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. |
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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 | 阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从方框中选出能填入文中空白处的最合适的单词,并将该单词 的标号(A、B、C、D、E…) 填写在对应题号的横线上。注意:方框中有多余的单词。 | A. food B. Before C. Then D. ready E. friend F. plan G. When H. birthday I. shouted J. Finally K. restaurant L. brought M. dream N. forget | 阅读下面短文,用英语简要回答文后所给的5个问题。(注意:每题答案不超过15个单词) | When I was a little girl, my grandparents lived in a house with a big front yard. They loved each other and planted lots of vegetables and flowers together in the yard. But one summer Grandpa died, so it was hard for Grandma to care for the garden alone. When spring came, she planted just a few vegetables and flowers. One day in the early summer, Grandma heard big noises in the yard. She looked out of the window and saw thousands of bees. What could she do? Should she hire someone to get rid of the bees? But that would cost more than she could afford. She decided to wait. Over the next few days, the bees were busy with their own business. That summer, Grandma"s little garden grew and grew. The neighbors would stop to admire the big crop of vegetables and the lovely flowers. One day, Grandma"s brother visited. When she told him about the bees, he said, "Farmers often hire beekeepers to come to their fields. The bees pollinate (授粉) the crops, which helps them to grow." "So that"s why my garden is doing so well!" She believed Grandpa had sent the bees to take his place and make Grandma"s little garden grow and grow... | 1. What did the writer"s grandparents plant in the yard? ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. What caused the big noises in the yard one day? ___________________________________________________________________________ 3. Why didn"t Grandma get rid of the bees? ___________________________________________________________________________ 4. How did the bees help Grandma? ___________________________________________________________________________ 5. Why did Grandma believe her husband had sent the bees to take his place? ___________________________________________________________________________ | 完形填空。 | At least thirty times Bobby had attempted to climb the big snowy mountain, but he had never reached the top. His friend old Peeper, who knew a lot about his failures, 1 Bobby to try again. He gave Bobby a pair of 2 and said, "If it starts clouding over, put on the glasses, or if your feet start hurting, put them on too. The glasses are very 3 . They"ll help you." Bobby accepted the gift without much thought. The day came when he was to have another try. About two hours after he started, he felt his feet hurting. Then he 4 what Peeper had said, and put on the glasses. The pain was pretty bad, but 5 the sunglasses he could clearly see the snow-covered mountain top, so he went on. 6 , clouds were gathering. But this time Bobby could still see the 7 through the clouds. He kept climbing, leaving the clouds behind, forgetting his pain, and finally arriving at the top. It was certainly worth it. His feeling of 8 was extremely good, almost as great as that 9 view. The mountain below was surrounded by a sea of clouds. He couldn"t believe that the clouds were as 10 as that, so he looked more closely at the sunglasses, and discovered the secret. Peeper had engraved (镌刻) the snow-covered mountain top on the sunglasses, 11 Bobby could see it when he was looking upwards! Bobby 12 that the only obstacle (障碍) to reaching the top had been losing 13 when he couldn"t see the mountain top. He was thankful that Peeper had used that little 14 to help him see that his 15 was never impossible, and that it was still there, where it had always been. | ( )1.A. encouraged ( )2.A. gloves ( )3.A. real ( )4.A. remembered ( )5.A. under ( )6.A. Happily ( )7.A. friend ( )8.A. success ( )9.A. strong ( )10.A. cool ( )11.A. and ( )12.A. suggested ( )13.A. love ( )14.A. trick ( )15.A. position | B. ordered B. trousers B. safe B. expressed B. with B. Hopefully B. top B. decision B. popular B. natural B. or B. realized B. help B. word B. lesson | C. allowed C. shoes C. special C. shouted C. for C. Unfortunately C. climber C. freedom C. familiar C. thick C. if C. expected C. face C. plan C. aim | D. warned D. sunglasses D. expensive D. regretted D. about D. Unnecessarily D. village D. friendship D. wonderful D. wide D. though D. announced D. heart D. opinion D. story | 完形填空。 | An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very 1 and only a very expensive operation could save him. They were a poor family and no one would lend them the 2 . One day, her daddy said to her tearful mother, "Only a miracle (奇迹) can save him now." 3 this, the little girl went to her bedroom and 4 her money from its hiding place and counted it 5 . Then she hurried to a drugstore with the money in her hand. "My brother Andrew has 6 bad growing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him. So how much does a miracle 7 ?" "We don"t sell a miracle here, child. I"m sorry," the salesman said with a smile. Just then, a well-dressed man heard it and asked,"What kind of miracle does your brother 8 ?" "I don"t know," she answered with her eyes full of 9 . "He"s really sick and Mum says he needs an operation. But my daddy can"t 10 it, so I have brought all my money." "How much do you have?" asked the man. "$1.11, but I can try and get some more," she answered. "Well, what luck," smiled the man. "$1. 11, the 11 of a miracle for your little brother." He took up the girl"s hand and said, "Take me to where you 12 . I want to see your brother and meet your 13 . Let"s see if I have the kind of miracle you need." That well-dressed man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a 14 doctor who had saved many people"s lives. The operation was 15 and it wasn"t long before Andrew was home again. | ( )1. A. sad ( )2. A. money ( )3. A. Seeing ( )4. A. pulled ( )5. A. nervously ( )6. A. nothing ( )7. A. take ( )8. A. have ( )9. A. hope ( )10. A. afford ( )11. A. prize ( )12. A. study ( )13. A. parents ( )14. A. rich ( )15. A. unusual | B. mad B. food B. Reading B. picked B. carefully B. anything B. cost B. need B. anger B. offer B. value B. work B. teachers B. poor B. successful | C. sick C. chance C. Realizing C. pushed C. politely C. everything C. spend C. know C. tears C. support C. price C. play C. neighbours C. handsome C. difficult | D. dangerous D. medicine D. Hearing D. placed D. patiently D. something D. pay D. like D. thanks D. provide D. bill D. live D. friends D. famous D. expensive |
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