I began to play the piano four years ago,I always remember my first piano performance.I remember that year,I was only nine years old,and but just to lean to play the piano a few months before.
One day,my teacher told me there was ging to be a piano performance three weeks.When I heard the news,I felt very .But the teacher said,“You can make it.You have this piece of music many times,so you’ll play it well.And when the performance comes,I’am sure you’ll .”After hearing the teacher’s words,I felt confident about myself.
After three weeks of hard practicing,the piece for the performance was fianlly .The night before the performance,I was so excited that I couldn’t stand still or sit down.When it was my to perform,I held my head high,went onto the stage,sat on the chair,quickly the song in my head,and lifted up my hands to play.In one breath,I played the piece from beginning to end and played it very pleasantly.Soon,a thunter of applause(雷鸣般的掌声) out in the concert hall.I felt very happy,and proud of ,yoo.
That was my first piano performance and I will never forget it.
A．finished B．considered C．stopped D．started
A．in B．for C．on D．until
A．sleepy B．exhausted C．nervous D．energetic
A．pronounced B．provided C．produced D．practiced
A．suit B．succeed C．incersse D．interset
A．successful B．ready C．empty D．careful
A．ending B．turn C．entertainment D．challenge
A．went through B．made up C．came up with D．went off
A．looked B．took C．broke D．filled
A．me B．my C．myself D．mine
A man walked into a restaurant. The restaurant advertised it had the menu in the world. The manager was very proud of being able to provide any dish, no matter how it was.
At the bottom of the , there was a notice that said, “If you do not see the dish you need on this menu, please tell us and we will add it to the menu right away.”
The man the menu and decided to make sure if it was true. He would order that was very unusual.
When a waiter came up to take his order, he said, “You say you can serve any dish, even if it’s not on your longest menu in the world.”
“That is correct, sir. We are able to meet everyone’s requirements.”
“Well,” the man said, “bring me a sandwich with two elephant ears. , not African.”
The waiter wrote down in his paper: Two Indian elephant ears on toast.
“Very good, sir,” he said. “That shouldn’t long.”
The waiter walked away quickly.
The man was very surprised and rather disappointed.
Then he smiled the waiter returned with a very unhappy look on his face.
“Ah!” the man said. “You can’t it to me, can you?”
The waiter made an apology 道歉.
“I’m very sorry, sir, and this is the embarrassing 令人为难的,” he said, “but I’m afraid we can’t because we’ve run out of bread.”A. biggest B. thickest C. longest
A. unfair B. unusual C. beautiful
A. menu B. dish C. restaurant
A. looked for B. looked after C. looked at
A. anything B. something C. everything
A. American B. Indian C. Canadian
A. pay B. cost C. take
A. as B. and C. so
A. catch B. take C. bring
A. least B. most C. less
The old man walked slowly into the restaurant. His poor jacket, patched（打补丁的）trousers, and worn - out shoes made him from the usual Saturday morning breakfast crowd. With the help of his walking - stick, he walked toward a by the window. A young waitress named Mary watched him and ran over to him, and said, "Here, sir. Let me give you a with that chair.”
Without saying a word, he smiled and nodded a thank - you. She pulled the chair away from the table. And then she helped him move in front of the chair, and get seated with his walking - stick against the table. In a soft, clear voice he said, "Thank you, Miss." "You're welcome, sir." she replied. "My name is Mary. I'll be back in a moment. If you need , just wave at me!"
he had finished a hearty meal, Mary brought him the change from his ticket, helping him up from his chair and out from behind the table. She him his walking - stick, and walked with him to the door. Holding the door open for him, she said, "Come back and see us, sir!" He said softly with a smile, "You are very kind!" When Mary went to clean his table, she was greatly .Under his plate she found a business card and a$100 bill! The note read--"dear Mary, I respect you very much, and you respect yourself too. It shows by the way you others. You have found the secret of happiness. Your kind gestures will shine through those who meet you.”
The man she had waited on was the of the restaurant, This was the first time that she, or any of her workmates had ever seen him in person.
A．give out B．put out C．stand out D．work out
A．waiter B．manager C．door D．table
A．menu B．dish C．hand D．bill
A．comfortably B．angrily C．unhappily D．excitedly
A．everything B．nothing C．anything D．many things
A．After B．Until C．Unless D．While
A．made B．took C．got D．handed
A．bored B．frightened C．surprised D．pleased
A．chat B．treat C．deal D．communicate
A．customer B．friend C．owner D．cleaner
Life is not easy, so I’d like to say “When anything happens, believe in yourself.”
