东城
知足知止At six years old. I dreamed of becoming an artist. My mom knew this, so she gave me some 13 . They quickly became my treasure.
Unfortunately, Emily, my little sister, thought they were very good, too. For three days, she would ask to play with my markers. Finally, she 14 asking, and I was able to leave them in my room when I went to school, certain that she wouldn't enter my room.
But when I got home from school, I saw my markers weren't where I had left them. My rainbow-colored treasures were gone！第一推手
I 15 the hou for Emily, thinking that she might have something to do with their disappearance. I found her in the bament and she was drawing something with my markers. I started 16 我们的爱情歌词 at her, grabbed (抓起) the markers-at least the ones I could reach-and ran back up to my room, shutting the door with a loud noi behind me. I sat there for at least half an hour.
17 ,I heard Emily's footsteps coming up the stairs. I noticed a folded (折叠的) piece of paper being pushed under the door.
Once it reached my side of the door, I picked it up. As I read the words written on the cover, my 18 quickly disappeared, and tears began to well up in my eyes. On the front of the paper in rainbow colors were the words “Best Sister”. Inside was a picture Emily had drawn of herlf offering me a late birthday gift.
Emily ud my markers to make something 19 给老师的一封信 for me. It made me realize the greatest 20 of all is the love you have for your family—and the love they have for you.
I opened the door, reached out to Emily and gave her a big hug.
13. A. brushes B. erars C. markers D. crayons
14. A. stopped B. hated C. regretted D. risked
15. A. cleaned B. left C. opened D. arched着有几个读音
16. A. shouting B. laughing C. nodding D. waving
17. A. Immediately B. Finally C. Luckily D. Naturally
无线耳机使用方法18. A. fear B. worry C. anger D. confusion
19. A. funny B. uful C. popular D. special
20. A. surpri B. treasure C. attraction D. success
13.C14.A15.D16.A17.B18.C19.D 20.B
西城
Too Proud to Ride
“Do you want to come riding with us in the park this Saturday?” Eric asked. He and Dave were great at riding bikes.
“Of cour!” Pete replied. Pete smiled at his friends Eric and Dave， but another thought
crosd his mind. He didn't even know how to ride， but how could he tell his friends that?
When he went home that night， he got out his bike. His parents had bought it for his birthday. When he'd first gotten it， he'd been excited and had tried to___13___. After a day or two and a scraped knee， he'd given up. His mother smiled now to e him trying again， but he just gave her an angry look. It was embarrassing not to be able to ride a bike!
So Pete___14___his bike across the street to the parking lot and tried to ride again. After half an hour of trying， he still couldn't ride， and his legs hurt. He didn't know what he was going to do.
“It’ll be all right， dear. You'll get it. Just keep trying.” His mother said. But it just made Pete __15__. He felt helpless. Even babies could ride bikes， right?
The next day at school, Eric and Dave sat with him at lunch. “Are you ready for the big bike trip on Saturday?" Dave asked.
“Oh， that.” Pete said ___16___. He had his lunch and didn’t want to say anything. It was hard to swallow(吞咽) his food， let alone his ___17_. How could he say that he couldn't ride a bike?
“What's wrong?” Erica asked. “Are you busy this Saturday?”
“No， it'” Here it goes， Pete thought， “They are going to laugh at me if I tell them.”
“You can't ride a bike.” Dave said
Pete opened his mouth. He almost ___18___ and said he could， but he didn't want to do like that. “No, I can't.”
“We know already.” Eric said. “Why do you think we invited you? You've got the coolest bike in school. We want to e you ride it. We are going to help you learn!”
Pete couldn't believe what he was hearing. “WOW! That's great. I thought you were going to make fun of me.”
Dave__19__his head. “We are your friends. Why would we do that?”
采访的英语“I don't know.” Pete shrugged. “I guess I was just too proud.”
That Saturday， Pete finally learned to ride his bike. He also learned a little something about friendship and asking for___20___. CDAC/DABB
13. A. repair B. plan C. learn D. share
14. A. rode B. kicked C. drew D. walked
15. A. angrier B. happier C. braver D. slower
