Sit With Us
You’re at your new school. It’s lunch time, but you don’t have anyone to sit with. You want to join someone at their table, ___(1)___ you’re not sure if they’re friendly. What do you do? Natalie’s ___(2)___ of solving the problem was to create an app. She knows what it feels like to be alone at a new school. She found it difficult to make new friends and had to ___(3)___ a new table at lunch every day. If she sat ___(4)___, she felt lonely. But if she asked to join someone and was __(5)__, she felt embarrassed. She created a lunch-planning app to help students like ___(6)___ find people to have lunch with.
The app — called Sit With Us — is ___(7)__. If a student is having lunch in the afternoon, he or she can create an invitation. Other students can open the app and __(8)___ that invitation. They can then use the app to decide when and where to ___(9)___. This allows students to make ___(10)___ online instead of face-to-face. This is the reason why it works so _ (11)__: it lowers the risk of being refused, and the embarrassment that goes along with it.
Natalie is __(12)__ to see that people are replying to her app actively — especially those who suffer from bullying (遭受欺凌). Soon after she made her app available to the public, she won a prize for it. She __(13)__ appeared in many news stories.
Natalie was even asked to speak at a university. In her ___(14)__, Natalie wanted people to know that you don’t have to do something ___(15)___ to change lives. Sometimes, a simple thing — like having a friend to enjoy lunch with — can make all the difference.
(1).
| A． |
so |
B． |
or |
C． |
for |
D． |
but |
(2).
| A． |
habit |
B． |
course |
C． |
method |
D． |
question |
(3).
| A． |
search for |
B． |
fix up |
C． |
give out |
D． |
get away from |
(4).
| A． |
on time |
B． |
in a hurry |
C． |
by herself |
D． |
in public |
(5).
| A． |
called |
B． |
refused |
C． |
discussed |
D． |
believed |
(6).
| A． |
us |
B． |
it |
C． |
her |
D． |
them |
(7).
| A． |
cheap |
B． |
simple |
C． |
private |
D． |
noisy |
(8).
| A． |
miss |
B． |
make |
C． |
send |
D． |
accept |
(9).
| A． |
stop |
B． |
study |
C． |
meet |
D． |
exercise |
(10).
| A． |
plans |
B． |
trouble |
C． |
reports |
D． |
dinner |
(11).
| A． |
late |
B． |
well |
C． |
hard |
D． |
loudly |
(12).
| A． |
upset |
B． |
sorry |
C． |
happy |
D． |
angry |
(13).
| A． |
also |
B． |
just |
C． |
still |
D． |
seldom |
(14).
| A． |
book |
B． |
talk |
C． |
school |
D． |
picture |
(15).
| A． |
big |
B． |
new |
C． |
similar |
D． |
enjoyable |
Big schoolbags have been a big problem for students for a long time. Maybe your schoolbag is too 1 to carry, and it troubles you a lot 2 you want to find out a book to read. Now e-textbooks will 3 you.
It is said that many Chinese middle schools are going to use e-textbooks. An e-textbook, in fact, is a small 4 for students. It is much 5 than a usual schoolbag and easy to carry. Though it is as small as a book, it can 6 everything for study. The students can read the text page by page on the 7 ，take notes 8 the pointer (屏写笔)，or even “hand in” their 9 to their teachers by sending e-mails. All they have to do is to press a button (按开关).
Some people say e-textbooks are good, but some say they may be 10 for the students’ eyes. What do you think of it?
A．expensive B．heavy C．useful D．comfortable
A．till B．after C．before D．when
A．trouble B．keep C．help D．understand
A．TV B．radio C．pen D．computer
A．heavier B．lighter C．cheaper D．brighter
A．hold B．build C．find D．practice
A．blackboard B．keyboard C．screen D．menu
A．use B．in C．by D．with
A．computer B．homework C．e-textbooks D．plans
A．bad B．dangerous C．good D．Helpful
People make traffic 1 to keep order(维持秩序)on the road. The traffic rules also help to keep people 2 .
People have to 3 many traffic rules. You must walk on the sidewalk or on the 4 of the road in China. Look both ways carefully 5 you walk across the street. If you like 6a bike, don’t ride in the middle of the road or run through(闯)red traffic lights. When you ride a bike with a friend, 7 look around and talk. If you drive a car or a bus, you must 8 at traffic lights. You must always take a seat belt(安全带). Without belts, the driver and the passengers may be badly 9in a sudden accident.
If you travel by bus, get on or get off a bus only when it comes to a 10 , When it’s full ,don’t try to get inside, or you may fall off.
A．accidents B．rules C．lights D．order
A．noisy B．safe C．happy D．danger
A．obey B．break C．take D．make
A．middle B．left C．end D．right
A．before B．after C．when D．while
A．ride B．rides C．to ride D．riding
A．not B．don’t C．can’t D．needn’t
A．speed up(加速) B．go straight C．slow down(减速) D．go through the red light
A．safe B．afraid C．hurt D．worried
A．stop B．sigh C．corner D．school
A 10-year-old boy decided to study judo* although he had lost his left arm in a car accident. The boy began 11 with a Japanese judo coach. The boy was doing well, so he couldn’t know 12 the coach taught him only one move. After three months of 13 , the boy finally asked, “Sir, should I start to learn more moves?”
