Children all around the world are familiar with fairy tales ,such as “The Little Mermaid”, “The Princess and the Pea” and “The Emperor’s new clothes”. The colourful characters from the stories made us laugh and throughout our childhood.
The stories are the of Danish writer Hans Christian Anderson. He was born into a poor family in Odense, Denmark, on April 2, 1805. His early life was not . His father was a shoemaker and his mother a washerwoman. He very little education. As a child he was very emotional(情绪化) and was at for being feminine(女性化) and tall.
In 1816 his father died and Anderson was forced to go out to work, first in a tailor’s shop and then at a tobacco factory. At the age of 14 Anderson moved to Copenhagen to start a as a singer and actor. He struggled for three years he had to leave the theater when his voice broke in 1822.
, Anderson went to a grammar school. Having done well, he was allowed to go to Copenhagen University in 1828. He began to publish his fairy tales in1835.They in small volumes（量）until his death.
Anderson lived a hard life, but he tried to make people laugh in all his stories. He wrote because he didn’t want children to have a sad childhood as he did. The works Anderson famous all over the world , but he was still a lonely man. He never married and his friends were the people who paid for his work. Anderson passed away on August 4, 1875 at the age of 70. His home in Odense is now a museum and thousands of people visit it every year.
A．tell B．speak C．smile D．cry
A．discoveries B．inventions C．creations D．feelings
A．hard B．easy C．excited D．bad
A．bought B．found C．received D．lost
A．spoken B．talked C．smiled D．laughed
A．career B．hobby C．performance D．trip
A．since B．after C．until D．still
A．Even so B．Afterwards C．Since then D．Otherwise
A．turned out B．sold out C．came out D．went out
A．found B．brought C．made D．let
The Great Wall of China has a history of over two thousand years. It runs from the east to the west in North China. It is about 6,300 kilometers___36_ . It is often 37 “Ten- -thousand-Li Great Wall”. It is one of the “Seven Wonders” of the ancient world.
The Great Wall is wide enough for ten men to walk 38 . Horses can also run along it, too. The Great Wall 39 stones and bricks（砖）. There are huge stones on 40 side and on the highest part. But now some sections of it are worn out.
There are tall watch-towers alone the Great Wall. Once upon 41 time, the soldiers kept watching the enemies（敌人）in the watch-towers day and night. They made 42 on the towers to 43 each other when the enemies came.
Nowadays we don’t use the Great Wall to keep away the enemies any more. It is a famous place of interest to all the people in 44 . Every year 45 people come to visit it form all over the world.A. wide B. tall C. long
A. calling B. call C. called
A. side by side B. one by one C. one after another
A. was made of B. was made from C. was made in
A. both B. all C. each
A. an B. a C. the
A. fire B. a kite C. a face
A. tell B. talk C. speak
A. Asia B. the world C. Europe
A. thousand B. a few thousand C. thousands of
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I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was useless and when I was 14, he said, “You’re never going to be (1) but a failure(失败者).
After five years of poor jobs, I fell (2) with a very nice girl. But her mother said to me, “You’ve (3) in everything you’ve ever done. You can’t give any happiness to my daughter!” It was the frustrating thing that could have changed me later. I decided to do something (4) about my life, because I wanted to show her that what people said about me was (5) .
So I tried hard with my writing and went to college. My first book came out while I was at college. After college I (6) during the day in high schools and went to evening classes at college. Later, I gave up that job to write full time. At the same time, I was offered a part-time job as a (7) at Leeds University. I began to feel (8) of myself –here was once a poor boy who’d left school early, now teaching at the university. My writing career(生涯) (9) when I discovered my own style.
Now I’m rich and (10) , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. But what does that mean? I just wish all the people who have put me down had said: “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”
A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing
A．work B．love C．help D．study
A．failed B．won C．beaten D．succeeded
A．difficult B．easy C．negative D．positive
A．terrible B．excellent C．wrong D．right
A．stayed B．laught C．lived D．studied
A．boss B．scientist C．teacher D．student
A．proud B．sad C．tired D．happy
A．set off B．went off C．broke off D．took off
A．cool B．famous C．clever D．helpful
Rose didn’t see her school IC card at lunch time. She asked her classmates and looked for it everywhere. But she couldn’t 1it. Later, one girl said that she saw Kate take a card from Rose’s desk. So Rose got very 2.
