My Father"s Son It"s hard being an astronaut"s son. Everybody expects you to be 1 . I"m just an average eleven-year-old kid. My father is so good at everything. I often wonder 2 my father ever had a son like me. One morning my teacher announced a 3 Day essay contest (竞赛) for the whole school. What would I 4 ? My father is an astronaut; I would start out with that. No, I decided I wouldn"t do that. The whole country and maybe even the whole 5 saw my father as an astronaut, 6 that wasn"t the way I saw him. How did I 7 my father? Hmm. I saw him sitting with me in the dark when I was little and had a nightmare. I saw him teaching me how to throw a baseball. I remembered him hugging me for hours when my dog was killed by a car. And I remembered how he 8 me with a new little dog at my eighth birthday party. These were the things I was going to write about my dad. To me, he wasn"t 9 a world-famous astronaut. He was my dad. On Thursday night the winning essays would be 10 in the hall with all the parents and students present. I hadn"t shown Dad the essay, and now I almost 11 I wouldn"t win. When the third prize was announced and it wasn"t me. I was 12 and disappointed at the same time. Then the second prize. It was me! I went up to the stage and read my essay "My Father"s Son". I watched my parents as I read. When I finished reading, the audience applauded. I saw my father 13 his nose. Tears were running down my mother"s face. Dad cleared his throat, and put his hand on my shoulder, "Son, this is the proudest moment of my life." It was the proudest moment of my life, too. Maybe I"ll 14 be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but just then, it was 15 just to be my father"s son. |
( )1. A. perfect ( )2. A. when ( )3. A. Children"s ( )4. A. write ( )5. A. school ( )6. A. but ( )7. A. care ( )8. A. frightened ( )9. A. simply ( )10. A. edited ( )11. A. knew ( )12. A. embarrassed ( )13. A. holding ( )14. A. ever ( )15. A. natural | B. happy B. how B. Mother"s B. take B. family B. and B. see B. confused B. really B. read B. accepted B. amazed B. breaking B. still B. enough | C. tall C. where C. Teacher"s C. send C. city C. so C. help C. surprised C. certainly C. collected C. hoped C. regretful C. blowing C. even C. fair | D. lovely D. whether D. Father"s D. make D. world D. for D. ask D. tired D. clearly D. published D. guessed D. relieved D. picking D. never D. wise | 完形填空。 | No More Time Out Shawn and Thomas had always been good friends. They lived near each other, and they both loved 1 . They played baseball, touch football, and kickball. They 2 liked to play soccer, shoot baskets, and skateboard. When they were in the fourth grade, though, Thomas broke his 3 in a soccer game. He had to be on crutches for six weeks. Shawn 4 Thomas, but what was there to do? Shawn didn"t like television or computer games. Thomas didn"t like to sit and talk. After trying three times to start a conversation, Shawn 5 up. He said, "I"m out of here." For days, Shawn 6 at home, feeling guilty for not visiting Thomas again. Thomas stayed home, too, feeling 7 because Shawn wasn"t visiting him. After a week, Shawn"s mom spoke up. "It"s time for you and Thomas to get back into 8 ! That"s why I spoke to Ms McNulty at the library. She has the perfect volunteer job for you both," she said. Shawn said nothing. His morn continued, "The library sells used books to raise money. People are always 9 off books in bags and boxes. Someone has to carry the books to the storage room. Someone has to 10 them into fiction (小说) and nonfiction. You and Thomas can be a team again." "No, we 11 !" said Shawn. "He and I don"t want a job." However, Shawn"s mom wouldn"t 12 no for an answer. Sure enough, 13 the boys began, things changed. Shawn felt strong as he carried bags and boxes through the library. Sorting books in the storage room, Thomas felt 14 again. In fact, one day Thomas said, "Between you and me, Shawn, this isn"t so 15 ." Shawn smiled and agreed. They were a good team. | ( )1.A. books ( )2.A. also ( )3.A. arm ( )4.A. phoned ( )5.A. gave ( )6.A. talked ( )7.A. tired ( )8.A. effort ( )9.A. dropping ( )10.A. pack ( )11.A. mustn"t ( )12.A. choose ( )13.A. because ( )14.A. relaxed ( )15.A. hard | B. sports B. only B. hand B. invited B. cheered B. stayed B. afraid B. duty B. bringing B. lead B. can"t B. keep B. once B. lucky B. fair | C. movies C. perhaps C. nose C. visited C. turned C. called C. weak C. choice C. showing C. sort C. mightn"t C. take C. if C. useful C. simple | D. arts D. soon D. leg D. checked D. hurried D. waited D. angry D. action D. knocking D. turn D. shouldn"t D. allow D. although D. special D. bad | 阅读理解。 | Two friends were waiting at the bus-stop for the last bus but they were afraid that they had missed it. There were no cars passing by and not a single public telephone nearby to call for a taxi. They began to feel nervous. It was already late. What could they do to get home? Then, as they looked up, they saw a bus approaching them slowly. The last bus! They had not missed it after all. When the bus stopped at the bus-stop, the two young boys rushed up the bus in relief. Then, the bus started moving. Only after a few minutes did the boys realize that something was seriously wrong. Firstly, the bus was moving far too slowly. Secondly, there was no conductor to collect their fare. Thirdly, when they went to the front of the bus to check, there was no driver! With their hair standing on ends, they looked at each other with eyes wide open and started to scream. Then the bus stopped! The driver and the conductor appeared from behind the bus. They had been pushing it! | 1. Why did the two friends feel nervous? | A. It was very late at night. B. They had missed the last bus. C. They knew the last bus could not come. D. There seemed to be no way for them to get home. | 2. What can we learn from the underlined part in the 5th paragraph? | A. The boys were very frightened. B. The boys" hair was falling down. C. The boys felt extremely excited. D. The boys were wearing strange hair styles. | 3. The bus was moving very slowly because _____. | A. the driver was absent B. it was running out of petrol C. it was being pushed along by two people D. the two boys had not paid for their tickets |
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