My son, Sam, struggled through elementary school. But his sixth grade teacher took the time to ____ Sam’s strengths and inspired him to be a better student.
On Valentine’s Day, my eleven-year-old son Sam ____ me to allow him to buy his teacher an enormous red heart-shaped box filled with chocolates. We compromised，and he ____ her a smaller but respectably sized heart. On his small ____ , $4.99 was a huge investment, and I was touched by his ____ .
Sam has not always loved teachers. He doesn’t yet admit that he ____ school, but he does like to hang out in his classroom after three o’ clock, and he is ____ about some class projects.
Last year, Sam’s most memorable achievement was having the longest “missing assignment” list in the __ fifth grade. He ____ all year to keep his head above the academic sea. Many nights Sam sank into tears of ____ while working his way through another pile of homework.
I must admit I was ____ when I first met Mrs. Hogan. She was a ____ teacher. She seemed so young and sweet and inexperienced. How was this new teacher going to ____ a boy who had feared school?
As I observed this teacher’s ____ with my son at the end of each day, I realized that Sam’s inattentiveness and disorganization were not the ___ things that Mrs. Hogan noticed. She recognized Sam as a knowledgeable, capable student who loved to read. He managed to meet her ____.
Sam began to do his homework without numerous reminders ____ a major search through his crowded backpack. He brought home less and less class work. He ____ six A’s on his second-quarter report card.
I ____ don’t know how much of this miracle is due to the magic of Mrs. Hogan. I do know that my son loves his sixth grade teacher, and I think there is a ____ in relationships that can inspire children when nothing else can.
A．improve B． encourage C． push D． drive
A．advised B． promised C． allowed D． begged
A．bought B． agreed C． rejected D． met
A．standard B． age C． budget D． basis
A．will B． cleverness C． generosity D． bravery
A．likes B． hates C． attends D． misses
A．annoyed B． excited C． surprised D． worried
A．remarkable B． favorable C． honorable D． entire
A．struggled B． intended C． failed D． continued
A．regret B． surprise C． frustration D． pleasure
A．interested B． concerned C． moved D． wrong
A．working B． caring C． rising D． beginning
A．lift up B． stay up C． sit up D． get up
A．cooperation B． relationship C． interaction D． discussion
A．precious B． interesting C． obvious D． primary
A．questions B． requests C． demands D． expectations
A．although B． or C． if D． so
A．marked B． accepted C． earned D． left
A．clearly B． strongly C． yet D． still
A．mass B． magic C． handwriting D． plan
My earliest bee experience took place at a summer camp. One day our teacher told us to head up the hill nearby. As little kids do, we all began to race to our .The girls took the concrete stairs the boys ran straight up the grassy hill, at the top of which sat a long wooden fence（围墙）. fear the boys ahead of me vaulted（跳跃）over the fence bravely.
What should I do? Take the stairs and look like a girl, or jump the fence and look ? Then I took my chances with the .
Standing in front of the fence, I placed both hands on the top and .The moment of truth had arrived. If I made it, then I would be as cool as all the other guys. If I didn’t make it…I it. As I jumped, my foot caught on the top of the fence. I went! But I landed on my backside. to laugh off the accident. But then I something moving under me. Just then I saw what seemed like hundreds of bees flying towards me. I had a beehive（蜂窝）! I jumped and as fast as I could. But bees flew faster than I ran. At that moment, all the kids at the camp ran after me, too. What a（an） situation I was in!
When the teacher caught me in the camp parking lot, my were covered with bees. With all the other campers standing around, he all my clothes but my underwear. Bees flew out of my clothes and out of my mouth!
I had gained the of the entire camp, but I did not feel very cool. When all was said and done, I found that I had been given almost 45 bee stings（蜇）all over my body. I learned a most lesson that day. When we are led by the to look cool, we might find ourselves sitting on a beehive. I have stopped trying to be cool since then.
