Joe was an old man. The 75-year-old lived very happily in a village and had a beautiful family. His children grew up and moved to different cities. Now, Joe has four grandchildren, and they visit him during their holidays.
During one vacation, Joe was preparing his home for the kids: cleaning and buying their favorite foods. After he finished working, he realized he lost his favorite watch. The watch was a gift from his wife when their first child was born. Joe treasured the watch very much, especially after his wife’s death. He was very upset about losing it.
Once his grandchildren came, they promised him they would find the watch.
One granddaughter asked: “Grandpa, do you remember when you saw the watch last before it went missing?”
“I guess when I was cleaning the barn!” Joe replied.
The children looked for more than two hours with Joe, but they could not find it. The kids were now also sad, but they tried to comfort their grandfather.
One grandson went back to the barn to look again. Joe asked why he was going there a second time. But the little boy just asked the others not to follow him and to keep silent.
He was there for about 15 minutes and then rushed to his grandfather. He found the watch and happily gave it to Joe.
Joe was surprised and asked how he was able to find it. The little boy replied: ”I sat there without making a noise, and the barn was so silent. After a few minutes, I heard the ‘tick, tick’ sound and found the watch.”
Joe hugged and thanked the little boy.
This is the power of silence. If we stay calm, we are more able to find the solution!
1.From Paragraph 2, we learn that Joe _____.
A. knew his grandchildren very well
B. liked doing housework very much
C. got tired of his grandchildren’s visits
D. looked forward to his grandchildren’s visits
2.The underlined word “Treasure” means________.
A. store for future use B. value highly
C. wear anytime D. mention carefully
3.How did one of the grandchildren find the watch?
A. He did a thorough cleaning of the barn.
B. He searched the barn carefully for two hours.
C. He made no noise and followed the ticking sound.
D. He asked other children for help.
4.Which is the right order of what happened in the story?
a. His grandchildren came.
b. They looked for more than two hours.
c. The little boy sat in the barn without making a sound.
d. One grandson went back to the barn again.
e. Joe lost his watch accidentally.
A. e a b d c B. e b a c d C. a e d b c D. a e c b d
5.What can we learn from the story?
A. Love keeps us busy all the time.
B. Helping those in need makes one feel good.
C. Believe in yourself and you can succeed.
D. Silence sometimes is more powerful than using your voice.
One sunny Monday, I decided to go for a walk on the path near my house with my husband. On my _____ was a very special ring：I’d just picked it up from jeweller’s the day before because I had it designed to hold a diamond my grandmother gave me for my 23rd birthday. I looked down at my ring as I began my _____, feeling as sunny as the day.
Imagine my sadness when I looked again at the end of the path and found the diamond was _______. Anxiously(焦急地), I started back along the path, looking for the _______ stone. In my heart, I knew how hopeless my search was. The path was long and covered with leaves. As I searched the ______, crying and upset, I met an old gentleman. “What's the matter, love?” he asked _______. “Lost something?” I explained about the missing diamond and showed him the hole ______ my ring. He whistled. “That’s going to be hard to find. Tell you what, love, I walk along this path every day. I'll keep my _______ open for it.” I thanked him, _______nothing, but told him my husband often walked our dogs along the path ________he might find something.A few days later, my husband met the old man on the path. “Guess what?” he said, “I found your diamond!” ______ he’d found the tiny stone and was willing to hand the diamond back to my husband, saying casually（未经考虑地）, “It was lucky that I found it. I only have 50 percent eyesight in one eye.” When my husband offered him money for his help, he refused it. He could have easily ______ the diamond, or sold it, as it’s worth several thousand dollars, ______, thanks to this man, I’ll spend the rest of my days trying to do something like that for ________ person. And what I have to do is to look at my ring and ______ myself that there are kind and generous souls there.
1.A. pocket B. foot C. head D. finger
2.A. work B. path C. walk D. talk
3.A. losing B. left C. gone D. missed
4.A. big B. tiny C. colorless D. shiny
5.A. street B. ground C. room D. yard
6.A. kindly B. sadly C. happily D. friendly
7.A. in B. on C. above D. among
8.A. house B. mouth C. eyes D. hands
9.A. getting B. expecting C. explaining D. telling
10.A. because B. when C. if D. since
11.A. Hopefully B. Naturally C. Unluckily D. Unbelievably
12.A. stored B. kept C. covered D. placed
13.A. however B. and C. or D. so
14.A. the other B. others C. another D. other
15.A. ask B. remind C. warn D. promise
— What do you think of the news that Premier Li promised to punish the criminals selling the illegal vaccines (非法疫苗)？
— _________, it sounds exciting and all the Chinese are waiting for good results.
A. It’s a pleasure B. I’m afraid C. It’s a pity D. To tell the truth
The ________ documentary describes ________ in the future.
A. two hours’; how Jiangyan will be like B. two-hours; what Jiangyan will be like
C. two-hour; how Jiangyan will be D. two hour’s; what Jiangyan will be like
John, who was once a lazy boy, has made ______ great progress that he _______ by his parents as well as his classmates.
A. so a; is highly thought B. such a; wins high praise
C. so; wins high praise from D. such; is highly thought of
— What did Spub Webb do after he was refused to play in the senior school?
— He practised even harder and he got the coach ______ his mind and went on _____ leader of the team.
A. to change; becoming B. changing; becoming
C. to change; to become D. changing; to become
