Alia Baker is a librarian in Iraq. Her library used to be a ____ place for all who loved books and liked to share knowledge. They ____ various matters all over the world. When the war was near, Alia was______that the fires of war would destroy the books, which are more ____ to her than mountain of gold. The books are in every language — new books, ancient books, ____ a book on the history of Iraq that is seven hundred years old.
She had asked the government for______to move the books to a _____place, but they refused. So Alia took matters into her own hands. _____, she brought books home every night,______her car late after work. Her friends came to _____her when the war broke out. Anis who owned a restaurant ___ to hide some books. All through the_____ , Alia, Anis, his brothers and neighbours took the books from the library, _____them over the seven-foot wall and _____them in the restaurant. The books stayed hidden as the war______. Then nine days laters, a fire burned the______to the ground.
One day, the bombing stopped and the_____ left. But the war was not over yet. Alia knew that if the books were to be safe, they must be ____ again while the city was _____. So she hired a truck to bring all the books to the houses of friends in the suburbs(郊区). Now Alia waited for the war to end and ____ peace and a new library.
1.A.meeting B.working C.personal D.religious
2.A.raised B.handled C.reported D.discussed
3.A.worried B.angry C.doubtful D.curious
4.A.practical B.precious C.reliable D.expensive
5.A.then B.still C.even D.rather
6.A.permission B.confirmation C.explanation D.information
7.A.large B.public C.distant D.safe
8.A.Fortunately B.Surprisingly C.Seriously D.Secretly
9.A.starting B.parking C.filling D.testing
10.A.stop B.help C.warn D.rescue
11.A.intended B.pretended C.happened D.agreed
12.A.war B.night C.building D.way
13.A.put B.opened C.passed D.threw
14.A.hid B.exchanged C.burnt D.distributed
15.A.approached B.erupted C.continued D.ended
16.A.restaurant B.library C.city D.wall
17.A.neighbours B.soldiers C.friends D.customers
18.A.sold B.read C.saved D.moved
19.A.occupied B.bombed C.quiet D.busy
20.A.dreamed of B.believed in C.cared about D.looked for
A Toronto man is offering a free round-the-world air to the right woman. But _____ apply. You must be named Elizabeth Gallahgher and have a Canadian ______ .
Jordan Axani, 28, said he and his then girlfriend, Elizabeth Gallagher, booked heavily discounted round-the-world air tickets in May, but their ______ ended and he did not want her ticket to ______. The ticket had a strict no-transfer(不可转让)______, but since passport information was not required when ______ , any Canadian Elizabeth Gallagher can______ it.
“I just want to see the ticket go to good use and for someone to ______ a lot of joy,” said Axani. He posted his ______ on a social networking website, and received thousands of e-mails, including thirty from actual Elizabeth Gallagbers with the ______ passports, “More ______ , there are hundreds of Canadians who are interested in ______ their name to Elizabeth Gallagher,” Axani said. “It was absolutely out of ______ , thousands of e-mails, people around the world _____ their stories of travel.”
Axani wrote in his post that he is not ______ anything in return and that the woman who uses the ______ ticket can choose to either travel with him or _____ the ticket and travel on her own.
The ______ is scheduled to start on December 21 in New York City and continue on to Milan, Prague, Paris, Bangkok and New Delhi before ______ in Toronto on January 8. He said the ______ woman will be announced on the website and the trip will be shared online.
1.A. benefits B. deposits C. restrictions D. examinations
2.A. origin B. passport C. accent D. Friend
3.A. holiday B. marriage C. dream D. relationship
4.A. go to waste B. come to mind C. go no sale D. come into effect
5.A. policy B. order C. payment D. schedule
6.A. applying B. checking C. booking D. bargaining
7.A. choose B. borrow C. use D. buy
8.A. sacrifice B. experience C. express D. provide
9.A. answer B. offer C. advice D. comment
10.A. right B. same C. now D. real
11.A. convincing B. annoying C. satisfying D. interesting
12.A. changing B. giving C. lending D. writing
13.A. touch B. question C. control D. date
14.A. admiring B. sharing C. advertising D. doubting
15.A. leaving B. dealing with C. losing D. looking for
16.A. single B. strange C. regular D. extra
17.A. return B. take C. reserve D. hide
18.A. interview B. program C. trip D. meeting
19.A. ending B. calling C. repeating D. staying
20.A. honored B. lovely C. intelligent D. lucky
In1973,I was teaching elementary school. Each day,27kids_______“The Thinking Laboratory.” That was the __________ students voted for after deciding that “Room 104” was too________.
