Stitch after stitch，Amy is embroidering（刺绣）her hand﹣made napkin．
"Well，Amy，how are you getting on？" cried Lizzy，whose （1） seemed to fly over her work．
"Not very fast，"replied quiet little Amy．Meanwhile， she didn't （2） her eyes，"I have almost finished one side．"
"One side!"said Lizzy，with an unpleasant laugh，"Why，we both began sewing（缝制）at the same time，and I'm now at the fourth side of mine！"
"I know that I am （3） ，but I'll try to be steady（稳的），and to do my best．"said the little girl，as she went on with her work．
"As I sew so fast，"cried Lizzy，"I'm sure to have finished my napkin （4） before the bell rings for dinner．I'll just run for a minute to the garden，to see if the roses are out："﹣so， leaving her work on a chair，Lizzy （5） out of the room．
Amy longed for the fresh air and the flowers，but her work must first be done．Steadily she laid down her broad hem． and had finished the （6） side of her napkin before her sister came back．
"Ah，you slow little thing！"cried Lizzy．"You will （7） get up to me．I'll have time to go to my room and put up my new picture on the wall．"
Off went joyful little Lizzy，Amy went on with her work．Before her sister （8） the room again，the third side of her napkin was done．
"Had you not better finish your sewing？"said Amy．"It must be near the time for （9） ．"
"Oh! I can finish it in two minutes，only I want to read that storybook，which Tom told us was so funny．"
"What if you （10） ？"
"No fear of that！"cried Lizzy，"No one is so likely to be as a slow little thing like you！
Poor Amy made no （11） ， quietly she worked on．Lizzy was soon deep in her story and she forgot all about her （12） ，till suddenly the sound of the bell woke her up．
"Can it be dinner﹣time"she cried．"Oh dear，and my napkin is not hemmed!And yours﹣"
"It is （13） finished，"said Amy，as she quietly put it away．
"This is much like 'The Hare and the Tortoise'，the faster，but not the winner，"thought Lizzy，who，though proud，had enough （14） to take a lesson：The quick，proud may have the （15） ，but the quiet，steady may do more in the end．
（1）A．fingers |
B．eyes |
C．feet |
D．body |
（2）A．touch |
B．open |
C．raise |
D．cover |
（3）A．careful |
B．nervous |
C．unusual |
D．slow |
（4）A．long |
B．soon |
C．only |
D．suddenly |
（5）A．stepped |
B．jogged |
C．flew |
D．looked |
（6）A．first |
B．second |
C．third |
D．fourth |
（7）A．never |
B．surely |
C．always |
D．finally |
（8）A．tidied |
B．left |
C．cleaned |
D．entered |
（9）A．breakfast |
B．lunch |
C．dinner |
D．bed |
（10）A．can |
B．can't |
C．should |
D．shouldn't |
（11）A．choice |
B．decision |
C．mistake |
D．reply |
（12）A．story |
B．rose |
C．work |
D．sister |
（13）A．even |
B．just |
C．almost |
D．hardly |
（14）A．sense |
B．feeling |
C．attention |
D．pride |
（15）A．change |
B．progress |
C．start |
D．luck |
阅读下面的短文，从短文后所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
One day, a boy found the cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small _____in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make _____body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped.
So the boy _____to help the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be _____. He took a pair of scissors(剪刀) and cut the hole ______. The butterfly came out of the cocoon, but it __ a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin _____. The butterfly didn’t start to fly. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬行) around with a weak body and thin wings. It was never able to fly.
The boy acted with_____but he didn’t understand why it could be like this. When a butterfly crawl out of the cocoon, it must struggle. The hard work of _____out of the cocoon makes the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be _____to fly. If the butterfly never has to squeeze(挤压) itself out of the cocoon, its wings will never get the fluid and it can never fly.
_____struggles are what we need in our lives. If we lived our lives without any problems, we would never learn or grow. We would not be ____ we could have been and we would never fly.
