第一篇
A small act of kindness sometimes may make a great 1. ________ (不同)! I still remember that my teacher asked 2. ________ to help Bob with his math two months ago. It was the 3. f________ time that I was a teacher and I felt a little nervous. I'm not good at math myself, 4. ________ I went over the textbook and did lots of exercises. As 5. ________ result, I could work out some difficult problems that I couldn't understand before by myself. Then, I 6. b________ to spend my free time studying with Bob.
7. ________my help, he made great progress in math.
After that, I realize that helping others 8. ________ not only good for other people, but influences myself 9________(deep).If we give our love to others, the world will be more wonderful.
I think “rose presented, smell remained" is the 10. ________(好的)description of helping others.
1.________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________
6. ________7. ________8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________
第二篇
In 1900, an Austrian scientist discovered that there are four types of blood(血液). He named them A, B, AB, and O. People have one of these four types. Blood type O is the most common around the world. Blood type A is the 1. _______ most common, and blood type AB is the 2. l________ common.
In 1927,a Japanese doctor 3. ________ (发现) that people with different blood types have different personalities(性格),too. He said that people with type A blood are 4. ________(usual) calm and serious; people with type B blood are cheerful and outgoing; people with type O blood are generous and honest; while those with type AB blood are often caring and 5. ________ (create).
More recently, 6. ________ doctor in the United States wrote a book that connects blood types 7. _______
what people eat. The book 8. ________ (建议) people with type O blood should eat more meat and less bread. A diet for people with type A blood includes more vegetables. His book, Eat Right for Your Type, has been a hit with people who want to lose 9. ________ (weigh). However, Dr. Peter D' Adamo believes that eating food that matches a person's blood type will make the person
10. h________ than in other ways, too.
1.________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________
6. ________7. ________8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________
第三篇
Chinese New Year is one of the most important 1. ________(庆祝) in the Chinese calendar. It is also known 2. ________the Spring Festival because it celebrates the start of new life and the season for planting crops.
Chinese New Year starts with the new moon on the first day of the new year and it doesn't end 3. u_______
the moon is the brightest 15 days later.
Just before Chinese New Year, people clean their houses. They decorate them with pieces of paper with
4. ________(word) meaning “Happiness” and “ Wealth” written on them. Some couplets(对联)are often 5. ________ (put) on the front door. On Chinese New Year's Eve, families get together and have 6. ________ unusual meal. Of course, the most popular food is dumplings.
Chinese New Year lasts fifteen days. So, during these days, people always visit their relatives and friends. It is a good time for them to relax 7. ________ (they). Children always feel excited because they can get some 8. ________ (压岁钱)money wrapped in red envelopes.
One of the most interesting parts of Chinese New Year 9. ________ (be)the dragon dance or lion dance. The dragons made out of paper, silk and bamboo are really lively. Chinese people think of dragons as helpful, friendly animals which symbolize long life and wisdom. At the same time, people also like to set off fireworks 10. ________ (welcome) the new year.
1.________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________
6. ________7. ________8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________
第四篇
I walked into a restaurant and ordered some food. After about twenty minutes, 1. ________ large group of people came in and ordered theirs.
To my 2. ________ (失望), the group got their food before me. I watched as they began to eat and laugh 3. h________.I even overheard one of them bragging(吹嘘)about how he was connected to everyone in the restaurant.
Unable to take it anymore, I called the waiter over to cancel my order. He told me, “Yours is a special order. The head cook 4. ________ (准备) it himself now. It will take more time. Please have some juice as you wait.” I sat down and waited patiently. Shortly after that, my meal 5. ________ (serve)by six waiters. To
my surprise, the owner of the restaurant happened to be an old friend of 6. m________. He changed my simple food to a five-star meal 7. ________ free. It was one of 8. ________ (expensive)meals in the restaurant. The people at the other table were shocked, asking why they didn't get that kind of service and meal.
Such is life! Some people are ahead of you, talking about how they are smarter, wiser and better
9. ________ you.
You are working hard wondering why it's taking so long 10. ________ (be) rewarded the way they have.
Don't worry! You just have to wait a little longer because your reward is more special.
1.________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________
6. ________7. ________8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________
第五篇
Susan was tired of having her three children talk back to her. One day, she climbed into her kids' tree house. I was 1. ________ good place, she thought, for a mother to go or strike. She was tired of 2. ________(drive)
them everywhere without thanks and doing more than her share of the work around the house. Until
3. ________(事情) changed, Susan decided to stay up in the tree.
