It was the first time Moham went to a restaurant in his new neighborhood. He looked up at the menu board, and ___(1)___ how he could understand what all of these strange names meant. Moham decided that he would ___(2)___ ask the waitress for ice cream in a cup. She smiled brightly, wrote down his ___(3)___ and disappeared behind the big glass display case (陈列柜).
A moment later, she came back with a tall paper cup. ___(4)___ it was a long straw (吸管) and some kind of drink. Moham, quite ___（5）__, took the cup and thanked her, thinking about the possibility that he had used wrong words.
“It’s the soda you ordered,” __（6）__ said, “an ice cream drink in a cup.”
He smiled at the waitress, pointed at one of the __（7）__ in the display case, and said, “That one, please,” which seemed to __（8）__ better.
Moham took the cake and his unexpected soda to a table and sat down to eat. Why was it that English had been so __（9）__ for him in his classes in Tunisia, but when it came to ___（10）__ speaking, he couldn’t even get what he wanted to eat?
Just then, a girl, who sat at the next table and had watched the whole __(11)___, smiled at him and said, “Hey, welcome to our beautiful city! Don’t feel __(12)__ about your English—you’ll get better at it __(13)___ you’ve lived here for a while. I’m from Spain, and the first time I tried to order a salad here, I __(14)___ with a plate of pig’s feet. At least you got a soda!”
Hearing this, Moham felt much better. He wasn’t the only one ___(15)___ to communicate, and his new city began to feel just a little more like he could call it home.
(1).
| A． |
imagined |
B． |
wondered |
C． |
described |
D． |
remembered |
(2).
| A． |
just |
B． |
even |
C． |
never |
D． |
also |
(3).
| A． |
wish |
B． |
suggestion |
C． |
dream |
D． |
order |
(4).
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Above |
B． |
Inside |
C． |
Under |
D． |
Near |
(5).
| A． |
moved |
B． |
bored |
C． |
surprised |
D． |
tired |
(6).
| A． |
he |
B． |
you |
C． |
she |
D． |
I |
(7).
| A． |
salads |
B． |
cakes |
C． |
drinks |
D． |
strawberries |
(8).
| A． |
work |
B． |
spread |
C． |
develop |
D． |
read |
(9).
| A． |
special |
B． |
popular |
C． |
important |
D． |
easy |
(10).
| A． |
slowly |
B． |
carefully |
C． |
actually |
D． |
honestly |
(11).
| A． |
discussion |
B． |
process |
C． |
performance |
D． |
argument |
(12).
| A． |
crazy |
B． |
hopeful |
C． |
bad |
D． |
excited |
(13).
| A． |
although |
B． |
if |
C． |
because |
D． |
since |
(14).
| A． |
ended up |
B． |
cheered up |
C． |
showed up |
D． |
came up |
(15).
| A． |
refusing |
B． |
planning |
C． |
regretting |
D． |
fighting |
完形填空
Hundreds of years ago in a small town, a moneylender lent a lot of money to a poor man. The moneylender , who was old and ugly, the poor man’s beautiful daughter. So he came up with an idea. He said the poor man didn’t need to return the money to him he could marry his daughter. Both the man and his daughter were .
The moneylender then told them that he would put a small stone and a small white stone into an empty bag. The girl would have to one. If she took the black stone , she would become the moneylender’s and her father’s debt (债务) would be let go. If she picked the white stone, she didn’t need to marry him and her father’s debt would be let go. Her father would be put into prison if she refused to pick a stone.
As they talked, the moneylender picked up two stones. As he did that, the girl that he had put two black stones in the bag. He then asked the girl to pick her stone from the bag.
The girl thought for a while and then had an idea. She put her hand into the bag and took out a stone. looking at it, she let it fall onto the path where it became lost among all the other stones. “ Oh how I was！” She said, “But never . If you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to which stone I picked.” This tells: Sometimes we can think about things in a way. Most difficult problems do have a solution.
