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1、精品文档UnitlBus Driver and Passengers Save an Old ManAt 9:00 a.m. yesterday, bus No. 26 1 (go) along Zhonghua Road when the driver saw an old man 2 (lie) on the side of the road. A woman next to him 3 (shout) for help. The bus driver, 24-year-old Wang Ping, stopped the bus without 4 (think) twice. He g

2、ot off and asked the woman what happened. She said that the man had a heart problem and 5 (go) to the hospital. Mr. Wang knew he had to act 6 (quick). He told the passengers that he 7 (take) the man 8 the hospital. He expected most or all of the passengers 9 (get) off and wait for the next bus. But

3、to his 10 (surprised), they all agreed 11 (go) with him. Some passengers helped Mr. Wang to move the man on the bus. Thanks 12 Mr. Wang and the passengers, the doctors saved the man in time. "It's sad that many people don't want 13 (help) others because they don' t want any trouble,

4、" says oneoassenger. "But the driver didn't think about 14 (he). He only thought about 15 (save) a life."He Lost His Arm But Is Still ClimbingAron Ralston is an American man 1 is interested in mountain climbing. 2 a mountain climber, Aron is used 3 (take) risks. This is one of the

5、 exciting things about doing 4 (danger) sports. There 5 (be) many times when Aron almost lost hislife because 6 accidents. 7 April 26, 2003, he found 8 (he) in a very dangerous situation when climbing in UtahOn that day, Aron's arm 9 (caught) under a 2,000-kilo rockthat fell on him when he was c

6、limbing by himself in the mountains. Because he 10 (not free) his arm, he stayed there for five days and hoped that someone 1 (find) him. But when his water ran out, he knew that he would have to do something 2 (save) his own life. He wasnot ready 3 (die) that day. So he used his knife 4 (cut) off h

7、alf his right arm. Then, with his left arm, he bandaged himself so that he would not lose too 5 (many) blood. After that, he climbed down the mountain to find help.After 6 (lose) his arm, he wrote a book called Between a Rock and a Hard Place. This means being in a difficult situation that you canno

8、t seem 7 (get) out of. In this book, Aron tells of the 8 (important) of making good decisions, and of being in control 9 one's life. His love for mountain climbing is so great that he kept on 10 (climb) mountains even after this experience.Do we have the same spirit as Aron? Let's think abou

9、t it before we find ourselves “between aock and a hard place ” , and before we have to make a decision that could mean life or death.Unit2Students Who VolunteerMario Green and Mary Brown from Riverside High School give up several hours each week to help others.Mario loves animals and wants 1 (be) an

10、 animal doctor. He volunteers at an animal hospital every Saturday morning. Mario believes it 2 (help) him 3 (get)his future dream job. aitdr whrk , “ he says , but I want to learn more about how 4 (care) for animals . I get such a strong feeling of satisfaction when I see the animals get better and

11、 the look of joy 5 their owners' faces.”Mary is a book lover. She could read by 6 (she) at the age of four. Last year shedecided 7 (try) out for a volunteer after-school reading program . She still worksthere once a week 8 (help) kids learn to read. The kids are sitting in the library, but you c

12、an see in their eyes that they ' re going on a different jou9ney each new book. _10_ (volunteer) here is a dream come true for me. I can do what I love to do and help others at the same time.I ' ll Send You a Photo of Lucky Dear Miss Li,I ' d like (thank) you for 2 (send) money to Animal

13、 Helpers. I ' m sureyou know that this group 3 (set) up to help disabled people like me. You helped tomake 4 possible for me to have Lucky. Lucky makes a big 5 (different)to my life. Let me 6 (tell) you my story.What would it be like to be blind or deaf? Or imagine you 7 (not walk) or use your h

14、ands 8 (easy). Most people would never think about this, but many people have these difficulties. I can ' a ume mylegs well, so normal things like answering the telephone, opening and closing doors, or carrying things are difficult for me. Then one day last year, a friend of mine helped me out.

