Once again. Myra sat alone on the bus. Even after two weeks at her new school, Myra had not made any friends. At breaks (课间) she played alone. In art class, she drew alone. In the lunchroom, she ate alone. And on the bus ride home, she sat alone.
Myra could not understand why no one wanted to be her friend. Other kids joked and laughed with each other. But none of them joked and laughed with her. Just thinking about it made her head hurt and her stomach feel funny.
One day, as Myra sat alone on the way to school, she looked at the seat across from her. She saw a girl sitting all by herself. The girl looked lonely, too. Myra wondered if she should say hello.
But what if the girl didn't want to be her friend? Maybe she already had a lot of friends. What if the girl ignored (忽视) her? What if she laughed at her? Myra stared at the floor of the bus. Finally, she took a deep breath to relax and smiled at the girl. The girl smiled back.
Myra said, “Hi, I'm Myra. Do you want to sit next to me?”
The girl's smile grew. “I'm Nadia! Yes. I'd like to sit next to you.”
At the next stop, Nadia slid (滑行) into the seat next to Myra. They joked and laughed the whole way to school.
At breaks, Myra and Nadia played together. In art class, they drew together. In the lunchroom, they ate together.
And on the bus ride home, they sat together. When it came time for Myra to get off the bus, she turned to her new friend. “Bye, Nadia! I'll see you tomorrow!”
Nadia smiled. “Good-bye, Myra. I'll save you a seat.”
Myra got off the bus. She turned around and waved to Nadia. Then she watched as the bus drove away. A big smile spread across Myra's face. She had made a friend, a friend who was going to save her a seat tomorrow. She could hardly wait.
【小题1】Myra did everything alone at first because ________.| A．something was wrong with her head | B．she had no friends |
| C．she didn't like playing jokes | D．she liked to stay alone |
| A．interesting | B．excited | C．sick | D．disappointed |
| A．at breaks | B．in the lunchroom | C．at the bus stop | D．on the bus |
| A．take a deep breath | B．have classes together |
| C．save a seat for him/her | D．give a smile to him/her |
| A．Myra's house was farther than Nadia's from school |
| B．Nadia and Myra were both in the same school |
| C．Myra greeted Nadia without thinking twice when she saw Nadia for the first time |
| D．Nadia would give her seat up to Myra the next day |
My wife’s birthday falls at the beginning of spring. On that day, I came home from work, stopped her from entering the kitchen and asked her to eat out. “Has Lily called?” She asked. I shook my head. The atmosphere (气氛) at the dinner was oppressive. My wife kept glancing at her phone, showing no signs of appetite (胃口).
Early the next morning, my wife got up, dark rings (黑眼圈) around her eyes. We only have one child. When Lily still lived at home, every year we would start the grand preparations days in advance for her birthday. And after she left for college, my wife would call her countless times from morning till night. How could she ignore (忽视) all our love and forget her mum’s birthday? On the way to work, I texted Lily, “Your mum didn’t sleep well last night.”
The next day, we were about to go to bed when there was a sound of a key rattling in the lock. In came our daughter, face red with cold, a birthday cake in hand. “Sorry, Mum. Happy birthday!” she said, tears welling up. Immediately, my wife pulled Lily into a hug complaining (责备), “You silly girl, why do you come all the way back at such a time? Don’t you know it is cold outside?”
Lily just stayed two hours in case of missing her classes. Seeing Lily boarding the train, my wife started blaming me for that message, yet in a better mood. I did feel I handled this matter perfectly both for my wife and my child’s growth.
Later, I called my parents and told them about it. I never thought they would respond with a long silence, and then said, “How many times have you forgotten our birthdays? Has either of us ever complained?”
