A first-grade student whose best friend is battling cancer thought that hours of playing and telling jokes was not enough - he wanted to show his buddy just how he understood the____time he was going through.
Seven-year-old Vincent Butterfield____the only way was to cut off his hair in support of his best friend Zac who lost his hair through chemotherapy(化疗).
Zac Gossage is receiving treatment but____goes to Union Central Elementary School in Missouri every day,____that's where he gets to play on the swing with Vincent. Vincent found out that Zac might____his hair because of the chemotherapy treatment. So one day, he showed up in the first grade class wearing a____He said to his teacher Mrs. Koester, "I have a surprise for Zac." And he pulled off his cap and other____saw that he already had all his hair____off.
"I did it just to make Zac feel he's not the only one without any____" said Vincent.Vincent has also been raising money for his best friend after learning how____his chemotherapy treatments are. He asked his mother to make____than 20 scarves and gloves. He and his mother____them at the price of 10 dollars each, raising over $200 for Zac. The encouragement from Vincent seems to be working. Though Zac is receiving treatments, he has____missed any days of school. He knows that Vincent is out on the playground, waiting for him at break.
When asked____friendship was, Vincent looked at his friend Zac, thought for a(an)____and responded,"It's a beautiful thing."
Clearly, wisdom doesn't always come with age.
1.A. hard B. exciting C. unpleasant D. pleasant
2.A. decided B. refused C. agreed D. disliked
3.A. ever B. never C. just D. still
4.A. though B. but C. because D. so
5.A. raise B. add C. lose D. fall
6.A. mask B. scarf C. glove D. cap
7.A. teachers B. kids C. parents D. patients
8.A. pulled B. sent C. cut D. put
9.A. friends B. money C. clothes D. hair
10.A. expensive B. successful C. important D. meaningful
11.A. fewer B. more C. worse D. better
12.A. made B. donated C. sold D. collected
13.A. already B. always C. nearly D. hardly
14.A. how B. what C. where D. which
15.A. moment B. hour C. morning D. day
—This TV play is really boring.
—________. You will find it more and more interesting as the story goes on.
A. I can’t agree more B. That’s true C. I don’t think so D. Of course it is
John calls his dog Eddie. The structure of the sentence is _______.
A. S+V+O B. S+V+P C. S+V+IO+DO D. S+V+DO+OC
I went to the classroom to ____ the door yesterday. But as soon as I was ___ to the classroom, I found it already _______.
A. close; close; closed B. closed; closely; closed
C. close; closed; closely D. closely; close; close
— I won’t attend the meeting _____ him ____ I have too much work to do these days.
— I see.
A. instead; as a result B. instead of; because
C. instead; for example D. instead of; in order to
If we ______ take environmental problems seriously, the earth _______ worse and worse.
A. don’t; will be B. won’t; isn’t
C. won’t; is D. don’t; won’t be