Bella arrived home late from school that day. When she walked past her mother’s room she found her mum was ___(1)___ in bed, and seemed to be very weak.
Bella entered her room and heard the cries from her little sister. She knew her dad was expect her to ___(2)___ her sister. And she also had to prepare meals for the whole family ___(3)___ her mum did before. Bella thought it was not ___(4)___ because she also had schoolwork to do, just like everyone else in her class. Why did she have to be the grown-up?
When she got out of the room, she saw her ___(5)__ sitting at the kitchen table, lonely and tired. Suddenly, something happened inside Bella. She ___(6)___ that her father, as well as a husband, must be really ___(7)___.
Then she heard a deep voice from her father, “Make the ___(8)__, will you, Bella?”
She was going to find a(n) ___(9)___ to meet her friends, but she stopped and said to herself, “It is a ___(10)__ time for everyone in our family. I guess making meals is just what I can do to help. “Then she ___(11)__ went into the kitchen and began peeling (削) potatoes.
“OK, Daddy.” said Bella. “Everything will be all right and we can ___(12)___.” At the moment, she saw a smile on her father’s face. She felt ___(13)___— grown-up, somehow. It was really good to ___(14)___ a smile to her father’s face, even for only a moment.
“Daddy, whatever happens, we will be OK. Right?”
“Yes, we will. If we ___(15) __ each other, we’ll always be all right.”
They both smiled at each other over the table.
(1).
| A． |
still |
B． |
only |
C． |
even |
D． |
almost |
(2).
| A． |
look for |
B． |
look after |
C． |
look over |
D． |
look through |
(3).
| A． |
as |
B． |
until |
C． |
since |
D． |
unless |
(4).
| A． |
clear |
B． |
ready |
C． |
fair |
D． |
true |
(5).
| A． |
brother |
B． |
sister |
C． |
mum |
D． |
dad |
(6).
| A． |
explained |
B． |
expected |
C． |
realized |
D． |
promised |
(7).
| A． |
moved |
B． |
worried |
C． |
pleased |
D． |
surprised |
(8).
| A． |
bed |
B． |
table |
C． |
dinner |
D． |
present |
(9).
| A． |
excuse |
B． |
suggestion |
C． |
example |
D． |
question |
(10).
| A． |
full |
B． |
hard |
C． |
good |
D． |
right |
(11).
| A． |
simply |
B． |
bravely |
C． |
quietly |
D． |
suddenly |
(12).
| A． |
decide |
B． |
manage |
C． |
forget |
D． |
understand |
(13).
| A． |
terrible |
B． |
wrong |
C． |
lucky |
D． |
different |
(14).
| A． |
bring |
B． |
keep |
C． |
turn |
D． |
hold |
(15).
| A． |
refuse |
B． |
control |
C． |
support |
D． |
introduce |
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项。
Smiles and tears are part of life. But do you find enough time for ________ ? I’m not asking if you experience lots of good times. Of course, we should laugh during the happy times. But do you ________ laugh during the difficult times.
Erma Bombeck is famous for her funny books. But she wrote _______ about a more serious subject –cancer in children. The book is titled, I WANT TO GROW HAIR,ＩWANT TO GROW UP. Erma talks with many children who ______ cancer and learns important lessons from them. She learns, _________, that cancer survivors know how they should smile at life, though they are receiving chemotherapy（化疗）.
She tells about the experience of __________ Jessica. Jessica’s leg was ________ at the knee because of cancer. She was learning to _________ a prosthesis(假肢). Jessica told about playing soccer. She hit the ball hard with her foot. The ball flew off in one direction while her man-made leg flew ________ way. Then the brave girl _______ on the floor, laughing happily.
_________ the saying goes, “There’s a time to cry and a time to laugh.” Do you find _______ time to laugh? You can laugh if you find reasons to laugh during the difficult times. Only survivors know __________. If you laugh even when you’re in trouble, you will _______. Remember to laugh and the whole world will laugh with you.Cry and you cry ________!