15、She talked to Animal Helpers about 9 (get) me a special trained dog. She also thought a dog might cheer me 10. I love animals and I was excited about the idea of having a dog.After six months of 1 (train) with a dog at Animal Helpers, I was able 2 (bring) him home. My dog' s name is Lucky a good

16、 name for him because I feel very 3 (luck) to have him. You see, Ionly able to have a -helpeg 'because 4 your 5(kind)! Lucky is very clever and understands many English words. He 6 does it at once.(understand) me when I give him orders. For examp le, I say,Gcktyrtiy book,and heLucky is a fantast

17、ic dog. I' ll send you a' photo(bfe) if you like, and I could showyou how he helps me. Thank you again 8 changing my life.Best wishes,Ben SmithUnit3 Dear Sir,I don' t understand why some parents make their kids help with housework and chores at home. Kids these days already have enough s

18、tress from school. They don1 ' t have time(study) and do housework, too. Housework is a waste 2 their time. Could we just let them 3 (do) their job as students? They should spend their time 4schoolwork in order 5 (get) good grades and get into a good university. Also, when they get 6 (old), they

19、 will have to do housework so there ' s four neem to do it now. It is the 7 (parent) job to provide a clean and comfortable environment at home 8_ their children. And anyway, I think 9 (do) chores is not so difficult. I don 10，t mind (do) them. Mr. SmithDear Sir, I think it is important 1 childr

20、en to learn how 2 (do) chores and help theirparents 3 housework. It ' s not enough to just get good grades at school. Children these days depend 4 their parents too much. They ' re always asking, “ Could you get this for me? " or "Could you help me with that? " 5Doing chores(h

21、elp) to develop children ' s independence and teaches them how to lookOafter(they). It alsohelps them to understand the idea of fairness. Since they live in one house with their parents, they 7 (know) that everyone should do their part in 8 (keep) it clean andtidy. Our neighbor ' s son got i

22、nto a good college but during his first year, he had no idea how to take care of himself. As a result, he often fell ill and his grades 9 (drop). The 10(early) kids learn to be independent, the better it is for their future.Ms. MillerUnit4(P27 3a) Dear Mr. Hunt,My problem is I can ' t get on my

23、family. Relations between my parents have become difficult. They fight a lot, and I really don' t like it. It' s the only(communicate) they have. I don ' t know if I (say) anything to them about this. When they argue, it ' s like a big, black cloud (hang) over our home. Also, my 5(ol

24、d) brother is not very nice to me. He always refuses 6 (let) me watch my favoriteTV show. Instead he watches whatever he wants until late at night. I don' t think this is fair.At home I always feel lonely and nervous. Is that normal? What can I do?Sad and ThirteenDear Sad and Thirteen,It ' s

25、 not easy (be) your age, and it ' s normal to have these feelings8Why (not) you talk about these feelings with your family? If your parents are having problems,you should offer 9 (help). Maybe you could do more jobs around the house so that they have 10 (much) time for proper communication. Seco

26、ndly, why don' t you sitdown and communicate 11 your brother? You 12 (explain) that you don ' t mind him 13 (watch) TV all the time. However, he should let you 14 (watch) your favorite show. I hope you 15 (feel) better for you soon.Robert Hunt(P30 2b) Maybe You Should Learn to Relax!These da

27、ys, Chinese children are sometimes 1 (busy) on weekends than weekdays because they have to take so 2 (much) after-school classes. Many of them 3 (be) learning exam skills so that they can get into a good high school and later a good university. Others are 4 (practice) sports so that they can compete

28、 and win. However, this doesn' t only happen in ChinaThe Taylors 5 (be) a typical American family. Life for Cathy Taylor ' s three children is very busy." On most days after school, “ Cathy says,one of my two boys 6 basketball practice and my daughter to football training.Then I have to

29、 take my other son to piano lessons. Maybe I could cut 7 a few of their activities, but I believe these activities are important for my 8 (child) future. I really want them 9 (be) successful. " Howetveitired children don ' t getOiome after 7:00 p.m. They have a quick dinner, and then itfor

