Once there was a rich man named Chulong.
One day, he was walking in his garden when he saw a strange with beautiful features(特征) and sweet voice in a tree. Chulong went near the tree and caught the bird, which he thought he could and get lots of money.
“Don’t think about making money through me!” said the bird, “ will buy me, because, in imprisonment (监禁), I lose my beauty and sweet voice.” Chulong’s hope of making money was shattered. He became angry and wanted to the bird for the meat.
Then the bird suggested, “Well, set me free. In return I shall teach you simple but useful rules, which can do good to you.”
Chulong didn’t believe the bird , and he was afraid that the bird would fly away. However, the bird it would keep its word(守信). Chulong wanted to take a risk. He set the bird free and it sat on the branch of a tree. It became again.
Chulong asked, “Now teach me the rules.” “Certainly,” said the bird.
Then the bird taught Chulong the : The first rule is Never believe everything others say. The second rule is Never be sad about something you don’t have. The third rule is Never throw away what you have in your hand.
“You silly bird,” shouted Chulong, “These rules are known to everyone. You me.”
But the bird said, “Today, you had me in your hand, but you threw me away. You believed all that I said. And you are sad about not having me. the rules are simple, you have never followed them. Now have you got the of the rules? Just sit down and think for a while.” With these words, the bird and disappeared from his sight.
A．cat B．bird C．panda D．monkey
A．proudly B．freely C．slowly D．weakly
A．eat B．study C．draw D．sell
A．Nobody B．Somebody C．Anybody D．Everybody
A．find B．borrow C．smell D．kill
A．busy B．helpful C．clever D．lucky
A．three B．four C．five D．six
A．for ever B．later on C．at first D．at last
A．promised B．remembered C．guessed D．hoped
A．ugly B．beautiful C．lazy D．hard-working
A．songs B．languages C．rules D．skills
A．cheated B．helped C．found D．forgot
A．Until B．Unless C．If D．Although
A．history B．value C．reason D．connection
A．woke up B．fell down C．flew away D．held on
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All living things on the earth need other living things to live with. Nothing lives . Sometimes one living thing kills . Each kind of life eats another kind of life live, and together they form a food chain(食物链). Some food chains are simple, while others are not. But food chains begin with the sun, and all food chains become if one of the links disappears.
All life needs sunlight to live on. But only plants can use directly(直接地). They make food from sunlight, water, air and so on. Animals can only use the sun’s energy it has been changed into food by plants. Some animals feed directly on plants. Others eat smaller animals. Meat-eating animals are only plants indirectly.
What about human beings? We are members of many food chains. We eat wheat, rice, vegetables, fruit and so on. We also eat meat and drink milk. But often break up the food chains. They kill wild animals. They also make rivers, lakes and seas dirty. When these rivers, lakes and seas are polluted, the fish in them be eaten. If people eat the fish, they will get strange diseases.
Each form of life is linked to all the others. Breaking the links puts all life in danger.
A．alone B．lonely C．together D．happily
A．other B．the other C．another D．the others
A．for B．so that C．and D．in order to
A．any B．all C．some D．most
A．better B．broken C．stronger D．nicer
A．moonlight B．laser light C．sunlight D．bright light
A．after B．before C．until D．by the time
A．making B．catching C．eating D．feeding
A．sunlight B．animals C．plants D．people
A．can B．cannot C．must D．needn’t
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One of my patients, a successful businessman, tells me that before his cancer he would become nervous unless things went a certain way. Happiness was “____ the cookie”. If you had the cookie, things were good. If you didn’t have the cookie, life wasn’t worth ___. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. Sometimes it was money, sometimes power, sometimes a new car. A year and a half ___ he had a cancer, he sits shaking his head, “It’s like I stopped learning ____ to live after I was a kid. When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is ____. But he is two and a half and I am forty-three. It’s taken me this long to understand that the cookie will never make me happy for long. The ____ you have the cookie, you start to worry about it. You know, you have to ____ a lot of things to take care of the cookie, to keep it from breaking and be sure that no one takes it away from you. You may not even get a chance to eat it ___ you are so busy just trying not to lose it. Having the cookie is not what life is about.”
