Is packing important to you?
A young man was ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car. Knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.
As Graduation Day approached, his anxiety grew. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his study and handed him a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man's name stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.
Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family. Realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Then, a telegram arrived, telling him his father had passed away, and willed all his possessions to the son.
When he arrived at home, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father's important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the bible and turned the pages. From the back of the Bible dropped a car key. It had a tag with the dealer's name and the words "PAID IN FULL".
How many times do we miss blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? Remember, what may appear as bad fortune may in fact be the door that is just waiting to be opened.
1.As graduation day approached the young man became anxious, because______.
A. the young man?s father was seriously ill.
B. he was anxious to know whether he had passed the exams.
C. he was anxiously waiting for the new car
D. he felt upset to leave college
2.Which is the correct order of the following events?
a. The young man got away from home angrily.
b. He became a successful businessman.
c. The young man told his father he wanted a new car.
d. The young man prepared to see his father.
e. The father gave his son a beautiful wrapped gift box.
f. A telegram arrived, saying his father died.
g. The young man found a car key in the bible.
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3.How do you suppose the young man feel when finding the car key?
A. excited and regretful
B. happy and excited
C. surprised and happy
D. surprised and regretful
4.From this passage we can learn that __________.
A. Upon graduation , the young man asked his father for a car.
B. The father bought his son a bible instead of a car.
C. The young man later visited his father a couple of times.
D. The young man finally realized that he misunderstood his father.
These days having a best friend seems so important to girls. However I have learned that having one best friend is not the way to go. It's so much better to have many great friends.
As I was coming into Middle School, I was really excited because my friend Jennifer was going to be in the same Middle School! At first things were great, she introduced me to her friend Amy and we had lots of fun together. Then things started to change. Jennifer was very controlling: I couldn't make new friends, and pretty soon being Jennifer's friend was a struggle.
Jennifer wanted to be the "leader" of our little group. Amy and I were never partners with each other in class projects or gym; it was always, "Who gets the privilege（特权） of being Jennifer's partner." Amy and I both wanted to be Jennifer's number one.
I always waited for Jennifer and Amy after classes. They chatted by Jennifer's desk as Jennifer packed her books up and I waited by the door. Sometimes when they left, they'd walk right past me. No "Thanks for waiting." No "Sorry we took so long." It was as if they couldn't even see me.
After months of living through school this way, I had really changed. I was moody, depressed, lonely. I spent lots of days trying not to cry, I felt so left out.
Finally, near the very end of the school year, I was so incredibly sick of having to battle for friendship. I stopped sitting with Jennifer at lunch and stopped waiting for her after class.
It was tough at first, but now, I have tons of friends. We have fun and happy times together and I love them all to bits. It amazes me how easy our friendship is. There's no struggling to be on top. I wish Jennifer could understand. Maybe one day she'll look back at what happened and she'll change, but even though I lost a friend, I am a happier person.
1.What is the purpose of the writer writing this passage?
A. to describe her school life
B. to criticize the way Jennifer treated her friends
C. to show her regret towards losing a friend.
D. to advise girls to make many friends instead of one
2.What does the sentence Things started to change refer to?
A. The writer lost interest in study.
B. Lessons became more and more difficult.
C. Being Jennifer?s friend became a struggle.
D. The writer gave up the friendship with Jennifer.
3.What can be implied from the last paragraph?
