Two years ago, Martin was a “problem child” and he often caused a lot of trouble. But he didn’t usually give his mother much trouble. However, after his father’s death, Martin’s life became much more . His mother didn’t have enough money to for his education. To do this, she had to work hard, and so she was not often at home with him.
His mother looked after him as as she could, but Martin still caused problems. He was not interested in and he was often in trouble with the police. Luckily, his mother was very patient, and didn’t give up trying to help him. In the end, she made a difficult decision: to send him to a boys’ boarding school (寄宿学校). But Martin it very much. One day, he told his head teacher he wanted to leave the . The head teacher said it was necessary for Martin to talk with his , so Martin called his mother. To his surprise, this phone call changed his life.
“ was really what I needed,” he said later. “My mother helped me to understand how much she had given me. She also told me that my father was watching me, he had died, and he would always be proud of everything good I did. I realized that after my father died, I was to be alone, and I tried to make my mother pay more attention to me.”
Martin has really changed, and he is now a student in his class. How was he able to change? His mother’s love helped to feel good about himself. As Martin says it’s very important for parents to be there for their children.
A.careful B.beautiful C.difficult D.wonderful
A.pay B.ask C.look D.wait
A.fast B.well C.soon D.good
A.eating B.playing C.fighting D.studying
A.had B.liked C.hated D.took
A.room B.library C.street D.school
A.mother B.father C.teacher D.head teacher
A.I B.It C.He D.One
A.if B.than C.although D.because
A.nice B.glad C.afraid D.careful
A.bad B.good C.healthy D.lazy
A.it B.me C.her D.him
I’m glad it’s Sunday again. I can stay in bed 1 I like, drinking tea andread those thick newspapers that are broughtby the newsboy through the letterbox at 8:30. In this way, I can catch up with all the 2 I haven’t got time to read during my work time.
When I 3 the papers, I then prepare my bath. The Sunday morning bath is 4 of the week. There’s no need to hurry because there’s no bus to 5 and my friends are told not to call me up before noon on Sundays, so there is no danger of being troubled by the telephone.
6 spend the afternoon after lunch is always a bit of problem. In summer I can go to the park and sit in a chair 7 boys playing football, while in winter I sit in front of the fire and8 when reading a book, sometimes I turn on the television and sleep through an old film.
Then there’s the evening ahead of me. Perhaps I’ll call on some friends or go to the cinema19 a new film I want to see or to town for a concert. Oh, there are 10 pleasant ways of passing Sunday evenings. The only sad thing is that Monday morning is gettingnear.
A.as long as B.as soon as C.as well as D.as much as
A.things B.books C.information D.knowledge
A.am reading B.have read C.had read D.read
A.the much pleasant B.the more pleasant C.the most pleasant D.the very pleasant
A.sit B.catch C.get in D.take
A.What to B.How to C.When to D.Where to
A.looking B.seeing C.looking at D.watching
A.fall asleep B.go to sleep C.go to bed D.get to sleep
A.when there’s B.if there will be C.when there has D.if there will have
A.so many B.such many C.a lot D.quite few
Trees are one of the oldest plants on the earth. Just like us, trees change a lot 1 they grow. At one to three years old, young trees learn to 2 themselves. For example, many tree grow thorns (刺)to tell animals 3 near. Most young trees have large and deep green leaves to 4 enough sunlight and turn it into their food and energy. When trees are four years old, they are strong enough to 5 the challenge(挑战)in life. At the age of fifteen, they become young adults and grow more 6 . They will have their own flowers and fruit. After the trees are twenty to twenty-five years old, they are called real adults because they reach their 7 . Adults trees give us oxygen and natural beauty. If we 8 them very well, they will live healthily for many years. As time goes on, trees begin older and older and even 9 . At this time, they still have their important places in nature and uses for people. 10 many ways, the life of trees is like our own life experience.
