Tom brought a box of biscuits to a summer camp. He ate a few and placed the rest under his bed. After lunch, he found the box was gone. He went to tell his camp about it.
The next day, the coach saw a boy eating Tom’s biscuit behind a tree. He an idea to solve the problem. He found Tom and said to him, “I know who your biscuits. Will you help me to teach him a lesson?”
“Well, yes…are you going to punish , sir?” Tom asked. “No, I am not,” the coach explained “That would only make him hate you. I want you to write to your mother and ask for more .”
Tom received another box of biscuits by mail from his mother a few days later. “Now,” said the coach, “go and them with the boy who stole your biscuits.” Tom didn’t understand the coach’s intention, he still followed his advice.
Half an hour later the coach saw the two boys come up the hill, arm in arm. The boy was trying to ask Tom to his toy robot in payment for ( 赔偿 ) the stolen biscuits. And Tom was refusing the gift from his new friend. He said that a few biscuits were not so .
In some situations, forgiveness ( 原谅 ) is better than punishment.
A．cook B．doctor C．coach D．cleaner
A．got on with B．went on with C．came up with D．caught up with
A．took away B．ran away C．went away D．threw away
A．me B．him C．us D．them
A．shyly B．angrily C．excitedly D．patiently
A．gifts B．biscuits C．candies D．toys
A．share B．choose C．divide D．fill
A．if B．but C．since D．though
A．steal B．mend C．make D．accept
A．cheap B．delicious C．different D．important
I have had thousands of classes since I started school nine years ago. But only one was the most important.
It happened last term just after I had got a result in an exam. I was sad and had lost my confidence. I decided to go to a class which can tell me how to be .
The speaker walked into the room. But he did not start talking a teacher. Instead, he held up a twenty yuan note(钞票) !
"Who wants this?" he asked. Unsurprisingly, of us in the class held up our hands.
The speaker smiled. Then he put up the note on the blackboard and asked the same question. Again, we all put up our hands. The speaker smiled again, but nothing. Suddenly, he threw the note onto the floor! Then he asked the same a third time.
I didn' t what the speaker was doing. Why was he asking the same question again and again? I didn't know what to do. I wanted the note, I put my hand up again. After a while, he the note and started to laugh. "You have all just told me how to become successful, " said to us with the note in his hand.
"The note is worth twenty yuan. It is worth twenty yuan, even though I throw it on the floor. You are like the note. No matter happens to you, you still have your worth."
When I heard those words, I was deeply moved. Suddenly, I I was worth a lot. I may have done in an exam, but it doesn't I can' t do well in the future. If I believe in myself, I will be successful!
A．classroom B．subject C．class D．school
A．same B．good C．lucky D．bad
A．comfortable B．successful C．famous D．rich
A．like B．for C．about D．by
A．both B．neither C．all D．none
A．said B．bought C．saw D．wanted
A．student B．teacher C．question D．way
A．remember B．understand C．notice D．find
A．so B．though C．if D．or
A．took out B．threw away C．picked up D．put down
A．you B．he C．she D．they
A．never B．sometimes C．hardly D．always
A．when B．who C．what D．how
A．realized B．forgot C．dreamed D．decided
A．know B．mean C．think D．complain
A young, rich girl was getting ready bed when she a low crying coming her window. She went over to the window and leaned out, girl was standing there. It was a cold winter, but the girl had no quilt(被子), only old newspapers. The rich girl suddenly came up with a helpful idea. She told her to go to her front door. The homeless girl was and she could only manage .There she gave her a(an) quilt and a pillow(枕头). Watching the true happiness alight(点亮) upon the other girl’s face, she went to bed happily.
The next morning a knock came on the door. The rich girl flew to the door. She opened it and found the little girl. Her face looked , and she smiled,. “I you want these back.” The rich little girl opened her mouth just saying that she could keep them when another idea appeared in her mind ,” “Yes , I want them back. “The homeless girl said , “Thank you!”, laid down the things , and turned to leave when the rich girl shouted, “ Wait! Stay right there.” She saw the rich girl up the stairs and then turn back quickly. She brought a new quilt and a pillow to her. “ Have these,” she said . These were her own personal belongs( 所有物 ) silk and down feathers.
One day, the rich girl , was now a rich woman got a call from a lawyer (律师 ), who told her: Forty years ago , when she was nine years old ,she helped a girl in need. That girl grew into a woman with a husband. She had recently died and left something for her in her will: It was a new pillow with diamonds and a wool quilt with gold thread(线).
