There’s always something deep in our soul that never dies. I moved to the small, busy town of Edison in New Jersey six years ago. It was during the second term of my fifth grade. My parents got new jobs and higher income, so they decided it was time to move from Woodbridge to a better, more educational town.
In the US, it is unnecessary to take a test to get into a “good” middle or high school. You just attend the school close to where you live. So, many parents will think about the quality (质量，品质) of the local school when they decide to buy a new house. My parents did the same. We finally chose Edison mainly because of the high quality of its school.
In New Jersey, an area with a good school usually means a concentration of Asian people. There are about 300 students in our school. 55% are Asians and just under half of that are Chinese. There are so many Chinese people nearby that we even have our own Chinese school.
Edison is an old town, just like thousands of others in the United States. However, I have treated it as my hometown. That’s where I spend much of my youth, and the memories there can’t be moved at all.
1.Why did the writer’s parents move to Edison?
A. Because they were born there.
B. Because it was a better educational town.
C. Because the writer began his fifth grade.
D. Because the writer didn’t need to take a test.
2.How many students are from Asia in the writer’s school?
A. About 80. B. About 160.
C. About 220. D. About 300.
3.What does the underlined expression “a concentration of” mean in Paragraph 3?
A. None of B. The whole of
C. A large number of D. A small number of
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Andi Davise, 49, regularly crossed the trail through the Phoenix Mountains Preserve with a few other hikers before sunrise. This morning, however, she met ______ and heard only the sounds of animals.
Some time later, Andi got to the steep slope(陡坡), she climbed up to the top by using her hands. When she finally reached the ______ , she noticed a dark shape several inches from her left foot. She was______ and then looked carefully. “It’s a dog and it’s dead,” she said to ______ . It took her a few seconds to realize that the dog’s eyes were ______ . A thin, dirty bull dog was looking at her.
She greeted in a low and soft voice to show she was ______ . The bull dog shook when he heard her voice.
Andi inched closer and dropped some water into the dog’s mouth. He tried to stand up but
______ . Something was wrong with his ______ front leg. Andi pulled out her phone to contact her husband, Jason, but he didn’t ______ . She knew that if she didn’t carry the dog ______ the mountain, he would die.
She carefully put her arms under the dog’s body. He was so ______ that he fell into her chest.
Andi had great trouble going down the steep, rocky mountainside with the 50-pound animal in her arms. Even her arms and back started aching, she didn’t ______ . The trip up had taken 30 minutes while going back down took twice that.
Andi’s ______ received her messages at last. He and their son, Justin, jumped into the car and drove to pick up Andi.
Later that morning, an X-ray showed that the bull dog was ______ hurt, he was likely to lose his left leg.
A few days later, the Davises ______ to the animal hospital. “The first thing he did was to give me a kiss, then he went right to my son.” Andi said. They named the dog Elijah and brought him home that day.
1.A. somebody B. anybody C. nobody D. everybody
2.A. top B. foot C. front D. behind
3.A. happy B. excited C. frightened D. interested
4.A. me B. herself C. itself D. it
5.A. closed B. small C. big D. open
6.A. unfriendly B. friendly C. sad D. open
7.A. failed B. fail C. failure D. failing
8.A. right B. left C. each D. either
9.A. say B. tell C. speak D. answer
10.A. up B. climb C. over D. down
11.A. weak B. strong C. fat D. thin
12.A. go on B. give up C. run away D. go back
13.A. son B. mother C. husband D. father
14.A. ill B. bad C. a little D. badly
15.A. went B. came C. returned D. left
— My friend has achieved his goal after years of hard work.
— Great! ______.
A.One tree can’t make a forest
B. Where there is a will, there is a wa
C. Many hands make light work
D. A friend in need is a friend indeed
— Are you willing to live on Mars one day?
— ______. It sounds exciting, but it still worries me.
A. Of course. B. I’m not sure.
C. Why not? D. Are you joking?
— I seem to be lost. Could you tell me ______________?
— Sure. You can take bus No.5 to get there
A. where is Ge Garden
B. how long it will take me to the Yangzhou-Taizhou Airport
C. how I can get to the Slender West Lake
D. how far is my trip to the museum in Yangzhou
— Sam, what will the weather be like tomorrow?
— Sorry, Mum. I didn’t watch the weather forecast just now. I ______ a football match.
A. was watching B. am watching
C. would watch D. will watch
