It's school time again! Let's see what students and teachers think about the end of the summer holiday and the start of the new school term.
Lena
I quite like going back to school in September as I' m usually bored by the end of the holidays. We live in a small village and my friends from school all live far away from me. I have got no one to play with during the holiday. | John
Going back to work in September will be good. I feel I've had a good break and am looking forward to seeing the kids again. I will teach Year Two: six and seven year –olds,which is really nice age. They’ re sweet kids. |
Mark
I don't like the end of the summer holidays. After six weeks of happy time, I'm back to homework and having to get up at seven in the morning. I can’ t even sit next to my best friends in class. The only good thing is the school sport, because I miss playing football during the summer. | Helen
It’s difficult to believe how quickly the summers go by. When school finished in July, you never thought about September because it seemed too far away. But as a head teacher, I have a lot to think about before school starts. I am thinking about how I can make my class interesting. |
1.Why is Lena usually bored by the end of the holidays?
A.Because the holiday is too long. B.Because there is too much homework.
C.Because she has no friends to play with. D.Because she has nothing to do at that time.
2.John is looking forward to ________.
A.meeting his best friends B.seeing his students again
C.taking his kids to a village D.playing football with his kids
3.Who thinks the summer holiday goes too fast?
A.Lena. B.Mark. C.John. D.Helen.
On a cold morning in Austria, 16-year-old skier Ann Thompson was about to make her last practice run.
As she went down the __________on her skis, Thompson had a terrible accident. She fell and badly hurt her spinal cord (脊髓). As a result, Thompson could no longer walk.
“The accident didn't__________anything.” Thompson said. “I' m the same person I was before.”
After her accident，Thompson__________the Cruisers, a program for wheelchair athletes (运动员) in Connecticut, Thompson’s home state.
“We brought her down to see what was happening,” said Don Chaffee, a Cruiser official. “At first, she said, ‘I can't do that.’ Then she realized, ‘I can do that. I'm going to do that.’”
Just over a year after her accident, Thompson was a good wheelchair athlete. Her__________ was track and field (田径).
Thompson also played basketball in her college. It wasn't__________for her. She had never played basketball before her accident. Now she was learning the sport in a wheelchair. She tried out for the, U. S. Paralympic women’ s basketball team, and she__________it.
Thompson is a role model for millions of people. She wanted to tell kids through her story. “Try,” she said. “Really try. If you want to do something, try your best to do it. If you really want to do something, you can find a_____________to do it.”
Kids who watch her practice see that anything is possible.
“They see this lady in her wheelchair going around and __________life, ” said Chaffee. “And they say, ‘Hey, I can make it, too. ”
1.A.road B.beach C.hill D.street
2.A.leave B.change C.cost D.keep
3.A.started B.ran C.developed D.joined
4.A.sport B.subject C.program D.gift
5.A.late B.best C.easy D.boring
6.A.studied B.made C.kept D.finished
7.A.way B.team C.place D.chance
8.A.living B.seeing C.saving D.loving
My sister________ her room when Susie rang and asked her out.
A.is tidying B.was tidying C.tidies D.tidied
Last Sunday my brother ________ to the football game.
A.go B.goes C.went D.will go
Sorry, I can't meet you this afternoon. I ________ out with some friends.
A.go B.will go C.was going D.went
Shhh! Please don't talk so loud. Mum ________ your grandma.
A.calls B.called C.was calling D.is calling
