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There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them,especially the younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class made jokes about him because he seemed so 1 The mother 2 that she would herself have to get her sons to do better in school. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a book a week and do a book report for her. One day, in Ben"s 3 , the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him 4 . "Why did Ben put up his hand?" his classmates wondered. " He 5 said anything. What could he possibly want to say?" WelI,Ben not 6 the rock,but also said a lot about it. He narued other rocks in its group and even knew 7 the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were 8 . Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book 9 . Ben later went on to the 10 of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and at last became one of the best doctors in the United States. | |||
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Excuses! Excuses ! Harry was often late for school, and when the teacher asked him why he was late he always had an excuse. " My alarm clock didn"t go off," he said one morning. "The bus broke down, "he told her another morning. Usually he just didn"t want to get out of bed! When he didn"t hand in his homework he had an excuse for this as well. "The dog ate it,"was one reason that he had forgotten to do it, or left it until he was too tired. He always thought of someone or something to blame for his mistakes. "Why are your grades so bad, Harry?" his mother asked him one afternoon. "It"s not my fault (错误) , Mom,"Harry replied. "My teacher isn"t very good. " "Then I will phone the school and talk to your headmaster, " his mother said. "No , no. " Harry said quickly. "That won"t help. He doesn"t like me." "Then we"ll have to send you to a different school, " his father said, " You won"t see your friends anymore but your grades are more important. " Harry thought about this for a minute. He didn"t want to change schools. Then he said, "I probably could try harder to get to school on time. " "That would help, " his mother replied. "But what about your homework?" "Well, "he said. "I suppose l could work harder to keep up with my homework as well. I think I"ll go and do today"s homework right now. " When Harry left the room, his father said to his mother , " That wasn"t too difficult , was it? " | |||
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A. Harry"s mom and dad thought Harry should change schools. B. Harry"s mom and dad thought Harry should try harder at school. C. Harry decided to stop making excuses and work harder at school. D. Harry decided to do his homework. | |||
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2. You shouldn"t other people for your mistakes. 3. If you can"t your work you should ask your teacher for help. 4. Bill"s for forgetting his mom"s birthday was that he lost his diary. 5. We had to our homework to the teacher. | |||
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When I was about 12 years old, I really wanted a new bike! I __1__ my parents my birthday wish, but I knew there was little hope because my family could __2__ have that money. On my birthday my parents told me they had my __3__ outside in the back yard. At once, I __4__ out to the yard. There was my bike, __5__ it wasn"t the bike that I thought it would be. This one was pink, old and worn with age. It was so __6__ ! I thought I __7__ my parents" feelings because I could see the disappointment __8__ their faces and I was sure they could see it on mine. I __9__ the old bike and rode it, feeling __10__ that I had made my parents feel this way. So I put on a smile, rode as fast as I could and didn" t __11__. As time went by, I began to understand my parents gave me __12__ much more than just a rusty (生锈的) old bike. They gave me a life lesson about __13__ . When you give something out of love, it doesn" t matter what it is in fact. What matters is the love that is in it. I like to remember this __14__ because giving a gift is not about money. It"s about how much love you can feel from it. Do remember, a gift that __15__ two dollars isn"t any less valuable (有价值的) than one that costs one hundred dollars, or even more. | |||
( ) 1. A. talked ( ) 2. A. hardly ( ) 3. A. guitar ( ) 4. A. rushed ( ) 5. A. and ( ) 6. A. exciting ( ) 7. A. liked ( ) 8. A. on ( ) 9. A. got in ( ) 10. A. surprised ( ) 11. A. look ahead ( ) 12. A. anything ( ) 13. A. love ( ) 14. A. idea ( ) 15. A. spends | B. spoke B. quickly B. gift B. rode B. or B. interesting B. hated B. in B. got on B. excited B. look back B. nothing B. money B. news B. costs | C. said C. slowly C. cake C. climbed C. but C. relaxing C. hurt C. at C. got off C. happy C. come up C. something C. friendship C. advice C. pays | D. told D. easily D. card D. came D. because D. disappointing D. thanked D. for D. got up D. bad D. come down D. everything D. knowledge D. story D. offers |
阅读理解。 Once there was an old farmer. He had a horse and the horse was almost as old as himself. One morning he set out with his young son to sell the horse before it died. The father and the son walked because the farmer did not want the horse to be too tired. They met two men on the road. They said, "Why are you walking, farmer? You have a horse. It"s a long way to get to the market." The farmer knew that this was true, so he rode on the horse while his son walked. Then they met two old ladies. "What are you doing up there, farmer? Can"t you see how tired your son is? "So the farmer got down, and let his son ride on it. Twenty minutes later, three old men stopped them. One said, "Why are you walking, farmer? Get up. It"s too hot for an old man like you to walk today." So the farmer got up behind his son and they went on riding. Some time later, a young woman passed them. "Why aren"t you walking? " she asked, "It isn"t far to the market. Give your poor old horse a rest. "So the farmer and his son got down once again. It is a fact that you cannot please all the people all the time. 1. The farmer was _____. A. nearly the same age as his horse B. almost always older than his horse C. not quite as old as his horse D. a little older than his horse 2. The two men on the road _____. A. asked how far it was to the market B. said they thought the horse looked very tired C. asked why the farmer was not riding on his horse D. told the farmer"s son to get off the horse and walk 3. The two old ladies said it was wrong for _____ . A. the farmer to ride such a tired horse B. the farmer to ride while his young son walked C. the boy to ride instead of his father D. only one person to ride such a long way 4 The farmer got up behind his son because _____. A. the old man said it was too hot for him to walk B. the three old men stopped them on the road C. he did hot know why he was walking D. his son could not ride the horse by himself 5. What did the writer really want to tell us? A. The old man was a fool. B. The horse was old and was going to die. C. It is not right to listen to others. D. It is impossible for a man to make everyone satisfied (满意) all the time. | |||
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