Mary Roda's parents came to New York from Australia. They lived in a tall building. A man named Donald Smith lived in the building, too. He a toy company. One day Donald gave Mary, the 4-year-old girl, a new . She played with the toy and said, "This is fun!" A few weeks later Donald gave her toy. She played with it. She said," I am not this toy. It doesn't work. "She was a(n) little girl. Donald liked her honesty, and they became friends. For years Donald gave Mary new toys, and she gave him very good6about the toys.
When Mary was thirteen years old, Donald her a new ball. The ball had a balloon(气球) inside it. Mary wanted to fill the balloon with water. She wanted to paint the ball in crazy colors. She wanted to rice or beans(豆子) in it to make it noisy. The company made these . Mary's ideas were a great success! The company thousands of the balls.
That Christmas Donald gave Mary a(n) gift. He made her a vice-president(副董事长)of the toy company. made $ 200000 a year. Her job was to see the new toys were fun. She took a car from her school to her office. She worked for three or four hours a day at her job, she had to do her homework. Mary was a busy teenager. She had time to be with her family. Her parents taught her that working hard and doing her best is very important.
Today Mary works at a college. The little vice-president with bright ideas helps students think about their future.
A．owned B．found C．helped D．chose
A．gift B．book C．toy D．bag
A．one B．another C．other D．the other
A．angry with B．surprised at C．tired of D．interested in
A．kind B．honest C．helpful D．lovely
A．ideas B．skills C．names D．facts
A．lent B．called C．returned D．showed
A．grow B．eat C．put D．cook
A．inventions B．rules C．mistakes D．changes
A．sent B．had C．sold D．received
A．amazing B．interesting C．beautiful D．boring
A．He B．She C．It D．They
A．that B．if C．how D．why
A．so B．but C．or D．then
A．less B．more C．much D．most
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The friendship between us never fades(褪色). Mary Allen was my best friend—like a sister I never . We did everything together: piano lessons, movies, swimming, horseback riding, and so on.
When I was 13, my family moved. Mary and I in touch through letters, and we saw each other on special days— like my wedding and Mary’s. Soon we were with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less. One day a card that I sent came back, “Address Unknown.” I had no idea how to find Mary.
Over the years, I thought of Mary often. I wanted to stories of my children and then grandchildren. I needed to share my sadness when my brother and then my mother died. There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Mary could .
One day I was reading a newspaper I noticed a picture of a young woman who looked a lot like Mary and whose last name was Wagman— Mary’s married name. “There must be thousands of Wagmans,” I thought, I wrote to her anyway.
She as soon as she got my letter. “Mrs. Tobin!” she said excitedly, “Mary Allen Wagman is my mother.” Minutes later I heard a voice that I knew very much, even after 40 years. We laughed and cried and asked about each other’s .
Now the empty place in my heart is filled, and there is one thing that Mary and I know for sure: We won’t lose each other again!
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Once there was a father and a son. They were ill-tempered(坏脾气的) and never gave way to .One day the father to ask some friends to dinner in his house. He his son to buy some meat in town. When the son walked towards the town gate, a man was coming from the outside. The gate wasn’t enough to let two men in and out at the same time. But neither of would give way to the other. They stood straight face to face inside the gate hour after hour. But the father was worried. “What shall I do? My son hasn’t yet. I can’t wait any more.” He wanted to know what was the with his son. So he left his friends at home, and went to town his son. “You may first take the home for my friends .Let me here instead.” he said to his son when he knew what had happened.
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先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项.
A good dictionary is an important tool. It will tell you not only what a word means but also how it is used. A dictionary needs to be printed again about every ten years. Languages develop and a good dictionary must show these new changes.
A new English dictionary will only tell you most people use the language today. It will not tell you what is right wrong. It may tell you the right time to use a word. If only________ people use a word, a dictionary will tell you this or not list it.
Every dictionary will tell you many interesting facts. If you type a word and the word is too long, look it up in your dictionary. All dictionaries show you to break a word. And they also show you how a word .
Every dictionary, of course, tells you what a word means. But some words, like “get” or “take”, may have lots of meanings. In some dictionaries, the main meanings are often listed first. In ________ , the newest meanings are listed last. So before you use your dictionary, you should always ________ the front part. This part explains how to use it.
Some dictionaries also show you where a word comes from. Do you know that the word “brand” (标记) comes from an old word? This old word means “to burn”. This is because hundreds of years ago people burned their names on tables or boats to show who ________ them. They also burned their own names on their farm animals ________ they would not be stolen.
Your dictionary also has a lot of other interesting facts in it. After you have learned to use a dictionary, it can become your best useful book.
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完形填空,先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将该选项填入答题卷上相应的空格内。
Although it was autumn, the snow was already beginning to fall in Tibet(西藏). Our legs were so heavy and cold that felt like big pieces of ice (冰). Have you seen snowmen ride bicycles? That’s what we looked like! Although the way children who were dressed in long wool coats stopped to look at us. In the late we found it was so cold that our water bottles froze (结冰). However, the lakes like glass in the setting sun (夕阳) and looked wonderful.
Wang Wei rode in front of me as usual. She was in high spirit (兴致高) so I knew I didn’t need to her. To climb the mountains (高山) was hard work but when we us, we were surprised by the view. We seemed to be able to see for miles, and we were so high that we found ourselves cycling through clouds. After a while, we began going the mountains. It was great fun as it slowly became much . At the foot of the mountains, colorful butterflies flew around us and we saw many sheep eating green grass. Then we had to our caps, gloves, and trousers for T-shirts and shorts.
In the early evening, we stopped to make camp and then we ate. After supper, Wang Wei went to sleep but I stayed awake. At midnight the sky became clearer and the stars grew brighter. It was so . There was almost no wind or sound, only the flames(火焰) of our fire. When I below the stars, I thought about how far we had already travelled.
We will reach Dali in Yunnan soon, and our cousins will join us there. We can hardly wait to see them!
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An old man lived in a nice house with a large garden. He took care of his flowers all the time, watering and fertilizing(施肥) them.
One day a young man went by the garden. He looked at the beautiful flowers, thinking how happy he could be if he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, suddenly he found the old gardener was blind. He was very _______ 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. Second, ______ I can’t see these flowers, I can touch them. Third, I can ______ 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 true that I don’t know you. But I know that flowers are angels(天使) that everybody ______. 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 ______. 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?
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