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1、8上译林英语期末首字母专项测试（难）1There was once a bat that was too lazy to hunt insects. One day, he looked into a window and saw a bird in its cage. The bird had all its food and water and didnt do a 1 at all. So the bat decided to become a childs pet, and then the bat made a plan.The bat f 2 to parks where chil
2、dren could see him and take him home. However, the bat was ugly and the children didnt n 3 him. So the bat decided to improve his look. Finally, he met a little boy who was w 4 to keep him as a pet and took him home.The bat was happy in his cage, in a warm and c 5 house. But when he wanted to eat, t
3、here were no insects for him. However, when the boy noticed the bat getting thinner, he used the spoon to feed the bat bird food. Some days l 6 , the bat managed to run away from the cage and returned home. He began to hunt insects for f 7 with other bats. Later, he became s 8 and enjoyed his life a
4、s a bat.So, dont envy others lives. In fact, its the best only when it f 9 yourself. Just a 10 who you are and make your own life better. 2Keeping family traditions aliveMy grandmother passed away at the age of 90. My mother and I went to her home and looked around a bit. It was the house where so m
5、any memories lived. feeding birds in the backyard,s 1 on the grass playing cards and drinking lemonade. In the weeks and months after she d 2 , it was so hard to be in the house without her. Shed lived a simple 1 3 and hadnt left much behind. We werent looking for money or anything valuable.In the l
6、iving room,I saw Grandmas rocking chair. For as long as I could remember, shed sat in that chair, knitting things and watching TV.I thought for a moment about taking it home with me.B 4 it was far too big for my living room. Then my mum came in and looked at the s 5 chair.“ Ah, its Mums rocking chai
7、r. You know, when I was a newborn baby, your grandmother would nurse me and put me to sleep w 6 rocking(轻轻摇晃) that chair. And when you were born,I did the same to you,”she said.I had no i 7 about the chairs history. For years, it stayed in our f 8 and helped my mother and my grandmother as they deal
8、t with the challenges of new motherhood. My husband and I had been talking about having a child o 9 our own.“I think I ll take the chair home with me, if you dont m 10 ,”I said to my mother.“Not at all,”she replied, with a knowing look in her eye.3A 15-year-old boy from the city of Maoming, Guangdon
9、g Province, got a new life because of a baby girl. In July,2020, something bad happened to the boy named Xiaoyu. When his parents took him to a h 1 , the doctor said the boy needed dialysis(透析) to stop the situation becoming w 2 .At that time,a kidney transplant(肾脏移植) was the best way to s 3 Xiaoyus
10、 life, so his parents took him to the Third Peoples Hospital of Shenzhen for a kidney transplant. However,f 4 the right kidney was not an easy thing.As the family waited for a few months and became upset,a baby girl brought them h 5 in September,2021. The girl named Qiqi was only 4months old. The un
11、lucky girl had an accident and 1 6 her life. To help others, her family decided to give her kidneys to someone in need.The operation(手术) was very difficult because of the age d 7 between Qiqi and Xiaoyu. The girls kidney was only5cmlong, about the size of a dove(鸽子) egg.L 8 , the ten- hour operation
12、 was successful in the end. Xiaoyu became better and better day by day.“I really want to show my thanks to the f 9 of the girl,” Xiaoyus father said.“ Thank you for giving Xiaoyu a 10 chance to live. And I want to say thanks to all the doctors. Thank you very much.”4When you speak, write a letter or
13、 make a telephone call, your words carry a m 1 . People communicate through words. Do you think you can communicate w 2 words?A smile on your face s 3 you are happy or friendly. Tears in your eyes tell others that you are sad.When you p 4 up your hands in class, the teacher knows you want to say som
14、ething or ask questions. You shake your head, and people know you are saying “ no ”. You n 5 and people know you are saying “ yes ”. Other things can also carry messages. For e 6 ,a sign at the bus stop helps you to know which bus to take.A sign on the door h 7 you to know where to go.Have you ever