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【小题1】What does the underlined word “oppressive” mean in paragraph 1?
| A．Relaxing. | B．Funny. | C．Heavy. |
| A．she was excited to see her mother |
| B．she felt sorry about forgetting her mother’s birthday |
| C．she was crying for being half-frozen all the way back |
| A．The father will be happy for his parents words. |
| B．The father will remember and celebrate his parents’ birthdays every year. |
| C．The father will call his daughter and tell her to remember her grandparents’ birthdays. |
| A．Love is a two-way street. | B．All parental love is for a return. | C．It is never too late to say sorry. |
| 1. _________________________ Two high school students from California could go to prison for crimes that some people might think are small and of little importance. Prosecutors (检察官) said that Gary and Mike, both 18, had broken into their school and changed their own and others’ grades on the school computer network. While Mike tried doing it once. Gary did it several times, Mike could get three years in prison, while Gary could get 35 more years. “These are very serious crimes,” said Prosecutor Li. | 2. _________________________ An Australian teenager could fine (罚款) 20, 000 AUS $ for having a party while his family was on holiday. “It was just a get-together with a couple of mates at first and then we thought, why not have a bit of a party,” 16-year-old Corey told reporters. “But it got a bit out of control.” More than 500 people came to Corey's house and police were called when neighbors complained about the noise. No one was arrested but 30 police officers, a helicopter and a dog were needed to break up the party. Police chief Christine Nixon said that Corey would have to pay for damage to neighbors' cars and gardens. “He needs to be taught a lesson.” She said. Corey's mother, Jo Delaney, said: “We're a good family. I'm just horrified that this has actually happened.” |
| 3. _________________________ A teenage student was bitten by her dog as she celebrated a $7,000,000 lottery win. Amy was shocked when she heard the news. “I was screaming so loudly with excitement that my dog, Brock, didn't know what was happening. So he bit me! ” Amy is now on a gap year between school and university, and has been working as a part-time waitress at a hotel near her home. She said she was planning to organize a holiday in Egypt for herself, her family and friends, and to buy her first car. After that, she said she was still planning to go to university to study law. “I just plan to live like a normal student and not like a millionaire,” she told reporters. | |
【小题1】Read the first line of each article and match the headlines to the articles(1-2-3).
a. Dog bites the $7,000,000 lottery winner
b. Police fined a teenager after large party
c. California teenagers face prison for hacking into (侵入) school computers
| A．acb | B．cba | C．cab | D．bea |
| A．Three years. | B．Thirty-two years. | C．Thirty-five years. | D．Thirty-eight years. |
| A．was shocked to hear the good news | B．used to bite people and be noisy |
| C．was probably frightened by her behavior | D．felt as excited as her owner that day |
| A．teenager | B．dog | C．mother | D．police |
| A．Fun Memories | B．True Life Stories |
| C．Frightening Accidents | D．Amazing Detective Stories |
People have been trying to understand the human body for a long time．In 1860, Gregor Mendel discovered a special reason why we look the same as other people in our family．It is because of small things named “genes” in our body．In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick made another discovery and found out that those small parts are real messages written in the DNA with a special language．
In 1961, Marshall Nirenberg and Johann Mattaei found a message in DNA showing how DNA tells the cell (细胞) to build its parts．Scientists have now found all the words in the DNA map, but we still do not understand what they all do．By understanding what just one “word” means, we can help save more people from several illnesses．
Most people hope that this will help make better medicine and help sick people．Other people worry that when people begin to know more words and find out lots of other information, we might use it in a wrong way, just to make people more attractive, or stop sick people from getting jobs．Man will have to meet a lot of trouble if DNA technology (技术) isn’t limited in use．
【小题1】When did we first know why we look like other people in our family?
| A．In 1860． | B．In 1953． | C．In 1961． | D．In 2000． |
| A．The “map” of DNA． | B．A special language． |
| C．Small parts of DNA． | D．Several illnesses． |
| A．The “map” of DNA． | B．A new illness． |
| C．The language of DNA． | D．A message of DNA． |
| A．Make people get new jobs． | B．Make medicine for new illnesses． |
| C．Make maps of human． | D．Make people less attractive． |
| A．It can cause good or bad results． | B．It can cause good results． |
| C．It can cause good results but won’t work． | D．It can cause only bad results． |
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