When I was a child,my father had to do three jobs for a family of seven.Every time I saw him come back late,looking tired,I promised myself that someday I would show my (1) _ to my father for what he had done.
Over the next twenty years,my father worked hard to (2) our big family and suffered (遭受)a lot from a heart problem.One morning,my father's old car (3) and he asked me to pick him up after his medical examination.He had (4) refused when I offered to replace(取代) his old car.He said that he did not want something that he was unable to pay himself.
As he stepped out of the doctor's office,he looked unusually(5) .We drove in silence and he made me promise to keep the medical report as a (6) .I did this with a heavy heart.
At that time,I was(7) a new car.I asked my father to go with me to pick one out.(8) I started talking with the salesman,I noticed my father admiring a brown car.I (9) __ chose a white car.My father took one final look at the brown car and seemed kind of (10) before leaving I heard him muttering (嘀咕) to himself,"Really like that car.Wish I could (11) it.
Several days later,I asked my father if he could go with me to pick up (12) new car.As we arrived,the salesman (13) him a key to his new car﹣the brown one﹣and explained that it was for him,(14) me.My father looked at me in great(15) .I explained it was my childhood promise and smiled at this man,who had given up everything for his family.
(1)A.thanks |
B.dreams |
C.talents |
D.regrets |
(2)A.build |
B.save |
C.protect |
D.support |
(3)A.set off |
B.came back |
C.broke down |
D.went by |
(4)A.strongly |
B.rudely |
C.shyly |
D.happily |
(5)A.angry |
B.moved |
C.serious |
D.friendly |
(6)A.fact |
B.secret |
C.decision |
D.suggestion |
(7)A.testing |
B.designing |
C.checking |
D.expecting |
(8)A.Unless |
B.When |
C.Since |
D.Because |
(9)A.finally |
B.suddenly |
C.simply |
D.immediately |
(10)A.worried |
B.pleased |
C.sorry |
D.proud |
(11)A.borrow |
B.afford |
C.collect |
D.choose |
(12)A.my |
B.your |
C.his |
D.her |
(13)A.returned |
B.showed |
C.handed |
D.posted |
(14)A.to |
B.from |
C.with |
D.for |
(15)A.fun |
B.pain |
C.trouble |
D.surprise. |
Danny has a hobby﹣playing games online.He is interested (66) __ solvingpuzzles.He particularly enjoys chatting to other gamers.
Now Danny (67) (sit) quietly in front of his computer.His mother thinks he is doing his homework,(68) she is wrong.Danny is actually surfing the Internet,solving puzzles and"chatting"to other gamers around the world. (69) funny it is!Danny thinks.
Why are game online so interesting?"(70) I can pretend to be a different person.There also many different (71) (kind) of games for me to play,"says Danny."Other people love to play these games because they can play at any time.They do not need to organize a group.Someone in the world always wants (72) (play)."
Starting a game online is not easy.Some gamers (73) (not) welcome new gamers.They will become angry when new gamers ask them questions,Other gamers are helpful.They want to make new friends.When Danny has (74) questions,he always says,"Excuse me,are you busy?I am new at this game and I need some help."Sometimes this(75) (work).At other times,however,the gamer at the other end makes you feel like fool.
Charles Darwin was a scientist.And he changed our understanding of the (56) (自然的) world.
Darwin was born in 1809 in England.At school he didn't do well and got poor marks.He was a good athlete though and loved studying nature.He also kept doing chemisty (57) (实验).
His father was a doctor and expected Charles to become one too.Charles started studying (58) __ (医药) at Edinburgh University,but soon gave up his studies there.He went on to study relion at Cambridge University (59) (代替).
In1831,Darwin went on a five﹣year journey to South America,Australia and South Africa by ship.He was seasick,but the things he saw on this trip changed his life.He (60) (收集) many animal andplant speaimens.He spent the (61) (剩余) of his life studying what he had seen and he wrote many books.
In 1939,Darwin (62) (结婚) his cousin,Emma Wedgwood,with whom he had seen and ten children!He was a loving father and enjoyed family life,which was always more(63) (重要的) to him than his research.In spite of having many health (64) (问题) throughout his life,Darwin lived until he was 73.
Darwin‘s most famous book"On the Origin of Species" came out in 1859and sold out in a day.It said that all living things were related.His ideas were not popular at first,but now most people (65) (同意) with them and admire Darwin as great scientist.
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51.Schools should do something to help students protect .
52.If a river is ,farmers can't use the water for their crops.
53.The Internet is more than books.It is influencing our lives a lot.
54.The students who are good at writing can always use words .
55.Children usually attend a primary school at the age of in China.
Susie Sunbeam was not her real name.It was Susan Brown.But everyone called(16) __ Sunbeam,because she had such a sweet,smiling face.She(17) took brightness with her wherever she went.Her grandfather first gave her this (18) ,and it seemed to fit the little girl so (19) that soon it took the place of her own.
Even when Susie was a baby,she laughed and smiled from morning till night.No one ever heard her cry unless she was (20) or hurt.When she had learnt to(21) ,she loved to go around the house and get things for her mother. (22) ,she helped her as much as she could.
She loved (23) .She would sit by her mother's side for an hour at a time,and ask her many questions.At other times,she would take a new book and read quietly.Susie was always pleasant in her play with other children.She never used a(n) (24) word,but tried to do whatever would make her playmates happy.
One day,a(n) (25) little girl with an old torn dress passed by.Susie heard some children teasing and laughing at her.She at once ran out to the gate,and asked the little gril to come (26) .
"What are you crying for?"Susie asked."Because they all (27) at me."she said.
Then Susie took the little girl into the house.She (28) the little girl with kind words,and she gave her one of her own best dresses and a good pair of shoes. This bought real (29) __ to the poor child,and she thought that Sunbeam was the (30) name for Susan Brown.
16.A.it |
B.itself |
C.her |
D.herself |
17.A.sometimes |
B.seldom |
C.never |
D.always |
18.A.name |
B.chance |
C.dress |
D.book |
19.A.possibly |
B.clearly |
C.nicely |
D.easily |
20.A.happy |
B.sick |
C.fine |
D.busy |
21.A.walk |
B.say |
C.read |
D.write |
22.A.By the way |
B.In this way |
C.On the way |
D.In the way |
23.A.study |
B.nature |
C.travel |
D.sport |
24.A.kind |
B.unkind |
C.usual |
D.unusual |
25.A.honest |
B.weak |
C.poor |
D.rich |
26.A.in |
B.out |
C.up |
D.down |
27.A.look |
B.point |
C.shout |
D.laugh |
28.A.brought up |
B.gave up |
C.picked up |
D.cheered up |
29.A.pain |
B.trouble |
C.pleasure |
D.truth |
30.A.wrong |
B.right |
C.strange |
D.common. |