When Ron Clark began teaching in 1995, his teacher gave him this advice, “If you can  1  the life of one child, you’ll be a success.” Up to now, Ron still doesn’t agree with that advice. When Ron entered a class, he decided to change every student’s life for the better.

Ron never planned on being a teacher. After  2 , he travelled around the world, living a life  3  of adventures(冒險), but after getting terribly sick, he went back to his hometown, North Carolina. Then he got  4  again and taught at a school there. “From then on it was like magic — I fell in love with teaching.” said Ron. After five years of teaching, he heard that some schools in East Harlem, New York were failing because there were  6  good teachers. “At that moment I had a(n)  6— it was like a calling,” he said. “And so I said, ‘I’m going to do it.”

Before school started, Ron went to every single student’s home to  7  with their families. He gave his students his home phone number, so if they had any  8  with their homework, they could call him. To connect with his students, Ron knew he should use special  9  of teaching. He learned to play funny games with them, gave them  10  lessons, and spent his time showing students  11  New York’s tourist attractions. His students studied harder and behaved better in  12 .

Because of his  13  in North Carolina and Harlem, Ron Clark has become one of the most successful teachers in America. And his book called The Essential 55, more than  14  else, has become very popular in the world.

Sold in over 25  15 , The Essential 55 has encouraged teachers around the world to influence the lives of all of their students. Ron Clark is now starting a new school in Atlanta, Georgia — probably his biggest adventure!

1.                A．live            B．influence       C．make D．choose

 

2.                A．school         B．work           C．class D．college

 

3.                A．filled           B．fond           C．proud    D．full

 

4.                A．terrible         B．well            C．sick  D．pleased

 

5.                A．some          B．few            C．many D．more

 

6.                A．feeling         B．idea           C．view D．mind

 

7.                A．play           B．study           C．deal D．meet

 

8.                A．information     B．advice          C．task  D．trouble

 

9.                A．ways           B．goals           C．rules D．aims

 

10.               A．friendly        B．nicely          C．lively D．lovely

 

11.               A．across         B．along          C．around    D．at

 

12.               A．subject         B．lesson          C．return D．score

 

13.               A．effects         B．affects         C．works D．efforts

 

14.               A．anywhere       B．anyone         C．anything   D．nothing

 

15.               A．towns          B．cities          C．countries  D．universities

 

 

---Have you heard the good _______?

---Yes! The radio says China will send an explorer(探險家）to Mars.

A．information

B．news

C．message

D．idea

 

Can dolphins talk ? Maybe they can’t talk with words ,but they can talk with sounds . They show their feelings with sounds .

Dolphins travel in group . We call a group of them a “school “. They don’t study , but they travel together.

Dolphins talk to other dolphins in the school .They give information . They tell other dolphins when they are happy or sad or afraid . They say “welcome “when a dolphin comes back to the school . They talk when they play .

They make a few sounds above water . They make many more sounds under water . People can hear these sounds because they are very high .

Sometimes people catch dolphins for large aquariums . People can watch the dolphins in a show . Dolphins don’t like to be in the aquarium , being away from their school . They are sad and lonely if they do so .

There are many stories about dolphins . They help people . Sometimes they save someone’s life . Many people believe that dolphins can bring good luck .

1.Dolphins show their feelings with ________.

A. pictures    B. words     C. waves      D. sounds

2.Dolphins __________ in the school according to the passage.

A.  give information

B. don’t tell other dolphins when they are afraid

C.  talk when they sleep

D. say “ sorry” when a dolphin comes back 

3.People can’t hear the dolphin’s sounds because ______________>

A. they are above the water     B. they are under the water 

C. they are very high          D. they are very low

4.Many people believe that dolphins can bring_______________.

A. good luck    B. health    C. wealth      D. danger  

5.Which of the following is TRUE ?

A.  Dolphins study in the school.

B. Dolphins travel in a group.

C. Dolphins like to be away from their school.

D. Dolphins sometimes kill people.

 

Once upon a time there lived a woman who had a bad temper(脾氣). She  1 at everyone around her. For most of her life she believed the anger inside her was  2  else’s fault(過錯).

She went to see a wise monk(高僧) to ask for  3  . The monk told her to take a large pot（罐子) from his kitchen, fill it with  4 , and stand outside on the sidewalk in front of his house. “It’s hot outside,” the monk said to her “When a person  5 , you must give him or her a glass of water. Do this until there is no 6  left inside you.”  7  she stood outside with a water pot and served water to walkers every day for the next several weeks.

Every morning she asked   8  if there was any anger inside her. And every morning the answer was, “yes.” So she continued  9 water. Until one afternoon when a man walked up, took the water pot out of her hand and drank the water up, and then  10 it onto the ground as he went on his way.

The woman was very  11 . Unable to control herself, she  12  the pot and threw it at the rude man. The pot broke into pieces over the back of his head and he fell to the ground, bleeding.

As the woman calmed down, she realized the mistake of what she had made and began to cry. She called 911 and  13  what had happened. A moment later an ambulance(救護車) and two police cars arrived and took the man away. Then one of the police officers walked over to the woman, who was  14 crying, and said, “ The city owes(欠) you a big ‘thank you.’ That man has been  15 our wanted list for over a year now. He is an important suspect in many murder cases and robberies.”

1.                A．pointed        B．laughed         C．smiled    D．screamed

 

2.                A．anybody        B．somebody       C．everybody D．nobody

 

3.                A．information     B．news           C．advice    D．message

 

4.                A．juice           B．water          C．milk D．coffee

 

5.                A．walks past       B．drives past      C．rides past D．runs past

 

6.                A．water          B．money         C．anger    D．energy

 

7.                A．Because        B．But            C．So   D．Unless

 

8.                A．herself         B．himself         C．itself D．themselves

 

9.                A．drinking        B．serving         C．selling    D．buying

 

10.               A．put            B．dropped        C．fell   D．threw

 

11.               A．happy          B．excited         C．surprised  D．angry

 

12.               A．gave up        B．picked up       C．put up D．cleared up

 

13.               A．spoke          B．told           C．reported  D．asked

 

14.               A．already         B．still            C．always D．never

 

15.               A．on            B．in             C．at    D．to

 

 

It's not safe for teenagers to give out too much_____ about themselves on the Internet.

A．information

B．question

C．ideas

D．things