A student was one day taking a walk with his teacher. As they went along, they saw a pair of old shoes lying in the path. They were a poor farmer’s, who was working in the nearby field.
The student turned to the teacher, saying: “we will hide his shoes, and hide ourselves behind those trees, and wait to see what he will do.”
“My young friend,” answered the teacher, “we should never make fun of the poor. Why not put a coin in each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and watch?” The student did so and they both hid themselves behind the trees. The poor man soon finished his work, and came across the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes.
After putting on his coat, he put his foot into one of his shoes, and felt something hard. Then he bent (弯腰) down to feel what it was, and found the coin. Surprised, he looked at the coin, turned it around and looked at it again. He then looked around, but no person was seen. He put the money into his pocket, and continued to put on the other shoe. His surprise was doubled on finding the other coin.
He couldn’t control his feelings and fell to his knees, looked up to the sky and expressed his thanks. Then he spoke of his wife, sick and helpless, and his children without bread. He said the help would save them from dying.
The student stood there deeply moved, and his eyes filled with tears. “Now,” said the teacher, “are you not much happier than if you had hidden the shoes?”
1.When the student saw the shoes, he wanted to _____.
A. steal them B. find their owner
C. play a joke on the owner D. give the owner some money
2.According to the passage, the teacher is _____.
A. quiet and honest B. kind and friendly
C. patient and clever D. strict and careful
3.When the farmer saw the second coin, he _____.
A. was very excited and grateful
B. was worried and looked up at the sky
C. was surprised and decided to find the owner
D. spoke of his difficulties and asked for more help
4.. What can we learn from the passage?
A. It is never too late to learn. B. All good things come to an end.
C. Where there is a will, there is a way. D. True happiness comes from helping others.
假定你是李华，下学期你的美国朋友Jim将作为交换生到你所在的高中学习一年。请写信向Jim表示欢迎，并简要介绍中国教育和美国教育的不同。要点如下：
班级学生数量不同
课堂上课方式不同
在校时间长短不同
注意：1.词数100词左右
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
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语法填空：请阅读短文，并在空白处填写适当词语（1词）或用所给单词的适当形式填空（最多3词）。
Earthquakes are quite common. In fact, thousands of earthquakes 1.(happen) almost at every moment. 2., most of them are too weak to feel. During a big earthquake, there is often a big noise first. Then the earth shakes 3. (terrible) and many houses fall down.
As one of the most deadly natural disasters in the world, the earthquake often result4.many people being injured or killed. In 2008, a severe earthquake hit China's Sichuan Province, 5.(kill) more than 80,000 people there.
Besides the great damage and 6.(death) caused by the earthquake, other accidents such 7.fires often follow. More buildings may be damaged and more 8.(injury) may be caused. For centuries, people have been making studies of earthquakes. About 2,000 years ago, for example, a Chinese scientist 9.(name) Zhang Heng invented a machine which could find out the direction10. the earthquake waves came.
单词拼写：请根据汉语和首字母提示或用所给单词正确形式完成句子。
1.Half the world's rain forests have already been d__________completely (摧毁).
2.The exhibition is __________(schedule) to run from January until March.
3.It's e__________(正是，就是) the kind of work I've been looking for.
4.He has been widely r__________(赞誉，认可) in the field of medicine.
5.There were __________(disagree) among doctors about the best way to treat the disease.
6.D__________(坚决的，下定决心的) to achieve the dream, he would never give up.
7.Compared with living in the city, country life is __________(prefer) for me.
8.The elevator broke down and we were t__________(困住) inside.
9.The city needs to improve its public __________(transport).
10.Alice can take care of the children. She's very __________(rely).
October 12th, 2008. It was a cold, rainy day, and I had no desire to drive up for two hours along the winding mountain road to my daughter Carolyn’s house. But she had ______ that I come see something at the top of the mountain.
“I’ll stay for lunch, but I’m ______ back home straight after that,” I announced when I arrived.
“But I need you to drive me to the garage to ______ my car,” Carolyn said. “Could we ______ do that?”
“How far is it?” I asked.
“About three minutes,” she said. “I’ll drive—I’m ______ it.”
After ten minutes on the mountain road, I looked at her ______. “I thought you said three minutes.”
She laughed. “This is a detour(绕道).”
