I was in the seventh grade, and we had moved to New Jersey in November. By then, everyone already had had their own friends, and no one wanted to talk to a new girl. To make things worse, they put me in “Section L”. I found out later that everyone called Section L “Loserville”. It was sort of an open secret that it was the section for troublemakers and not-so-smart kids. When I found out, I wanted to scream. I had always been a good student and had amazing friends, and now everyone thought I was a loser!
I did text my friends in Illinois almost every night, especially my best friend, Ana. At first my friends wanted to hear all about it. But then some stopped texting back once I said something about how miserable I was. One night when I was texting with Ana, I complained about another friend who had just done that.
Ana’s texts came really fast for the next few minutes and they surprised me. She said that she was tired of hearing about how bad everything was in New Jersey, too. She said she did not want to hurt my feelings but that I needed to stop feeling so sorry for myself all the time, I had to try to make things better.
The next day, I thought a lot about what Ana had said. She was right!
I wish I could say that everything changed overnight after that, but it didn’t. I was still stuck in “Loserville”, and some people were still mean to me, even though I tried to just stay out of their way.
But what did change was me—I stopped feeling so sorry for myself and did something about making friends. I signed up to make sets for the school play. I met a lot of new people there, and suddenly I had friends to say hi to in the halls!
I still miss Illinois sometimes, but life in New Jersey isn’t so hard anymore. Even though I couldn’t change my situation, I could change my attitude—and that made all the difference.
1.“Loserville” is a section for ________.
A. failures B. good students
C. class secrets D. newcomers
2.The writer complained all the time in the new environment because ________.
A. Ana didn’t text back to her B. her friends hurt her feelings
C. she was unfairly treated D. she was a good student
3.What made a difference in changing the situation?
A. She went back to Illinois.
B. She ended friendship with Ana.
C. She fought back with her classmates.
D. She began to make friends with others.
4.The best title for the passage can be ________.
A. Lasting Friendship B. An Incidence at School
C. Say Goodbye to “Loserville” D. Unhappiness in “Loserville”
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I was in the seventh grade, and we had moved to New Jersey in November. By then, everyone already had had their own friends, and no one wanted to talk to a new girl. To make things worse, they put me in “Section L”. I found out later that everyone called Section L “Loserville”. It was sort of an open secret that it was the section for troublemakers and not-so-smart kids. When I found out, I wanted to scream. I had always been a good student and had amazing friends, and now everyone thought I was a loser!
I did text my friends in Illinois almost every night, especially my best friend, Ana. At first my friends wanted to hear all about it. But then some stopped texting back once I said something about how miserable I was. One night when I was texting with Ana, I complained about another friend who had just done that.
Ana’s texts came really fast for the next few minutes and they surprised me. She said that she was tired of hearing about how bad everything was in New Jersey, too. She said she did not want to hurt my feelings but that I needed to stop feeling so sorry for myself all the time, I had to try to make things better.
The next day, I thought a lot about what Ana had said. She was right!
I wish I could say that everything changed overnight after that, but it didn’t. I was still stuck in “Loserville”, and some people were still mean to me, even though I tried to just stay out of their way.
But what did change was me—I stopped feeling so sorry for myself and did something about making friends. I signed up to make sets for the school play. I met a lot of new people there, and suddenly I had friends to say hi to in the halls!
I still miss Illinois sometimes, but life in New Jersey isn’t so hard anymore. Even though I couldn’t change my situation, I could change my attitude—and that made all the difference.
1.“Loserville” is a section for ________.
A. failures B. good students
C. class secrets D. newcomers
2.The writer complained all the time in the new environment because ________.
A. Ana didn’t text back to her B. her friends hurt her feelings
C. she was unfairly treated D. she was a good student
3.What made a difference in changing the situation?
A. She went back to Illinois.
B. She ended friendship with Ana.
C. She fought back with her classmates.
D. She began to make friends with others.
4.The best title for the passage can be ________.
A. Lasting Friendship B. An Incidence at School
C. Say Goodbye to “Loserville” D. Unhappiness in “Loserville”
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When milk arrived on the doorstep
When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep. His name was Mr. Basille. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck. As a 5-year-old boy, I couldn’t take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt. He noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer.