My patient ____ and says cancer has changed him. For the first time he is happy. No matter if his business is doing well or not, no matter if he wins or loses at golf. “Two years ago, cancer asked me, ‘Okay, what’s important? What is really important?’ Well, ____ is important. Life any way you can have it, life with the cookie, life without the cookie. Happiness does not have anything to do with the cookie; it has to do with being alive. Before, who made the time?” He pauses(停顿) thoughtfully. “Damn(该死), I guess life is the cookie.
A．cooking B．buying C．making D．having
A．everything B．anything C．nothing D．something
A．before B．after C．when D．since
A．how B．where C．which D．when
A．excited B．bored C．surprised D．unhappy
A．place B．way C．minute D．reason
A．look up B．send up C．give up D．set up
A．because B．so C．and D．but
A．cries B．laughs C．worries D．shouts
A．life B．cookie C．cancer D．time
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In Ancient Egypt, only boys went to school. That seems ! Why could only boys go to school? Let's see we can discover.
Boys needed an education to be in Ancient Egyptian culture. When they were young, boys learned skills their fathers. They learned to fish, hunt, and work in the family's fields. As a boy grew, his father would decide what type of education he would . For some of the poorer boys, he could learn was his father's trade. , some fathers wanted their sons to have a better life. But, this was very costly. School by the government. So if a boy was going to learn else than his father's trade, there was a fee. If he could afford the fee, a father had two main chances: an apprenticeship(学徒) or school.
Artisans(工匠) and craftsmen(技工) offered apprenticeships to boys. A father would pay a fee to have his son special skills. During an apprenticeship, a boy worked beside the tradesman to learn from him. Apprenticeships lasted for many years.
A．unhappy B．unfair C．unknown D．unclear
A．which B．how C．when D．what
A．joyful B．useful C．wonderful D．forgetful
A．on B．to C．through D．from
A．find B．catch C．fetch D．receive
A．all B．each C．every D．both
A．Therefore B．Especially C．However D．Finally
A．weren’t built B．wasn’t built C．didn’t built D．shouldn’t be built
A．nothing B．something C．everything D．anything
A．learned B．taught C．talked D．made
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先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个答案中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案，并将The USA is a very big country to visit, so choose carefully the places to see and the time to go. Bring a good because you may want to travel around.
New York and Washington D.C. are good places to in May or October. It’s not too hot then. In winter there’s a lot of .
The best plan is to arrive New England in September. The weather starts to get cooler and the trees start to change colour. It’s a good idea to bring your camera you may want to take photos of the autumn . 4,000 kilometres away in Los Angeles, California, the weather is fine all year. It’s nice to see the Sun in Decmber! Bring your swimsuit because you might want to in the sea.
In the northwest, it isn’t very cold, but there’s a lot of rain, so bring an umbrella. It’s to visit Alaska in July and August but it might be cool in the evening. So remember to wear some clothes. But don’t come in winter. It’ll be dark all day and cold.
In Texas and the southeast , there are storms from time to time in summer and fall. It’s usually very hot and sunny compared to many other places.
So when’s the best time to visit the USA ? Any time you like !
A．book B．backpack C．map D．knife
A．visit B．see C．look D．watch
A．wind B．rain C．fog D．snow
A．to B．in C．at D．/
A．so B．but C．because D．though
A．leaves B．hills C．rivers D．sky
A．run B．jump C．ride D．swim
A．please B．pleasant C．pleasure D．pleased
A．warm B．cool C．hot D．cold
A．freeze B．froze C．frozen D．freezing
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There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them. especially the younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class made jokes about him because he seemed so ____.
The mother_ _ that she would herself have to get her sons to do better in school. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a book a week and do a book report for her.
One day, in Ben’s __ , the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him __ . “Why did Ben put up his hand?” his classmates wondered, “He _ _ said anything. What could be possibly want to say?”
Well, Ben not only _ the rock, but also said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew __ the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were __. Ben had learned all from doing one of his book __.
Ben later went on to the _ _ of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and at last became one of the best doctors in the United States.
A．clever B．hard C．slow D．quick
A．seemed B．decided C．wondered D．told
A．class B．room C．office D．lab
A．think B．leave C．ask D．answer
A．always B．ever C．quickly D．never
A．found B．played C．knew D．heard
A．whether B．what C．where D．why
A．afraid B．surprised C．worried D．unhappy
A．pictures B．exercises C．shops D．reports
A．top B．end C．back D．front