Hello,
You know I felt very sad yesterday. As you know, I got up at 5:00 in the morning and went to meet my aunt at the bus station. I waited there for hours and I nearly lost my patience. Then I took her to the hospital and then went to the gas station. I queued up (排队) for move than one hour under the hot sun before my turn.
When I finally went back home at 1:30 p.m. to have my lunch, I found nothing was left to eat. Everything had been taken to the hospital. I was dying to hunger.
So, to share my bad feelings with you, I sent the first e-mail to you. Fortunately, you replied to me. After that I went out to have some coffee. When I decided to go home, I found my car tyre (轮胎) was flat (瘪了). I was blue, Mary.
After dinner, I took a bath and washed my hair before going to bed. Unfortunately the lights were cut off and I could not dry my hair. I fell asleep with wet hair. When I got up this morning, I found I caught a cold. My voice sounds bad now.
I never hoped my holidays to be like this. Now, it feels good to talk to you about my blue feelings. You can also share your sadness and happiness with me because I am a good listener.
Yours,
Mike
1.Who will get the e-mail?
A.Mary. B.His aunt
C.His mother D.We don’t know.
2.Why did the writer sent the first e-mail?
A.Because he wanted to invite the receiver to his house.
B.Because he wanted to share his feelings with the receiver.
C.Because he wanted to use the car of the receiver.
D.Because he wanted to meet his aunt together.
3.Which of the followings is true?
A.Mike works in a hospital. B.Mike is on holiday.
C.Mike did not have a cold yesterday. D.Mike did not meet his aunt
4.Mike mainly wanted to tell us his day was _______.
A.green B.red
C.yellow D.blue
It was a cold rainy day and it was the day before Thanksgiving — the first one that my three children and I would be spending without their father, who passed away a year ago. Now the two children were ill with the flu. I hurried around, trying to look after each child. I found the children had no fruits. But what almost broke me down was that I only had $2.50 left –and this should last until the end of the month.
That is when I heard the phone ring. It was the secretary from our former church, and she told me that they had been thinking about us and had something to give us. I went to the church before lunch. The secretary met me and handed me two currency notes (现金券), each worth$20. I was so moved that I cried.
Then I drove to a supermarket for the children. The things cost me a little over $14.00, and I handed the note to the cashier (收银员). She took it and looked at it for a long time. I thought something might be wrong and told her that I was a single mother and how I got it. With tears in her eyes, the cashier said that she had prayed (祈祷) that morning to help others who were in need, and I gave her the chance. She added a turkey to my basket, and took out two $20 bills and paid for my things. Once again I was moved to tears.
1.Where was the farther of the children?
A.Go abroad. B.At work.
C.In the hospital. D.Died.
2.What most made the mother sad?
A.She only had $2.50 left. B.It was cold outside.
C.She had no telephone. D.She had no children.
3.Who gave the turkey to the mother?
A.The doctor B.The secretary
C.The cashier D.The boss.
4.What did the cashier do for the mother last?
A.She paid for all the things for the mother.
B.She gave $80 to the mother.
C.She took the mother to the church.
D.She laughed at the mother.
It was 1504 Columbus was making another trip to the New World. Columbus and his men needed fresh water and food after three months at sea. They saw an island. On the island there were unfriendly Indians who did not give them food. Columbus and his men were afraid of the Indians, but he had a clever idea. He used the body language to tell the Indians about his mysterious (神秘的) power to turn off the light in the sky. He knew about a lunar eclipse (月蚀) the next night because the information was in his almanac (天文历书). Columbus told the Indians,“Tomorrow night I will turn off the light of the moon in the sky. ”But they did not believe him. When the eclipse (月蚀) began the next night, the Indians became very frightened. The Indians begged Columbus to turn on the light again, and they quickly gave him all the food and fresh water he wanted. Immediately Columbus and his men hurried back to the ship and sailed away in the moonless night.
1.Columbus and his men stopped at the island because__________.
A.they wanted to meet the Indians there.
B.they hoped to get some food and fresh water.
C.they had never been there before.
D.they had planned to visit it.
2.The Indians __________ Columbus and his men.
A.were glad to see B.were kind to
C.welcomed D.were not kind to
3.Columbus __________ to tell the Indians that he had mysterious power.
A.used movements of hands and expressions in his face
B.spoke in the language of the Indians.
C.drew a lot of maps.
D.wrote in the language of the Indians.
4.“The light in the sky” here means__________.
A.the sun B.the moon
C.the stars D.the daylight
We are warned by our teachers not to waste time because time _______ will never return. I think it quite _______. What does time look _______? Nobody knows, and we can’t see it or touch it and no _______ of money can buy it. Time is abstract, so we have to _______ about it.
Time passes very quickly. Some students say they don’t have _______ time to review their lessons. It is _______ they don’t know how to make use of their time. They waste it in going to theatres or playing, and _______ other useless things. Why do we study every day? Why do we work? Why do most people _______ take buses instead of walking? The answer is very ________. We wish to save time because time is ________.
Today we are living in the 21st century. We ________ time as life. When a person dies, his life ends. Since life is short, we must ________ our time and energy to our study so that we ________ be able to work and live well in the future. Laziness is the ________ of time, for it not only bring us ________, but also does other ________ to us. If it is necessary for us to do our work today, ________ we do it today and not ________ it until tomorrow. Remember that time is much more ________.
1.A.lost B.passed C.missed D.used
2.A.important B.true C.interesting D.usual
3.A.for B.like C.after D.over
4.A.amount B.quality C.quantity D.price
5.A.think B.imagine C.examine D.check
6.A.spare B.free C.enough D.much
7.A.that B.why C.because D.certain
8.A.doing B.making C.taking D.getting
9.A.needn’t B.have to C.had better D.would rather
10.A.easy B.simple C.stupid D.interesting
11.A.worthless B.priceless C.ready D.little
12.A.look upon B.agree C.think D.believe
13.A.spend B.give C.set D.devote
14.A.must B.should C.may D.would
15.A.helper B.thief C.friend D.teacher
16.A.wealth B.health C.failure D.illness
17.A.danger B.harm C.trouble D.difficulty
18.A.help B.make C.have D.let
19.A.keep B.remain C.manage D.leave
20.A.valuable B.expensive C.worth D.rich
All_____ we can do is that we should work hard in future.
A.which B.that C.who D.whom
A modern city has been_____ since 1980.
A.set down B.set up C.set out D.set off