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One night,a little before nine o’clock,Dr Johnson was answering a telephone call. He was asked to go and operate on a very sick boy at once.The boy was in a small hospital in Glens Falls,sixty miles from Dr Johnson’s city--Albany.The boy had himself in a traffic accident. His life was in danger,but his family was poor that they couldn’t the doctor anything, After hearing this ,Dr Johnson started to head to the hospital at once.He thought that he could get to the hospital before 12 o’clock . A few minutes later,the doctor’s car stop for a red light at a crossing. Suddenly a man in an old black coat opened the door of the car and got in.
“Drive on,”he said,”I’ve a gun.”
“I’m a doctor,said Johnson.” “I’m on my way to a hospital to operate on a very sick…”
“Don’t ,”said the man in the old black coat.”Just drive.”
A mile out of the town he ordered the doctor to stop and get out. Then the man drove on The road.The doctor stood for a moment in the snow.Half an hour later Dr Johnson found a telephone and called a taxi.At the he learnt that that the next train to Glens Falls would not leave 12 o’clock.
It was about o’clock in the morning when the doctor arrived at the hospital in Glens Falls. “The boy just an hour ago !” said the nurse. “I’ve my best. It took me about five hours to come here from my home, because I meet a….” Suddenly he saw the man in the old black coat, his head in his hands.”Mr Shute,” said the nurse to the man, “This is Dr Johnson. He has come all the way from Albany to try to your boy.”
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Umbrellas are common in our daily life. On rainy days, many people hold them to prevent the . But it’s not easy to hold an umbrella if there is heavy rain and wind. And it’s harder to make a phone call or ride a bike an umbrella in the hand. An American named Alan Kaufman and his company 6 years inventing a hand-free umbrella. , they made it.
They called it Nubrella. Just touch a button(按钮), and the Nubrella will open . With the help of its“shoulder support(支持)”, the umbrella can rest on the user’s . So the user needn’t hold the umbrella any more. He can walk with hands even in the strong wind.
The hand-free umbrella is $59.94 each. People all around the world like it very much. Because of this smart , they can use their phones to talk and send short messages in the rain now. in the rain under a Nubrella is really cool, isn’t it?
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Dear Mr. Zhu,
I read your magazine every month. I your column(栏目)“Teenagers Now” a lot. I am almost 17, and have some problems at home. They are always troubling me. I hope you can help me.
The problem is my . Whenever I want to do something or tell him my idea, he doesn’t listen to me at all. Whenever I try to talk to him, he just shouts at me. When I don’t listen to him, the two of us .
He and my mother always me do things I don’t like, such as the piano and learning Japanese. Then, when I have some free time and want to be alone, they are not happy.
My father gets very when I listen to music. Also, every time I watch a DVD in the evening, he sends me to or tells me to spend more time studying. He has stopped me from getting on the Internet.
I love him a lot, but I don’t understand why he always says” ” to the things I want to do. He was once a young person as I now. He should understand me better than he does now. Don’t you think so?
Yours truly,
Liu Wei
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I can’t remember when I started collecting litter. But it was when I got tired of litter nearby that I realized no one else was going to pick it up.
I live near a forest in Ohio, America. I can walk there three minutes. I used to love going there to play with my dog. But one day there was much litter there that I became very unhappy. I decided to clean up the forest, and I wanted to happy when I went again. I made my first trip to clean the forest that afternoon. I took a big black rubbish bag with me. Ten minutes I started to pick up litter, my bag was full! There were cans, bottles, broken glass and newspapers in it.
From then on, I to the forest four times a year to pick up litter. I often stay there for three hours. It makes me feel to do something for the environment. After each trip, I look through all the litter that I’ve collected. If of it is recyclable（可回收利用的）, I’ll keep it. I can’t understand why people drop litter. But I will keep on picking it up they stop dropping it. I know I am only doing a small bit the earth, but I still think it is important.
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