Kevin was so kind. He gave me a ________ when...

Kevin was so kind. He gave me a ________ when I went home from the station last night.

A.post B.drive C.lift D.catch

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One day, a boy had a fight with one of his classmates. He went to his grandfather’s home before school was over. He told him his story angrily. “He is really bad,” the boy said, “and I hate him.”

The grandfather said slowly, “Let me tell you a story. When I was a boy, I also sometimes hated others for what they did…”

As the boy listened carefully, the grandfather went on, “There are always two tigers inside my heart. One is good and kind. He gets on well with everything around him. But the other is bad and unfriendly. Even the smallest thing will make him angry. He fights with everyone all the time, and for no reason. He can’t think carefully because he always hates others. It is difficult to live with these two tigers inside my heart. They both try to control me.”

The boy looked into his grandfather’s eyes and asked, “Which tiger always controls you, grandfather? ”

The old man said slowly and seriously, “ The one that I feed. I always feed the good and kind tiger, so I never hate others and seldom get angry now. ”

1.What happened to the boy at school?

A.He was late for school. B.His leg was broken.

C.He fought with a classmate. D.He cried alone.

2.The good tiger________ everything around him.

A.doesn’t like B.only wants to eat

C.isn’t interested in D.gets along well with

3.If the good tiger always controls you, you may become ________ .

A.lazy and careless B.sad and lonely

C.polite and friendly D.funny and stupid

4.From his grandpa’s tiger story, the boy may learn________ .

A.how to feed tigers well B.how to fight with others

C.how to get along with others D.how to control our feelings

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Poor Les had a dream of being a DJ. He went to a radio station every day for a week, _____ a job. Finally the station manager offered one to him, but with no pay! Les said thanks and accepted it. He was asked to get coffee and pick up lunches and dinners_____ the workers at the station. However, when possible, Les would go to the studio(演播室) and learn whatever he could. Back in his room at night, he_____ and prepared for an opportunity(机会)．

One Saturday afternoon, one DJ named Rock drank too much and he seemed to have trouble with his _____. Suddenly, the phone rang. Les picked it up. It was a call from the only _____ person at the station. It was the station manager.

The manager knew Rock couldn't _____ his program, so he asked Les to call one of the other DJs to come to help. Les said yes, but he had waited for about 15 minutes _____ he told the manager that he found noboby. He was sure his opportunity was on its way.

The manager asked, “Young man, do you know how to work in the studio? ”

“Yes, sir, ” replied Les.

Les _____ walked into the studio, moved Rock aside and sat down at the desk. He was _____. He turned on the microphone and said, “Look out! This is me—Les Brown. There were none before me and there will be none after me...”

Les gave the listeners and his manager a big ______! He went on to have a successful life in politics, public speaking and television!

1.A.deciding on B.asking for C.depending on D.preparing for

2.A.with B.from C.by D.for

3.A.sang B.listened C.practiced D.slept

4.A.program B.family C.manager D.talent

5.A.each B.others C.another D.other

6.A.finish B.avoid C.repeat D.receive

7.A.before B.because C.unless D.while

8.A.quickly B.slowly C.clearly D.easily

9.A.tired B.kind C.ready D.lonely

10.A.hug B.hand C.surprise D.lesson

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One day, when Bill was 1. home from school, he heard a noise coming from the bushes. He went over to see 2.　 it was. Behind a bush, he found a black dog. Bill went back home as soon as he could with the dog and 3.　 it to his parents. Bill’s Dad found that the dog had a broken dog, 4.　 they brought the dog to a doctor for 5.　 by car. On the way, Bill’s parents decided that Bill could keep the dog if they couldn’t find the owner.

When they arrived, the doctor checked the dog. He told Bill that it was going to have babies! The next day, Bill 6.　 up signs like “FOUND DOG BLACK” around his neighborhood. He 7. wrote his family’s phone number on the signs.

Two days 8. , Bill got a call 9.　 the owner of the dog. The owner thanked Bill. When he came to pick up his dog, he said Bill could have 10.　 of the babies. Bill was very happy! Finally Bill got a baby dog from the owner. He named him Rosco and liked it very much.

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To many local people in Sichuan, there is no problem that cannot be fixed with a hotpot. I was born in and grow up in Sichuan. Hotpot is an important part of my life. We usually even _____ big events with a hotpot.

However, when I went to the UK, I _____ that it was expensive to have hotpot in town (more than 100 yuan per person, without drinks), while the locals know nothing about hotpot. They don't even know that lotus root is a _____. Maybe the only kind of hotpot they know is Swiss chocolate fondue.