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If you want your life to stand for peace(和平) and kindness, it's helpful to do kind, peaceful things.
We live in the country near San Francisco. It is a very beautiful place. But people throw rubbish out of their when driving on the roads. I think that will destroy the beauty.
I pick up rubbish near our house with my two children. My daughters often say to me in a happy , "There is some rubbish, Daddy. the car." And then we will pull the car over and pick it up. It may seem strange, but we it. We pick up rubbish in parks, on sidewalks, almost .
Once I saw a stranger(陌生人) picking up rubbish like us. He smiled at me and said, "I you do it, and it seemed like a good idea."
Picking up litter is only one of the things we can do to others. You can do other things like holding a door open for people or visiting lonely elderly people in nursing homes(养老院). Things like these are but helpful.
These little acts of kindness can help you know how it feels to be kind and helpful.
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Jessie was driving home happily when a truck went past her car. The driver was moving much too fast. When Jessie neared her exit（出口）, she ______ something and stopped her car to the______of the highway（高速公路）. An accident had happened on the left side. The truck had ______ a car, but the driver was gone. Jessie thought that the people inside must be badly ______ and she should help them as much as she could.
Not thinking of the _____, Jessie hurried to the other side of the road, though______people dared（敢）cross such a busy road. the car, she saw five people —two women and three children. Jessie was ______ to see all of them moving.
Jessie pulled one of the car doors. It wouldn’t______. She went to the next door. ______, she couldn’t move it. She almost thought that all was lost before she got one of the doors to open a little. “Please get the children out,” one of the women called. Jessie _______ a little boy from the car and moved him to a ______ place. Then she went to bring the other children to safety.
After the last child was out of the car, Jessie thought of the box in _________ car. She had something in it that could help get that door open. So she went back to get the box quickly. As Jessie was ______ on the door, the driver said, “Not many people would do what you’re doing.” “Your just take it easy, and I’ll have you _______ soon,” said Jessie. She was as good as her word. As soon as she helped the women out of the car, it caught fire.
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完形填空。
Life is not easy, so I’d like to say “When anything happens, believe in yourself.” When I was a young boy, I was ________ shy to talk to anyone. My classmates often ________ me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later, ________ happened, and it changed my life. It was an English speech contest. My mother asked me to ________ it. What a terrible idea! It meant I had to speak before all the teachers and students of my school.
“Come on, boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to ________ the contest.” Then mother and I talked about many different topics. At last I chose the topic “Believe in yourself.” I tried my best to remember all the speech and practiced it over 100 ________ . With my mother’s great love, I did ________ in the contest. I could hardly believe my ears when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers ________ the teachers and all the students. Those classmates who once looked down on（看不起） me, now all said“________ ” to me. My mother hugged（拥抱）me and cried excitedly.
Since then, everything has changed for me. When I do anything, I try to tell ________ to have confidence. This is not only for a person but also for a country.
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完形填空
通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项。
This is a story about a father and his daughter. When the girl was very young, her father would tell her, “I love you, little girl!” When she was ________ , her father would still tell her, “I love you, little girl.” The girl would not be very ________ and say, “I’m not a little girl any more.” Then the father would laugh and say, “But to me, you’ll ________ be my little girl.”
The little girl grew up and left home. Gradually (渐渐地), she learned more about herself, and she learned ________ about her father, too. No matter where she went in the world, her father would ________her and say, “I love you, little girl.”
One day she ________ that her father had an accident (事故), and he could no longer move, talk or tell her that he loved her.
She went to see her father. He looked small and was not ________ anymore. He looked at her and tried to say “I love you, little girl”, ________ , he could not.
She climbed up on the bed and lay next to him. Tears ran down from her eyes. She put her ________ on her father’s chest(胸), and then she heard the beat (跳动) of his heart. The heart beat on, and the magic (魔法) happened. It beat out the words that his mouth could no longer say: I LOVE YOU, LITTLE GIRL.
The magic is a father’s ________ .
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