It has been over eleven years now. It was a snowy afternoon. Laura, our tenyearold daughter, sat quietly, and was busy with her work. Suddenly, she asked how to spell a name of someone in our ， and then wrote the notes one by one. Next, she some flowers with grass, a red sun, and the blue sky on them.
That evening. I noticed a “mailbox” on the doors to each of our bedrooms. There was one for Steve, one for Tom. She hadn't forgotten Sam or baby Paul. My heart felt when I saw that Reed, her dad, and I also one.
For the next few weeks, we received notes that showed love for each of us. When Steve lost a baseball game, there was a note telling him she thought he was the best player in the world. After I had a busy day, there was a note thanking me for my hard work, with a smiling face on it. In baby Paul's notes, there were lots of colorful _ including flowers with happy faces.
“He can't _ yet，” she said. “But he can look at the pictures.”
However, one night, I noticed the mailbox that Laura had made for herself. Suddenly, I that our little angel's mailbox had been but the others had enjoyed her love notes. My eyes were filled with tears.
“I'll take care of it，” Reed said. And in the following weeks, her _ wrote the sweetest of love notes to this little girl, our daughter.
this little girl is grown now, driving to the college every day, some things about her have changed. One afternoon only about a week ago, I found a love note on my bed.
“ always being there for me. Mom，” it read, “I'm glad that we're the best of friends.”
I always remember the nice child whose smile and have brought me thousands of hours of joy during these years. There are angels among us. I know, I live with one.
A．class B．office C．family D．company
A．drew B．bought C．picked D．planted
A．warm B．worried C．sad D．afraid
A．gave B．borrowed C．had D．pushed
A．his B．her C．our D．my
A．basketball B．football C．volleyball D．baseball
A．pictures B．books C．clothes D．toys
A．write B．read C．speak D．sing
A．laughed B．said C．realized D．told
A．empty B．full C．beautiful D．dirty
A．sister B．boy C．mom D．dad
A．And B．Though C．So D．But
A．never B．always C．often D．usually
A．Ask for B．Thanks for C．Wait for D．Care for
A．voice B．study C．reason D．love
There was once a farmer who lived near a road. It was not a road, but from time to time, cars passed the farm.
Near the farm gate, there was a large in the road. This hole was always full of water.
The drivers of the cars that passed by could not how deep the hole was. They thought it was probably shallow (浅的). Then when they drove into the hole, they could not drive because it was very deep.
The farmer did not spend much timeon his farm. He spent most of time watching the hole. When a car drove into it, he pulled the car out with his tractor (拖拉机) and demanded a lot offor doing this.
One day, a driver of a car said to him: “You must make a lot of money by pulling cars out of this hole.”
“Oh, no,” the farmer said. “I don’t pull cars out of the hole at night. At night I fill the hole with water.”A. busy B. wide C. nice
A. stone B. bag C. hole
A. understand B. see C. hear
A. out B. away C. along
A. walking B. living C. working
A. food B. money C. questions
A. day and night B. from now on C. again and again
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Most of us have three meals a day .We take food for granted(想当然)。And we don’t think about it. experts argue a food crisis(危机)is coming.This crisis is going to make us the way we think about food.
Food is in great need a growing of world population.By 1960,the population was three billion.It doubled to six billion by 1999.By 2050,this planet will need to at least nine billion people.As a result,the food prices get higher and higher.
So,what can a ,crowed world do?One suggestion is to eat less meat.Meat uses more natural resources(资源)than grains(谷物) .It requires more to produce one pound of meat than to produce one pound of grain. It also requires between 5 and 10 times more water than vegetables. So ,eating less meat will more land for farming,and it will save water.
To eats less meat,people will need to change their eating habits. That will not be easy. Americans, for example,have loved meat. In general, They eat twice as much meat as people in other countries.At the same time,in developing countries like China and Brazil,sales of meat have doubled in the last 20 years. will double again by 2050.Growing need of meat wil continue to put pressure on natural resources.
World population is increasing,resources are becoming fewer,and food prices are rising.Therefore, we need to rethink what we eat every day. For meat lovers, we don’t need to give up meat .But we need to eat more grains and less meat.