A．to B．for C．in D．with
A．listened B．listened to C．heard D．heard of
A．through B．across C．cross D．over
A．The other B．Other C．Others D．Another
A．surprise B．surprising C．surprised D．surprises
A．nodding B．nodded C．to nod D．nods
A．old B．new C．big D．small
A．sad B．happy C．sadly D．happily
A．tell B．wish C．suppose D．know
A．runs B．running C．ran D．run
A．sad B．sadly C．quiet D．quietly
A．is made of B．made of C．is made from D．made from
A．which B．whom C．who D．what
A．little B．few C．rich D．small
A．poor B．rich C．homeless D．good
I was waiting for the bus when I met the woman. “You look tired. Come and sit here,” she said. “ are you going?”
“I don’t know. I just want to catch a and see what it will be like at the end.”
“I’m afraid you’ll see there. Why don’t you enjoy the sights on the way?”
“How can I do that while my heart’s ?” I asked sadly. My best friend had left me.
The woman seemed to understand my feeling. “Don’t cry, little girl. I’ve had a similar experience to yours. Thirty-five years ago, my husband left our three children and me. I was deadly sad. I decided to kill myself and the children, so I took them to the sea. ，they seemed to know what would happen, so they loudly. Their cry suddenly woke me up. How could Imy hope to live for one of life’s problems? After that, I worked hard to raise the children. Now they all live and one of them has his own family.
Then the woman gave me a smile, “We should never wait for the door to before us. We should find the key to the or try to find another way.”
The bus came and I got on it with a smile.A. What B. How C. Where
A. train B. bus C. boat
A. nothing B. everything C. something
A. smiling B. breaking C. singing
A. So B. However C. Besides
A. laughed B. talked C. cried
A. give away B. give up C. get up
A. happily B. sadly C. badly
A. open B. close C. lock
A. classroom B. office C. door
Dictionaries are very useful books. People use dictionaries to the meanings of words. If you are learning English, you would use an English dictionary. Some students havedictionaries. Their dictionaries contain Chinese and English words. They are useful, but it is usually to use a dictionary written completely English. This will you to begin to think in English. A good English dictionary will show you the correct spellings of a word and its pronunciation. Many dictionaries also show a word is used in sentences.A. find B. find out C. look for
A. good B. well C. better
A. with B. about C. in
A. make B. let C. help
A. when B. why C. how
Once there lived two brothers. The elder was called Simon and the younger Victor. They each other very much, and always took care of one another. Every day they worked from morning night, getting as much grain(谷物) as possible from their fields.
One late autumn evening, after their work in the was done, Simon said to his wife, "Victor got married last month. He has many bills(账单) to pay. I think I will put a bag of rice in his barn(谷仓). “Oh, that's a good idea,” said his wife. “But please don't tell him,” said Simon, “If he knows I put the rice there, he will take it.”
So, late that night Simon took a bag of rice to Victor's barn. The next day, while looking at his own barn, he found __ strange. “I took a bag of rice to Victor's house last night, __ I still have the same number of bags in my barn. __ did that happen?”
Simon decided to take another bag of rice to his brother's barn that night. But the next morning, he found the number of bags in his barn again! “This is very strange,” he thought. That night he __ again. He carried a large bag of rice on his shoulder(肩膀); and walked down the road to his younger brother's house. In the bright moonlight, he could see another coming down the road. He was carrying something on his , too. “Younger Brother!” Simon cried, “What are you doing?” “I was _you, Older Brother,” said Victor, “Your family is than mine. I thought you needed more rice.” The two brothers quickly_ that they had been taking rice to each other. They what had happened. “It is good to have a brother like you,” they both said. And they lived happily ever after.
A．disliked B．hated C．loved D．enjoyed
A．until B．at C．through D．with
A．shops B．fields C．hospitals D．factories
A．never B．sometimes C．usually D．ever
A．everything B．anything C．nothing D．something
A．so B．and C．but D．or
A．How B．What C．Why D．Where
A．small B．different C．big D．same
A．planned B．failed C．hoped D．tried
A．brother B．person C．sister D．wife
A．back B．shoulder C．head D．hand
A．proud of B．polite to C．angry with D．worried about
A．smaller B．richer C．larger D．happier
A．remember B．know C．believe D．hope
A．laughed about B．dreamed about C．pointed at D．shouted at