Of course, he delivered more than milk. There was cheese, eggs and so on. If we needed to change our order, my mother would pen a note-“Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery”-and place it in the box along with the empty bottles. And then, the buttermilk would magically appear.
All of this was about more than convenience. There existed a close relationship between families and their milkmen. Mr. Basille even had a key to out house, for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors, so that the milk wouldn’t freeze. And I remember Mr. Basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table, having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.
There is sadly no home milk delivery today. Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk, thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete. Besides, milk is for sale everywhere, and it may just not have been practical to have a delivery service.
Recently, an old milk box in the countryside I saw brought back my childhood memories. I took it home and planted it on the back porch （门廊）. Every so often my son’s friends will ask what it is. So I start telling stories of my boyhood, and of the milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk.
1.Mr. Basille gave the boy a quarter out of his coin changer ________.
A. to show his magical power B. to pay for the delivery
C. to satisfy his curiosity D. to please his mother
2.What can be inferred from the fact that the milkman had the key to the boy’s house?
A. He wanted to have tea there.
B. He was a respectable person.
C. He was treated as a family member.
D. He was fully trusted by the family.
3.Why does home milk delivery no longer exist?
A. Nobody wants to be a milkman now.
B. It has been driven out of the market.
C. Its service is getting poor.
D. It is forbidden by law.
4.Why did the author bring back home an old milk box?
A. He missed the good old days.
B. He wanted to tell interesting stories.
C. He missed it for his milk bottles.
D. He planted flowers in it.
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When milk arrived on the doorstep
When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep. His name was Mr. Basille. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck. As a 5-year-old boy, I couldn’t take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt. He noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer.
Of course, he delivered more than milk. There was cheese, eggs and so on. If we needed to change our order, my mother would pen a note-“Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery”-and place it in the box along with the empty bottles. And then, the buttermilk would magically appear.
All of this was about more than convenience. There existed a close relationship between families and their milkmen. Mr. Basille even had a key to our house, for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors, so that the milk wouldn’t freeze. And I remember Mr. Basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table, having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.
There is sadly no home milk delivery today. Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk, thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete. Besides, milk is for sale everywhere, and it may just not have been practical to have a delivery service.
Recently, an old milk box in the countryside I saw brought back my childhood memories. I took it home and planted it on the back porch （门廊）. Every so often my son’s friends will ask what it is. So I start telling stories of my boyhood, and of the milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk.
1.Mr Basille gave the boy a quarter out of his coin changer____.
A.to show his magical power. B.to pay for the delivery
C.to satisfy his curiosity. D.to please his mother.
2.What can be inferred from the fact that the milkman had the key to the boy’s house?
A.He wanted to have tea there.
B.He was a respectable person.
C.He was treated as a family member.
D.He was fully trusted by the family.
3.Why does home milk delivery no longer exist?
A.Nobody wants to be a milkman now.
B.It has been driven out of the market.
C.Its service is getting poor.
D.It is forbidden by law.
4.Why did the author bring back home an old milk box?
A.He missed the good old days.
B.He wanted to tell interesting stories.
C.He missed it for his milk bottles.
D.He planted flowers in it.
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When milk arrived on the doorstep
When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep. His name was Mr. Basille. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck. As a 5-year-old boy, I couldn’t take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt. He noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer.
Of course, he delivered more than milk. There was cheese, eggs and so on. If we needed to change our order, my mother would pen a note----“Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery”----and place it in the box along with the empty bottles. And then, the buttermilk would magically appear.
All of this was about more than convenience. There existed a close relationship between families and their milkmen. Mr. Basille even had a key to our house, for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors, so that the milk wouldn’t freeze. And I remember Mr. Basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table, having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.
There is sadly no home milk delivery today. Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk, thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete. Besides, milk is for sale everywhere, and it may just not have been practical to have a delivery service.
Recently, I saw an old milk box in the countryside. I took it home and planted it on the back porch （门廊）. Every so often my son’s friends will ask what it is. So I start telling stories of my boyhood, and of the milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk.
1.Mr. Basille gave the boy a quarter out of his coin changer____.
A. to show his magical power
B. to pay for the delivery
C. to satisfy his curiosity
D. to please his mother
2.What does “this” in the third paragraph refer to?
