Lesson 39 The Dove and the Olive Branch
句子填空
1. Olive branches and the Doves are the ________ of peace.
2. There was a science-fiction novel ________ The Wandering Earth. (call)
3. Father of Hybrid Rice, Yuan Longping _____ several years ago. (die)
4. He ______ ______ ______ leave his motherland in 1969. (make)
5. We all do our best ______ ______ for the final exam. (prepare)?
II. 短文填空
One day, the students of Class 6 were reading in the classroom. Mrs. Brown came in and 1._________(tell) them that they would have to change the classroom because of a new student. All of the students didn’t agree 2._______ Mrs. Brown. “Why must we move to another classroom just because someone is coming ” one of them asked 3.__________(angry). Mrs. Brown stood there without saying anything. After a few 4.__________(minute), she told them to be kind to their new classmate and then she left.
The following week, Mrs. Brown brought the new student to 5.__________(they) class. In fact, she pushed the new student to the class 6.___________ the student was in a wheelchair. She said that Jeff now was 7.________ member of the class. She said, “Helping each other is very important.”
Jeff was 8._________(good) at schoolwork than the others. He often helped the students who didn’t understand their work without thinking 9.___________(two). The class felt very 10._________(thank) to him.
They took care of him because they knew that when someone did something for you, you should do something back in return.
III.句型转换
1. The students from France will visit the Great Wall next weekend. (对划线部分提问)
________ _______ the students from France visit the Great Wall
2. He often has lunch at school. (对划线部分提问)
_______ does he often _______ lunch
3. The story of Noah has been passed on for nearly thousands of years. (对划线部分提问)
________ ________ ________ the story of Noah __________ passed on
IV. 补全对话
A: You look unhappy, Jane. 1._________________________________________________
B: I just argued with my brother.
A: 2._________________________________________________
B: He enjoys listening to music and he always plays loud music when he is at home.
A: That’s a bad habit. 3._________________________________________________
B: Yes, I’ve told him to turn it down a million times, but he has never listened.
A: That’s really a problem.
B: I’m tired of arguing with him over it. 4._________________________________________________
A: Maybe you should ask your parents to have a talk with him.
B: 5._________________________________________________. I’ll give it a try. Thank you very much.
A: You’re welcome.
V.完形填空
Once upon a time, there was a man who believed he could see the future through the stars. He called himself an astrologer(占星家) and got used to 1 at the sky all night. He was always busy worrying about the future. The villagers often came to him, 2 to know what their future would be like.
One evening he was walking on the main road outside the village. His eyes were focused on the stars. He was so 3 in thinking about the future. When he looked up at the stars, he kept walking without looking down. Suddenly he 4 a ditch full of mud and water.
He was 5 in the muddy water, and 6 trying to claw at the slippery sides of the hole in his effort to climb out. But he was 7 to crawl out and was fearing for his 8 . He started to scream for help and his 9 soon brought the villagers running towards him.
As they pulled him out of the mud, one of them said, “You 10 to read the future through the stars, and yet you 11 to see what is at your feet! This may teach you to pay more attention to what is 12 in front of you, and let the future take care of itself.”
We all desire a 13 and happy future. 14 , the time doesn’t stop for anyone. There is always a tomorrow to look forward to, but you can’t go back to yesterday. So, treasure your 15 life while you work for a better tomorrow.
A. staring B. watching C. laughing D. shouting
A. agreeing B. hoping C. promising D. choosing
A. worried B. lost C. scared D. excited
A. thought of B. fell into C. came across D. found out
A. floating B. swimming C. bathing D. struggling
A. madly B. patiently C. surprisingly D. confidently
A. wise B. curious C. strange D. unable
A. family B. life C. job D. money
A. cries B. warnings C. noise D. stresses
10.A. admit B. forget C. offer D. pretend
11. A. happen B. refuse C. fail D. wait
12. A. truly B. only C. right D. really
13. A. rich B. safe C. bright D. different
14. A. But B. However C. Anyhow D. Anyway
15. A. present B. unknown C. rich D. peaceful
VI.阅读理解
Sometimes people come into your life and you know at once that they were sure to be there. They serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson or help find out who you are or who you want to become. You never know who these people may be: your classmate, neighbor, teacher, long-lost friend or even a stranger. But you know that every moment they will affect(影响) your life in some serious way.
Sometimes things happen to you. At the time they may see terrible, painful(痛苦的), and unfair. But later you realize that without getting over those difficulties you would have never realize your further ability and strength. Everything happens for a reason and nothing happens by chance or with good or bad luck.
The people you meet affect your life, and the successes and failure(失败) you experience, create who you are. Even the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact, they are probably the most poignant and important ones.
Enjoy every day, even every moment and take from it everything that you possibly can, for you may never be able to experience it again. Talk to people you have never talked to before, and really listen. You should set your sights high, hold you head up, tell yourself you are a great one and believe yourself.
You can make your life anything you wish. Create your own life and then go out and live it.
1. The people we meet ________.
A. all know where to find us B. serve us on no purpose C. won’t become our neighbour D. will change us in some way
2. From the passage, we know that bad things can make us _________.
A. terribly meet bad luck B. realize our further ability
C. find no serious success D. possibly enjoy every moment
3. The underlined word “ poignant” in the passage means _________.
A.warmest B. clearest C. deepest D. hardest
4. The writer’s advice is that we should _________.
A. never talk to strange people B. learn as much as we can each day
C. get over difficulties painfully D. not believe ourselves but others
5. Which is the best title for the passage
A. Create Your Own Life B. Hold Your Head Up C. People You Meet in Life D. Things Happen to You.
I. 句子填空
1. symbols 2. called 3. died 4. was made to 5. to prepare
II. 短文填空
1. told 2. with 3. angrily 4. minutes 5. their
6. because 7. a 8. better 9. twice 10. thankful
III.句型转换
1. When will 2. Where; have 3. How long has; been
IV.补全对话
1. What’s the matter (with you)/What’s wrong (with you)/What happened
2. Why/For what
3. Have you talked with him about that
4. What should I do
5. That’s a good idea/Sounds great.
V. 完形填空
1-5 ABBBD 6-10 ADBAD 11-15 CCCBA
VI.阅读理解
1-5 DBCBA