15、thought that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive messages from them all the time? People can communicate in many other ways. An a 8 can use his drawings to tell you about beautiful mountains, the blue sea and many other things. Books are written to tell about the w 9 things in t
16、he world and also about people and their ideas. Books,m 10 _,TVs, radios and films all help us communicate with others. They can help us to know what is going on in the world and what others are thinking about.5Cai Yongbin was born in Guangdong in 1988. He lost his sight at the age of 6 due to an a
17、1 . He went to a special school in Shenzhen when he was 14. Then he made up his m 2 to become a computer programmer.At first, he found it hard to use the Internet.“I wanted to read news on the Internet. But when I connected my screen reader to the websites, as a r 3 ,I could only hear the words pict
18、urelinkandandbutton,”The same thing h 4 when he tried to listen to music and watch videos online. He found that high- end technology didnt p 5 support for disabled people, so he decided to learn coding(编程).Most of the time he learned by h 6 , but this wasnt easy. He had to let his screen reader read
19、 out the coding combinations(字码组合) over and over again b 7 he could not see the computer screen.Though it was difficult, he didnt give up. He s 8 at least 12 hours studying found that high- end technology didntp 5 support for disabled people, so he decided to learn coding(编程).“ One time,I had to do
20、very hard lines of code.I tried s 9 times but failed. Then Icame up with an idea in my dream. The next morning,I put it into practice,”Cai said.In 2009, Cai got his first software(软件),PC Secretary. It h 10 blind people to use the Internet well.Now, he has become a guiding light for more than 17 mill
21、ion blind people in China.6The Dead SeaWhat do you think you would see in the Dead Sea? Skeletons? Dead fish? Dont let the n 1 scare you. You wouldnt see any of those horrible things floating on the surface of the Dead Sea. In fact, you wouldnt see a 2 sea life at all. And the Dead Sea is not a sea,
22、 but a50- mile long by 11- mile wide salt lake between Israel and Jordan. We call it a sea b 3 it is salty like a sea or the ocean.The Dead Sea is actually a1 4 with a high concentration of salt. It h 5 a salinity of over 23 per cent. The Dead Sea is so salty that n 6 can live in it. Thats why peopl
23、e c 7 it the Dead Sea.The Dead Sea gets only a little bit o 8 rain each year. Whats more, very little fresh water flows into the Dead Sea, and if a little fresh water flows into the sea, it can evaporate q 9 . So the Dead Sea stays very salty.Because of its high salinity, anyone can float in the Dea
24、d Sea. If you w 10 along the shore of the Dead Sea on a warm day, youre likely to see many people floating in its water. You might even see some of them reading books or magazines.7She was a student at a secondary school. The school was across the street from my house. Every day,I w 1 her play baske
25、tball after school from my house. She played very well, b 2 than any one of her classmates. And she never stopped. She practised over and over again, sometimes u 3 dark. One day,I asked her,“ Why do you practise so hard? You are playing very well.”“ Thats b 4 I want to play in the city basketball te
26、am,” she looked into my e 5 and said.“ But Im still not good e 6 .I must work hard.”I was moved by her.Another day,I saw her crying on the grass, i 7 of playing basketball.I walked across the street and sat down by her side.“Why are you crying, girl?”I asked.“The c 8 of the city basketball team told
27、 me that I couldnt go on playing basketball because I was too short.”But some days later I saw her playing basketball again, practising e 9 harder than before.I was curious and asked her the reason.“ My father told me if my d 10 was big enough, nothing could stop me.”I was moved again.8Elizabeth liv
28、ed with her six children in a small house. One year, there was a big flood, and it w 1 away quite a few houses. But Elizabeths house was strong e 2 to escape it.Elizabeth helped one family. The family 1 3 everything in the flood. They had nothing left. She shared her home w 4 the family until they c
29、ould build a new house. Elizabeths friends could not understand her since she herself had so many c 5 to take care of.“Well,”Elizabeth said to her friends.“At the end of World War, there was a poorwoman in a town in England. Her husband d 6 in the war and she had a lot of children, just like me now.
