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No More Time Out

Shawn and Thomas had always been good friends. They lived near each other, and they both loved __36__.They played baseball, touch football, and kickball. They also liked to play soccer, shoot baskets, and skateboard.

When they were in the fourth grade, though, Thomas broke his __37__ in a soccer game. He had to be on crutches for six weeks.

Shawn __38__ Thomas, but what was there to do? Shawn didn’t like television or computer games. Thomas didn’t like to sit and talk. After trying three times to start a conversation, Shawn __39__ up. He said, “I’m out of here.”

For days, Shawn __40__at home, feeling guilty for not visiting Thomas again. Thomas stayed home, too, feeling __41__because Shawn wasn’t visiting him. After a week, Shawn’s mom spoke up. “It’s time for you and Thomas to get back into action! That’s why I spoke to Ms McNulty at the library. She has the perfect volunteer job for you both,” she said.

Shawn said __42__.

His mom continued, “The library sells used books to raise money. People are always __43__off books in bags and boxes. Someone has to carry the books to the storage room. Someone has to sort them into fiction (小說) and nonfiction. You and Thomas can be a team __44__.” “No, we can’t!” said Shawn. “He and I don’t want a job.” However, Shawn’s mom wouldn’t __45__ no for an answer.

Sure enough, __46__the boys began, things changed. Shawn felt strong as he carried bags and boxes through the library. Sorting books in the storage room, Thomas felt useful again. In fact, one day Thomas said, “Between you and me, Shawn, this isn’t so __47__.” Shawn smiled and agreed. They were a good team.

301 words

1.A. sports             B. books            C. movies       D. arts

2. A. arm           B. hand        C. leg          D. nose

3.A. phoned         B. invited          C. visited          D. checked

4.A. came           B. gave         C. turned           D. hurried

5.A. stayed         B. waited           C. called           D. talked

6.A. tired          B. afraid           C. weak         D. angry

7.A. nothing        B. something    C. anything         D. everything

8.A. bringing       B. dropping     C. showing      D. knocking

9.A. soon           B. only         C. perhaps     D. again

10. A. choose           B. keep         C. take         D. allow

11.A. because           B. once         C. if               D. although

12. A. private          B. simple       C. bad          D. special

 

A Canadian woman and her teenage son got in the taxi and asked me to take them to Baiyun airport. They were going back to   36   .We had a nice conversation together and when they got out, they thanked me a lot.

When my   37   passenger got in, he gave me a purse and said he found it on the back  38   .I looked at the purse and knew it  39   the Canadian woman.

I found a telephone number in the purse and phoned the number. The Canadian woman

40   . She asked me to go back to the airport and return the     41   . So I turned off my taxi light and started for the    42   . On the way, five or six people tried to   43    me while I was driving through the city, but I didn’t stop. I was doing a good thing!

Forty minutes   44   ,I arrived at the airport. The woman was standing outside the terminal building and looking worried. I gave back the purse. She was so  45   . She just laughed. She

_{said, “You’re really my favourite Chinese.”}

36. A. China	B. England	C. Canada
37. A. next	B. last	C. familiar
38. A. room	B. seat	C. street
39. A. belonged to	B. depended on	C. stood for
40. A. laughed	B. repeated	C. answered
41. A. money	B. purse	C. number
42. A. city	B. airport	C. building
43. A. help	B. stop	C. catch
44. A. later	B. earlier	C. sooner
45. A. sad	B. worried	C. happy

In many classroom, it’s not 31   to find students spinning(旋轉) their pens32  

They listen to their teachers.

Pen-spinning is also popular  33   Japanese students. It is a form of entertainment.

Recently, a pen-spinning competition was held in Tokyo, Japan. Ryuki Omura, a 16-year-old high school student, became the first pen-spinning   34   .

 276 people took part in the competition. They came from different age groups. Some

Were students    35   some were office workers. First, they 36      the videos of

their pen-spinning skills to the organizer’s websites. Then some of them came to the last round in Tokyo. 37      of them had 30 seconds to show their skills in front of 400 people,  38     reporters and fans. Omura took a pen from his little finger to the rest of his fingers, then to his palm(手掌) and the back of his hand. His wonderful show made him    39   the champion.

