July 6, 1994 was a day of nightmare (噩梦) that I’ll never forget. That afternoon when I was making up my in a dressing tent at the moment, I suddenly heard someone run past shouting, “Fire!” Fire was what we circus (马戏团) people most , for there was a large audience in the tent, including many children. I rushed towards the tent with a water but I could do nothing with it since the tent was burning too high and the flames spreading .
In the burning tent was a of panic: People rushed towards the exits, and some even jumped twelve feet from the top rows of the grandstand to the ground . Some people, after , tried to reenter to help their relations or friends. Yet it was for them to get through the crowd, instead, they blocked the . I fought at one exit, shouting at the top of my voice, “Go on! Keep !” At every exit, circus people were doing the same thing. In the midst (中间) of this scene, the kept on playing the tent was on fire overhead.
City fire equipment finally arrived and the fire. All the circus people were _ though some were injured or burned during the rescue . The audience, however, were not that . In a panic, they all tried to use the regular through which they had _ the tent. As a result, 168 people had died in the —the worst circus disaster in .
A．face B．body C．dress D．story
A．defended B．feared C．fought D．destroyed
A．recorder B．container C．overcoat D．camera
A．lately B．tightly C．quickly D．suddenly
A．sense B．scene C．stage D．section
A．outside B．outdoors C．inside D．indoors
A．coming out B．taking out C．going out D．walking out
A．necessary B．successful C．natural D．impossible
A．road B．lane C．way D．street
A．moving B．sitting C．crying D．standing
A．dancers B．musicians C．painters D．firemen
A．when B．unless C．until D．because
A．picked out B．worked out C．broke out D．put out
A．safe B．busy C．tired D．nervous
A．practice B．preparation C．work D．performance
A．patient B．lucky C．hopeless D．pleased
A．entrances B．exits C．gates D．doors
A．left B．arrived C．escaped D．entered
A．fight B．tent C．fire D．water
A．history B．summer C．season D．movement
A little girl lived in a simple and poor house on a hill. Usually she _____ play in the small garden. She could see over the garden fence and across the valley a wonderful house with shining golden windows high on another hill. ______ she loved her parents and her family, she desired （渴望）to live in such a house and ______ all day about how wonderful and exciting _____ must feel to live there.
At the age when she gained（获得） some ______ skill and sensibility (识别力), she ____ her mother for a bike ride ____ the garden. Her mother finally allowed her to go, ____ her keeping close to the house and not ____ too far. The day was beautiful. The little girl knew ____ where she was heading! ____ the hill and across the valley, she rode to the ____ of the golden house.
____ she got off her bike and put it against the gate post, she focused on the path（小路） ____ to the house and then on the house itself. She was very disappointed （失望）when she ____ that all the windows were ____ and rather dirty.
So ____ and heart-broken, she didn’t go any further. She ____ and all of a sudden she saw an amazing （令人惊奇的）____. There on the other side of the valley was a little house and its windows were golden. Looking at her little home, she ____ that she had been living in her golden house filled with love and care. Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her nose!
A．might B．should C．would D．must
A．Unless B．Although C．Since D．But
A．dreamed B．worried C．asked D．shouted
A．this B．that C．it D．which
A．different B．scientific C．musical D．basic
A．begged B．blamed责备 C．invited D．paid
A．inside B．outside C．through D．along
A．insisting on B．relying on C．arguing about D．wondering about
A．traveling B．running C．riding D．walking
A．madly B．rapidly C．exactly D．possibly
A．Over B．Down C．Around D．Beside
A．windows B．steps C．center D．gate
A．Until B．As C．While D．Because
A．getting B．introducing C．leading D．moving
A．felt B．learned C．concluded D．found
A．transparent B．bright C．plain D．wide
A．anxious B．angry C．serious D．sad
A．turned around B．cheered up C．settled down D．dropped in
A．hill B．valley C．background D．sight
A．imagined B．decided C．realized D．guessed
It was my birthday last Thursday. I decided to celebrate it by inviting a few friends out to supper. I chose a restaurant in a part of town. It is one of my favorite restaurants because the food is good and the waiters are friendly. It is ever crowded, because not many people know about it, so it is not usually to book a table. In any case, Thursday is not a busy evening .
