“Here, kitty, kitty, kitty!” Mr. Gordo called. “_______, kitty!” He called and called. So did Nina. But no little white cat came.
It was a bad day for Snowflake to get _______. The Gordos were moving. A big van (厢式货车) had taken their _______ that morning. “We’ll just have to go without Snowflake,” said Mr. Gordo. “We’ll get you a _______ cat.” Nina began to _______. “But I want Snowflake!” she said.
That night, the Gordos were in their new home. “The _______ did a good job,” said Mr. Gordo. “They moved everything _______ Snowflake.”
“Snowflake was afraid of them,” said Nina. “I saw her trying to _______.”
“What if she hid in the van?” asked Nina’s father. “She may still be there!” Mr. Gordo _______ the movers. In the morning, a big van ________ at the Gordo home. Nina and her father and mother ran out to the ________. Three big men jumped down from the van. They ________ its back doors. Nina saw nothing inside. But ________! Was there a little mew? It was! And out came Snowflake, as white as ever, wearing a new ________ ribbon (丝带). “Snowflake!” Nina cried.
“We happened to ________ Snowflake in a box,” the driver said. “We gave her some milk. And we put the red ribbon on her.” “Thank you very much!” said Nina. “You’re welcome. It’s all part of our ________.”
As the van moved away, Nina ________ these words on the side: NO JOB TOO BIG — NO JOB TOO SMALL.
Nina gave her ________ a hug. “Snowflake,” she said. “They did a(n) ________ job for us! Aren’t you glad?”
Snowflake’s ________ was a soft “Mew!”
1.A.Run B.Sorry C.Come D.Help
2.A.hurt B.lost C.left D.stolen
3.A.house B.pet C.kids D.things
4.A.small B.new C.different D.brave
5.A.cry B.expect C.cheer D.speak
6.A.friends B.neighbors C.movers D.children
7.A.but B.and C.for D.before
8.A.hide B.jump C.stay D.eat
9.A.thanked B.invited C.avoided D.called
10.A.disappeared B.stopped C.turned D.broke
11.A.school B.company C.station D.street
12.A.locked B.opened C.fixed D.showed
13.A.guess B.check C.wait D.watch
14.A.red B.white C.yellow D.blue
15.A.keep B.train C.feed D.find
16.A.job B.plan C.story D.life
17.A.wrote B.read C.understood D.copied
18.A.dad B.mom C.cat D.worker
19.A.SMALL B.EASY C.BIG D.HARD
20.A.offer B.advice C.idea D.answer
As a student, it’s important to find a balance between your schoolwork and your social life. 1.
Create a time budget.
Budgeting your time can help you plan out your days. Drawing up a timetable based on upcoming events is a great way to spend each day. 2. Keep in mind that your time budget should allow for flexibility (灵活性). There is no way to guarantee (保证) that your homework will take exactly two hours.
3.
Many students choose to support themselves during their education. If you are working and studying at the same time, it can be difficult to find time for friends and socialization. 4. It can help you find a balance between school and socialization even if your time is very limited.
Take care of your health.
Poor health can make time spent either at school or with friends much less enjoyable. When you feel healthy and energized, you will be able to give your education and your friends your full attention. Get eight hours of sleep each night. Go to bed and wake up at the same time each day, even on weekends. 5. All of these will help you avoid becoming ill.
Learning how to manage your time is not only useful throughout your education, it is also a valuable skill that you will need long after you earn your degree.
A.Balance your family life.
B.Find a social part-time job.
C.Eat a diet with all the food you need for good health.
D.A job that you enjoy attending will help you stay energetic.
E.Find a job that allows you to socialize with customers and co-workers.
F.In this article, you’ll discover a few helpful methods for time management.
G.It helps you spend enough time on both schoolwork and your family and friends.
There’s a small problem with a working holiday: working.
It seems like a fantastic idea. You picture yourself learning a foreign culture, meeting locals and making friends. What you don’t picture is the actual work.