A.before B.when C.after D.since
A.protect B.provide C.prevent D.pollute
A.to go B.to leave C.not to go D.not to leave
A.enjoy B.keep C.stay D.catch
A.get B.receive C.face D.welcome
A.fast B.faster C.slow D.slowly
A.weights B.heights C.styles D.sizes
A.look for B.look after C.look out D.look at
A.die B.hurt C.waste D.throw
A.On B.In C.For D.At
This morning, I went to a charity show __(1)_____ in the town center. The charity show, called 'For Every Child', was to raise money for an orphanage(孤儿院). Many __(2)______ persons, including a few bosses, donated money at the show. What surprised us was that a little boy also donated 100 yuan. He had saved the money for more___(3) ____two years. He said that everyone should do something for others. Some famous pop singers gave wonderful__(4)____ on the stage. One of them even came ___(5)___ the stage and walked among the audience. She asked the audience to sing a song ___(6)____ her, and they did just __(7)___she wanted them to. The show lasted for about three hours. At the ___(8)___ of the show, some children from the orphanage __(9)___in front of the microphone. All of them were so thankful that they___(10)___ while they said thanks to those people who donated. Again, they felt the warmth of being helped by others.
A.have B.holding C.hold D.held
A.success B.successful C.succeed D.succeeded
A.then B.about C.than D.for
A.perform B.performer C.performance D.performance s
A.up B.down C.away D.behind
A.together B.follow C.with D.follows
A.how B.why C.which D.what
A.beginning B.ending C.end D.ends
A.stand B.stands C.standing D.stood
A.cries B.cried C.crying D.shouted
About 70,000,000 Americans are trying to lose weight.This is almost one out of every three people in the United States.Some people eat 1 food and they hardly have any fats or sweets. Others do running exercise with machines,take medicines,or even have operations.2 you can see losing weight is 3 work,and it will also cost a lot of money.But 4 do so many people in the United States want to lose weight?
Many people in the United States worry about their look of the body.For many people,looking nice also means to be 5 .Other people worry about their health as many doctors6 overweight is not good.
Most people want to find a faster and 7 way to take off fat,and books of this kind are very popular.These books tell people how to lose weight.Each year a lot of new books like these are 8 .Each one says it can easily help people take fat away.
Losing weight can be expensive.Some overweight people go to health centers,like La Costa in California.Men and women 9 several hundred dollars a day at these health centers.People live there for one week or two,taking exercise,eating different foods.Meals there may be just a little.All this works for losing weight. 10 4 days on the program,one woman called Mrs. Warren lost 5 pounds(2.27kg).At 400 dollars a day, she spent 320dollars to lose each pound.But she said she was still glad to do so.
Health centers,books,medicines,operations,running and exercise machines all get a lot of money.So in the United States,losing Weight may mean losing money too。
A.1ess B.more C.nice D.fast
A.For B.So C.Or D.And
A.good B.useful C.hard D.easy
A.why B.what C.how D.when
A.high B.short C.thin D.fat
A.talk B.say C.speak D.tell
A.dearer B.harder C.shorter D.easier
A.taken B.given C.written D.copied
A.pay B.cost C.take D.have
A.Before B.Until C.After D.At
While I was waiting to go into university, I saw in a newspaper a teaching job wanted at a school about ten miles from where I 16 . Because I was in great need of 17 and wanted to do something useful, I applied(申请).
Three days later, a letter 18 . It asked me to see the 19 at Croydon. It proved to be a(n) 20 journey —a train to Croydon station, a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of 21 a quarter of a mile. As a result I arrived there, feeling too hot to be nervous. Clearly, the principal 22 opened the door. He was 23 and round.
“The school” he said, “has a group of twenty-four boys between seven and thirteen.”
I should have to teach all the 24 except art, which he taught himself. I should have to divide the class into 25 groups and teach them at three different 26 , and I was not 27 at the thought of teaching maths —a subject which I didn’t do very well in at school. It was 28 that I had to teach them on Saturday afternoon 29 most of my friends would be 30 themselves at that time.
Before I had time to ask about my salary(薪水), he got up to his feet. “Now,” he said. “you’d better meet my wife. She is the one who really runs this school.”
A.lived B.played C.studied D.worked
A.help B.money C.rest D.force
A.arrived B.received C.returned D.wrote
A.editor B.teacher C.principal D.student
A.comfortable B.easy C.short D.unpleasant
A.at least B.at first C.at last D.at most
A.herself B.themselves C.itself D.himself
A.bad B.glad C.short D.smiling
A.people B.subjects C.boys D.knowledge
A.two B.three C.four D.five
A.subjects B.lessons C.levels D.schools
A.glad B.surprised C.angry D.sad
A.better B.more exciting C.worse D.nicer
A.until B.after C.if D.because
A.enjoying B.helping C.studying D.arguing