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A
A 5 year old boy didn't want to go to school, so his mother made him go out into the street and collect waste 1. ________ (make) some money. It reminded me of one of my unforgettable
2.________ (experiences).
Last summer, I didn't want to go to school anymore because I was disappointed with 3.________ (I) test scores. I found a part time job during my summer vacation. The manager just asked me 4. ________ (deliver) newspapers.
At the beginning, I thought that it would be a piece of cake. However, to my surprise, when I went to 5. ________ (people) houses, they started to look me up and down. I could feel that they looked down on me. I was 6. ________ (deep) hurt and felt upset. At that time, I realized that delivering newspapers was much more difficult than 7. ________ (read) a book in a classroom.
From this experience, I 8. ________ (learn) that if we put our heart into what we are doing, nothing is impossible.
Now, I 9. ________ (sit) in a classroom and working harder than ever before. But I am also more confident and 10. ________ (happy). As long as I don't lose heart and work harder, I will make more progress.
B
Simon Dale didn't want to live in a city's apartment building. So he made up his mind 1. ________ (build) his own home in the countryside. He moved to Wales with 2. ________ (he) family and built a wooden eco house. With the help of his father in law, a builder, he moved into a 3. ________ (comfort) new home after only four months. It only cost $4,700 to build the house.
The eco house is made of natural 4. ________ (material), Simon Dale and his father in law 5.________ (dig) into the side of a hill and then used the mud and stone to make the walls. The floors 6. ________ (make) from wood from the nearby area. The design is open plan. There 7. ________ (be) no central heating, but there's a wood burner and solar panels(太阳能电板) on the top which can provide power for lighting, music and computing. 8. ________ (drink) water is from a nearby spring. The fridge stays cool, thanks to air from under the ground. Simon Dale says, “We try to live with the 9. ________(nature) world.” He 10. ________(do) his best to achieve that since then.
C
It is said that dumpling is a kind of important traditional food in China. In some important festivals, Chinese always choose dumplings as 1. (them) main food. So one day my friends and I went to a Chinese restaurant 2. (have) some dumplings. All of us were looking forward to
3. (eat) them.
As soon as we entered the restaurant, we quickly 4. (order) the dumplings. Later, a waiter
brought a plate with five small dumplings on it. We seemed to be a little disappointed. We thought they must look nice but 5. (smell) bad. I was very hungry, so I picked up my fork and chose a dumpling. I 6. (slow) put it into my mouth. Then I tasted it carefully. My friends looked at me as if I was eating a very 7. (danger) thing.
It was much better than I thought. So I shouted loudly. My 8. (friend) were surprised to look at me. I quickly reached for a 9. (two) to eat. My friends immediately asked me how it tasted. I only answered them a word “Wonderful!” Another dumpling 10. (put) into my mouth. Just then, the waiter served five more plates of dumplings onto the table. There was plenty of delicious food for all of us. I felt so great that day.
D
I love watches. And I prefer the old watches with slow moving hands and strange sounds. The watch is one of 1. (great) inventions in my heart!
There is a long history behind watches. Many years ago, 2. (ship) had difficulty navigating(导航)because they did not have a believable clock on board. In 1500 AD, a man invented a clock that would work on board. He used a piece of metal to keep it working. The 3. (one) clock appeared!
Soon, pocket watches 4. (become) available, but they were expensive. Owning a pocket watch meant you were 5. (real) rich, and probably very important. Nearly everyone wanted one. But by the 1800s, owning a pocket watch had become quite common.
In 1800, a Frenchman invented the first tourbillon(陀飞铃)watch. Today, tourbillon watches are still 6. (produce). They are quite expensive.
Watches keep us in touch with the world because the right time keeps everything 7. (run) in order. Imagine if suddenly every watch 8. (stop) one day, what should we do
But fortunately, we don't need 9. (worry) about that now. Because we have 10. (we) trusted watches.
E
High school life is coming to an end. Every student got a gift, but few gifts can compare with the 1. (value) present that Linda got from her dad.