When we entered the restaurant, we were surprised to find it completely . I looked around but not table was free. One of the waiters me. He came across and explained the situation. “A party of tourists came in about half an hour ago.” he said. “It was like an invasion(侵略). Suddenly the place was full! We can hardly . ”
The waiter then pointed to a table in the corner. “The people there are about to , ” he said, “Just hold on and you’ll a place there.” He was right. Fifteen minutes later, the people the corner table paid their , got up and left. I led my friends across and we all sat down.
our table was almost out of sight. We tried to call the attention of the waiter sent us there, but he, like all the other waiters, the party of tourists. They ordered lots of food. At last, an hour later, the tourists were finishing their meal and looking very with life. The waiter, now very tired, appeared at our table. I advised my friends about the best dishes and finally the waiter went off with our
A few moments later he returned to our table. We could tell from his face that he had for us. a little sorry, he told us that there was left. “All we can offer you” he said, “is an omelet(煎蛋卷) !”
A．quiet B．calm C．busy D．silent
A．hard B．often C．hardly D．always
A．necessary B．possible C．important D．certain
A．as before B．as a matter of fact C．as usual D．as is known to all
A．empty B．full C．free D．quiet
A．all B．every C．a single D．a double
A．realized B．recognized C．comforted D．settled
A．watch B．care C．try D．manage
A．start B．leave C．end D．pay
A．find B．find out C．wait D．see
A．by B．beside C．at D．near
A．Luckily B．Fortunately C．Generally D．Unluckily
A．whom B．which C．he D．who
A．were kept busy B．was busy with C．kept busy with D．were busy with
A．exciting B．tired C．pleased D．disappointed
A．dishes B．food C．order D．menu
A．good presents B．good news C．bad news D．bad presents
A．Looking B．Seeing C．Looked D．Found
A．no meat or fish B．no meat and fish C．meat and fish D．not meat or fish
Travis laughed as he tore at the wrapping (包装) paper on his birthday present. He was so ! Finally, he would have the coolest pair of name-brand basketball shoes.
All the guys on his team were wearing the name-brand shoes of a popular basketball , Chuck Hart. Hart was criticized for his poor sportsmanship and infamous he was a great player. In fact, Travis wasn’t thinking about Hart’s behavior; he had only expected to see Hart’s on the side of the box. He realized that something was as he tore away the last piece of paper. Not Hart’s. The new shoes were the name-brand of another player, Robert Ryann, who was for his amazing work in the community.
Travis’s hands ; his heart stopped. It wasn’t that the Ryann shoes weren’t nice, but what would his friends think?
They were the wrong shoes and Travis would be by the other players. When he looked up into his dad’s eyes, however, Travis knew he tell him. “Thanks, Dad. I was really hoping for shoes,” Travis said as he pulled the shoes out of the box.
Next morning his dad drove him to school. When they in front of his destination, Travis slowly opened the car door. Just then, his dad stopped him.
“Hey, Travis, wait a minute…” his dad said “Travis, I know those aren’t the shoes you had hoped for, but I saw the names of the two guys and made a(n) . The guy whose name is on those shoes,” he said, pointing down at Travis’s feet, “is someone I . Do you know how often Ryann has found himself in ? “
“ No,” Travis said.
“ Never. He’s never talked back to his coach or started a fight, and he’s a team player. You could have acted like a(n) when you didn’t get the shoes you wanted, Travis, you were polite and made the best of it. You have honor, like the guy whose name is on these shoes. I am hoping that someday, your will be on the coolest pair of shoes I’ll ever see.”