Freddy was an average_________,but not an average person .He had the rare balance of fun and compassion（同情）.He would________ the loudest over fun and be the saddest over anyone’s_________.
Before the school year________,I gave the kids a special ________, T-shirts with the words “Verbs Are Your________” on them. I had advised the kids that while verbs（动词）may seem dull ,most of the_______ things they do throughout their lives will be verbs.
Through the years, I’d run into former students who would provide _______ on old classmates. I learned that Freddy did several jobs after his _______ from high school and remained the same ______ person I met forty years before .Once, while working overnight at a store, he let a homeless man _______in his truck. Another time ,he _______a friend money to buy a house .
Just last year, I was________ a workshop when someone knocked at the classroom door. A woman________ the interruption and handed me an envelope. I stopped teaching and ________ it up. Inside were the “Verbs” shirt and a _______ from Freddy’s mother. “Freddy passed away on Thanksgiving. He wanted you to have this.”
I told the story to the class. As sad as it was, I couldn’t help smiling. Although Freddy was taken from us, we all________something from Freddy.
1.A. built B. entered C. decorated D. ran
2.A. name B. rule C. brand D. plan
3.A. small B. dark C. strange D. dull
4.A. scholar B. student C. citizen D. worker
5.A. speak B. sing C. question D. laugh
6.A. misfortune B. disbelief C. dishonesty D. mistake
7.A. changed B. approached C. returned D. ended
8.A. lesson B. gift C. report D. message
9.A. Friends B. Awards C. Masters D. Tasks
10.A. simple B. unique C. fun D. clever
11.A. assessments B. comments C. instructions D. updates
12.A. graduation B. retirement C. separation D. resignation
13.A. daring B. modest C. caring D. smart
14.A. wait B. sleep C. study D. live
15.A. paid B. charged C. lent D. owed
16.A. observing B. preparing C. designing D. conducting
17.A. regretted B. avoided C. excused D. ignored
18.A. opened B. packed C. gave D. held
19.A. picture B. bill C. note D. diary
20.A. chose B. took C. expected D. borrowed
While high school does not generally encourage students to explore new aspects of life, college sets the stage for that exploration.I myself went through this _____ process and found something that has changed my _____ at college for the better：I discovered ASL－American Sign Language (美式手语)．
I never felt an urge to _____ any sign language before.My entire family is hearing, and so are all my friends.The _____ languages were enough in all my interactions (交往)．Little did I know that I would discover my _____ for ASL.
The _____ began during my first week at college.I watched as the ASL Club _____ their translation of a song.Both the hand movements and the very _____ of communicating without speaking _____ me.What I saw was completely unlike anything I had experienced in the ______．This newness just left me ______ more.
After that, feeling the need to ______ further, I decided to drop in on one of ASL club's meetings.I only learned how to ______ the alphabet that day.Yet instead of being discouraged by my ______ progress, I was excited.I then made it a point to ______ those meetings and learn all I could.
The following term, I ______ an ASL class.The professor was deaf and any talking was ______．I soon realized that the silence was not unpleasant.______， if there had been any talking, it would have ______ us to learn less.Now, I appreciate the silence and the ______ way of communication it opens.
1.A.searching B.planning C.natural D.formal
2.A.progress B.experience N C.major D.opinion
3.A.choose B.read C.learn D.create
4.A.official B.foreign C.body D.spoken
5.A.love B.concern C.goal D.request
6.A.meeting B.trip C.story D.task
7.A.recorded B.performed C.recited D.discussed
8.A.idea B.amount C.dream D.reason
9.A.disturbed B.supported C.embarrassed D.attracted
10.A.end B.past C.course D.distance
11.A.showing B.acting C.saying D.wanting
12.A.exercise B.explore C.express D.explain
13.A.print B.write C.sign D.count
14.A.slow B.steady C.normal D.obvious
15.A.chair B.sponsor C.attend D.organize
16.A.missed B.passed C.gave up D.registered for
17.A.prohibited B.welcomed C.ignored D.repeated
18.A.Lastly B.Thus C.Instead D.However
19.A.required B.caused C.allowed D.expected
20.A.easy B.popular C.quick D.new
For a long time Gabriel didn’t want to be involved in music at all. In his first years of high school, Gabriel would look pityingly at music students, ______across the campus with their heavy instrument cases, ______at school for practice hours ______ anyone else had to be there. He swore to himself to______music, as he hated getting to school extra early.
