“I can't believe what I'm hearing!”I thought to myself. Jeff was the last candidate(候选人)for president of Student Council .My best friend Tony come to me and said, “I'm sorry ,Mike.”I really thought you should be ."
Later that day , I happened to pass Jeff in the dining room. I offered him a _ “congratulations” and walked to my usual table. To my surprise , Jeff put his plate beside mine.
“I'm ,er-I'm just wondering if you would…consider coming to work on my team ,”he said ____ .“You are really smart ,and you would be a great manager.”
“I don't think so,”I replied ,feeling unsure.
“Well , if you change your mind ,we are meeting tomorrow ,” he said before moving to another table.
All that night ,I thought about the __ from Jeff .Maybe being a part of the election process(选举过程) would give __ a chance to make important changes at our school .I decided to join them.
My fist goal was to __ a catchy advertisement. Within a few days, we designed a poster with Jeff's pictures showing him in a number of activities. No one could walk through any hallway ____ passing Jeff's smiling face.
My next step was to which new activities students would like to have at our school. Many of them wanted a chess club and a volleyball team.
With the information I had collected, Jeff met with the headmaster .The headmaster __ to add these activities to our school program.
With my help, Jeff and our ideas were well at school.
An eighth grader said ,“It'll be like attending a new school with Jeff as president. ”
Hearing these words made my heart filled with . I had wanted to become president of Student Council to make a difference , I achieved that and more by working as a member of Jeff's team .He became the most popular candidate and I was a large part of his .The face that it has made a difference in other people's lives is the real prize. What a great feeling!
A．heard B．chosen C．invited D．followed
A．polite B．loud C．warm D．cheerful
A．proudly B．quickly C．nervously D．regretfully
A．advice B．chance C．message D．offer
A．them B．him C．me D．us
A．print B．invent C．create D．send
A．for B．from C．with D．without
A．carry out B．try out C．work out D．find out
A．agreed B．wanted C．expected D．asked
A．allowed B．received C．introduced D．required
A．pride B．surprise C．patience D．hope
A．luck B．spirit C．life D．success
Mike wants a computer. He asks his parents for the money but they say he must get it himself. But how does he get it? He 46 about this when he walks home. Not many people want to ask children to work for them. Maybe he can take away snow for the neighbors. But it is not 47 . He has to 48a long time for that. He can’t cut grass for their gardens 49 he has no tools to do the work. Then he 50 one of his classmates, Dick. He is delivering(送) 51 . “I can do that, 52”, he thinks, “Maybe I can even get the computer right away. I can pay(付款) for it a little each week”. He 53 to catch up with(赶上) Dick. Mike asks him a lot of questions. He learns that it is 54 to get twenty-five dollars each week. Dick 55 him that the job takes about three hours each week and 56 him the phone number of the newspaper manager.
Mike almost flies home. After he tells his mother 57 he thinks, she 58 , “ I think it is a 59 idea,” she says, “I'll call the newspaper.” “Wait, Mum,” Mike says, “I’ll call. After that, I' m going to be a businessman now.” Mike’s mother smiles 60 .
A．says B．tells C．thinks D．speaks
A．spring B．summer C．autumn D．winter
A．walk B．wait C．spend D．want
A．because B．when C．while D．after
A．looks B．sees C．helps D．catches
A．newspapers B．bikes C．computers D．tools
A．either B．too C．again D．also
A．walks B．comes C．runs D．jumps
A．friendly B．kind C．easy D．wrong
A．sees B．learns C．tells D．knows
A．teaches B．gives C．asks D．makes
A．that B．when C．what D．where
A．smiles B．shouts C．cries D．worries
A．big B．large C．great D．bad
A．sadly B．happily C．politely D．angrily
When I was young，my father told me that little acts of kindness may give one great happiness. Since then I have always tried to help people in 1 .
One hot summer afternoon, I was2 down the highway to New York when another car suddenly 3 into my lane(车道). My car was in the far right lane，so it ran onto the roadside. As a(n) 4 driver，I moved my car quickly and skillfully back onto the highway without causing any accident.
I was5 with that driver，but I thought that he just did not pay attention to（注意） the lane change, and he6 did not do that on purpose(故意).The car ran away7 after cutting me off. Very soon it disappeared from sight. After a while，I came around a curve(弯道) and found the8 car. The driver was walking along the roadside. He was an elderly man and looked9 . As there was no telephone nearby and the nearest services were twenty miles away, I decided to 10 and see what the problem was.
The man’s car had a flat tire(瘪胎). Although he had another tire，he had nothing to work with. I decided to11 him. I changed the tire for him and allowed him to sit in my air-conditioned car while I did it. Fifteen minutes later，I12 the work. I was hot and tired，but I really felt13 after an act of kindness to the man who had earlier14 my car run off the road.
