In 1957, an Irish family moved into the house next to ours, and the son John was in my class at school. And he became well-known to the young and the old.
Although many of the adults in the neighborhood regarded John as “a bit of a rogue”, he was still with all the kids, because in many ways he was like a leader, and that made one of us. His cheeks were always red and if he asked you to take part in some , whether it was picking mushrooms, checking rabbit traps or just going to the shops, you would feel or at least pleased to be included. But this some-times came at a cost (付出代价). I can feeling quite uncomfortable when, for example, he a shop assistant for the items on high shelves.
He would put some goods into our pockets, while he his conversation with the assistant who turned her back towards us. I worried that my parents would be angry if I told them we had done. He always said, “The police won’t take us alive.” But I still to stay far away from him in the end. Now I’m glad to make the right decision at that time.
A．regularly B．quickly C．usually D．mainly
A．popular B．pleased C．satisfied D．strict
A．her B．them C．him D．you
A．meeting B．report C．review D．activity
A．angry B．nervous C．proud D．strange
A．remember B．forget C．refuse D．lead
A．ordered B．mended C．asked D．forced
A．continued B．created C．influenced D．replaced
A．where B．what C．why D．when
A．learned B．agreed C．hated D．decided
Jim is an American boy. He likes __1__football matches, __2 __he hasn’t enough (足够的) money to buy tickets. He has to watch the matches __3__TV at home when he has __4__homework. He must go to school from Monday to Friday, so he missed (错过) a lot of important football matches.
A big football match would be held (举行) in the afternoon the next day. __ 5 __wanted to watch it very much. But he couldn’t. He would have a physics (物理) test in __6___afternoon.
"Can we have a video, mom?" Jim asked his mother __7___he went to school. "Then from our TV set you can record (录像) the match for me."
"I’m __8___we can’t afford (买得起) one," said his mother. The next morning Jim went home with a smile, __9___a new video. "But where did you get the money, Jim?" His mother asked in surprise.
"That’s __10 __, mom. I sold our TV set."
| 1. |
A. watching |
B. seeing |
C. looking at |
D. hearing |
| 2. |
A. and |
B. so |
C. but |
D. or |
| 3. |
A. in |
B. on |
C. at |
D. with |
| 4. |
A. few |
B. a few |
C. many |
D. quite a little |
| 5. |
A. Mother |
B. Father |
C. Teacher |
D. Jim |
| 6. |
A. the same |
B. the different |
C. a |
D. as |
| 7. |
A. after |
B. before |
C. because |
D. as |
| 8. |
A. glad |
B. afraid |
C. pleased |
D. frighten (恐惧) |
| 9. |
A. carrying |
B. carries |
C. carry |
D. to carry |
| 10. |
A. difficult |
B. easy |
C. difficulty |
D. easily |
It was very cold outside my car. I did not want to get out of it 36 we passed by a cafe. Suddenly I noticed a short old man, covered with some bits of clothes, shaking with the cold. He was waiting for anyone who would 37 him a coin or a cup of hot tea.
I asked my 38 to go over and hand this old man something. He 39 into my husband’s face, smiled and said, “40 .” I felt so happy and I wished the old man could live41 the cold night.
I was sure to meet him again and find out how he was the next 42 , as I have to pass this way every day. I did so the next evening, and he remembered the 43 and came up to my window and44 at me. This time I offered him a 45 of food. He reached out for the bag and I gave him my hand. He 46 food, smiled and said, “May God bless you.” I looked at the old man and he 47 me think of my father.”
I do hope all of us will remember that maybe one day, it could _48___to one of us, 49 please do not pass by a 5 0 person without offering at least a word of love and a kind smile or an act of kindness of any kind.
A．after B．when C．before D．if
A．send B．leave C．invite D．pick
A．father B．son C．husband D．friend
A．watched B．entered C．came D．looked
A．Excuse me B．Beg your pardon C．Take it easy D．Thank you
A．in B．through C．under D．off
A．year B．month C．week D．day
A．office B．gift C．car D．shop
A．smiled B．pointed C．called D．shouted
A．box B．bag C．bottle D．basket
A．held B．ordered C．dropped D．received
A．got B．forced C．made D．allowed
A．wait for B．surprise at C．ask for D．happen to
A．so B． and C．or D．but
A．quiet B．sick C．poor D．shy
Some people do not like anything to be out of place, they are never late for work, they can remember people’s birthdays; and they are always 31 to their friends and family members. Mr. Brown is such a person.
