英语六年级首字母

英语六年级首字母1.WhentheLondonUndergroundgoesonstrike,myjourneytoworkcanbeterrible.Irememberastrike,whichhappenedafewyearsa___1___,thestationnearmyhousewasclosedandIhadtouseanotherstationandtakeadifferenttrain.Thisa___2__aboutanhourtomyjourney,soIwasn’tveryhappy.E__3___wentwrongatthestation.Peoplewerelateandtheywerepanicking!BythetimeIgotothetrain,Iwasfeelingupsetandsorryformyself.ThenIsawthisman.Therewassomethingabouthim---hehadsuchafamiliarf___4__.Afewminuteslater,Irealizedthathewas Jack,afiendfrommyschooldaysinScotland.Atthesametimehea___5___realizedwhoIwas.Thenwestartedtalkingaboutschooldaysandthepeoplewebothusedtok___6___.Iwasevenmoresurprisedwhenthetraincameintomystationandhestartedtogetofftoo!Iaskedhimw___7___hewasgoingandhesaidhewasgoingtowork.HetoldmeheworkedinFitzroyStreet.Yousee,IworkinFitzroyStreet,too.It’sasmallw__8__!Itwassuchanamazingcoincidence!2.Cananimalsbemadetoworkforus?Somescientiststhinkthatonedayanimalsmaybet____todoanumberofsimplejobs.Theys____thatinafilmoronTVwemayseeelephants,monkeys,dogs,bears,orotheranimalsdoingalotofthings.Ifyouw_____carefully,youmayfindthatthoseanimalsaregivensomethingtoeatinreturnford____them.Thescientistssaythatmanyd_____animalsmaybetaughttodoanumberofsimplejobsiftheywillgetsomethingtoeat.Ofcourse,asweknow,dogscanbeusedtoguardahouse,andelephantscanbeusedtodosomeheavyj___.Andwecanalsoteachanimalstoworkinf____.Apes,forexamplehaveb____usedinAmericatohelpmakecarsandscientistsb_____thatthesemonkeysmayonedaygetincropsande____drivetrains.3.OneafternoonjustbeforeChristmas,anoldkindmanwaswalkinginthestreetwhenhesawalittleboyc_______infrontofabeautifulshopwindow.Theoldmana______whyhewascryingthere.Thelittleboysaidthathehadlostthetendollarsgivenbyhismother.Whentheoldmanh______this,heputhishandintohispocketandtooko______asmallwallet(钱夹)andgavehimw_____wasinside.Thelittleboyt_______himandstoppedcryingandsmiled.Theoldmanwalkedaway.Anhourlater,theoldmanwasreturninghomebythesameroute(路线).Tohissurprise,hesawthesameboyatthes_______place.Hewentuptohimandaskedifhehadlosthismoneya_______.Thelittleboysaidthathehadfoundthel_____tendollars.Hewaswaitingforhimthere.Hewantedtog_______backthetendollarstohim.4. Itwasar____afternoon.XiaoMingwasonhiswayhomefroms_____.Suddenlyhesawanoldmanw______intherain.Theoldmanhadn'tgotanumbrella(伞)w______himandhewaswetallover.XiaoMingwentuptohimandtriedtoh______theumbrellafortheoldmanbuthefailed.Hewastoos_____anditwasdifficultforhimtoholdith_____enough.Thenhesawtheoldman'sstick(手杖)andhetriedhardtotieittothehandle(柄)oftheumbrella.Thistimetheumbrellawasmadetobelongenoughanditstoppedtheoldmanf______gettingwet.Theoldmanwasverypleasedandt______theboyagainandagain.Thentheywentontheirwayt_______.5.IstillremembervisitingMoscow.ItisthecapitalofRussia,theb 1  countryintheworld.Iwenttherew 2  myparentswhenIwaseightyearsold.Ilivedandstudiedthereforoneyear,Ihadsomehappymemories.Oneofthemostinterestingthingsofthatcitywasthatt 3  weremanydogs.PerhapsRussiansl 4  dogsverymuch.Youcanseedogshereandthere.Almosteachofthefamilieshadadog.ImadefriendswithmanyRussianchildrenw 5  Iwaslivingandstudyingthere.Theywereallverynice.Theyhadfairhairandfairskin.Iplayedwiththemh 6  thoughIcouldonlyspeakalittleRussianatfirst.Theyweref 7  tome.TheweatherinMoscowwasverycold.Itsnowedalmosteveryinwinter.Thegroundwasalwaysc 8  withalotofsnow.Weoftenmades 9  together.NowIamb 10  inChina,butImissthemsomuch.IwillneverforgetmyhappymemoriesofthisvisittoMoscow.6.Beforewindowswereused,oldh 1  inEurope（欧洲）andBritainwereverydark.Theirgreatroomswerehighw 