My name is Cherry Carl, and I retired in June, 2003, after 35 years as a teacher and Language Arts Specialist in Santee, California. However, I continued my role as an instructor at the University of California, San Diego, in the Reading Specialist Certification Program until June, 2009.
I wasn't ready to retire. Teaching is in my blood! (My mother always reminded me that when I was little, I dragged the neighborhood kids in to play school whether they wanted to or not!) I still have the strong desire to make a difference for teachers, parents, and students. I'm passionate about the joy of knowing how to read and write and want every child to have the experience of closing a book with a sigh, "Wow, that was a good book!" The only way they can do that is by having the necessary skills and strategies to become independent readers. This website has been created to provide resources and materials for classroom teachers, reading and resource specialists, speech therapists, parents and students in the area of language arts. Please feel free to download and print anything that catches your eye, but please make sure to leave my name on the poetry and worksheets!
If you have specific needs or suggestions, please don't hesitate to a sk. I'm always open to new ideas and requests. That's how the site continues to grow. You can email me at carl1404@msn.com.
Thank you so much for your heartfelt messages and testimonials. You and your children are the reason that I maintain the site and I will continue to offer the materials with little or no fees.
1.By saying “Teaching is in my blood” in Paragraph 2, the author means that ________.
A. she loves teaching all her life
B. she didn’t want to retire at all
C. she is a specialist in teaching
D. teaching is as important as her blood
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE about Cherry Carl?
A. She became a teacher at the age of 35.
B. She was interested in teaching as a child.
C. She is still a teacher in a middle school now.
D. She gave up teaching totally 35 years ago.
3.If you want some materials from Cherry Carl, ________.
A. you must pay some money for them
B. you can always get them free of charge
C. you should tell her before getting them
D. you should mark her name on them
请根据下列提示要点，以 “The ways to keep healthy “为题，写一篇作文。
提示：1.人人都想保持健康
2. 饮食要健康：多吃水果，蔬菜们因为它们富含纤维素和维生素；少吃黄油，奶酪、咖啡和巧克力，因为它们含糖和脂肪太多，糖和脂肪会让你迅速变胖。
有良好的生活习惯：定期锻炼，充足的睡眠，不要过度劳累，不抽烟等。
要求：1. 短文须包括上述所有要点，科适当增加细节，以使短文连贯。
2. 词数120 左右。
The snake is a very surprised animal . It sleeps with its eyes open , it feel with its tongue .The snake can move very quick , a snake exuviates （蜕皮）many times each year . It slides (滑动） out its old skin as if it were a worn coat . Here is the more surprising thing of all , a snake swallows (吞）things all in one piece, it can swallowed animals big than itself . Small snakes can swallow bird’s eggs without breaking it . Snakes eat mouse ,they can be a big help around farm . Farmers like the kinds of snakes that eats mice .
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答卷标号为1---10的相应位置上。
Lihua run a restaurant 1. was always full of customers 2. lunchtime. But
One day, a strange thing happened that few people came to his restaurant. Soon he found that people went to a 3. (new ) opened one 4. (call ) Lihua’ s slimming restaurant.
5. ( curious ) drove him into Lihuas, where he was given a menu . 6. His surprise , he found that the food there was simple and the prices were high . But Lihua told the customers that they would lose weight by eating there, he couldn ’t have Lihua getting away with 7. (tell ) lies ,so he threw down the menu and 8. (go ）to a library . After doing some research ,he realized that Lihua’s restaurant didn’ t serve people with enough energy giving food. But on the other hand ,Wangpeng’s menu had little 9. (protect ) food ,since neither of them was providing a 10. (balance ) diet ,it was clear that they ought to work together to serve healthy food .
One evening I was resting in a cafe. I a pair of newly bought white leather shoes, which were rather expensive. Then a boy came to me.
He was in a(n) shirt, looking pale and about eleven. No sooner had I begun to speak than he opened the i n his hand and took out the tools of shoe-polishing. He down, took off my leather shoes, and began to shine them.
He was busy doing his work heavy rain began to pour down. People rushed to the café for from the rain. More and more people crowded and gradually separated the boy from me.
Hours passed, and it turned . I had no shoes on my feet and where the boy had been. I thought he would not my shoes, and I would have to go home on my bare feet.
When it was near midnight the ended, and there were fewer and fewer people in the café. The café was to be . I had to move to the door, head . just as I went to the gate, I found that a boy of about eleven, looking very familiar, was sleeping at the with his head leaning against a box and his upper body being . he held a package made of his shirt tightly in his arms.
I shook him slightly and woke him up. He up and rubbed his eyes for a while before he recognized me. Then he opened the package , gave me my leather shoes, and apologized to me shyly. I him and wrapped him with his unfit shirt, which had wrapped my leather shoes. On my way home, the of the boy stayed in my mind.
1.A. took B. wore C. mended D. owned
2.A. old B. unfit C . small D. dirty
3.A. bag B. package C. box D. suitcase
4.A. seated B. bent C. put D. looked
5.A. when B. after C. because D. since
6.A. protection B. rest C. hide D. preparation
7.A. out B. away C. in D. off
8.A. dark B. light C. dim D. bright
9.A. thought B. wondered C. guessed D. imagined
10.A. shine B. keep C. return D. carry
11.A. rain B. coffee C. time D. work
12.A. opened B. locked C. stopped D. closed
13.A. lowered B. dropped C. raised D. held
14.A. shortly B. surprisedly C. sadly D. immediately
15.A. table B. door C. bed D. cafe
16.A. wet B. bare C. pale D. cold
17.A. stayed B. say C. jumped D. got
18.A. finally B. suddenly C. unfriendly D. hurriedly
19.A. recognized B. forgave C. paid D. inspired
20.A. feature B. shirt C. image D. form
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
My mother is a diligent and kind woman. She is very busy from morning till night. As a teacher, she works hard. 1. Both my brother and I love her dearly as she loves us.
My mother has been teaching math at a middle school in my hometown. She goes to work early in the morning and does not return home until late in the afternoon. 2. She treats them with patience and teaches them well. For her excellent quality and very good teaching results, she has been elected as a model teacher several times.
3. Every day, when she comes back home from work, she sets about doing housework, sweeping the living room and bedrooms or cleaning the furniture, and putting everything in good order. She seems to be busy all the time. As she has been very busy working every day, she looks older than her age. But she looks as cheerful and happy as ever. Mother never buys expensive dresses for herself, but she often buys some inexpensive but high quality clothes for us. 4. She just eats a plain meal outside when she is too busy to cook herself. She lives a busy yet simple life, without any complaints.
Often she says to us, “work while you work, and play while you play. That is the way to be happy and gay. If you do not work, you will become lazy and be of no use to society”. What a piece of good advice this is! 5. This advice of hers will always serve as a guide to my behavior. My mother is great indeed, and I always feel proud of her.
A. She enjoys listening to classic music.
B. As a mother, she takes good care of us and gives us every comfort.
C. She loves her students and cares for them.
D. She never goes to expensive restaurants to enjoy meals.
E. My mother is hard-working and never wastes money.
F. I never forget it and always bear it in my mind.
G. Can you tell us something about your mother?
