LonnieJohnsonalwayslovedtaking-优题课

My life was perfect when I was twelve years old． I had a big family，（1）　　 my sister， Chrissy，and a little brother， Patrick， whom I loved greatly． Spring was coming， and I was（2）　　about another summer with Grandma． She and I had great fun together last summer． She was retiring （退休）this year，（3）　　that meant more time with her． Then， on April 11， 2017， at 10：00 P．M．，we were all going to bed when the phone rang． My uncle was（4）　　to say that Grandpa had just taken Grandma to the hospital…

The next morning I was told that Grandma was gone due to a heart disease． I tried to be strong，but even my father（5）　　． I hadn't even said goodbye to her： I couldn't control my（6）　　anymore and began to cry loudly． It finally hit me： She was gone （7）　　． All she had left me were（8）　　in the garden ﹣ the hours we spent planting flowers and taking care of （9）　　． I believe that my grandma is a star watching over me， and she would have wanted me to be（10）　　and happy like her， even though there are bad times． My family and friends love me for who I am and support me for what I do， as I know my grandma would， too．

（1）A． besides	B． including	C． except	D． beside
（2）A． worried	B． excited	C． moved	D． surprised
（3）A． but	B． while	C． so	D． or
（4）A． calling	B． visiting	C． helping	D． writing
（5）A． shouted	B． spoke	C． talked	D． cried
（6）A． thoughts	B． words	C． ideas	D． feelings
（7）A． ever	B． forever	C． always	D． sometimes
（8）A． instructions	B． suggestions	C． memories	D． experiments
（9）A． them	B． her	C．it	D． us
（10）A． weak	B． careful	C． polite	D． strong

In Pontevedra， a city in Spain， people don't shout． Since cars are banned （明令禁止） in the city， there are no noises from cars． People don't have to try hard to make themselves heard． What you hear in the street， instead， is the singing of birds．

Miguel Lores， the mayor （市长） opens the windows of bib office， and the sound of human voices（1）　　（rise） from the street below． Lores says， "More than 14，000 cars used to pass along this street every day． There（2）　　（be） more cars passing through the city in a day than people living here．"

Lores became mayor in 1999． He spent months（3）　　（walk） around the city．"The historical city is dead，" he said one day． "It is full of cars． It（4）　　（pollute） heavily．There are a lot of traffic accidents． The elderly and children aren't able to use the streets because of cars．People who had a chance to leave have done so．"

At first， Lores thought of improving traffic conditions． However， he couldn't come up with a good plan． After lots of discussions， the government finally decided（5）　　（ take ） action to ban cars．

The change（6）　　（bring ）Pontevedra many advantages since then．Traffic accidents seldom happen．CO₂ emissions（排放物）are down 70 percent．Many people are moving to the city，making it lively again．Most local people in the city like the change．Ramiro Armesto，a mother of two young children，said，"in the past， the first thing to see in the morning was traffic jams．Now，the city is cleaner， quieter and safer．"Raquel Garcia，another parent，said she had stayed in many cities around the world． However， she had never lived in a city as "easy to live in" as Pontevedra．"Even while it（7）　　（rain）， I walk everywhere． The feeling is wonderful，" she added． "Pontevedra is paradise（天堂）"

A． made a famous speech B． fair C． refused D．in peace E．agreed F．stop riding

In December of 1955，a lady called Rosa Parks（1）　C　to give her seat to a white man．This made the bus driver angry and he called the police．The police took Rosa away．Martin Luther King，Jr．said this was wrong and told people they should stop it．He spoke to lots of people and told them what was happening．He said the law should be（2）　B　and they should be able to do the same things as white people．He called for the African﹣Americans to（3）　F　on the bus．His idea worked．The bus companies（公司） lost money．In December 1956，the Supreme Court （最高法院）made the city change the rules．

Martin Luther King，Jr．traveled across America to meet lots of important people and told them about the problems．In 1963 he led a big group of African﹣Americans in Washington．He（4）　A　there．He said he had a dream that black and white people would live together（5）　D　．He was a really important person in history because he changed African﹣Americans' lives a lot．American people and people around the world remember him for what he has done．

A． Although B． give their seats C． Since D． were not allowed E． make life better F．sold

Martin Luther King， Jr．was born in Georgia in the south of the USA in 1929． In 1954 he began to work in a church （教堂）．

All through his life he tried to（1）　　for African﹣Americans，whose ancestors came to America from Africa between 1640 and 1798．White people brought them to America in ships，（2）　　them as slaves （奴隶） and forced them to work．（3）　　they were set free （自由的） after the American Civil War， their lives didn't change much for a long time． Some people still didn't like them．In the 1950's，African﹣Americans（4）　　to do lots of things in the south of America．They could not walk on the footpath when a white person was on it．They could not eat in restaurants where white people ate．They could not go to the shops that were owned by white people．When they were on a bus， they had to（5）　　to white people．

David Smith is a student， and one of his（1）　　（hobby） is writing．During the summer of 2010，he （2）　　（spend） four weeks at a summer camp． As well as the usual activities，there was a writing（3）　　（class）．"The teacher was a writer，and she asked us to（4）　　（talk） about our lives and tell interesting stories． Then she encouraged（5）　　（we） to write about our experiences at the camp．"

Back at school， David wrote a story about（6）　　（冠词） life of a sixteen﹣year﹣old boy，and（7）　　（successful） it came out as a book in 2012． Many young people love his book，and（8）　　（介词） a result． David has become a popular young writer．

Writing has brought David pleasure and success．（9）　　（连词） it is not his only hobby．He is also interested in many other things．"I like（10）　　（play） volleyball too，"says David．