During the lifetime,there's going to be one time in your life when you feel like telling a lie(谎言).There are two possible reasons. First, you are often afraid of getting into trouble.(1)
It's never okay to tell a lie about anything even if it's not important. (2) And it could get you into a serious situation.
(3) Or it could cause trouble. It could even make you lose your friends. As an adult,for example,if you lie (说谎) to your friends, there is a 100% chance that you will lose their trust.So when you tell the truth next time, your friends won't believe you unless (除非) they hear it from someone else and prove (证明) that they are wrong. (4)_____
(5) Because it takes time for them to believe in you again. Remember an old English saying," Honesty is the best policy."
A. If you really enjoy making friends, you have to be honest. B.There is a way that you could let others trust you again, buti it's a really hard way. C.Or they won't beliele you any more. D.Second,you're so embarrassed(窘迫的)that you want to hide the truth,so you tell a lie. E.You shouldn't lie because there is always a result that will follow behind the lie. |
Today, many people complain that it is difficult to find a good hobby. Why don't you open up a garden in front of your house? Having a garden means you need lots of space and free time. But there are many reasons why gardening is a good hobby to develop. One of them is that plants bring color to any room and keep the air nice and fresh.And,if you keep some flowering plants outside your windows,they may even attract cute bees and butterflies. In a word, it's good for places around us. Gardeners also feel very close to nature. This is quite important.
There are another two reasons for gardening as well.One is that it makes people more relaxed.Studies show that people who do gardening feel more peaceful in their lives.This is because gardening makes them feel less stressed. Another one is that it keeps you healthy. Gardening keeps you active and provides fresh food. Both of these are helpful for a healthy lifestyle.
If you are looking for a hobby, try gardening. You will find the fun of getting your hands dirty and pleasure that comes with growing something.Besides,nothing tastes better than vegetables you grow in your own garden.
(1)What does the writer advise us to do?
A. Do some reading.
B. Do some gardening.
C. Do some cleaning.
D. Do some shopping.
(2)If we open up a garden, we need .
A. experience and energy
B. money and materials
C. space and spare time
D. water and air
(3)How does gardening make people feel in the writer's opinion?
A. More relaxed.
B. More tired.
C. Happier.
D. Cleverer.
(4)What's the main idea of the passage?
A. How to plant trees.
B. The problems of gardening.
C. The reasons for people to do gardening.
D. How to make your garden beautiful.
Story 1
Julia said to Sam, "I will either ask you ten easy questions or one.really difficult question. Think well before you choose. If you behave well, I'll give you a candy." Sam thought for a while and said, "My choice is one really difficult question." "Now tell me this: ‘What comes first, Day or Night?," Sam said with a smile, "It's Day, mom."
"Why?" Julia asked.
"Sorry, you promised me that you will not ask me a SECOND difficult question!'
Story 2
Steve entered a doctor's room. He looked very unhappy.
"Doctor," he said, "you must help me. I swallowed(吞)a cent a month ago."
"Oh, my god!" said the doctor. "Why have you waited so long? Why didn't you come to me on the day you swallowed it?"
"To tell you the truth, Doctor," Steve replied, ‘‘I didn't need the money so badly then."
Story 3
In a cinema during a performance Linda gets up, makes her way along the row of seats and goes out into the restroom.
A few minutes later she returns and asks the man sitting at the heading of the row,"Excuse me, was it your foot I stepped(踩)on when I was going out a moment ago?"
"Yes, but it doesn't matter. It didn't hurt at all."
"Oh, no, it isn't that. I only want to make sure that this is my row."
(1)What's the relationship between Julia and Sam?
A. Classmates.
B. Friends.
C. Sister and brother.
D. Mother and son.
(2)How long has the cent stayed in Steve's stomach?
A. For one day.
B. For one week.
C. For one month.
D. For one year.
(3)Linda asked the man the question in order to .
