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It’s a too long story — 17 months to be exact — with an ending that’s short and sweet. Ruthie has, finally and happily, been reunited with her family.
The story goes back to October, 2005. Ruthie, 8 months old, was sitting on the back seat of the family car when her owner walked hurriedly into a Long Island store. When Nancy Noel returned a few minutes later, Ruthie was nowhere in sight.
Nancy Noel and her husband, Lincoln Werden, got in touch with Nassau County police, put up flyers (小传单) around their Manhasset neighborhood. But no sightings of Ruthie were reported. Until last week, that is, someone sent Ruthie to a Manhattan shelter after finding her walking slowly around the Bronx — 25 miles from where she was taken on that fateful October day.
And then, shelter workers searched Ruthie for a possible microchip (微芯片) — she had one fixed under her skin. It showed her family’s name and address. Ruthie was immediately reunited with Nancy Noel and her daughter, Sara Werden.
“We never thought we would see her again,” said Sara Werden. “We were just amazed.”
She’s no longer the tiny pup they last saw. In fact, Ruthie gained (增加) 10 pounds during her months away from home. She’s on a diet now, and has already lost one and a half pounds. Ruthie also has a new friend to play with. The family had got another dog, named Holly, after losing the hope of ever finding their beloved Ruthie.
1.According to the passage, when did Ruthie get together with her family?
A. In October 2005. B. In March 2006.
C. In May 2007. D. In March 2007.
2.According to the passage, Ruthie should be _____.
A. a pet dog that Nancy Noel raised
B. one of Nancy Noel’s daughters
C. one of Holly’s sisters
D. a police working for Nancy Noel
3.Which of the following shows the right time order according to the passage?
a. Ruthie was sent to a shelter.
b. Ruthie stayed outside a Long Island store.
c. Ruthie was fixed a microchip.
d. Ruthie reunited with her family.
e. Shelter workers found Ruthie’s address.
A. baecd B. caebd C. bedac D. cbaed
4.Which of the following can be inferred according to the passage?
A. Ruthie was stolen by a thief.
B. Ruthie had enough food during the days when she was lost.
C. Nancy Noel never lost the hope of finding Ruthie.
D. Ruthie had to put on weight after she was found again.
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Worth the pain in the end
I used to hate running. It seemed too hard and pushing outside my comfort zone was not something I was raised to do.
In fact, I wouldn’t have become a _______ if it weren’t for my husband Charles. He had been a serious competitive runner for many years. After our marriage, he wouldn’t stop talking about how much he missed it.
“So start running again, why don’t you?” I was getting _______ of hearing about it.
So he picked it up again, and after about a year, I started to join him at the track (跑道). Just a few weeks later, Charles signed us both up for a five-kilometer race. I _______about doing it. It was too soon.
But on _______ day, there I was.
The gun went _______.Thousands of runners pushed forward.
The first kilometer was _______.
“I don’t think I’m going to make it.” I was already breathing heavily and painfully aware of the group of runners pounding past me.
“No, you’re doing _______”, said Charles. He was trying to encourage me, to get me focused on something other than my _______.
“I can’t,” I said, barely audibly (听得见地).
He tried a different way to _______ me. “Just make it to that house and let’s see how you feel.”
After another minute I saw the three-kilometer ________. All I could think of was that I was dying and that my husband was torturing (折磨) me.
Miserable doesn’t even begin to describe ________ I felt. And there was so much pain.
“You’ll be fine. You’ve got less than a kilometer to go.”
I rounded a corner and saw both sides of the street thick with people watching the race, all cheering the runners on. I willed my legs to keep going.
Then I looked up and saw the clock. The seconds ticking away (一分一秒地过去) gave me an incentive (助力). I knew that if I finished this race, I would have achieved something. So, I straightened up, and kicked it.
I had my arms held higher when I passed ________the finish line. A volunteer put a ________ around my neck.
“You did great! I’m so proud of you!” Charles was thrilled that I’d ________ it.
