to look at the front row of shoes, and he felt happy to see that the pair of the shoes he wanted very much
were still there. Looking down, he felt sorry for himself. He really wanted to have them for his birthday.
He sadly walked away and thought how to tell his mother about it. He knew she would give him
anything he liked if she could. But he also knew very well she had little money. He decided not to go
home at once, as he looked worried and his mother would noticed it. So he went to the park and sat on
the grass. Then he saw a boy in a wheel chair. He noticed that the boy moved the wheel with his hands.
Tom looked at him carefully and was surprised to see the boy have no feet. He looked at his own feet.
"It"s much better to be without shoes than without feet," he thought. There was no reason for him to feel
so sorry and sad. He sent away and smiled, thinking he was happier.
B. by bus
C. by bike
D. in a car
B. to look at the shoes he liked
C. to look at the shoes in the shop window
D. to look at the shoes on the front row
B. quite cheap
C. not there
D. not sole yet
B. wanted to see the boy
C. didn"t want to make his mother worried
D. he felt sad
B. loved his mother best
C. didn"t want to go to school
D. didn"t want to stay at home
He had already fallen aslep when he felt a soft 3 on his elbow. He woke up to find that his camel
had put his head inside the tent. The camel said, “Would you pleas let me 4 my head in the tent to get warm It’s so cold outside. I won’t take up too much 5 .
The Arab was a kind-hearted man. “All right, do as you 6 ,” he said. Then he turned on his side and back to sleep.
It wasn’t long 7 he felt a push on his shoulder. It was the camel again. "Dear master," the
camel said, " my head is quite warm now, but my neck is still cold. Do you mind 8 I keep it inside
the tent, too?"
"No, not at all,"the man said. But this time he felt a bit 9 , as the camel had such a long neck.
No sooner had cloesed his eyes 10 he got a harder push in his side. This time the camel said,
"Will you please allow me to bring my front legs inside and warm them up a little?"
The Arab 11 over to one side of the tent. He made himself as small as he could. It wasn’t 12
cofortable, and sleep was now out of the question.
Soon after that the camel gave him a rough push and said, “The tent is too small for the two of us.
13 , my two back legs are still left in the cold. It is only 14 that you should leave the whole tent to me.
And with that, the camel 15 the poor man out.
( )1. A. built ( )2. A. laid ( )3. A. touch ( )4. A. hold ( )5. A. place ( )6. A. please ( )7. A. after ( )8. A. whether ( )9. A. crowded ( )10.A. than ( )11.A. went ( )12.A. very ( )13.A.Except ( )14.A.bad ( )15.A.pulled | B. made B. lay B. beat B. place B. tent B. alike B. before B. as B. comfortable B. then B. walked B. much B. Besides B. wrong B. touched | C. put up C. lied C. kick C. keep C. room C. are like C. since C. that C. warmer C. when C. climbed C. a bit C. After all C. sorry C. kicked | D. set D. went D. bite D. reach D. blanket D. want D. then D. if D. narrower D. after D. moved D. a little D. But D. right D. let |
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Mozart and an Old Performer One day Mozart (莫扎特)saw an old blind street performer (卖艺人) playing the violin in the street corner __1__ a hat in front of him. He found out the old man was __2__ one of his compositions (作品).The old man played for __3__ , but still nobody put any money into his hat. Mozart asked the old man, "Do you often play compositions by Mozart?" "Yes, __4__ ," answered the old man. "Now, everybody knows Mozart and likes his music." "Do you __5__ a living by playing the violin?" The old man said he __6__ Mozart took over the violin from the old man and began to play. He played so well __7__ all the passer-by stopped to listen the wonderful music and soon the old man felt very __8__ that the man could play so well. He asked Mozart, "Who are you, sir?" "Your colleague (同行) , a poor __9__ like you." Then Mozart gave the __10_ back to the old man and went away. | |||
( )1. A.on | B.by | C.with | D.to |
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When Martin was a little boy, he lived in the town of Holtham. At the time, Martin thought that the little town was a very big town. Well, Martin came back to Holtham last night. "It"s a small town!" he said to himself. The town has changed very little in the past forty years. But Martin has changed a lot. He has grown into a man. His ideas are a man"s eyes. Martin stayed in the town for five hours. He walked from street to street, but he knew nobody. Who were the strangers, the people in Holtham or Martin? Martin suddenly understood it all. Not the people in the town but he. | |||
1. Holtham was ______________. | |||
A. a little country B. a small town C. a big town D. a big country | |||
2. Martin left the town __________. | |||
A. when he was 40 B. 40 years ago C. 14 years ago D. 5 hours ago | |||
3. During his five hours" stay in the town, Martin __________. | |||
A. met no friend B. didn"t want to see his friends C. saw nobody D. saw a lot of friends | |||
4. Which of the following is true? __________. | |||
A. Martin has never lived in the town B. Holtham was a town of strangers C. There have been great changes in the town D. A man"s ideas are different from a child"s | |||
5. Now Martin sees things through ________________. | |||
A. a boy"s eyes B. a child"s eyes C. a man"s eyes D. a stranger"s eyes | |||
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I first saw the baby panda when she was only 10 days old. She looked | |||
( ) 1. A. made ( ) 2. A. quite ( ) 3. A. leaves ( ) 4. A. strange ( ) 5. A. though ( ) 6. A. Luckily ( ) 7. A. examples ( ) 8. A. cut down ( ) 9. A. money ( ) 10.A. nothing | B. called B. mostly B. vegetables B. weak B. until B. Suddenly B. questions B. plant B. help B. everything | C. told C. just C. trees C. famous C. because C. Sadly C. matters C. protect C. clothes C. anything | D. kept D. hardly D. chips D. healthy D. whether D. Especially D. problems D. water D. family D. something |
阅读下列语段,并将它们重新排列顺序,组成一篇连贯的短文。 | |||
A. The shorter boy replied, “When someone hurts you, you should write it in the sand from which the wind can erase it easily. However, when someone does something good for you, you should carve( 雕刻) it on a stone from which the wind can never erase it.” B. The taller boy asked him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand, but now you carve on the stone. Why?” C. Two friends were walking through the desert (沙漠). During the journey they had an argument, and the taller boy hit the shorter one in the face. The shorter boy was hurt. D. They kept on walking until they found a pond (池塘). And they decided to take a bath there. The shorter boy got stuck in the mud and started to sink, but luckily he was saved by the taller boy. After that, he carved on a stone, “Today my best friend saved my life.” E. But without saying anything, he wrote in the sand, “Today my best friend hit me in the face.” | |||
The right order:1. 2. 3. 4. 5 |