A noted American psychologist once remarked that childhood is a magical period in one’s life. Indeed it is, for during one undergoes a step-by-step transformation not only in capacity, but also in physical and verbal skills. Each step an increase in the difficulty of a child’s conceptual and learning abilities. During the early stages of childhood, from infancy to about five, the child learns simple skills including using the toilet, bathing and dressing himself . At this stage, he also learns to be very observant, curious, and creative. His ability to remember things also at this stage. He remembers details that an adult may have difficulty in remembering. , he learns elementary skills in problem-solving. At school, particular in classes, the child is especially creative. Given a piece of paper and some colored pencils, he draws a variety of from his surroundings as well as from his circle. It is not surprising to see a child draw a monster to represent an abusive father, and an _____ to represent a loving and caring mother.
As he graduates to the later stages of childhood bordering on the years, the child learns the complexity of human relations and socialization by with his peers—his friends and schoolmates. He also learns to with new life situations, including dates and part-time work. Given a tight schedule of schoolwork, the child learns to prepare his own schedules of work and play; the more practical and less serious ones manage to take time out of their schedules of assignments, reports and tests and examinations to go with their friends on relaxation entertainment.
A．adolescence B．adulthood C．childhood D．infancy
A．spiritual B．magical C．practical D．mental
A．signals B．presents C．prevents D．signs
A．willingly B．excitedly C．confidently D．independently
A．optimistic B．imaginative C．able D．studious
A．increases B．develops C．declines D．strengthens
A．Gradually B．Fortunately C．Unexpectedly D．Undoubtedly
A．music B．chemistry C．art D．biology
A．pictures B．images C．reflections D．buildings
A．school B．family C．teacher D．friend
A．beauty B．actress C．witches D．angel
A．infancy B．adulthood C．teenage D．aged
A．competing B．fighting C．interacting D．learning
A．experiment B．agree C．withdraw D．concern
A．ambitious B．original C．daily D．busy
Having said good-bye to his parents, Alvin, with his wife and one-year-old son, set off back home. Still , Alvin and Clare talked and laughed happily. And even little Alex from time to time. The family were their trip.
But about three hours later things began to . It was starting to snow. Alvin up the car, hoping to arrive home before dark. But it was too dangerous to drive fast now, because it was snowing more and more heavily. So Alvin had to down. The snow on the was getting deeper and deeper until it was hard to on it. Their car slipped (滑落) off the way and got stuck in the deep snow and the engine to start again.
“The snow doesn’t seem to . Shall we stay in the car waiting to be frozen to death or walk ahead through the snow?” Alvin asked. Clare said she to walk. So they got out of the car with their son and began walking. But was to come. Soon they lost their way and had to walk on and on.
Night came. They were not afraid of the dark. But they that poor Alex would die of cold. However, their faith to keep Alex filled them with courage, warmth and strength. They __ and rested in turn and then continued their walk. They had falls but each time true love encouraged them to rise to their feet again.
One, two, three … seven days passed. On the eighth day, help at last from Alvin’s , the police and local people. But the young had to have their feet cut off because of the bad frostbite (冻伤). , there was nothing serious wrong with little Alex!
A．worried B．sorry C．excited D．anxious
A．cried B．laughed C．smiled D．coughed
A．enjoying B．having C．taking D．starting
A．happen B．change C．come D．finish
A．climbed B．turned C．took D．sped
A．get B．look C．go D．slow
A．land B．highway C．fields D．car
A．walk B．stay C．wait D．depend
A．set B．allowed C．refused D．prepared
A．end B．fall C．continue D．melt (融化)
A．liked B．preferred C．decided D．wished
A．better B．something C．worse D．nothing
A．aimlessly B．lonely C．hopelessly D．pleasantly
A．thought B．feared C．wanted D．supposed
A．happy B．silent C．alive D．dead
A．ate B．worked C．watched D．slept
A．few B．several C．countless D．some
A．parents B．friends C．teachers D．neighbours
A．husband B．wife C．baby D．couple
A．Then B．Finally C．Fortunately D．Therefore
Although the Garden God had made him the most beautiful place that there could ever be, Adam was lonely.