A．home B．trip C．destination D．village
A．but B．therefore C．because D．as
A．With B．Without C．For D．Out of
A．brave B．cool C．strong D．lively
A．stairs B．girls C．boys D．fence
A．hesitated B．watched C．jumped D．trembled
A．made B．almost made C．wouldn’t make D．didn’t make
A．Down B．Up C．Through D．Out
A．managed B．failed C．continued D．intended
A．caught B．felt C．saw D．heard
A．pulled down B．broken into C．landed on D．knocked over
A．hid B．walked C．crawled(爬行) D．rushed
A．exciting B．fearful C．embarrassing D．funny
A．clothes B．arms C．legs D．classmates
A．put on B．took off C．found out D．took away
A．also B．nearly C．even D．hardly
A．sympathy B．attention C．strength D．help
A．valuable B．humorous C．satisfying D．interesting
A．consideration B．way C．curiosity D．desire
A．Still B．So C．Yet D．However
阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并标在答题卡的相应位置。
One day Mozart saw an old blind street performer (卖艺人) playing the violin in the street corner ____ a hat in front of him. He found out the old man was ____ one of his compositions (作品).The old man played for ____ , but still nobody put any money into his hat. Mozart asked the old man, "Do you often play compositions by Mozart?" "Yes, ____ ," answered the old man. "Now, everybody knows Mozart and likes his music." "Do you ____ a living by playing the violin?" The old man said he ____. Mozart took over the violin from the old man and began to play.
He played so well ____ all the passers-by stopped to listen to the wonderful music and soon the old man felt very ____ that the man could play so well. He asked Mozart, "Who are you, sir?" "Your colleague (同行) , a poor ____ like you." Then Mozart gave the ___ back to the old man and went away.
A．on B．by C．with D．to
A．writing B．playing C．reading D．listening
A．sometime B．sometimes C．some time D．some times
A．you B．it is C．Mr. D．sir
A．make B．buy C．give D．take
A．certainly B．did C．yes D．sorry
A．which B．how C．that D．what
A．happy B．worried C．disappointed D．surprised
A．musician B．artist C．scientist D．writer
A．money B．violin C．food D．hat
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Four days ago, I was taking a taxi. On the way, I just had the ____ stop at a store to buy something. A woman _____me to let her hitchhike (免费搭车).
I_____ and picked this woman up. I thought she was too fat; she _____ about 120 kg. But she was very sweet and kind-hearted, so I didn’t_____.
She was talking to me _____ while going back to her place about how she got everything for her_____. So I thought to myself she must have a happy family. But nothing special _____ yet.
I got to her apartment ______ she needed help getting all the things she got to her place. I just helped her out and while I was ____ the stuff inside her house, I _____ that her husband walked in from the back of the apartment. So she was talking to him in her _____ voice, “Honey, I got you this; Honey, I got you that.” But what I came to notice was that her husband was _____. And then I looked close to how they were together and I knew for that moment I was seeing “TRUE ____.
They cared for each other so____ and what they looked like was not at all.
I was just deeply _____ by the true love between them.
Sometimes I think about going back to the apartment and tell them what I _____in them and to thank them for sharing their ____with me, even it is for a few _____. I like the blind couple care about each other; it is a very happy and romantic thing.
A．Stranger B．Waiter C．Passenger D．driver
A．reminded B．allowed C．asked D．helped
A．nodded B．promised C．hesitated D．explained
A．carried B．weighed C．supported D．lifted
A．remember B．mind C．worry D．leave
A．gladly B．nervously C．slowly D．calmly
A．friend B．husband C．daughter D．neighbor
A．stayed B．continued C．stopped D．happened
A．unless B．if C．because D．although
A．moving B．searching C．arranging D．observing
A．imaged B．noticed C．believed D．expected
A．polite B．tired C．high D．sweet
A．painful B．foolish C．blind D．ill
A．LOVE B．FRIENDSHIP C．JUDGMENT D．STORY
A．frequently B．deeply C．thankfully D．quietly
A．useful B．clear C．secret D．important
A．encouraged B．surprised C．touched D．shocked
A．hid B．built C．put D．saw
A．lives B．troubles C．food D．memory
A．days B．hours C．minutes D．seconds
When I was 17, I met a famous doctor named Paul Bragg. He gave me one of the most valuable of my life; a statement that was filled with words of . To this very day, I still it; I am a genius (天才) , and I apply my wisdom.