Susan's strike got her kids' attention, 4. ________course. But that was not all that happened. Word of the fed-up mother spread. Before long, a camera crew from television's Today Show came into their yard. Now people all across America were going to find 5. ________who drove the kids' mother up a tree.
As the cameras worked, the three kids stood with their father near the tree house. Kate, the Today Show host, had a question for 6.t ________. “What do you think about your mom on strike in that tree house ” she asked.
“I am kind of embarrassed," said Misty.
“I'm really shocked,” said Joseph. “I did not think it would go this far. My mom is much 7. ________(crazy) than we thought.”
Rachel added, “I think Mom is so strange 8. ________ I can hardly believe it." But Susan had made her point. If the kids 9. w________ her back, they should know what to do. When the TV crew left, the kids went into their house 10. ________(迅速) and got busy. Not long after that, Susan climbed down from the tree and went back to being a mom.
1.________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________
6. ________7. ________8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________
第六篇
Henry is 1. ________ American businessman .One day, when he was sailing(航行) on a boat near San Francisco, he was carried out into the sea by a strong wind. 2. ________ (luck), he was discovered and picked up by a London-bound(开往伦敦的)ship. So, he 3.l ________ in London by accident.
Alone and 4. ________ (hunger), he walked on the streets of the city. Unexpectedly, he 5. ________ (叫到) into a big house. There two rich 6. b________ , Oliver and Roderick, gave him a letter and told
7. ________ (he) not to open it until two o'clock of the day. Henry didn't know it was a million-pound(百万英镑)bank note. He left the big house and went into a cheap restaurant to get something to eat. Everyone was impolite and impatient to him. Why 8. ________he was in rags(衣衫褴褛)and looked dirty. Then,
9. ________everyone's surprise, he handed the owner a million-pound bank note to pay for the meal. On seeing the note, all the people in the restaurant became friendly and tried their best 10. ________ (please) Henry.
Don't you think it's the most unbelievable story in the world
1.________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________
6. ________7. ________8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________
第七篇
All around the world, families celebrate special days together. Traditions for these days 1. ________(be) very different. Some of them may surprise you.
Families in most countries have a special day to celebrate mothers. In Serbia, this day is on 2. ________
second Sunday before Christmas. On that day, children sneak (溜) into their 3.m ________ bedroom and tie her feet with ribbon (丝带) so that she can't get out of bed. Then they shout, “Mother's Day, Mother's Day! What will you pay 4. ________ away ” Then the mother gives 5. ________ (they) small treats and presents as payment so that the kids “free" her.
In China, they say that 6. b________ are one year old when they are born. After that, all children celebrate their birthday on New Year's Day because that's when they grow a year 7. ________. Actual birthdays are 8. ________(通常) celebrated with a big family meal. The tradition is that the"birthday boy" or "birthday
girl" should fill their mouth with as many long noodles 9. ________ they can and then eat them.
This is because in Chinese culture, long noodles are a symbol 10. ________ long life.
1.________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________
6. ________7. ________8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________
第八篇
In an old building in Peking University, a yellow light shone into the old and dark hours of the night. The famous translator Xu Yuanchong 1. ________ (坐在) behind the window and staring at the computer screen. He enjoyed working by 2.h ________ from 10:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. For him, the quiet night was a 3. ________ (珍惜) time to focus on translation.
He was exploring how 4. ________ (spread) Chinese culture abroad by translating Chinese beauty into Western beauty.
Xu was born into a literary family in Nanchang 5. ________ April 18th,1921. When he was little, he 6. ________ (influence)by his mother who was interested in literature. Xu began to translate Chinese poetry into both English and 7. ________ (France) when he was still a teenager. He soon learned that Chinese and
European languages were very different. Only about half of the words in these languages could be translated word-for-word.
This is why translators should have 8. ________ creative mind. They are always trying to improve their translations to make sure they are correct and beautiful.
Xu's motto is: Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better, and your better best. 9. ________ Xu was widely considered to be the best, he never stopped trying to become better. The more you learn and the 10. h________ you study, the better you will become. There is always room for improvement.
1.________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________
6. ________7. ________8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________
第九篇
When I was in school, I volunteered to work in a hospital for some time.