Adam needed some . So God reached into the ground again and took some more stuff from the earth. This time he made every kind of animal and every kind of bird. He brought them all to Adam to see he would call them. It must have a long, long time to think up all those ! Luckily, he didn't call them things like 'Foo Foo' or “Snuggems”or 'Pooky' or anything like that. , he called them 'gerbils' and 'rabbits' and 'rhinoceroses'. And he the birds 'eagles' and 'egrets' and 'ruby throated warblers'.
Well, , we don't know what Adam named them, he didn't speak English. But he named each kind, and that's important because people are the only ones that name things. Your knows what a squirrel is, but he doesn't call a squirrel. He just barks it! But naming things is one of the things that shows we are from all the other creatures that God made.
even with all the animals around to keep him company, God saw that Adam was sad. Monkeys are fun to play with, but they don't have very much to say and they have table manners. So God made Adam fall , and while Adam was sleeping, God took one of his ribs(肋骨).God took Adam's and he made a woman from it. When Adam woke up, God Eve to him , and Adam said, “At last! Here is like me! Her bones were made from my bones, and her body was made from my body. I will call her 'woman' because that means she was taken out of man.”
At last Adam was . And so Adam and Eve lived together in God's garden.
A．friend B．classmates C．company D．family
A．how B．what C．why D．that
A．taken B．cost C．paid D．spent
A．birds B．animals C．plants D．names
A．Instead B．But C．However D．Therefore
A．raised B．called C．played D．names
A．surprisingly B．strongly C．relatively D．actually
A．that B．why C．because D．how
A．dog B．bird C．plant D．flower
A．that B．him C．them D．it
A．in B．at C．on D．about
A．different B．difficult C．great D．clever
A．Because B．And C．But D．However
A．much B．even C．any D．still
A．terrible B．polite C．good D．trained
A．ill B．asleep C．awake D．alone
A．body B．animal C．bird D．rib
A．slept B．got C．brought D．took
A．someone B．anyone C．nobody D．everyone
A．lonely B．happy C．sad D．alone
The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California, US. “ station? A train for Santa Fe collided (相撞) a at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please come here at once. With an ambulance, too. A man is badly wounded,” said an anxious voice of a young woman.
“OK. We’ll come soon. Please stay there and wait.” Replied the policeman.
Within a minute, a police car and an ambulance off. Soon they got to the crossing, but only to find everything was fine. No collision, no wounded man.
“What a dirty !” said the policeman angrily. “ We must find out that woman and…”
They had not been able to say anything about a when they heard the whistle of a train was nearing them quickly. All of a sudden, a truck appeared. It came towards them, too. When it was passing the crossing, it suddenly to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the people present, the train collided with the truck heavily and struck it dozens of metres away.
When Randolph Bruce, the driver, was helped out of the damaged truck, he was badly wounded just as the young woman had predicted on the phone. As he was taken to hospital in time, he was at last. Later the police did whatever they could to the woman who had them, but failed.
It is really that a prediction should agree with the fact so .
A．Weather B．Railway C．Fire D．Police
A．bus B．truck C．taxi D．train
A．turned B．took C．set D．walked
A．call B．signal C．trick D．arrangement
A．reward B．praise C．thanks D．punishment
A．turning B．running C．starting D．passing
A．continued B．refused C．began D．stopped
A．saved B．dead C．awake D．alive
A．find B．attack C．award D．thank
A．laughed B．visited C．repeated D．telephoned
A．exciting B．pleasing C．surprising D．interesting
A．equally B．truly C．exactly D．carefully
On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. Many people put some money into the of the young man.
The next day, the young artist came again, and put his hat on the ground gracefully. from the day before, he took out a large piece of and laid it on the ground. Then he began .
Before long, the young violinist was with people, who were all attracted by the on that paper, which said, "Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put something important into my hat . Please come to claim(认领) it soon."