In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even _____ growth, without it, there’s no way of life. We can’t avoid _____ or problems. So, next time you are _____ a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly. Struggle a little–then fly!
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阅读下面的短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可填入空白处的最佳选项。
Once there was a girl who could do everything she wanted in the world. All she had to do was to choose and focus on it. So one day she sat down and began to paint. When she finally finished painting, she looked proudly at her and smiled.
It was clear that she was . And she knew it, too. But a few moments after she finished painting, she got anxious and quickly stood up. she thought that there was so much more in the world to see and do, and she would face so many . If she finally decided to do something else with her life, then all the time she painting would be a waste. So she looked at her work for the last time, and walked out of the door.
She had to choose thing to reach a higher goal. Should she practice medicine? Or buildings? Or teach children? She was quite .
Twenty-five years later, the girl began to cry. Because she she had been walking for so long, and that over the years she hadn’t done anything at all. She learned that life isn’t about possibility. Anything is possible. The truth of is to get down on one thing, but does not aim too high and changes the goal freely.
The girl was no longer a girl. She knew she wanted exactly. So she bought some painting materials and began to paint. She smiled and painting through day and night, because she had finally made a decision. And there was some time left to enjoy the magic that life is all about.
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Every day we have a math class. We always show interest in it. Some sleep, some daydream, others read something else. listens to our math teacher. To this problem, our clever math teacher found a out at last.
Mr. Black thought since everyone liked candy, the only way to 0ur attention was to give us candy. A clever came upon him’.He put a lot of candy inside a big ball that any-one could . In class he asked us some questions. When anybody answered one question . Mr. Black would throw the ball to the student and the student could some of the candy out of the ball. Then, the student would have to throw the ball to the with the right answer, and as that.
The idea us all sit up and pay attention for a while but soon almost all of us went back to . We all ate too much candy. The only person in our math class who liked the idea was a fat boy named Ward. He just eating and eating until finally even Mr. Black had to say, “I’m . Ward, but I just don’t have enough money to buy you candy. “A. greatB. muchC. little
A.Everyone B.Someone C.Nobody
A. doB. solve C. make
A. ballB. question C.way
A.getB.payC.give
A. adviceB.ideaC. head
A. keepB. eat C. open
A. quickly B. calmlyC. correctly
A. takeB. sendC. receive
A. student B. teacherC. next one
A.madeB.calledC.forced
A.listen B.sleepC.eat
A. neverB. also C. still
A. stoppedB. helped C. kept
A.sorry B.gladC.excited
阅读短文，并从各题所给的选项中，选择最佳选项。
When I was young, I liked to play jokes on people I knew, especially on my parents and friends. One day my mother was and I was playing with my younger brother Tony.
Suddenly I ran to my mother and said, “Tony fell from the open window!” She was very and ran out of the kitchen. Then I said, “Don’t worry, I’m just .” And my mother shouted at me, “If you do it , I’ll hit you.”
One day I went swimming with my in the sea. I wanted to play a joke on them. In the beginning, I went swimming alone, and I called out, “Help!” All my friends came to help , only to find that I was joking. But the next time I wasn’t joking. I was so that I swam in deep water. I tried my best to call my friends for help, but this time came to help me.
, they found I was telling the truth. They came and saved my life. They took me to the hospital. This is the best in my life. From then on, I haven’t joked on anyone.
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A man and his friend were walking through the desert（沙漠）. During the trip they had a _____,and the man hit his friend in the face. His friend was hurt, but without saying _____, he wrote in the sand, “Today my best friend hit me in the face.”
They ______ on walking until they found a lake, where they decided to take a bath. The man’s friend fell into the lake and was in danger, but the man saved him. After he came back to life, he wrote on a ______ : “Today my best friend saved my life.”
The man who had hit and _____ his best friend asked, “______ I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now , you wrote on a stone. Why?” His friend _____, “When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand where wind can _____ it away. _____, when someone does something good for us, we must write it down in stone where it can _______ for ever.”
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