When the gift 2. (pass) to Linda's hands, she was moved to tears. What was so special about it It was a notebook filled with words about Linda from her kindergarten to high school teachers. And Linda's father kept the notebook until her 3. (graduate) from high school.
“He 4. (keep) this notebook as a secret over the past years and the notebook has become yellow.” Linda said, “There are encouraging and sweet words from every teacher I love. It
5. (help) me remember my years. Thanks to it, I can enjoy those sweet 6. (memory) in the rest of my life. It is moving for me 7. (receive) such a great gift. And I think this is what I
8. (hard) imagine. I would keep it for 9. (I) forever.”
Maybe we should think about 10. (use) this gift from Linda's father as inspiration for gift giving. The most important thing is something meaningful behind it. Sometimes, the best gift is not the most expensive one.
F
When I first started looking for a pet cat, I wanted an adult cat whose name 1. (call) Miao Miao. She was 2. (beautiful) one of all the pets. But I didn't bring 3. (she) home in the end. A family took her before I could. So the pet adoption(收养) center 4. (suggest) that I should keep a different cat instead—a baby cat named Xiao Hei.
But there is something special about Xiao Hei. He cannot see. This 5. (mean) he sometimes needs special care. He is so small—it will take him a long time 6. (grow) up. And it may be hard to take care of him. Do I have the 7. (able) to look after him well
But as soon as I met him, I knew he was the cat to ask for me. He is very 8. (interest) in the world around him. He has become good at 9. (get) around my home quickly. He is naughty(顽皮的) sometimes, but most of the time he is a good little cat and he never makes a noise. Though he can't see, he plays with me 10. (happy) every time. He is my best friend in the world.
G
A man walking through an elephant camp was surprised to find that the elephants weren't kept in cages or held by chains(链条). All that was holding them back from 1. (run) away from the camp was a small piece of rope. It 2. (tie) to one of their legs.
He couldn't understand it. Wanting to know the 3. (true), he asked a trainer nearby why it was so.
“When they were very young, we used the same size of rope to tie them. It was enough 4. (hold) them. As they 5. (grow) up, they still believed that they couldn't break away. Even now, they believe the rope can still control them, so they have the 6. (little) courage to try to break free. These animals believed that it was impossible to get rid of it.” the trainer answered.
How many of 7. (we) go through life like the elephants—believing that it was beyond our ability to do something only because we failed once or some 8. (time) before
9. (fail) is a challenge and part of learning. If we fail at something, we can still get something from it. Failing at first 10. (not mean) we can never succeed in the future. We should keep on trying with confidence.
H
Scott often goes to the supermarket for shopping.One day, he went to shop at the supermarket as usual.While he 1. (look) for a parking space, he saw a goose (鹅) standing in the middle of the road.He thought it might be hurt because there were many 2. (car) passing by.Without thinking 3. (two), he parked the car and had a look.However, the goose looked angry and tried to drive him away.He could do nothing but leave.
When Scott finished shopping and 4. (walk) out of the supermarket, he was surprised at what he saw.The goose was still walking around the parking lot, and there was another goose not far away.A few traffic cones (锥形警告路标) had been put around it.Scott knew it was a female from 5. (it) feather.A man from the supermarket told Scott they had done so in order 6. (protect) “the family”.The family Yes, the female goose 7. (find) laying eggs.
A few hours later, Scott shared this 8. (move) story on the Internet.Indeed, it was just a small thing, but it showed the 9. (kind) of human nature.If all of us can live peacefully with animals, we believe that our earth 10. (become) better.
I
Mrs.Ludimilla Vasko has a sweet temper(脾气).She lives on the 1. (nine) floor of an old building in Ukraine.There is a lift in the building, but it 2. (be) often not working.Mrs.Vasko has never 3. (allow) herself to get upset about this.“You can't have everything,” she says.You can never see the 4. (patient) expression on her face.
