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Walking down a path through some woods in Georgia, I saw a small pool of water ahead on the path. I angled my direction to go around it on the part of the path that wasn't covered by water or mud. As I reached the pool, I was suddenly attacked!
Yet I did nothing for the attack. It was so unpredictable and from somewhere totally unexpected. I was surprised as well as unhurt though I had been struck four or five times. I backed up a foot and my attacker stopped attacking me. Had I been hurt I wouldn't have found it amusing. And I was laughing. After all, I was being attacked by a butterfly!
Having stopped laughing, I took a step forward. My attacker rushed me again. He charged towards me at full speed, attempting to hurt me but in vain. For a second time, I took a step backwards while my attacker paused. I wasn't sure what to do. After all, it's just not everyday that one is attacked by a butterfly. I stepped back to look the situation over. My attacker moved back to land on the ground. That's when I discovered why my attacker was charging me only moments earlier. He had a mate and she was dying.
Sitting close beside her, he opened and closed his wings as if to fan her. I could only admire the love and courage of that butterfly in his concern for his mate. He had taken it up on himself to attack me for his mate's sake , even though she was clearly dying and I was so large. He did so just to give her those extra few precious moments of life, should I have been careless enough to step on her. His courage in attacking something thousands of times larger and heavier than himself just for his mate's safety seemed admirable. I couldn't do anything other than reward him by walking on the more difficult side of the pool. He had truly earned those moments to be with her, undisturbed.
Since then, I've used that butterfly’s courage as an inspiration and to remind myself that good things are worth fighting for.
【小题1】The writer changed his direction while walking down a path because he want__________.
A.To get close to a butterfly. | B.To escape a sudden attack. |
C.To look over the bad situation. | D.To avoid getting his shoes dirty. |
A.Making the attacker pause. | B.Being stepped on by his mate. |
C.Discovering the angry butterfly. | D.Being attacked by a butterfly. |
A. careless B. amusing D. aggressive D. courageous
【小题4】From this experience the man learned_____.
A.how he should deal with attacks |
B.how to deal with challenges in his life |
C.people should protect butterflies |
D.people should show sympathy to the weak |
After getting married I moved to a flat. I felt pretty comfortable living there 16 something strange happened. I had a doll on the windowsill (窗台) facing the living room. One day, I came back home from work and found it was facing the window 17 . I thought it was my husband who played a 18 on me, but he did not admit. I 19 the doll to face the living room again.
The next day, the 20 thing happened. But this time, my husband was so 21 that I believed he had not done that. There was no 22 of anyone breaking into the house while we were away. And there was no reason to 23 that someone stole into the house just to turn the doll and left. What happened not only 24 us but also frightened us.
The doll kept turning every day 25 Saturdays and Sundays when I was at home. I began to wonder if there was a ghost.
Then 26 a school holiday, and I didn’t go to work. While exercising in the living room, I 27 the doll was turning by itself! It was very frightening but I 28 knew why it was turning. There was a construction site right next to the building where I 29 . The construction was at the stage of pile driving (打桩) and our building shook 30 with each pounding (重击). 31 I lived on the top floor, the shaking was quite strong. 32 , the doll moved little by little with the shaking. This also 33 why the doll never turned on Saturdays and Sundays, 34 there was no construction work at weekends. If I had not been home on a weekday, I would never have 35 the truth.
【小题1】A. after B. as C. once D. until
【小题2】A. already B. indeed C. instead D. though
【小题3】A. trick B. part C. danger D. role
【小题4】A. changed B. forced C. pushed D. turned
【小题5】A. other B. same C. whole D. opposite
【小题6】A. serious B. curious C. anxious D. nervous
【小题7】A. chance B. need C. sign D. way
【小题8】A. admit B. think C. expect D. worry
【小题9】A. confused B. excited C. warned D. interested
【小题10】A. including B. besides C. without D. except
【小题11】A. appeared B. came C. existed D. passed
【小题12】A. decided B. remembered C. noticed D. hoped
【小题13】A. immediately B. particularly C. originally D. secretly
【小题14】A. worked B. exercised C. moved D. lived
【小题15】A. quickly B. strongly C. slowly D. slightly
【小题16】A. When B. Since C. Though D. Unless
【小题17】A. By chance B. Above all C. As a result D. In the end
【小题18】A. explained B. discussed C. described D. suggested
【小题19】A. or B. if C. for D. so
【小题20】A. looked into B. found out C. picked up D. searched for
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September 4 was my first day at Phillips Academy, my new school. It was also my 18th birthday.
I received a warm 1 from my host family--the Steins. Gena was my host mum, and her daughter Lily would also be a new 2 at Phillips. They took me to the school and 3 me around the campus.
On our way to my dorm (学生宿舍), we saw a huge truck delivering a student's 4 to her room. Many students at the school were very rich, and they would fill their dorms with decorations (装饰物). But I was 5 not to because I thought it was a 6 of time and money.
