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It began a year ago,around Christmas. Every time I drove down our street,I 1 an old man sitting in his front yard. He was usually smoking or drinking,and looking rather unhappy.
One day,while I was driving past him with my 2 ,I decided to wave at him with a lot of excitement. 3 when he noticed me waving at him,he looked a bit shocked. Then,I saw his hand go up and he waved back.
“ 4 did you wave at him?” my daughter asked.I told her it's just an act of kindness that doesn't 5 anything. It gives both him and me a feeling of joy. My daughter replied that she felt a bit uncomfortable to wave to a 6 but next time she would try it as well.
We lived close to the old man,7 we saw him rather often. Whenever we drove by,both of us would start waving at him and,pretty soon,the old man started 8 at everyone who passed by his house.
One time,my daughter's friend came to visit and she told my daughter that she saw this strange old man near our home wave at her very 9 She mentioned that she waved back,although she didn't know 10,and it felt really good.
As soon as my daughter heard this,she told her friend the 11 of how all the waving began. Her friend answered: “Tell your mom that's really cool! ”
Other friends gave similar 12 This taught my daughter that an act of kindness can be natural and 13 if you really want to do it. It showed us how giving happiness can do good to 14 the giver and the receiver.
Moved by the old man's actions,we’re planning to give our waving neighbor a thank-you card to express our 15 for his exciting waves. We are really thankful for him sharing his simple joy with all who pass by his house.
() 1. A. noticed B. felt
C. heard D. kept
() 2. A. husband B. son
C. daughter D. friend
() 3. A. Just now B. On time
C. In the end D. At the beginning
() 4. A. Why B. How
C. When D. Where
() 5. A. buy B. cost
C. hide D. guess
() 6. A. friend B. driver
C. classmate D. stranger
() 7. A. or B. but
C. so D. yet
() 8. A. shouting B. waving
C. laughing D. looking
() 9. A. angrily B. excitedly
C. loudly D. carefully
() 10. A. him B. me
C. her D. us
() 11. A. lesson B. accident
C. news D. story
() 12. A. gifts B. notes
C. opinions D. books
() 13. A. easy B. funny
C. usual D. special
() 14. A. past B. between
C. all D. both
() 15. A. attention B. thanks
C. suggestions D. interests
(2014浙江丽水)
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What's the coolest transportation for middle school students back from the winter holidays? A racing bike? A car? No,it's a kind of 76. made shoes called Heelys (暴走鞋) .Heelys look just like common sports shoes,77. they have a wheel hidden in the heel (鞋跟) So instead of 78. , kids can “fly” around in them. “Wearing Heelys is fun and cool ,” said Wu Peng,a boy who wore them on his 79. day back at No. 6 Middle School in Bei jing. Wu Peng said he loves the shoes so much that he wears them wherever he goes. Sometimes he even 80. his parents’ car to the supermarket on his Heelys!
Other students also think these are very cool,but some haven’t been so 81. with their Heelys. It's reported that some 82. have fallen down while using these shoes,and some have been hurt. “Heelys wheels are on the heels of the shoes,so you would fall down easily and 83. ,” said Liu Rui,a doctor at the Hong Kong International Medical Clinic,Beijing.
Even 84. ,Liu said ,“Wearing Heelys for a long time could stop young people from developing 85. ankles and legs. ”
Do you want to own a pair of Heelys?
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One day as I was sitting in a coffee shop,I noticed a girl working on her laptop. Two people (A) passed by and accidentally knocked over her drink. To avoid the embarrassment (困窘) ,the girl pretended (假装) that ( B) had hap pened and continued working on her computer.
This reminded me that both in China and Britain,when something strange happens around you or when you are in an embarrassing situation,(C) people tend (倾向于) to use this common way to not catch other people's attention.
A lot of the time,Britons use self-depreciating humor (自嘲式的幽默).This is a well-known British characteristic. For example,imagine walking (D) your friends and you fall over. Your friend may just say (E) “旅途愉快!” Or you may just laugh about how clumsy (笨拙的) you are. For many Britons,making fun of yourself is a way of showing your strength of character.
Also,British are considerate when it comes to embarrassing others. For example,students(F) usually have a birthday party every year. So during the school day,a student will give out invitations to the class. If one person doesrTt get an invitation,but the rest of the class does,he or she will feel embarrassed. To avoid it,ifs common for students to even invite people who aren't(G) their friends.
1. 写出文中画线部分(A) 和(F) 的同义词或 近义词:
2. 在文中(B) 和(D) 的空白处填入适当的单 词:
3. 将文中画线部分(C) 改写为:people tend to use this common way other people won’t notice it.
4. 将文中画线部分(E) 译成英语:
5.文中画线部分(G) 指代的是:
(2015沈阳)
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29 Natural resources are things that we use that come from Earth. Our natural resources are limited (有限的) .This means that they will not 1 forever. Some are renewable,like when you plant a new tree when you 2 one down. Others are not renewable,like when you dig coal (煤) out of the 3 . Once it is used,it is gone.
People realize the 4 that Earth's natural resources are limited,and can do things to help conserve (节约) those resources. 5 you try to conserve a natural resource,you try to use less of it'so it does not get used up so 6 One way that people conserve fuel,like gasoline,is by riding a bicycle or walking when the 7 is short instead of driving everywhere.
Water is a very important natural resource because we all need it to stay 8. We can conserve water 9 making sure that our pipes and taps do not leak (漏) We can also make 10 choices to conserve water,ike only using the dishwasher or washing machine when they are full. Everyone can make contributions to protecting natural resources.