On one visit, I carefully entered a dark room to find an elderly man 1. ________ (lie) in bed. I firstly thought he was sleeping. When I moved 2. ________ (靠近), however, I realized he was very much awake. He wanted to communicate something, but I couldn't make sense of what he 3. ________ (说). He seemed
quite weak, and I couldn't tell if he was in pain, or just frightened. I knew nothing about him, and I felt totally helpless. He clearly didn't want me 4. ________ (leave) him, but I felt so lost and uncomfortable that I had to leave the room after only a couple of 5. m________.
The next time I was at 6 hospital and saw him again, I was certain he didn't remember me. But he 7. _______(立刻) said, “I remember you. You gave me hope in my darkest hour that evening!” I was so 8. _______ (amaze) that I didn't know how to answer.
In the short moment of my staying there, I did nothing at all. 9. ________surprisingly he found in me something he needed, just because I was there.
I have thought about this thing often over the past years.10. ________ makes me want to offer whatever kindness I can to others, and I try to make it out and appreciate(赞赏)it.
1.________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________
6. ________7. ________8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________
第十篇
Many foreigners move to China because of a strong interest in its culture. One man has turned his interest into love and this love made 1. ________ write many books about China. He is William, an American who has lived in China 2. ________ 33 years. His Chinese name is Pan Weilian. His Chinese friends 3. ________ (称呼)him “Lao Pan".
In 1988, Lao Pan first came to China and 4. ________(工作) as a teacher at a university. But Lao Pan did not begin to understand China 5. u________ he and his family took a 3-month drive around the country. These experiences in China gave him ideas for his books. Since then, he has 6. w________ thirteen books about China.
These books give the world a fuller picture of China and Lao Pan is 7. p________ of what he is doing.
Lao Pan's new book includes his forty-seven 8. ________(letter) to his family back in America. The letters show China's development in different periods. Lao Pan often says he loves China 9. ________ its people so much. He sees it as a life-long task to let more Westerners know 10. w________ China is like. He will continue telling the nation's stories to the world.
1.________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________
6. ________7. ________8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________
第十一篇
Hometown Feelings
Some people still live in their hometown. However, others may only see it once or twice a year. Nowadays
1. ________ (百万) of Chinese leave the countryside to search for work in the cities. Among these is Zhong Wei, a 46-year-old husband and father. He 2. ________ (live) in Wenzhou for the last 13 years. With a hard job in a factory, he doesn't find much time to visit his hometown. “I used 3. r_______ home at least once a year, but I haven't been back for three years now," he says.
Many people like Zhong Wei are 4. i________ in how their hometowns have changed. Perhaps large hospitals and new roads have appeared. 5. ________ many places, the government has also built new schools and sent teachers from the cities to help.
“I noticed that's true of my hometown,” adds Zhong Wei. “Children have learned to read and count at my old primary school 6. ________ the mid-20th century. But now the buildings are 7. ________ (real) old. I hear they're going to build a new school there.” Zhong Wei thinks such developments are good, and he also knows that his hometown cannot always stay the same.
According to Zhong Wei,8. ________, some things will never change. “In my hometown, there was a big old tree opposite the school. It is still there and has become quite a symbol of the place. Most of the children in my time 9. ________(like) to play together under that big tree, especially during the summer holidays. It was such a happy childhood. Our hometown has left many soft and sweet 10. ________(记忆) in our hearts.”
1.________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________
6. ________7. ________8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________
第一篇:difference;me;first;so;a;began;With;is;deeply;best
第二篇:second;least;found;usually;creative;a;with;suggests;weight;healthier
第三篇:celebraties;as;until;words;put;an;themselves;lucky;is;to welcome
第四篇:a;disappointment;happily;is preparing;was served;mine;for;the most expensive;than;to be
第五篇:a; driving; things; of;out; them;crazier;that;wanted; quickly
第六篇:an; Luckily;landed;hungry;was called; brothers;him;Because;to;to please
第七篇:are/have been;the;mother’s;to get;them;babies;older;usually;as;of
第八篇:was sitting;himself;valuable;to spread;on;was influenced;French;a;Although/Though;harder
第九篇:lying;closer;was saying;to leave;munutes;the;immediately;amazed;But;It
第十篇:Him;for;call;worked;until;written;proud;letters;and; what
第十一篇:millions;has lived;to return; interested; In; since; really;however;liked;memories