When Mrs, Klein told her first graders to dra...

When Mrs, Klein told her first graders to draw a picture of something for which they were thankful, she wondered what these little _________, who lived in an underdeveloped neighborhood, actually would be _________ for. She knew that most of the class would draw pictures of turkeys (火鸡) or of _________ laid Thanksgiving tables. That was what they believed was _________ of them.

What _________ Mrs, Klein was Douglas’s picture. Douglas was so _________ and likely to be found close in her shadow as they went outside for breaks. Douglas’s _________ was simply this: A hand, _________, but whose hand? The class was _________ by his image. “I think it must be the hand of God that __________ us food,” said one student. “A ________” said another, “because they grow the turkeys.” “It looks more like a policeman, and they __________ us.” “I think,” said Lavinia, who was always so serious, “that it is supposed to be all the __________ that help us, but Douglas could only draw one of them.”

Mrs. Klein had almost __________ Douglas as she cheerfully found the class so responsive. When she had the others work on another project, she __________ his desk and asked whose hand it was. Douglas __________, “It’s yours, Teacher.” Then Mrs. Klein __________ that she had taken Douglas by the hand from time to time: she often did that with the children. __________, she never realized that it should have meant so much to Douglas ...

Perhaps, she __________, this was her Thanksgiving, and every body’s Thanksgiving—not the material things __________ to us, but the small ways that we give something to others.

1.A.children B.friends C.neighbors D.teachers

2.A.ready B.grateful C.pleased D.anxious

3.A.simply B.gently C.fully D.truly

4.A.asked B.expected C.requested D.informed

5.A.excited B.disappointed C.amused D.surprised

6.A.confident B.curious C.happy D.alone

7.A.drawing B.photo C.writing D.note

8.A.especially B.obviously C.briefly D.actually

9.A.attracted B.influenced C.frightened D.inspired

10.A.lends B.donates C.brings D.cooks

11.A.servant B.mother C.waiter D.farmer

12.A.guide B.teach C.rescue D.protect

13.A.neighbors B.hands C.classmates D.pictures

14.A.forgotten B.hugged C.praised D.forgiven

15.A.cleaned B.approached C.checked D.removed

16.A.lied B.admitted C.whispered D.added

17.A.recognized B.wondered C.remembered D.imagined

18.A.However B.Therefore C.Otherwise D.Instead

19.A.regretted B.doubted C.predicted D.thought

20.A.shown B.said C.given D.sold

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When Mrs. Green told her pupils to draw a picture of something of which they were appreciative, she thought how little these children in a worsening neighborhood, had to be _______ for. Most of the _______ would draw pictures of turkeys or of Thanksgiving tables full of everything _______ to eat. That was what they believed was _______ of them.

What made Mrs. Green _______ was David’s picture. David was a(an) _______ boy and likely to be _______ closed in his shadow as the others went outside for breaks. David’s drawing was _______ this:

A hand. Whose hand? The class was strongly attracted by his image. “I think it must be the _______ of God ________us food,” said one student,

“A ________,” said another, “because they ________ the turkeys.” “It looks more like a policeman, and they ________ us.” “I think,” Lucy said ________, “that it is ________ to be all the hands that help us, but David could only draw one of them.”

Mrs. Green had almost forgotten David in her ________ at finding the students so responsive(共鸣的). Having the others working on another project, she bent over his ________ and asked whose hand it was.

David whispered, “It’s yours, Teacher.”

Then Mrs. Green ________ she had taken David by the hand from time to time; she often did that with the children. But that should have ________ so much to David . . .

Perhaps, she thought this was her Thanksgiving, and everybody’s Thanksgiving—not the things given to us, but the ________ that we give something to others.

