Until last year, the saddest thing of my life was that my wife Alice and I couldn’ t have any children. So we always all the children in our street to our house for Christmas breakfast.
Last year, Alice died. I was very and decided not to invite the children for Christmas breakfast. But Kathy and Peter, my next door neighbors, asked me to them for dinner on Christmas Eve.
As soon as I arrived, Kathy asked me, “Do you have any milk at your house?”
“Yes,” I replied. “ you need some, I’ll go and get it right away.”
“Oh, that’s all right. Come and sit down. Just give Peter your and let him do it.”
After a happy dinner with them, I went home. When I opened my door, I found my house had been decorated by Peter! It was just as as each Christmas before. At that moment, I wished that I could still the Christmas breakfast, but I had made no preparations.
Early the next morning, a little boy with a bag of candies my bell. Before I could ask him what was , he was joining by two of his friends. Within fifteen minutes, my house was full of , and I had all the food I needed. I had a happy breakfast with the children again.
A．took B．invited C．sent D．led
A．happy B．lazy C．sad D．poor
A．help B．join C．pay D．meet
A．Unless B．As C．Since D．If
A．money B．milk C．keys D．things
A．beautiful B．dirty C．colorless D．empty
A．buy B．enjoy C．sell D．serve
A．rang B．answered C．required D．painted
A．boiling B．ending C．singing D．happening
A．gifts B．children C．flowers D．candies
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Alice comes from Austria．She is eighteen years old．She will________with the Black family for a year．Alice comes to England________she wants to study English．She helps Mrs Black in the________and goes to English classes every Wednesday and Friday afternoon．Alice is________in London．________is strange to her．She finds life is_______from that in Vienna．
Some things are_______in London，other things are not so nice．The shops are bigger in London than in Vienna．But it’s________dear to enjoy yourself in London．It’s dear to have a meal at a restaurant or go to a cinema．
Alice has got used to（习惯）many things already，but she can’t get used to________in England．“You English eat so much in the morning．”she often says．“Fruits，porridge，eggs，tea and bread．How can you face all that food so______in the day？”
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When do you have dinner？And what do you eat________dinner？We have dinner________7 pm．We eat meat or fish，and________．Some people________to have soup．We_______soup before the meat and vegetables．Some people like to_______pudding（布丁）or dessert．We eat pudding________dessert after the meat and vegetables．Many people________water or wine（酒）with dinner．Some people drink________after supper．My______like green tea．
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When do you have dinner？And what do you eat________dinner？We have dinner________7 pm．We eat meat or fish，and________．Some people________to have soup．We_______soup before the meat and vegetables．Some people like to_______pudding（布丁）or dessert．We eat pudding________dessert after the meat and vegetables．Many people________water or wine（酒）with dinner．Some people drink________after supper．My______like green tea．
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This story happened in a small mountain village. One day there was an earthquake. Nothing was destroyed and was hurt. But a huge rock fell from a nearby mountain and stopped in the middle of the road.
When the earthquake , many people came to the road and saw the huge rock. Some of the strongest men tried to lift the rock the road. But they couldn't move it. They tried to push it but failed. They tried to it with ropes but nothing worked.
"Well," they all agreed, "There's nothing we can do about it. We'll have to change the ." At this time a boy of 12 years old said, "I think I can help you to move the rock."
"You?" they shouted, "What are you talking about?" The men all at the boy.
The next morning some people came into the street. One of them shouted, "The rock is !" More people ran out to see. It was right. The rock wasn't in the road any more. It wasn't near the road.
"This is ," they said, "Where did it go?"
The boy stood in the street, , "I told you I could move it last night."
The boy walked over to where the had been and uncovered some earth. "I buried it," he said.
The people looked . "You see," he said, " I dug a deep hole next to the rock and I dug a small incline （斜坡）up to the rock and the rock down into the hole by itself. I covered it with earth."
The crowds shouted, "What a boy!" And some of them said, "Why haven't we thought of this good ?"
A．somebody B．nobody C．anybody D．everybody
A．stops B．started C．happened D．stopped
A．over B．into C．off D．onto
A．push B．lift C．change D．pull
A．road B．stone C．rope D．village
A．looked B．laughed C．called D．pointed
A．gone B．missed C．broken D．stolen
A．very B．quite C．even D．still
A．heavy B．dangerous C．special D．impossible
A．crying B．smiled C．thinking D．smiling
A．street B．town C．rock D．mountain
A．surprised B．sad C．happy D．relaxed
A．lay B．dropped C．walked D．ran
A．clever B．strong C．brave D．poor
A．boy B．hole C．story D．way
It was a long hard fight, but by now it was and this helped us very much. We ran here and there in the trees, calling and 3 . The enemies could not see us and did not know how many of us they were . In the end the first officer shouted to them：
“Put down your and stop fighting! The captain has fifty island people to help him. We can kill you !”
So the enemies fighting and we took their guns. Three of the enemies to come to join us, but the others refused. So we them in my cave. I stayed to the prisoners(犯人), while the captain and his men went back to fight for the ship.
All night we listened to the of guns and shouting, but in the morning, when the sun, the captain was master of his ship again. I went down the shore(海岸) to meet him.
“My dear friend” he cried, “There's your ! I’ll take you to the ends of the in it!” I put my round him, and we laughed and cried together. How I was to leave the island.A.darkB.warmC.comfortable
A.waitingB.smiling C.shouting
A.watching B.fighting C.working
A.guns B.hands C.ships
A.some B.both C.all
A.stoppedB.startedC.continued
A.refusedB.agreed C.remembered
A.put B.toldC.sold
A.praiseB.findC.watch
A.soundB.word C.taste
A.came downB.came up C.came in
A.carB.bike C.ship
A.worldB.roadC.country
A.handsB.legs C.arms
A.goodB.terribleC.happy