Mr. and Mrs. Green were very worried about their son, Leo. He seemed to be dumb( 哑的） he was normal in every other way. Mr. and Mrs. Green tried to get him to speak, but with no success. When Leo was six years old, the best doctors in the town him carefully, but could find nothing wrong. And he seemed to be smart. It was just that he spoke.
“There may be something wrong with his ，and he doesn’t know he's able to speak，”one doctor said. “But he can read and write,” said Mr. Green. “We’ve written him notes, telling him that he can speak. ” “It’s certainly very ，” another doctor said. Perhaps he’ll be able to speak some day. ” passed. Leo went to university. But he did not a single (单一的)word. Then one day, Leo was having a meal with his parents. Suddenly, he looked up from his and said，“Pass me the salt, please. ” Mr. and Mrs. Green were excited. “You spoke! You spoke!” they cried. “Why did you so long to speak?” “I didn’t have anything to say，he said. “Until now everything was OK. But you forgot to put salt in potatoes. ”
A．because B．when C．though D．before
A．everything B．anything C．something D．nothing
A．taught B．found C．examined D．asked
A．never B．often C．usually D．always
A．back B．hair C．face D．mind
A．unfair B．strange C．noisy D．quiet
A．Hours B．Weeks C．Months D．Years
A．tell B．talk C．say D．speak
A．chair B．meal C．hands D．books
A．sleep B．walk C．serve D．wait
Do you know the 3-year-old girl named Dong Xinyi? She has a bright nickname(绰号)“Little Strong Girl”who looked after her disabled father. And many people all over China were moved by her.
When she was several months old, her father had an accident on his way home while riding his motorcycle and 38his legs. Two years later, her mother left her father 39the poor life. As an old saying goes,“The children of poor people do housework early.”Little Xinyi had to do family chores, such as cooking noodles, carrying water, cleaning rooms and washing clothes. She took good care of her father alone. The little girl brings happiness and hope to her poor family. And luckily, the local government has 40medical treatment for her father. At the same time, the government is 41planning to raise money for the girl’s 42.Now, Dong Xinyi has got a chance to go to school like other kids.A.loses B. lost C. lose
A.because of B. instead C. because
A.provided B. noticed C. offered
A.too B. either C. also
A. information B. question C. education
Dean Bluey is 14-year-old boy from the USA. He became a hero after he saved(救)the life of a girl in another country.
A 14-year-old boy from the USA was described as a hero yesterday after he saved the life of a woman in another country．
One day，he 46 an email to a friend on the Internet．To his surprise, he received a message, saying “Help! Pain! Help!”．"The 47 was from Finland(芬兰)， thousands of kilometers away from America．Later Dean said to a reporter, “I didn't know 48 I should do. It was really difficult to tell if the message was real．”So Dean did nothing at first．49 the message kept coming．Now it was easy to see that someone was in trouble. He 50 and found that the sender was a student called Tarja, 51 was ill, alone in a university library. What was 52 , there was no phone around her. Her only way of communicating with the world was by email. Dean telephoned the53 immediately. And they realized that the situation was quite serious. They called the police in Finland. Then an ambulance(救护车) rushed to the library 54 , she was still alive and was sent to the hospital quickly.
“I'm glad she's OK,” Dean said. “It's hard to believe, but 55 saved her life.”
A．brought B．lent C．sent D．bought
A．speech B．message C．music D．telephone
A．how B．what C．where D．when
A．So B．And C．But D．Or
A．replied B．ran C．walked D．played
A．He B．She C．It D．I
A．worse B．better C．harder D．easier
A．teacher B．friend C．doctor D．police
A．Badly B．Hardly C．Luckily D．Carefully
A．fax B．better C．flight D．e-mail
One day at the end of the class, a wise teacher told each of her students to 1 a plastic bag and a bag of potatoes to school.
The next day she told her students: “From today on, for every person you don't like in your lives, you can choose a potato, write the person's name and the date 2 it and then put it in the plastic bag.” Day after day, some of the students' bags were very 3 . They were then told to carry this bag with them everywhere they went for a week. They would put it inside their quilts 4 , on the seats when sitting in a car or on a bus , and next to their desks at school. The days carrying the bag around with them 5 students get to know what a weight they were carrying in their minds. They had to pay attention to it all the time 6 they wouldn't forget it. As time passed by, the potatoes went bad and 7 nasty(恶心). They all tired to get rid of them.
Too often we think of tolerance（宽容）as a gift to 8 people, and it clearly is for ourselves! If we choose to keep our sadness and hatred（仇恨）in our 9 , we will have to
carry them around all our lives.
Do you think you have got 10 from the wise teacher and what she asked her students
to do?
A．take B．bring C．put D．show
A．in B．at C．on D．with
A．heave B．strong C．light D．big
A．in the morning B．in the afternoon C．during the day D．at night
A．kept B．made C．asked D．allowed
A．as soon as B．since C．so that D．until
A．sounded B．tasted C．smelt D．felt
A．another B．other C．the other D．others
A．hands B．eyes C．stomachs D．hearts
A．anything B．nothing C．somebody D．Anybody
Norman Bethune is one of China’s most famous heroes, but he wasn’t Chinese—he was Canadian. He gave his life to helping Chinese people.
Norman Bethune born in 1890. He became a in 1916, and he went to the front to look after injured soldiers in the First World War. He saw many soldiers die in the war. Later he invented new treatments to soldiers, and medical tools to use outside hospitals.
In 1938 he came to China to treat the Chinese soldiers in the mountains north of Yan’an. There were doctors, so he had to work very hard. He opened hospitals to give treatment to local people and soldiers, and to train doctors and nurses. He also wrote books so that doctors can learn about new treatments.
Dr Bethune worked very hard without stopping to . Once, he performed operations 69 hours without stopping, and saved 112 people. He working in spite of cutting his hand during an operation. In the end, he died because he did not take care of his .
Dr Bethune’s work with the Chinese soldiers made a hero in China. There are books and films about him, and he is remembered in both Canada and China.
A．is B．was C．has been D．be
A．doctor B．nurse C．teacher D．worker
A．understand B．believed C．help D．count
A．little B．few C．much D．many
A．rest B．act C．with D．for
A．from B．since C．with D．for
A．allowed B．continued C．forgot D．stopped
A．face B．leg C．foot D．hand
A．his B．he C．him D．one
A．still B．never C．hardly D．regularly
One day, two friends were walking through the desert.__36__ the journey they had a quarrel, and one friend hit __37__ one in the face.
The one who was hit was hurt,__38__ he didn’t say anything. Instead, he wrote in the sand,“Today my best friend hit me in the face.”
They kept on __39__ until they found an oasis(绿洲).They decided to get some water. The one who had been hit fell into the mire(泥潭) and was in danger, but the friend __40__ him.
When he felt all right, he wrote on __41__.“Today my best friend saved my life.”
The one who had hit and saved his best friend asked him,“After I __42__ you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone.__43__”
The other friend replied,“When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness(宽恕) can blow __44__ away. Bt when someone does something __45__ for us, we must write it in stone where no wind can ever blow it away.”
A．After B．During C．For D．Before
A．some B．each C．another D．the other
A．and B．so C．but D．or
A．walking B．jumping C．singing D．running
A．hurt B．left C．hit D．saved
A．the desert B．a stone C．a tree D．the sand
A．killed B．helped C．hurt D．quarreled with
A．When B．What C．How D．Why
A．it B．these C．them D．this
A．interesting B．good C．dangerous D．harmful