阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Traveling, is fun and it gets more 1. (interest) when we take a long trip for the first time, all alone.
For my vacation, it was decided that I would visit my grandparents with my parents. But since 2. unexpected job came up for my parents, I chose 3. (travel) alone.
From then on I was nervous and excited about 4. the trip would go.
On the day of the trip, my mom packed my bags, prepared food for me and then 5. (give) me a 30-minute lesson on being careful and staying away from 6. (strange).
She also told me that I should phone her at every station that I went through. Throughout the journey, I was not 7. (sleep) at all. I kept reading my book and 8. (watch) people, and didn’t say much to anyone who asked me questions.
I kept phoning my mom at every station. 9. (final), I reached my destination after the three-hour journey. There, my 10. (grandparent) were waiting to collect me. I was very happy to have completed my first trip alone and loved it.
Susan was a shy but clever girt. She ________thick glasses, which were often made fun of by her classmates. The ________thing was that Lewis had started calling her “Four Eyes”, and the nickname had become very________. Now everyone knew her as “Suzy Four Eyes”.
One day, the class went to visit some famous caves. When walking to the caves, Lewis put his right________in a hole and slipped(滑倒). While ________, he caught Susan, who was walking next to him, and they both fell into the hole.
They ________in a dark cave. There was only a ray of light coming from the cave roof. Susan and Lewis shouted for help, ________no one came. Sitting together in the cold, dark cave, they ________a long night. .
The next morning, they still hadn’t been________. Lewis continued shouting for help, ________ to look for a way out. But nothing was found.
Hours later, Susan noticed that the light was ________into the hole in a straight line. Quickly, she gathered some leaves. ________her glasses as a magnifying glass(放大镜), she focused the ________onto the leaves until a little flame came out. Lewis watched all this with ________and excitement.__________the light from fire, they began to explore the cave.
________, they found a way out and Lewis gave Susan his sincere thanks. Now he ________having named Susan “Four Eyes”, ________after seeing that it was her glasses that had ________them both. Lewis told everyone________had happened and said, “I couldn’t have been with a better friend than Laser Light Suzy!”
And from that day there was no longer any Four Eyes at their school, but Laser(激光)Light Suzy instead.
1.A.made B.sold C.wore D.took
2.A.best B.least C.most D.worst
3.A.funny B.popular C.interesting D.successful
4.A.foot B.hand C.fingers D.arm
5.A.walking B.jumping C.falling D.catching
6.A.stopped B.landed C.left D.moved
7.A.since B.because C.but D.so
8.A.shared B.passed C.entered D.missed
9.A.found B.reached C.followed D.solved
10.A.failing B.managing C.trying D.preferring
11.A.growing B.building C.recovering D.shining
12.A.Turning B.Knowing C.Putting D.Using
13.A.eye B.hole C.light D.fire
14.A.surprise B.sadness C.patience D.anger
15.A.For B.With C.From D.Or
16.A.Strangely B.Suddenly C.Luckily D.Usually
17.A.enjoyed B.remembered C.forgot D.regretted
18.A.generally B.especially C.gradually D.normally
19.A.escaped B.organized C.saved D.kept
20.A.what B.it C.that D.which
Today, kids have more worries and face more pressures than ever before. Here are a few tips to help your child focus on and do well in school.
● 1.
Recording everything to be done will help him keep track of important dates and deadlines. With proper plan he will be better able to plan how and where to spend his time.
●Watch the clock
2.. I also recommend setting his clock or watch five minutes ahead since it’s always easy to run late. When it comes to something like catching a bus, just five minutes can make a significant difference.
●Get enough sleep
Lack of sleep is proven to harm us physically. 3.. The average adult needs at least six hours of sleep a night and the average child needs at least eight.
●Stay in shape
Through spending time outdoors or playing sports with friends, he can “blow off some steam” so to speak, as well as re-energize. 4..
● Talk through your problems
Be able to share his concerns with you. 5.. If you make it clear that you understand him and are willing to help, you will contribute to his emotional health and build an open and honest relationship as well.
A.The more sleep we get, the more alert we are
B.Create a personal schedule
C.Encourage him to get outside
D.Encourage your child to be positive
E.Setting an alarm for the morning is a must
F.Help your child work better to realize his aim
G.Sharing feelings often makes them easier to deal with
It’s a safe bet that a robot made your car and made your computer. Pretty soon, they could be making your bed and breakfast too.
Increasingly, engineers are saying that robots are going to move out of research departments and into your home. Companies including General Electric are working on designs for small robots. Products like the Roomba, a robot that can clean floors, are flying off the shelves.
What’s behind this new robot revolution? It’s partly a matter of technology. Devices that can recognize and respond to a human voice have been developed. There are now a few different ways for robots to move around. They can walk, crawl or ride on wheels. Robots are being made smaller and smaller. They are also becoming more and more able.
A bigger part of the story is on the demand side. From the day the television remote control was invented, people around the world have searched for new ways to be lazy. Take into consideration that more and more people can afford robots, and the time seems ripe to introduce robots to the ordinary family.