2  onlyoneholeintheroof（屋顶）toletthesmokeo 3  fromcookingfire.Later,peoplebegantomaketheholesb 4 __ tohavemorelightandairintheirhomes.ThefirstEnglishwindowwasj 5__asmallopening（口，孔）inthewall.Itwascutlongtoletinasm 6 lightaspossible,andnarrowtokeepoutthebadw 7 .But,morewindthanlightwouldc 8___inifthewindowwascutlong.Thisiswhyitwasc 9 _“Thewind’seye”.Andtheword“w  10_”comesformtwoancient（古代的）wordsfor“wind”and“eye”.7.Longago,peopleusedbellsmoret 1__theydotoday.Thepostmenusedtoringahandbellwhentheydeliveredletters.Fireengineshadbelli 2_ ofsirens(号笛).Peoplewhosoldthingscamepasthouses,ringingabellandshoutingw  3 _wasforsale.Everyvillagehaditschurchbelltoletpeopleknowitwast 4  togotochurch.Atnight,thisbellwasringingsothattravelerswouldfindthevillageinthed 5 _.Inmostcountriesbellswerehungr 6_thenecksofanimals.Thebellshelpedownerstofindlostcowsorsheep.Today,inIndia,animalsstillwearbells.Nowbellsareusedl 7_ _andless,Buzzers,sirensandhornshavet 8 __theirplace.Nowpeopletrytokeeptheoldbellsinschoolandchurchessot 9  theywillnotl 10_ theirbeautifulsoundsforever.11.Lifegetsnoisiereverydayandveryf 1  peoplecanbefreefromnoiseofsomekindoranother.W 2  youliveinthecentreofamoderncityoravillagefaraway---thechancesthatyouwillbedisturbedbyplanes,cars,radios,etc.arealmosteverywhere.Weseemtobeusedtonoise,too.Somepeoplefeelquitelonelyw 3  backgroundmusicwhiletheyareworking.Testshaves 4  thattotalsilencecanbeveryfrighteningexperiences.H 5 ,somepeopleenjoylisteningtopopmusicwhichisveryloud,andthiscandoharmtotheirears.Thenoiselevelinsomeplacesisfara 6  theusualsafetylevelforheavyindustrialareas.Onerecentreportaboutnoisesaidthata 7  alotofpeoplesaythatanynoisedisturbstheirattention,onlyasuddenc 8  inthelevelofnoisereallyaffectspeople’sattention.Itgoesontosaythatabackgroundnoise,whichdoesn’tchangetoomuch(music,forexample)mayevenhelppeopletopayattention.Peoplearetestingwaystomakelessnoise.Thereareevenlawsc 9  noise.Wecan’tr 10  tothe“goodolddays”ofpeaceandquiet.Butwecanmakelessnoise---ifweshoutloudlyenoughaboutit8.Therearet 1 _manyaccidentsincities.Accidentsoftenhappenwhenpeoplec 2  theroadsorstreets.Readthepassagec_ 3 __andlearntobecarefullateron.Becarefulwhenitisr  4 __.Manyaccidentshappenonrainydays.Peopleareinah 5  becausetheydon’twanttogetw 6__.Theyoftencrosstheroadsquickly.Oftentheycan’tseec 7_ _astheyholdtheirumbrellasinfrontoft 8_ .Rememberthatcarstakel  9_ __timetostopwhentheroadsarewet.Whenitisraining,wemustbemoreandmorecareful,notl 10__careful.13.MostAmericanfamiliesaresmallerthanthefamiliesinotherc  1 __.ChildrenintheUSwilll 2 theirparents’homes.Whentheygrowup,theyusuallylivef  3  fromtheirparentsbecausetheywanttof 4__goodjobs.Theyoftenw 5__totheirparentsortelephonethem.Andtheyoftengotov 6  theirparentsonholiday.Parentsusuallylettheirchildrenchoosetheiro  7 __jobs.AmericansthinkitI 8  foryoungpeopletodecideontheirlivesbythemselves.Childrenareaskedtodosomeworkaroundtheirhouses.Andinmanyfamilies,Childrenarep 9_ _fordoingsomehouseworksothattheycanlearnh 10 tomakemoneyfortheirownuse.9.Someonesays:“Timeismoney,”butIthinktimeise 1__moreimportantthanmoney.Why?Becausewhenmoneyisspent,wecangetitback.However,whentimeisg 2 _,itwillneverr 3 _.That’swhywemustn’twastetime.Itgoeswithoutsayingthatthet 4 _isusuallylimited（有限的）.Evenasecondisveryimportant.Weshouldmakefulluseofourtimetodos 5  useful.Butitisapitythattherearealotofpeoplewhodonotknowthei 6  oftime.Theyspenttheirlimitedtimesmoking,drinkingandp 7 _.Theydonotknowthatwastingtimemeanswastingpartoftheirownl  8_ _.Inaword,weshouldsavetime.Weshouldn’tl  9_ _today’sworkfortomorrow.Rememberwehaven 10  timetolose.10.AndywasborninChina15yearsago．