A. The milkman’s magic power
B. The milkman’s kindness to me
C. The note to change an order
D. The home delivery service
3.What can be inferred from the fact that the milkman had the key to the boy’s house?
A. He wanted to have tea there.
B. He was a respectable person.
C. He was treated as a family member.
D. He was fully trusted by the family.
4.Why does home milk delivery no longer exist?
A. Nobody wants to be a milkman now.
B. It has been driven out of the market.
C. Its service is getting poor.
D. It is forbidden by law.
5.Why did the author bring back home an old milk box?
A. He missed the good old days.
B. He wanted to tell interesting stories.
C. He missed it for his milk bottles.
D. He planted flowers in it.
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In the town of Swedesboro, New Jersey, 5th grade students are determined to make 2,000 paper cranes (纸鹤) by the end of the school year. Their _______ is to put smiles on kids’ faces.
The idea of _______ the paper cranes started when their _______, Tara Milward, read them the story Sadako and the One Thousand Paper Cranes in class. Sadako was _______ with leukemia (白血病) at a very young age. She _______ folding the paper cranes along with her family and friends, _______ this was a symbol of hope for Sadako to get _______ one day.
The students of Harker School wanted to _______ Sadako’s story. They began buying paper,_______ paper cranes, and decided to make 2,000! They want to send the ________ 1,000 cranes to Hiroshima, Japan where Sadako lived. The next 1,000 cranes are ________ to a local hospital. Wherever a paper crane is made, the students are ________ that something so simple can help someone ________ hope.
They are so devoted to the ________ that they work on it in every minute of their ________ time to help them towards their big goal of 2,000 paper cranes. To achieve their ________ goal, all of the students are coming together and working very ________. They are eager to spread the hope to their friends and families, also a ________ of this extraordinary project.
The students are ________ by Sadako’s story and are making their impossible dream come true. They hope to make a ________ around the globe to show that everyone can make the world a better place.
1.A. goal B. class C. reward D. worry
2.A. selling B. finding C. making D. collecting
3.A. friend B. teacher C. parent D. patient
4.A. covered B. occupied C. equipped D. diagnosed
5.A. minded B. began C. remembered D. continued
6.A. if B. so C. because D. though
7.A. kinder B. cleaner C. older D. better
8.A. take part in B. make use of C. come up with D. thing highly of
9.A. receiving B. adding C. folding D. packing
10.A. first B. last C. best D. most
11.A. returning B. turning C. flying D. going
12.A. tired B. amazed C. frightened D. bored
13.A. keep up B. break up C. give up D. turn up
14.A. visit B. chance C. study D. cause
15.A. lost B. rare C. spare D. whole
16.A. usual B. common C. early D. famous
17.A. hard B. gradually C. fluently D. ahead
18.A. help B. change C. part D. test
19.A. rewarded B. ashamed C. disturbed D. inspired
20.A. travel B. difference C. research D. speech
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I was in the sixth grade and has just moved to California from Alaska when I met Ms. Linda Jones. Most of my teachers seemed to_______me; I was one more student among hundreds. Ms. Jones, however, took a _______interest. “You can write,” she said, explaining that she wanted to move me into the honors English class. So did I.
A decade later, when my first novel was_______, I went back to Ms. Jones’s classroom, handing her a copy of my book. “And I_______this for you.” Ms. Jones began to cry_______. She’d been considering early_______, she said, _______she felt she wasn’t having enough of an effect_________her students. I didn’t know how to make Ms. Jones understand what she’d done for me: _______her, I fell in love with Shakespeare. I learned how to compose an essay. It was her ________in me that gave me the confidence to become a writer. I__________her.
Fifteen years later, when I heard that she was ________ready to retire, I attended her________party. All Ms. Jones needed to do was say a few words thanking her colleagues for coming. ________, she stood up and made an exciting ________that began like this: “For those of you complaining that________have changed, and that it’s harder to teach these days. You’re getting ________and lazy. These kids haven’t changed. You have! Do not________these kids!”
When she finished her talk, everyone________hands! I went up to Ms. Jones and thanked her for changing my life all those years ago. I__________that night that I was still, and would forever be, her student.