To be sure, robots that walk on two legs and talk like people are still a long way off. However, robots that do basic housework such as cleaning or gardening are sure to come out soon. One thing is certain — when these robots do come into our homes, will change things forever.
1.The underlined part “flying off the shelves” in the second paragraph means __________.
A.selling well B.cleaning the shelves smartly
C.flying freely D.dropping onto the floor
2.What can Roomba do?
A.Making beds and breakfast. B.Making cars and computers.
C.Cleaning floors. D.Looking after kids and pets.
3.Which plays a more important role in revolutionizing the robot?
A.Science and technology. B.Rapid development of companies.
C.Effective marketing means. D.Great demand from the buyers.
4.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.Robots have already come into every home.
B.Technology is the only basis of the development of robots.
C.General Electric is not interested in designing small robots.
D.Robots that can walk on two legs and talk like people are still far from us.
My sister Alice and I have been trying to get people to stop dropping cigarette （香烟）butts（烟头）for seven years. One day, we were walking in our hometown and saw hundreds of cigarette butts on the ground. They made the town look so ugly that we decided to start a group to make people dropping butts. We called it “No Butts About It”.
At first, we drew pictures with “The Earth is not your ashtray（烟灰缸）”written on them. We put the pictures around our hometown—in parks, by beaches, and along roads. We wanted to make people understand that dropping butts hurts the environment. Most smokers don’t think that dropping butts hurts the Earth. But it does, and all rubbish does!
Later, we wrote to companies and asked them for money to help us. We used the money to buy ashtrays to give to smokers. We wanted smokers to carry the ashtrays with them so they didn’t have to drop butts.
At the moment, we are trying to get cigarette companies to put an ashtray in each pack of cigarettes. Some companies want to do it. Many people have started to join our group since it began. Today there are 45 other “No Butts About It” groups in America.
Now there even groups in England, Australia, and India! Many newspapers have written about my sister and me over the last seven years. And we have won many prizes for what we do. But we are not interested in prizes. We just want to make the Earth a better and cleaner place for animals, plants and people.
One day, it will be.
1.What did the writer think about the cigarette butts in the first place?
A.They made the town smelly. B.They made the town unhealthy.
C.They made the town dirty. D.They made the town poor.
2.What does the writer do with the cigarette butts?
A.Give ashtrays to the smokers. B.Stop people buying cigarettes.
C.Pick up the cigarette butts. D.Win prizes for starting groups.
3.From the passage we can know that _____.
A.no companies wanted to give money to them
B.The writer believes that the Earth will be a better and cleaner place
C.There are only 45”No Butts About It”
D.The writer likes to be on newspapers and win prizes
4.Which is the best tittle for the passage?
A.Save our Town From Cigarette Butts. B.Buy Yourself An Ashtray.
C.Cigarette Butts Also Destroy Other Countries. D.No Butts Prize.
I never saw my father home from work late or ill, nor did I ever see my father take a “night out with the boys”. He had no hobbies but just took care of his family.
For 22 years, since I left home for college, my father called me every Sunday at 9:00 am. He was always interested in my life----how my family was doing. The calls even came when he and my mother were in Australia, England or Florida.
Nine years ago when I bought me first house, my father, 67 years old, spent eight hours a day for three days, painting my house. He would not allow me to pay someone to have it done. All he asked was a glass of iced tea, and that I hold a paintbrush for him and talk to him. But I was too busy, for I had a law practice to run, and I could not take the time to hold the paintbrush, or talk to my father.
Five years ago, my 71-year-old father spent five hours putting together a swing set (秋千) for my daughter. Again, all he asked was that I get him a glass of iced tea, and talk to him. But again, I had laundry to do, and the house to clean.
The morning on Sunday, January 16, 1995, my father telephoned me as usual, this time he had seemed to have forgotten some things we had discussed the week before. I had to get to church, and I cut the conversation short.
The call came at 4:40 am. That day my father was sent to hospital in Florida. I got on a plane immediately, and I vowed (发誓) that when I arrived, I would make up for the lost time, and have a nice long talk with him and really get to know him.
I arrived in Florida at 1:00 am, but my father had passed away at 9:12 pm. This time it was he who did not have time to talk, or time to wait for me.
In the years since his death I have learnt much about my father, and even more about every single day.
1.We know from the reading that the father_____.
A.liked to paint houses
B.had no friends around him
C.was not healthy in his youth
D.thought of his family as his all
2.When her father painted her first house, the daughter_____.
A.could only afford a glass of iced tea
B.was too busy to talk to her father
C.could do nothing but hold a paintbrush
D.spent eight hours a day working with her father
3.On January 16, 1995, the daughter felt that her father_____.
A.seemed to be a little different
B.had no time to phone her as usual
C.became interested in church
D.had forgotten to discuss some things with her
4.Which is the best title of the reading?
A.Painting Houses
B.Daughter’s Family
C.Father and I
D.Father’s phone calls
