One very cold morning, my father and I were working on the farm. I asked him how long I must stay in the .
“About an hour.” he answered.
“I wish I could go home now—my aches.”
“I am sorry, but can’t you stay till lunch time?” said my father.
“But my headache is getting .”
“Well,” said him,“ you may go home. I don’t want you to work if you are sick. Go straight home tell your mother to give you some rhubarb(大黄，一种苦药). It will you a lot.”
I went back home. However, I told my mother that my head was better, hoping not to the terrible medicine. But it was too . She understood my as well as my father. So she prepared the rhubarb.
I had to swallow(吞) all of the rhubarb. Dear me! How bitter(苦) it was! I would rather all day in the field. But it cured(治愈) my laziness, and I learned that it is important to be .
Friends, keep it, though there is another and a better reason.A. field B. hospital C. factory
A. tooth B. head C. stomach
A. better B. worse C. less
A. but B. or C. and
A. hurt B. worry C. help
A. take B. buy C. make
A. early B. late C. easy
A. joke B. duty C. problem
A. work B. play C. study
A. kind B. honest C. helpful
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Charlie came from a poor village. His parents had money to send him to school when he was young. The boy was very sad. Mr. King lived next to him. He found the boy and had pity on him and lent some money to him. So the boy could go to school. He studied hard and all his lessons. When he finished middle school, the man introduced him to his friend in the town. And he began to work.
Once Mr. King was seriously hurt in an accident. Dying，he asked Charlie to take care of his daughter，Sharon. The young man and several years later he married the girl. He loved her very much and tried his best to make her happy. He often bought beautiful clothes and delicious food for her. He was good at cooking and he cooked for her. So she became very fat and she felt it difficult to walk. And one day she found there was something wrong with her heart. Her husband wasn’t at home and she had to go to at once. The doctors looked her over and told her eat meat, sugar，chocolate and things like these. She was afraid the doctor’s words and wrote all the names of the food on the paper. When she got home，she put the list on the table and . When she returned home that afternoon, she found many kinds of food：meat，sugar and chocolate in the kitchen. Charlie was busy there. As soon as he saw her，he said happily，“I’ve bought all the food you like, dear！”
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One afternoon, my son Adam asked me, “Are all people the same even though they are different in color?”
It was a serious question. I for a while, and then said, “I’ll explain it sooner. Let’s go to a fruit shop. I have something interesting to show you.”
At the fruit shop, we bought some apples in different —red, green and yellow ones. After we got home, I told Adam, “It’s time to your question now.” I put one apple of each kind colour on the table. Adam carefully. He had a look on his face.
“People are like apples. They come in all different colors, shapes and sizes. On the , some of the apples may not even look as delicious as .” While I was talking, Adam was each one carefully. Then, I took each of the apples and peeled(削皮) them, placing them back on the , but in a different place.
“Okay, Adam, tell me which is which.”
He said, “I tell. They all look the same now.”
“Take a of each one. See if that helps you decide one is which.”
He took big bites, and then a huge smile came across his face. “People are like apples! They are all different, but once you take off the outside, they’re pretty much the on the inside.”
He totally it. I didn’t need to say or do anything else.
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完形填空。
Dick is a milkman in New York. He is near-sighted(近视眼). He has a red car. The car is not expensive or very cheap. Many people have cars like that. Dick likes to go for a ride after supper with his big white dog. He calls his dog Bobby.
Last Saturday evening Dick went to a circus(去看马戏). He went in his car with Bobby. Hundreds of people went to circus, and Dick was to see so many cars there.
“Where can I park my car?” he.
Bobby was clever. It knew Dick was looking for. It jumped out of the car and ran around. Then it barked. It found a between two red cars.
Good! Dick was happy. He backed his car the space and went with Bobby to see the show.
Dick and Bobby had a good time. Dick laughed and Bobby was excited to see all the animals. When the show was over , Dick went out and got into the car. “Come in, Bobby.” he said to the big dog. But to his surprise, Bobby wouldn’t listen to him. It jumped into the next car!
Dick got out and the dog back. But soon it jumped into the next car again!
What was wrong with Bobby? Dick just couldn’t understand.
Now can you tell what was wrong with the big dog?
Solution(解答) :There was wrong with the dog. It was sitting in its master’s car while Dick was in someone car. Remember: Dick was near-sighted and the three red cars were red ones.
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完形填空。通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项。
I work as a taxi driver for nearly ten years. It’s a job most of time. I like to meet different people. I always work , because there are too cars during the day. I live 20 kilometers outside of London and I go to at 5:30 in the afternoon. I usually go home between two and three o’clock in the morning.
There is a very strange and interesting thing one night. I take a woman with a little dog home. When we get to her house, She can’t find her key and purse (钱包). So I wait in the car with the dog and she climbs in through the window.
I wait for half an hour. At last I want what is wrong with her. I tie (系) the dog to a tree and in through the window, too.
A policeman passes by and he thinks I am a thief(小偷). I argue(争论) with the policeman. The .akes the dog barking loudly. The old woman wakes up and goes out of the . Because just now she goes to and forgets me and the dog at all!
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阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
Everybody dreams. Some people think dreams can tell us about the future. Other people think dreams tell us about ourselves. It's like our ________ is talking to us. Why are dreams________ strange and hard to understand? Some people think our brain uses ________to talk to us. When we fly, swim, or fall down in our dreams, it has a ________meaning. Lots of doctors help people________ their dreams. They find that dreams tell us about our________and fears.
These days, many scientists ________ that dreams are very important. During the day, we have many ________, and our brain receives a lot of information. When we dream, our brain ________ information that is not important, and puts the most important information into our ________. As we learn more about the brain, we may find answers to our questions about dreams.A. body B. heart C. brain
A. never B. seldom C. often
A. symbols B. examples C. numbers
A. special B. serious C. similar
A. finish B. forget C. understand
A. hopesB. rightsC. abilities
A. worryB. believe C. doubt
A. experiencesB. dreams C. mistakes
A. passes onB. asks for C. throws away
A. feelingsB. memoriesC. lives