It was October.And the grapes were ripe(成熟的).Half the town's population had been picking grapes.They put grapes into big 5. (box).Then they 6. (drive) towards the markets only to find the roads stopped by other trucks.Thus many trucks 7. (wait) beside the road.
Looking down from the window, Mrs.Vasko leaned(倾斜)out 8. (talk) to someone that she knew.Suddenly, she saw a mark on the window glass.She tried to clean it on the outside of the glass.Unfortunately, she fell.
Nine floors below, Mrs.Vasko landed 9. (safe) in a box of grapes.The two men who had rushed to save her were surprised when she spoke to 10. (they).“Look!” she said.“I've pressed these grapes for you! ”
J
Apples, cucumbers, peaches, pumpkins(南瓜), which are fruits and which are vegetables It may seem like an easy question, but the scientific answer 1. (surprise) you.
According to a 2. (science) who studies plants, they're all fruits. Fruit is the part of a plant that 3. (grow) from a flower. It has seeds that can turn into a new plant 4. (final). The seed can be a single large one, as in a peach, or they can be many small ones, the kind that can 5. (find) in a cucumber, an apple, or an orange.
What is a vegetable Vegetables are the 6. (part)of a plant that you can eat. You can eat the roots(根)(carrot) or leaves (cabbage). So the next time an adult tells you to eat 7. (you) pumpkin because vegetables are good for you, you can say, “You mean 8. (eat) the fruit!”
According to a study, tomatoes are fruit because they have seeds. But thanks to the 9. (decide) from the US Supreme Court in 1893, tomatoes are vegetables. The Court said that it 10. (not matter). “People think of tomatoes as vegetables and eat them with the main part of dinner,” the Court said, “Fruit is eaten as dessert.”
9. decision 10. didn't matter
K
Dan's class know Dan is in the hall before they see him.He raps (说唱) when he 1. (pass) in the hall.He raps when he can and raps about 2. (near) everything.
Dan joined in a rap competition at school.He got the 3. (one) place! All his 4. (classmate) gave him a big hand.Ben stood up and 5. (shake) Dan's hand excitedly.“That was cool, Dan.You are a hero!”
Miss Mills said,“Dan, your next step is to rap on National Rap Star on TV.” But Dan threw 6. (he) into his chair, silent.Dan could not rap on TV.Will he be the 7. (win) again Anyway, who wanted 8. (lose) Dan thought, “If I don't attend the national competition, I 9. (not have) to rap on TV.”
Knowing what was going on his mind, Dan's friends planned to give him some help.So a sign 10. (put) on the wall.It said, “Dan, just rap like in our classroom!” The next day, when Dan saw it, he smiled.“Perhaps it's not that hard to rap on TV,” he thought.
M
Two years ago, a US boy Michael heard about someone who collected unwanted things and recycled them. The 10 year old boy 1. (get) an idea. He had heard a neighbor complaining about paint cans 2. (take) up space in his house, “I wish someone would take them away.” He thought he could do that.
Michael thought that if his neighbor had problems with paint cans, others did too. So he started a business which 3. (call) The Paint Can Kid. He picks up and recycles old paint cans. For 4. (he), it is a good way to help people as well as the environment.
Many people got to know him and his business. He and his dad drive around to collect unwanted paint cans 5. (two) a week. People need to pay at least $20 for 10 cans. Michael gives 6. (near) full cans away to Habitat for Humanity. The group 7. (build) homes for people in need.
In two years, the Paint Can Kid has had more than 600 8. (customer) and made $10,000. Sometimes he is so busy that he has no time 9. (pick) up the cans. He will pay his brother or sister $520 for doing it.
Michael hopes to grow his business.He says, “I hope to help much 10. (many) people and protect our environment.”
N
Mr Happy always woke up with a sunny smile.He was one of the most cheerful 1. (man) in the world.His smile was even 2. (bright) than the sun.However, he had one secret that made him sad.
Then one day, while going out for a walk, Mr Happy 3. (meet) Miss Beautiful.Mr Happy smiled as usual and Miss Beautiful smiled back.But then she stopped and looked at Mr Happy 4. (angry).
