Simon ____________ a piece of paper and put it into the rubbish bag.

A. looked for B. picked up

C. ran away D. got up

--You look very . What's wrong with you?

--I'm feeling sick. Maybe I need to see the doctor.

A. strong B. weak

C. excited D. happy

It was the summer before my third grade. Our girls’ softball team was facing real pitchers(投球手) _____the first time. Before that, we could just hit the ball on the tee(球座). When the coach started pitching, hitting became ____for me. I missed every single pitch. From the side, I heard my teammate Emily laughing at ______.My face got hot and my throat felt like it had a softball stuck in. At that moment, I was starting to ____playing softball.

The next afternoon, when Mum said it was time to play the game, I told her I was ___. She allowed me to lie down for a while. So I went to my room and ___myself in bed. This was difficult for me because I was fine and just________to avoid softball.

Soon Mum came in and said, “Time to go!” She didn’t even ask if I felt ___. I imagined Emily laughing from the sideline, and ____I really did feel sick to my stomach. I began crying loudly. Still, Mum pulled my team T-shirt over my head. She said, “You have to _______for the rest of the season, and only after that we can talk about ______you’ll continue next year.” She added that practice was what I needed, not _____. She promised to practice with me.

I got two hits that afternoon, and Emily didn’t make a ___.Every week after that, I practiced at home _______I got to be one of the best hitters on the team.

That_____taught me being afraid is part of life, and I can do whatever is expected of me if I keep working and practicing.

1.A. for B. by C. from D. about

2.A. noisy B. natural C. hard D. possible

3.A. him B. them C. me D. us

4.A. remember B. hate C. enjoy D. practice

5.A. bored B. sick C. shy D. sad

6.A. helped B. dressed C. threw D. taught

7.A. failed B. wanted C. refused D. offered

8.A. safer B. better C. warmer D. happier

9.A. usually B. probably C. carefully D. suddenly

10.A. play B. break C. share D. relax

11.A. what B. where C. which D. whether

12.A. waking up B. hurrying up C. giving up D. speaking up

13.A. plan B. sound C. choice D. decision

14.A. until B. unless C. after D. though

15.A. accident B. business C. relationship D. experience

As a new teacher at Doull Primary School in Denver, Kyle Schwartz thought of a simple way to get to know her third graders, most of whom came from ______ families. She asked them to complete the ______ “I wish my teacher knew…” and share something about themselves.

Their ______ answers gave the teacher a chance to understand her students’ difficulties. “I wish my teacher knew I have no pencils to do my homework,” ______ one child. “I wish my teacher knew sometimes my reading homework is not signed（签名）, because my mom is not ______ a lot,” wrote another. Some shared hope for the ______. “ I wish my teacher knew that I want to go to college.”

“Some notes are really heartbreaking,” Schwartz tells ABC News. “I care ______ about each of my students and I don’t want them to be poor forever.” She explains, “ I hoped to know ______ I could better support them. So I ______ to let them tell me what I needed to know. That was why I created the fill-in-the-blank exercise.”

______ the third graders were allowed to answer anonymously（匿名）, most wanted to include names. And some were even excited to read their notes out loud. ______ one shy girl who bravely said that she was lonely. “After she told the class, ‘I don’t have friends to ______ me,’ I was worried what they would do.” Schwartz tells Us Weekly. “However, I felt encouraged to see how much support the other kids offered ______. They invited her to play at break and sit with them at lunch. You see, ______ have an unusual ability to express empathy（同情）.”

“The results have been ______,” says Schwartz. “It speaks to the importance of giving people a voice and really listening to them.”