A. The writer regretted a lot about losing a friend.
B. Jennifer has changed herself.
C. All of the writer?s new friends are equal.
D. The school life is always difficult for the writer.
你的学校在高一学生中开展“职业生涯体验（Career Day）”活动。上周日，你母亲带你去她的动物园体验护理猴子的工作。请以以下几个方面写篇短文，投稿于英语杂志“Today’s Teenagers”上。
职业生涯体验目的 | 了解社会与学校的不同，明确自己的目标，促进自己更好地学习； |
在动物园的一天 | 工作了8个小时，负责观察并且记录猴子的日常活动； 向一位专家学习如何护理小猴子，保持它们清洁和健康，让它们远离疾病。 |
收获和感受 | 体会到父母的不易，在工作中遇到了各种问题，同时也很快乐。 |
注意：1. 字数：120左右。开头已给出，不计入总词数。
2. 可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
An Unforgettable Experience
Last weekend, I went to the zoo where my mom works to care for monkeys, which is a career I long for taking up. It is required that we should experience a job to ___________________________________________________
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用以下短语的正确形式填空， 其中有一个是多余的。
Move off;rather than;carry on;as far as;in time;accout for;
1.The fire didn’t cause too much damage because firefighters arrived ___________.
2.Everybody sits and waits in the shade of the trees while the family begins to wake up and ____________.
3.He wouldn’t listen to others’ advice. Obviously, it was his own attitude that _________ his loss.
4.As for this summer, I would not visit Inner Mongolia or Tibet. I feel like staying at home and rest __________ going anywhere!
5.It’s not far at all to Atlanta! ______________ I can tell, it will take us only about half an hour to drive there.
单词拼写,根据要求完成单词或短语,注意运用正确形式。
1.The house was ______________(包围) by high walls.
2.The student described his experience as a unreal and ___________（难以相信的） one.
3.We must take _________ （措施）to reduce crime in the area.
4.There was frost on the ground, c_________ that fall had arrived in Canada.
5.Because of the p_________________ of the famous football star, everyone cheered up .
The day finally came，when I had to leave the warm home where I'd grown up. I ran to the back yard（后院），as tears(眼泪) came up from my heart.Suddenly I ______ a hand rest on my shoulder.I looked up to ______ my grandfather.“It isn't ______，is it，Billy？” he said softly.
Gently ______ my hand in his，we walked，hand in hand，to the front yard，______ a huge red rosebush sat alone.“What do you see here，Billy？” he asked. I looked at the flowers，not knowing ______ to say，and then answered，“I see something soft and ______，grandpa.”
He pulled me ______.“It isn't just the roses that are beautiful，Billy. It's that special place in your heart that makes them so.”“Billy，I ______ these roses when my first son was born.It was my ______ of saying ‘thank you’ to God. I ______ to watch him pick roses for his mother. Then，as a young man of only 20，a terrible war robbed （夺去）him of his life.” Grandpa slowly stood up.“Never say goodbye，Billy. Never ______ to the sadness and the loneliness. Instead，I want you to remember the joy and the ______ when you first said hello to a friend.”
A year later，my grandpa became very ______. Then all members（成员） of the family were ______ back，and I returned to the old house. When it came to my ______，I took his hand as ______ as he had once taken mine.
“Hello，grandpa，” I ______. His eyes slowly opened and said，“Hello，my friend.” With a brief ______ he died. Suddenly and truly，I knew what he had ______ about never saying goodbye—about refusing to give in to sadness.
1.A. felt B. fixed C. watched D. heard
2.A. watch B. interview C. discover D. see
3.A. difficult B. hard C. easy D. comfortable
4.A. making B. taking C. leading D. carrying
5.A. where B. when C. which D. while
6.A. what B. how C. who D. whether
7.A. red B. tasty C. funny D. beautiful
8.A. close B. hard C. far D. around
9.A. bought B. planted C. treated D. discovered
10.A. choice B. method C. way D. solution
11.A. preferred B. wanted C. promised D. used
12.A. give up B. give off C. give in D. give away
13.A. word B. happiness C. sight D. memory
14.A. ill B. weak C. old D. serious
15.A. ordered B. called C. delivered D. sent
16.A. pleasure B. duty C. turn D. wish
17.A. happily B. sadly C. carefully D. gently
18.A. laughed B. shouted C. added D. whispered
19.A. sign B. sigh C. smile D. wave
20.A. thought B. meant C. worried D. cared