A．And B．But C．Or D．Until
A．change B．find C．get D．tell
A．instead of B．thanks to C．because of D．as for
A．help B．have C．feed D．meet
A．busy B．tired C．thirsty D．hungry
A．time B．land C．people D．place
A．provide B．produce C．waste D．need
A．never B．seldom C．hardly D．always
A．It B．That C．We D．They
A．quickly B．completely C．finally D．especially
Henry was a kind, good boy. His father was dead, and his mother was very poor. He had a little sister about two years old. He wanted to ____ his mother, for she could not always make enough money to buy food for her little ___.
One day, a man gave him a dollar for ____ a wallet which he had lost. Henry might have kept all the money, for no one saw him when he found it. ____ his mother had taught him to be honest, and never keep what did not belong to him.
With the dollar he bought a box, three brushes and some blacking. He ____ went to the corner of the street and said to every one whose boots(靴子) did not look nice, “____ your boots, sir, please?” He was so polite that gentleman soon began to notice him, and to let him black their boots. The first day he brought home fifty cents, which he gave to his mother to buy food with.
When he gave her the money, she said, as she dropped a tear(泪水) of ____, “You are a dear, good boy, Henry. I did not know how I could make enough money to buy bread with, but now I think we can manage to ____ quite well. ”
Henry worked all the day, and went to school in the evening. He made almost enough money to support his mother and his little sister.A. save B. helpC. leave
A. family B. man C. sister
A. buying B. findingC. hiding
A. ButB. SoC. For
A. still B. even C. then
A. EmptyB. BlackC. Dry
A. fearB. regretC. joy
A. dress up B. eat out C. get along
A group of grown-ups, all did well in in their jobs, went to visit their old teacher. Soon they began to complain（抱怨）about the stress in work and life.
The teacher went to the kitchen and returned a pot of coffee and all kinds of cups --crystal(水晶的), glass, plastic(塑料); some nice looking, some just common; some , some cheap. And he told them to help to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the teacher said, "I that all of you took away the nice looking expensive cups, leaving behind the common and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to take only the best for yourselves, that is the cause of your problems and stress.
You know that the cup itself doesn't make the coffee more delicious. you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, you just went for the best cups.
Now think about this: Life is the coffee. The jobs, and position(地位) in society are the cups. We just use them to hold life, and the type of cup does not change our life. Sometimes, by seeing only the cup, we forget to enjoy the coffee that God us. God provides us with the coffee, not the cups. Please enjoy your coffee!"
The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make everything .
Live simply. Love generously(慷慨). Care deeply. Speak ,And leave the rest to God.
A．for B．at C．in D．with
A．expensive B．beautiful C．strong D．serious
A．them B．themselves C．him D．everyone
A．found B．guessed C．thought D．believed
A．Who B．How much C．What D．That
A．and B．but C．so D．or
A．money B．age C．health D．family
A．teaches B．offers C．sells D．buys
A．excited B．boring C．the best D．the worst
A．kindly B．sadly C．loudly D．seriously
Hello, everyone! Come and have a look at our Dessert House(甜品店)! Would you like ____ dessert? Do you enjoy eating with your friends? I have a good place to ____ you.
Dessert House is not big, ____ it is a great place. There are six waiters in it. They’re friendly. The chair and tables there are ____ green. The color makes people hungry(饥饿的). You can ____ music when you’re eating in Dessert House. ____ you don’t like to eat dessert, you can eat some other food like dumplings, noodles , soup and so on (等等).
There is a great ____ every day at Dessert House, sometimes fruit ice creams with apples or strawberries, sometimes other dessert. Special fruit ice cream is only 1.00 yuan ____ two. Also, they put a small ____ in some ice creams. If you have this kind of dumpling ice cream, you can get a free ice cream. It’s very ____.
A．to eat B．eatin g C．ate D．eats
A．tell B．ask C．teach D．call
A．and B．for C．but D．because
A．all B．some C．either D．every
A．listen B．to listen C．listening to D．listen to
A．Before B．If C．Who D．Where
A．beef B．special C．cabbage D．tomato
A．for B．of C．in D．with
A．pen B．orange C．dumpling D．potato
A．expensive B．bad C．terrible D．interesting