My mother told me a good friend is like a mirror. I'm 1.1.(quiet) and more serious than most kids. That's why I like reading books and I study harder 2.2. class. My best friend Yuan Li is quiet too, 3.3. we enjoy studying together. I'm shy so it's not easy for me 4.4.(make) friends. But I think friends are like books—you don't need a lot of 5.5.(they) as long as they're good.
I don't 6.6.(real) care if my friends are the same as me or different. My favorite 7.7.(say) is, “A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart.” My best friend Carol is kind and very funny. We 8.8.(know) each other since we were very little. In fact, she's funnier than anyone I know. I 9.9.(break) my arm last year and she made me laugh and feel better. We can talk about and share everything. I know she 10.10.(care) about me because she's always there to listen.
The only person on a ship was washed up on a small, lonely island. He hoped that God would s1. him and looked for someone that would come to help him, but there was n2.. Tired, he at last tried to build a little house to protect him from d3., and to store his few things. But then one day, after f4. food, he arrived home to find his little house on fire, the heavy smoke from the house.
The worst happened; everything was lost. He was disappointed and a5.. “God, how could you do this to me!” he cried. Early the next day, however, he was woken up by the s6. of a ship that was coming towards the island.
It had come to save him. “H7. did you know I was here?” asked the man. “We saw your smoke signal(信号),” they said.
It is e8. to get discouraged(灰心的) when things are going bad. But we shouldn't l9. heart, because God is at work in our lives, even in your worst situation.
Remember, next time your little house is burning to the ground, it just m10. be a smoke signal that symbols the grace(惠赠) of God. For all the negative things we have to say to ourselves, God has a positive answer for it.
Elvis Presley was America's 1. popular singer. He was 2. in Tupelo, Mississippi. His family was very poor. During his childhood, he liked to listen 3. music and he sang in church with his parents. After high school, he had to work to make a 4..
In 1953, he made his first 5., My Happiness. The story of this song was that he paid four dollars to make it for his mother.
The owner of Sun Records, Sam Phillips, had been looking for a white singer who 6. sing black rhythm and blues(黑人节奏蓝调). He asked Elvis to work in a group with other people. A few months 7., Mr. Phillips made a record for the group. The record 8. very well. Elvis became 9. not only in America, but also around the world. He died in 1977, 10., nowadays, thousands of people still visit his hometown in Memphis every year.
Until last year, the saddest thing of my life was that my wife Alice and I couldn't have any children. So we always invited all the children in our street to our ___ for Christmas breakfast.
Last year, Alice died. I was very ___ and decided not to invite the children for Christmas breakfast. But Kathy and Peter, my next door neighbors, asked me to ___ them for dinner on Christmas Eve.
As soon as I arrived and took off my ___, Kathy asked me, “Do you have any milk at your house?”
“Yes,” I replied. “If you need some, I'll go and ___ it right away.”
“Oh, that's all right. Come and sit down. The kids have been waiting for you. Just ___ Peter your keys and let him do it.”
After a happy dinner with them, I went home. When I opened my ___, I found my house had been decorated(装饰) by Peter! It was just as ___ as each Christmas before. At that moment, I wished that I could still serve the Christmas breakfast, but I had made no preparations.
Early the next morning, a little boy ___ a bag of candies rang my bell. Before I could ask him what was happening, another two children came. Within fifteen minutes, my house was full of children, ____ I had all the food I needed for the usual Christmas breakfast. I had a happy breakfast with the children again.
1.A. clock B. house C. dream D. horse
2.A. sad B. glad C. rich D. lucky
3.A. use B. pay C. help D. join
4.A. map B. coat C. skirt D. plane
5.A. get B. buy C. read D. drink
6.A. ask B. tell C. give D. love
7.A. box B. book C. shop D. door
8.A. important B. difficult C. beautiful D. expensive
9.A. in B. on C. from D. with
10.A. and B. but C. unless D. although
1.He has to stay up late for the coming exam.(改为否定句)
He _________ _______ to stay up late for the coming exam.
2.I want to be a computer programmer when I grow up. (就句子画线部分提问)
________ do you want to _________ when you grow up?
3.The teacher asked me, “Are you interested in English?”(改写句子,句意不变)
The teacher asked me ________ I ________ interested in English.
4.The sound of the music was becoming lower and lower and finally we couldn't hear any.(改写句子，句意不变)
The sound of the music was _________ ________ and finally we couldn't hear any.
5.The government should set up some safeguards to prevent harmful vaccine accident from happening again.(改写句子，句意不变)
Some safeguards should _________ ________ up to prevent harmful vaccine accident from happening again.
1.没有你的帮助，我不可能通过考试。(without)
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2.这项工程很快就会完成。(finish)
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3.请与我们保持联系。(keep in touch)
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4.你讲得太快了，我没听懂。(so... that...)
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5.如果你想知道这个单词的意思，查一下字典吧。(look it up)
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