阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
I am Adam Rouse. I first 1. (buy) cannabis from a man in the street and continued to buy cannabis from2. (he) for six months and as a result, I got addicted 3. it. One day, the man offered me some crack cocaine, a more 4.（power）addictive. When I went back to the man for more crack cocaine, he asked me for a lot of money. I was in terrible pain when I couldn’t afford to buy any drugs. 5. (get) money, I broke into6. house and stole something to sell for money. The more drugs I took, the more addicted I became. So I had to steal something every day to pay for the drugs. One day, I7.（catch）stealing and sent to the police station. The next day, a doctor came to see me and told me that I could die 8. I couldn’t stop taking drugs. I took his advice and stopped 9.(immediate). Now I work in a center for drug addicts, 10. (help) others to stop taking drugs.
I was a single mother of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always_______, but we had a roof over our heads, food on the table, _______on our backs. It was Christmas time ,we_______ downtown to see the Christmas lights ,and enjoyed a special dinner, _______ the big excitement for the kids was the fun of Christmas _______ at the market. They talked and planned for weeks ahead of time, _________ each other what they wanted for Christmas.
The big day arrived and we started out early. I _______ each kid a twenty-dollar bill and asked them to_______for presents . Then everyone scattered (散开).
Back in the car driving home, everyone was_________ about Christmas , laughing and asking each other about what they had________ . I found my younger daughter, Ginger, had only one small and flat bag with her. I could ________ enough through the plastic ________ to tell that she had bought candy bars— fifty-cents candy bars！What did she________ with that twenty-dollar bill I had given her? I was so ________ .After getting home, I called her into my bedroom and closed the door. This was__________ she told me.
"I was looking around and thinking of what to buy, and I __________ to read the little cards on one of the Salvation Army's 'Giving Trees'. One of the cards was ________a little girl, four years old, and all she ________ for Christmas was a doll with clothes and a hairbrush. So I took the card off the ________ and bought the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn't have anything."
My anger ________ and I had never felt so rich as I did that day.
1.A. powerful B. tight C. valuable D. much
2.A. books B. babies C. bags D. clothes
3.A. drove B. ran C. rode D. walked
4.A. if B. and C. but D. when
5.A. working B. shopping C. eating D. travelling
6.A. reading B. studying C. helping D. asking
7.A. gave B. sent C. passed D. dropped
8.A. wait B. beg C. look D. excuse
9.A. curious B. excited C. careful D. nervous
10.A. served B. found C. received D. bought
11.A. see B. take C. get D. hear
12.A. hairbrush B. card C. bag D. bar
13.A. play B. do C. go D. begin
14.A. worried B. embarrassed C. happy D. angry
15.A. what B. how C. why D. where
16.A. forgot B. stopped C. hesitated D. returned
17.A. on B. along C. for D. with
18.A. wanted B. prepared C. sold D. saved
19.A. roof B. window C. tree D. doll
20.A. increased B. continued C. impressed D. disappeared
Kids health； Four steps for fighting stress (压力）
Everybody gets stressed from time to time.1.Some ways of dealing with stress - like screaming or hitting someone — don't solve much. But other ways, like talking to someone you trust, can lead you to solving your problem or at least feeling belter. Try taking these four steps the next time you are stressed ：
Get support.
When you need help, reach out to the people who care about you. Talk to a trusted adult, such as a parent or other relatives. 2. They have had similar problems, such as dealing with a test, or the death of a beloved pet.
Don't take it out on yourself.
Sometimes when kids are stressed and upset they take it out on themselves (拿自己出气）. Oh, dear, that's not a good idea. Remember that there are always people to help you. Don't take it out on yourself.3..
4..
After you're calm and you have support from adults and friends t it's time to get down to business. You need to figure out what the problem is. Even if you can't solve it all, you can solve fi. piece of it. stay positive as you make your Be positive.
Most stress is temporary (暂时的）. Remember stress does go away，especially when you figure out the problem and start working on solving it.
These steps aren't magic, but they do work； And if you can way through a hard time,you'll help yourself feel better even faster-5..
A. Try to solve the problem.
B. Then，fiftd a way to calm down .
C. And don't forget about your friends.
D. Ah, it feels so good when the stress is gone
E. Different people feel stress in different ways
F. Notice your friends feellings and find a way to help them.
G. Ask for a helping hand to get you through the hard situation.
Pop music is the name for different forms of popular, commercial (商业) music. It had its beginning in the USA and spread throughout the whole world during the 1950s and 1960s. It is widely liked by the young people. The best known early form of pop music was “rock’ n’ roll”; another was “blues”. A more recent development is “folk-rock”.