So I came up with an idea. It was to invite some international friends to a hotpot _____ dinner. The dinner helped me to _____ our culture. It also gave me a(n) _____ to make friends.

I first showed my _____ for cooking for my best friend, who is a German girl. I took my rice cooker, the pot I used to make hotpot with me _____ I went to her house in Germany.

My friend_____ her gift—a couple of Chinese bowls. And she told me that this would be the first time she had used ______. She had different kinds of vinegar, but not the Chinese kind. Since we didn't have any, we ______ it with another kind. The taste was ______ better.

Her mom______ a piece of lotus root, and I could still remember her face when she put it into her mouth—she was surprised at it. But it was a(n) ______ hotpot night.

When you go to a foreign country, a good way to make more friends is to introduce your own culture through something ______， like food. This will attract more friends and you will get great pleasure from it.

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1.A.hold B.discover C.celebrate D.experience

2.A.showed B.found C.wondered D.reminded

3.A.fruit B.vegetable C.drink D.cake

4.A.with B.for C.around D.from

5.A.accept B.understand C.learn D.spread

6.A.idea B.reason C.chance D.choice

7.A.opinion B.love C.gift D.value

8.A.before B.since C.when D.until

9.A.gave out B.put out C.handed out D.took out

10.A.them B.her C.it D.him

11.A.preferred B.changed C.completed D.compared

12.A.even B.already C.still D.only

13.A.tries B.tried C.was trying D.is trying

14.A.boring B.awful C.tiring D.wonderful

15.A.strange B.creative C.special D.terrible

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It was sunny when my dad and I were arriving at his company. We stopped the car and got 1.. I saw a gray thing on the floor. I thought it was 2. garbage bag. But it started to move. Then I3.(realize) that it was a small wounded dog.

The small dog was so poor that my father and I decided to help 4.(he). We bought the dog some food in the store across from the street. We also got some clean w 5. for the dog. He was so　 6. (hunger)that all the food was eaten up quickly. After he finished his eating, we encouraged him to move. 7.H 7., he could not. We tried a 8. (two) time, but failed again. At the end, we decided to carry him to the veterinary station(兽医站). The vet told us that he had a broken leg, so he couldn't move　 9. (easy). The vet gave him a cure and we looked after him carefully. After five　 10. (day), he recovered. We found a kind family for him. I understood that everybody can make an act of kindness.

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Valuable Gifts

When my mother told my father she was pregnant (怀孕), the first thing he did was to buy a TV. It was 1957 and TVs were new technology. He thought that with a baby, they would go out less and he would need to find entertainment at home.

That was the first _______ he gave me.

But when I think of other gifts my father has given me, the first would be a love of _______. He is always found reading in our study. He has been totally deaf in one ear since he was two, so we rarely listened to music. In my childhood, storybooks were king, not songs.

The second is _______ all. He treats everyone the same—CEO or cleaner, child or adult. Even when I was little, the conversation around the dinner table was noisy but adult-level. He always said my age didn't matter. If I voiced an opinion, I had to argue the case and give evidence (证据).

The greatest gift to me, however, was that he took interest in my _______ and never my looks. Most successful women had fathers who_______ their intelligence. My father said that my mother was the most intelligent person he had ever met. He still says that.

They met at a dance in the early 50s when she was a teacher. Wanting to show off, he told her she reminded him of Jane Austen's Emma, then misquoted (错误地引用) the book. My mother _______ corrected him and he was in love from that moment.

Over the years, my father taught me never to stand _______ and never to accept the way things are; I should find for change. I will continue to follow his _______.

1.A.book B.toy C.doll D.gift

2.A.writing B.reading C.singing D.dancing

3.A.respecting B.choosing C.changing D.facing

4.A.hope B.hobbies C.success D.brains

5.A.required B.accepted C.valued D.dreamed

6.A.hopefully B.nervously C.politely D.proudly

7.A.still B.quiet C.silent D.calm

8.A.idea B.lead C.plan D.advice

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When I was 13 years old, my only dream was to become the star on our school football team. That meant beating out Miller King, who was the best _____ at our school.

Football season always started _____ September, and so all summer long vacation I worked out. I carried my football everywhere I went for _____．

Just before September, Miller was hit by a car and lost his right_____. I went to see him after he came back from hospital. He looked very _____， but he didn't cry at all.

That season, I_____ all of Miller's records while he watched the games from the bench at home. We beat the other team 10－1 in the final _____ and I was named the most valuable player. _____ I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for Miller's accident.

