When I was in the third grade, I was picked to be the king in the school play.
For weeks my mother helped me(41)______my sentences. But once during a show, every word (42)______ from my head. My teacher asked me to (43)______roles and be the narrator(解说员).(44)______ I didn't tell my mother what had happened that day, she felt my(45) ______and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the yard.
It was a lovely spring day. We could see dandelions(蒲公英) coming out through the grass, just like a painter had touched our woods and fields with bits of gold. "I think I am going to dig up all the wild grass," my mother said. "But," I said, "I like dandelions, all flowers are beautiful ﹣﹣ even dandelions!" My mother looked at me seriously. "Yes, every flower shines in (46)______ own way. And that is true of people, too." She said. She had guessed my pain. I started to cry and told her the(47)______. "You will be a beautiful narrator, I'm sure," my mother said.
Over the next few weeks, I learned to take(48)______ in the role. The big day finally came. A few minutes (49)______ the play, my teacher came over to me. "Your mother asked me to give this to you," she said, handing me a (50)______. After the play, I took the flower home, laughing that I was perhaps the only person that would keep such wild grass.
41.A.write |
B.listen |
C.practice |
D.teach |
42.A.disappeared |
B.spread |
C.forgot |
D.left |
43.A.get |
B.change |
C.take |
D.play |
44.A.And |
B.But |
C.If |
D.Though |
45.A.illness |
B.fearlessness |
C.kindness |
D.unhappiness |
46.A.it |
B.its |
C.it's |
D.itself |
47.A.memory |
B.discovery |
C.truth |
D.accident |
48.A.action |
B.turns |
C.risks |
D.pride |
49.A.before |
B.after |
C.during |
D.with |
50.A.note |
B.dandelion |
C.sunflower |
D.dictionary |
From Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and weekends they are free and 31 themselves. Some watch television or go to the cinema, others take part in sports. This is decided by their own 32 .
There are many different ways to spend our free time.
Almost everyone has some kind of 33 : it may be something from collecting stamps to ____34___ model planes. Some hobbies are very 35 , but others don’t cost anything at all. Some collections are worth(值得…的) 36 of money, others are valuable(有价值的) only to their owners.
I know a man who has a coin collection worth several 37 dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare(罕见的)fifty-cent piece which 38 him $250! He was very happy about this collection and thought the price was all right. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects match boxes. He has almost 600 of them, but I wonder(怀疑) if they are worth any money. However, 39 my brother they are quite valuable.
40 makes him happier than to find a new match box for his collection.
A.love B.work C.enjoy D.Play
A.lives B.interests C.jobs D.things
A.hobby B.thing C.job D.way
A.make B.making C.makes D.made
A.interesting B.exciting C.cheap D.expensive
A.a little B.a few C.a lot D.a number
A.thousand B.thousands C.thousands of D.thousand of
A.paid B.cost C.took D.spend
A.to B.on C.with D.in
A.Everything B.Anything C.Nothing D.Something
Plants are very important living things. Life could not go on if there were no plants. This is 1 plants can make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals and men2 make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals get their food by eating plants and animals
3 Therefore(因此), animals and men need plants in order to4 This is the reason(原因) why we find that there are so many plants around us.
If you look carefully at the plants around you 5 find that there are many kinds of plants. Some plants are large6 others are small. Most plants are green..
Some plants have many small leaves. Others have only 7 large leaves. There are many kinds of leaves. Leaves are of8 shapes(形状) and colors.
Leaves are also different in other ways. Some leaves have short leaf stalks(叶茎)while others have long leaf stalks. Still others have9 stalks at all. The edges(边)of leaves are also different. Some leaves have smooth(光滑的)edges. Some have wave(波状的) edges10 the teeth of saw(锯).
A.why B.because C.how D.that
A.don’t B.not C.cannot D.can
A.too B.either C.also D.already
A.eat B.live C.have D.get
A.are going to B.may C.certainly D.will
A.when B.yet C.and D.while
A.a little B.a few C.little D.few
A.not B.none C.neither D.no
A.like B.as C.as if D.seem
An old lady went out shopping last Sunday. She came to a bank(银行)and saw a car near the door . A man got out of it(下车) and went into the bank . She looked into the car. The keys were in the lock.
The old lady took the keys and followed the man into the bank. The man took a gun(枪)out of his pockets and said to the clerk(职员), “ Give me all the money .”
But the old lady didn’t see this. She went to the man and put the keys in his hand and said, “ Young man , you’re foolish . Never leave your keys in your car. Someone’s going to steal(偷)it . ” The man looked at the old woman for a few seconds. Then he looked at the clerk and then he took the keys and ran off the bank, got into his car and drove away quickly without any money .
The man got out of the car, and then he went into.
A.the police station B.the post office C.the bank D.the shop
A.a gun B.the keys C.a wallet D.a handbag
A.went away B.gave them to the policeman C.took them home D.returned to the young man
A.had nothing to do B.deposited(存)his money C.ordered a clerk to give him the money D.walked about to look for something
A.took them and ran out of the bank without any money B.thanked her very much C.was very surprised D.said nothing and went to the police station
Martin is an American boy. He is eight years old. His parents 41 _ five years ago and he is now living with his grandmother in New York.
One morning, Jimmy , one of his classmates, came to his home with an exercises book in his hand. Jimmy lives in a house not far from Martin's. They often go to school together.
"Would you help me with this maths problem?" Jimmy said as soon as he came into the room. "It's too hard for me and I can't work it out."
"Let me try, " Martin said. "I42 it isn't too hard for me. "
Martin tried his best but he couldn't work it out,43 .
"If we had a small computer, all the problems would be44 for us to do. " Jimmy said.
"A small computer . . . , " Martin thought for a minute, then he said, "I've got an idea. We can45 one in a shop. "
"A computer is very 46 , and we don’t have enough money. "
"That's OK, " said Martin. "We can ask the new president (总统)47 some money. He said he would help anyone in trouble. I' m sure he will help us. He is very rich, you know."
So they decided to write a letter to the new president. Soon the letter was finished and they hurried to the post office.
In front of the post office stood a small box. They48 the letter into the box carefully and went home happily.
The next morning, they 49 the post office on their way to school. They found 50 , the box was not a post box but trash-box (果皮箱).
A.have died B.had died C.died D.have been death
A.sure B.think C.hope D.wish
A.neither B.either C.too D.also
A.easy enough B.enough easy C.difficult enough D.enough difficult
A.borrow B.lend C.bring D.buy
A.expensive B.cheap C.important D.useful
A.to B.for C.about D.on
A.place B.took C.dropped D.bring
A.passed B.past C.pasted D.passing
A.with their surprise C.to their surprise D.of their surprise
I like movies best. Last week, I36 a movie called I, Robot . It tells us a story about the future with robots. It is the year of 2035 and people can see robots everywhere. Robots can help people do a lot of things, like looking 37 the old people or babies, washing, cooking, cleaning or taking dogs for a walk. Robot does everything people ask them to do 38 . But a policeman 39 Spooner doesn’t like robots. Because he doesn’t think that people can live well 40 robots.
A.watched B.watch C.saw D.see
A.at B.after C.for D.up
A.good B.nice C.well D.fine
A.name B.call C.calling D.called
A.and B.with C.without D.or