_______, one day, in the music class that was ______of his school’s standard curriculum, he was playing idly (随意地)on the piano and found it _________to pick out tunes. With a sinking feeling, he realized that he actually ______doing it. He tried to hide his ______pleasure from the music teacher, who had ______over to listen. He might not have done this particularly well, ______the teacher told Gabriel that he had a good_______and suggested that Gabriel go into the music store-room to see if any of the instruments there ______him. There he decided to give the cello(大提琴) a ______. When he began practicing, he took it very ______. But he quickly found that he loved playing this instrument, and was ______to practicing it so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well.
This ______, of course, that he arrived at school early in the morning, ______his heavy instrument case across the campus to the ______looks of the non-musicians he had left______.
1.A.travelling B.marching C.pacing D.struggling
2.A.rising up B.coming up C.driving up D.turning up
3.A.before B.after C.until D.since
4.A.betray B.accept C.avoid D.appreciate
5.A.Therefore B.However C.Thus D.Moreover
6.A.part B.nature C.basis D.spirit
7.A.complicate B.safe C.confusing D.easy
8.A.missed B.disliked C.enjoyed D.denied
9.A.transparent B.obvious C.false D.similar
10.A.run B.jogged C.jumped D.wandered
11.A.because B.but C.though D.so
12.A.ear B.taste C.heart D.voice
13.A.occurred to B.took to C.appealed D.held to
14.A.change B.chance C.mission D.function
15.A.seriously B.proudly C.casually D.admitted
16.A.committed B.used C.limited D.admitted
17.A.proved B.showed C.stressed D.meant
18.A.pushing B.dragging C.lifting D.rushing
19.A.admiring B.pitying C.annoying D.teasing
20.A.over B.aside C.behind D.out
Hannah Taylor is a schoolgirl from Manitoba, Canada. One day, when she was five years old, she was walking with her mother in downtown Winnipeg. They saw a man_________out of a garbage can. She asked her mother why he did that and her mother said that the man was homeless and hungry. Hannah was very________.She couldn't understand why some people had to live their lives without shelter or enough food. Hannah started to think about how she could________,but,of course, there is not a lot one five-year-old can do to solve(解决)the problem of homelessness.
Later ,when Hannah attended school, she saw another homeless person. It was a woman,_______ an old shopping trolley（购物车）which was piled with_______. It seemed that everything the woman owned was in them. This made Hannah very sad, and even more______to do something. She had been talking to her mother about the lives of homeless people______they first saw the homeless man. Her mother told her that if she did something to change the problem that made her sad, she wouldn’ t______as bad.
Hannah began to speak out about the homelessness in Manitoba and then in other provinces. She hoped to____her message of hope and awareness. She started the Ladybug Foudation ,an organization aiming at getting rid of homelessness. She began to _________ “Big Bosses” lunches, where she would try to persuade local business leaders to ___to the cause. She also organized a fundraising(募捐)drive in “Ladybug Jars” to collect everyone`s spare change during “Make Change” month. More recently, the foundation began another ____ called National Red Scarf Day—a day when people donate $20 and wear red scarves in support of Canada`s _____and homeless.
There is an emergency shelter in Winnipeg called “Hannah`s Place”, something that Hannah is very____of. Hannah`s Place is divided into several areas, providing shelter for people when it is so cold that_____outdoors can mean death. In the more than five years since Hannah began her activities, she has received a lot of _____.For example, she received the 2007 BRICK Award recognizing the _______ of young people to change the world. But _______ all this, Hannah still has the _______ life of a Winnipeg schoolgirl, except that she pays regular visits to homeless people.
Hannah is one of many examples of young people who are making a _______ in the world. You can,too!
1.A.jumping B.eating C.crying D.waving
2.A.annoyed B.nervous C.ashamed D.upset
3.A.behave B.manage C.help D.work
4.A.pushing B.carrying C.buying D.holding
5.A.goods B.bottles C.foods D.bags
6.A.excited B.determined C.energetic D.grateful
7.A.since B.unless C.although D.as
8.A.sound B.get C.feel D.look
9.A.exchange B.leave C.keep D.spread
10.A.sell B.deliver C.host D.pack
11.A.contribute B.lead C.apply D.agree
12.A.campaign B.trip C.procedure D.trial
13.A.elderly B.hungry C.lonely D.sick
14.A.aware B.afraid C.proud D.sure
15.A.going B.sleeping C.traveling D.playing
16.A.praises B.invitations C.replies D.appointments
17.A.needs B.interests C.dreams D.efforts
18.A.for B.through C.besides D.along
19.A.healthy B.public C.normal D.tough
20.A.choice B.profit C.judgement D.difference