Pop music has taken the place of native music in many parts of the world; it has caused the number of people for jazz to become much smaller than it was in the 1950s and earlier, and it has now begun to rule musical stage productions. It’s a big industry. Much pop music is without artistic value, but the work of some pop singers, e.g. the Beatles, Bob Dylan, the groups like Floyd and Crosby, Stills and Nash, is on a higher musical level. And there is still a great interest in it today. Pop music concerts and festivals take place all over the world.
1.which of the following forms doesn’t belong to pop music _____.
A. blues B. rock’ n’ roll
C. jazz D. folk-rock
2.According to the article, the number of people for jazz in the 1950s and earlier was _____ it is today.
A. much greater than B. much smaller than
C. as great as D. as small as
3.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. No pop music is on a high musical level.
B. Much pop music is very artistic.
C. Pop music is highly artistic.
D. Not all pop music is without artistic value.
4.“It is a big industry” means that _____.
A. it makes a lot of musical instruments
B. it is a big musical and commercial business
C. the pop singers are very hard-working
D. pop music is on a very high musical level
For centuries, people wondered how big the Earth was. Unfortunately, although the Earth was flat, no one was able to figure out its size. Gradually, however, people began to realize that the Earth was really round.
Then, in the third century BC(2,300 years ago), a Greek man named Eratosthenes had an idea. Eratosthenes was sure that the Earth was a sphere. He used the sun and geometry(几何学) to figure out the size of the Earth. He calculated that the circumference(圆周) of the Earth was 28,600 miles(46,000 kilometers). The true size of the Earth is 25,000 miles(40,000 kilometers).
Eratosthenes’ measurement was wrong, but it was very close to the truth.
For many centuries after Eratoshenes lived, people made maps of the Earth. However, they did not know very much about the world outside of Europe, Asia, and North Africa. Mapmakers could not draw accurate maps of the Earth until people began traveling around the world in the fifteenth century, mapping small areas each time. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, people began making correct maps of countries, but the first accurate maps of the world were not made until the 1890s.
Maps today are reliable(可依靠的), inexpensive, and easy to understand. People depend on maps every day. What would our lives be like without them?
1.A sphere is a ______.
A. large shape B. planet
C. ball shape D. member of the sun family
2.What’s a synonym(同义词) for “figure out”?
A. geometry B. calculate
C. make out D. understand
3.The first correct maps of the world were made_____________.
A. in the 15gth century B. in the 18th century
C. in the 19th century D. in the 20th century
4.When did map makers begin to draw correct maps of the Earth?
A. When people began to travel around the world
B. When people knew the size of the Earth
C. When people knew the shape of the Earth
D. Before people traveled around the world
A strange object was found in a small city called Carlos Spegazzini, just a short drive from the capital city of Buenos Aires.
When farmer Jose first found an odd scene in his farmland, he began to dig at the object. However, he quickly found himself running to tell his wife. Jose needed more support if he was going to investigate this strange thing.
Even the dog was hesitant to investigate. Unfamiliar with the object, man’s best friend was not about to jump at it with little concern. Therefore, they chose to call in somebody who has a better idea of what to do.
When the police first showed up, they were just as stumped as Jose. They knew this object was something out of the ordinary. It might even be something extraordinary, so more questions appeared.
It quickly became apparent, it was time to call in the big guys. That’s right; when you find something that appears to be out-of-this-world, it’s time to call in those who study the mysteries of the old world.
Authorities called in archaeologists who jumped at the chance to study the object. They quickly determined one thing was for certain: the ancient big one that left this behind was absolutely massive! The group was unable to move the shell, as it weighed nearly two tons!
Clearly, this massive beast was not the only of its kind existing in the modem-day world. Similar fossils had been found in the surrounding areas and had even made their way to museums. But what was the ancient beast?
1.What is the right order of the events?
a. Jose found a strange object and began to dig
b. Jose and his wife called the police
c. Jose ran to tell his wife
d. Archaeologists came to study the object and found similar fossils.
e. They called in some experts.
A. abode B. acbed
C. acbde D. abced
2.What does the underlined word “stumped” in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. Both the police and Jose were unfamiliar with the object and did not know what to do.
B. The police knew this object was something out-of-this-world as Jose did.
C. The police and Jose all liked to collect stamps.
D. The police were just as stupid as Jose.
3.According to the passage, when we find something that appears to be out-of-this-world, we should ________.
A. run to our family and friends.
B. call the police
C. call in those who study the mysteries of the world.
D. ignore and leave it behind.
4.What do you think the ancient beast is mostly likely to be?
A. A dinosaur. B. An insect
C. A tree. D. A dog.
