
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A．talked B．spoke C．said D．told
A．map B．picture C．home D．address
A．in B．at C．by D．on
A．home B．office C．city D．address
A．look B．look at C．find D．saw
A．Because B．So C．If D．But
A．take B．turn C．bring D．turning
A．in B．on C．at D．of
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A．to see B．to go C．to call D．to look
A．tell B．answer C．ask D．find
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A．visiting B．looking for C．looking at D．finding
Electric bicycles which run on battery-operated (电瓶) motors are winning over riders of ordinary bikes 41 their speed, quality and environmental advantage.
They were first 42 on 1980s in China, but the selling was not very good. Today, thanks43 improvements on battery quality, the electric bikes sell well. There are now more than 100 electric bicycle producers in China and 26 million such bicycles were produced in 2011. Japan is another large 44 of such bicycles in the world with a total production reaching 381,721in 2010.
45 China is one of the largest producers of electric bicycles in the world, the 46 of its producers with mass production (大批量生产) is actually small.
Electric bicycles are still 47in China. Time is needed for people to become familiar with them and accept them. Each bike’s price of between 2,000 yuan (US $318) and 3,000 yuan (US $477) is still48 for ordinary citizens (民众). Although such bikes are quick, safe and49 to operate, their batteries still have shortcomings (不足). They weigh more than 10 kilograms; their service life is 50 two years and they 51 400 yuan each.
There were more than 450 million bikes in China in 2006. If just one percent of all these bikes are replaced by electric 52 , the market will be very large. And 53 the battery is further improved and the price is 54 , many of us will not be able to keep back from 55 the latest electric bikes
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A．build B．built C．building D．to build
A．for B．in C．by D．to
A．producer B．production C．produce D．to produce
A．But B．If C．Although D．When
A．buyer B．number C．price D．owner
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A．easy B．difficult C．hard D．easily
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A．buying B．brought C．to buy D．buy
Tom and Fred were talking about the year 2050.
“What will 1 be like in the year 2050?” asked Tom.
“I don’t know,” said Fred. “What do you think?”
“Well, no one knows. But it is __2__ to guess,” said Tom. “In the year 2050 everybody will carry a pocket (袖珍) __3___. The computer will give people the __4__ to all their problems. We shall all have telephones in our pockets,__5___ . And we’ll be able to talk to our friends all over the world. Perhaps(也许) we’ll be able to ___6__ them at the same time. Machines will do ___7___of the work, and people will have more__8__. Perhaps they will work only two or three days a week. They will be able to fly to the moon by spaceship and spend their holidays there.”
“I’m very _9__to hear that. I hope to fly to the moon. And I hope I’ll be able to live _10___,” said Fred. “Won’t that be interesting? Just like a fish.”
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A．pleased B．no use C．interesting D．unusual
A．computer B．radio C．camera D．phone
A．news B．ways C．things D．answers
A．either B．again C．too D．also
A．call B．see C．look D．listen
A．most B．many C．lot D．every
A．work B．duty C．holidays D．times
A．sorry B．glad C．sure D．afraid
A．in the sea B．on land C．on the mountain D．under the ground