“That was AMAZING! I want to do another race. This running stuff is amazing!” I proudly hugged my medal as we started to walk to the post-race festivities.
My lungs and my comfort zone both ________.
1.A.runner B.traveler C.racer D.cheerleader
2.A.afraid B.tired C.aware D.confident
3.A.thought B.dreamed C.hesitated D.cared
4.A.race B.sport C.show D.task
5.A.on B.off C.up D.down
6.A.long B.short C.easy D.tough
7.A.wrong B.right C.great D.bad
8.A.disability B.dishonor C.disgrace D.discomfort
9.A.advise B.persuade C.urge D.force
10.A.signal B.symbol C.point D.mark
11.A.how B.what C.when D.why
12.A.by B.over C.across D.through
13.A.ring B.necklace C.medal D.scarf
14.A.done B.made C.taken D.caught
15.A.developed B.expanded C.changed D.progressed
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Not too long ago, our teacher, being a “tree-hugger” (as the kids call her), had us write an essay on an environmental issue . I was eager to start, but something made me stop.
“What is an environmental issue ?” one kid asked . “What if we don’t care about the environment ?” another complained. “ It’s not like it affects me .”
These comments astounded me .I have always cared about the environment and assumed that others did too. From the surprised look on my teacher’s face, I could tell she felt the same way.
In no time, I finished my essay . In my essay I wrote about logging(伐木), which is an important industry, but if we continue to cut down trees without replacing them, it will damage the environment.
There are so many things that we can do to save our world. Recycling, of course, is always a good thing, but not everyone has a recycling plant nearby ( I don’t ) . There are other ways to help the environment . Plant a tree. Don’t waste water.
I can’t stand it when a person’s excuse for not caring is “Nothing’s going to happen in my lifetime, so why should I care ?” Sure, the chances of something terrible happening are slim, but I want people to realize that if we don’t deal with it, someone will have to eventually. Do you want that to be your children ?
When my teacher told me to read my essay to my class, I was a little embarrassment because I didn’t want everyone to call me “tree- hugger”. I realize now that if being a tree-hugger means you cares about the environment, I’m a tree-hugger 100 percent. I just wish more people were too.
1.Why do the students call her teacher “tree-hugger” ?
A. She likes hugging trees.
B. She knows a lot about trees.
C. She grew up in the country.
D. She cares a lot about the environment.
2.The underlined word in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by ____.
A. helped B. changed C. shocked D. interested
3.Paragraph 5 is mainly about ____.
A. what we can recycle
B. how we can save the earth
C. why we should protect the earth
D. what damage we are doing to the earth
4.We can infer from the text that _____
A. the students don’t like the teacher
B. the teacher liked the author’s essay
C. the author is ashamed of being a tree-hugger
D. the author should have written a better essay
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________I’m concerned, we are going to take an exam in a month.
A. As long as B. As far as C. Just as D. Even if
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Writing a long book seemed to be too much for me. So, for a long time, I just wrote short articles. One day, inspiration(灵感) for an article hit me and, as I started writing, paragraphs began flowing out fast. It turned out to be too long to be an article. I thought it would not hurt to try self-publishing a booklet(小册子). The first printing of this 32-page black and white booklet sold out within a week. Here is something that I have learned through my experience.
1.Start small.
Don’t try to have a 400-page work as your first publication. I suggest you publish a booklet under 50 pages to launch your career as an author.
2.Ask for advice.
If you know some people who have published something, ask them for advice and help. You will gain useful information from them and save yourself many problems.
3.________
When you put your heart into something only to hear“We’re not interested”,you may get hurt. But you must remind yourself that this is quite common. Every“yes”you receive comes after at least five“noes”,especially at the beginning. You need to revise your book many times to reduce the chances of being turned down.
4.The more you market, the more you sell.
You can publish an excellent book. But if no people know about it, you cannot expect many buyers. Send out an e-mail to friends, family and business partners, telling them your book’s publication date. Ask them to help sell your book.
Do not be afraid to try novel ideas.