When I was 14, I was___ nervous to talk to anyone. My classmates often____me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later,___ happened. It changed my life. It was an English speech contest. My mother asked me to take part in it. What a (n)___ ideal! It meant I had to___ in front of all the teachers and students of my school!“Come on, boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to .” Then, Mother and I talked about many different topics（题目）. At last I the topic “Believe in yourself”. I tried my best to all the speech and practiced it over 100 times. my mother’s great love, I did well in the contest. I could not my ears when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers(喝彩声) the teachers and students. Those who once looked down on（瞧不起）me, now all said “Congratulations” to me. My mother hugged me and cried .
Since then, everything has changed for me. When I do anything, I try to tell to be sure and I will find myself. This is true not only for a person for a country.
A．so B．too C．very D．quite
A．made faces at B．looked after C．caught up with D．laughed at
A．something B．nothing C．anything D．everything
A．interesting B．exciting C．terrible D．wonderful
A．write B．speak C．tell D．say
A．win B．lose C．beat D．pass
A．reached B．brought C．chose D．thought
A．remember B．see C．spell D．hear
A．At B．To C．With D．As
A．hit B．hurt C．say D．believe
A．about B．on C．to D．from
A．teachers B．classmates C．boys D．girls
A．angrily B．sadly C．quietly D．excitedly
A．me B．my C．mine D．myself
A．however B．but also C．so that D．as a result
Mr Clarke works in a middle school. He likes reading and often ____ some books from the library. He ____ to the radio every morning and reads ____ after supper. So he knows much and teaches well. His ____ worship(崇拜) him very much. Mike, Mr Clarke’s little son, is only nine. He _____ likes reading books. And he often asks his father some questions. Mr Clarke always thinks he's too ____ to understand him and chooses ____ ones to answer. Of course the boy is not satisfied with(对…满意) it. One day Mike read ____ about the electric lights (电灯) and was ____it. When his father told him to do some housework, he went on thinking of it. He asked him __10__ questions, and his father answered all. Then his father said proudly, “Fathers always know ____than sons!” The boy thought for a while and said, “____” “Oh? Why?” Mike didn’t answer and asked, ____, “Who invented the electric lights?” “____.”answered Mr Clarke. “Why didn't his father invent them, then?” Looking at his son, Mr Clarke didn't know _____ to answer!
A．finds B．sells C．buys D．borrows
A．hears B．listens C．says D．reads
A．newspapers B．letters C．stories D．messages
A．teachers B．parents C．students D．classmates
A．also B．never C．even D．only
A．old B．young C．clever D．able
A．more difficult B．the most difficult C．easy D．the easiest
A．everything B．nothing C．something D．anything
A．worried about B．interested in C．afraid of D．angry with
A．few B．little C．a few D．a little
A．more B．most C．less D．least
A．I think so B．I don’t know C．I agree D．I don’t think so
A．instead B．carefully C．quickly D．brightly
A．Thomas Brown B．Allan Smith C．Thomas Edison D．Ron Jenkins
A．when B．what C．where D．Which
Today the world's economy is not going well. Crisis（危机）is to our life just like to our body. Just as fatal(致命)disease can destroy our body and sometimes even put an to our lives, so does crisis knock us down so hopelessly that we might never have chance of standing up again．Just take my own country for instance．Of course，in the twenty years，our economy has gained the highest speed．But haven't we paid too much?Our rivers are ．Our natural resources are becoming and fewer．Is it worthy of it?
Crisis sometimes contributes(贡献)to our life treasure in a way that few can imagine．It can make us strong enough to face ourselves when we feel weak．Eric，my uncle is an . He had hard time in his going through such a fatal disease that he had never thought he survive. ，he was saved by doctors．Ever since then he regarded his life as a second given by God and has been so grateful to the world that he his best to do what he could. And now he is living a and successful life．
A．ill B．illness C．sick D．patient
A．end B．finish C．over D．ending
A．last B．next C．past D．during
A．pollution B．polluted C．polluting D．pollute
A．1ess B．few C．little D．fewer
A．example B．case C．such as D．for example
A．childhood B．child C．children D．child time
A．Luck B．Lucky C．Luckily D．Luckly
A．try B．do C．tried D．does
A．happy B．happiness C．pleased D．pleasure
Everyone can feel stressed out because of too many things happening in your life. Teenagers, however, have opportunities to get stressed than people in any other age group. Being a teenager is hard.
You are not a children any more, but you are not , even though you have to deal with some grow-upproblems and made decisions by . Families can be one of the biggest causes (原因) of stress, such as problems of arguing with or brothers or sisters. Teenagers also have lots of stress from , either fromtheir teachers or from their classmates. Some teenagers also feel about choosing their education after highschool. Getting a place at university can be very difficult and some can't to go to university. It is hard for some teenagers to get a job after they graduate. There are so many young people finishing school not enough jobs for them. Though there is a lot of stress, you can find many ways to it. Talking to people isone of the best ways to deal with stress. It may sound , but it is helpful.
