I was feeling a little blue because my mother had lost her job.
One day, while I was _____ on the street, I heard the piano music and singing rising above the noise of the people. I walked more slowly to ______ where it was coming from. Then I saw a young lady sitting at a piano. She was singing songs about love, ‘Believing yourself and keeping on trying’. The way she was singing made me a little comfortable. I stood there _________, watching her playing on such a crowded New York square. I thought that she must be __________ enough to perform in front of so many people.
She noticed me. I walked over and told her how good her_________ sounded.“Thank you.”she said.
“I have been going through a hard time recently, _______ you’ve made me hopeful again.” I said to her.
“I’m glad that I could help,”she replied,“Why are you so sad ?”
“Well, my mom has lost her job, and I’m not sure what to do.”
“Did you notice the ___________ you were walking? Your head was down.”she said. “Don’t be upset, because___________ comes in different ways and if your head is down, you might not see it. You should smile more, and lift your head up.”
I looked at her, amazed at how she was encouraging me.“__________ are you playing the piano here?”I asked her with a smile.
She ____________ that she saw a lot of unhappy people like me around and she tried to cheer us up by playing music.
I smiled a little wilder, realizing that no difficulties could stop me from going on.
A．driving B．riding C．running D．walking
A．find out B．send out C．take out D．get out
A．nervously B．Rudely C．angrily D．quietly
A．brave B．shy C．bored D．honest
A．advice B．idea C．music D．interest
A．or B．but C．so D．and
A．way B．time C．reason D．station
A．opportunity B．health C．pain D．life
A．How B．Why C．When D．Where
A．dreamed B．hoped C．guessed D．explain
My father died when I was a baby, and my mother had to go out to work. I was the only 36 so I had no brothers and sisters to play with at home. I used to play in the street with other children, or ride my bike down to the park, but I remember I 37 a lot of time just sitting at home reading. We had a television, I think, but don’t remember 38 it very much.
My grandparents lived with us and we used to do a lot of things together.I remember we played cards a lot. At the weekends, my mother always 39 -- We often went down to the sea and swam, and I 40 to swim when I was quite young.
We didn’t have a car, so we went everywhere by bus. Occasionally（偶尔），one of my uncles used to come and take us out in his car, which was a great 41 .For holidays we always went to the seaside, but never far away maybe a short train journey.
My mother wasn’t very 42 , and I don’t remember her ever 43 me. In fact（事实上），I got my way too much.
I was given small pocket money because we weren’t very 44 and I probably spent most of it on sweets, as far as I remember I don’t think anyone thought they were 45 for you then.
A．child B．father C．friend D．mother
A．used B．kept C．took D．spent
A．repairing B．listening to C．watching D．looking at
A．let me in B．took me out C．told me stories D．went shopping
A．hates B．learned C．stopped D．forgot
A．game B．chance C．pain D．pleasure
A．strict（严格的） B．kind C．interested D．worried
A．playing with B．staying with C．beating D．loving
A．busy B．happy C．rich D．well
A．good B．bad C．important D．delicious
My 4-year-old daughter Maddie once taught me a good lesson.
One day, we were taking a walk in the park. Then we 31 some kids (小孩) around an old lady, laughing at her. A little boy said, "Look at this funny lady! She is 32 and she is crying!"
Maddie walked to the woman. I wanted to 33 her away from the woman. But Maddie sat 34 the woman and held her hand. The woman looked down at Maddie and a35 appeared on her face. Maddie gave the woman a hug（拥抱） and then left.
On the way home, I asked her, "Maddie, 36 did you go up to that woman for and hold her hand? All the other kids were either laughing at her or 37 her?"
Maddie looked at me and said, "I did that to tell her God (上帝) 38 her. It can make her feel better!" I was 39 . A 4-year-old little girl showed me what love 40 means. What a kind girl!
A．heard B．saw C．asked D．met
A．hungry B．shy C．dirty D．ill
A．bring B．send C．carry D．take
A．beside B．behind C．next D．between
A．question B．change C．smile D．pity
A．what B．how C．why D．which
A．worried about B．crazy about C．afraid of D．tired of
A．loves B．follows C．needs D．knows
A．glad B．strange C．excited D．surprised
A．usually B．really C．certainly D．finally
People who have finished education often admire students for their carefree life. But they don't know how difficult it is to ___1__ a student. He can never finish his homework. Furthermore, he has to ___2___ the great pressure of examinations. Everyone wants to get the first __3__ in exams. And after school, there are also many extra classes waiting for him. The worst of all is that students can hardly do ____4__they really love to do, for they ___5__ almost all their time on studies.
( ) 1. A. grow B. takeC. asD. be
( ) 2. A. useB. become C. faceD. wait
( ) 3. A. place B. topC. position D. desk
( ) 4. A. howB. whyC. whatD. which
( ) 5. A. takeB. spendC. takeD. have
We had a math contest today. I am good at math, so I ___1____it quickly. I was the first one to _____2___ the paper. I was sitting on my seat relaxing, while the teacher shouted, "Whose paper is this?" I made no response. Some time later, I suddenly realized that I didn’t sign my name on the paper. I stood up ____3___ and went to the teacher. She helped me find the __4____ paper and sign my name. I would have failed the contest if she hadn’t ____5___me in time.
( )1.A. didB. finished C. worked D. readed
( )2. A. gave out B. put outC. hand inD. took out
( )3. A. hurriedly B. quietlyC. worriedlyD. friendly
( )4. A. nameless B. testC. writingD. blank
( )5. A. told B. askedC. saidD. reminded
After her husband had gone to work, Mrs. Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was too _26_ to do any housework that morning, _27_ in the evening she was going to an interesting fancy dress party with her husband. What she __28_ was a terrible genie（妖怪）and as she had made that special dress of hers the night before, she was anxious to try it on. __29__ the dress was just a big piece of old cloth which was red, green, black and white, it would be very effective to make her like a red genie. After putting it on, Mrs. Richards went downstairs happily. She wanted to find out __30__ it would be comfortable to wear.
Just as Mrs. Richards was entering the dining-room there was a __31_ at the door. She thought that it __32 be the baker. She had told him to come straight in if she _33__ to open the door and leave the bread on the kitchen table. Now not wanting to _34__ the poor man, Mrs. Richards quickly __35_ in the small storeroom under the stairs. She heard the front door open and a man came in. When Mrs. Richards _36_ that it was the man from the electricity board（供电局）who had come to read the meter, she walked out of the hiding-place on a sudden and tried to explain the matter, saying with a smile, “It’s only __37_! It is not __38_ for you to be __39_ !” But it was too late. The man let out a sharp cry and jumped back several paces. Then he ran away, __40__ the door behind him with great force and noise.
A．angry B．ready C．frightened D．excited
A．for B．but C．so D．and
A．wanted to see B．wanted to play C．was afraid to see D．was afraid to play
A．Though B．But C．And D．If
A．that B．how C．whether D．when
A．knock B．voice C．man D．baker
A．may B．must C．wouldn’t D．couldn’t
A．not B．had C．tried D．failed
A．see B．frighten C．help D．scold
A．went B．lay C．appeared D．hid
A．thought B．wondered C．imagined D．realized
A．me B．you C．game D．play
A．good B．necessary C．late D．early
A．off B．here C．afraid D．sorry
A．pushed B．locking C．knocking D．shutting