Some people manage to keep a fine balance between working and holidaying. I’ve met plenty of working holidaymakers who are holding high-paying jobs that not only allow them to live in style, but that they also enjoy. Great.
For most working holidaymakers, however, that’s a daydream. You’re not working overseas to further your career — you’re working overseas to further your travelling expenses. And besides, most serious employers will take one look at that year-long visa (签证), and laugh you out of the building.
So you end up doing some of the jobs I’ve done.
Fruit picking. I did mine in the north of Scotland, which wasn’t satisfying, given it’s a place with a summer in name only.
Strawberries are a pain. It’s a case of bending your back for about eight hours straight. Lettuces aren’t much better. Again, more back bending.
Is picking fruit a nice way to spend a holiday? No.
So I became a line cook at a restaurant in Edinburgh. There, because there were no formal training systems in Scotland, I was handed a white jacket and referred to as a “chef (厨师)”. And as a “chef”, I would pull out boxes of frozen chicken tikka masala (冷冻香料烤鸡咖喱), putting them in the microwave until they were just so.
Again, not what you’d call a fun way to spend a holiday.
So when you’re planning a working holiday, it’s worth thinking about what you’re actually going to be doing, since that’s how you’ll spend your time while you’re away.
Is it going to be enjoyable? Will you be able to meet people, make friends? Is it going to allow you the time and money to do other things, see other places while you’re there?
Remember, it’s not a working holiday if you spend all your time working — it’s just work.
1.According to the author, what will happen to most working holidaymakers?
A.They will live in style.
B.They will enjoy their travelling.
C.They can get plenty of good work experience.
D.They may have difficulty finding a good job.
2.How does the author feel about his fruit picking experience?
A.Tiring.
B.Important.
C.Interesting.
D.Eye-opening.
3.What do we know about the author’s job as a line cook?
A.He was trained hard.
B.He found it very difficult.
C.He was doing nothing skilful.
D.He learned how to cook chicken.
4.What’s the author’s advice for those planning a working holiday?
A.To stick to their plan.
B.To know what to expect.
C.To be adventurous.
D.To be hard-working.
Steel Vengeance, a world-record-breaking hybrid roller coaster, recently made its first public appearance at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio.
The ride is constructed from both wood and steel (钢). A steel running track on a huge wooden base allows the ride to provide the types of twists (扭转) and turns that are not possible on wooden roller coasters.
Steel Vengeance breaks ten world records, including tallest, fastest, and longest hybrid roller coaster. “It is just a roller coaster that you want to ride again and again,” said Tony Clark, director of communications at Cedar Point. The 90-degree, 200-foot drop on the first hill takes your breath away.
At a recent event at Cedar Point, I experienced the excitement of the new ride first-hand. Thanks to my strong heart, I had a really cool time!
THE MAKING OF VENGEANCE
“The biggest part of making a roller coaster is planning it,” Clark said.
Jason McClure, general manager of Cedar Point, added: “We have to get a main idea of the basics of the coaster and then plan a budget.”
WOOD, STEEL, AND HARD WORK
Rocky Mountain Construction designed and built Steel Vengeance. About 1.2 million pounds of steel and 1.4 million boards of wood were used to build the ride.
Fred Grubb, co-founder of Rocky Mountain, noted that “people who design roller coasters for my company have to have first-hand experience building things with their hands, not just hold an engineering degree. When you have built things for yourself, you get it, and understand what will work.”
Clark was pleased with the results. “We at Cedar Point are so happy with how Steel Vengeance turned out,” he said.
McClure added: “What we put into this roller coaster was wood, steel, and a lot of hard work.”
1.What can we learn about Steel Vengeance?
A.It is going through tests.
B.It belongs to Rocky Mountain.
C.It is made from both steel and wood.
D.It was mainly designed by Fred Grubb.
2.What advantage does Steel Vengeance have over wooden roller coasters?
A.It will last longer.
B.It cost less money.
C.It took less time to build.
D.It offers more kinds of twists.
3.How did the author feel on Steel Vengeance?
A.Worried.
B.Excited.