1.What does the underlined word“launch”in Point 1 there mean?
A．Begin.
B．Develop.
C．Lead.
D．Describe.
2.What’s the best title for Point 3?
A．No one will like what you wrote at first.
B．You will get hurt by what you wrote at first.
C．Prepare for a“yes”rather than a“no”.
D．Be prepared to deal with“noes”.
3.According to the passage, if you want to have more copies of your book sold, you should________.
A．advertise your book in newspapers
B．try to make more people know your book
C．ask your business partners to buy your book
D．write something that people are interested in
4.About self-publishing a book, the writer would most probably agree that________.
A．one usually makes no money out of self-publishing a book
B．one should never self-publish a book longer than 400
C．self-publishing a book is impossible for most people
D．asking advice from people who have published a book is helpful
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Not too long ago, a Chicago brewery (酿造厂) introduced a new beer that was supposed to be the least fattening（making people fat） on the market. It was lighter, so they called it LITE. Only two months after the new beer had been on sale, however, strange new ads appeared in the Chicago newspapers. They read 'LITE Tastes Soapy'. The public, of course, was confused. Who wanted a beer that tasted like soap（肥皂）, even if it was non-fattening?
The new ads weren't talking about LITE beer, however. They were for a product of the LITE Soap Company. The president of the LITE Soap Company, Mrs Ruth Ascott, was very upset with the brewery for taking the name of her high-powered detergent (洗涤剂) and using it as the name of a new beer. LITE Soap had had the same name for 53 years. She wrote to the brewery, insisting that they should not use the word LITE in their beer ads. The brewery replied that they could—and would—because beer and soap were so different. They planned to ignore the 'LITE Tastes Soapy' ads, since the public knew which LITE was which.
Mrs Ascott then wanted to plan a new campaign. The ads would read 'LITE Is Wonderful for Washing Clothes'.
1.It is clear that _____.
A. the Chicago brewery was sure the soap company would add to its fame
В. the LITE Soap Company is happy to know the name of the beer
С. the ad 'LITE Tastes Soapy' did harm to LITE the beer
D. the brewery was not surprised at all to see the ad 'LITE Tastes Soapy'
2.It seems that_____.
A. the new beer may lose weight В. the brewery was right
С. making ads is not difficult D. most beer makes us fat
3.When the ad 'LITE Tastes Soapy' comes out, _____.
A. the beer sold well on the market
В. it confused some consumers of the beer
С. people thought the beer was the least fattening
D. people began to like the product from LITE Soap Company
4.We may conclude that_____.
A. neither of the two products sells well
В. both the two companies get on very well
С. the brewery did wrong to the LITE Soap Company
D. it was wrong of the soap company to have LITE as her own name
5.When the public read the ad in the last paragraph, they _____.
A. might wash their clothes with the beer В. are likely to stop to buy the beer
С. might be more confused than ever before D. may find out which LITE was which
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---Mum, I’m going to visit my aunt. What about a week?
---A week is too long. Try to be back in ____of days.
A．number
B．a dozen
C．a couple
D．few
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We need to be______ the long-term effect of playing computer games too much on children.
A. concerned about B. amazed at
C. threatened by D. tired of
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Last year I went to America and stayed there with an American family for two months.
As is said, “The best house is in America, the best wife is in Japan, and the best food is in China.” So I ________ pride and pleasure to ________ “the best food” for my American family. Each day, regardless of my poor skill of cooking, I would do something in a ________ way: changing the dishes color, the meat’s type or the soup’s style. Thus, my American friends could discover the ________ of eating Chinese food. Because of my “________” job, I was often rewarded by their ________ of thanks such as “very delicious”, “excellent”, etc.
________ something funny happened yesterday when I cooked Sichuan style fish for dinner. I was ________ with my work.
When the whole family sat round the table, they first looked ________ at the fish, then looked at me. “Why do all the fish have their ________？” they asked，“It’s terrible!”
