Have you ever drunk the water directly from a ? I’m sure your answer is ‘No’. Perhaps you may have the water from a well (井), or from a tap before. , as I know, most of you only drink hot water or the bottled water from a shop now.
But things were quite twenty years ago. At that time, all the small rivers us were very clear and the water was very clean. If you were , you could just bend down by the riverside and drink some water with your hands. It was cool and sweet. How it was! But all this was in the past. Things a lot. Some water is not even for us to wash hands. What a !
A．bottle B．sea C．river D．lake
A．carried B．tried C．cleaned D．polluted
A．Yet B．Though C．Since D．However
A．same B．easy C．different D．difficult
A．between B．by C．among D．around
A．thirsty B．hungry C．tired D．sleepy
A．surprising B．pleasant C．terrible D．dirty
A．have got B．have turned C．havechanged D．have exchanged
A．dirty enough B．clear enough C．warm enough D．clean enough
A．pity B．shame C．problem D．matter
Sitienei, a 90-year-old Kenyan grandmother, has become the world’s oldest primary school student. She is studying at the local primary school to learn to read and write. She is from a small in Kenyan. She has spent most of her life as a midwife（接生婆）, helping women to give birth to babies. She wants to pass on her midwife skills to the young. She said she didn’t have a chance to go to school when she was . So she wants all the children in her village to .
The head teacher at the school said, “I’m proud her. She is loved by every pupil. They all want to learn and play with .” He also said, “She is doing well considering her . I can say I have seen a big difference in this school she came.”
Sitienei often said, “I want to tell children, girls in poor areas, that will be your wealth.” She added, “With education, you can be whatever you want to be --- a doctor, a teacher, a scientist, and so on.”
A．school B．village C．town D．city
A．reading B．writing C．playing D．working
A．young B．old C．famous D．free
A．study B．work C．leave D．listen
A．for B．with C．of D．in
A．her B．me C．him D．you
A．chance B．age C．skills D．ways
A．after B．when C．since D．before
A．naturally B．especially C．luckily D．certainly
A．friendship B．future C．competition D．education
Old George selected（挑选） his food in the supermarket more carefully than NASA chose its astronauts. When he left the cashier, he was ________ to think that he had saved 80 cents today.
At the exit, the cold wind made him ________ his gloves. He looked for them in his coat and pants ________ could not find them anywhere. He had bought the black gloves at a(an) ________ price, for just $35, years ago. They were ________ and very comfortable. He had taken great care looking ________them, so they were in good condition.
George, calm on the outside but mad on the inside, re-entered the ________. He followed the same route he had walked before. Several minutes of searching turned out to be in vain (徒劳). His _______ were gone. “People have changed,” he said to himself. “Years ago, if somebody picked up something lost, they would give it back. Not any more!”
He stared at anybody wearing black gloves to see if they looked like ________. On his way to the dairy section, he ________ a lady wearing a pair of black gloves. He sped up and in three seconds was in front of her. But _______ the surprised woman looked over, his eyes dropped, for her gloves were just far too small to be his. He went over to the cashier to ask if she had received any lost gloves, but she said no. He finally walked out ________ the street.
A few days later, poor George decided to buy another leather pair. ________ getting on the subway, he stepped into the supermarket again. He wanted to see if by any chance his gloves had been returned to the lost and found office. “What color are they?” the woman in the office asked. “Black,” he ________the same answer. She looked into her drawer and drew out a pair of ________ leather gloves. “Are they?”
“Yes! Those are mine,” George exclaimed, his eyes full of joy.
A．sad B．sorry C．pleased D．worried
A．think of B．think about C．think over D．think for
A．when B．and C．but D．so
A．good B．high C．cheap D．expensive
A．hard B．soft C．new D．small
A．for B．after C．at D．over
A．exit B．condition C．store D．office
A．coats B．pants C．gloves D．cents
A．him B．his C．them D．theirs
A．caught B．knocked C．held D．noticed
A．although B．when C．unless D．until
A．of B．off C．on D．into
A．After B．When C．While D．Before
A．returned B．got C．gave D．took
A．kid’s B．men’s C．women’s D．lady’s
The back door of the ambulance（救护车）was suddenly shut and the driver ran to the front, jumped into his seat, and started the engine. Inside were the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Green, the mother holding their baby daughter Ally. The little girl had food stuck in her throat and could hardly breathe.
The driver, Mr. White, his siren（报警器）and flashing light, and started speeding towards the nearest hospital, fighting against . The cars ahead of him pulled out of the way as he drove through the . From the back of the the parents were shouting at him to , since Ally had almost stopped breathing. In front of him he saw some traffic lights, with the red “STOP” light shining. Mr. White knew that he had time to lose, so he drove straight past the traffic lights, looking to his left and right as he did so.
Coming towards him from his right was a taxi. The driver had the windows , since the car was air-conditioned, and he was playing his radio. He did not notice the ambulance. The lights were green, so he drove straight on into the path of the ambulance.