1.A. eager　　 B. ready　　 C. thankful　　 D. greedy

2.A. school　　 B. class　　 C. group　　 D. boys

3.A. rare　　 B. delicious　　 C. expensive　　 D. fit

4.A. convinced　　 B. informed　　 C. expected　　 D. warned

5.A. satisfied　　 B. touched　　 C. amazed　　 D. terrified

6.A. outgoing　　 B. shy　　 C. tough　　 D. aggressive

7.A. found　　 B. shut　　 C. hidden　　 D. stuck

8.A. distinctly　　 B. simply　　 C. clearly　　 D. exactly

9.A. head　　 B. arm　　 C. hand　　 D. foot

10.A. fetching　　 B. earning　　 C. delivering　　 D. bringing

11.A. worker　　 B. carpenter　　 C. banker　　 D. farmer

12.A. milk　　 B. raise　　 C. have　　 D. grow

13.A. protect　　 B. rescue　　 C. watch　　 D. follow

14.A. naughtily　　 B. rudely　　 C. seriously　　 D. noisily

15.A. proved　　 B. known　　 C. said　　 D. supposed

16.A. relaxation　　 B. courage　　 C. pleasure　　 D. wonder

17.A. picture　　 B. book　　 C. schoolbag　　 D. desk

18.A. realized　　 B. wished　　 C. remembered　　 D. believed

19.A. sensed　　 B. meant　　 C. accounted　　 D. affected

20.A. skills　　 B. chances　　 C. ways　　 D. hopes

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Mrs Smith trembled(颤抖)with excitement when she was told her fortunes(命运)．“Somebody is coming home to you，”Mrs Gray said slowly．“He’s carrying a rifle(步枪)on his back and he’s almost there．”

Mrs Smith felt as if she could hardly breathe．“And there he is!”Mrs Gray cried，pointing to the road．They all rushed to the door to look．

A man in a blue coat，with a gun on his back，was walking down the road toward the Smith farm．His face was hidden by a large pack on his back．

Laughing and crying，Mrs Smith grabbed(抓住)her hat and her children and ran out of Mrs Gray’s house．She hurried down the road after him，calling his name and pulling her children along with her．But the soldier was too far away for her voice to reach him．

When she got back to their farm，she saw the man standing by the fence．He was looking at the little house and the field of yellow wheat．The sun was almost touching the hills in the west．The cowbells rang softly as the animals moved toward the barn(畜棚)．

“How peaceful it all is，”Private Smith thought．“How far away from the battles，the hospitals，the wounded and the dead．My little farm in Wisconsin．How could I have left it for those years of killing and suffering?”

Mrs Smith hurried up to her husband．Her feet made no sound on the grass，but he turned suddenly to face her．For the rest of his life，he would never forget her face at that moment.

“Emma!”he cried.

The children stood back watching their mother kissing this strange man．He saw them，and kneeling down，he pulled from his pack three huge red apples．In a moment，all three children were in their father’s arms．Together，the family entered the little unpainted farmhouse．

Later that evening，after supper，Smith and his wife went outside．The moon was bright，above the eastern hills．Sweet，peaceful stars filled the sky as the night birds sang softly．

His farm needed work．His children needed clothing．He was no longer young and strong．But he began to plan for next year．With the same courage he had faced the war，Private Smith faced his difficult future．

1.Why could Mrs Smith hardly breathe when told her fortunes?

A. She ran out of the house too fast to catch her breath．

B. She was shocked by the scene of a man with a rifle on his back．

C. She had a sudden heart attack and almost lost consciousness．

D. She was overjoyed on hearing the return of her husband．

2.What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 7 suggest?

A. The moment expected for years would be a life-long memory．

B. He had almost forgotten her face after those years ’suffering．

C. He was shocked by the excitement written on her face．

D. He was afraid to be apart from her again．

3.What’s Private Smith’s attitude towards the future life?

A. Hopeful．　　 B. Puzzled．

C. Doubtful．　　 D. Indifferent．

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On my first day of high school, I asked an eleventh-grader where my class was. And he told me it was “on the fourth floor, next to the pool.” I found out five minutes later that we don’t even have a fourth floor and there’s no pool either! Besides that, I didn’t have any trouble with the older kid.

I think the biggest difference between middle and high school is the homework load (工作量) and size of the school. I went from maybe fifteen minutes of homework a night to several hours, so I had to learn how to make full use of time! Our class size is around 550, but joining in clubs, sports, music, and other activities at school makes it easier to get to know people in every grade.

