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It was an unforgettable experience. We sat in a boat waiting for Ofai. He was swimming under water. There were many beautiful shells at the bottom. If he could ever find some and bring them _____________, he would make a lot of money. It was a good and fast way to become rich. My uncle Harry was with us to take care of us. Suddenly I saw Ofai _____________ his arms. Then I could see a large shark fish _________ under the water. All at once I was ___________ and held my breath.

“A shark!” cried my uncle. An anxious expression suddenly _____________ on his face. He was thinking of how to save Ofai. We _________ at my uncle and waited for him to take_________.

The fish came near. Now we could see him better. He was of a yellow-brown color and as big as our boat. What could we do to help Ofai? He had been under water for more than an hour. So by now he must be very ___________ and it was difficult for him to swim fast enough to ___________ the trouble. Thinking that Ofai’s life was at great risk, my uncle could ____________ it no longer. Without ____________ he took his knife and jumped into the water. Down he went after the man-eating fish. The shark was ____________ straight for Ofai. Then, suddenly, the fish turned. My uncle’s strong arm had __________ the knife deep into the side of the great fish. The water turned red as blood ran from the shark.

Now Ofai had time to reach the top. At last he was safe in the boat. But the fish was __________. He turned to __________ the man who had hurt him. As he swam to my uncle, he opened his great mouth. Again the knife went forward. This time it cut deep into the shark’s nose.

For a minute the shark lay __________. Now Uncle was able to swim to the top. Ofai quickly pulled him into the boat. It wasn’t long before the shark came to __________. He hit the boat with such a hard __________ that the sides were almost pushed in. We rowed as hard as possible and finally we were safe on the seashore.

It was my uncle’s __________ and ability that saved Ofai and all of us. We learned a lesson from this experience that courage __________ everything in time of great danger. We will always keep this experience in mind.

1.A. down B. up C. in D. forward

2.A. wave B. rise C. hold D. extend

3.A. lying B. crawling C. moving D. jumping

4.A. annoyed B. excited C. astonished D. frightened

5.A. appeared B. existed C. reflected D. flashed

6.A. called B. stared C. laughed D. shouted

7.A. measure B. step C. action D. advice

8.A. tired B. excited C. disappointed D. satisfied

9.A. put up with B. break away from C. get along with D. get out of

10.A. make B. stand C. hold D. accept

11.A. difficulty B. permission C. delay D. preparation

12.A. waiting B. heading C. fighting D. looking

13.A. turned B. passed C. took D. sent

14.A. sad B. calm C. brave D. angry

15.A. see B. help C. attack D. protect

16.A. quiet B. frightened C. still D. discouraged

17.A. life B. notice C. mind D. an end

18.A. movement B. weight C. crash D. blow

19.A. courage B. kindness C. cleverness D. enthusiasm

20.A. matters B. means C. suggests D. predicts

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How to manage your time

For many high school students it seems that there is never enough time. There are several steps you can take to organize your time better.

First, make a to-do list every day. It makes it easy to plan any activities or meetings you may have in addition to homework. Be sure to set priorities(优先的事物). 1.

Use spare time wisely. Do you have a study hall(自习时间)? Instead of wasting that time, read a book or do homework. 2. If a friend asks you to do something and you have homework to do, realize which is more important and see your friend later.

Decide on the time that is good for you to do certain things. If you are more of a morning person, try getting up an hour earlier and do schoolwork before school. Review your notes every day. 3. If you spend a few minutes at the end of every day going over what you learned, it will mean less time studying when it is time for the exam.

4. Studies have shown that getting enough rest helps your memory. When you are tired, everything seems more difficult. It is best to stay on a regular sleeping cycle as much as possible.

Tell your friends and family about your work timetable. Explain that you will be working at certain times and ask them not to disturb you. 5. you can call your friends later.

A. Set goals(目标) for yourself.

B. Get a good night’s sleep.

C. Do the most important tasks first.

D. Also, do not be afraid to say “no”.

E. You should finish your homework on time.

F. Don’t take phone calls during the time you set aside or work.

G. Don’t wait until just before a test to try and remember everything.

Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a book-lover or merely go there to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter from a sudden shower.

Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. The desire to pick up a book with an attractive dust-jacket is irresistible but you might end up with a rather dull book. A book-lover rarely adopts this method of selection. All too often you soon become absorbed in some book or other, and usually it is only much later that you realize you have spent far too much time there and must dash off to keep some forgotten appointment — without buying a book, of course.

This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think, the main attraction of a bookshop. There are not many places where it is possible to do this. A music shop is very much like a bookshop. You can wander round such places to your heart’s content. If it is a good shop, no assistant will approach you with the unavoidable greeting: “Can I help you, sir?” You needn’t buy anything you don’t want. In a bookshop an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished browsing. Then, and only then, are his services necessary. Of course, you may want to find out where a particular section is, but when he has led you there, the assistant should retire considerately and look as if he is not interested in selling a single book.