C.Frightened.
D.Shocked.
4.People who design roller coasters for Rocky Mountain must _____.
A.hold an arts degree
B.be roller coaster lovers
C.be skillful at wood work
D.have built things themselves
There are various ways in which to read body language so that you can understand how someone is feeling. Reading emotional clues （线索）is one of them.
Crying is considered to be caused by an explosion of emotion in most cultures. Often times crying is considered a sign of sadness, but crying can also be an expression of happiness. Crying can also come about through laughter and humor. Thus, when judging crying, you'll need to look for other signs to determine the meaning of the crying. Crying can also be forced in order to gain sympathy or to cheat others. This practice is known as " crocodile tears" , an expression that draws on the wrong idea that crocodiles" cry" when catching prey（猎物）.
Signs of threat include v-shaped eye brows, wide eyes, and an open or down-turned mouth. In a similar way, arm tightly crossed over the other is a common sign that the person is angry and is closing himself off to you.
When people show anxiety, they display increased facial movements, and their mouth made into a thin line. Individuals who are anxious may also play with their hands, unable keep them in one spot. Anxiety can also or have nervous legs. It can be conveyed when people seemingly unconsciously（无意识 地）tap their feet or have nervous legs.
Embarrassment can be expressed by turning the eyes or shifting them away. If someone looks down at the floor a lot, they are probably shy, afraid, or embarrassed. People also tend to look down when they are upset, or trying to hide something emotional. People are often thinking and feeling unpleasant emotions when they are in the process of staring at the ground.
There are also some signs of pride. People show pride by displaying a small smile, holding their head backward, and putting their hands on their hips.
1.In what situation may one have"crocodile tears"?
A.When he is sad. B.When he cheats others.
C.When he supports others. D.When he is angry.
2.What might a man do when angry?
A.Shape his eye brows into a"w". B.Sigh heavily.
C.Cross his arms tightly. D.Open his eyes wide.
3.What do we know about the emotional clues in the text?
A.Most of them show negative feelings. B.They usually express positive emotions.
C.They can be controlled well be humans. D.They are good for people's health.
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A.How to use body languages? B.What are body languages?
C.What expressive emotions we have? D.How to read emotional clues?
Summer Camps 2019
Digging for Dinosaurs
June 10 to June 14, 2019; July 15 to July 19, 2019
$395 per person
What is a paleontologist (古生物学者) and what exactly do they do? Come find out with us this summer! We’ll explore what paleontologists do, where they work and what tools they use while searching for fossils (化石). We’ll dig deeper into how a fossil is made, the different types of fossils and what information paleontologists can learn from them.
Physics Past to Present
June 17 to June 21, 2019; July 22 to July 26, 2019
$405 per person
Have you ever wondered why a baseball flies a certain way when it’s hit or how to shoot the perfect basket? It’s Physics! This summer we will explore terms like energy and force to see how they affect things we do every day. We will look at who discovered these terms, how they influence the activities we love and how sportsmen use them to their advantage.
Ancient Art
June 24 to June 28, 2019; July 29 to August 2, 2019
$355 per person
Experience how art began! This summer we will explore how art has changed from the Stone Age through the Middle Ages. From cave paintings to building arches (拱门), we’ll explore the world through the eyes of artists who came before us.
Space Explorers: Back to the Moon
August 5 to August 9, 2019
$455 per person
Come join us in taking a closer look at our moon and how our astronauts got there. We’ll learn about what a spaceship needs to escape Earth’s pull, take a closer look at the moon’s surface and simulate (模拟) our own moon landing!
1.What will campers do in Physics Past to Present?
A.Play sports.
B.Talk with athletes.
C.Explore energy and force.
D.Learn the history of sports.
2.How much should you pay if you want to learn about cave paintings?
A.$355. B.$395.
C.$405. D.$455.
3.Which camp can you join if you are only free in August?
A.Digging for Dinosaurs.
B.Physics Past to Present.
C.Ancient Art.
D.Space Explorers: Back to the Moon.