After half an hour, a middle-aged man ran there in a hurry and through the crowd to the violinist and said, "Yes, it’s you. You did come here. I knew that you’re an honest man and would come here."
"Are you Mr. George Sang?"
The man nodded.
"Did you something?"
"Lottery (彩票). It’s lottery," said the man.
The violinist a lottery ticket on which George Sang’ s name was seen. "Is it？" he asked.
George nodded, seized the lottery ticket and it; then he danced with joy.
George bought a lottery ticket which him a prize of $ 500,000. He was so happy after work and felt the violinist playing so wonderfully that he put 50 dollars in the hat. , the lottery ticket was also thrown in.
When asked why he didn’t keep the lottery ticket himself, the violinist said," I don’t have much money, I live happily; but if I lose honesty, I won’t be happy forever."
We can gain and lose so much in our life. But being honest should be with us. If we bear ourselves in a dishonest way, we succeed temporarily (暂时). However, from the long-term view, we’11 be a loser. Such a person is just like the on the mountain. It’s high above at first, but gradually it falls and loses the of going up.
A．box B．hat C．bowl D．bag
A．Free B．Away C．Different D．Far
A．paper B．stone C．cloth D．wood
A．begging B．shouting C．playing D．singing
A．crowded B．surrounded C．surprised D．satisfied
A．words B．money C．ticket D．picture
A．on purpose B．in time C．in advance D．by mistake
A．looked B．lived C．get D．rushed
A．rarely B．certainly C．recently D．nearly
A．lose B．get C．bring D．buy
A．handed out B．gave out C．sent out D．took out
A．tore B．threw C．kissed D．hid
A．beat B．sold C．took D．won
A．Fortunately B．However C．Otherwise D．Generally
A．by B．from C．for D．with
A．Unless B．Whenever C．Although D．Until
A．often B．never C．seldom D．always
A．may B．should C．must D．need
A．air B．water C．grass D．tree
A．road B．path C．chance D．method
Henry's job was to examine people who crossed the frontier (边境) to make sure that they were not smuggling (走私) anything into the country. Every evening except at weekends, he would see a(n) ___ coming up the hill towards the frontier, __ a bicycle with a big load of old straw on it. When the bicycle__ the frontier, Henry used to __ the man and order him to take the straw off and ___ it. Then he would examine the straw very ___ to see whether he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man's pockets before letting him tie the straw __. The man would then put it on his bicycle and go off down the hill with it. Although Henry was always __ to find gold or jewelry or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he ___ found anything, even though he examined it very carefully. He was___that the man was smuggling __, but he was not able to imagine __ it could be.
Then one evening, after he had__ the straw and emptied the factory worker's__ as usual, he said to him, “___ I know that you are smuggling things __ this frontier. Won't you tell me what you're bringing into the country so successfully? I'm sixty years old now, and today is my last day on the __ . Tomorrow I'm going to retire. I promise that I shall not tell anyone __ you tell me what you've been smuggling." The factory worker did not say anything ___ . Then he smiled, turned to Henry and said quietly, “ __ .”
A．officer B．driver C．worker D．soldier
A．pulling B．pushing C．filling D．carrying
A．reached B．left C．faced D．formed
A．stop B．greet C．praise D．beat
A．show B．load C．light D．untie
A．carefully B．carelessly C．angrily D．quickly
A．once B．again C．yet D．instead
A．pretending B．believing C．expecting D．asking
A．ever B．often C．always D．never
A．curious B．sure C．clever D．known
A．anything B．nothing C．everything D．something
A．how B．which C．what D．why
A．looked after B．looked through C．looked for D．looked out
A．pockets B．clothes C．socks D．shoes
A．Wait B．Go C．Listen D．Come
A．past B．from C．through D．across
A．job B．mountain C．edge D．road
A．as B．if C．before D．whether
A．at the moment B．after all C．for a moment D．at all
A．Straw B．Money C．Cars D．Bicycles