My parents always told me that I couldn’t dance, because it was a girl’s sport. But I never gave up my dream of becoming a dancing star. I practiced secretly, learning form books, movies, and shows. However, without my parents’ support, that ______ seemed all but impossible to reach.
One summer, my little sister Maggie was going to dance lessons. I immediately asked _____parents for permission(允许)to take her to the lessons. What a _____chance to learn dancing!
One afternoon, I was practicing a new dance in my room, when Maggie walked _____.
“What’s the matter, Maggie?” I stopped ______.
“Denis, you are a great dancer! Can you help me?”
“What is it?” I wondered.
“There’ll be a dancing performance in my school, ____ the boys think I’m slow,and none of them wants to be my partner. ____ you dance with me for it?” She looked at me anxiously.
“You can be a good dancer!” I encouraged her. “Let’s show those people that they have been ___all along.”
In the following months, we ____ every evening, hiding from my parents. I was having a fantastic time and ____Maggie improved a lot.
Finally came the big day.I became ____ when I heard my parents would come to watch the performance. As the ____began,I took a deep breathe and tried to calm down. We moved perfectly, shining with pride. From the cheering of the crowd,I was sure we had ____.
My heart was beating wildly when I saw my ____ coming towards me. He put his hand on my shoulder. “Well done, son. Though it is hard for me to admit it, you really looked like you ____ this stage(舞台).Go for it and make us proud.”
I’d been waiting for this moment for so long. I knew that the road ahead wasn’t going to be easy, but I wouldn’t give up.I wanted nothing more in life than to dance.
A．line B．dream C．answer D．message
A．my B．your C．his D．her
A．similar B．funny C．good D．strange
A．out B．away C．through D．in
A．drawing B．dancing C．singing D．writing
A．but B．or C．so D．if
A．Need B．Must C．Could D．Should
A．sad B．lazy C．sorry D．wrong
A．chatted B．rested C．slept D．practiced
A．first B．soon C．never D．seldom
A．shy B．bored C．nervous D．angry
A．music B．lesson C．meeting D．party
A．arrived B．finished C．succeeded D．regretted
A．father B．mother C．sister D．classmate
A．took away B．paid for C．fell into D．belonged to
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It’s not polite to arrive at a dinner party more than 15 to 20 minutes late. The host or hostess usually waits for all the guests to arrive having the meal. If is late, all the others will be kept waiting. If you will have to be late, call and tell them to start you.
It’s even worse to be ! The host or hostess not be ready. If you are early, drive or walk the block (街区) for a few minutes, or just sit in your car until the right time.
Though it’s often important to arrive at a party on time, yet on the other hand, for open houses, the host or hostess invites guests to and leave between certain times, so you can arrive at any time within the times he or she gives you.
It’s nice to bring an empty stomach, but it’s even nicer to bring a present. The present should not cost a lot, or you might embarrass（使尴尬） the host or hostess. Flowers, wine, or a box of candy will do fine. bring money as a present.
In an introduction , the order of a name is the given name, and then the family name. In other words, the given name comes . After the introduction, we usually call friends by their given names. Older people may want you to call them by their titles and family names, such as “Mr. Jones”, “Mr. Smith”, ”Ms. Johson” or “Dr. Brown”.
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Two days ago, I carried a few bags from my apartment to the car. Then I went back into the apartment building. I went up to the second floor very soon. I saw two boxes at the corner, but I _______ they weren’t there before. Maybe someone just put them there while I was _________the bags.
I took out my _________and tried to open the apartment door, but it didn’t work. There were two keys on the desk when I got out of the apartment. I just took one of them and the other one was left there. Maybe I took the _________ one. They looked the same and that was quite possible.
When I was _______again, a woman opened the door. She asked me if I needed any help. You could imagine how ________ I was. What was she doing in my apartment? Then I saw a new doorbell, and everything in the house looked different.
Then I realized that I had _________into the wrong building. I said sorry to the woman and left. Later I found that my apartment was the one in front of it.
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Choose the best words and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词完成短文)
Have you ever been to a desert? A desert is a place full of sand.
Death Valley is one of the most ______ deserts in the United States. It covers a wide area with its bright sand. Almost 20 percent of this area is well below sea level, and Badwater, a salt water lake, is about 280 feet below sea level and the ______ place in the United Sates.
Long ago the Indians there called this place “Tomesha”. It means the land of fire. Death Valley’s name now dates back to 1849. At that time a group of miners came across the desert from Nevada, but they became _______ in this desert. They were hungry and thirsty. Their journey was certainly a sad story.
Today Death Valley is made a National Monument and people can cross it along several well-marked roads. They can _______ water and drinks in the roadside bars when thirsty, and they can have meals in the restaurants, too. Luckily with so many people traveling and living there, this desert’s special beauty has not been ruined.
Here you’ll have a lot of surprises. It is ________ like what you can see on the moon. The sight changes as the wind moves the sand about, showing the most unusual colors. One of the most unusual and surprising _______ of Death Valley is Devils Golf Course(魔鬼的高尔夫球场). If one goes there, it seems you are in some terrible dreams. Sand sculptures stand on a ________ ground, and their long shadows moves in the darkness of the night.
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Mr. Brown, a teacher in a primary school, often fell asleep in class, but he didn’t want his ________to know and do that. One day he again fell asleep________ .When he woke up, one of the________, Tom, asked him, “Why did you fall asleep in class just now, dear sir?”
Mr. Brown's face turned ________ . “I…I…The Sungod (太阳神) asked me to visit him in my dream.” he said.
Tom wanted to say something, ________ he said nothing. The next day, Tom also ________ in class. When the teacher saw him, he ________ Tom up and asked him, “Why did you fall asleep in class and not ________ me, Tom?”
Tom answered with a smile on his ________,“The Sungod asked me to visit him, too. ” The teacher became________ when he heard this and asked, “What did he say to you, then? ” “He told me he didn't see you yesterday.” Tom said.
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“For those who haven’t been to Tibet .Tibet is a dream ;for those who have __ been there, Tibet is a remembrance (记忆)。”said Li Wan, a graduate _ Zhongshan University .“To local Tibetans , Tibet is a way of life .But to me ,living there is my life-time goal .”
Ms. Li suddenly showed her strong. _ in Tibet after having worked in a company for less than three months. Since 1998, Li has been __ most of her time in a war that is a challenge to her life .She has got to almost every _of Tibet within four years.
Li’s first trip to Tibet was only out of her loving freedom. She entered Tibet along the Yunnan-Tibet road. Although she couldn’t speak a word of Tibetan language , this did not really___her from talking with local __successfully. “To me , they are free, happy and _ _ to nature .It appears to me that people should live in this way ,singing while working , dancing while living , ” Li said. Li Tibet in words and photos. “My goal (目标) in the __ ten years is to make a good documentary.” said Li .
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