So far, some advanced teaching equipment, together with three hundred new books, ______ to those schools in the faraway area.
A. has been sent B. have been sent
C. was sent D. were sent
That was _____ time when girl’s education was always placed ____ second to boy’s.
A. a; a B. the; the C. /; / D. a; /
Please describe one of the most impressive, unforgettable or interesting outings, trips or journeys that you’ve ever made alone, together with your parents or close friends within 120 words in total.
请你描述一次你独自一人、和你的父母亲或者好朋友一起进行过的、令你印象最深刻的、难忘的、或者有趣的旅行，120词左右。
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根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母，在句子右边的横线上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空只写一个单词）
1.Wherever you are, your parents are always c_______________ about you.
2.He’s been s_____________ from a strange disease unknown to doctors for ages.
3.I’d be g___________ if you could give me some help while I’m here.
4.----He’s just come back from abroad, majoring in English.
----No wonder he speaks English so f___________ .
5.I’m terribly sorry but I didn’t r___________ you just now at the first sight because you’ve changed a lot.
6.The university students are from different parts of our country, so they speak Chinese Putonghua with local a___________. .
7.In order to save e_____________, please turn off the lights, fans and the computer whenever we leave the classroom.
8.I’m glad that my English is g_____________ getting better with the help of my teacher as well as my own efforts.
9.He is so stubborn that it seems impossible to p____________ him to change his mind.
10.The whole city of Wenchuan was almost d___________ by one of the biggest earthquakes which happened on May 12 ,2008.
There was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care. To water his flowers, he used two buckets(桶). One was a shiny and new bucket. The other was a very old and worn-out one, which had seen many years of service, but was now past its best.
Every morning, the gardener would fill up the two buckets. Then he would carry them along the path, one on each side, to the flowerbeds. The new bucket was very proud of itself. It could carry a full bucket of water without a single drop spilled(溢出). The old bucket felt very ashamed（惭愧的） because of its holes: before it reached the flowerbeds, much water had leaked along the path.
Sometimes the new bucket would say, “see how able I am! How good it is that the gardener has me to water the flowers every day! I don’t know why he still bothers with you. What a waste of space you are!”
And all that the old bucket could say was, “I know I am not very useful, but I can only do my best. I am happy that the gardener still finds a little bit of use in me, at least.”
One day, the gardener heard that kind of conversation. After watering the flowers as usual, he said, “you both have done your work very well. Now I am going to carry you back. I want you to look carefully along the path.”
Then the two buckets did so. All along the path, they noticed, on the side where the new bucket was carried, there was just bare(光秃秃的)earth; on the other side where the old bucket was carried, there was a joyous row of wild flowers, leading all the way to the garden.
1.What was the old bucket ashamed of?
A. His past. B. His aging.
C. His manner D. His leaking.
2.The new bucket made conversations with the old one mainly to ______ .
A. laugh at the old one
B. take pity on the old one
C. show off its beautiful looks
D. praise the gardener’s kindness
3.Why was the old bucket still kept by the gardener?
A. Because it was used to keep a balance
B. Because it stayed in its best condition
C. Because it had its own function
D. Because it was taken as a treasure(宝物).
In the fall of 1985, I was a bright-eyed girl going to Howard University, aiming at a law career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twenty-one years later I am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different story to tell.
My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college at the age of 65. She was the first in our family to reach that goal. But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to leave college to care for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait.
Then I got married with another dream: building my family with a mix of adopted(收养)and biological children. In 1999, we adopted our first son. To put eyes on him was wonderful---and very emotional. A year later came our second adopted boy then followed son No.3. in 2003, I gave birth to another boy.
You can imagine how engaged I became, raising four boys under the age of 8! Our home was a complete zoo---a joyous zoo. Not surprising, I never did make it back to college full-time. But I never gave up on the dream either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant taking as few as one class each term
The hardest part was feeling sorry about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to give up, but I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives.
In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my college degree!
I am not special, just single-minded. It always struck me that when you are looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when you are in the middle of it, it just seems normal. Everything you want won’t arrive in your life on one day. It’s a process(过程). Remember: little steps add up to big dreams.
1.When the author went to Howard University, her dream was to be ________ .
A. a judge B. a teacher
C. a writer D. a doctor
2.Why did the author give up school in her second year of college?
A. She wanted to study by herself.
B. She fell in love and got married.
C. She suffered from a serious illness
D. She decided to look after her grandma.
3.What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 4 and 5?
A. She was busy yet happy with her family life.
B. She ignored her sorry feeling for her sons.
C. She wanted to remain a full-time housewife.
D. She was too confused to make a correct choice.
4.What does the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph?
A. failure is the mother of success.
B. little by little, one goes far.
C. every coin has two sides.
D. well begun, half done
