Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others. -- Jonathan Swift
I walked into a wild third-grade classroom. Music was playing __ , children were under tables applying make-up, kids were throwing a football indoors, and students were __ _ wherever they could find ___ . I was a mid-year __ . The previous ___ said he could no longer manage these children and ___ without notice during the holiday break.
As soon as I walked in the room, I realized why he __ . I sat down ___ _ in my chair and began reading their __ softly. After each name, I ___ _, asking God to help me understand that child. I then nailed a__ _ to the wall next to the chalkboard and began ___ my name and a reading assignment on the board. I then asked each child to come to me, and tell me their names and what they wanted to learn. It was a __ _ task, because only two children there wanted to learn something! Rules were ___ , boundaries established, parents contacted. But the mirror saved the day -- no, the year! Unbeknownst(不知的) to the children, the mirror allowed me to see their every ___ _ while I was writing on the board. They soon became __ _ as to how I knew who was misbehaving while I was writing on the board. When one student finally asked me, I told him I had a special teacher’s eye in the back of my head that my hair ___ . At first they did not believe me. ___ they did begin to exhibit better behavior, especially while I wrote on the board, thinking I had magical __ _. I never told them differently. Why __ a good thing?
A．softly B．clearly C．loudly D．peacefully
A．speaking B．laughing C．standing D．dancing
A．space B．music C．partner D．joke
A．representative B．replacement C．reference D．reward
A．teacher B．headmaster C．director D．leader
A．retired B．remained C．resigned D．returned
A．went B．came C．left D．disappeared
A．angrily B．restlessly C．indifferently D．quietly
A．names B．faces C．figures D．minds
A．prepared B．prayed C．protected D．preferred
A．board B．mirror C．cross D．picture
A．noting B．copying C．writing D．drawing
A．difficult B．different C．distant D．direct
A．dated B．written C．worked D．set
A．make B．move C．matter D．mind
A．pleased B．puzzled C．known D．worried
A．covered B．hooked C．hung D．displayed
A．So B．However C．And D．But
A．view B．scene C．eyes D．vision
A．mix up B．bring up C．mess up D．burn up
The Quiet Hero
It was Mother's Day, the day we celebrate everything about mothers and everything we do.But I'll ____ that Sunday in 1996 was bitter and sweet for me.As a single mother I ____ to think of my shortcomings—how many evenings I couldn't spend with my children，and how many things I couldn't ____ my waitress's salary to buy.
But what ____ kids I had！My daughter Maria was a senior in college and Denny was at home from his freshman year at Harvard University.They were ___ impolite enough to complain，but there were so much more I ____ I had done for them.I just hoped they ____.
As I walked into the ____ quietly to start breakfast，I was greeted by a vase ___ a dozen red roses！When had Denny possibly slipped down to leave them？But even their delicate beauty was overshadowed by the note sitting beside them，in the quick，manly ____ of an eighteenyearold.It was about a story that happened between Denny and me long ago.It ____：...she took a day off from her busy ____ to take the boy to see his hero in the flesh at the stadium.It took 3.5 hours just to get there，and they had to be there early ____ he could see his hero take batting practice.___ their arrival，she took her hardearned money to buy an overpriced Tshirt on which was ____ his hero making a diving catch.After the game，of course he had to ___ his hero's signature，so she stayed with the little boy ____ one o'clock in the morning...
It took me long enough to ___ it，but I finally know who the ____ hero is.Mom，I love you!
And suddenly，it was a ___ Mother's Day，after all.