A．more B．fewer C．many D．better
A．a baby B．a teenager C．an adult D．a teacher
A．yourself B．himself C．myself D．ourselves
A．teachers B．friends C．classmates D．parents
A．family B．society C．school D．street
A．relaxed B．stressed C．excited D．interested
A．remember B．offer C．refuse D．afford
A．and B．but C．or D．until
A．agree with B．talk with C．look for D．deal with
A．simple B．difficult C．good D．important
I was once a volunteer in an English village. It was quite different__my home in Sweden. Jane, one of the volunteers from Tanzania, had a friend who was very poor. She__ all her pocket money to help her friend. It meant that she didn’t have much food to eat, and she had no money to go anywhere outside the village or buy more clothes.
I was so moved(感动)that I felt I had to do__too. So when I bought food one day, I__to buy her some rice. I started__to the woman in the shop(named Gloria who was also a volunteer) about my friend Jane. The woman looked at me, being surprised, “Does she eat noodles?” she asked. “Yes,” I replied. She immediately (立刻) started__ a bag with noodles, cookies, sweets and other things until the bag was full. “Give her this for me.” I couldn’t believe___but cried with happiness.
Imagine Jane’s look when I gave her the__! I had never seen her so happy! A few weeks later she found Gloria in the shop and___her in person.
The two wonderful women really showed me__true kindness is. And the impression(印象) will stay with me for the rest of my life.A. at B. on C. from
A. borrowed B. sent C. carried
A. anything B. nothing C. something
A. decided B. hated C. served
A.laughing B. answering C. talking
A. filling B. taking C. buying
A.them B. it C. her
A. money B. shop C. food
A.greeted B. asked C. thanked
A. what B. when C. how
Mr Guppy was a very large man. Life was not easy for him. He could not find clothes big enough. His were too large for most shoes. In buses, trains and planes, he could not stand up straight. The roofs were too . In fact, wherever he went and whatever he did, Mr Guppy had because of his size.
These problems were so bad that Mr Guppy at home most of time. Life was easier at home.Then one day, a friend said, “You spend too much time at home. You go out more. There’s a good movie at the theatre.”
“I can’t sit in any seat there,” Mr Guppy said. “I’m big.”
“That is no problem,” his friend said. “I’ll buy you two tickets. You can them at the theatre when you get there.”
The friend sent money to the theatre for two tickets. When the day came, Mr Guppy his best clothes and went to the theatre.
“You have two tickets for me,” he said to the in the ticket office. “My name is Guppy.”
“Oh, yes, Mr. Guppy,” the woman said. “Here you are. Seats G4 and P12. I’m sorry, you and your friend can’t sit together too many people have come to see the film this evening.”
Poor Mr Guppy! He smiled sadly, walked out of the theatre and went home.
A．hands B．feet C．ears D．eyes
A．low B．high C．large D．small
A．experience B．problems C．relations D．practice
A．left B．kept C．stayed D．lived
A．must B．would C．should D．need
A．few B．little C．some D．too
A．buy B．sell C．give D．get
A．picked up B．asked for C．put on D．saved up
A．woman B．man C．girl D．boy
A．until B．because C．before D．whether
Henry was a boy of nine. He was born in a family. His father was often ill and couldn’t go to work. Only his mother worked in a factory. She worked hard and hoped to give her four children and husband food and clothes. But she failed. Her family was sometimes hungry. Of course, she couldn’t send Henry to school. She was it but she didn’t know what to do. The boy was very clever and taught himself to read，write and at home in the evening. And in the daytime he was polishing（擦）shoes in the street, so he could make some for his family.
One afternoon the boy saw a young man’s shoes were , so he said to him, “ Let me polish your shoes.”
“No, thank you,” the young man said and walked away.
“You may pay me only one dollar, sir,” the boy shouted him. But the young man said no again. Then the boy thought for a while and told him that he would polish his shoes for nothing. The young man to this, and soon one of his shoes was shining brightly. The man showed shoe to the boy, but the boy said no to polish it if he wasn’t paid two dollars for his work. .The young man refused（拒绝）to anything on it and went away.
But his shoes were so different that he had to stop. He turned back and gave the boy two dollars. In a very short time the shoe was as bright as the other one.
A．happy B．lucky C．rich D．poor
A．much B．little C．enough D．many
A．afraid of B．sorry for C．useful to D．friendly to
A．play B．swim C．count D．sleep
A．books B．clothes C．shoes D．money
A．dirty B．clean C．old D．new
A．under B．above C．in front of D．behind
A．liked B．agreed C．worried D．surprised
A．other B．others C．the other D．the others
A．spend B．cost C．pay D．take
How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups. And old people wishing they were again. Each age has its pleasure and its pains, and the happiest person always enjoys what each age him without wasting his time in useless regrets.
Childhood is a time when there are responsibilities（责任）to make life better. If a child has good parents, he is raised, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. But a child has his . He is not so free to do what he wishes to do. He is being told not to do something, or being punished for what he has wrongly done.
