Sam lived in a small village. His mother was often ill and he had to spend much money on . And when he was 28, he borrowed some from his friends and married. His wife was beautiful but came from a poor . So she could not help him. She had to tell her husband to find work in the town. She hoped he would get money to pay off his debt (债务). The young man thought she was right and had to say to her and started to find a job.
The young man could neither read nor write. Of course would employ (雇用) such a man like him in the town. He had to go to an island and trees for a farmer there. The island was small and there were only three men on it. They lived a life and Sam missed his mother and wife very much. He wanted to them, but he couldn’t. Luckily, Charlie, who was for five years, helped him. He asked the farmer to post the letter for him. From then on he the answer every day. About two months later the farmer brought his wife’s letter to the island. He was very ,but he couldn’t read it. He had to ask Charlie to help him again.
When the farmer came out of the house, he found Sam was covering(覆盖) Charlie’s
while he was listening to the young man reading. It him and he said, “What are you doing it for, Sam?”
“I can’t let him my wife’s words!”
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It’s spring now. New leaves come out from the tree. Everything begins to turn green. It makes us feel happy.
I watch the apple trees and remember a little story.
A long time ago, there was an apple tree and a little boy. The boy came and around it every day. He climbed to the tree top, ate the , and rest under the shadow (树荫). He loved the tree and the tree loved him. Time went by … The little boy up and no longer played around it. The old tree was very sad. It didn’t know . The boy said, “I am not a kid. I want to play with toys. But I don’t have money.”
“You needn’t about it. Pick all my apples and sell them, you will have money.” After that the boy didn’t come back. Years later, the boy returned and the tree was happy. But its surprise, the boy cut it down to build a house. Many years later the boy returned again. The old tree was happy and said to him “Sorry, my boy. I can’t give you more. The only thing left is my dying roots. But you can sit down and rest here. This is your forever .
This is a story of everyone. The tree is our parents. When we were young, we loved playing with them. When we grow up, we them, and only come to them when we need something or are in trouble. No matter what happens, parents will be there and give what they have to make us .
We may say the boy is cruel (冷酷的) to the tree but that’s how we are treating (对待) our parents. Nowadays, many old people feel lonely because their children don’t live with them. We hope all of us try to help those old people and manage to make the old have a happy life.
A．rest B．played C．play D．eat
A．apples B．leaves C．food D．birds
A．got B．set C．grew D．took
A．what B．who C．how D．why
A．worry B．feel C．talk D．dream
A．in B．to C．on D．of
A．something B．everything C．nothing D．anything
A．home B．tree C．bed D．place
A．love B．leave C．bring D．hate
A．angry B．tired C．happy D．sad
Early last year, two young brothers in Jiangsu Province badly burned while playing. The“game”they were playing was they had watched in the cartoon Pleasant Goat and the Big Big Wolf （《喜羊羊和灰太狼》）.The brothers were two little goats while their friend was playing a bad wolf . Their friend tied them a tree and set fire to the grass around them.
The sad story is an example of how many children follow the violence（暴力） they see on television, especially cartoons. It is that violent cartoons can make children more aggressive（具有攻击性的）. In a survey, researchers the children after watching non-violent and violent cartoons. They found that the kids who watched violent cartoons fought with others and class rules more often.
Children under the age of seven are too to understand that the violence on TV can bring
real harm. It is parents’ job them understand it.
A．are B．is C．were D．was
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
A．eating B．buying C．watching D．playing
A．with B．to C．in D．at
A．report B．reporter C．reported D．reporting
A．advised B．asked C．called D．compared
A．broke B．followed C．obeyed D．made
A．young B．old C．small D．little
A．him B．them C．we D．you
A．help B．to help C．helping D．helped
Jody was ten years old when he decided he needed a job. He thought it might beto keep worms(虫). He could sell them to farmers. So in , he bought many worms. But that winter the cold weather killed all the worms because he had not put them in a place.
The next spring Jody again. He bought more worms. When winter came, he took them inside so they would stay warm. Many farmers bought his worms.
One day when Jody was twelve, he got It was from State of New York. The letter said, “Everyone who things has to pay taxes (税)!” Jody made only one dollar selling worms. But he still to pay part of that money to the state. He told many people in his town what had. A reporter Jody on TV. Many people saw it and they began to write letters to the state. The letters said that the law was unfair. Finally the law was . Children like Jody can now sell things without paying taxes to the state.A. boring B. luckyC. interesting
A. autumnB. spring C. winter
A. warm B. clean C. nice
A. tried B. waitedC. failed
A. a present B. a letter C. an e-mail
A. buys B. sellsC. feeds
A. hoped B. wanted C. had
A. happenedB. appearedC. followed
A. saw B. played with C. reported
A. passed B. changed C. moved
One afternoon last year, I went to a hospital in Ghana to visit a doctor friend. When I the hospital hall, I saw a woman. She had traveled from a faraway village just to bring injured girl to the hospital. The girl to be dying. But the nurses in the hospital wouldn’t help her, perhaps because she didn’t have money.
When I saw that she was crying for , I took her straight to the doctors. The doctors her daughter and told the mother that her daughter needed a transfusion (输血). She would need blood (血). This sad woman was too poor to blood. I said I would give her the blood.
A nurse then tested my blood. Your type was O. The nurse said, “The girl is lucky. You have the type as hers.” The nurse then took my blood and gave to the girl. The mother was thankful that she said I brought back hope to her family.
I was very that I had been able to save the girl’s life. Since that day, I’ve always tried to help where I could.
A．came B．arrived C．got D．reached
A．seemed B．wanted C．looked D．happened
A．few B．little C．enough D．many
A．money B．help C．nurses D．doctors
A．found B．looked C．examined D．noticed
A．ask for B．look for C．search for D．pay for
A．same B．different C．similar D．common
A．them B．it C．they D．its
A．so B．very C．too D．quite
A．anxious B．pleased C．moved D．worried
Nowadays more and more Chinese teenagers find life more difficult without their parents. Their parents help them do almost everything at home, so many of them don’t know how to do . This is really a big problem.
Liu Jie is 14-year-old. One day her partens left home for another city for work, so she had to stay at home . At first she thought she would be happyher parents are not at home. Shecoulddosheliked to do.But at about six o’clock in the afternoon, she felt. “Oh,it'stimetohavesupper.WherecanIgetmyfood?” She said to herself. Later she found some food in the fridge, but she know how to cook. At that moment she her mom very much. In the end, she could only go to the supermarket and some food to eat.
Many of teenagers are as Liu Jie. So I think they should learn some basic life skills, like cooking, cleaning their rooms or dressing themselves. They shouldn’t depend too much on their partens. A.theirhomework B.someshopping C.housework
A.lonely B.alone C.herself
A.so B.because C.but
A.that B.what C.where
A.hungry B.full C.excited
A.couldn’t B.didn’t C.mightnot
A.thought B.considered C.missed
A.made B.bought C.gave
A.thesame B.difficult C.different
A.actually B.carelessly C.properly