,I was a high school dropout (辍学学生) and was living in a tent in Hawaii. I had a very limited vocabulary and had never reading a single book. When Dr Bragg taught me this statement, he held me to say it with feeling it were true and present. To do so seemed so far away from that it was funny. After saying it many times, . I began to feel what those powerful words meant. every day I continued to say it, and it became to believe; I am a genius, and I apply my wisdom.
It was two and a half years later when I really saw the of the statement. I was sitting in a college library by fellow students whom I was helping with higher mathematics. I heard one of the students speak to another, “John is really a ! At the moment, I what Dr Bragg had taught me, and I to say this statement for the rest of my life.
I can’t quite put into words what a(n) this statement has made in my life. it, I was able to change from a dropout to the top of my college classes. I think that the key to is putting your true feelings into a statement you and saying it over and over every day.
A．enjoyments B．parts C．gifts D．knowledge
A．idea B．comfort C．praise D．power
A．like B．need C．say D．use
A．At the time B．For a while C．All at once D．For the moment
A．advised B．finished C．minded D．admitted
A．as if B．so that C．in case D．now that
A．history B．hope C．life D．reality
A．moreover B．however C．otherwise D．anyhow
A．Until B．Since C．So D．After
A．easier B．funnier C．more unusual D．more impossible
A．evidence B．purpose C．details D．results
A．followed B．surrounded C．assisted D．invited
A．loudly B．kindly C．softly D．directly
A．star B．spokesman C．kid D．genius
A．read B．remembered C．showed D．doubted
A．decided B．asked C．expected D．learned
A．difference B．problem C．improvement D．impression
A．Except for B．More than C．Instead of D．Because of
A．love B．success C．happiness D．understanding
A．think about B．look for C．believe in D．dream up
Father’s Day is a fairly new celebration in the British calendar compared with Mother’s Day, which has been a very popular and well celebrated festival in the UK for a very long time．
Father’s Day was first celebrated by Americans it was inspired by the actions of a man named William Smart．He was a veteran of the US Civil War and his wife away giving birth to their sixth child．He six children alone without remarrying, which was undoubtedly back in those days．
His daughter, Sonora Dodd, when she was an adult what her father had sacrificed for his ．It was in the early 1900s and she was actually one day, listening to a sermon on ．She thought there should be a Father’s Day celebration．
And so the was born, on the third Sunday every June, close to the anniversary of Sonora’s father’s death．Britain took the idea of Father’s Day from the American celebration and it has been celebrated since the 1970s．
Father’s Day is never quite such a big commercial event Mother’ s Day is, probably because it hasn’t been in for so long．But what do British people do for Father’s Day? Well, most people would buy their fathers a card．The card would probably have nice message in it what a great Dad their father is．Some people do buy presents as well．
gifts for Dads are probably ties, chocolates or socks because there are things that Dads can use even if they don’t want them．In the run-up to Father’s Day, or indeed Mother’s Day, there will be advertisements on TV giving ideas of CDs or gadgets（小玩意） we can buy．Card shops will be full of mugs or pens and similar goods with “ World’s Greatest Dad” on them．
Some families do things together to celebrate Father’s Day like going for a meal．As a special treat, British people might give their Dad a bit of a rest, him a cup of tea, or even wash his car and mow the lawn to make him feel really appreciate．
A．and B．so C．or D．but
A．gave B．went C．died D．passed
A．brought B．fed C．raised D．educated
A．unusual B．unnatural C．unfair D．untrue
A．noticed B．found C．heard D．realized
A．wife B．children C．son D．daughter
A．at school B．at home C．at work D．at church
A．Mother’s Day B．Father’s Day C．Christmas Day D．New Year’s Day
A．still B．too C．also D．as well
A．attraction B．tradition C．position D．congratulation
A．special B．officially C．especial D．greatly
A．like B．that C．as D．which
A．existence B．use C．effect D．power
A．writing B．saying C．speaking D．telling
A．Regular B．Popular C．Normal D．Moral
A．always B．sometimes C．seldom D．never
A．you B．them C．us D．people
A．placed B．put C．laid D．written
A．must B．can C．might D．should
A．cook B．boil C．steam D．make