1.A. traditional B. friendly C. poor D. small

2.A. postcard B. note C. letter D. diary

3.A. honest B. polite C. usual D. right

4.A. suggested B. copied C. repeated D. wrote

5.A. free B. careless C. famous D. angry

6.A. society B. course C. research D. future

7.A. secretly B. deeply C. nervously D. directly

8.A. where B. why C. how D. when

9.A. decided B. refused C. forgot D. learned

10.A. Unless B. Though C. Because D. Once

11.A. like B. from C. against D. except

12.A. look for B. talk about C. depend on D. play with

13.A. him B. you C. her D. me

14.A. children B. teachers C. parents D. reporters

15.A. boring B. surprising C. worrying D. relaxing

On 28 of March Richard Byrd stood outside the small house. He shook hands with the men who were leaving. They were heading back to the main camp on the coast of Antarctica (南极洲). He would ___ to work at the base camp.

“I don't like leaving you here alone, "Pete Demas said. "I’ll be ____,"Byrd replied. He was looking forward to the challenge of spending the winter at the base camp. He would be recording the weather. There was plenty of food and fuel (燃料) in the tiny house. He felt sure ____ would go wrong.

But something did go wrong. Byrd was burning the fuel for ____ . But the fumes (有毒气体) were not leaving the house. Slowly he was being poisoned (中毒). On May 31 he broke down. When he came to, he made himself into his sleeping bag. Three days later he ____ it was a Sunday. The men would be _____ his radio message. Byrd moved hard out of bed and _____the call. He didn't want the men to know how ____ he was. It was too dangerous for them to come to save him.

By will-power alone, Byrd managed to stay alive. He was so ____ that he could hardly walk. But he forced himself to do the basics. He ____ food and made myself eat. He took ____ of weather and sent radio messages. But by late June, the men _____that something was wrong. Most of the time, Byrd's messages made no sense.

On August 11 Demas and two others reached the base camp. They ____ recognized (认出)

Byrd. He was very thin and looked terrible. Byrd _____them and then fell to the ground. The men had arrived in time. After two months of care, Byrd's good _____returned. He and his men

worked together again.

1.A. regret B. leave C. agree D. stay

2.A. free B. fine C. lonely D. nervous

3.A. something B. everything C. anything D. nothing

4.A. heat B. light C. safety D. food

5.A. hoped B. imagined C. learnt D. realized

6.A. expecting B. sending C. leaving D. testing

7.A. returned B. made C. took D. missed

8.A. brave B. sorry C. sick D. calm

9.A. hungry B. weak C. tired D. cold

10.A. cooked B. served C. tasted D. stored

11.A. photos B. notes C. reports D. lessons

12.A. heard B. complained C. guessed D. discovered

13.A. never B. even C. hardly D. almost

14.A. greeted B. stopped C. thanked D. visited

15.A. luck B. memory C. dream D. health

Johnnie Martin was born in a worker’s family. His parents lived a simple life, saving money for the day when they could send him to a good university. They had dreamed that their son could get a good_______and live a better life. However, to Johnnie, school lessons seemed like a wall that was impossible to go through.

One day when he was in Grade 11, Johnnie went________school psychologist’s office to ask for help.

“Johnnie, I’ve been studying your marks of all the tests at school. I've made a ______study of them,” said the psychologist.

“I’ve been trying hard.” Johnnie was about to________.

The psychologist put his hand on the boy's shoulder, “People have different kinds of talents, Johnnie. There are painters who were_________able to learn maths, and engineers who can't sing on key. Some day you will find_______you are good at, and when you do, you will make your parents and all of us very_______you.”

Johnnie didn't go to university. He found a job working in the gardens around the town. Soon ______amazing happened. His customers began to notice that Johnnie had what they called “green thumb”. The plants he_____grew, and the roses blossomed. People started to accept his _______for gardening, because he had an eye for colour and light.

One day while he was downtown, he happened to_________an unused dirty land behind the city hall. He volunteered to make it into a garden. That very afternoon as soon as he got the permission , he started the work, ________he couldn’t afford all the tools or the plants that were_______for it. People gave him young trees, rose-bushes, benches and many other things. Before long, it had become a beautiful little__________.

Today Johnnie is the head of the business in gardening. Wherever he and his men go, they ______beauty before the eyes of people.

