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There was once a millionaire who loved money more than anything else in the world. He didn’t know exactly（精确地） how much he had, so he took on a little girl to all his money for him.
It the little girl six days to count all the money. When she told the millionaire that he had forty-two dollars, he was with joy and asked, “How much do you want?” He thought that she was only a child, he could her into taking a very small amount of money.
The girl said, “Well, I worked for six days, so I think you pay me for six days. Give me two pennies（便士） for the first day. Each day after that, just give me the amount you give me the day before, multiplied by（乘以） itself.”
The thought that in this he would only have to give her a dollars. What a little girl! So immediately, he his lawyer sign up the contract（契约）, fearing（害怕） that she would change her .
On the first day the millionaire paid her two pennies, and on the second day, two pennies times two pennies, or four pennies.
Each day after that, he gave her number of pennies he had given her the day before, multiplied by itself. And by the sixth day, the foolish millionaire had to give the clever little girl all his money.
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One afternoon, I went to pick up my mother from work.I got there a little early, so I _______ (41) my car by a small park, and _______ (42) for her.
As I looked outside the car window, I saw a little boy, around two years old, running _______ (43) on the grass as his mother _______ (44) from a short distance. The boy had a big smile on his face as if he had just been ______ (45) free from some sort of prison .The boy would then fall to the grass , (46) up , without looking back at his mother , run as_______ (47) as he could ,again , still with a smile on his face ,as if nothing had happened.
At that moment, I thought to myself , “why aren’t most adults this way ?” Most adults, when they fall down, make a big deal out of it and don’t even _______ (48) a second attempt. They would be so _______ (49) that they would not try again if someone saw them fall .Or , because they fall , they would find a good _______ (50) for themselves that they’re not fit for it . They would end up too afraid to attempt again for fear of failure.
However, with kids, when they fall down, they don’t consider their falling down as a failure, instead, they treat it as a _______ (51) experience. They try again and again until they _______ (52) .The answer must be that they have not connected“falling down” with the word “failure”. As a _______ (53), they are not discouraged in any way .Besides, they _______ (54) think to themselves that it’s quite okay to fall down and that it’s not wrong to do so. In other words ,they allow themselves to make _______ (55), so they remain energetic.
I was deeply impressed by the boy’s persistence (坚持不懈) and the manner in which he did.
A．left B．stopped C．repaired D．drove
A．waited B．cared C．prepared D．looked
A．carefully B．anxiously C．freely D．easily
A．watched B．noticed C．surveyed D．supported
A．cut B．kept C．found D．set
A．hold B．get C．end D．pick
A．well B．long C．fast D．soon
A．make B．provide C．practice D．discover
A．confused B．embarrassed C．exhausted D．surprised
A．cause B．sign C．chance D．excuse
A．learning B．running C．teaching D．falling
A．progress B．improve C．achieve D．succeed
A．decision B．result C．reason D．matter
A．hardly B．perfectly C．probably D．nearly
A．mistakes B．choices C．plans D．wishes
Wang Yani was born in 1975. Even as a baby she loved to draw. Her father was an 1 .Yani wanted to be like him. So she tried to stand like her father as she painted, which made him laugh.
One day, Yani painted lines on her faher’s painting. He got 2 . At the time she was only two and a half years old. She cried and said, “I want to like you!” Her father looked at her without saying anything. He 4 remembered his childhood(童年). He also wanted to draw and paint, but his parents didn’t understand. They just got angry. He didn’t want to see the same thing happen to his daughter. So he decided to 5 her.
With her father’s help, Yani soon 6 . Her lines became flowers, trees, and animals. Her father took her to parks and zoos to get 7 for her paintings. By the end of six, Yani had made over 4,000 works. Her paintings were very special. People 8 her works. When she was eight, one of her paintings was made into a Chinese postage stamp.
Yani became famous when she was young. Her works were 9 in different countries in Asia, Europe and North America,10 her parents never sold her paintings. She is well-known in the world, and art is still a great joy in her life..
