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Yesterday my son and I went to the grocery store. In front of us was a little girl with her mother. The little girl was asking her mother for a box of Smarties. The polite way she was asking broke the mother’s heart. “I’m sorry, honey, but we have no money to buy it.”
My son was watching that dialogue. By the way, he had been raking leaves in our garden to himself some money to buy a bike. As he watched the mother and daughter leave the , he ran to the candy counter and bought a box of Smarties with his money. Then he ran out after the little girl and her mother, and gave them the . He came back and told me what he told them, “Every kid should have a pack of Smarties because they can make you .”
I was so excited I bought a pack of Smarties for my son. I told him that I was proud of him, and that was for his act of generosity because he gave his own Smarties to others. Quickly, he , “But you do nice things for people and you never get anything for it.” I explained, “When you do something nice for someone, you shouldn’t get anything, but when you do get something you should be very .”
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If you often have a cold, headache or backache, there is something wrong with your health. Eating healthy food 43 good for our health. Tofu（豆腐）, milk, vegetables are healthy for us.
Tofu is a kind of traditional（传统的） 44 food. We often 45 it in China. Now more and more people 46 other countries think tofu is good for health, 47 . They also like eating it.
Milk is 48 kind of healthy food. Every day you should 49 one or two glasses of milk. It can 50 us strong.
Vegetables are very important. You should eat 51 them. There are vitamin(维他命) A, B, C, D , E and so on in them.
As we know, it’s important 52 a balanced diet(均衡饮食). We must have the right kinds of food. We should also eat some pork, chicken and beef. We should eat more fruit and vegetables but less meat.
A．are B．is C．will be D．was
A．Japanese B．American . C．English D．Chinese
A．eat B．drink C．take D．play
A．for B．with C．in D．at
A．too B．also C．well D．either
A．the other B．other C．another D．others
A．drinking B．drink C．take D．to take
A．keep B．makes C．keeps D．keeping
A．a lot B．plenty C．much D．a lot of
A．making B．to keep C．keeping D．to drink
Do you want to be successful in everything you do? If so, then how? Here is an example.
There was a farmer who 36 corn（玉米）all his life. Each year he took his corn to the market. Then each time his corn was chosen as the 37 and won the first prize.
One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something surprising about how he grew it. The farmer 38 his seed（做种子的) corn to his neighbors.
"How can you share your best seed corn with your neighbors?" the reporter asked. "You know they are taking part in the 39 with you each year."
"Why, sir," said the farmer, "didn't you know? The 40 picks up pollen (花粉) from the corn and moves it quickly from field to field. If my neighbors grow 41 corn, cross-pollination (异花传粉) will affect the quality of my corn. So if I want to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors to grow good corn. "
The farmer knows much about the connection of life. His corn cannot improve unless his neighbor's corn improves.
As a great man says, "We make a living by what we grow; we make a life by what we give." We can't 42 without food, clothes, and many other things. However, a meaningful life is not decided by how much we can get, 43 by how much we can give others. Giving, instead of taking, makes us 44 from other animals.
So those who choose to live well must help others to live well and those who choose to be happy must help others to find 45 in their life.
A．grew B．bought C．sold D．collected
A．cheapest B．prettiest C．best D．shortest
A．lent B．showed C．offered D．recommended
A．game B．fight C．experiment D．competition
A．wind B．water C．farmer D．neighbor
A．tasty B．bad C．tall D．unusual
A．cheer B．move C．work D．live
A．and B．but C．or D．so
A．different B．free C．safe D．far
A．hope B．success C．friendship D．happiness
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Tom woke up on Monday morning. He felt 1 . He always felt sick on Monday mornings. He had to go to school for a 2 week! He almost wished there were no week-ends.3 was even more difficult for him to go back to school!
