Do you want to be successful in everything you do? If so, then _? Here is an example.
There was a farmer who _ corn (玉米) all his life. Each year he took his corn to the market. Then each time his corn was chosen as the _ and won the first prize.
One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something surprising about how he grew it.The farmer _ seed (做种子的) corn to his neighbors.
“How can you share your best seed corn with your neighbors?” the reporter asked.“You know they are taking part in the _ with you each year.”
“Why, sir,” said the farmer, “didn't you know?The wind picks up pollen (花粉) from the corn and moves it quickly from field to field. If my neighbors grow __ corn, crosspollination (异花传粉) will affect the quality of my corn. So if I want to grow good corn, I must _ _ my neighbors to grow good corn.”
The farmer knows much about the connection of life. His corn cannot improve _ _ his neighbor's corn improves.
As a great man says, “We make a living by what we __ _, but we make a life by what we give.” We can't live without food, clothes, and many other things. However, a meaningful life is not decided by how much we can get, but by how much we can give others. Giving, instead of taking, makes us different from other animals. So those who choose to live well must help others to live well and those who choose to be happy must help others to find _ _ in their life.
1.A. why B. how C. when D. where
2.A. grew B. bought C. sold D. collected
3.A. cheapest B. prettiest C. best D. shortest
4.A. lent B. showed C. offered D. provided
5.A. game B. fight C. experiment D. competition
6.A. tasty B. bad C. tall D. unusual
7.A. teach B. remind C .help D. require
8.A. unless B. though C. because D. when
9.A. do B. own C. get D. grow
10.A. hope B. success C. friendship D. happiness
A green life sometimes just needs a good idea like sharing cars共车. It’s a new way of thinking. You can use a car but you don’t need to own it. Now the idea of “car sharing” has become in many countries.
As we know, most cars are parked in garages for much time. In fact, we drive our own cars as long as one or two a day on average. When we don’t use them, we have to pay for parking and things. That coats too much money. To save money, some people come up with the idea of “car sharing”. If we share a car, we’ll only when we use it.
Now many people are starting to do car sharing. In Switzerland, almost 40.000 people have joined it. Japan is also trying to make popular around the country.
1.A popular B. interesting C. funny
2.A. hour B. hours C. minutes
3.A. other B. others C. another
4.A. spend B. cost C. pay
5.A. time saving B. money saving C. car sharing
—Could you tell me _____ the Sports Center?
—The day after tomorrow, I think.
A. when will you visit B. when you will visit
C. when would you visit D. when you would visit
Lily Sam likes popular songs, so they went to Zhou Jielun’s concert together last night.
A.Both, and B.Either, or C. Not only, but also D.Neither, nor
_____ the waiter didn’t understand what the old lady was saying , he knew what she wanted.
A. Unless B. Because of C. Even though D. Because
--Have you found the information about famous people you can use for the report?
--Not yet. I’ll search some online.
A. which B. who C. what D. whom