A little girl lived in a small, shabby (破旧的)house on a hill. She enjoyed playing in her small _______ as she was growing up. She was able to see over the garden and across a valley (山谷)to a wonderful house high on a hill-a house that had _______ window.
Although she loved her own family, she _______ all day about how wonderful and exciting it must be to live in that golden house.
Then she _______ an age when she could play outside of her garden. She asked her mother _______ she could go for a bike ride outside the gate of her home. Her mother _______ for a while and then allowed her to go. The little girl rode her bike _______ she got to the gate of the golden house.
As she leaned(倚靠)her bike _______ the gatepost, she focused on the path that _______ to the house and then looked at the house itself. ________, she felt a bit disappointed. All the windows were actually plain(普通的)and rather dirty.
She was so sad that she didn't try to ________ any further. Heartbroken, she got on her bike again. As she ________, she saw a sight that amazed her. There across the valley on ________ side was a little house. Its windows glistened(闪耀)as the ________ shone on her little home.
She ________ that she had been living in her own golden house all long. Everything she dreamed of was right there in front of her eyes and in her daily life!
1.A.flat B.hill C.room D.garden
2.A.wooden B.golden C.broken D.modern
3.A.dreamed B.hoped C.wished D.wanted
4.A.reached B.got C.arrived D.became
5.A.that B.when C.if D.before
6.A.worked B.smiled C.talked D.thought
7.A.unless B.until C.since D.when
8.A.against B.away C.off D.towards
9.A.showed B.arrived C.took D.led
10.A.Whatever B.However C.What's more D.So far
11.A.go B.run C.walk D.climb
12.A.lifted up B.looked up C.turned up D.dressed up
13.A.another B.other C.the other D.others
14.A.sun B.planets C.stars D.moon
15.A.required B.replied C.regretted D.realized
–It’s said that shopping online is safe.
– _____ You’d better be careful.
A.I agree B.I think so C.That depends D.No problem
In the UK, a lady usually doesn't like to be asked ________.
A.what the weather is like B.what her favourite colour is
C.where she comes from D.how old she is
— does it take you to get to school by bike?
—About fifteen minutes.
A. How soon B. How often C. How long D. How far
—Stress can be very harmful to your health. Exercise, ______________, can reduce its bad influences.
—I can’t agree more.
A.otherwise B.instead
C.however D.anyway
He could find the way home ____ he was only three years old.
A. though B. because C. where D. if