can work alone or with a partner. "
My friend,Cassie,and I smiled at each other. We always worked on projects 1 .
The 2 of the challenge was simple-to build a protective container to keep an egg from breaking
when 3 the stadium wall.
I made my sandwich that afternoon while waiting for Cassie. 4 the butter-cream gave me an
idea.
"1 have a brilliant design for our 5 container!"I said when Cassie arrived. "We can 6 the
egg with some butter-cream. "
"Why not pit the egg in a basket with a parachute(降落伞) 7 ," Cassie rolled her eyes. "The
parachute is better than that stupid idea. "
I couldn"t believe it. Of course we"d had our little 8 in the past,but she"d never called any of my
ideas " 9 " before.
"Then I"ll build mine and you build yours ! "
10 words had been out,our friendship was challenged.
When Friday finally arrived,I had to 11 Cassie"s Egg Force One looked pretty good. 12 ,
my Egg-cellent Egg Cream didn"t look quite scientific. We kids carried our containers up three stadium
steps and dropped them over the side wall. Those whose eggs broke were out;those whose eggs survived 13 three more steps and dropped them again. This would go on till the last egg broke.
After four rounds,only Cassie and I were 14 . I let go of my box. I heard someone say "ew" after
seconds.Had my egg broken? I raced down the 15 . The side walk was dotted with egg shells(蛋壳)
from those 16 drops. Finally I found my little Egg-cellent Egg Cream.
"That looks like egg drop soup,Laura," Cassie said. She was holding her Egg Force One. My 17
raced.Had she won? I looked at her basket. 18 .
"My egg bounced 19 ,"she explained,pointing to a broken shell.
" A tie (平局 ) , " Mr Baker said.
Cassie looked at me,and her glare 20 . I laughed. She smiled…
( )1. A. patiently ( )2. A. function ( )3. A. rolled down ( )4. A. Spreading ( )5. A. butter ( )6. A. protect ( )7. A. followed ( )8. A. ideas ( )9. A. wrong ( )10. A. Since ( )11. A. explain ( )12. A. Therefore ( )13. A. paced down ( )14. A. left ( )15. A. steps ( )16. A. intended ( )17. A. eyes ( )18. A. Lost ( )19. A. around ( )20. A. retumed | B. silently B. goal B. pushed against B. Boiling B. sandwich B. replace B. covered B. fights B. stupid B. While B. deny B. Anyway B. tumed around B. wanted B. way B. unexpected B. hands B. Dirty B. out B. remained | C. together C. reason C. thrown at C. Baking C. cream C. carry C. attached C. worries C. brilliant C. But C. admit C. Otherwise C. walked up C. chosen C. wall C. failed C. feet C. Broken C. in C. increased | D. alone D. result D. dropped over D. Holding D. egg D. mix D. supported D. challenges D. scientific D. And D. prove D. Besides D. went back D. discovered D. sidewalk D. desired D. heart D. Empty D. down D. softened |
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As my train was delayed for two hours, I had plenty of time to spare. After buying some | |||
( )1.A. posting ( )2.A. left ( )3.A. standing ( )4.A. threw ( )5.A. often ( )6.A. said ( )7.A. now and then ( )8.A. knew ( )9.A. describe ( )10.A. object ( )11.A. a paper ( )12.A. sign names ( )13.A. everything ( )14.A. draw ( )15.A. carelessly ( )16.A. see ( )17.A. happened ( )18.A. picked ( )19.A. fortunately ( )20.A. disappointed | B. working B. forgotten B. crowding B. put B. much B. searched B. up and down B. realized B. draw B. matter B. a note B. make a list B. wrong B. remember B. suddenly B. watch B. occurred B. collected B. unluckily B. surprised | C. 1uggage C. found C. talking C.looked C. hard C. spoke C. here and there C. heard C. take out C. subject C. a message C. write down C. correct C. read C. hurriedly C. find C. appeared C. taken C. by chance C. satisfied | D. manager".s D. bought D. waiting D. explained D. soon D. explained D. back and forth D. seen D. show D. wallet D. a form D. draw a picture D. ready D. remind D. immediately D.look D. seemed D. stolen D. presently D. worried |
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That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco. There I was walking home at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theater. With opening night only a week away, I was still learning my lines. I was having trouble dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about giving up both acting and San Francisco. City life had become too much for me. As I walked down empty streets under tall buildings, I felt very small and cold. I began running, both to keep warm and to keep away from any possible robbers. Very few people were still out except a few sad-looking homeless peopl e under blankets. About a block from my apartment, I heard a sound behind me. I turned quickly, half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me nervous, so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I realize what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk. Suddenly I wasn"t cold or tired any more. I ran out of the door and back to where I"d heard the noise. Although I searched the sidewalk anxiously for fifteen minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found. Just as I was about to give up the search, I heard the garbage truck pull up to the sidewalk next to me. When a voice called from the inside , "Alisa Camacho?" I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The door opened, and out jumped a small red-haired man with an amused look in his eyes. "Is this what you"re looking for?" he asked, holding up a small square shape. It was nearly 3 a.m. by the time I got into bed. I wouldn"t get much sleep that night, but I had got my wallet back. I also had got back some enjoyment of city life. I realized that the city couldn"t be a bad place as long as people were willing to help each other. | |||
1.How did the writer feel when she was walking home after work? | |||
A. Cold and sick B. Lucky and hopeful C. Satisfied and cheerful D. Disappointed and helpless | |||