1.A. job B. garden C. lesson D. present

2.A. into B. past C. along D. through

3.A. funny B. public C. careful D. similar

4.A. lie B. cry C. laugh D. agree

5.A. always B. usually C. sometimes D. never

6.A. how B. when C. what D. where

7.A. strict with B. proud of C. angry with D. sure of

8.A. nothing B. anything C. something D. everything

9.A. picked up B. painted at C. talked about D. looked after

10.A. suggestions B. invitations C. situation D. attention

11.A. buy B. rent C. clean D. notice

12.A. but B. and C. so D. or

13.A. common B. natural C. possible D. necessary

14.A. farm B. lake C. park D. market

15.A. find B. spread C. collect D. describe

Have you ever been to America? I was only an 11-year-old girl when my parents ____me that we would soon move to America. We were on the bus then. I cried. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing the radio program for school children again which I ___every morning.

In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying ____to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving, I even felt a little ____because I thought about all the places I was going to see—the strange and ___places I had known only from books and pictures.

The first four years in America taught me the importance of optimism(乐观）,but the idea did not come to ____at once. For the first two years in New York I was really_____—having to study in three schools and I ____most of my time learning the English language. I ___had any time for fun. Sometimes I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother____and things became even harder for me. It took me ___to get used to my stepfather. I was often ____, and saw no end to “the hard times”.

I hod to do many things for the family since I knew Engliah better than everyonc else at home.

____,things got better and better later and almost all common troubles ____at last. From those experiences I have learned one important rule：Something good is certain to happen in the end. __   you do not give up,and just wait a little!

1.A. spoke B. said C. told D. announced

2.A. talked about B. watched            C studied       D. listened to

3.A. sorry B. goodbye C. hello D. thanks

4.A. upset B. disappointed C. afraid D. excited

5.A. magical B. boring C. necessary D. usual

6.A. him B. me C. her D. it

7.A. interested B. happy C. lost D. confident

8.A. wasted B. spent C. used D. paid

9.A. hardly B. hard C. nearly D. always

10.A. returned B. left C. noticed D. remarried

11.A. some times B. some money C. some words D. some time

12.A. satisfied B. sad C. optimistic D. glad

13.A. Especially B. Unfortunately C. Immediately D. Luckily

14.A. went away B. went up C. went along D. went over

15.A. to B. before C. when D. Unless

We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting them and putting them into our ______. It’s not as easy as you think. It’s important to know ______ and when to eat.

Fruit should be eaten on an empty stomach. If you eat fruit like that, it will go straight ______ the stomach into the Intestines（肠道）. It will be good to your health and provide you with plenty of ______ for life activities. Fruit is the most important ______.

But when you eat two pieces of bread and then some fruit, it is ______ from doing so. Do you know the reason?

You have probably heard people saying –every time I eat watermelon I burp（打嗝）, when I eat a banana I feel like ______ to the toilet. When the fruit ______ with other food, it produces gas（气体）. That’s why you will feel uncomfortable. Actually this will not ______ if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach.

Eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice. When you ______ want to drink fruit juice, drink only ______ fruit juice, NOT from the bottles or cans. Don’t drink juice that has been ______ up. Don’t eat cooked fruits because you don’t get the nutrients（营养成分）at all. You only get the ______.

If you have mastered the ______ way of eating fruits, you have the ______ of beauty, health, energy, happiness and a long life. Dark circles under the eyes will not appear.

1.A. tables B. plates C. mouths D. boxes

2.A. how B. what C. where D. who

3.A. past B. between C. among D. through

4.A. experience B. energy C. pleasure D. spirit

5.A. course B. discovery C. food D. direction

6.A. prevented B. protected C. prepared D. practiced

7.A. returning B. running C. relaxing D. staying

8.A. fixes B. fills C. mixes D. joins

9.A. check B. spread C. arrive D. happen

10.A. totally B. hardly C. clearly D. really

11.A. expensive B. colorful C. fresh D. medium

12.A. burned B. heated C. set D. kept

13.A. taste B. weight C. shape D. sugar

14.A. successful B. correct C. opposite D. special

15.A. request B. secret C. style D. point

It was a sunny day yesterday. After a whole day’s work in my office, I walked home. On the busy street, I say a young man _________ some small toys around the corner. Usually, I would hurry _________ such sellers and never buy anything. But when I noticed he was _________, I decided to stand there for some time. I wanted to see _________ he sold his toys.