() 1. A. last B. spread
C. bum D. change
() 2. A. turn B. cut
C. put D. move
() 3. A. station B. building
C. ground D. brick
() 4. A. news B. plan
C. decision D. fact
() 5. A. When B. Although
C. Whatever D. Whether
() 6. A. slowly B. hard
C. regularly D. fast
() 7. A. money B. space
C. place D. distance
() 8. A. alive B. alone
C. asleep D. awake
() 9. A. about B. for
C. by D. with
() 10. A. generous B. funny
C. wise D. surprising
(2014 南京)
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The British love sending text messages. They send more than 2. 5 billion every month. And most people now understand the language of text,with its numbers and missing (1) .In fact,when a student at a Scottish school wrote the whole article “in txt”,his teacher (2) him “C + 4 f4t ”( “C + for effort ”) .
Although texting (发短信) is a (3) way of staying in touch with your friends,it can also bring problems. In 2005,a British teenager became the (4) person in the world to receive treatment for an addiction (沉溺) to text messaging. In one year,the nineteen-year-old spent about £ 4,500 (5) texts.
For some people,text messaging has (6) their lives. For example,James Trusler from Sussex in England travels around the world taking part in texting competitions and TV shows.
He's the world's (7) texter and recently set a new world record (8) he was ap pearing on Australian TV. He texted:“The razortoothed piranhas of the genera Serraslmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world.In reality they seldom attack a human. ”(9) took him 67 seconds. James sends a lot of text messages——about 2,500 a month. But he doesn’t get big bills (10) he works for a large mobile phone company!
(2014杭州)
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China is a country with many colorful days and festivals. The Dragon Head Raising Day is one of them. This special day is on the second day of the second month in the Chinese lunar calendar. It (1 ) s for the started of spring and farming.
The dragon is (2) [ im'po:tnt] in Chinese. We Chinese people call (3) (我们自己) the “descendants (传人) of the drag- on”. So people (4) the Dragon Head Raising Day with many customs about dragon.
On the day in (5) a times,people put a- shes in the kitchen. This was to “lead the dragon into the house”. People believed that with the (6) of the dragon,they could have a good (7) (收获) in autumn.
Also,people eat special foods on that day.The foods usually named (8) adragon.For example,people eat “dragon whisker ” noodles and dumplings called "dragon teeth".
Today,many customs have disappeared. But one that has (9) is the cutting of hair. It was said that a haircut during the first lunar month may bring bad luck to the (10) of a family—mother's brothers. So many people have their hair cut on the Dragon Head Raising Day.
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Many large supermarkets are self-service in the UK. When you go into one of these 1. ,you take a basket and you put the things you wish to buy 2. it. You line up at the cash desk and pay for everything just before you leave. If anyone tries to take things from a shop
3. paying,they are almost certain to be caught. Most shops have store guards who have the job of 4. thieves. Stealing is 5. as a serious crime by the police and the courts.
When you are waiting to be served in a shop,it is important to wait for your 6. .It is 7. to try to be served before people who arrive before you. Many people 什om foreign counties are 8. at the British habit of lining.
(2015四川宜宾)
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Sitienei,a 90-year-old Kenyan grandmother,has become the world's oldest primary school student. She is studying at the local primary school to learn to read and write. She is 1Yom a small 1 in Kenyan. She has spent most of her life 2 as a midwife (接生婆) ,helping women to give birth to babies. She wants to pass on her midwife skills to the young. She said she didn't have a chance to go to school when she was 3 . So she wants all the children in her village to 4 .
The head teacher at the school said, “I'm proud 5her. She is loved by every pupil. They all want to learn and play with 6 . ” He also said, “She is doing well considering her 7 . I can say I have seen a big difference in this school 8 she came. ”
Sitienei often said, "I want to tell children,9 girls in poor areas,that 10 will be your wealth. ” She added ,“With education,you can be whatever you want to be—a doctor,a teacher,a scientist,and so on.
() 1. A. school B. village
C. town D. city
() 2. A. reading B. writing
C. playing D. working
() 3. A. young B. old
C. famous D. free
() 4. A. study B. work
C. leave D. listen
() 5. A. for B. with
C. of D. in
() 6. A. her B. me
C. him D. you
() 7. A. chance B. age
C. skills D. ways
() 8. A. after B. when
C. since D. before
() 9. A. naturally B. especially
C. luckily D. certainly
() 10. A. friendship B. future
C. competition D. education
(2015安徽)
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Have you ever offered a helping hand to those who are in trouble?
One day,two 1 were walking along the road to school when they saw an old woman carrying a large basket of pears. They thought the woman looked very 2 . They went up to her and said,"Are you going to town? If you are,we will help carry your basket. ”
“Thank you ,” 3 the woman, “you are very kind. You see I'm weak and ill. ” Then she told them that she was now going to the market to 4 the pears which grew on the only tree in her little garden.
“We are all going to the 5 said the boys. "Let us have the basket." And they took hold of it,one each side. They walked 6 with the heavy basket,but happily.
The other day,I saw a little girl stop and 7 a piece of orange peel (皮) ,which she threw into the dustbin (垃圾桶) ,“I wish 8 would throw that on the sidewalk”’ said she. “Someone may step on it and fall. ”
Perhaps some may say that these are not 9 things. That is right. But such a little thing shows that you have a thoughtful mind and a feeling heart. We must not wait for the 10 to do great things. We must begin with little things of love.
() 1. A. boys B. girls
C. men D. women
() 2. A. bored B. tired
C. pleased D. surprised
() 3. A. asked B. told
C. replied D. spoke
() 4. A. bring B. buy
C. take D. sell
() 5. A. town B. market
C. garden D. school
() 6. A. weakly B. quickly
C. slowly D. quietly
() 7. A. take out B. cut off
C. put down D. pick up
() 8. A. nobody B. everybody
C. somebody D. anybody
() 9. A. little B. good
C. great D. bad
() 10. A. pay B. time
C. advice D. love
(2014河北)
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