When Travis looked down at his feet, he saw the shoes . His dad had used his mind and heart to give the son a thoughtful .
A．surprised B．ashamed C．excited D．worried
A．team B．player C．coach D．game
A．skill B．performance C．behavior D．action
A．name B．photo C．sign D．model
A．strange B．wrong C．true D．funny
A．known B．encouraged C．adopted D．influenced
A．fell B．froze C．shook D．folded
A．questioned B．noticed C．teased D．attacked
A．mustn’t B．needn’t C．wouldn’t D．couldn’t
A．pulled up B．put up C．took up D．turned up
A．peacefully B．hesitantly C．delightedly D．naturally
A．choice B．effort C．comment D．mistake
A．believe B．miss C．admire D．remember
A．danger B．anger C．sorrow D．trouble
A．teammate B．adult C．kid D．student
A．so B．but C．and D．or
A．honor B．courage C．name D．belief
A．clearly B．carefully C．patiently D．differently
A．gift B．smile C．wish D．lesson
Dad is a liar(说谎者)certainly. He never tells the truth about anything bad, or anything that he thinks is bad to me, even though I’ve told him I don’t hearing these things. He’s the man I have ever met, who never hurts others, as well as the cruelest man, for he’s always hard on himself. Every time I phoned home from college and asked dad how his was getting on, he would always reply, “Oh, couldn’t be better!” When I asked mum the same question on the phone, , she honestly told me every with dad’s business. I didn’t blame(责怪) dad for his . Instead I showed concern(关心) for him.
Dad is a miser(吝啬鬼), undoubtedly. I hardly see dad wear clothes. In fact, his closet is half empty. Even in this half, two-thirds is used by mum’s clothes and the other one-third him. I begged him to buy some new clothes, but he simply shook his head, “ The old clothes are still good enough. ” Were they? I saw holes in them!
It tore my heart up when I saw dad cough terribly with his hand covering his mouth. When the pains（疼痛） became very serious, he took some medicine.
So it surprised when the day came that dad got sick. He was lying in bed, and all the family gathered(聚集) around him. I knelt（跪） by his bedside, tears filling my eyes.
Dear dad, you’ve been pushing yourself too hard, which you should not have. I know I might as well expect a river to flow backwards as hope to take you out of working so hard.
A．mind B．suggest C．enjoy D．allow
A．cleverest B．strongest C．biggest D．kindest
A．health B．experiment C．business D．treatment
A．also B．anyway C．therefore D．however
A．change B．difference C．decision D．problem
A．lies B．opinions C．purposes D．excuses
A．cheap B．new C．clean D．old
A．leads to B．belongs to C．replies to D．returns to
A．still B．even C．only D．ever
A．somebody B．nobody C．anybody D．everybody
For parents, sitting down together for dinner with children may help to reduce(减少) the number of problems that develop in parent-child communication, according to a new study by US researchers. The was done on about 5,000 middle school students in Chicago public schools.
The students were studied at the beginning and the end of sixth grade and again at the end of the seventh and eighth grade. They were asked they ate dinner with their parents. They were asked how often their parents had a conversation with them that lasted more than ten , praised them when they did well, asked them where they were going and asked how they were doing in school. The study that children who often ate dinner with their parents had problems of communication than children who ________ ate dinner with their parents.
“ Family meals are a good to keep in touch with children, ” said Jayne Fulkerson, a member of the study team. “ You can get to know what’s going on in their lives better. ”
However, Fulkerson also that parents should choose suitable(合适的) topics. Topics grades and homework are not good choices.
A．experience B．study C．plan D．communication
A．how long B．how many C．how often D．how much
A．also B．even C．ever D．either
A．seconds B．minutes C．hours D．days
A．asks B．thinks C．hopes D．shows
A．fewer B．more C．many D．much
A．often B．always C．hardly D．usually
A．party B．example C．dinner D．chance
A．disagreed B．believed C．suggested D．called
A．for B．like C．with D．from[