Soon, a little girl came with her mother and wanted a toy that could _________ a noise. Kids liked such toys because the noise sounded really funny. The toy was 18 yuan. The mother _________ a 20-yuan note（钞票）. She told the young man how much she was giving him and wanted the change（找零）_________. I was wondering what he was going to do next. He told the mother to put the money in his bag and get the change _________. Then she did so.

What the young man did shocked me. He chose to _________ people even if he couldn’t see. He let me know believing in people is a __________ thing. It brings us warmth and love. I was so touched that I made a __________ to buy a toy although I didn’t need it at all. He said it cost 18 yuan and I told him that I had only one 20-yuan note. Again he told me to do the same thing as the mother. I put my 20 yuan in his bag, __________ I didn’t take any change.

As I walked down the street, I say another little girl with her father and gave her the __________ I bought. She looked at me in surprise and then thanked me __________. I was happy to see the smile on her face.

The young man was a good __________ to us all. On my way home, I kept thinking the world would be a better place if we all could learn to trust people more, just like the young blind street seller.

1.A. using B. buying C. selling D. washing

2.A. with B. past C. across D. towards

3.A. fat B. deaf C. short D. blind

4.A. how B. why C. when D. where

5.A. hear B. make C. avoid D. mind

6.A. cut out B. kept out C. took out D. worked out

7.A. up B. out C. off D. back

8.A. itself B. herself C. myself D. yourself

9.A. hate B. doubt C. trust D. praise

10.A. beautiful B. bad C. silly D. direct

11.A. promise B. mistake C. speech D. decision

12.A. or B. so C. but D. for

13.A. bag B. toy C. note D. change

14.A. politely B. coldly C. proudly D. crazily

15.A. role B. expert C. guard D. example

This story tells of two sporting heroes who made an impossible dream come true. Bob Champion was a young jockey (骑师) with a bright____________. Then, one day, he fell off his horse. He went to the doctor_____________his injuries(伤) and was surprised when he__________that he had cancer. The medical treatment lasted many months and made him very___________.At times, he nearly died.

As the same time, there was a successful____________called Aldaniti. Unluckily, during one race, the horse got a serious injury. The horse's owners___________to put the horse down though the doctor advised the horse's trainer to do so. They_________Aldaniti for a whole year and the horse's injuries got better.

By this time, Bob Champion was out of____________. Slowly, he got back his strength. Eight months later, he_________to his job as a jockey. A month after that, he rode the winning horse in a race. Soon afterwards, Aldaniti_____________returned to training.

Early the next year, __________Bob Champion and Aldaniti were almost back to full fitness. Now, there was a new plan. Bob decided to____________Aldaniti in the Grand National, one of the UK's most famous horse races. People watching the race knew all about the____________fights against ill health and injury. Every one of them wanted the fairy tale to have a_____________ending. And it was perfect. Aldaniti and Bob Champion were real sporting______________.

1.A. future B. idea C. smile D. voice

2.A. instead of B. except for C. because of D. away from

3.A. suggested B. discovered C. expected D. remember

4.A. sad B. scared C. poor D. weak

5.A. doctor B. horse C. owner D. trainer

6.A. refused B. prepared C. regretted D. forgot

7.A. waited for B. looked for C. called in D. paid for

8.A. work B. school C. sight D. hospital

9.A. stuck B. belonged C. returned D. moved

10.A. also B. still C. even D. again

11.A. either B. both C. all D. each

12.A. stop B. walk C. ride D. feed

13.A. one’s B. pair’s C. group’s D. family’s

14.A. upset B. funny C. happy D. similar

15.A. heroes B. players C. results D. events