Nick is a 10-year-old boy. He's the only child in his family. His father always seems too ________. He usually gets back home after Nick sleeps and leaves home before Nick ______ up. Just like other boys, Nick wants his father to spend ______ with him.
One evening, Nick was surprised to see his father at home. "Dad, it's a big surprise," Nick said.
"Yes, son, my meeting was canceled（取消）.
So I were at home early," his father replied.
"Can I ask you some questions now?" Nick went on. "How much money do you make a year?"
"It's a ______ number and you won't be able to understand it.”
"Are you happy ______ the money you've made?"
"Yes, son, I'm very happy and I'm planning to ______ another new store. Anything else?"
"Yes, I have one more question一how much do you make in one ______? "
"Nick, it's a funny question. But I can tell you一it's about 100 dollars every hour."
Hearing this, Nick ______ ran to his room and soon got down with a piggy bank（储钱罐）. "Dad, I have 300 dollars here. Can you spend three hours with me ______I give all the money to you?"
Running for money makes kids ______ love and care from parents. Money can't buy everything!
1.A.busy B.lazy C.funny D.happy
2.A.puts B.gets C.stands D.turns
3.A.time B.work C.money D.space
4.A.large B.short C.tall D.heavy
5.A.to B.for C.with D.in
6.A.look B.open C.find D.watch
7.A.hour B.day C.month D.year
8.A.slowly B.easily C.finally D.quickly
9.A.so B.if C.but D.until
10.A.get B.find C.lose D.enjoy
Some children wish to be writers when they grow up. That ______ that they want to write stories or books. They would be happy if many people read their stories or books some day, but I would like ______ these children that they will need to be good readers and read a lot before they become good writers.
Nearly all great writers often listened ______ others tell stories long before they started school. They also ______ on reading for hours and hours for years. Even when they had become writers, they spent much of their time ______ books instead of watching TV in the evening.
If you are a good reader, it won't take you long ______ the reading homework your teacher asks you to do. Then you will have time to read ______ books for fun. You will read so ________that you will always want to look for more books to read.
If you want to be a writer, reading is very ______. When you decide to become a writer, you had better tell ______, "I must read more and more if I really want to become a good writer. "
1.A.means. B.meaning C.mean D.meant
2.A.tell B.telling C.told D.to tell
3.A.for B.to C.at D.of
4.A.keep B.keeping C.kept D.will keep
5.A.read B.reads C.reading D.to read
6.A.do B.doing C.did D.to do
7.A.others B.other C.another D.the other
8.A.good B.well C.better D.best
9.A.important B.importantly C.importance D.more importantly
10.A.you B.your C.yourself D.yours
梦想有多大，舞台就有多大。人人都有自己的梦想，你的梦想是什么？请根据以下要点和要求用英语写一篇短文。
1.要点：
1）你的梦想是什么；
2）你为什么有这样的梦想；
3）你打算如何实现自己的梦想。
2.要求：
1）文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称；
2）词数100左右。
I was always tall for my age. When I started Grade 7, I was taller 1. everyone in the school. But I was never very athletic. Other kids could do things in sports that I just couldn't do, I 2. the world's worst thrower.
In Grade 8, we got a new coach. He said to me "You can be a good athlete."
Every day after school, I worked with the new coach. He told me that 3. I was so tall, my job would be to play center. I practised shooting. When I first started, I got zero of ten shots I took. But 4. a few weeks, I had about five of ten shots landing in the basket.
I still wasn't very good. But I became pretty good at putting the ball into 5. net. I didn't do it very well, but I learned something about myself.
There was a young painter who made money by painting portraits. His dream was to _______famous. One day, a rich man asked him to _______ a portrait for him and promised to pay him 10,000 dollars.
After a week, the rich man came to_______ the painting. Although the painting was wonderful, he was not _______ with it. He told the young painter, "I will only buy this painting for 3,000 dollars." The young painter was _______.He argued with the rich man, _______ the rich man would keep his promise.
The rich man _______ , "The man in the painting is me. If I don't buy this painting, _______ else will buy it."So he said, "I will ask you one last time, 'Will you sell it for 3,000 dollars?'”
The young painter said firmly, “No, I _______ not to sell it, rather than be humiliated by you. Someday, you will pay 20 times the cost ________ breaking your promise.”
After that, the painter worked hard day and night.________ , he achieved his dream in the art world.
The rich man forgot about the artist and ________ he had told him. But one day, some friends told him, “There is a painting to sell for 200,000 dollars and the man in the painting looks ________ like you. The painting is titled ‘Thief’.”
Then, the rich man remembered the ________ that he had fooled. He quickly went to say sorry to him and paid 200,000 dollars to buy the portrait.The young painter ________ the rich man hang his head in the end.
1.A.grow B.become C.turn D.change
2.A.paint B.borrow C.break D.read
3.A.take B.bring C.carry D.sell
4.A.patient B.popular C.pleased D.busy
5.A.sad B.angry C.worried D.excite
6.A.hoped B.hoping C.to hope D.hopes
7.A.thought B.asked C.said D.joked
8.A.nobody B.somebody C.anybody D.everybody
9.A.decide B.prefer C.want D.need
10.A.on B.in C.for D.at
11.A.Luckily B.Finally C.Recently D.Sadly
12.A.why B.how C.what D.when
13.A.exactly B.mostly C.nearly D.quickly
14.A.worker B.friend C.painter D.singer
15.A.asked B.made C.allowed D.found
Volunteering is fun and rewarding, but if you want to be a good volunteer, you need to learn more. 1.
Be well-trained. Know what you're doing as a volunteer. 2. If you're good at your job, it will be easier to help others.
3. Work as part of a team and make sure everyone works together and shares the work. If someone asks for help, just give a hand. If you need some help, ask politely for it. Always remember a person's strength is small, but a group of people is of great power.
Be understanding.4. Standing at other people's point of view will help you understand others' feelings better.
Be friendly.5. To be a volunteer, you might meet new people who want to make friends with. You might just meet someone who becomes a friend for the rest of your life.
A.Don't try to do everything by yourself.
B.Try to understand what other people are facing.
C.Treat others like friends, and they'll do the same for you.
D.If you need to learn about your job, begin to do it at once.
E.Here's some advice on how to do the volunteering jobs well.
