The parents can buy everything the children want to have. If they go on the habits, the children won’t know the_____ coming from hard work. When they grow up, they will not _____money.
Some parents like having birthday parties____their children. If they keep on having birthday parties, the children will think they_____ enjoy the birthday parties every year. Years after years, maybe they forget their parents’ birthdays and only remember_____. It is against traditional habits. Perhaps the children won’t protect(保护)their parents after they grow up.
Many parents don’t let the children______. They think children have only one thing to ______. They should study hard and be good at their lessons. If parents go on doing this, the children will think they should have only opening their____ to be fed and handing out their hands to be dressed(饭来张口,衣来伸手) every day. The children dislike cleaning the floor and the desk__44__ they find a job. Parents should teach the children how to do chores because it can make them__45__ and help them like work.
A.food B.money C.books D.tickets
A.save B.make C.take D.spend
A.with B.on C.in D.for
A.can B.should C.would D.may
A.them B.they C.themselves D.theirs
A.watch TV B.do chores C.go skating D.talk on the phone
A.say B.buy C.do D.see
A.mouths B.eyes C.arms D.hands
A.if B.after C.before D.because
A.nervous B.lucky C.healthy D.sad
完形填空先通读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后在A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。(本大题共10分,每小题1分)
You may have a lot of friends and expect your friendship to last a lifetime. However, lifelong friendships are not ________ what everybody can get. Friends sometimes misunderstand each other. For one thing, you may want your ______ to be near at hand, but also you need your independence (独立).
For example, when one of your friends comes asking _______ it is all right to spend the evening in your house, sometimes you just say “______” to him or her because it is not convenient for you. Unfortunately, not all your friends _______ this type of independence. They believe that friends can ask for any favor and the answer should always be “yes”.
Also, misunderstanding sometimes happens when you ask for _______. You expect your friends top help you whenever you need. But the fact is, your friends may not always drop everything to satisfy _______ of your needs. This may make you _______ with them and your friendship could end. The most important thing for you and your friends to do is to always show understanding and respect for each other.
Lifelong friendships don’t develop overnights. In a true friendship, both people equally _______ each other. Long-term friendships provide the time to build up a ________ together. As you spend more time with your friend, you are creating special times and stocking up (存储) on memories.
A.always B.sometimes C.never D.ever
A.parents B.friends C.students D.teachers
A.when B.as C.if D.why
A.yes B.no C.good D.OK
A.provide B.understand C.produce D.invent
A.help B.food C.money D.respect
A.every B.each C.both D.either
A.happy B.excited C.cheerful D.angry
A.connect B.compare C.support D.solve
A.story B.family C.character D.history
Tina was the best speed-walking partner I could ever meet. But I could never understand my friend's habit of while we walked.
Together we walked all over the town and even entered a marathon(马拉松)together,a full 26 miles, but she did give me a list to take with me. She told me that it her a lot. I thought it would just slow us down. I it along to the starting line. Twenty-six cheering ideas, one for every mile. I wasn’t really planning to slow myself down with all those ideas but I didn’t want to hurt Tina’s feelings, so I kept her .
I walked the first mile of the in 12 minutes—a new personal record. I looked at Tina’s cheering list when I checked my watch. was simply Yourself. It did give me a good start to the race, I thought. I thanked Tina for her cheering list. If I finished the race, I would thank her for the she gave me. By the time I finished the second mile, my husband and kids were cheering me on. It just so happened that “ ” was the next one on Tina’s cheering list. I had lots of things to be ready for them.
The next mile flew by, then the next and the next, each with a cheering idea. But by the time I neared the final mile? I was nearly out of breath. “I don’t know if I can the last mile,” I thought. In despair(绝望)I looked at the final cheering idea on Tina’s list,now sweaty in my hand: You just can make it!
I finished the marathon in less than six hours. I thought the cheering list would slow me down. ______, it carried me past the finishing line.
