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A woman saw three old men sitting outside the door. She said, “I don’t think I know you, but you must be very hungry. Please come in and have something ________.”
“We don’t go into a house _______ ”they replied.
“Why is that?” she asked.
One of the old men answered, “His name is Wealth(财富), this is Success, and I am Love.” Then he said, “Now go in and ________ with your family which one of us you want in your house.”
The woman went in and told her family what had happened, she said, “Let’s invite Wealth. We are so ________.” Her husband disagreed, “My dear, why don’t we invite Success? Don’t you want me to be a successful man? Then her daughter asked, “Would it be ________ to invite Love? Our life will then be filled with love!”
In the end the family decided to take the _______ advice. The woman went out and asked, “________ one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest.” Love got up and started walking to the house. The other two also got up and ________ him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success, “ I ________ invite Love. Why are you coming along? The two old men answered, “If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two would have to stay out, but since you have invited Love. ________ he goes, we go with him. Where there is Love, there is Wealth and Success.”
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When Liu Kaiqu was young he was poor in Shanghai. One day he 16 a picture of a tiger and tried to sell it on the street. It caught the 17 of an American, who asked, “How much does it cost?” He said, “500 dollars.” The foreigner thought it was too 18 and asked again, “Can you make it cheaper?” He answered, “No,” Then he tore(撕)it to pieces. In great 19 ,the foreigner said, “Young man, are you __20__?” “No, sir. I’m not angry. I sold it 21 500 dollars because I thought it was worth the 22__ . But you wanted a __23__ price. It means you didn’t think 24 and it is not good enough. I’ll go on 25 until my customers are satisfied.” At that time, 26 Liu Kaiqu was not famous at all, he never 27_ his dream. Now he is well-known all over the world as a great artist.
A．stole B．picked C．drew D．saw
A．attention B．education C．decision D．discussion
A．terrible B．big C．old D．expensive
A．fear B．difficulty C．surprise D．excitement
A．over B．for C．about D．among
A．size B．price C．weight D．position
A．me B．about C．so D．it
A．selling B．watching C．buying D．working
A．though B．because C．whether D．until
A．broke off B．gave in C．gave up D．sent off
At least thirty times Bobby had tried to climb the snowy mountain, but he had never 46 the top. His friend old Peeper, who knew a lot about his failures, 47 Bobby to try again. He gave Bobby a pair of sunglasses and said, “If it starts clouding over, put on the glasses, or if your feet start hurting, put them on too. The glasses are very 48 . They’ll help you.” Bobby received the gift without much thought.
The day came when he was to have another 49 . About two hours after he started, he felt his feet hurting. Then he 50 what Peeper had said, and put on the glasses. The pain was pretty bad, but 51 the sunglasses he could clearly see the snow-covered mountain top, so he went on.
52 , clouds were gathering. But this time Bobby could still see the 53 through the clouds. He kept climbing , leaving the clouds behind, forgetting his pain, and finally arriving at the top. It was certainly worth it. His feeling of 54 was extremely good, almost as great as that 55 view. The mountain below was surrounded (包围) by a sea of clouds. He couldn’t believe that the clouds were as thick as that, so he looked more closely at the sunglasses, and discovered the 56 . Peeper had engraved (镌刻) the snow-covered mountain top on the sunglasses, 57 Bobby could see it when he was looking upwards!
Bobby __58 that the only difficulty to reaching the top had been losing 59 when he couldn’t see the mountain top. He was thankful that Peeper had used that little trick to help him see that his 60 was never impossible, and that it was still there, where it had always been.
A．left B．reached C．jumped D．ran
A．encouraged B．ordered C．allowed D．warned
A．real B．safe C．special D．expensive
A．try B．start C．test D．training
A．remembered B．expressed C．shouted D．regretted
A．under B．with C．for D．about
A．Happily B．Hopefully C．Unfortunately D．Luckily
A．friend B．top C．climber D．village
A．success B．decision C．freedom D．friendship
A．strong B．popular C．bad D．wonderful
A．way B．words C．book D．secret
A．and B．or C．if D．though
A．suggested B．realized C．expected D．hoped
A．love B．help C．face D．heart
A．place B．lesson C．aim D．story
How many plastic bags do you use every day? 46 there any chance for us to live without them? What can we do to have 47 plastic pollution? A performance in Hangzhou makes people 48 more about the overuse of plastic bags in our lives.