   Omura said he began learning pen-spinning only about 14 months ago. He did  40

in the competition. If you like to spin your pen, you can practice it in your spare time .But when you are in class, please don’t do that.

31. A. difficult        B. easy            C. common

32. A. before           B. when            C. after

33. A. for              B. between         C. among

34. A. chairman         B. captain         C. champion

35. A. or               B. and             C. with

36. A. were sent        B. sent            C. was sent

37. A. Each             B. Both            C. Every

38. A. includes         B. included        C. including

39. A. become           B. became          C. becomes

40. A. quite good       B. quite well      C. quite better

Rudi Matt lived in a small village in the Swiss Alps in 1865. What he wanted most in the world was to climb   31   highest peak (山峰) in the Alps.   32   mother and his uncle, Franz, a mountain guide, wanted him to stop   33   and start working in a hotel. Rudi would not  34   his dream and secretly got in touch with an English mountain climber   35  was planning to climb the highest peak.

Franz was very angry when he found out   36   Rudi had done, but he finally agreed to let Rudi go if he went climbing, too. Franz also didn’t want to see Emil Saxo, a guide from another village, got to the top   37    him.

Rudi turned out to be a very good climber,  38   as they got close to the top, the Englishman got sick and couldn’t go on farther. Franz   39   behind to take care of him, but Saxo continued, wishing to be the   40   to the top. Rudi went after Saxo, hoping to   41   him to the top. When they met, Saxo fought with Rudi and fell down by accident. Saxo was   42   and hurt. Rudi must decide whether to carry Saxo back down to safety or to continue alone to the top.

He thought Saxo’s life was more   43   than his dream and helped him down. During that time, the Englishman and Franz continued the climb, and finally   44  reached the top. Later, the villagers   45   knew Rudi was the real conqueror (征服者) of the mountain.

31. A. the              B. a                C. an           D. /

32. A. Rudi         B. The Rudi’s      C. Rudis’          D. Rudi’s

33. A. climbing     B. climb            C. to climb     D. climbed

34. A. try out          B. give up      C. go over      D. work out

35. A. what         B. which            C. whom         D. who

36. A. which            B. what         C. that         D. where

37. A. after            B. behind           C. before           D. over

38. A. but              B. so           C. or           D. for

39. A. walked           B. rested           C. stayed           D. watched

40. A. first            B. second           C. third            D. last

41. A. take         B. beat         C. push         D. help

42. A. helpful          B. helping      C. helps            D. helpless

43. A. popular          B. successful       C. important        D. interesting

44. A. he               B. they         C. them         D. him

45. A. both         B. none         C. either           D. all

Have you ever complained (抱怨) why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes　 36 dark to you? Are your lessons sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and　 37　 all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you will find the whole world smiling to you.

On a sunny morning, you plan to have a walk to relax yourself. Just before you go out, it 　38 starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start to complain about the weather. But dear friends, why　 39 sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature brings you? And with the timely rain, crops(莊稼) in the fields will grow better and farmers will have a good harvest (收成).

40　 everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, life isn’t a bed of roses. It’s very common to meet difficulties on the way to success.　 41　 difficulty isn't terrible. The real terrible thing is that we are afraid of it. Difficulty is 42　 a spring (彈簧). If you are 　43　 , it will be strong. So when you meet difficulties, don't give up. Instead, you should face them with a smile.

Attitude 　44　 everything. With an optimistic (樂觀的) attitude, life is easy and 45 . If you want to be happy, try to remember these five easy rules. Free your heart from hate; Free your mind from worries; Live an easy life; Give more; Expect less. The quickest way to receive happiness is to smile, the fastest way to lose it is to complain.

36. A. seem B. seems C. seemed

37. A. cry B. smile　 C. complain

38. A. suddenly B. finally　 C. hardly

39. A. don't　 B. not　 C. didn’t

40. A. But B. For　 C. Although

4l. A. In fact B. From early on　 C. For example

42. A. unlike　 B. likes　 C. like

43. A. powerful B. weak　 C. confident

44. A. decides 　 B. deciding　 C. to decide

45 A. please　 B. pleased　　 C. pleasant