Mymotheris（fortieth）yearsold，b-优题课

When things went wrong，Freddy always had something nice to say．

When Dad forgot about the pizza and it burned，Freddy said，"Don't worry．It'll still taste good．"And he was（16）　　．The pizza edges were dark，but the middle wasn't half bad．

When his teacher，Mr. Hall，knocked into a bookshelf in the （17）　　，Freddy said，"Don't worry．Mrs. Bog won't upset．"The librarian just laughed and helped（18）　　the books．

Freddy looked on the bright side．And everyone liked that about （19）　　．

Everyone，that is，except Hazel．

Hazel was the（20 ）　　 kid in class．On her first day，Freddy said，"Nice to meet you，Hazel．I think you'll like it before．"

"I（21 ）　　 it，"she talked back．Freddy had never met anyone like her．

When Mr. Hall said they'd have a break inside （22）　　 it was raining，Freddy said，"Every cloud has a silver lining．"

"A silver lining？"Hazel shook her head．"Bad things come in（23）　　．"

Greta was carrying paints in（24）　　 class．She fell over，and paints went flying．

"That was the second bad thing．What will the third thing be？"Hazel seemed so（25）　　about the Rule of Three Bad Things．

"It's beautiful!" Emma picked up Freddy's pointed，not realizing she had paint on her fingers．

"Freddy's picture is（26）　　！"Hazel pointed，"There's number three．"

Emma looked sad．"I'm sorry，Freddy．"

"It's OK…If you add（27）　　，the fingerprints could look like butterflies（蝴蝶），"said Freddy．

（28）　　refused to put a finger on Freddy's paper．Only Hazel did．

"Want to add one？"Freddy asked．

Hazel thought about it，then nodded．She put her finger into paint，gently（温柔地） pressed it onto Freddy's painting and（29）　　added wings．

"It looks great．"said Freddy．

Hazel（30）　　．"You know，I don't really there's a Rule of Three Bad Things．"

Sometimes，there are good things hiding where you don't expect them．

16．A．clever	B．right	C．active	D．famous
17．A．shop	B．gym	C．library	D．museum
18．A．pick up	B．look after	C．go through	D．throw away
19．A．me	B．her	C．you	D．him
20．A．lucky	B．new	C．excellent	D．smart
21．A．expect	B．believe	C．doubt	D．understand
22．A．although	B．unless	C．until	D．because
23．A．twos	B．threes	C．fours	D．fives
24．A．science	B．music	C．art	D．history
25．A．happy	B．worried	C．sorry	D．sure
26．A．in a mess	B．on show	C．in fashion	D．on sale
27．A．wings	B．eyes	C．legs	D．bodies
28．A．Everybody	B．Somebody	C．Anybody	D．Nobody
29．A．angrily	B．quickly	C．carefully	D．secretly
30．A．smiled	B．promised	C．warned	D．shouted．

Malala Yousafzai，19，is a Pakistani youth activist．She is the （1）　　（young） person in the world ever to be named United Nations（U．N．） Messenger（信使） of Peace．The United Nations is （2）　　international organization，which is meant to encourage （3）　　（country） to work together on different opinions without the use of war．Yousafzai has （4）　　（glad） accepted the role of working for girls' education．Usually，a messenger （5）　　（stay） in the position（职位） for three years．"If （6）　　want to see your future bright，you have to start working now and not wait （7）　　 anyone else，"she said at the acceptance meeting in New York．In 2012，Yousafzai was nearly killed by the Taliban because she worked hard （8）　　（get） the same education for young girls in Pakistan．But later her condition improved．（9）　　a brave girl! Since then Yousafzai （10）　　（become） a symbol for peace and girls' right to receive an education．

阅读下面短文，然后根据括号内所给汉语意思写出单词的正确形式（每空一词）．

Daniel Kristiansea is a 14﹣year﹣old schoolboy from Denmark．Recently，while doing his history homework about World WarⅡ，he had a surprising discovery （51）　　（在…后面） his family's home．He found the remains of a World WarⅡplane and a （52）　　（飞行员）．

After telling his father about his history homework，Daniel was encouraged to go out onto their farm with a special machine to find （53）　　（金属）．He and his father hoped they might find some old plates or something he could（54）　　（给…看） to his classmates at school．Much to their surprise，on the （55）　　（第五） day，they found some broken plane pieces．When they （56）　　（挖） down seven meters，they suddenly came across pieces of （57）　　（灰色的） clothes．They reported what they found to the government，and soon the news was （58）　　（广泛地） heard across Danmark．Each day their house was （59）　　（拥挤的） with news reporters．

Daniel's father，Klaus，remembered being told by his grandpa that a plane from （60）　　（德国） had hit their farm during World WarⅡ．But Klaus thought it was just a good story．Now it turns out to be true．

A．用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词仅用一次（每空一词）

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46．I didn't learn to paint 　　I was forty．

47．The students were 　　 into four groups before doing experiments．

48．James looked tired，for he listened to three 　　this morning．

49．I'll lead you to your room．　　 is the one next door．

50．There is no wind and the water is as 　　 as glass．

As a new teacher at Dull Primary School in Denver， Kyle Schwartz thought of a simple way to get to know her third graders， most of whom came from（1）　　families． She asked them to complete the note， "I wish my teacher knew…" and share something about themselves．

Their honest answers gave the teacher a chance to understand her students' difficulties． "I wish my teacher knew I have no pencils to do my homework，" （2）　　one child． "I wish my teacher knew sometimes my reading homework is not signed， because my mom is not free a lot，" wrote another． Some showed hope for the（3）　　， "I wish my teacher knew that I want to go to college．"

"Some notes are really heartbreaking．" Schwartz tells ABC News． "I care （4）　　about each of my students and I don't want them to be poor forever．" She explains， "I hoped to know （5）　　I could better support them． So I（6）　　to let them tell me what I needed to know． That was why I created the fill﹣in﹣the﹣blank exercise．"

（7）　　the third graders were allowed to answer anonymously（匿名）， most wanted to include names． And some were even excited to read their notes out loud，（8）　　one shy girl who bravely said that she was lonely． "After she told the class， 'I don't have friends to（9）　　me，' I was worried what they would do，" Schwartz tells US Weekly． "However， I felt encouraged to see how much support the other kids offered her． They invited her to play at break and sit with them at lunch． You see， children have an unusual ability to show empathy（同情）．"

"The results have been （10）　　，" says Schwartz． "It speaks to the importance of giving people a voice and really listening to them．"

（1）A．traditional	B．friendly	C．poor	D．small
（2）A．suggested	B．copied	C．repeated	D．wrote
（3）A．society	B．course	C．research	D．future
（4）A．secretly	B．deeply	C．nervously	D．directly
（5）A．where	B．why	C．how	D．when
（6）A．decided	B．refused	C．forgot	D．learned
（7）A．Unless	B．Though	C．Because	D．Before
（8）A．like	B．form	C．against	D．except
（9）A．look for	B．talk about	C．depend on	D．play with
（10）A．boring	B．surprising	C．worrying	D．relaxing