从方框中选择正确选项，完成短文（方框中有两个选项是多余的。用备选单词前的字母填空）。
A.children B. from C. watch D. talk with E. and F. easily G. busiest H. each I. both J. turn off K. busier L. care |
It seems that everywhere around the world, people are sending more time at work 1. less time with their families and friends. people are 2. than ever before!
In the past in many countries , the father worked and the mother stayed home ,took 3. of the children ,and did the food shopping, cooking and cleaning. At present , in most of the families , parents need work on weekdays, so they 4. have to do the shopping, cooking and cleaning in their free time. Parents don’t have as much time with their 5. , however, they often had time in the past. There are also many single-parent（单亲的）families .In these families ,the single parents has to do everything.
These days ,many children come home 6. school to an empty apartment or house .A lot of children spend many hours 7. day in front of the television .Even the families are together, it is common for families members to do things by themselves. For example, they 8. programs on separate TVs in different rooms, they use the Internet, they 9. friends on the telephone, and they do other individual by themselves.
Isn’t it strange? Thanks to technology（科技）, people are able to communicate so 10. with people far away, but sometimes they don’t communicate with people their own homes.
单词拼写根据首字母或汉语提示，写出下列句子中单词的正确形式。
1.Ms. Yang is _____ ___ (耐心的) with us. We all like her.
2.The colorful _____ __ (气球) rose high into the air.
3.Do you like the p written by Li Bai?
4.Parents should give teenagers chances to make their own d .
5.The girl is going to repair the bike by (she).
6.He’d like to get some suggestions on how to learn (wise) and well.
7.Although he lives on the (twelve) floor, he seldom uses the lift.
8.Mom couldn’t stand the mess in my room, so she asked me (clean) it right now.
9.The road to (successful) is never straight.
10.Would you mind (take) out the trash, Jerry?
A rabbit is running into its hole. You may ask, “What happened?”
Well, when a rabbit sees something dangerous, it runs away. Its tail moves up and down as it runs. When other rabbits see this tail moving up and down, they run too. They know that there is danger. The rabbit has told them something without making a sound. It has given them a signal（信号）.
Many other animals use this kind of language. When a bee found some food, it goes back to his home. It can not tell the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does a little dance in the air. This tells the bees where the food is.
Some animals say things by making sounds. A dog barks, for example, when a stranger comes near. A cat purrs (发出呼噜呼噜的声音)when pleased. Some birds make several different sounds, each with its own meaning.
But human beings have something that no animals have –-- a large number of words about things, actions, feelings or ideas. We are able to give each other information, to tell or inform other people what is in our mind or how we feel. By writing words down we can remind ourselves of the things what have happened, or send messages to people far away. No animals can do this. No animals has the wonderful power of language.
No one knows how man learned to make words. Somehow he learned to make them. As centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language.
People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. A very large English dictionary, for example, contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not know all these. The words we know are called vocabulary. We should try to make our vocabulary larger. Read as many books as possible. When we meet a new word, look it up in the dictionary. A dictionary is the most useful book.
1.When a rabbit gives the other rabbits a signal of danger, it _______.
A. runs into its hole
B. stops to move its tail
C.runs with its tail moving up and down
D.stops moving its tail up and down as it runs
2.It has been proved that no animal is able to _______.
A. give the others information
B. tell others how it feels
C.express it actions and feelings with words
D.make different sounds, each with its own meaning
3.A dog can tell something ________.
A. by giving signals B. by making different sounds
C. by purring D. by barking
4.Generally speaking, what we mean by “vocabulary” is _________.
A. all the words that we know
B. more and more words we use
C. all the words we need
D. the dictionary which contains thousands of words
5.What must we do in order to make our vocabulary large?
A. Make more and more new words.
B. Learn more languages.
C. Look up any new words in a dictionary.
D. Try to read as many books as possible.
On a cold winter afternoon, Susan was walking home from a supermarket. She was feeling a little tired, as she was carrying her shopping bags. They were so heavy that she decided to have a rest in the park. She walked towards the gate of the park. She noticed a poor man walking out of a restaurant in front of her. The man was holding a paper bag. He walked to a rubbish bin and started looking through it.
Susan suddenly felt sad. She knew this man would take all that he could get, so she went up to him and gave him some fruit. The man looked up in surprise and took what she gave him. A big smile appeared on his face and she felt very happy. Then he said, “Wow! First someone gave me this sandwich, then the orange juice, and now some delicious fruit. This is my daughter’s lucky day. Thank you, girl.” Then he went away, singing a song.
Just then, Susan understood what the saying “Giving is getting” really meant. Everyone in the world needs help: everyone can offer help and everyone will be helped by showing kindness. Giving sometimes doesn’t cost much, but it means a lot to the people who you help. The man’s happiness at that moment comes into Susan’s mind every time she has the chance to help others.
1.Susan felt a little tired because ___________________.
A. she walked so fast
B. she ate much food in a restaurant
C. it was a cold day
D. she carried heavy shopping bags
2.The poor man felt ___________ when Susan gave him some fruit.
A. sad B. surprised C. unhappy D. kind
3.What did the poor man get from the restaurant? __________.
A. milk B. some fruit
C. a birthday cake D. a sandwich
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The poor man had no money to buy food for his daughter.
B. It was the poor man’s daughter’s birthday.
C. The poor man asked Susan for some fruit.
D. The poor man’s daughter was ill.
5.The passage mainly tells us that _______________.
A. giving means taking B. giving always costs much
C. giving is receiving D. giving is not easy
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My mother only had one eye. And because of this, I never wished her to show up in my school, being afraid that my classmates would _______ I had an ugly mother.
One day during elementary school, I was terribly ill. My mother came.
“Your mom only has one eye?!” asked some of my classmates. I was so _______ .
I wished my mother would just _______ from this world. “If you make me teased(嘲笑)，why don’t you just die?” I shouted at her, taking no notice of the sad look on her face. My mother just handed me some medicine and left without saying _______ .
At that time, I felt _______ to say what I always wanted to say, and I didn’t think I had hurt her feelings very much. That night I saw my mom _______ in her room, so quietly, as if she was afraid that she might _______ me. Even so, I hated her tears from one eye. I made a _______ : I must study hard and leave my mother.
Years later my dream came true. I was quite successful and lived _______ . I never thought of going back to see my “ugly” mother _______ one day I got a letter, which said, “My son… I’m sorry I only have one eye. When you were little, you got into a(n) _______ and lost your eye. As a mom, I couldn’t _______ watching you live with only one eye. _______ I gave you mine. I was never _______ with you and I never regretted(后悔) what I did because I _______ you…”
I cried out aloud. Only then did I realize how beautiful my mother was!
1.A. run out B. put out C. come out D. find out
2.A. happy B. embarrassed C. cool D. pleased
3.A. disappear B. change C. come D. go
4.A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing
5.A. worried B. bad C. good D. annoyed
6.A. cooking B. working C. reading D. crying
7.A. break B. wake C. lose D. see
8.A. decision B. difference C. suggestion D. mistake
9.A. luckily B. healthily C. busily D. happily
10.A. if B. unless C. until D. though
11.A. accident B. appointment C. university D. habit
12.A. enjoy B. stand C. help D. stop
13.A. So B. Because C. Or D. But
14.A. excited B. surprised C. angry D. proud
15.A. dislike B. love C. hate D. miss
— My parents and l will go to London for a trip tomorrow.
— Really? ______________
A. I don't think so B. Have a good time
C. That's very strange D. You should try it