When she met Kate in the afternoon, Rose 3, “You have stolen(偷) my card!” Hearing this, Kate began to cry, “No, no, I didn’t steal it! I only took it by 4.” But Rose didn’t think so and they began to fight.
Just then a teacher came up and 5what had happened. Kate told the whole story. She said her pen pal came to see her in the morning. She was so 6that she took the card carelessly. Then they went for lunch happily. “I used the card, but I had thought it was mine. I didn’t know it was Rose’s 7 she asked. I was too afraid to explain it to her. So I decided to put the 8back with some money secretly. I am sorry, Rose.” Kate said in a low9.
“It’s just a misunderstanding（误会)！” said the teacher. Tears(泪水) came into Rose’s eyes. Then she said, “I was 10 sorry, Kate! I hope we are still good friends. ”A. find B. buyC. put
A. happy B. angry C. afraid
A. sang B. shouted C. read
A. card B. wordsC. mistake
A. asked B. understood C. allowed
A. sad B. excitedC. interested
A. until B. afterC. if
A. pen B. bookC. card
A. voice B. soundC. noise
A. not B. alsoC. never
Some time ago, my wife and I traveled to visit my sister. We had taken more clothes than we needed and struggled onto the train. In front of us, in a face-to-face seat, 16 six young men in their early 20s. They were strong and 17 , and I disliked them immediately. They were laughing loudly, obviously 18 themselves and they 19 a foreign language.
As we went quickly 20 the countryside, I kept an eye on them as they joked around. Sometimes they took a look in our direction. When two of them go out 21 , relaxed a little. The rest of them 22 to laugh and joke in their own language.
When we finally arrived at our 23 , only one of them was left on the train. He was obviously 24 too and as I struggled towards him with my heavy luggage(行李)，he reached out and asked in English “Want a hand wth that, mate?”
He 25 the heavier bag up the station steps for us. We were pleasantly surprised and very grateful.
A．sat B．stood C．lay D．lived
A．polite B．quiet C．lazy D．noisy
A．helping B．enjoying C．teaching D．devoting
A．told B．spoke C．said D．talked
A．above B．onto C．over D．through
A．off B．up C．along D．on
A．wanted B．started C．stopped D．continued
A．house B．hotel C．station D．shelter
A．bored B．worried C．excited D．frightened
A．carried B．left C．brought D．bought
Two teachers were sitting in the teachers' room. For a moment there was silence. Then one of them, Miss Smith, said, "I'm afraid I'd have to fail him! I just can’t let him 16 . "
"Now Alice," said her friend, Mrs Jackson, "is he so terrible a student?"
"That's just the trouble!" the other woman answered, "Tom was ever my 17 student. The problem is that he is so lazy that he never gets his work done. He hasn't handed me a piece of homework for three 18 !"
Mrs Jackson had never seen Miss Smith so 19 before. "Have you had a word with him about it?" she asked.
"Why should I? Every student must hand in homework. I made 20 very clear on the first day for class. I don't know what has happened. When the lessons started, he did so well that I 21 thought about asking the school to give him a scholarship(奖学金). But now he often sleeps in class! I've never seen such a22in a student."
"You should have a talk with him. Give him a chance. "
Miss Smith spoke to Tom and learned all about it. He was studying all day and working most of the night in a factory to 23 for his schooling. Of course he was 24in class and sometimes could hardly 25 awake. Miss Smith soon asked the school to give him a scholarship and he was able to devote himself to his lessons again.
A．leave B．pass C．work D．sleep
A．laziest B．busiest C．worst D．best
A．minutes B．hours C．weeks D．years
A．worried B．pleased C．useless D．kind
A．them B．him C．that D．one
A．even B．only C．mostly D．still
A．trouble B．hope C．change D．danger
A．pay B．call C．save D．share
A．forgetful B．careless C．asleep D．tired
A．seem B．keep C．look D．get