A.cheering B.smiling C.shouting D.chatting
A.taught B.saved C.calmed D.helped
A.hid B.gave C.moved D.carried
A.promise B.list C.word D.idea
A.round B.circle C.race D.road
A.At the back B.At the top C.In the beginning D.In the past
A.task B.strength C.thought D.way
A.Team B.House C.Family D.Home
A.have B.gain C.finish D.put
A.Besides B.Instead C.Later D.Again
Tom is the son of a farm owner. One New Year's Day, when he was 15, his fatherhim to work on the farm for one year when he was free. Tom was with his father's idea. "That isn't my job. I have too much school work to do. " Hearing this, his father said, "I promise (许诺) to give you the best presentyou can finish one year's work. " Tom thought for a while and.
Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and workeduntil evening, just like any other . Time passed quickly. Tom's crops (庄稼) grew well. On the last day of the year, the father called his son to him."I'm happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole ," said the father. "Now, tell me you want."
The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread made from his wheat (小麦). "I've already got the present. No pains, no gains. I think this is what you wanted me to ." His father was quite pleased to hear that.A. askedB. invitedC. promised
A. pleasedB. unhappy C. excited
A. UnlessB. becauseC. if
A. refused B. answered C. agreed
A. slowlyB. hardC. easily
A. studentB. son C. farmer
A. monthB. year C. day
A. whatB. where C. how
A. smallestB. worst C. best
A. knowB. takeC. decide
One afternoon a boss was riding in his car when he saw two men along the roadside eating grass. He feltand ordered his driver to stop. He got out to askwhy.
He asked one man, “Why are you eating grass?” “We don’t have any money for food. We have to eat,” the poor man replied.
“Well, then, you can come with me to my house and I’llyou,” the boss said.
“But sir, I have a wife and two children with me. They are over there, under that tree.”
“They can go with you,” the boss replied. Turning topoor man, he said, “You come with us, too.” The second man saida pitiful (令人怜悯的) voice, “But sir, I also have a wife and six children with me!”
“They can go with you,” the boss answered. They all entered the, which was no easy task even for such a large car. In the car one of the poor men turned to the boss and said, “Sir, you are so. Thank you for taking all of us with you.”
The boss replied, “Glad to do it. You’ll love my placethe grass there is almost a meter high.”A. surprised B. angry C. happy
A. him B. themC. us
A. grassB. foodC. shoes
A. leaveB. teachC. feed
A. otherB. anotherC. the other
A. ofB. onC. in
A. as usualB. as wellC. in general
A. busB. taxiC. car
A. kind B. luckyC. exciting
A. untilB. whenC. because
Jim is a successful businessman. One day he told the experience of __ childhood. When he was twelve, his parents ___ . He was alone and didn’t get on well with others. People always laughed at him. No one showed kindness* __ _ him. His only friend was a dog named Tiger.
One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her ___ dropped from her arms. When she stopped to pick it up, She dropped other bags. He came to help her. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice boy!” She said kindly, smiling.
A special feeling came to him. These were the ___ kind words for him. He watched her __ she went far away, and he took his dog to a river nearby. “Thank you dear, you are a nice little boy.” He said the words again and again. Then in a low ___ _ he said to his dog, “You are a nice little dog!” Tiger raised its ear as if it understood. “Uh! Even a dog likes it!” he said, “Well, Tiger, I won’t say unkind words to you from now on.” Tiger waved* its tail* ___ .
The boy thought and thought. Finally, he looked at himself in the river. He saw nothing but a dirty boy. He washed his face ___ . Again he looked. He saw a clean nice boy. He was so pleased. From then on, he had a new life.
After telling this, the businessman stopped for a while, and then he said, “Boys and girls, this is the place where that kind woman planted in me the first seed* of kindness. All of us should learn about kindness, How wonderful it is!”
If you ___ _ kindness to others, you will be a great man..
A.he B.his C.him D.himself
A.die B.died C.dead D.dying
A.at B.to C.with D.about
A.bags B.money C.boxes D.coats
A.first B.second C.third D.last
A.before B.while C.until D.when
A.sound B.noise C.voice D.noisy
A.sadly B.happily C.angrily D.differently
A.careful B.Carefully C.careless D.carelessly
A.buy B.sell C.show D.Receive