When a young man starts to earn his own living（谋生）, he can no longer expect others to his food, his clothes, and his room, but he has to work if he wants to live . If he spends most of his time in the ways that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. , if he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in society.
A．children B．young C．active D．strong
A．leaves B．hopes C．makes D．gives
A．few B．a few C．little D．a little
A．impossible B．natural C．common D．harmful
A．pains B．weakness C．dreams D．rights
A．year by year B．again and again C．one by one D．for ever
A．take the place of B．pay for C．talk about D．think of
A．comfortably B．freely C．peacefully D．separately
A．playing about B．play about C．played about D．plays about
A．By the way B．Possibly C．Though D．However
It was a cold winter, and Mrs Owen wanted to do some . so she waited until it was Saturday, when her husband was free. She took him the shops with her and let him for everything and carry her bags. They went to shops, and Mrs Owen bought a lot of things. She often said, “ Look, my dear! Isn’t that beautiful!” He then answered, “All right, dear, how much is it?” and took his money to pay for it.
It was dark when they came out of the last , Mr Owen was tired and thinking about things. He wanted a nice meal and drink by the side of a warm fire home! Suddenly his wife looked up at the sky and said, “ this beautiful moon, my dear!”
Without stopping Mr Owen answered, “All right, dear. How is it?”
A．shopping B．shops C．shopped D．shop
A．at B．to C．from D．upon
A．to pay B．pays C．pay D．paying
A．any B．little C．few D．some
A．out of B．of C．out D．into
A．shops B．shop C．shopping D．to shop
A．other B．another C．the other D．others
A．on B．at C．for D．to
A．Look at B．See C．Look for D．Find
A．many B．more C．most D．much
Jim is the son of a farm owner. One New Year's Day, when he was 15 years old, his father him to work on the farm for one year in his free time. Jim was with his father's idea. "That isn't my job. I have schoolwork to do. " Hearing this, his father said, "I will promise(答应) to give you the best present if you finish one year's work. " Jim thought for a while and .
Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and worked until evening, just like any other farmer. Time passed . Jim's crops grew very well. On the last day of the year, the father called his son to him. "I'm happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year," said the father. "Now, tell me you want."
The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread made from his wheat. "I've already got the present. No pain, no gain.(不劳无获） I think this is what you wanted me to ."
His father was very pleased to hear that.
A．asked B．invited C．promised D．helped
A．happy B．unhappy C．excited D．familiar
A．a few B．so little C．too much D．too many
A．shall B．must C．need D．can
A．refused B．answered C．agreed D．began
A．hard B．hardly C．easily D．difficultly
A．fast B．quickly C．slowly D．immediately
A．that B．which C．how D．what
A．least B．worse C．best D．smallest
A．decide B．like C．take D．know
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There are two twin brothers in a family .One was an optimist and the was a pessimist. The parents were worried about
behavior and attitude, and finally took the boys to see a psychologist( 心理学家).
The psychologist looked over them for a while ,and then he said， “They can be helped.” He told the parents to prepare a room filled with all the
that a boy could want .They should put the pessimist boy in that room and
him to enjoy life. They also needed to
another room and fill it with horse manure(马粪). They should put the optimist boy in that room. They
this, and then watched both boys through one-way mirrors.
The pessimist continued to be a pessimist. He said that he had one to play with.
They went to look at the optimist, and were to see him digging through the manure.
The psychologist ran into the room and asked the boy was doing. He looked up through the manure and said， “I am sure there must be a horse in the room somewhere.”
“Ring… ring…” the telephone suddenly rang. Sam got up to the call. It was his aunt. “Sam, are you still at home?” she asked in surprise. Sam 1ooked at the clock. It was already 7:30 a. m. “Oh, my goodness! There’s an important today,” Sam shouted out. He hurried to wash his face and get .When he was going to leave the house, he remembered that he had not put away his books. He ran quickly to the door and put them into the bag. He then went to the bus stop to go to school as as she could. When he got into the classroom, his classmates were writing. “Why are you so ?” asked the teacher. ‘‘I’m sorry, sir,” Sam answered, afraid of looking down. “It was my clock. It failed to wake me up this morning and....” “Don't say anything about it,” his teacher him. “Don’t try to come late next time!” Sam said yes and walked to his quickly. But when he tried to do the paper, he could not think in a right way. He put his head on the desk and said, “What a day it has been for me!”
A．find B．give C．put D．answer
A．why B．how C．when D．where
A．talk B．party C．exam D．meeting
A．tired B．lost C．dressed D．rested
A．carefully B．quietly C．early D．fast
A．worried B．free C．busy D．careful
A．1ate B．ill C．lonely D．ready
A．helped B．knew C．followed D．stopped
A．room B．table C．seat D．teacher
A．short B．bad C．happy D．usual
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