The best advice I can give about the years you spend in high school is to learn things for yourself, not just to get a good grade. There have been so many tests that I’ve prepared for the night before, gotten an A, and not remembered anything later. I’ve changed that this year, and I enjoy school so much more. Don’t take easy classes just to have a simple year. If you have a choice between chemistry and sports, the first will prove to be a lot more useful!

While drinking and smoking might be present in some middle schools, they’re also around in high school. I have a lot of friends who promised they’d never drink or smoke, but are now partying every weekend. If you have “fun”and spend your nights wasted instead of studying, you will regret it when you’re applying for (申请) college. The “friends” who say you’re a loser for not partying are really not your friends at all. It’s hard to see your closest friends grow apart and go in different directions, but don’t follow their footsteps. Create your own path in life and make your own decisions.

1. What happened to the author on his first day of high school?

A. He had a fight with an eleventh-grader.

B. He fell into a pool on the fourth floor.

C. He was five minutes late for class.

D. He was fooled by a schoolboy.

2.The author advises high school students to _____.

A. choose useful classes

B.give up sports

C. try their best to get good grades

D. get ready for tests the night before

3. The last paragraph mainly tells us _____.

A. not to lose ourselves in high school

B. about the importance of making friends

C. not to go to any party in high school

D.about the trouble caused by drinking and smoking

D. Different views on the topic are presented.

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When Jane put out the idea of homeschooling to her parents, the first reaction they gave was, “You are cutting the child off the world.” “Did the child really get cut off or did the child socialize better?”

The moment we hear of homeschooling, we think the child will have no opportunities to interact with their peers. However, in my friend’s opinion, we forget that when attending a regular school, the child is not into socializing all the while. The child is restricted to so many other activities. Studies take a major role in a child’s life. The child hardly has the time to interact at school.

The child might be meeting and studying along with many peers; however, how many kids interact with all the kids in a class? But in homeschooling system, as my friend mentioned, the kid has all the time and can plan his day accordingly. During the day the child studies just like other school-going kids but with no burden of homework and project work, the child has so much free time in the evening as to effectively interact and play with peers. The quality time the child spends in education is really impressive.

Homeschooled kids have the opportunity to socialize more often as they have a lot of time in their hands. They can also make socializing a regular habit. Just as my friend said, her child goes to a neighboring park almost every day and has a set of friends who go there daily. Other children get back home to finish off homework and project work whereas her child who is already through with studies gets the opportunity to spend time with family members.

When I heard this, I really felt how lucky the child was. Definitely the child had a better opportunity to socialize when compared with my kid. However, I might not consider homeschooling for my kid, as I am so used to the conventional schooling system and feel regular schooling the safest bet.

1.The author’s purpose in writing the passage is to _________.

A. express his views on homeschooling

B. explain what homeschooling is

C. share his ways of teaching his children

D. promote homeschooling

2.What is the biggest advantage of homeschooled children?

A. They will become braver.

B. They can be more popular.

C. They can socialize better.

D. They will know how to arrange time.

3.What do we know about homeschooled children?

A. They don’t interact with their peers often.

B. They have more spare time to play.

C. They are restricted to certain activities

D. They can’t gain enough knowledge.

4.How does the passage mainly develop?

A. By following the order of importance.

B. By following the order of time.

C. By making comparisons.

D. By presenting data.

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Mrs. Jones was my first patient when I started medical school — and I owe her a lot.

She was under my care for the first two years of my medical training, yet I knew very little about her, except that she was thin, perhaps in her mid 70s. It might seem rather negligent not to know the basic facts of my patient, but I had a valid reason — Mrs. Jones was dead, and had been dead for about three years before I made a patient of her. Mrs. Jones was the dead body that I dissected (解剖) over the first two years of my medical training.

Of course, her name wasn’t really Mrs. Jones, but it seemed a little impolite to be conducting research into someone’s body without even knowing its name, so out of courtesy, I thought she should have one. “Me and Mrs. Jones, we’ve got a thing going on.” went the song coming out of the radio as I unzipped the bag of her on my first day — and so she was christened (命名).

