One midnight, a little girl was thirsty and got up to drink some water. She walked to the bedroom door and it. The little girl looked outside but walked and stood in the center of the room, because it was so in the hall and she was afraid. Her mother said: “Don’t be afraid, honey. Have courage (勇气), I believe you can do it yourself!”
“ is courage?” she asked, running to her mother’s bed. “Courage is the brave breath (呼吸),” her mother answered.
“Mom, do you have courage?” “Certainly.” her mother replied, The little girl held out her cold hands, saying: “Mom, blow some of your breath of courage to .”
After her mother blew into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists (握拳)
, afraid that the “breath of courage” would away. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the kitchen with to be afraid of. Her mother said to herself: “It will be nice someone can blow some courage to me. Then I can also hold it in my hands when I feel terrified.”
In a word, the thing that we are afraid of is nothing but the in our mind. The person who we should win is nobody but ourselves.
A.closed B.knocked C.opened D.kicked
A.in B.back C.out D.down
A.bright B.dark C.cold D.warm
A.What B.How C.Where D.Why
A.me B.you C.her D.it
A.politely B.happily C.luckily D.carefully
A.pull B.run C.move D.took
A.something B.anything C.everything D.nothing
A.because B.though C.if D.until
A.fear B.idea C.worry D.secret
Some years ago, Chinese high school students would show their new schoolbags, new clothes or new pens to their classmates when the new term started. Today, however, all have 1 . If you still come back to school 2 only these things , you are falling out-of-date(过时的) . Students in big cities like to bring the latest high-tech things to school, and feel happy and 3 to show off these things to 4 . Mobile phones, MP3 players, CD players, electronic dictionaries, the list is endless.
Young people think that , living in the 21st century , they must keep up with the times . They don't want to fall 5 . Besides, they think that they need to keep in touch with their classmates, so they need mobile phones. They also like to 6 the pop music , so they need CD players . They explain that just like electronic dictionaries, these can be 7 in their study, too. They think that their parents should understand 8 they want these things .
Foreign students will also bring some latest high-tech things when they return to school at the beginning of a new term. 9 , they often use the money which they made by themselves during the holiday to 10 these high-tech things that they want .
A.changed B.come C.joined D.stopped
A.to B.from C.of D.with
A.right B.lucky C.nice D.pleased
A.other B.the other C.others D.the others
A.down B.off C.behind D.back
A.hear B.listen to C.read D.play .
A.new B.modern C.latest D.useful
A.where B.which C.what D.why
A.But B.However C.So D.Still
A.borrow B.buy C.lend D.take
Mr. Black was working in a factory in a big town. He liked 1 very much, and was very good 2 it. When he was free, he 3 down to a small river behind the factory and tried 4 some fish, but there were very few there, 5 the water wasn’t clean. One summer he went to the seaside during his holiday and stayed at a small cheap hotel.
“I have never fished in the 6 before.” He thought. “It will be more interesting than fishing in our river.”
7 first he caught a lot of fish and was very 8 . He gave them to the hotel and they cooked them for guests, and he enjoyed himself very much. After 9 , he did this every day. But 10 he got his bill(账单) at the end of the week, he saw it, “For oil(油) to cook fish(7 days), 70 dollars(美元).”
A.fishing B.drawing C.singing D.lying
A.in B.on C.at D.with
A.lay B.waited C.sat D.looked
A.to watch B.to eat C.to find D.to beat
A.when B.since C.after D.because
A.river B.sea C.lake D.pool
A.On B.In C.At D.For
A.sad B.worried C.happy D.sorry
A.that B.this C.eating D.thinking
A.after B.when C.how D.why
My father is a farmer. he lives__1_my mother in a house in a village. It is__2_the town of Ashland.
My father grows rice and__3_.he works very hard. He gets up very__4_every morning. He_5__home at half past six and walks to the field. His work starts at seven o’clock.
He comes__6_home for lunch. He has a short_7__after lunch. Then he goes back to work again. He often__8_his work at a quarter to six. He goes back home at a quarter past six. He usually goes to bed_9__ ten o’clock.. He goes to bed earlier_10__my mother.
A.and B.with C.in front of D.together
A.together B.at C.outside D.out
A.vegetables B.vegetable C.tree D.out
A.early B.late C.earlier D.later
A.leave B.leaves C.to D.goes
A.to B.back C.at D.on
A.lunch B.drink C.rest D.food
A.begin B.begins C.finish D.finishes
A.before B.in C.than D.about
A.as B.than C.of D.in
Tom is a middle school student. He is studying in Grade 7. He usually 1 at 7:00 o’clock in the morning. 2 today he gets up at 6:30 and goes to buy a big cake. After that he helps his grandparents clean their room, because it is his ___3 birthday. His grandpa is going to be 78 years old.
Tom 4 two CDs about Beijing Opera(京剧)___5 his grandpa. He is sure his grandpa would like 6 very much, because his grandpa likes listening to Beijing Opera.
When Tom 7 home at noon, his mother is making noodles with his grandma. They are laughing and talking about something happily. His grandpa is drinking tea 8 listening to Beijing Opera.
Tom says, “Happy birthday to you, Grandpa!” Then he cuts the big cake and gives grandpa a 9 piece. Grandpa is very happy and eats it.
In the evening, Tom watches TV with his grandparents together. He is a little__ 10 but very happy, because he can make his grandparents happy.
A.goes to school B.gets up C.watches TV D.goes to bed
A.But B.Because C.So D.Or
A.mother’s B.father’s C.grandpa’s D.grandma’s
A.sees B.listens to C.watches D.buys
A.to B.for C.with D.at
A.it B.her C.them D.him
A.gets B.buys C.leaves D.goes to
A.or B.but C.and D.so
A.light B.bad C.small D.big
A.sad B.tired C.worried D.excited
It is interesting to visit another country, but there are some problems when you don’t know the 1 very well. It may be 2 to talk with the people there. We may not know how to use the telephone in the country that we are visiting. We may not know how to buy 3 we need. In a 4 country we might not know where to eat or what to order in a 5 . It is not easy to decide how 6 to tip waiters or taxi drivers. When we need help, we might not know how to ask for help. It is not pleasant to have an experience 7 that. 8 a short time, however, we learn what to do and what to 9 . We learn to enjoy life in another country and then we may be 10 to leave.
A.language B.people C.words D.country
A.tired B.happy C.difficult D.easy
A.something B.anything C.things D.shopping
A.good B.strange C.old D.young
A.shop B.school C.hospital D.restaurant
A.soon B.many C.much D.often
A.as B.like C.for D.with
A.After B.In C.Before D.For
A.talk B.tell C.speak D.say
A.glad B.worried C.sorry D.interested