2.From the first paragraph, we learn that the writer was busy _____. | |||
A. solving her problem at the bank B. getting used to the city life C. learning acting in an evening school D. preparing for the first night show | |||
3.On her way home the writer______. | |||
A. lost her wallet unknowingly B. talked a lot with a garbage truck driver C. was robbed of her wallet by a man with a knife D. found some homeless people following her | |||
4.From the text, we can infer that the writer_____. | |||
A. would stop working at night B. would stay on in San Francisco C. would make friends with cleaners. D. would give up her job at the bank | |||
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On a cold winter day, I waited in line to see my hero,Jack Canfield, the author of The Success Principles. During his talk, Jack__1__his wallet, pulled out ahundred-dollar bill, and said, "Who wants this?"__2__shot up in the audience; people leaned forward to see whomJack would__3__. But Ijumped up, ran up the __4__tothe stage, and grabbed the bill. As I was launching myself inthe air, thoughts__5__through my mind - was I about tobe humiliated(羞辱)in front of 800 people? Would they__6__security guards and take me f rom the stage?__7__my desire(***,要求)for brave action was louder than any__8__voice. As I got the bill from his hand,he said, "That"s it ! Wecan"t wait for the__9__to come to us. We must take action to__10__what we want!" After his talk, 1 managed to formally meet Jack and bravely asked for his__11__email address. Over the next months, I sent him emails__12__my vision and dreamswith him. He kindly emailed back lots of encouragement. But my life got__13__with other things. I stopped e-mailingJack. A year later, my dreams had worn away. I thought Jackwould inspire me into action, like a gian__14__that would show me the way. I emailed him, and then again---but got no__15__. As I sat down at my computer to check my emails, I_16__woke up. What was I doing? I was waiting! Now I remembered the crowd, most likely__17__that hundred- dollar biil, while they sat__18__ to their chairs. Usually we all have a "Jack" for whom we wait-whether it"s a person, a place or a thing. We __19__believe the gifts of life are just around the corner, and thateverything will come in a(n)__20__way. So we don"t try. We give up. But as Wayne cretzky said: "You"ll always miss 100% of the opportunities you don"t take!" So I stopped waiting and started my writing career.Now what are you waiting for? | |||
( )1.A. gave out ( )2.A. Cheers ( )3.A.offer ( )4.A. path ( )5.A. raced ( )6.A. ask ( )7.A. And ( )8.A. careful ( )9.A. opportunitie ( )10.A. attract ( )11.A. professional ( )12.A. speaking ( )13.A. quick ( )14.A. hand ( )15.A. news ( )16.A. gradually ( )17.A. desiring ( )18.A. lost ( )19.A. sincerely ( )20.A. difficult | B. reached for B. Shouts B. greet B. road B. started B. call B. So B. doubtful B. times B. accept B. secret B. describing B. busy B. gate B. notice B. suddenly B. announcing B. stuck B. honestly B. impressive | C. picked out C. Heads C.like C. steps C. appeared C. demand C. But C. meaningful C. results C. repair C. public C. presenting C. full C. exit C. response C. immediately C. begging C. attached C. falsely C. early | D. handed in D. Hands D. choose D. route D. existed D. order D. ()r D. helpful ,. D. aims D. create D. personal D. sharing D.loose D. entrance D. reaction D. slowly D. valuing D. devoted D. correctly D. natural |
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Danny is a little pig.He is happy because he wants to leave home to see the world.It"s a________(阳光的) 1.________day.Danny goes away when his parents are sleeping. 2.________his way he meets an elephant,a peacock and a rabbit.At last,he gets to a lake.He 3.l________at his reflection in the lake and says,"I wish 4. I________(有) an elephant"s nose,a peacock"s tail and a rabbit"s 5.e________." After a while, Danny"s wish comes true.He runs back6. ________ (激动地). But his parents can"t 6recognize him,"Go away,you"re not our son." Danny goes to the 7.________again."I just want to be a pig." After 8.________(说) that,Danny waits ans waits. Finally,he becomes a pig again, 9.________makes him overcome with joy.Dannyruns back quickly.His parents hug him and say, "This is 10.o________lovely baby." | |||
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The night started our ordinarily enough.Jack and Tara, our__1__, were in their small beds surrounded by toy animals.My husband, Pat, and I went to sleep__2__. __3__after midnight, Jack quietly touched me."Mommy, I want to stay with you.I promise I won"t take much room." I shifted__4__to make room.My son soon fell asleep. An hour later, Tara cried and I carefully went downstairs."Mommy, my__5__is all stuffed up (堵住). I can"t really breathe very well.Will you please__6__with me a little while?" Tara doesn"t often get up at night, __7__I decided to be there for her.She soon fell asleep.I returned to my own bed.I was determined to sleep.But to my__8__, I found Jack sleeping on my side of the bed.He looked so__9__that I couldn"t remove him.Quietly and carefully, I lay down between__10__and Jack. I did manage to get some sleep__11__I heard Tara"s voice again.I returned to__12__Tara."Mom, please lie down with me a little bit.I had a bad dream, and I"m so__13__.""Of course, honey.It was only a dream.Mommy"s here and__14__is okay." We fell asleep__15__each other"s arms. Even in my sleepy state, I thought of__16__these nights of merrygoround (一连串的繁忙活动) will be over.In their place, my twins will be grown.__17__before I"m ready, our children"s rooms will be much too__18__and empty.So it is especially on days when I"m worn out after a night on this mom"s merrygoround that I remind__19__that these very days and nights are, in fact, "the good old days", ever so__20__. | |||