A．admit B．adopt C．deny D．refuse
A．intended B．liked C．tended D．hesitated
A．stress B．spare C．strengthen D．spend
A．poor B．great C．faithless D．pretty
A．merely B．usually C．never D．often
A．wished B．hoped C．expected D．desired
A．supported B．understood C．approved D．disgusted
A．livingroom B．kitchen C．bedroom D．study
A．including B．containing C．possessing D．pinning
A．handwriting B．description C．tone D．scratch
A．wrote B．recorded C．memorized D．read
A．event B．content C．schedule D．circumstance
A．or B．for C．but D．so
A．At B．In C．On D．By
A．impressed B．printed C．presented D．pressed
A．buy B．abandon C．get D．swap
A．before B．until C．after D．when
A．see B．hear C．realize D．tell
A．actual B．true C．imaginary D．visual
A．sad B．bitter C．happy D．exciting
Comparisons were drawn between the development of television in the 20th century and the diffusion of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries. Yet much had happened _____. As was discussed before, it was not _____ the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic _____, following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the _____ of the periodical. It was during the same time that the communications revolution _____ up, beginning with transport, the railway, and leading _____ through the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and motion pictures _____ the 20th-century world of the motor car and the air plane. Not everyone sees that process in a right way. Nevertheless, it is _____ to do so.
It is generally recognized, _____, that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century, _____ by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, _____ its impact on the media was not immediately _____. As time went by, computers became smaller and more powerful, and they became “personal” too, as well as institutional, with display becoming _____ and storage capacity _____. They were thought of, like people, _____ generations, with the distance between generations much _____.
It was within the computer age that the term “information society” began to be widely used to describe the _____ within which we now live. The communications revolution has _____ both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time, but there have been _____ views about its economic, political, social and cultural implications. “Benefits” have been weighed _____ “harmful” outcomes. And generalizations have proved difficult.
A．between B．before C．since D．later
A．after B．by C．during D．until
A．means B．method C．medium D．measure
A．process B．company C．light D．form
A．gathered B．speeded C．worked D．picked
A．on B．out C．over D．off
A．of B．for C．beyond D．into
A．important B．difficult C．honest D．concrete
A．indeed B．hence C．however D．therefore
A．brought B．followed C．stimulated. D．characterized
A．unless B．since C．lest D．although
A．apparent B．desirable C．negative D．believable
A．sharper B．darker C．heavier D．higher
A．decreasing B．increasing C．declining D．flowing
A．by means of B．in terms of C．with regard to D．in line with
A．deeper B．fewer C．nearer D．smaller
A．environment B．distance C．sky D．state
A．regarded B．impressed C．influenced D．effected
A．competitive B．controversial C．conditional D．clumsy
A．above B．upon C．against D．with
Hi，this is Linda，a schoolgirl from New Jersey.My day is full of activities and I seem to be always ____.During the week，I usually get up at half past six ____ I would really prefer to sleep late.After I get up I perform my ____ routine of washing my face，brushing my teeth，and then____ what to wear.After I get dressed，I brush my hair.I usually don't have time for____ in the morning because I have to catch a bus at seven o'clock to ___.The bus is usually___ and it really makes me envy my schoolmates who don't have to ride the bus to school.Classes at school start at a quarter to eight except on Tuesdays____ they start at seven.Each class has its own timetable.Classes are fortyfive minutes long with tenminute ___，except for one“long”break between the third and the fourth classes，which is twenty minutes____.
My classes take place____in our classroom or in various labs or a gym. After class we go for lunch to the___.Some students in their third and fourth____have afternoon classes，afterschool activities or driving lessons.
After school I sometimes go shopping or just ___ around the town for a while.When I get home I like to ____ for some time, I listen to music or watch TV. Then I start my homework or help with some housework.
I___eat dinner at about seven o'clock. At dinner my family____what happened during the day.____dinner，I watch TV or go surfing(冲浪)or watch a film or a video.I usually manage to go to ___ around half past ten.
What do you think of my____？
A．angry B．busy C．early D．happy
A．as B．if C．since D．though
A．day B．night C．morning D．afternoon
A．asking B．deciding C．knowing D．thinking
A．breakfast B．dinner C．lunch D．supper
A．cinema B．hospital C．school D．work
A．cheap B．crowded C．empty D．expensive
A．that B．when C．while D．where
A．breaks B．periods C．pauses D．stops
A．away B．long C．sharp D．short
A．all B．both C．either D．neither
A．dining hall B．library C．living room D．street
A．hour B．week C．month D．grade
A．look B．move C．travel D．walk
A．play B．relax C．sing D．sleep
A．carefully B．immediately C．slowly D．usually
A．discuss B．report C．say D．repeat
A．After B．Before C．Over D．Through
A．bed B．dream C．church D．toilet
A．country B．family C．lifestyle D．school
The True Story of Treasure Island
It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson’s imagination. , recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.
Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived for many years. In 1881 he returned to Scotland for a . With him were his American wife Fanny and his son .
Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long over the hills. They had been this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors by the heavy rain, Lloyd felt the days . To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some .
One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of . “What’s that? ”he asked. “That’s the treasure, ”said the boy. Robert suddenly something of an adventure story in the boy’s . While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make a twelve-year-old boy, just like Lloyd the . But who would be the pirate(海盗)?
Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to such a man in a story. Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was .
So, thanks to a September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg, and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy, we have one of the greatest stories in the English language.
A．However B．Therefore C．Besides D．Finally
A．alone B．next door C．at home D．abroad
A．meeting B．story C．holiday D．job
A．Lloyd B．Robert C．Henley D．John
A．talk B．rest C．walk D．game
A．attempting B．missing C．planning D．enjoying
A．quiet B．dull C．busy D．cold
A．cleaning B．writing C．drawing D．exercising
A．doubted B．noticed C．decided D．recognized
A．the sea B．the house C．Scotland D．the island
A．forgotten B．buried C．discovered D．unexpected
A．saw B．drew C．made D．learned
A．book B．reply C．picture D．mind
A．star B．hero C．writer D．child
A．help B．problem C．use D．bottom
A．praise B．produce C．include D．accept
A．Yet B．Also C．But D．Thus
A．read B．born C．hired D．written
A．rainy B．sunny C．cool D．windy
A．news B．love C．humorous D．adventure
A city man went duck hunting on a friend’s farm, but the first duck he shot fell across the fence line onto the neighbor’s . So he hopped(跳过)the fence to fetch the duck.
As he back for the fence, the old neighbor popped up in an old car and asked him what he was doing with “his” duck.
The city man said, “I shot him but he fell over here on your farm. ”
“Well, it’s my duck. ”the old man said. “But since you say that is yours, we’ll just settle this by the old way—we’ll for it. ”
The younger, , and bigger city man thought he could beat the older man, so he agreed.
Then the old man , “But we’ll fight by country . ”
“I get the first three hits, ”he said, “and the first one to give up will . OK? ”The young man believed he could three hits from the old guy first, so he agreed.
, before he could even put the duck down, the old man kicked him in the face. As he how such an old man made him suffer such , the old man kicked the guy in the side of the head, knocking out two teeth. The young man got . Once the young man fell to the ground, the old man kicked him again.
The young man struggled and to his feet finally. The young man, two of his teeth, slowly smiled as he his first hit on the old guy. “It’s my now. ”He made up his mind to fight back.
To his , the old man smiled as he said, “OK, I give up. According to our rules, you can have the duck now. ”
Wisdom is something powerful than strength.
A．car B．store C．farm D．house
A．headed B．returned C．apologized D．threw
A．country B．common C．strange D．traditional
A．run B．answer C．fight D．hunt
A．cleverer B．stronger C．shorter D．funnier
A．easily B．hardly C．carefully D．closely
A．worriedly B．happily C．difficultly D．patiently
A．asked B．begged C．added D．argued
A．times B．rules C．eyes D．hands
A．leave B．lose C．cry D．stay
A．have B．receive C．stand D．win
A．However B．Therefore C．Although D．Otherwise
A．found B．knew C．believed D．wondered
A．pain B．courage C．luck D．hope
A．sleepy B．injured C．clear D．foolish
A．sat B．lay C．fell D．rose
A．getting B．lending C．using D．missing
A．forgot B．described C．planned D．copied
A．duck B．food C．question D．turn
A．excitement B．surprise C．imagination D．agreement