Last spring I was walking in a park. In front of me there was a mum and her 3-year-old daughter. The little girl was holding a string（线）, which had a balloon at the other ___
All of a sudden, a light wind took the balloon away from the little girl. I thought she ___
That little girl __
One thing is for sure --- life is always going to make us ___
So the next time you meet one of life’s unexpected ___
Adults usually do not remember most of the things that are taught by their teachers at school. But this story is one such 16 that I will never forget. Every time I drift off course, I think of this story.
It was a normal Monday morning, and my teacher was teaching us on 17 things in life and about devoting ourselves to 18 is important to us. This is how the story went:
An old man lived in a certain part of London, and he would wake up every morning and go to the sub-way. He would 19 the train right to Central London, and then sit at the street corner and 20 . He would do this every single day of his life. He sat at21 street corner and begged for almost 20 years.
His 22 was dirty, and a stench came out and it smelled terrible. The neighbors could not stand the smell any more, so they called for the police officers to clear the place. The officers knocked down the door and cleaned the house. There were small bags of23 all over the house 24 he had collected over the years.
The police counted the money, and they soon 25that the old man was a millionaire. They waited outside his house expecting to ___26__ the good news with him. When the old man arrived home that evening, one of the officers told him that there was no need for him to beg any more as he was a 27 man now, a millionaire.
But the old man said 28 ; he went into his house and locked the door. The next morning he woke up 29, went to the subway, sat at the street corner and continued to beg.
Clearly, this old man had no great plans,30 or anything significant for his life. We learn nothing from this story other than staying focused on the things we enjoy doing.
A．class B．teacher C．lesson D．study
A．interesting B．special C．important D．necessary
A．what B．that C．how D．where
A．get up B．get onto C．get from D．get to
A．sing B．sleep C．think D．beg
A．a different B．another C．the same D．a strange
A．house B．coat C．cap D．bag
A．food B．money C．books D．clothes
A．that B．where C．whose D．who
A．recognized B．said C．realized D．thought
A．tell B．share C．cover D．discuss
A．thanks B．something C．nothing D．much
A．much later B．much earlier C．so quickly D．as usual
A．friends B．jobs C．chances D．dreams
In real life, robots are mainly used in factories. They do many different jobs. Usually these jobs are too 43 , difficult or boring for humans.
Robots also help disabled people and people who cannot look after 44 . For example, scientists are making a robot to help blind people. Now many of them have a dog to help them. The dog is called a guide dog. In the future, guide dogs might be robot dogs.
One robot dog is called Meldog. It has wheels. It usually “walks” in front of its owner. It is very clever. It knows the speed of its owner’s walk. Meldog talks to its owner by 45 . The owner wears a special belt. This belt 46 instructions to the owner from Meldog such as “Stop here”, “Turn left” and “Turn right”.
In the United States, another 47 of robot helps disabled workers. This robot, called Kilroy, helps disabled computer operators. The robot 48 the sound of its owner’s voice. It follows instructions such as “Turn the page” and “Make a cup of coffee”.
Robots are also used in American 49 . They can do simple jobs. For example, they shave (刮脸) patients and brush their teeth and take meals from the kitchen to patients’ rooms. It never gets lost 50 this robot has a map of the hospital in its computer memory.
A．interesting B．strange C．dangerous D．safe
A．others B．another C．them D．themselves
A．television B．radio C．loudspeaker D．mobile telephone
A．posts B．writes C．reads D．sends
A．type B．size C．set D．double
A．guesses B．thinks C．hears D．sees
A．cinema B．hospitals C．museum D．theatre
A．until B．before C．because D．whether
One summer evening, a 10-year-old boy was trying to hit a bottle with a slingshot(弹弓). The bottle was about 7 to 8 meters __36__. The boy tried many times but still couldn’t hit it. His mother just kept passing him small stones.
A girl walked by. She __37__ the boy for some time and said to the mother, “Let me show him how to shoot.”
“No, thank you,” said the __38__, “he is blind.”
The girl was surprised and asked, “How can he hit the bottle then?” “I tell him he can do it,” said the mother, “__39__ he tries hard enough.”