One afternoon, while I was crossing the field to go home, I saw Miller was stuck going over a fence—which wasn't _____ to climb if you had both arms. I was sure I was the ______ person in the world he wanted to accept help from. But even that challenge he accepted. I ______ him move slowly over the fence. When we were ______ safe on the other side, he said to me, “You know, I didn't tell you this during the season, but you did fine. Thank you for filling in for ______．”

His words______ me from my terribly crazy dreams. I ______ to myself, how even without an arm he was more of a leader. I was right to have admired him. From that day on, I became a little more real.

1.A.coach B.student C.teacher D.player

2.A.on B.in C.at D.from

3.A.practice B.show C.joy D.help

4.A.leg B.foot C.arm D.hand

5.A.pale B.calm C.relaxed D.ashamed

6.A.held B.broke C.set D.tried

7.A.test B.match C.trip D.task

8.A.And B.Then C.But D.So

9.A.easy B.hard C.fun D.fit

10.A.first B.second C.next D.last

11.A.let B.helped C.had D.noticed

12.A.finally B.normally C.slowly D.usually

13.A.us B.you C.me D.them

14.A.pushed B.freed C.carried D.finished

15.A.thought B.told C.decided D.asked

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Tom was a farmer. He worked on the farm all day, but sometimes he went to the town market to sell fruit and vegetables. One day, a terrible sound attracted his attention in the town market. He saw a young bull for sale. The bull was white and yellow. It was looking at Tom in fear. Tom walked up and touched its head gently. Just at that time they both seemed to have known each other for a long time. How amazing! Tom bought it at once and called it Amba.

From then on, Tom and Amba got on well with each other. But some friends told him that it was dangerous to have such a close relationship with an animal.

One afternoon, Tom was walking through the forest with Amba. Suddenly, Amba stopped walking and kept pushing Tom with its head. Tom was very surprised and looked around. There was a big snake in front of him. It was beautiful but poisonous. Quickly Amba stepped on the snake’s tail with its foot and at the same time Tom picked up a stick and hit the snake’s head heavily. Soon the snake died.

Tom was very grateful for Amba’s help. When people heard this, they were shocked at the bull’s expression of love for Tom. But for Tom, Amba was not a bull but a member of his family.

1.Tom worked __________.

A. on the farm　　 　　 　 B. in the market

C. in the forest　 　　 D. in the town

2. Amba was __________.

A. a small and nice cow　　　　　　　　　 B. a big and beautiful snake

C. a white and yellow bull　　　　　　　　 D. a black and white dog

3.From the passage, we know Tom and Amba __________.

A. hated each other　　　　　　　　　　 　 B. got angry with each other

C. got on well with each other　　　　　　 D. disliked each other

4.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Tom went to the town market to sell fruit and vegetables.

B. Tom’s friends thought animals were safe.

C. Tom hit the snake’s head heavily with a stick.

D. For Tom, Amba was a member of his family.

5.The passage mainly wants to tell us __________.

A. the love between humans and animals　　

B. the fight between a bull and a snake　　

C. how to keep an animal

D. how to train an animal

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Tom was a farmer. He worked on the farm all day, but sometimes he went to the town market to sell fruit and vegetables. One day, a terrible sound attracted his attention in the town market. He saw a young bull for sale. The bull was white and yellow. It was looking at Tom in fear. Tom walked up and touched its head gently. Just at that time they both seemed to have known each other for a long time. How amazing! Tom bought it at once and called it Amba.

From then on, Tom and Amba got on well with each other. But some friends told him that it was dangerous to have such a close relationship with an animal.

One afternoon, Tom was walking through the forest with Amba. Suddenly, Amba stopped walking and kept pushing Tom with its head. Tom was very surprised and looked around. There was a big snake in front of him. It was beautiful but poisonous. Quickly Amba stepped on the snake’s tail with its foot and at the same time Tom picked up a stick and hit the snake’s head heavily. Soon the snake died.

Tom was very grateful for Amba’s help. When people heard this, they were shocked at the bull’s expression of love for Tom. But for Tom, Amba was not a bull but a member of his family.

1.From the passage, we know Tom and Amba __________.

A. hated each other

B. got angry with each other

C. got on well with each other

D. disliked each other

2.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Tom went to the town market to sell fruit and vegetables.

B. Tom’s friends thought animals were safe.

C. Tom hit the snake’s head heavily with a stick..

D. For Tom, Amba was a member of his family.

3.The passage mainly wants to tell us __________.

A. the love between humans and animals

B. the fight between a bull and a snake

C. how to keep an animal

D. how to train an animal

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