A．actor B．athlete C．artist D．engineer
A．angry B．excited C．sad D．interested
A．laugh B．speak C．stand D．paint
A．happily B．clearly C．hardly D．usually
A．help B．stop C．refuse D．miss
A．did homework B．made money C．did sports D．made progress
A．news B．time C．ideas D．luck
A．hated B．loved C．found D．forget
A．lost B．sold C．bought D．shown
A．and B．but C．so D．or
I often go to a shopping center with my mother. The shopping center is new and__1__. There are lots of great things there. There are __2__and food. There are many people there. ___3__do many people come here to buy things? Do you know? Let me tell you. The things there are good and at a very great price. The ____4__there are nice and friendly. So I buy a T-shirt ___5__ red for only 2 dollars.
My sister Mary has a yellow sweater. It’s very nice. But it’s too small. She ___6____a new one. She goes to the shopping center with us on Sunday. Because she doesn’t go to __7____ that day. There are many clothes on__8____. They are very nice. They are in all___9___. There are red, black, red and blue ones. She likes a blue sweater very much. __10____it’s too big. At last, she takes a green sweater for only 0 dollars.
A．old B．big C．boring D．sad
A．vegetables B．fruit C．dessert D．clothes
A．What B．When C．Why D．Where
A．people B．girls C．clerks D．boys
A．with B．to C．in D．on
A．want B．needs C．haves D．buy
A．school B．shop C．store D．home
A．sale B．shop C．sweater D．food
A．sizes B．colors C．clothes D．things
A．And B．But C．Or D．Too
This is __1__ news for children in the countryside. We may still remember the girl __2__ big eyes. Her big eyes are __3_ us her dream: I wish to __4__! In China, there are still __5__ girls and boys like her. They want to go to school, but their _6_ are too poor. If the family has two or three children, parents __7_ send them all to school. So they often ask __8__ to stay at home, and boys to go to school.
Now they needn’t __9__ the money. From 2006 on, children can go to school _10__ in poor areas. They don’t have to __11__ books and other things. Some of them can even get __12__ from the government（政府）to make their life better. Soon, __13__ children in the countryside can go to school for free. All families are very __14_ with the news. It is _15__ great.
A．small B．good C．bad D．big
A．with B．on C．to D．in
A．saying B．telling C．speaking D．talking
A．go to work B．go to bed C．go to school D．go home
A．a lot B．1ot of C．a lot of D．much
A．schools B．cities C．houses D．families
A．can’t B．will C．should D．mustn’t
A．teachers B．girls C．boys D．all the children
A．look up B．turn on C．worry about D．make sure
A．by themselves B．on foot C．for free D．with money
A．borrow B．read C．bring D．pay for
A．books B．clothes C．food D．money
A．all B．some C．many D．most
A．sad B．interested C．happy D．excited
A．not B．never C．hardly D．really
If you are writing or studying, it makes much difference where the light comes from. People use 36 and pens every day. They have to be very careful about the 37 of the light because the light shines on their work.
Every 38 gets its light either from daylight 39 the window or from the lamps, 40 no matter what kind of light it is, the way it shines is very important to the eyes.
Take a book and sit with your 41 towards the window, and try to read. Your shadow(影子) falls all over the page and makes it 4 for your eyes as if you were in a 43 room. Now turn around and face the window. The page is in shadow again, 44 the bright light is in your eyes.Try sitting with your 45 side towards the window. This is very good for reading, but if you were writing, the shadow 46 fall across the page and trouble you 47 .There is another way – sit 48 your left side to the window. Now everything is perfect for 49 as well.
Whatever kind of light is in the room, the rule about the right way to sit is 50 the same. So you see different ways to sit make much difference in writing or studying.
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A．eyes B．heads C．books D．hands
A．road B．path C．way D．trail
A．house B．woman C．man D．animal
A．from B．through C．into D．inside
A．but B．until C．if D．when
A．side B．back C．body D．front
A．good B．bad C．useful D．clear
A．bright B．clean C．dirty D．dark
A．while B．or C．if D．till
A．front B．back C．left D．right
A．can B．may C．has to D．ought to
A．few B．a few C．little D．a little
A．by B．with C．against D．near
A．speaking B．reading C．writing D．playing
A．only B．never C．hardly D．always