In front of a supermarket in Hangzhou , five volunteers 49 white plastic bags and walked around and through the crowd. The performance 50 people to use more cloth bags 51 plastic ones.
Some of the plastic bags worn by the performers were collected from customers in two food markets and 52 were collected by 700 students from a middle school.
On that day, when leaving the food markets, customers were told to hand over 53 plastic shopping bags. 54 plastic bags were collected in two hours.
“ If we do 55 about it, the earth will be eaten up by white pollution. And 56 will become ‘plastic men’,”said one of the performers.
“How can you breathe in 57 plastic bags?” A 58 woman asked one performer.“How can the earth breathe 59 there are too many plastic bags?”the performer answered.
Starting in June 2008,plastic bags were 60 given for free in supermarkets,shopping malls or food markets all over the country.
People are called on﹙号召﹚to use cloth bags when they go shopping.
A．Are B．Were C． Is D．Was
A．few B．much C． fewer D．less
A．think B．thinks C．to think D．thinking
A．worn B．wore C．tried on D．try on
A．called back B．called C．called on D．cheered on
A．instead B．take the place of C．instead of D．take place
A．other B．the other C．another D．the others
A．helpful B．unnecessary C．useful D．necessary
A．Hundred B．Hundreds of C．Hundred of D．Hundreds
A．nothing B．anything C．something D．everything
A．human being B．human beings C．humen beings D．humans beings
A．so much B．too much C．such many D．so many
A．40-year-old B．40-years-old C．40 year old D．40-years old
A．until B．because C．if D．unless
A．no longer B．always C．not longer D．usually
How did I become known as a "rubbish picker '?
I never 36 rubbish before. I didn't care where it went or who cleaned it up. But two years ago, I started caring about it deeply. I lived near a forest in Ohio, America. I can walk there 37 three minutes! I used to love going there to play with my dog. One day there was 38 much rubbish there that I became very unhappy. I decided to clean up the forest. I want to39 happy going there again. I made my first trip to clean the forest that afternoon. I took a big black rubbish bag with me. Ten minutes 40 I started to pick up rubbish, my bag was full! From then on, I go to the forest four times a year 41 rubbish, it makes me feel 42 to do something for the environment. After each trip, I look at all the rubbish that I've found. If 43 of it is recyclable, I keep it. I will keep picking up 44---people stop dropping it. I know I am only doing a small bit 45 the earth, but I think it is important.
A．took care B．cared about C．cared for D．took care of
A．after B．for C．with D．in
A．such B．very C．so D．many
A．make B．feel C．look D．rind
A．after B．later C．before D．of
A．pick B．to pick C．to pick up D．pick up
A．tired B．sad C．interesting D．great
A．many B．few C．some D．much
A．until B．after C．as soon as D．when
A．helped B．to help C．help D．helping
People like Edison Chen because he is young, good-looking and talented. But some people don’t 46 because he likes to make faces and walks in a strange way.
No matter 47 people think of him, Edison doesn’t care. He likes his own style and his own music . He shows he has more 48 than luck.
49 November 26 , Edison got one of the Lycra in Style Awards in Shanghai because he has been trying to 50in music.
Edison first listened to hip-hop music 51 he was nine . He fell in love with it .
Now he’s working hard on making music with some Japanese friends .He wants to bring real hip-hop music to China.
His music tells young people that there’s 52 they can’t do. He also has the courage to himself, from his clothes to his hair. Some people don’t like his way of dressing. 53 say he walks like a gorilla. But he thinks it’s OK. “My 54 show my style , and my songs tell my feelings ,” he said . “If I only listened to others, I may 55 myself.”
A．like B．think C．agree D．promise
A．what B．why C．how D．where
A．money B．interest C．talent D．time
A．At B．In C．On D．For
A．made a face B．make a difference C．make a decision D．make a noise
A．at B．while C．when D．during
A．something B．nothing C．everything D．anything
A．Others B．The other C．Another D．Other
A．faces B．clothes C．watches D．pets
A．win B．run C．lose D．find