This is Mary's (three) time to visit the beautiful city.
My brother Claudio is one of the people I love most. He is wise and always helpful, taking care of me and(1) (we) young sister, Sarah.The day when he left home to go to college,I(2) (teach) the importance of being a man.
It was a(3) (rain) Saturday morning in August. We were woken up by the sound of Sarah playing the piano as usual. In the kitchen, there was(4) surprise for Claudio一his favorite pancakes.Mom gave us a big smile and told us(5) (sit) down for the breakfast. This was an important day for all of us!
While we(6) (eat) breakfast, Claudio went upstairs to collect his things.I suddenly heard him calling my name. When I walked(7) the room we shared,I found Claudio sitting at my bedside."It's time, brother," he said. I thought he was saying that it was time for him to leave the house, (8) in fact he told me that I should take on a bigger role in the family from then on. He said I should do(9) (many) for Mom than before after he was gone.
I thought about his words very(10) (careful) and then understood everything. That day I learned about family, love and duty.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.was born in Georgia in the south of the USA in 1929. In 1954 he began to work in a church (教堂).
All through his life he tried to(1) for African﹣Americans,whose ancestors came to America from Africa between 1640 and 1798.White people brought them to America in ships,(2) them as slaves (奴隶) and forced them to work. (3) they were set free (自由的) after the American Civil War, their lives didn't change much for a long time. Some people still didn't like them.In the 1950's,African﹣Americans(4) to do lots of things in the south of America.They could not walk on the footpath when a white person was on it.They could not eat in restaurants where white people ate.They could not go to the shops that were owned by white people.When they were on a bus, they had to(5) to white people.
When teacher Margret Atkins, 39,went to ride her bike to school last Friday, she was shocked to discover it(1) (steal).When our reporter spoke to her,she told him that she'd been angry when she realized the bike was gone. It was quite(2) old bike her grandpa had given her years ago. She said it was(3) (valuable) gift she'd ever received.
So what did she do? She decided(4) (write) a note to the thief and put it where the bike had been taken away.To her surprise, she(5) (find) the thief had returned the bike,together with a written apology(道歉) later that day."What I did was(6)___omplete)wrong.I'm really sorry I took your bike. Hope you can accept (7) (I)apology!"
Mrs. Atkins told reporters she was not going to call the police(8) she was no longer angry. She was just thankful that she could go to school on her bike again. She added that she'd probably write another passage to the thief. "I want to thank him(9) returning the bike and tell him I've forgiven(原谅) him," she explained. "People sometimes make (10) (mistake), but the important thing is that they own up to(承认) what they've done," she said.
A doctor in the family!
After studying for a long time, my brother has now graduated and we are very(1) ___ (luck) to have a doctor in the family! My mom and dad,my sister and I are all interested in arts and languages.No one in the family has ever studied medicine before﹣it's so difficult and takes such a long time(2) (study). So we're all very proud of him. As well as this, we have a doctor of our own to ask (3) any medical problems we have! How good is that?
I think Micky will make(4) excellent doctor. He's patient and understanding, and he (5) (care) a lot about people. He(6) (help) at car accidents and done some small operations. I admire him very much,I can't stand the sight of blood, so I could never do what he does!
Micky says he wants to work in hospitals where he can help people with different(7) ____ (ill).Though he knows doctors in hospitals work very long hours,he doesn't mind.In(8) (I) opinion,it's wonderful if you can have a job that you(9) (real)enjoy and Micky has found one.I just hope he isn't(10) busy that the rest of us have to make an appointment(预约) to say hello.
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When talking about the Chinese food going abroad,you can't forget luosifen.To make it,people should(1) rice noodles with sour bamboo shoots(竹笋),dried tofu skin,fresh(2) and peanuts in river snail soup.The special taste mostly comes from the sour bamboo shoots.
In the 1970s,luosifen was(3) a street snack in Liuzhou.People outside of the city knew little about it.It became an intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) of Guangxi in 2008.Now luosifen has become more and more(4) across China.And even people(5) other countries like America,Australia,Germany and so on can also enjoy the food.
Until recently,Ajayi had never gone to school.Now fifty,she attends a school in Ilorin,Nigeria,wearing the same pink dress as two(1) (百)other girls at the school.She studies with the students nearly forty years younger than she is.
Ajayi runs her(2) (自己的)business making and selling bags,but she believes it is(3) (仍然)necessary for her to learn to read and write.
In class,she answers questions(4) (积极).She plays,talks and(5) (讨论)together with her classmates.
She is good at(6) (烹饪).Children all like the food she makes.They enjoy
(7) (她们自己)at school.
Ajayi's(8) (女儿)used to feel embarrassed about their mother's attending school with children.But now.they choose(9) (支持)her efforts.
She plans to continue her(10) (教育)for four more years,saying it will help her business.
At 7 am,we got on the state﹣of﹣the﹣art Fuxing Hao train at Shanghai Railway Station.We stored our(1) (背包)and found our seats.Unlike other trains which start with a shake and much(2) (噪音),this train felt so smooth that if you were not looking out of windows,you could(3) (几乎不)tell we were moving.Yet,within minutes,we were passing over the rails at speeds of more than 350 kilometers an hour.
Soon,the towns of(4) (东部的)China were rushing by.I saw my wife smiling and(5) (指向)to a coin she had balanced on the table.She took another coin and balanced it next to the first,and then another,until she had a(6) (行)of coins.They stood there on the table for more than 20 minutes before one finally fell over.