1.A. ignore B. discover C. admire D. hate
2.A. typical B. practical C. special D. complicated
3.A. sold B. finished C. tested D. published
4.A. bought B. did C. wrote D. drew
5.A. madly B. bitterly C. shyly D. happily
6.A. choice B. retirement C. behavior D. change
7.A. though B. but C. unless D. because
8.A. on B. for C. about D. off
9.A. Regardless of B. According to C. Thanks to D. In terms of
10.A. belief B. idea C. motto D. talent
11.A. believed B. owed C. helped D. congratulated
12.A. gradually B. frequently C. constantly D. finally
13.A. going-up B. bringing-in C. going-away D. get-together
14.A. Still B. Instead C. Moreover D. Therefore
15.A. notice B. appointment C. decision D. speech
16.A. teachers B. kids C. writers D. schools
17.A. old B. proud C. smart D. greedy
18.A. let down B. play jokes on C. give up to D. put pressure on
19.A. clapped B. waved C. raised D. shook
20.A. heard B. hoped C. proved D. realized
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Anne LaBastille was born in New York City and grew up in New Jersey. Her first experience with the wilderness was in the Adirondacks in the northeast of New York, where she worked at a summer resort to earn money for college tuition by caring for the horses, giving riding lessons, and working as a waitress. And she has many chances to begin her adventure in the Adirondack wilderness.
Anne returned to school in the fall, but she continued to spend as much time as she could in the Adirondacks. She grew to love her time alone in the mountains. Anne graduated from college with a bachelor’s degree in conservation of natural resources and began working for the National Audubon Society in Florida as a wildlife tour leader.
Although Anne took great pleasure in showing people the animals living in the Florida Keys and the Everglades National Park, she longed for the mountains in the northern parts of New York. Eventually, she decided to build a cabin near Black Bear Lake. Over the years, however, more and more tourists began hiking near her cabin. As a result, Anne decided to build another cabin deeper in the woods at Lily Pad Lake.
Anne lived in the woods for most of her life. She enjoyed living alone in the woods, and her life was far too busy for her to be lonely. When she was not writing books, she wrote articles for National Geographic, Reader’s Digest, and other magazines. In her later years, Anne conducted research in Guatemala on an endangered bird called the grebe. She also lectured nationwide about ecology. Besides, Anne worked with a number of organizations dedicated to conservation.
As a respected guide, author, and conservationist, Anne not only loved the land but also had found a way to become part of it.
1.Anne’s work at the summer resort _________.
A. showed her love for long tours
B. helped her to explore the wilderness
C. earned her high admiration in college
D. gave her a chance to learn horse riding
2.Anne built her cabin at Lily Pad Lake in order to ________.
A. live in the mountains
B. enlarge her living space
C. settle in a more beautiful place
D. get away from increasing numbers of tourists
3.We can conclude from the text that Anne _________.
A. felt very lonely living in the woods
B. made the wilderness a part of her life
C. tried to make more people aware of the grebe
D. longed to be an editor of National Geographic
4.What is the main idea of the text?
A. The life of Anne LaBastille.
B. The achievement of Anne LaBastille.
C. Anne LaBastille’s adventures in the wilderness.
D. Anne LaBastille’s pioneering work in wildlife ecology.
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In January 2018, I was commuting (通勤) from Brooklyn to New Jersey. I have two little kids and a busy business, so a quiet train ride felt like a mini ______. Yet I found myself spending that ______ time scrolling through my social media feeds. One day, I ______ my phone and started writing thank-you notes to people who had ______ to a fund I had organized.
When I got off the train that day, I was in a noticeably better ______. The next day, I wrote more thank-yous — and felt the same. When I finished writing the notes, I ______ them up. There were 31 — one for every day of the year so far. Something ______. What if I kept it up?
I decided to write one thank-you note for every day of that year. I had no shortage of people I was ______ for. So I picked out a different ______ for each month. January was charity — and, thankfully, I had already completed that ______.
February would be ______ to neighbors, and I thought of a dozen names right away. I remembered when the owners of our local bookstore let me and my five-year-old son, Henry, in before the store opened. I ______ when our 14-year-old babysitter ______ a bag of old board games for our kids to play.
Writing the notes wasn’t all that ______: Each was two or three sentences long, taking just a few minutes to ______. I focused on the person I was writing to and what I wanted to say, and the words came fairly easily. That focus felt ______. It was good for my brain, which had been trained to ______ from this feed to that e-mail.