30、honri esdbrlneLinda Miller, a mother of three, 1 (know) all about such stress."In somefamilies, competition starts very young and continues until the kids get older,“ she says.“Mothers sendtheir small kids 2 all kinds of classes. And they are always comparing them 3other children. It ' s cr

31、azy. I don ' t think that ' s fair. Wlet doeir kids beheys?st People shouldn ' t push their kids so harDoctors say too 4 (many) pressure is not good for a child 5 ' s (develop). Dr. Alice Green says all these activities 6 (cause) a lot of stress for children. should Kadse time 7 (rel

32、ax) and think for 8_ (they), too. Although it ' s nowmalt to (successfully)children, it ' s even moreimportant 10 (have) happy children. ”Unit 5(P35 3a) The Storm Brought People Closer TogetherBen could hear strong winds outside his home in Alabama. Black clouds 1 (make) the sky very dark. 2

33、 no light outside, it felt like midnight. The news on TV reported that aheavy rainstorm was in the area.Everyone in the neighborhood 3 (be) busy. Ben' s dad (put) pieces ofwood over the windows while his mom 5 (make) sure the flashlights and radiowere working. She also put some candles and match

34、es on the table.Ben was helping his mom make dinner when the rain 6 (begin) to beat heavily7 the windows. After dinner, they tried 8 (play) a card game, but it was hardto have fun with a serious storm happening outside.Ben 9 (not sleep) at first. He finally fell asleep when the wind was dying down a

35、t around 3:00 a.m. When he woke up, the sun was rising. He went outside with his family and found the neighborhood in a mess. Fallen trees, broken windows and rubbish were everywhere. They joined the neighbors 10 (help) clean up the neighborhood together. Although the storm broke many things apart,

36、it brought families and neighbors closer together.(P38 2b) Do You Remember What You Were Doing?People often remember what they 1 (do) when they heard the news ofimportant events in history. In America, for example, many people remember what they were doing 2 April 4, 1968. This was an important even

37、t in American history. On thisday, Dr. Martin Luther King 3 (kill). Although some people may not remember who killed him, they remember what they were doing when they 4 (hear) the news.Robert Allen is now over 50, but he was a school pupil at that time. I was at home with ” my parents, “ Robert reme

38、mbers. " Weeweng dinner in the kitchen when we heard the news on the radio. The news reporter said, ' Dr. King died just 10 minutes ago.My ' parents were completely 5 (shock). My parents did not talk after that, and wefinished the rest of our dinner 6 silence. More recently, most Americ

39、ans rememberwhat they were doing when the World Trade Center in New York 7 (take) down by terrorists. Even the date-September 11, 2001-has meaning to most Americans.This was a day Kate Smith will never forget. She remembers 8 (work) in her office near the two towers. " Md shouted that a plane j

40、ust hit the World Trade Center! I didn ' t believe him at first, but then I looked out the window and9 (realize) that it was true. I was so 10 (scare) that I could hardly think clearly after that.Unit6(P43 3a) In November 1979, pupils in England were able 1 (watch) a new TV program 2 (call) Monk

41、ey. Most of them were hearing this story for the first time. However, this story is not new to Chinese children. The Monkey King or Sun Wukong is the main character in the 3 (tradition) Chinese book Journey to the WestThe Monkey King is not just any normal monkey. In fact, he sometimes does not even

42、 look 4 a monkey! This is because he can make 72 changes to his shape and size, 5 (turn) himself into different animals and objects. But unless he can hide his tail, he cannot turn himself into a person. 6 fight bad people, the Monkey King uses a magic stick. Sometimes he can make the stick so small

43、 7 he can keep it in his ear. At other times, he is able to make it big and long.The Monkey king has excited the 8 (child) of China many years. And as soon asthe TV program came out more than 30 years ago, Western children became interested in 9 (read) this story because the clever Monkey King keeps

44、 10 (fight) to help the weak and never gives up.Unit7(P51 3a) Qomolangma the Most Dangerous Mountain in the World? One of the world 1 s (dangerous) sports is mountain climbing, and one of the most popular places for this is the Himalayas. The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of China. Of al

