A. is readB. are readC. readsD. were read

--Go the road，and then turn left Mark Street．

A. cross；on B. cross；from

C. along；into D. along；across

A. needn't to come B. don't need come

C. don't need coming D. needn't come

-- Ms. Lee and Mr. Hunt.

A. Whose B. Which C. What

A. set upB. sets upC. is set upD. was set up

A. do, feel B. are, feel C. are, feeling

A. cleaned

B. are cleaning

C. are going to clean

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When we moved to Minnesota, I decided to transplant(移植) Charlie into the garden of our new house. Charlie was the cactus I dug up from our yard in Texas right before we moved. I wanted something to ________me of the home I had to leave.

I opened the front door with Charlie in my arm. A stream of cold air blew on my face as I stepped out of my house. The weather had been ________in the past few days, and what’s worse, overnight the land had been changed into a white world of snow. “How do people live in such an unkind environment?” I wondered, recalling the warm Texas sun. Clearly, planting Charlie outside wasn’t going to happen anytime soon.

As I stood at the front door, two kids on the sidewalk waved to me. The boy shouted, “Are you our new neighbor?”

“Of course she is,” the girl said, “I’m Kristin, and this is my brother Kyle. Do you want to go ________with us?” Kristin asked. She pointed to the frozen pond across the street from my house. “We have a few extra pairs of skates at our house.”

Within the hour I was sitting with Kristin and Kyle on the bench next to the pond. I ________ the ice skates. I knew how to roller-skate, but these skates looked very different.

Kristin laced(系鞋帶) my skates for me. When I breathed, icy air filled my lungs. I stood there, shaking with cold. Kyle wrapped his ________around my neck, pulling it up over my mouth and nose. “You’ll get used to the cold,” he said, smiling.

Kyle helped me stand up. “Not too bad,” I thought.

But when I tried to take a step, my feet flew out. I landed on the ice heavily.

Kyle and Kristin pulled me up and ________me on each side as I slipped(滑) and stumbled. After a while I was able to balance on my own. I knew how to push off and glide too. By the end of the day, I was able to make small, uncertain turns on the ice. I almost ________ about Texas as I concentrated on my new friends instead.

Light shone through the open curtains of the front window of my house across the street, and I could see Charlie on the table inside. “We both will be fairly ________here,” I thought with a wide smile from beneath the scarf.

【1】A.tellB.freeC.warnD.remind

【2】A.coldB.warmC.dryD.wet

【3】A.skiingB.ice-skatingC.swimmingD.surfing

【4】A.discoveredB.createdC.studiedD.washed

【5】A.tieB.scarfC.necklaceD.sweater

【6】A.supportedB.understoodC.touchedD.found

【7】A.worriedB.arguedC.spokeD.forgot

【8】A.upsetB.relaxedC.fineD.bored

I have loo many things. My bedroom is often very messy. I have shelves with dirty books I never read and CDs 1 don't listen to. My drawers are filled with clothes I never wear. I was getting upset that I never had any space in my bedroom.Then I read about minimalism. Minimalism suggests that you only keep the most necessary and important things and get rid of (處理掉)everything else .After reading about minimalism I felt encouraged to solve my problem.started clearing out a lot of the things which I didn’t use. I collected bags of clothes to give to charity. I sold some of my CDs and books online.Although I know that I would never need these things again ,I still found it very difficut to get rid of them.My brain tried to stop me from letting them go. I said lo myself §I might need them in ihc fulure!¨ or §won’t I be sad if I lose that?¨But the things was,I knew I couldn’t keep everything.

After getting lots of thing out of my room, I actually became quite excited to see the tidy room with some fresh space. And on organized bedroom also makes me have a clear and organized mind! The main idea behind minimalism is to cut down what you own, and by doing this you can really value the things you have, It’s not easy to be a minimalist. We are often told that it is better to have more things. Advertisements try to make us believe that we will only be happy by spending more money to buy more things. Of course I’m not a perfect minimalist—I’ve only just started I still own a lot of things which I don’t really need , but 1 think this was a good start. In the future f I will be more mindful of what I buy. And I will continue to make an effort to get rid of what I don#l need.

【1】What does minimalism suggest?

【2】How did the writer get rid of some of her CDs and books?

【3】How did the writer feel after getting lots of things out of her room?

【4】Why is it hard to be a minimalist?

【5】What are the advantages of being a minimalist?

Astronaut Ellen Ochoa shows that with a good education and hard work, you can reach for the stars. Ochoa is the first Hispanic astronaut woman to fly into space.

As a child, Ochoa didn’t know what she wanted to be when she grew up. But her mother always told her to stay in school and study hard. She listened to her mother. When she was 13 years old, she won a spelling contest. In high school, Ochoa spent many hours each week studying for all her classes. She finished with the best grades in her class. After high school, Ochoa went to college. One day in college she heard that the U.S. government had chosen six women to become astronauts. At that time, Ochoa decided to become an astronaut, too.

Her many years of hard work paid off at last. She was asked to be an astronaut in 1990. In April, 1993 in the space shuttle(航天飛機) named Discovery, she made history by becoming the first Hispanic woman to travel to space. Ochoa and the other astronauts had many jobs while on the Discovery. One of her tasks was to use the shuttle’s robot arm to move large objects. Ochoa used a computer to make the arm pick up a satellite and put it into space. A satellite is a spacecraft that moves around the earth or some other objects. Satellites can take pictures and gather information about planets and stars. During her second trip in 1994, she used the robot arm again. She used the arm to pull in a satellite from space. The satellite had been used to study the air around the earth. Then Ochoa went to two more shuttle trips. Altogether, she spent a whole month in space. That’s more than 700 hours.

Ochoa knows that she is a hero to many young people. She often tells them the same thing her mother told her when she was a little girl. “Get a good education and believe in yourself,” says Ochoa.

【1】When did Ochoa decide to become an astronaut?

A. When she was in college.B. When she was 13 years old.

C. Before she went to high school.D. After she went to work.

【2】On the Discovery, Ochoa used the robot arm to ______ .

A. repair the shuttle’s computerB. take pictures of the earth

C. gather information about planetsD. put a satellite into space

【3】Ochoa probably advises the young people to ______ .

A. fly into space one dayB. become scientists some day

C. do their best in schoolD. learn how to use robot arms