While writing the notes, I eventually realized why this task was the perfect antidote (解药) to my social ______. What was I actually doing when I scrolled through Facebook? More often than not, I was ______ other people’s lives — their beach vacations, their organized kitchens. Writing thank-you notes was an act of noticing and ______ my own life.
1.A.trip B.adventure C.vacation D.celebration
2.A.lonely B.precious C.boring D.tiring
3.A.picked up B.brought out C.put up D.put down
4.A.contributed B.offered C.led D.expanded
5.A.mood B.situation C.position D.harmony
6.A.folded B.arranged C.piled D.counted
7.A.happened B.clicked C.appeared D.presented
8.A.thoughtful B.awful C.grateful D.respectful
9.A.theme B.topic C.object D.range
10.A.cause B.assignment C.goal D.contract
11.A.written B.provided C.celebrated D.devoted
12.A.reminded B.recalled C.recognized D.reflected
13.A.dropped off B.took off C.set off D.put off
14.A.tiring B.boring C.breath-taking D.time-consuming
15.A.form B.compose C.accumulate D.type
16.A.exhausting B.desperate C.refreshing D.independent
17.A.work B.lock C.fasten D.wander
18.A.feeds B.media C.activities D.participations
19.A.observing B.admiring C.following D.sharing
20.A.lengthening B.purifying C.honoring D.varying
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It was my first day to Miss Hargrove’s seventh grade. Past “newcomer experiences” had been difficult, so I was very__to fit in. After being introduced to the class, I bravely put on a smile and___my seat.
Lunchtime was a(n)___surprise when the girls all crowded around my table. They were friendly, so I began to___.My new classmates told me about the school, the teachers and the other kids.They___out the class nerd（书呆子）to me: Mary Lou. She was a pretty girl with dark eyes and olive-skin,___she wore a long woolen skirt and an old-fashioned blouse. She looked stupid. The girls whispered and laughed___Mary Lou walked by. She ate alone.
After school, the girls invited me to___them in front of the school. I was___to be a member of the club. We waited. For what, I didn’t know. Then Mary Lou came down the school steps. The girls started____her, shouting rudely, biting comments. I____,and then joined right in. Mean remarks____from my lips. No one could tell I’d never done this before. The other girls stepped back and started cheering for me. Feeling____,I pulled on her backpack and then pushed her. Her backpack broke. Mary Lou fell and I backed off. Everyone was laughing. I____in. I was a leader.
I was not proud. Something inside me hurt. If you’ve ever picked a wing off a butterfly, you know how I felt. Mary Lou got up, gathered her books and left without a tear or saying anything. She held her head____as blood ran down from her knee. I____her struggle away down the street.
I turned to leave with my____friends and noticed a man standing beside his car. He must have been Mary Lou’s father—he had the same olive skin, dark hair and handsome look. He remained still and watched the____girl walk toward him. Only his eyes—shining with both sadness and pride—followed. As I passed, he looked at me in silence with burning tears that reminded me of my____.
Mary Lou’s father’s eyes taught me a good lesson that day. I never again hurt someone for my own____.
1.A. excited B. curious C. frightened D. anxious
2.A. reserved B. had C. took D. put
3.A. pleasant B. terrible C. disappointing D. expected
4.A. relax B. hesitate C. read D. suspect
5.A. found B. picked C. worked D. pointed
6.A. because B. but C. and D. so
7.A. since B. before C. until D. as
8.A. play B. ask C. join D. study
9.A. scared B. thrilled C. careful D. afraid
10.A. making fun of B. speaking well of C. looking up to D. going back to
11.A. refused B. paused C. hurried D. escaped
12.A. said B. received C. fell D. spoke
13.A. ashamed B. guilty C. enthusiastic D. encouraged
14.A. turned B. fitted C. took D. went
15.A. cautiously B. casually C. lowly D. high
16.A. watched B. heard C. glared D. sensed
17.A. caring B. puzzling C. laughing D. satisfying
18.A. lonely B. only C. silly D. friendly
19.A. pain B. shame C. weakness D. pity
20.A. gain B. loss C. effort D. duty
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We had hoped to move into the new house at the end of the month, but things didn’t _______ as we had expected.
A．show up B．work out C．take up D．pick out
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