He 4 in bed and wondered what excuse（借口）he could make this time. He looked at his body, but could find 5 wrong, A little headache? 6 . He had used that excuse many times. Then he realized that one of his teeth was loose（松动）. Good! He was just going to start groaning（呻吟） 7 he thought that Aunt Polly would pull the tooth out. That would8 ! He looked for something else. Suddenly he remembered what the doctor had said about a certain problem with toes. He pulled his right foot out and looked at it. 9 of the toes was really hurting, Tom began to groan.
“What’s 10 with you?” Aunt Polly asked.
“My toe hurts.”
The old lady fell into a chair, 11 a little. “Tom, you frightened me. Now shut up at once and get out of 12 .”
Tom felt like a thief being caught. “Well, it seemed all right. It hurt so much 13 I forgot my tooth.”
“Tooth, eh? What’s wrong with your tooth?”
“One of them is loose and it hurts 14 .”
“No problem,” answered Aunt Polly. “I can pull it out.”
“Please, Auntie! Don’t pull it out. It has 15 hurting now. Please!”
“No way! Well, you’ll have your tooth out and you’ll go to school?
A．happy B．tired C．sick D．hungry
A．whole B．all C．next D．this
A．That B．This C．The weekend D．It
A．lie B．lay C．lied D．lying
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
A．No B．Yes C．None D．Great
A．then B．when C．while D．as
A．pain B．work C．hurt D．be good
A．One B．Two C．Some D．Many
A．matter B．trouble C．problem D．wrong
A．saying B．smiling C．shouting D．talking
A．school B．chair C．bed D．kitchen
A．what B．which C．that D．until
A．bad B．badly C．worse D．terrible
A．stopped B．forgotten C．enjoyed D．begun
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Dr Spear is a doctor living in London. She decided one morning to1her cat away. Dr Spear thought that it was much2for the animal to live in the3 .4she put Mimi in her car and drove more than 100 kilometres out of the city to her brother’s house and left the cat with him. A month later she was shocked to5that Mimi was no longer6 ! Then one night Dr Spear heard a7at her bedroom window. Unable to sleep she8bed and was surprised to see a thin cat looking9 . She chased the cat away and went back to bed. Then, just as she was about to fall asleep, something landed on her bed. “It gave me a10fright（惊吓）and then I realized it was Mimi!”
A．put B．leave C．give D．ask
A．higher B．better C．more dangerous D．harder
A．country B．city C．house D．car
A．But B．Because C．Or D．So
A．think B．see C．hear D．ask
A．alive B．there C．here D．pretty
A．noise B．story C．laugh D．voice
A．made the B．put away the C．got out of D．looked at the
A．at B．up C．down D．in
A．soft B．real C．strange D．bit
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It’s never easy to admit（承认）you are in the wrong. We all 1 to know the art of apology（道歉）. Think how often you’ve done wrong. Then count how many 2 you’ve expressed clearly you were 3 . You can’t go to bed with an easy mind if you do 4 about it.
A doctor friend, Mr Lieb, told me about a man who came to him with different kinds of signs: headaches, heart trouble and insomnia（失眠症）. 5 some careful exams, Mr Lieb found nothing wrong with him and said, “If you don’t tell me what’s 6 you, I can’t help you”.
The man admitted he was cheating（骗取） his brother of his inheritance（遗产）. Then and there the clever doctor 7 the man write to his brother and 8 his money. As soon as the letter was put into the post box, the man suddenly cried.“Thank you ,” he said to the doctor, “I think I’ve got well.”
An apology can not only save a broken relationship（关系）, but also make it 9 . If you can think of someone who should be 10 an apology from you, do something about in right now.
A．decide B．have C．need D．try
A．mistakes B．people C．ways D．times
A．sorry B．weak C．sad D．wrong
A．something B．anything C．nothing D．everything
A．Before B．After C．Till D．Since
A．hurting B．changing C．touching D．worrying
A．made B．helped C．let D．saw
A．gave B．kept C．returned D．paid
A．newer B．worse C．harder D．stronger
A．received B．given C．known D．forgotten