Mr. Brown works in a 32 , and he lives in the town alone . He only has a sister. She lives in 33 town with her husband and her son, Mike. Mr. Brown doesn’t have time to see his sister or her family, from one year to the 34 , but he never forgets 35 them different kinds of greeting cards. These days, he is busy 36 a birthday card and presents for the 20th birthday of his nephew, Mike.
Last Sunday, Mr. Brown had quite a surprise. He drove home from the hotel at the usual time, and he drove his car very 37 , not too slowly or too fast. When he got home, he parked his car as usual in the right place, and then he went into the house to make supper. Suddenly, there was a 38 the door. Mr. Brown opened the door and found a policeman standing outside the door.
“What’s wrong?” he asked 39 . ‘Did I drive on the wrong side of the street? Or did I make a mistake at work?’
“Hello, Uncle,” said the policeman with a big 40 on his face, “My name is Mike”.
A．rude B．ungrateful C．kind D．unkind
A．hotel B．school C．police station D．bank
A．the same B．a busy C．an old D．another
A．second B．next C．another D．last
A．to get B．to keep C．to send D．to borrow
A．collecting B．getting C．choosing D．writing
A．slowly B．fast C．carefully D．carelessly
A．knock off B．knock over C．knock into D．knock at
A．someone B．himself C．no one D．none
A．anger B．cry C．sadness D．smile
Some people have very good memories and can easily learn quite long poem（诗歌）by heart. Some people have 51 memories and can only 52 things that they have said again and again.
The 53 English writer Charles Dickens said that he could walk down 54 street in London and then tell you the name of every shop on 55 sides of the street. Great men in the world have wonderful memories.
A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns 56 language by remembering what he hears 57 he is a small child. Some children live with their parents in foreign countries and they seem 58 two languages as 59 as one. In school it is not so easy to learn foreign languages 60 students have little time 61 it and they are busy with other subjects as well.
A man’s mind is quite like a camera but it62 photos of what we see and it can also take photos of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo 63 a camera there is much work 64 before the photo is finished and ready to show to our friends. 65 the same way there is much work to do before we can keep a picture forever in our mind.
A．wonderful B．better C．poor D．badly
A．speak B．study C．know D．remember
A．nice B．beautiful C．famous D．kind
A．any B．some C．many D．the
A．every B．each C．both D．all
A．her B．his C．one’s D．their
A．when B．since C．if D．as soon as
A．to keep B．to get C．to learn D．to take
A．badly B．hard C．easily D．happily
A．because B．why C．what D．when
A．like B．for C．to D．in
A．leaves B．takes C．gets D．receives
A．in B．by C．with D．through
A．to do B．to have C．to start D．to stay
A．In B．On C．With D．As
When I was in my first year of middle school, my father died. And my mother was ill just after I got into the high school. I had to 1 going to school because my mother had no money to pay my school bills.
We began to work in people’s gardens to save up money for me to go back to school. Finally I returned to school. 2 my mother __3 the next year. And my world went dark. I asked my headmaster if I could work for the 4 this summer vacation, so I could pay my bills. He was a nice man and let me work in the school garden during the 5 . I can’t study well because of my mother’s death. At the end of my second year, I didn’t 6 most of my exams and the teacher told me I had to repeat the year. After _7 summer working in the school garden, I went 8 to lessons again. But suddenly I fell ill.
Because of my disease (疾病) I was 9 and couldn’t work at school. I was hopeless(无望的). My headmaster told me not to give up. And my teachers and classmates 10 me a lot. Now, I’m feeling better and will finish my third year.
My life is still not 11 . A few students laugh at my poor clothes. They also call me “farmer” because I work in the school garden. But I 12 hard days will always be followed by sunshine.
A．stop B．start C．keep D．finish
A．and B．but C．so D．although
A．go B．die C．gone D．died
A．school B．zoo C．park D．museum
A．pass B．take C．have D．give
A．along B．back C．down D．up
A．helped B．gave C．worried D．taught
A．terrible B．hard C．easy D．difficult
A．find B．makes C．thinks D．believe