As a boy I was always small for my age. I was also five years younger than one of my brothers and seven years younger than the other. As a result, I often felt left out when their friends came over to play. I was either too small or too young for whatever they were doing and they didn't want their younger brother listening to their conversations either. More often than not I found myself outside playing alone and feeling forgotten.
I remember one spring afternoon feeling especially lonely as I sat in the yard behind our house. We lived miles from town and I hardly saw my own friends outside of school. I heard my brothers laughing from inside the house and felt a single tear coming down my cheek. At that moment I saw a large brown dog walking over to me. He looked happy and his tail was wagging as well. Even though (尽管) he didn't know me he greeted me like a long lost friend, licking (舔) my chin and sitting beside me on the spring grass. It must have been at least an hour that I patted and talked to this four-legged angel (天使). He let me pour out all my troubles and shared my deepest thoughts before he kissed my cheek goodbye and ambled off either to Heaven or his home. I went back inside feeling happy, knowing that no matter what life may hold I was loved. Now over 40 years later I still remember that angel with a smile.
I believe that God sent him at that moment of sadness to remind me just how much he loved me. There is nothing more important than knowing we are loved. When we are loved, we will learn to love others. Learning to love helps us to understand ourselves and other people better.
1.The underlined phrase "left out" most probably means "________" in Chinese.
A.被处理的 B.被厌恶的 C.被冷落的 D.被鄙视的
2.The writer shared his troubles and thoughts with the dog because ________.
A.it was his friend B.it could understand him
C.it looked like an angel D.it was friendly to him
3.The writer wrote the story to ________.
A.encourage people to talk about their troubles
B.show that knowing you are loved is the most Important
C.tell people they should treat animals friendly
D.share his unforgettable experience with us
Imagine you are in a jumping contest。 Animals and insects can also enter this contest. But they might just leave humans in the dust!
The first event is the long jump. The human athlete is Mike Powell. In 1991, he jumped nearly 30 feet, which is the world record for the long jump. That is about five times his own height.
His competitor in the long-jump contest is a frog named "Rosie the Ribbiter" Rosie set the world record for frogs in 1986 by jumping more than 21 feet. Her record has never been broken by any other frog. Compared to Mike Powell, Rosie's jump is not that amazing. But wait! Rosie is only about 10 inches long when her legs are stretched (伸展) to their full length. She can jump more than 25 times her size. Rosie, the frog, wins the long jump event.
The next event is the high jump. Javier Sotomayor, the world record holder, can jump a bar (横杆) 8 feet high. That is about as high as the ceiling in most homes.
Looking around for someone to challenge his record, Javier might need a magnifying glass (放大镜),The next contestant is a tiny insect called the spittlebug (吹沫虫).
The spittlebug can jump 28 inches into the air. It is only a quarter-inch long, less than the width of a pencil. If the spittlebug were the same size as Javier, it would be able to jump 600 feet into the air. That is like a human jumping over a building 55 stories (层) high!
Though the humans lose the "jumping contest", their competitors would probably agree that Mike and Javier are still pretty excellent athletes. If only Rosie and the spittlebug could speak!
1.In the writer's opinion, Rosie and the spittlebug's jumping abilities are ________.
A.surprising B.promising C.helpful D.fearful
2.What does the underlined sentence in the first paragraph probably mean?
A.Humans jump much better than animals and insects.
B.Humans jump as well as animals and insects.
C.Animals and insects jump much better than humans.
D.Humans jump as badly as animals and insects.
3.How does the writer develop the text?
A.By giving instructions. B.By making comparisons.
C.By following the order of time D.By following the order of
①Choosing seating in the classroom can have an influence on a students performance (表现), a study suggests.
②Researchers from Sheffield Hallam University in the UK did a survey on students' seating positions in a classroom. Here are the results.
③The more prepared and hard-working students sit in front rows. They almost always score higher on exams. Perhaps, the front row is the perfect position for students who have trouble concentrating (集中注意力). Also, sitting closer to the front of the classroom does have an influence on the student-teacher relationship, which is connected with greater performance.. According to a study in2018, the Grade Point Average (平均成绩) decreased (下降) by 0.1 point for every row further back students sit.
④Still, some students prefer the middle rows. Dr. Robert Wallace, a member of the National Education Association, thinks of choosing to sit in the middle of the classroom as one of the worst decisions a student can make. "In a classroom, a teacher's eyes often go to the front and the back of the classroom. They don't look at the centre of the classroom very often or with the same amount of attention" said Dr. Robert Wallace.
⑤If neither the front nor the middle is suitable for a student, there can only be one way out: the back. The back row would have the lowest value. That's where students are more likely (有可能的) to chat, play video games or do some other things. However, things are not always what they seem. There are also some good students who work hard in the back row.
1.From the third paragraph, we can learn that ________.
A.good students always sit in the front row
B.teachers like students who sit in the front row
C.poor students have trouble paying attention to the teacher
D.students in the front row may get along well with the teacher
2.Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Students in the front row can concentrate more easily.
B.A student s performance can't be influenced by where he sits.
C.A teacher pays more attention to students in the back row.
D.Students in the back row like to play video games very much.
3.Which of the following can best describe the structure of the passage?
A.①②③/④⑤ B.①/②/③④⑤ C.①/②③④/⑤ D.①/②③/④⑤
It was a cold morning, and Eduardo Ortega received a large envelope (信封). In it was his dream. But he was too nervous to _______ it. He put the envelope into his pocket and caught the school bus. Eduardo arrived at school, walked past his classmates and sat down in the school library. He took a deep breath,_______ the envelope out of his pocket and carefully opened it. As he read the _______,"Congratulations…you have been accepted," he was already in tears. He remembered the long hours working in the fields, picking strawberries and beans. During those years, Eduardo was much more than a child _______. After work every day, his tired friends drank coffee or slept. Eduardo went to the evening school. He studied, read, and wrote poems and short stories. Although he _______ some classes, he became the best student.
When he was thirteen, Eduardo _______ one of his dreams-to fly on an airplane for the first time. He wrote a poem that won a prize-a trip to San Francisco. _______ he flew, he promised himself to become a pilot. He loved to fly.
Even though Eduardo worked to help his family, his father _______ encouraged him to go to school. So, while he worked, he also studied. Many days, he thought it was _______, too tired to read his books. But his father just smiled and told him he could ________ it.
So, now, Eduardo knew his dream of becoming a pilot was not ________. He knew that it was his father's ________, too. He would soon become a pilot, flying every day to all the exciting areas in the world.
1.A.open B.know C.answer D.write
2.A.placed B.drew C.reached D.made
3.A.story B.words C.sentence D.book
4.A.writer B.waiter C.poet D.worker
5.A.watched B.missed C.left D.chose
6.A.realized B.found C.thought D.wanted
7.A.Because B.As C.While D.Before
8.A.sometimes B.never C.seldom D.always
9.A.careless B.hopeless C.uninteresting D.unimportant
10.A.stop B.take C.make D.work
11.A.lost B.planned C.needed D.done
12.A.job B.way C.advice D.dream
--- Although Ms Zhou is an old lady, she is always in the pink.
---Yes. Because she exercises every day and eats a balanced diet. Here “in the pink” means __________.
A.healthy B.lucky C.beautiful D.creative
The world is changing fast every day. I wonder _______ in the future.
A.what will the world look like B.how we think of the world
C.whether the world will have peace D.which country wins the mat