I had a single room, which was about the 7 of a Chinese college dorm--the ones which normally hold six people.
8 she helped carry my bags, Lily asked me,“What's your favourite 9 , Teresa?”
I thought for a moment before answering,“Orange.”
I didn't know why she had asked the question.
We 10 an introduction meeting after dinner. 11 of the students were native English speakers, so I felt a little 12 .
I returned to my room after the 13 , tired and wanting to go to bed after a(n) 14 day.
When I opened my door, I found a big 15 . The bed was perfectly made with blankets and an orange sunflower pillow. On the 16 was a sunflower-pattern mat (垫子) while a colorful lamp 17 beside the bed.
I opened my mouth, 18 . How beautiful!
There was also a 19 card. I touched the little pillow on the bed as I read the card. A warm current (暖流) rushed through my 20 .
1.
[ ]
A.heart B.card
C.service D.welcome
2.
[ ]
A.student B.teacher
C.citizen D.visitor
3.
[ ]
A.walked B.introduced
C.showed D.invited
4.
[ ]
A.belongings B.newspaper
C.letters D.furniture
5.
[ ]
A.warned B.forced
C.determined D.supposed
6.
[ ]
A.matter B.waste
C.show D.use
7.
[ ]
A.design B.size
C.pattern D.example
8.
[ ]
A.As B.Though
C.Because D.While
9.
[ ]
A.fruit B.weather
C.food D.colour
10.
[ ]
A.organized B.planned
C.attended D.opened
11.
[ ]
A.All B.Most
C.Some D.Few
12.
[ ]
A.pleased B.nervous
C.angry D.afraid
13.
[ ]
A.dinner B.class
C.meeting D.teaching
14.
[ ]
A.exciting B.ordinary
C.tiring D.interesting
15.
[ ]
A.secret B.joke
C.warmth D.surprise
16.
[ ]
A.wall B.desk
C.floor D.ground
17.
[ ]
A.stood B.lay
C.appeared D.hung
18.
[ ]
A.frightened B.moved
C.satisfied D.understood
19.
[ ]
A.post B.birthday
C.greeting D.festival
20.
[ ]
A.mind B.head
C.face D.body
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Waiting with her mother at the check-out stand,a little girl saw a circle of white pearls in a box.“Oh,please,Mommy.Can I have them?”The mother __1__the back of the box.“A dollar ninety-five.If you really want them,I'll __2__some extra chores (杂活)for you and soon you can save enough money to buy them for __3__.”
After she got home,Jenny did __4__her share of chores,and at last she had enough money to buy the necklace.She wore it everywhere—school,park,__5__ to bed.The only time she took it __6__ was when she had a bath.
Jenny had a very __7__ daddy and every night when she was ready for bed,he __8__ stop whatever he was doing and come upstairs to read her a fairy tale.One night when he finished the __9__,he asked Jenny,“Could you give me your __10__,darling?”“Oh,no,please,Daddy.But you can have my toy horse __11__.”Dad kissed her and said good night.About a week later,__12__ the story time,Daddy asked for pearls again.“Oh Daddy,you can have my babydoll,”was Jenny's reply.And __13__,Daddy kissed her good night.
A few nights later when Daddy came in,he __14__ Jenny was trembling on the bed,crying.She said __15__ but lifted her little hand up to Daddy.And,when she __16__ it,there was her pearl necklace.“It's for you,Daddy,”she said.Tears in eyes,Daddy reached out with one hand to __17__ the necklace,and with the other hand he pulled out from his pocket a blue case with a __18__ of beautiful genuine(真正的)pearls.He had had them all the time.He was just waiting for her to give up the false stuff(东西) __19__ he could give her genuine treasure.
In our life,how many false things are we holding on to that __20__ us from receiving God 's genuine treasures?
1.A.found B.turned
2.A.smooth away B.think of
C.take over D.cut down
3.A.ourselves B.yourself
C.themselves D.myself
4.A.so much as B.no more than
C.more than D.less than
5.A.hardly B.still
C.almost D.even
6.A.in B.up
C.away D.off
7.A.humorous B.loving
8.A.would B.might
C.could D.should
9.A.housework B.work
C.bath D.story
10.A.kiss B.greetings
C.pearls D.toy
11.A.instead B.also
C.probably D.actually
12.A.after B.during
C.before D.until
13.A.surprisingly enough B.once again
C.in return D.as usual
14.A.remembered B.noticed
C.realized D.expected
15.A.something B.all
C.nothing D.much
16.A.opened B.closed
C.removed D.showed
17.A.reject B.touch
C.take D.put
18.A.pile B.piece
C.circle D.set
19.A.until B.so that
C.in case D.though
20.A.stop B.protect
C.save D.get
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