As the months passed, I soon forgot that Mrs. Jones had, in fact, once been alive. One day, though, she suddenly became very human again. I’d been dissecting Mrs. Jones a good 18 months before I got around to the uterus (子宫). After I’d removed it, the professor came up to me, “If you look at the opening carefully, you’ll see that the angle indicates that this woman has had several children, probably three.” I stared at it, and I suddenly felt very strange. This woman, who had given me something incredibly precious that I’d begun to take for granted, wasn’t a dead body. She was a person, a mother, in fact.

At my graduation, the same professor came over to congratulate me. I explained the story about Mrs. Jones to him, and recalled what he’d told me about her having children and how that had affected me all those years ago.

“Well,” he said, “at the beginning of your training you had a dead body and managed to turn it into a person. Now you’re a doctor, the trick is to have a person and not turn them into a dead body,” and he laughed, shook my hand and walked away.

1.What does the underlined word “negligent” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A.Irresponsible. B.Pitiful.

C.Regretful. D.Miserable.

2.How did Mrs. Jones get her name?

A.She was named after the author’s favorite singer.

B.It came from a song being played during their first meet.

C.It was passed down from the seniors of the author’s school.

D.It just occurred to the author when he opened the bag of her.

3.What could be the author’s feeling for Mrs Jones Now?

A.Indifferent. B.Ashamed.

C.Grateful. D.Guilty.

4.What did the professor imply by his words in the last paragraph?

A.Medical students are able to bring the dead back to life.

B.Good doctors never fail to save their patients from dying.

C.Medical staff ought to have respect for life and humanity.

D.Being a doctor has nothing to do with the medical training.

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When I entered the room, I found a little boy _____ on his mother’s knees _____ to draw a picture.

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A first grader and her sister who is a fourth grader at Elon Elementary School had an ambitious project: to publish a book to stop bullying.

“We decide to take a stand,” said Keegan Lee, 10. “We’re trying to make a difference and to let the bullies know that bullying is not acceptable —because they don’t know that they’re hurting people’s feelings —and make a peaceful world.”

Keegan and her 7-year-old sister Kohen wrote a book called Bullies Need a Time out .

They got the idea, said Charmin Lee, Keegan and Kohen’s mother, when Koken was in kindergarten .She saw some kids on the playground picking on a classmate, and she spoke up to stop it.

“I talked to my mom about it, and she said, ‘let’s make a bully book,’” Kohen said.

Although Keegan was the writer, Kohen contributed a lot. Kohen also illustrated. What she likes to draw had a lot to do with how the story came out, Charmin said.

“The girls have not been around a lot of serious bad behavior at Elon Elementary School,” Charmin said, “but it is something they have heard and are sensitive about.”

“Some people call people bad names and call people losers and stuff like that,” Keegan said. “And when I see that, I get so upset.”

The book is about a boy named Kipton who sees bullying in the classroom, cafeteria and playground, and tries to help.

“So Kipton make a difference,” Kohen said.

Charmin Lee said there are a lot of books about bullying, but most of them are about therapy and adult intervention(调停), written by PhDs for teachers.

“We didn’t see any children’s books written for children by children,” Charmin said.

Charmin wants to publish the book through self-publishing company Lulu, and donate a copy to every school in Alamance County, but it is expensive. She is looking for some grant opportunities, and intends to have some copies available by the end of summer.

“It’s pretty much ready to go,” Charmin said.

1.What can we learn about Keegan and Kohen?

A.They are studying at Elon Middle School.

B.They are trying to do something to stop bullying.

C.They are just ordinary classmates.

D.They are planning to write a book called Bullies Need a Time Out.

2.Which of the following can best replace the phrase “picking on” in Paragraph 4?

A.Choosing somebody for special attention.

B.siding with somebody.

C.treating somebody unkindly.

D.taking advantage of somebody.

3.Bullies Need a Time Out is different from other books in that _____________.

A.it is intended to research school bullying.

B.it’s intended that readers are educators.

C.it is a book by children and for children.

D.it sells well on the market at present.

4.Which of the following would best summarize the article?

A.It’s high time that something was done about bullying.

B.Elementary school sisters and school bullying.

