In 1995, Oseola McCarty donated $ 150, 000 --most of the money she made in her lifetime--to the University of Southern Mississippi. She just wanted to help poor students. Her friends and neighbours were surprised at the news. McCarty was a good woman and was always friendly and h . But everyone in her town knew that she was not r
Oseola McCarty was born in 1908. She had to leave school when she was eight to support her family by w other people's clothes. She made only a few dollars a day. Oseola washed the clothes by hand. Then she h
the clothes to dry. She did this for nearly 80 years. In the 1960s , when many people began to buy their own washers(洗衣机) and dryers(烘干机), McCarty didn’t have much work to do, so she started to iron clothes i
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McCarty n married or had children. Her life was simple. She went to work and to church. She had a black-and-white television, b
she didn’t watch it very often. It only had one channel. Oseola McCarty s
money all her life and finally had about $ 250, 000.
In an interview with the University of Southern Mississippi News, McCarty said, "I can't do everything, but I can do s to help somebody. And what I can do I will do. I wish I could do more." This quiet exceptional cleaning lady has t
the world a lesson in giving.
选择方框中的词并用其适当形式填空
speak, need, patient, achieve, help |
This book will be very ________________ for you to do the medical research.
We must be _______________ with the children.
You can talk with foreigners to practice your ____________ skills.
Everyone ______________ to have at least eight hours’ sleep a night.
If you work hard, you’ll _____________ your dream.
用下列所给词的适当形式填空,每个字仅用一次。(每题1分,共10分)
Dear Sally,
Thanks for your photo. It is a nice one. Here a photo of my
. You
see four people in the photo.
are my parents, my sister and I. My father is
English teacher. My mother works in a
, too, but she isn’t a teacher. The girl beside me is my sister.
name is Alice. We are students. Alice is in Class One and I’m in Class
. We have a pet dog. Coco is the
of our dog.
is it? It is in front of my mother.
Yours
Jenny
用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空,使短文通顺、正确、连贯(每个单词限用一次)
Hangzhouhua (杭州话):use it or lose it
There are about 6.000 languages in the world and some experts say that as many as half of these languages will disappear(消失) in the next one hundred years. Will Hangzhouhua be one of ________? It’s a
________ that more people are asking.
In China, Putonghua is the official language. That________ it’s the language of government, business and the media (媒体). And it’s also the language that is
________ in schools.
Hangzhou is a special city. It used to be the capital of Wu and Yue States in the 10th century during the Five Dynasties period. Now it is modern, fashionable and also beautiful. And Hangzhouhua shows that ________ being modern, fashionable and beautiful.
Young people still speak Hangzhouhua but not as ________ as their parents and grandparents. They are under more and more pressure to speak Putonghua. So the language is being used
________ often in everyday life. Some people want to keep the language from disappearing completely by building museums and having cultural festivals to save it. But a language isn’t a painting
________ a book. It’s a living thing and you
________ use it or lose it.
If people ________ using it in their daily lives, a museum or a festival will not help. It will be lost forever, like the Yangtze River dolphin.
用方框中单词的正确形式填空。
At this moment, in different place of the world, people are doing different things.
In London, it’s five o’clock in the afternoon and people are leaving ____________and are going home. They’re waiting for buses or trains. Some people are driving home. Some are
______________ off buses or trains. Some are having afternoon tea at home or having a drink.
In Moscow, it’s eight o’clock in the evening, so people aren’t having afternoon tea. They are having ______________ at home or in restaurants. Some are going to the theatre or watching a
_______________. Some are watching television or playing games at home.
In Beijing, it’s one o’clock at night, so people aren’t having dinner. _____________people are sleeping. Some people are still
______________ and some are going home from work.
In Los Angeles, it’s nine o’clock in the morning. People ______________sleeping. They’re working. Children are starting
______________ lessons.
In New York, it’s twelve o’clock. People aren’t working. They’re having ______________. They are eating hamburgers or hot dogs and drinking
______________ or cola. Some people are seeing friends, calling home or shopping.
从下面方框中选择一个适当的词或短语,并用其适当形式填空,并将其正确形式写在答题卡对应位置。
danger, swim, please, wet , success, little, chat with,health, they, miss |
As students, we should stay away from_______ (health) food such as potato chips.
Our school held a _______ sports meet last week.
The weather in the south is _______ (wet) than that in the north.
Many students can’t look after _______ (they) without the help of their parents.
We should eat more vegetables and _______ meat.
Maria is interested in ___________.
The traffic here is very busy and it’s _______ for children to walk alone.
My friend ____________her parents when I knocked at the door.
My book is_______, I can’t find it.
The good news brings me _______.