You have to be careful not to be attracted by the variety of books in a bookshop. It is very easy to enter the shop looking for a book on, say, ancient coins and to come out carrying a copy of the latest best-selling novel and perhaps a book about brass-rubbing — something which had only uncertainly interested you up till then. This volume on the subject, however, happened to be so well illustrated and the part of the text you read proved so interesting that you just had to buy it. This sort of thing can be very dangerous. Apart from running up a huge account, you can waste a great deal of time wandering from section to section.

1.What is most likely to happen to a book-lover in a bookshop?

A. Lost in some book, he forgets something else important.

B. Annoyed by the shop assistant, he dashes off for an appointment.

C. Attracted by its cover, he buys some book turning out to be a dull one.

D. Unsatisfied with its surroundings, he leaves the shop without buying a book.

2.In the author’s opinion, a shop assistant in a bookshop is supposed to ________.

A. greet customers in a more suitable manner

B. retire from the job if he has no passion for it

C. leave customers alone before services are needed

D. offer nice services from the very moment customers step into the shop

3.In a bookshop with a diversity of books, you tend to ________.

A. ignore the latest best-selling novel

B. be trapped in a dangerous situation

C. buy some book you are not at all interested in

D. buy other books instead of those you initially want

As I stood in the return line and watched people, I became extremely impatient. My daughter had got four Barbie dolls and two identical Cabbage Patch Kids on Christmas, so I was eager to return toys that she didn’t need. Suddenly a strong idea came to me. I eyed the lady in front of me with three small girls on her leg. The family looked poor. The children were without coats, and they had dirty faces and hair. “You are ready to get out of here, aren’t you? Give her the things you want to return,” the still voice spoke. “Give them to her? These are mine. I’m not giving her my stuff,” I argued. I swallowed the urge that threatened to escape my lips when the voice spoke again. “Give her the toys.” I was familiar with the voice. I know I couldn’t argue with that voice.

I sighed and tapped the lady on the shoulder. “Ma’am,” I cleared my throat. She looked at me with kind, tired eyes surrounded by wrinkles. “Yes?” she asked. “Would your little girls like to have these toys?” I pointed to my basket full of returns. “Would your children like to have them?” She was speechless, and I swore that tears were about to well up in her eyes. “You’d be doing me a favor. I can’t stand in this line in a moment longer.” “You have no idea,” she shook her head. “You have no idea what that means to me.”

I started loading her basket as the excited girls watched. “Merry Christmas,” I said, “God bless you.” She replied as I nodded and exited the line. I didn’t want to go the Walmart that day, but I went. I didn’t want to give the lady my kid’s toys, but I did. Sometimes doing what we don’t want to do is exactly what we’re supposed to do.

1.The author decided to return some of the gifts because ________.

A. she wanted to get some money B. her daughter needed money then

C. her daughter didn’t like them at all D. all of them weren’t in need

2.When the author saw the woman and her three girls, she ________.

A. gladly helped them B. didn’t want to help them

C. pretended not to know them D. hesitated about whether to help them

3.The lady was speechless after hearing the author’s words because ________.

A. she was too surprised to say anything B. she was too moved to say anything

C. she didn’t believe the author at first D. she was considering the author’s words

4.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. A Poor Lady B. Holiday Spirit

C. Giving Happiness D. Holiday Shopping

A thief who dropped a winning lottery ticket at the scene of his crime has been given a 

lesson in honesty. His victim, who picked up the ticket, then claimed the $25,000 prize, managed to trace him, and handed over the cash. The robbery happened when maths professor VinicioSabbatucci, 58, was changing a tire on an Italian motorway. Another motorist, who stopped “to 

help”, stole a suitcase from his car and drove off. The professor found the dropped ticket and put  it in his pocket before driving home to Ascoli in eastern Italy. 

Next day, he saw the lottery results on TV and, taking out the ticket, realized it was a winner.He claimed the 60 million lire(里拉)prize. Then he began a battle with his conscience. Finally, he 

decided he could not keep the money despite having been robbed. He advertised in newspapers 

and on the radio, saying, “I’m trying to find the man who robbed me. I have 60 million lire for him—a lottery win. Please meet me. Anonymity(匿名)guaranteed.” 

Professor Sabbatucci received hundreds of calls from people hoping to trick him into 

handing them the cash. But there was one voice he recognized and he arranged to meet the man 

In a park.The robber, a 35‐year-old unemployed father of two, gave back the suitcase and burst 

into tears. He could not believe what was happening. “Why didn’t you keep the money?” he 

asked. The professor replied, “I couldn’t because it’s not mine.” Then he walked off, spurning the thief’s offer of a reward.