The little boy tried again and again. The mother always told him that he was doing __40__. The boy became more confident. After a long time, it __41__ dark. The girl said goodbye to the mother and son. When she turned to leave, she heard a stone hit the __42_! The little boy finally made it!
With confidence and patience, nothing is impossible.A. long B. tall C. away
A. said B. watched C. wondered
A. mother B. boy C. girl
A. before B. after C. if
A. good B. better C. well
A. went B. become C. got
A. bottle B. slingshot C. stone
Last fall I put a bird feeder outside my window. I thought as soon as I hung up, a great ___16____ beautiful birds would come. Days, weeks and months went by; ____17____, no birds.
I asked many people, why? What was I doing ___18____? “Nothing,” most of them replied. “Just ____19____.” So I waited, waited and waited.
I ____20____ off the deck （露台）, I changed the feed, I ___21____ the feeders, and I ____22____ made the cat go out the other door! But ____23___ seemed to work. So --- I waited, “with patience and hope. ”
Two months later, early in the morning, I was ____24____. A beautiful bird had been on the bird feeder. All of a sudden, I saw hundreds upon hundreds of birds____25____ from everywhere.
____26____ a beautiful lesson this living thing taught me! “Patience and hope” will ____27____ the most beautiful things in life.
So I keep hoping and waiting, waiting and ___28____. I will try to use this “little lesson” in ____29____ many other things in my life. I guess, “____30____ is a virtue （美德）” after all.
A．little B．many C．much D．lot
A．so B．because C．however D．and
A．bad B．wrong C．well D．good
A．go B．sit C．watch D．wait
A．went B．put C．cleaned D．took
A．bought B．sold C．washed D．took
A．always B．hardly C．even D．sometimes
A．nothing B．everything C．something D．anything
A．sad B．surprised C．worried D．frightened
A．coming B．going C．leaving D．singing
A．That B．Which C．How D．What
A．spend B．take C．bring D．come
A．hoping B．dreaming C．watching D．asking
A．so B．such C．much D．very
A．dream B．patience C．volunteering D．lesson
On the first day of school our teacher let us know someone. Looking out, we found an old woman 16 at the door. She said, “Hi, my name is Susan, I’m seventy years old.” While we were 17 what made her take this challenge (挑战) at her age, she said with a smile, “I'm here to meet a rich husband, get 18 , have two children and travel together.” Hearing this, all of us laughed. “In fact,” she went on, “I always 19 of having a college education, and now I’m getting 20 !”
After class we had chocolate and milk together. We became good 21 . I often listened to this “time machine” as she shared her study with me.
At the end of the term we invited Susan to give us a 22 . When she was stepped up to the front, suddenly she found she took the wrong paper. She felt a little frustrated（沮丧的） and said, “I'm sorry. I’m so nervous that I can’t get my ready talk 23 , so I have to tell you 24 I know .”
In her speech she told us, “We don’t stop playing as we are old, we grow old because we stop playing. The secret of staying 25 , being happy and getting success is that we should laugh and find something 26 every day. I think there is a great 27 between growing old and growing up. I am seventy now. If I 28in bed for one full year and never do anything. I’ll become seventy – one. Since anybody can grow older, my idea is to grow up by always finding the chance in change. Growing older can’t be avoided(避免的), growing up can be 29 . It’s never too late to be all you can be possible.”
During the four years’ study, it was so easy for Susan to make friends 30 she went. In the end, the wonderful woman got a college degree.
A．escaped B．appeared C．reached D．hurried
A．finding B．getting C．wanting D．wondering
A．married B．worried C．excited D．relaxed
A．liked B．made C．knew D．dreamed
A．one B．each C．some D．much
A．teachers B．friends C．students D．neighbors
A．lesson B．present C．talk D．story
A．again B．back C．down D．away
A．which B．how C．what D．why
A．old B．young C．clear D．awake
A．natural B．difficult C．interesting D．possible
A．difference B．chance C．pleasure D．confidence
A．lie B．hide C．leave D．turn
A．noticed B．chosen C．thought D．mentioned
A．whenever B．however C．wherever D．whether