“How rude!” she shouted.“You should raise your hat when you meet a lady!”
For the 5. (one) time in his life, Mr Happy lost his smile.“I'm sorry, Miss Beautiful,” replied Mr Happy, “But without 6. (I) hat on, I'm not very good looking.That 7. (make) me sad.”
“Really?” asked Miss Beautiful.“Well, let me see.I promise 8. (keep) the secret.”
Mr Happy lifted his hat.He had the total of only three hairs on his head!
“Is that all you're worried about?” asked Miss Beautiful.“Why Your bright sunny smile 9. (love) by everybody, not how many hairs you have!” Miss Beautiful smiled.
Ever since that day, Mr Happy 10. (not stop) smiling. He is always quick to raise his hat to everyone he meets.
O
On a hot summer morning, an old fisherman was fishing near a river. A child went by seeing 1. ________(he) fishing. After a few minutes, the child found that the fisherman was 2. ________(real) good at fishing. Because he didn't spend long catching a full basket of fish. As the fisherman 3. ________(feel)that the child was clever, he offered him some fish. The child shook his head. The fisherman felt 4. ________(surprise) and asked , “Why not want the fish?”
The child pointed at the fishing rod (杆) in his 5.________(hand) and said, “I only want that.”
“Why do you only want the rod?”Asked the fisherman.
“Eating up all the fish I 6. ________(give) doesn't take long. But if I have a fishing rod, I can go fishing by myself and I won't be afraid of not having any more fish to eat.”
I think you 7. ________(say)that the child is very cute. Wrong! I think if he doesn't know how to fish, he can't have fish to eat, even though he has the fishing rod. So it's 8. ________(use) to only have a fishing rod. Fishing skills are the 9. ________(important), not the fishing rod.
In modern society, some people think that if they have a “fishing rod” in their life, they'll no longer fear the wind and rain, just like the child who thought that if he had a fishing rod, he would have fish to eat. Remember, whatever useful tool won't work if you 10. ________(not know) how to use it.
参考答案
A.1. to make 2. experiences 3. my 4. to deliver 5. people's 6. deeply 7. reading 8. have learned/learnt 9. am sitting 10. happier
B. 1. to build 2. his 3. comfortable 4. materials 5. dug 6. are made 7. is 8. Drinking 9. natural 10. has done
C. 1. their 2. to have 3. eating 4. ordered 5. smell 6. slowly 7. dangerous 8. friends 9. second 10. was put
D 1. the greatest 2. ships 3. first 4. became 5. really 6. produced 7. running 8. stops 9. to worry 10. our
E 1. valuable 2. was passed 3. graduation 4. has kept 5. helps 6. memories 7. to receive 8. hardly 9. myself 10. using
F 1. is called 2. the most beautiful 3. her 4. suggested 5. means 6. to grow 7. ability 8. interested 9. getting 10. happily
G 1. running 2. was tied 3. truth 4. to hold 5. grew 6. least 7. us 8. times 9. Failure 10. doesn't mean
H 1. was looking 2. cars 3. twice 4. walked 5. its 6. to protect 7. was found 8. moving 9. kindness 10. will become
I 1. ninth 2. is 3. allowed 4. impatient 5. boxes 6. drove 7. were waiting 8. to talk 9. safely 10. them
J 1. will surprise 2. scientist 3. grows 4. finally 5. be found 6. parts 7. your 8. eating K 1. passes 2. nearly 3. first 4. classmates 5. shook 6. himself 7. winner 8. to lose 9. won't have 10. was put
M 1. got 2. taking 3. is called 4. him 5. twice 6. nearly 7. builds 8. customers 9. to pick 10. more
N 1. men 2. brighter 3. met 4. angrily 5. first 6. my 7. makes 8. to keep 9. is loved 10. hasn't stopped
O 1. him 2. really 3. felt 4. surprised 5. hands
6. am given 7. will say 8. useless 9. most important 10. don't know