1.The sentence “Then he began a battle with his conscience.” in Paragraph 2 implies all of the 

following except that _________.

A. he thought for a moment of avenging himself on the robber

B. he hesitated about keeping the money for some time

C. he knew what he should do as soon as he saw the lottery results

D. he came to realize that honesty is more important than money

2.Why did hundreds of people phone Professor Sabbaturcci ?

A. wanted to make fun of him B. hoped to get the money

C. knew who the robber was D. lost the lottery ticket

3.How did the robber feel when the victim wanted to find him?

A. Excited B. Frightened C. Ashamed D. Incredible

4.If the story appears in a newspaper,what might be the best title ?

A. A Thief’s Lucky Day B. A Popular Maths Professor

C. A Magic Lottery D. A Reward of Honesty

It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech. As some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned. Fortunately, such moments are usually not obvious to the listeners. Why? Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say. They hear only what the speaker does say. If you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain point, no one will be any the wiser. When such moments occur, don’t worry about them. Just continue as if nothing happened.

Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech, that don’t really matter. If you have ever listened to Martin Luther King’s famous speech – “ I have a dream”, you may notice that he stumble(结巴)over his words twice during the speech. Most likely, however, you don’t remember. Why? Because you were fixing your attention on its message rather than on his way of speech-making.

People care a lot about making mistakes in a speech because they regard speech-making as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication. They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition. But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perfect performer. They are looking for a well-thought-out speech that expresses the speaker’s ideas clearly and directly. Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speaker’s attractiveness by making him more human.

As you work on your speech, don’t worry about being perfect. Once you free your mind of this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely.

1.The underlined part in the first paragraph means that no one will ________.

A. be smarter than you

B. know what you are talking about

C. do better than you

D. notice your mistakes

2.You don’t remember obvious mistakes in a speech because ________.

A. you find the way of speech-making more important

B. you don’t fully understand the speech

C. you don’t know what the speaker plans to say

D. your attention is on the content

3.From the last two paragraphs, the author means that ________.

A. giving a speech is like giving a performance

B. the listeners should pay more attention to how a speech is made

C. one to two mistakes in a speech may not be bad

D. the more mistakes a speaker makes, the more attractive he will be

4.What would be the best title of the passage?

A. How to Be a Perfect Speaker

B. Don’t Expect a Perfect Speech

C. Don’t Expect Mistakes in a Speech

D. How to Make a Perfect Speech

Heaviest snow in half a century hit the south of the country. It snowed continuously for half a month, _______the railways, highways, and runways in the airfields. Ice wrapped and paralyzed(使瘫痪)the power and communication system. Many people were_______in railway stations, bus stations and airports, and_______in cars, buses and trains. Governments and people did everything they could to fight the snow_______, resulting in the good news that no one was killed from_______and hunger. Gradually, trapped people all went back home_______. While fighting the snow, people forgot their_______until a moving story of a swallow couple was widely_______on the Internet.

Being hungry and cold, the swallow couple tried to fly_______people's home to warm themselves, but every house was closed________. They jumped and flapped their wings to________the attention of the people inside the house, but failed. The wife’s body was________, she could not move any longer. The husband came near and wrapped his wife with his wings. He lost his________soon because of his opened wings. The couple died in the end.

The next morning, the housemaster went to the balcony to________his flowers because of concern and saw a________swallow outside the window pane. Touching it, he found that they were two________together. Moved to tears, he took them in, giving them some________, but in vain. He found a small cardboard box, laid them in and________them in the back garden.

In my hometown, in the countryside, a swallow family lives in the________of my house. I wonder if they will come back this spring________they did.

1.A. protecting B. maintaining C. blocking D. keeping

2.A. restricted B. stuck C. surrounded D. persuaded

3.A. even B. still C. yet D. nevertheless

4.A. disturbance B. occurrence C. incident D. disaster

5.A. cold B. disease C. poverty D. thirsty

6.A. merrily B. safely C. excitedly D. exhaustedly

7.A. family B. distant relatives C. parents D. animal friends

8.A. broadcast B. written C. spread D. identified

9.A. into B. through C. beyond D. across

10.A. tightly B. early C. secretly D. quickly

11.A. pay B. attract C. resist D. keep

12.A. injured B. lifted C. frozen D. broken

13.A. heat B. strength C. direction D. eyesight

14.A. water B. plant C. dig D. check

15.A. dead B. drunk C. lively D. lovely

16.A. touching B. embracing C. living D. lying

17.A. warmth B. food C. kindness D. fruit

18.A. left B. sheltered C. buried D. threw

19.A. roof B. basement C. window D. wall

20.A. when B. as C. unless D. if

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