C.Bullies Need a Time Out based on the writer’s stories will come out.

D.Elementary school sisters throw the book at bullies.

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When I first told people I was going to work in Cameroon, the most common reaction was: “Why?” The second was: “It’s in Africa; you’ll die!” The third: “Where is that?” So let me give some answers. I was offered a job that looked interesting in a part of the world I’d never been to before. I’d also long had an interest in Africa, so I decided it was time to find out the reality.

A small amount of research showed that in more than 40 years since gaining independence, Cameroon has been a peaceful country with no wars. Not only are there no wars, but Cameroon is a food exporter to the region.

Now, after three years, I can say that these have been the healthiest years of my life! No malaria or any of the other frightening diseases you read about when Africa is mentioned. The worst thing that ever happened to me was a bout of food poisoning — once.

So what is it like to teach here? Well surprisingly not so different from teaching anywhere else.

Most students come to us with a bit of English in their heads. Cameroon is a bilingual country with French and English as official languages, while there are also close to 200 local ethnic languages in a country of 16 million people. French is the dominant language, spoken by about 80% of the population.

The local school system is very traditional and somewhat strict. Perhaps not surprisingly when there can be up to 150 students in the classroom (of which maybe 30 have the books, and there are probably seats for 70).

Like anywhere else, students appreciate it if you know a bit about their country, and not just Roger Milla (the top scorer of the 1990 World Cup, in case you’re wondering). It helps if you know the names of the ten provinces, know who the first president was, or can say a word in a local language.

So in conclusion: Cameroon isn’t just football. Not is it war, poverty and disease. It’s just life and people, like anywhere else.

1.On hearing the writer’s decision, most people _____.

A. didn’t understand him

B. considered it as a joke

C. admired him

D. laughed at him

2.According to the passage, Cameroon is _____.

A. a country full of diseases

B. peaceful after liberation

C. a poor country, especially lack of food

D. quite different from others in education

3.What can we infer from the passage?

A. Food export may lead to many frightening diseases

B. Most students in Cameroon do not need books

C. Cameroon is not as bad as people commonly believed

D. There must be a lot of people suffering from food poisoning.

4.What does the underlined word in the sixth paragraph mean?

A. leading　　 B. easy　　 C. only　　 D. wonderful

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Mr. Black was very forgetful. Each time when Mrs. Black wanted her husband to do something, she had to tell him again and again not to forget it.

Once Mr. Black was asked to post a letter, “ Do remember to put it into the letter box on your way to work.” The wife said. “ This time I won’t forget.” Mr. Black said to his wife. “I will hold the letter in my pocket.” “Oh, my dear, you may go now. Please come back early.” Mrs. Black said. As Mr. Black was shown out, he felt as if his wife touched him affectionately (温柔地) on the back.

Hand in his pocket, Mr. Black walked slowly down the street. Soon a man caught up with him from behind and smiled at him, “Don’t forget to post the letter.” Mr. Black was wondering how the man knew he had a letter to post. Then a girl passed him and turned to smile at him, too.“Now be sure to post the letter,” the girl said. Mr. Black was even more puzzled, “Why are they smiling at me? And how do they know I’m going to post a letter?” he thought to himself.

1.“Do remember to put it into the letter box on your way to work” showed _______ .

A. Mrs. Black believed her husband would certainly do as he was told to

B. Mrs. Black believed husband’s memory

C. Mrs. Black doubted her husband’s memory

D. Mrs. Black hoped her husband wouldn’t post the letter in a wrong place

2.The man who caught up with Mr. Black from behind _______ .

A. might be a man of his neighbors

B. might know Mr. Black’s shortcomings

C. might be Mrs. Black’s friend and he was told to warn Mr. Black

D. might be a stranger but he noticed something unusual on Mr. Black’s back

3.The girl turned to smile at Mr. Black _______ .

A. because she knew him

B. because she wanted to be friendly to him

C. because she wanted to show she had good manners

D. because of some obvious reason

4.According to the passage we can infer Mrs. Black touched her husband on the back so as to______ .

A. stick something on his back

B. show her love

C. warn him not to forget to post the letter

D. let him go to work right now

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