Mr. White tried to stop his ambulance but it was too late. It hit the taxi. Everybody was shaken but was hurt. Mr. White turned around to see little Ally was. He was surprised to see relief instead of on the faces of the parents.
“Look!” cried Mrs. Green. “She is again.”
“It have been the crash（碰撞）.” said her husband. “It made the food out of her throat.” The baby’s color was turning to , and she was crying loudly but healthily. They were all joyful, and quite forgot about the accident, the taxi, and the lines of cars all around them.
A．worried B．angry C．happy D．surprised
A．little B．some C．no D．few
A．opened on B．turned on C．turned off D．sped up
A．police B．life C．lights D．time
A．empty street B．busy traffic C．large crowds D．deserted place
A．street B．cars C．traffic D．ambulance
A．hurry B．slow C．stop D．drive
A．some B．not C．no D．any
A．open B．clean C．up D．down
A．everyone B．someone C．anyone D．no one
A．who B．where C．how D．what
A．pleasure B．anger C．fear D．surprise
A．crying B．breathing C．smiling D．speaking
A．must B．should C．need D．can’t
A．usual B．common C．ordinary D．normal
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
When I was in college, I remember hearing about a book titled “Looking Out for Number One”. I never read the book, but the title has always stuck with me. I hadn’t been taught to be so selfish that I should be focused on only . I thought I needed to be others and, along the way, I would also be helping myself. Now, I realized I have at least considered learning more about looking out for number one.
Jeffrey Gitomer asks the question, “Who is the most person in the world?” Most people answer, the customer. He then asks, if there were only two people left in the world, the and you, who would you want to survive (生存)? Now the answer is me.
It makes me sense that if we can’t help ourselves first, we will never be to help others. We all need to learn to control our lives and make the best for ourselves. That will put us in the position to help others in the . But many of us are to understand this.
It has been said that happiness will bring success, but success doesn’t bring happiness. We all want to be happy and . For some of us can be very happy when our basic needs are and our family are safe. Others will high levels of success thinking that will bring happiness. I’m sure we can think of a person who is very successful, according to the world’s standards (标准), but they don’t appear to be happy . This is they have been so busy working for somebody’s goals that they haven’t considered their own needs.
A．him B．her C．me D．you
A．helping B．teaching C．considering D．beating
A．could B．would C．should D．might
A．important B．interesting C．kind D．helpful
A．teacher B．customer C．doctor D．leader
A．suggested B．dared C．answered D．prepared
A．decisions B．ideas C．aims D．results
A．past B．future C．first D．last
A．easy B．possible C．slow D．fast
A．hardly B．once C．often D．always
A．rich B．successful C．smart D．famous
A．met B．realized C．arrived D．accepted
A．look after B．think out C．talk about D．seek for
A．at all B．at least C．at most D．at first
A．so B．because C．as D．certainly
If you are lazy and weak, you will never taste success. But if you are , success and happiness will be more likely to come to you.
I love eating persimmons（柿子）. But you can’t get them until autumn. If you try them before the right time, they probably bad.
In Grade Six, because of my poor grades, my parents were that I wouldn’t be able to get into an excellent middle school. They me to study harder, but I didn’t really understand why they were so anxious.
Summer came. The hot weather made me sleepy and I couldn’t my textbooks. But every time I wanted to stop , Mom would shout, “Hey! Think about your . If you don’t work hard, you’ll regret it!” I had to sit back down again and return to my textbooks. But all I was playing with my friends and eating persimmons.
My mom would say to me, with a serious look on face, “If a persimmon tree doesn’t grow in summer, it can’t bear（结出） fruit in autumn! Only by hard work you get good results.”
I didn’t understand it at that time, I gradually came to see the truth of her words. A few months later, I succeeded in getting into the key middle school. It was . Walking in my new school, I could see quite a few persimmon trees. The fruit was so red that it looked as if it was on fire. Suddenly, I that working hard may be bitter but its fruit is sweet.
My mom was right. If a persimmon tree doesn’t grow summer, it can’t bear fruit in autumn. I smiled. I had grown through the summer now it was autumn.
I tasted my success and enjoyed the fruit of my labor!
A．busy B．clever C．hard-working D．free
A．look B．taste C．turn D．smell
A．embarrassed B．worried C．excited D．scared
A．afforded B．allowed C．pushed D．made
A．concentrate on B．depend on C．decide on D．look on
A．thinking B．talking C．playing D．studying
A．future B．hobby C．health D．work
A．talked about B．heard about C．worried about D．thought about
A．her B．your C．my D．his
A．should B．can C．need D．must
A．But B．Because C．Although D．So
A．spring B．summer C．autumn D．winter
A．realized B．saw C．noticed D．reminded
A．before B．during C．after D．until
A．and B．but C．or D．then