An old man lived in a nice house with a large garden. He took care of his all the time, watering and fertilizing施肥them.
One day a young man went by the . He looked at the beautiful flowers, imagining how happy he could be if he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, suddenly he found the old gardener was . He was very surprised about this and asked, “You can’t see these flowers. Why are you busy taking care of them every day?”
The old man smiled and said,” I can tell you four . First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job. , although I can’t see these flowers, I can touch them. Third, I can smell the sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s .”
“ Me? But you don’t know me,” said the young man.
“Yeah, it’s that I don’t know you. But I know that flowers are angels that everybody knows. We enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”
The blind man’s work opened our eyes and our hearts, which also made his life happier. It was just like Beethoven, who became deaf in his later life and wrote many great musical works. Beethoven himself couldn’t his wonderful music, but his music has millions of people to face their difficulties bravely. Isn’t it one kind of happiness?
A．flowers B．trees C．vegetables D．grass
A．study B．garden C．kitchen D．balcony
A．blind B．famous C．smart D．friendly
A．stories B．reasons C．excuses D．conclusions
A．And B．But C．Second D．Third
A．me B．you C．my mother D．my son
A．true B．hard C．cool D．fair
A．broke B．hurt C．pleased D．treated
A．write B．hear C．play D．believe
A．changed B．discovered C．encouraged D．made
Hello,everyone!__ __John Green. I’m thirteen years old .__ _ is my sister, Kate. She is nine years old. We are___ England. ___ now we are in China. My father is an English____ at a school. My mother is a doctor. __ _works in a hospital. They work very hard(努力).
At___I ____ a good friend. His name is Lin Tao. He is ____too. He is from Shanghai. He is nice to me and I ____him.
A．I B．I´m C．Myis D．Myam
A．Her B．It C．This D．He
A．from B．for C．of D．in
A．And B．So C．But D．/
A．work B．friend C．student D．teacher
A．She B．Her C．He D．Him
A．classroom B．home C．school D．class
A．am B．is C．are D．have
A．ten B．eleven C．twelve D．thirteen
A．spell B．like C．see D．meet
Her 1 name is Mary. Her 2name is Brown. 3is 13. She 4in Class Three, Grade One. 5telephone number is 3261058. A．first B．family C．last
A．first B．family C．English
A．Her B．It C．She
A．is B．am C．are
A．Her B．She C．His
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。
People all over the world celebrate（庆祝） the new year. However, not all countries celebrate in the same way, and in some countries, the new year doesn’t begin on the date every year.
In many countries, the new year begins on 1st January, but people start celebrating on 31st December, New Year’s Eve. In New York many people go to celebrate in Times Square. they’re waiting for the New Year, they listen to music, sing traditional songs and have fun. Just before 12 o’clock, everyone down from 10: 10, 9, 8… As soon as it’s 12 o’clock, everyone shouts very , “Happy New Year!”
New Year’s Day is often a family day. Some families get together for a special meal. When the weather is fine, many families go out for a .
On New Year’s Day, many people make resolutions（决心） for the new year. They a list of things, such as “I will help out more with housework. I will work at school than others.” or “I won’t spend so much time playing video games.” When they have made list, they read it to their family or friends and promise （承诺）to their resolutions.
So it doesn’t matter how they celebrate, people in countries all over the world, it’s a time to say goodbye to the old year, and to welcome the new.
A．familiar B．same C．important D．normal
A．If B．Even though C．While D．Before
A．comes B．turn C．looks D．counts
A．loudly B．quietly C．sadly D．safely
A．walk B．secret C．job D．treatment
A．put on B．write down C．take away D．look after
A．quickly B．hard C．harder D．hardly
A．its B．his C．her D．their
A．achieve B．make C．do D．give
A．by B．for C．with D．from
Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood.
When he was 12 years old, his parents died. He was alone and didn’t get on well with others. People always laughed at him. No one showed to him.
His only friend was a dog named Tige. He gave his dog enough to eat and drink, but sometimes he was not to it. He didn’t know that an unkind word sometimes could cut one’s heart like a knife.
One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. One of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped to , she dropped other bags. He came to help her. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” She said kindly, smiling.
A special feeling came to him. It was the first time that he had heard such kind words. He watched her she went far away, and then he whistled（低语）to his dog and went directly to the river .
“Thanks, dear! You are a nice little boy!” He repeated what the woman said. Then in a low he said to his dog, “You are a nice little dog.” Tige raised its ears as if it understood.
“Hmm! Even a dog likes it!”he said. “Well, Tige, I won’t say anything unkind to you .” Tige waved its tail happily.
The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw but a dirty boy. He washed his face carefully. Again he saw a nice boy. He was amazed. From then on, he started a new life.
After telling this, the businessman said, “This is the very place in which that kind woman planted the first seed of kindness in my heart.” What a great it has!
A．kindness B．interest C．illness D．worries
A．exciting B．interesting C．strange D．friendly
A．find it B．pick it up C．look it up D．give it up
A．until B．after C．since D．because
A．far B．nearby C．near D．nearly
A．sound B．noise C．voice D．hear
A．too B．at all C．any long D．any more
A．anything B．nothing C．everything D．something
A．clean B．dirty C．smiling D．angry
A．present B．dream C．advice D．Power
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was born is Spain. There is no doubt he was one of the ________artists of the twentieth century. ________ he was a small child, he could draw and paint very well. ________the age of nineteen years old, he visited art galleries（陈列室） in Paris to learn ________ other artists. Picasso was _________ important painter who invented new ways of painting. For one period of his life, he used mainly blue in his paintings. Then with his friend, Georges Braque, he invented a way of painting called Cubism（立体派）. He tried ________ round shapes look flat（公寓）.
When a war broke in Spain, it made Picasso very _______ and angry. During the war, a town ________ Guernica was destroyed. So he made a large painting, ________ the name of Guernica, about the war. In the picture, a woman is crying and a horse is making a loud high noise. This painting, which is very famous, shows us _________ Picasso felt about the war.A. great B. greater C. greatest
A. When B. WhereC. What
A. InB. At C. On
A. front B. from C. for
A. a B. the C. an
A. to make B. make C. makes
A. happy B. glad C. sad
A. call B. called C. calls
A. withB. without C. of
A. whatB. how C. where