________ or terrible？I can’t understand. But I do know that fish heads are delicious. The head is the ________ part of fish; in ________ only the important guest can have the ________ of enjoying it.
Another ________ thing is: the American friends often said to me“________ ”as they ________ home fruits or other things. According to Chinese tradition I would simply smile in answer to their kindness ________ actually helping myself to any of the food. ________, I said “help yourself” to them whenever I brought home fruits. Dear me! No matter how much or how often I brought home food, as long as it was nice to their taste, they ________ hesitated (犹豫)to use their hands to “help themselves” until all was finished.
1.A. took B. shared C. held D. had
2.A. leave B. fetch C. cook D. buy
3.A. simple B. new C. same D. magic
4.A. importance B. joy C. trouble D. way
5.A. new B. daily C. good D. hard
6.A. smile B. flowers C. talk D. expressions
7.A. However B. But C. So D. And
8.A. surprised B. pleased C. strict D. proud
9.A. worriedly B. excitedly C. surprisedly D. happily
10.A. heads B. skins C. tails D. bones
11.A. Particular B. Wonderful C. Comfortable D. Beautiful
12.A. biggest B. best C. dearest D. lightest
13.A. the West B. China C. USA D. the East
14.A. ability B. safety C. chance D. honor
15.A. enjoyable B. exciting C. interesting D. common
16.A. dear me B. excuse me
C. help yourself D. enjoy yourself
17.A. collected B. wanted C. bought D. brought
18.A. and B. but C. without D. not
19.A. In return B. Above all C. After all D. At last
20.A. always B. often C. never D. usually
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Last year I went to America and stayed there with an American family for two months.
As is said, “the best house is in America, the best wife is in Japan, and the best food is in China.” So I ______ pride and felt pleased to ______ “the best food” for my American family. Each day, regardless of my poor skill of cooking, I would do something in ______ way: changing the dishes’ color, the meat’s type or the soup’s style. Thus, my American friends could discover the ______ of eating Chinese food. Because of my “______” job, I was often rewarded by their ______ of thanks such as “very delicious”, “excellent”, etc.
But something funny happened yesterday when I cooked Sichuan style ______ for dinner. I was ______ with my work.
When the whole family sat round the table, they first looked ______ at the fish, then looked at me. “______ do all the fishes have their heads?” they asked, “It’s terrible!”
Beautiful or terrible? I can’t understand. But I ______ know that fish heads are delicious. The ______ is the best part of fish; in ______ only the important guest can have the ______ of enjoying it.
Another ______ thing is: the American friends often said to me “______” as they brought home fruits or other things. ______ Chinese tradition I would simply smile in answer to their kindness ______ actually helping myself to any of the food. ______ , I said “help yourself” to them whenever I brought home fruits. Dear me! No matter how much or how often I brought home foo
d, as long as it was nice to their taste, they ______ hesitated (犹豫) to use their hands to “help themselves” until all was finished.1.A. took B. shared C. held D. had
2.A. leave B. fetch C. cook D. buy
3.A. a
simple B. a new C. the same D. their4.A. importance B. joy C. trouble D. way
5.A. new B. daily C. good D. hard
6.A. smile B. flowers C. expressions D. talk
7.A. egg B. fish C. soup D. meat
8.A. surprised B. pleased C. good D. praised
9.A. worriedly B. excitedly C. surprisedly D. happily
10.A. Why B. When C. How D. Where
11.A. should B. will C. can D. do
12.A. flesh B. head C. soup D. tail
13.A. the West B. China C. USA D. fact
14.A. honor B. mood C. belief D. permit
15.A. easy B. exciting C. interesting D. alternative
16.A. eat them please B. please help us C. help yourself D. excuse me
17.A. According to B. Instead of C. More than D. In spite of
18.A. nor B. but not C. without D. not
19.A. In return B. Above all C. After all D. At last
20.A. had B. often C. never D. usual
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d, as long as it was nice to their taste, they ______ hesitated (犹豫) to use their hands to “help themselves” until all was finished.
simple B. a new C. the same D. their