My mother says she probably wouldn’t love butterflies（蝴蝶）today if it weren’t for Mr. Patti.
When my mother Ada was a kid, she loved playing baseball and she wanted to for the New York Yankees. Then her brother Howie pointed out that there weren’t any women playing major league baseball（棒球联赛）. Ada realized he was right. That made her so angry that she started throwing baseballs into the air and hitting them as as she could.
One day Ada hit a ball through Mr. Patti’s window. She was about to run away when a bright yellow butterfly flew through the hole in the window. A blue butterfly . Then a lot of colourful butterflies flew out like a rainbow（彩虹）. Ada to open her arms and catch the butterflies.
It was too bad she didn’t she heard Mr. Patti shouting, “Hey! You there!” Ada almost jumped 12 feet. When she landed, Mr. Patti handed her a net and a box. He pointed to the butterflies. “One hundred butterflies. We need to get them all back. Go!”
Running with the net, Ada began to catch some of the butterflies. By the end of the day, her
was filled with butterflies ― including the bright yellow butterfly. There were still 13 butterflies missing. Mr. Patti showed Ada pictures had taken of the missing butterflies. The photographs were so beautiful that she could hardly catch her breath.
“ do you get them to stay still（静止的，不动的）?” Ada asked.
“I’ll show you,” Mr. Patti replied.
And he did. He taught my mother everything he knew about photographing butterflies. That’s her now. It is good because there still aren’t any women playing in the major leagues.
“I’ll never forget that day,” my mother says. “Breaking that window changed my .” Then she goes into her workroom, which is filled with swirling butterflies.
A．cheer B．play C．work D．act
A．carefully B．high C．hard D．proudly
A．appeared B．joined C．followed D．reached
A．offered B．wanted C．agreed D．refused
A．so B．because C．after D．though
A．net B．box C．room D．yard
A．she B．they C．I D．he
A．How B．When C．Why D．Where
A．job B．hobby C．pleasure D．way
A．project B．purpose C．life D．Plan
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Six-year-old Brandon decided one morning to make his parents pancakes. He ________ a big bowl and a spoon, pulled a chair to the table, opened the cupboard and pulled out the heavy flour(面粉）bag. He put some flour ____ the bowl with his hands, mixed in a cup of milk and _______some sugar.
Soon Brandon __________ flour and getting frustrated(懊恼的）. He wanted this to be something ____for Mum and Dad, but it was getting very bad. He didn’t know what to do _____.
Suddenly he saw his cat near the bowl and went to push her away, ____________ the egg box to the floor. He tried to clean up but slipped(滑倒）on the eggs, getting his clothes ____. Just then, he saw his Dad___________ at the door.
Brandon’s eyes were full of tears. All he wanted to do was something good, but now. He was sure his Dad would beat(揍）him, but his father didn’t. ____________, he picked up his crying son and kissed him.
That’s what we sometimes face in ___________. We try to do something good, but it turns into a mess(一团糟). Sometimes we just________ there in tears ____________we can’t think of anything else to do. Hopefully, that’s someone close to us picks us up, loves us and forgives us. But we can’t ___________ trying to “make pancakes” for Dad or for other. Sooner or___________ we’ll get it right, and then they’ll be glad we tried.
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Today is the last Saturday before Christmas. Everyone in the USA________shopping for presents.
________ is falling (降落). People are walking fast. They are trying to keep ________ when they move from shop to shop. In the shops children are ________at the toys. They are talking to a man called Father Christmas. He asks, “What do you want________Christmas?” In the USA, it is warm and beautiful in summer. The trees and fields are green then. But now it is winter and________ is white. At ________, small lights make the houses and buildings ________. Christmas is a beautiful ________ of a year. Parents tell their children that Father Christmas is a very kind man. He comes________ Christmas Eve. He lands on top of________ house and comes ________the chimney (烟囱) into the fireplace (壁炉) and________them a lot of presents. Christmas Day always begins before ________. Children wake up very early in the morning. They open the________from their parents. Then they wake up their parents, saying “Merry Christmas.”
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This week, I asked my classmates about their vacations. Here are some of their answers.
Tina to New York City. The was sunny and the people friendly to her. She went there by and the bus trip was relaxing. The food was delicious. She had a vacation.
Sally went to her uncle. Because the weather was windy and , she had to stay at house. She watched TV the TV shows were boring. She went shopping with her cousin but the shop assistants(店员) were . She had a terrible vacation.
Tom stayed at home. At first he did his homework. It was a little difficult. Then he computer games. They were interesting. He thought his vacation was OK.A. go B. goes C. went
A. place B. weather C. museum
A. were B. was C. is
A. bike B. busC. train
A. bad B. terrible C. great
A. visit B. visitedC. look
A. rain B. rainy C. sun
A. but B. and C. or
A. friend B. friendly C. unfriendly
A. playB. played C. listened
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Who can help you if you want to be a great man when you grow up? ____ you think parents, teachers or others can help you. But ____ fact, all these people only help you to help ____.
There have been many great men in history. They had few people to help them. They could not get good education, ____. But they tried their best ____ and never gave up. One famous teacher in England once ____ his students, “I can’t make you great men, _____ I can help you make great men of yourselves.”
However, some young people do nothing and they ____ others. If these young people can see their weak points and change their ways, they can be ____ . they are nothing now, and will be ____ in the future, unless(除非) they take the advice of their parents and teachers, and most importantly, depend on themselves.
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Do you like going to the movies? Most of the in primary schools like movies very much. Last Sunday I went to a school and asked some students their favorite movies. of their answers were really interesting. Here are their likes and . John, a boy, likes watching scary movies because they are scary exciting. His classmate, May, can't stand documentaries. She told me they were for parents. But she really likes comedies because they are funny. Jack is a big boy. He said he didn't documentaries. But he doesn't like comedies________ they are boring! And coolest movies are action movies. Everyone them very much!
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