After that,we(7) (两个都)went back to reading and enjoying the beauty outside.We felt quite(8) (放松的).Then,before we knew it,we heard the announcement that we were arriving in Beijing.For 1,318 kilometers,we(9) (花费)only 4 hours and 38 minutes.Thanks to high speed trains,we can travel in China much more conveniently.No(10) (疑惑),they will also bring the people of the country closer together,and in time bring about deep social changes,the full nature of which no one can fully guess.
用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空.
Australia,nearly,suggest,till,take part in |
(1)I'm right here waiting you come back.
(2)I an environmental project last Saturday.
(3)Carmen loves the singer Dan Dervish very much.
(4)If you're looking for some birthday gifts,here is my .
(5)It takes half an hour to get to the park from my home.
方框内所给词或短语的适当形式完成下面短文.
immediately ,pleasure ,ask,think about |
Many studies worldwide show that girls have more friendships than boys.In fact,many teenage boys can't name a single best friend.When they(1) ,they often think for a while before answering, "My best friend?I can't (2) that.I am busy with my homework,and I have so many different friends that it is hard to choose just one best friend."
Girls,however,can usually answer the question (3) , "A best friend?Of course.We have a lot to share with each other.We get much more (4) from talking,daydreaming."
We have to realize:boys share activities,while girls share feelings.The qualities (品质) that boys and girls consider important in a friend seem to be the same,regardless of (无论) the basis of these friendships.The important thing to remember is that both of them are friendships.We all need friends in our lives.
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Iris Marie Experience |
Dear Marie, I've been in Beijing for a month.I stay in a modern hotel(1) lies in the center of the city.I have visited many wonderful places,for example,(2) Great Wall of China.I have also met a lot of very friendly people here.Now I'm trying to learn Chinese from them and I am quite interested(3) it.Chinese food is really delicious and hot pot is my favorite.In China,it is interesting(4) see people eating with chopsticks.I'm practicing using them and I am getting more(5) more skillful now.I want to come back again next year.I hope you can come with me. Iris |
阅读短文,从方框中选择单词,并用适当形式填空,使短文意思完整、通顺.每词限用一次.
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I took up my first job as a teacher.The(71) in my class were about sixteen or seventeen years old,only several years(72) than me.In fact,some of them looked older and seemed more like grown﹣ups.And some of them even didn't listen to me carefully in the class.
The classroom was on the(73) floor and it was directly above the street.One day,I was writing on the blackboard(74) I heard a sudden change in the noise behind me.There was a man standing in the room with half an apple in(75) right hand.
"Who threw this?"he shouted,looking around the class(76) .
"I beg your pardon?"I said."Someone threw this apple out of the window,"he said,"It landed on my car."
"Who threw the apple out of the window?"I shouted to the class.There was no(77) ."I want the one who threw this,"said the man,"I will be waiting outside for you."And then he left,slamming(摔) the door.
The students were(78) in class and I went on with the lesson.
At the end of every lesson,as the bell rang,usually the class were all gone before it finished(79) leaving me saying"That's all for today."to an empty room.
This time,when the bell went for the end of the lesson,no one(80) ."That's all for today."I said."You go first,sir."said one of the boys.It made a nice change,being first out.
阅读短文,根据短文内容及首字母提示,在空白处填人一个适当的单词.
Leo and his father didn't talk for 10 years.10 years ago,Leo's mother (1)d .He thought it was his father who caused his mother's illness.He hated his father.
Now they were sitting in a nice (2)c shop.Suddenly his father asked the waiter to put some salt in his coffee.Leo was surprised.His father smiled and said,"Before you were born,your mother and I often had (3)f playing in the sea.We could taste the sea,just (4)l the taste of the salty coffee.Every time I have salty coffee,I always think of your mother.I (5)m her so much."
Leo was deeply moved (感动).He never knew his father had such deep (6)l for his mother.One month later,he moved to live (7)w his father.Every time he made coffee for him,he put some salt in the coffee.
After 10 years,his father died.Leo received a (8)l which said,"Dear Leo,please forgive my life's lie﹣the salty coffee.Actually at that (9)t I wanted some sugar,but I said salt.It was hard for me to change,so I just went ahead.Now let me (10)t you the truth.I don't like salty coffee,but I drink salty coffee for 10 years! Having you with me is the biggest happiness of my whole life."
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When you are busy doing piles of math homework, have you ever stopped and thought about one question:why do we need to learn all this math anyway?
It's an interesting question. Kids around the world (1) it for ages. For US students, they may get the answer from a new show called "MathAlive!". It has 47 interesting activities designed to teach kids how math (2) in our life. For example, at one show station, visitors test the theory that a person's arm span(臂展) equals the person's height. At another station, math skills help visitors (3) the NASA robot outside a space station virtually (虚拟的). By doing such activities, kids learn why math is important in our life.
Where else can you find math used every day? Actually, if you go down deep enough into anything, you(4) math. Think of simple things, like clocks. They tell time, but only if you know how to read them. That means using math. How much longer until school ends? How long did I sleep last night? That's all math. When you go shopping, you do lots of math, too.
Even when you (5) math, it's all around you. The computer you use to surf the Internet is a machine to do binary math very fast. The house you live in is designed by people who use lots of geometry(几何学). So enjoy math, not for exams, but for the wonderful world's helps to build.
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