Turning down a narrow path, we parked the car and got out. To my ______, the views before my eyes were ______ words.
From the ______ of the mountain, several acres(英亩) across hills and valleys, were rivers of daffodils(水仙花). Plenty of ______—from the palest ivory(象牙白) to the deepest lemon and then to the most vivid pink—shone like a carpet before us. It looked ______ the sun had tipped(翻倒) over and spilled(洒落) gold down the mountainside.
A series of questions ______ my mind. Who ______ such beauty? When? How?
As we approached(接近) the house that ______ in the center of the land, we saw a sign that ______: “Answers to the Questions; I Know You Are ______.”
The first answer was: “One Woman—Two Hands, Two Feet, and Very Little Brain.” The second was: “One at a Time.”The third: “______ in 1958.”
The ______ of it would not let me go. “Imagine,” I said, “if I’d had a ______ and worked at it, just a little bit every day, what might I have ______?”
Carolyn looked at me, smiling. “Start tomorrow,” she said. “Better yet, start today.”
1.A. persuaded B. advised C. insisted D. commanded
2.A. heading B. cycling C. settling D. hiding
3.A. come up B. pack up C. pick up D. add up
4.A. at best B. at least C. at most D. at last
5.A. used to B. concerned about C. upset about D. tired of
6.A. calmly B. gratefully C. peacefully D. anxiously
7.A. disappointment B. amazement C. agreement D. encouragement
8.A. beyond B. out of C. far from D. away from
9.A. bottom B. middle C. top D. half
10.A. plants B. flowers C. grasses D. colours
11.A. as if B. even if C. in that D. now that
12.A. covered B. included C. filled D. trapped
13.A. discovered B. invented C. created D. founded
14.A. built B. lay C. remained D. stayed
15.A. said B. signed C. wrote D. advertised
16.A. Requesting B. Wondering C. Asking D. Replying
17.A. Died B. Buried C. Ended D. Started
18.A. lesson B. sight C. wonder D. view
19.A. project B. goal C. career D. schedule
20.A. accompanied B. achieved C. determined D. suffered
In October, I told the eight-year-olds in the class I teach in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, about my plan. “Since all of you have done extra jobs around the house to earn some money,” I said. “Then we’ll buy food for a Thanksgiving dinner for someone who might not have a nice dinner otherwise.”
I watched them while they walked up and down the supermarket. “Flowers!” Kristine cried. The group rushed toward the holiday plants.
“You can’t eat flowers.”——It was more sensible(明智的) to use any extra money to buy something that could be transformed(转换，转变) into meals.
“But Mrs. Sherlock,” came the begging voice, “we want flowers.”
Defeated finally, I put a pot of “funny” purple(紫色的) mums in the cart full of foods. “She’ll like this one,” the children agreed.
An organization had given us the name and address of a needy grandmother who had lived alone for many years. We finally pulled up in front of a small house. A slightly built woman with a weary face came to the door to welcome us.
My little group ran to get the food. As each box was carried in, the old woman kept on saying “Thanks”—much to her visitors’ pleasure. When Amy put the mums on the counter, the woman seemed surprised. She’s wishing it was a bag of flour(面粉), I thought.
We returned to the car. As we fastened our seat belts, we could see the kitchen window. The woman inside waved goodbye, then turned and walked across the room, past the turkey, past the goods, straight to the mums. She put her face in their petal. When she raised her head, there was a smile on her lips. She was transformed before our eyes.
The children were quiet. At that moment, they had seen for themselves the power they possessed(拥有) to make another’s life better. The children had sensed(感到) that sometimes a person needs a bunch of funny purple flowers on a dark November day.
1.What does the story mainly tell us?
A. Everyone has the power to change the world.
B. Acts of kindness can change someone’s life.
C. The poor people may need flowers as well.
D. Children have different thoughts from adults.
2.What does “mum” refer to in the passage？
A. mother. B. teacher.
C. flower. D. gift.
3.Why does the author consider the flowers “funny”?
A. Because the flowers are too ugly.
B. Because the flowers are for children.
C. Because the flowers are too expensive.
D. Because flowers can’t help people in need.
4.What can we know from the passage?
A. God help those who help themselves.
B. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
C. The old woman’s dark day was brightened by children.
D. All the money child earned was transformed to foods.