“This is the only move you know, 14 this is the only move you’ll need to know,” the coach replied. Not quite understanding, but the boy 15 his teacher. So he kept training.
Several months 16 , the coach took the boy to his first match. To his surprise, the boy 17 won his first match. The second match was more difficult. But after some time, his opponent* became impatient. The boy used his one move to win the match again. 18 of the people in the stadium were amazed by his success. The boy was now in the finals.
This time, his opponent was bigger, 19 , and more experienced. For a while, the boy seemed to 20 . Worried that the boy 21 get hurt, someone shouted, “Stop! Stop! Stop!” However, the coach said, “No, 22 .”
As the match was keeping on, his opponent made a big mistake: he dropped his guard. Quickly, the boy used his move to 23 him. The boy won the final match. He was the winner.
24 the way home, the boy asked his coach: “Sir, how did I win the match with only one move?”
“You won for 25 reasons,” the coach answered, “First, you’ve almost known one of the most difficult moves in all of judo. And second, the only defense* for that move is for your opponent to catch your left arm.”
The boy’s greatest weakness had become his greatest strength.
A．class B．learn C．lessons D．work
A．why B．what C．when D．how
A．doing B．running C．writing D．training
A．so B．but C．or D．until
A．asked for B．depended on C．believed in D．came out
A．later B．ago C．before D．after
A．slowly B．easily C．carefully D．hardly
A．None B．Both C．All D．Either
A．weaker B．worse C．cuter D．stronger
A．win B．lose C．take D．throw
A．might B．can C．must D．should
A．stop B．play C．stay D．continue
A．fail B．win C．get D．beat
A．In B．At C．On D．For
A．one B．two C．three D．four
When I was eleven years old, God gave me a gift of happiness. One day, on my way home from school, a truck ran over me and cut off my 1 . As I lay there bleeding, I realized that I might have to live the rest of my life2 legs. How depressing（令人沮丧的）! 3 then I realized that depression won’t get my legs back. So I decided not to 4 my life feeling depressed. When my parents arrived at the5 , they were shocked and sad. I told them, “I’ve already 6 the fact. Now you also have to get used to this.”
Ever since then, I often see my friends getting 7 about little things: their bus comes late; they get a bad grade on a test. But I just8 life.
I was lucky to realize that it is a waste of energy to focus on what you have9 , and that the key to happiness is to take pleasure in what you have. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? So 10 are many people unhappy?
People often think happiness is based on what you11 . “My whole life would improve if I had a new car.” But when you get the12 and what happens? For a whole week you are walking on air. Then you go right back to being 13 .
Happiness is not a happening; it’s a state of 14 . You can have whatever there is in the world and still be uncomfortable. Or you can have relatively15 and feel full of joy. Happiness comes from mastering the art of appreciating and consciously taking pleasure in what you already have.
A．arms B．legs C．feet D．fingers
A．without B．by C．on D．with
A．So B．Or C．But D．Once
A．spare B．devote C．influence D．waste
A．hotel B．hospital C．station D．school
A．believed B．accepted C．refused D．received
A．worried B．guilty C．excited D．curious
A．hate B．enjoy C．save D．dislike
A．struggled B．supported C．lost D．completed
A．how B．why C．when D．whether
A．achieve B．promise C．donate D．admire
A．car B．life C．job D．grade
A．wise B．silly C．friendly D．unhappy
A．pain B．appearance C．anger D．mind
A．much B．many C．little D．all
Once there was a poor little girl living near a forest. She had no family and no one to love her. So she often 1 sad and lonely.
One day, when she was walking in the forest, she found that a small 2 was trapped unluckily in a bush. The butterfly tried to fly away 3 failed. The kind little girl saved the butterfly with great care. Instead of flying away, the butterfly turned 4 a beautiful fairy (仙女). The little girl was very 5 .
“Thank you for 6 me. You are so kind. I will make any of your dreams come true.” said the fairy.
The little girl thought for a moment and then said, “I want to be 7 !”
The fairy said, “Very well. I will help you.” And she said something in the little girl’s ear. Then the fairy disappeared.
As the kind little girl grew up, she was 8 ready to help people in need and was popular among the villagers. No one in the village was as happy as she was. Everyone asked her the 9 of her happiness. She always smiled and 10 , “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a kind 11 when I was a little girl.”
When the kind girl became a very old woman and was dying, the neighbours in the 12 all gathered (聚拢) around her bed because they were 13 that her secret of happiness would die with her. They asked, “Please tell us what the kind fairy said.”
The lovely old woman still 14 and said, “She told me that everyone needed me, no matter how safe they seemed, no matter how rich or poor, no matter how old or 15 . She said that helping others would make me happy all my life.”
A．thought B．found C．sounded D．felt
A．butterfly B．bird C．snake D．squirrel
A．so B．or C．but D．as
A．on B．up C．into D．down
A．surprised B．tired C．mad D．angry
A．catching B．beating C．killing D．saving
A．active B．happy C．energetic D．humorous
A．always B．never C．seldom D．hardly
A．success B．secret C．power D．lesson
A．asked B．hoped C．answered D．refused
A．witch B．fairy C．ghost D．princess
A．village B．town C．city D．world
A．excited B．pleased C．glad D．afraid
A．shouted B．cried C．smiled D．jumped
A．young B．great C．nice D．quiet