30、 The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children,We wont be able to have much for Christmas.Im going to get only o 7 present for us all. Now Ill go and get it.She came back with a little girl who had no parents.Heres our present, she said to h 8 own children. The children were m 9 excited
31、to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl warmly, and she grew up as their sister.”“ Do you know w 10 the little girl was?” Elizabeth went on.“I was thatChristmas present.”9Holmes and I walked slowly across the moor. In the evening sunlight, the autumn c 1 on the hills were beautiful reds
32、, browns and yellows.But Holmes saw nothing of that.“So, Watson,”he said,“lets forget John Straker for a minute, and think about the h 2 . Lets say that Silver Blaze runs away after the killing. Here he is, out on the cold wet moor. What does he do next?”“ He looks for a nice w 3 stable,”I said,“ wi
33、th food and water.”“Right, Watson. He did not go back to Kings Pyland, we know that, but there is a 4 stable not far away, at Capleton. M 5 he went there. And the way to Capleton is down this hill. Lets go!”We walked quickly down the hill, and at the foot we found a small r 6 and some very wet groun
34、d.“ Wonderful,” said Holmes.“I wanted mud, and here it is. You f 7 the leftside of the river. Were looking for the tracks of horseshoes.”We found t 8 after only 50m. Holmes took the horseshoe out of his pocket and put it next to the tracks.“ Yes, that s Silver Blaze. There are no q 9 about it.”We fo
35、llowed the tracks easily, then lost them for a time, but f 10 them again two hundred metres from the Capleton stables.“Here they are,”I cried.“And looktheres another track here, of a mans shoe.”10After a quick breakfast,I went into the lecture hall in a hurry.A famous teacher was s 1 to the students
36、. He was holding up a $100 bill. Then he said to the three hundred students,“ Who would like this$100 bill?” The students put up their h 2 at once. Then he said,“I am going to give this$100 bill to one of you, but f 3 , let me do this.” He rolled the bill into a ball. Then he said,“ Who w 4 it now?”
37、 The hands went back into the air.“ Well,” he said,“ what if I do this?” Then he d 5 it on the floor and stepped on it. He picked up the d 6 bill and said,“ Who still wants it?” Hands went back again into the air.“ My friends,” he said,“ you have learned a valuable 1 7 today. No matter what I didto
38、the$100 bill, you still want this bill. Many t 8 in our life, we are dropped and stepped on. We feel as if we are worth nothing. But remember, no matter what has happened to you, you will never l 9 your value: You are always valuable to those people who love you. Your value doesnt come f 10 what you
39、 do or whom you know, but who you are.”11During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a great famine in the State of Qi. Many people died of h 1 . Qian Ao was a rich man at that time. He b 2 some food to the roadside. He was going to g 3 the food to the passers- by who were dying of hunger.A man i
40、n rags walked over. He was s 4 hungry and weak that he could hardly open his eyes.“ Hey, come over and eat! You seem to be so weak.” Seeing the poor m 5 , Qian Aoheld the food by his left hand and the drink by his right hand, and shouted to the p 6 man. Hearing the words, the man raised his head sud
41、denly. He glared at Qian Ao and answered a 7 ,“I am hungry, but I dont take food f 8 people who shout at me!”Qian Ao said sorry to the man for that at once. But no matter what Qian Ao said, the man r 9 to eat the food and died of hunger in the end.We should be p 10 to others and should not give alms
42、 in a rude way.If a person has a strong sense of self-respect, he or she would rather die of hunger than accept the alms, because he or she doesnt like being despised.11. anything 2. flew 3. notice 4. willing5. comfortable 6. later 7. food 8. strong 9. fits10.accept21. sitting 2. died 3. life 4. But
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