45、l the mountains, Qomolangma rises the highest and is the most famous. It is 8,844.43 meters high and so is very dangerous 2 (climb). Thick clouds cover the top and snow can fall very hard. Even more serious difficulties 3 (include) freezing weather conditions and heavy storms. It is also very hard t

46、o take in air as you get near the top.The first people 4 (reach) the top were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary 5 May 29,1953. The first Chinese team did so in 1960, while the first woman to 6 (success) was Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975. Why do so many 7 (climb) risk their lives? One of the main re

47、asons is because people want_8 (challenge) themselves in the face of difficulties.The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up_9 (try) to achieve our dreams. It also shows that humans can sometimes be_10 (strong) than the forces of nature.(P54 2b) It is 8:30 a.m. at the Chengdu

48、 Research Base. Lin Wei and the other panda 1 (keep) are preparing the milk 2 the baby pandas ' breakfast. At 9:00 a.m., they findthat most of the babies are already 3 (wake) and hungry. When the babies see thekeepers, they run over with 4 (excite) and some of them even walk 5 theirfriends and f

49、all over!"They' re so cute and lovely. I take care of (they) like they ' re my own babies.I wash, feed and play with them every day. They' re very special to me.Lin Wei loves her job, but it is a difficult one.Pandas do not have many babies, maybe only one every two years. The babie

50、s often die from 7 (ill) and do not live very long. Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day 8 (eat) about 10 kilos of bamboo. Many years ago, there were a lot morebamboo forests and pandas in China, but then humans started to cut 9 the forests.Scientists say there are now 10 (few) than 2,000 pan

51、das 11 (live) in the remaining forests. Another 200 or so live in zoos or research centers in China and other 12_ (country).An education program in Chengdu 13 (teach) children in cities about pandas and other endangered animals. They send people 14 schools to tell children about the importance of 15

52、 (save) these animals. The _16 (child) sing songs or makeartwork about pandas and other wild animals. 17_(teach) children is one way to help save pandas. The Chinese government is also 18 (plant) more bamboo trees so there will bemore forests for pandas to live 19. We all hope that in the future the

53、re 20 (be) a lot more pandas than now.Unit8 (P59 3a) When I first arrived on this island, I had nothing. But I ' ve found the ship and made a small boat. I ' ve brought back many things I can usefood and -drink, tools, knives and guns. Although I have lost everything, I have not lost my life

54、. So I will not give up and I will wait for another ship. I have already cut down trees and built a house. I go out with my gun almost every day to kill animalsand birds for food. I ' m even learning to grow fruits and vegetables. A few weeks ago, I found the marks of another man' s feet on

55、thseanonWhoisland? How long have they been here? Not long after that, I saw some cannibals trying to kill two men from a broken ship. One of them died but the other ran towards my house. I helped him kill the cannibals. This man now lives with me and helps me. I named him Friday because that was the

56、 day I met him. He is smart and I have already taught him some English.(P62 2b) A Country Music Song Changed Her Life ForeverWhen Sarah was a teenager, she used 1 (fight) over almost everything with her family. But five years ago, while she 2 (study) abroad in England, she heard a songfull of feelin

57、gs about 3 (return) home on the radio. It made Sarah 4 (think) about her family and friends back in the US. She came to realize how much she actually missed all of them. Ever since then, she-5 (be) a fan of American country music.Country is a 6 (tradition) kind of music from the 7 (south) states of

58、America. Nashville, Tennessee is the home of country music. Many songs these days are just about modern life in the US, such as the importance of money and 8 (succeed), butnot about belonging to a group. However, country music brings us back to the“ good olddays” when people were kin(9 each other an

59、d trusted one another. It reminds us that the best things in life are free laughter, friends, family, and the 10 (beautiful) of nature and the countryside.Sarah hasn ' t been to Nashville yet, but it is her dream (go) there one day. She has already read a lot about the place and done some research on it. She knows that there is a Country Music Hall of Fame Museum in Nashville. There are also always a lot of great country music concerts with famous 12 (music) and singers, like Garth Brooks. Sarah has already listened13 most of his songs. " Garth is one 04the (successful) musician