A. say "sorry" to him
B. say "hello" to him
C. say "goodbye" to him
D. make sure that it was her row
It was a dark night.There came a crazy(1) at the doctor's office door. "Come in!" the doctor was a bit impatient.
The door opened and in walked a scared little girl who was no more than nine.She had(2) on her mind, "Oh doctor, I beg you, please come with me. My father is certainly dying, he is(3) he can be."
"I don't go to people's houses to serve them,(4) your father here." "But he's too sick, (5) you must come or he will die, I'm afraid." The doctor, touched by her deep strong love, decided he would go.
She led the doctor to her house where her father lay in bed.Her father was so sick that he couldn't(6) his head. But his eyes cried out for help.
The doctor got his fever(7) and he lived through the night. The doctor said he had to leave but would return again by two o'clock.And later he came back to check,just like he said he would do.
The father thanked the doctor for all the things he'd done. The doctor told him that he would have died (8) it had not been for his little girl.
"How(9) you must be of your wonderful little girl! It was her pleading(恳求)that made me come; she is quite a pearl (珍珠)!
"Yes, doctor. Though my daughter is very weak, she does all the housework." The doctor stood quietly for quite a little while. He was(10) the whole thing that had happened, and about the beautiful little angel (天使)that had walked across his floor.
(1)A. voice |
B. knock |
C. sound |
D. noise |
(2)A. trouble |
B. questions |
C. ideas |
D. information |
(3)A. as healthy as |
B. as careful as |
C. as fast as |
D. as sick as |
(4)A. take |
B. put |
C. bring |
D. have |
(5)A. and |
B. as |
C. so |
D. since |
(6)A. lift up |
B. look up |
C. put on |
D. hold on |
(7)A. up |
B. down |
C. out |
D. in |
(8)A. whether |
B. unless |
C. although |
D. if |
(9)A. pride |
B. proud |
C. nice |
D. kind |
(10)A. thinking about |
B. talking about |
C. learning about |
D. caring about |
A young man entered the last interview of a company(公司).The director learnt that the young man's academic(学业的) grades were very good.
"Did you get any scholarships(奖学金) in school?"the director asked."None,"the young man answered.
"Did your father pay for your school fees(费用)?"the director asked."My father died when I was one year old,so my mother paid for my school fees."The young man answered.
"Where did your mother work?"the director asked."My mother washed clothes."the young man said.The director looked at the young man's hands.He had a pair of smooth and perfect hands.
"Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?"the director asked."Never,"the young man answered."I have a request,"the director said."When you go back today,wash your mother's hands,and then see me tomorrow morning."
The young man felt that his chance of getting the job was high.When he went back,he happily asked his mother to let him wash her hands.His mother felt strange; happy but with mixed feelings.She showed her hands to the kid.The young man washed his mother's hands slowly.His tears fell when he did that.It was the first time he had noticed that his mother's hands were so wrinkled(有皱纹的).He realized it was this pair of hands that helped him pay the fees.
The next morning the young man went to the director's office."I washed my mother's hands,and I know that without my mother,I would not be the person I am today."he said.
"This is what I am looking for."the director said."I want a person who can appreciate(感激) the help of others to get things done.You will be a member of our company."
86.Did the young man get any scholarships in school?
87.Who paid for the young man's school fees?
88.How did the young man's mother make money?
89.What did the director ask the young man to do when he went back?
90.What's the best title of this passage?
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find it box own lucky
Charlie was a boy.His family was very poor.There was a chocolate factory near their house and Charlie loved chocolate more than anything else.
Mr.Wonka was the(81) of the chocolate factory.He had hidden five Golden Tickets inside chocolate (82) ,and the children who got the Golden Tickets would be invited to visit his factory.And they would get a prize.
Charlie wanted to get a ticket so badly.One day,he (83) some money on the ground on his way home,and he used it to buy chocolate.(84) ,he got a Golden Ticket!
When five children visited different chocolate rooms,four other children caused some trouble.Charlie was the only one who didn't cause any trouble.He won the prize﹣the factory (85) .He was very happy.