You can really enjoy great15 from kindness acts, so always lend your hands to others in trouble.
A．need B．school C．danger D．summer
A．walking B．riding C．running D．driving
A．fell B．jumped C．came D．climbed
A．new B．experienced C．frightened D．cheerful
A．unhappy B．interested C．kind D．friendly
A．even B．certainly C．almost D．simply
A．quickly B．quietly C．politely D．carefully
A．new B．red C．same D．other
A．excited B．relaxed C．surprised D．worried
A．stay B．search C．stop D．hide
A．give B．train C．help D．encourage
A．began B．finished C．took D．continued
A．good B．sorry C．angry D．shy
A．kept B．made C．watched D．heard
A．friendship B．success C．excitement D．happiness
Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your lessons sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and 15 all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you’ll 16 the whole world smiling to you.
On a sunny morning, you plan to have a walk 17 yourself. Just before you go out, it suddenly starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start to complain about the weather. But dear friends, why 18 sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature brings you? And with the timely rain, crops（庄稼）in the fields will grow better and farmers will have a good harvest（收成）.
Everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, 19 life isn’t a bed of roses. It’s very common to meet difficulties on the way 20 success. In fact, difficulty isn’t terrible. The real terrible thing is that we are afraid of it. Difficulty is like spring（弹簧）. If you are 21 , it will be strong. Attitude（态度） decides 22 . With an optimistic (乐观的) attitude, life is easy and 23 . So when you meet difficulties, don’t give up. Instead, you should face them with a smile. Remember these five rules: Free your heart from hate; Free your mind from worries; Live an easy life; Give more; Expect24 .
A．happy B．unhappy C．smile D．cry
A．look B．look for C．find D．find out
A．enjoying B．to relax C．relax D．enjoy
A．don’t B．didn’t C．haven’t D．not
A．but B．and C．or D．so
A．of B．to C．about D．for
A．energetic B．powerful C．confident D．weak
A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing
A．please B．pleasure C．pleased D．pleasant
A．little B．few C．less D．fewer
A teacher once told each of her students to bring a clean plastic bag and a bag of potatoes to school. For every person they didn’t want to forgive(原谅) in their lives, they chose a potato, wrote the person’s 1 and the date on it and put it in the plastic bag. Some of their bags were very 2 . They were then told to carry this bag with them 3 for one week. They would put it beside their bed at night, on the seat when sitting in a car or on a bus , and next to their desks at 4 . The 5 carrying the bag around with them made students get to know what a weight they were carrying in their minds. They had to pay attention to(注意) it all the time so that they wouldn’t 6 it or leave it in embarrassing(尴尬的) places. As time passed by, the potatoes went 7 and smelt terrible. Too often we think of tolerance(宽容) as a 8 to other people, but it clearly is for 9 ! If we choose to keep our sadness and hatred(仇恨) in our hearts, we will have to 10 them around all our lives.
A．age B．name C．hobbies D．weight
A．small B．beautiful C．light D．heavy
A．everywhere B．nowhere C．somewhere D．where
A．home B．work C．night D．school
A．students B．days C．potatoes D．teachers
A．forget B．buy C．remember D．find
A．big B．wrong C．bad D．good
A．feeling B．waste C．gift D．greeting
A．themselves B．ourselves C．yourself D．itself
A．miss B．meet C．carry D．enjoy
Young people are often unhappy when they are with their parents. They 1 that their parents don’t understand them. They often think their parents are too strict 2 them.
Parents often find 3 difficult to win their children’s trust and they seem to forget how they themselves felt when they were young.
For example, young people like to do things without 4 . It’s one of their ways to show that they grow up and they can 5 any difficult problems. Older people worry more easily. Most of them like to plan things ahead and don’t like their plans to be known. So when you want your parents to let you do 6 , you will have better success if you ask before you really start doing it.
Young people often make their parents angry by the clothes they wear, the music they enjoy, and something else. But they 7 to cause any trouble. They just feel that in this way they can be cut off from the old people’s world and they want to make a new culture 8 their own. And if their parents don’t like their music or clothes or their ways of speech, the young people feel very sad. Sometimes 9 going out with their parents, they just want to stay at home alone and do what they like.
If you plan to do something, you’d better win your parents over and get them to understand you. 10 your parents will certainly let you do what you want to do.
A．think B．hope C．say D．know
A．with B．in C．to D．over
A．that B．this C．one D．it
A．thinking B． speaking C．seeing D．reading
A．solve B．find C．know D．find out
A．everything B．something C．nothing D．anything
A．don’t mean B．mean C．don’t like D．like
A．at B．to C．over D．of
A．instead B．instead of C．besides D．except
A．Of B．If not C．If so D．However