In2005,shem  1 totheUSAwithherfamily．Asahighschoolstudent，shehasfoundmanydifferencesb 2  ChineseandAmericans：Aboutmoney1)Americansliketospendm 3  thantheyhave，somanyofthemarealwaysindebt(欠债)．ButChineseusuallyspendlessthantheyhave,somany0fthemalwayshavem  4 leftinthebank．2)TheAmericankidsthemselvesmaketheirownmoney．MostChinesekidsalwaysa 5 theirparentsformoney．3)ManyAmericanparentsthinkthereisn 6 needtosendtheirchildrent0anexpensiveuniversity．It’sdifferentinChina．ManyChineseparentswoulddoanythingtosendtheirchildrentoexpensiveuniversitiest 7 theirfamilyisn’trichenough．Aboutschool1)ManyAmericangirlstakepartinsports，dancingandsinginggroupswhilemanyChinesegirlstakepartinstudygroups．2)ManyAmericanstudentsthinkthatBisgoodwhilemanyChinesestudentsthinkthatBistoob 8 .AboutfriendsMostAmericanparentslettheirsonsordaughtersmakefriendsbyt 9  .TheyneveraskthemabouttheirfriendswhileChineseparentsusuallyenjoyknowingmoreabouttheirchildren’sfriendsi 10  manydifferentways，andusuallystopthemfromstayingouttoolatewithfriends．11.Doyouhavebrightideas?Ideasforinventionsthatc 1  theworldor,atleast,makelifeeasierforsomebody.P 2  wealldosometimes,butwedon’toftenmaketheideaarealthing.Recently,therewasacompetitioninacountry,whiche 3  youngpeopletomaketheirbrightideascometrue.Thereweret 4_  groupsinthecontest:GroupAwasforschoolchildrenunder16;GroupBwasforthoseo 5_ 16.Andtherewereelevenprize-winnersaltogether.NeilHunt,oneoftheprize-winners,wasc 6_ “SunshineSuperman”byonenewspaperwritingabouthisdesign.Whenpeoplestudytheweather,it’simportanttobeabletorecordthesunshineaccurately(准确地，精确地).Weneedtoknowhowmanyh 7_ ofsunshinewehaveandhowstrongitis.Mostsunshinerecorderso _8  recorddirect(直接的)sunshine.Neil’sismoreaccurateandthisisveryi 9  forresearchintowaysofusingsolarpower（太阳能）.Neilplanstokeepinventing.Theideasinthecompetitionweresog 10  thatwearesurprisedthattheindustry(工业界)doesn’taskmoreschoolchildrenforsuggestions.12.BritishteenagerscanleaveschoolatsixteenaftertakingtheirGCSEexams.Theystudyforexamsinasmanyastensubjects,s  1  theyhavetoworkprettyhard!Today’steensspendmoretimedoingtheirhomeworkthananyteenagersinthepast,s 2  for2.5–3hourseveryevening.FreeTimeIt’snotallwork,ofcourse.WhatdoBritishteenagersdotohavef  3  ?TheylovewatchingTV,goingout,meetingfriendsinInternetcafésandlisteningtomusic.CommunicationsInadditiontotheInternet,teenagersinBritainusetheircomputerstoplaygamesanddotheirhomework.Theya 4  lovetheirmobilephones,andspendhourstexting(发短信)theirfriendsandchatting.Today,phonesaregettingsmallerandlighterandyoucandoalotmorew 5 themthanjusttalk.Textmessaginghasb 6  thecoolestandmostpopularwaytocommunicate.Morethan90%of12-to16-year-oldshaveamobile,andexpertssaythatthisstopst 7 fromspendingtheirmoneyonsweetsandcigarettes.Fashion(服饰)Atschool,almostallBritishteenagershavetow 8  aschooluniform.However,intheirfreet 9  theycanwearwhatevertheylike,andwhattheylikeisdesignernamessuchasNike,DieselandPaulSmith.Infact,40%ofBritishteenssaythattheythinkitisimportanttohavethelatestfashion.Lookinggooddoesn’tcomec 10 ,butmanyteenagersthinkitusualoreasytospendmorethan￡100ononeitemofclothing. 13.Mynine-year-olddaughter,Maria,isinYearFour.Everyeveningwegetintoh 1  battles(争执).Threeafternoonsaweek,shehasa 2  (net-ball,singing)afterschoolandbythetimewegethome,homeworkisthel 3  thingshefeelslikedoing.Theothertwodays,shegetshomeearlyandweargue(争论)aboutw  4 sheshoulddoherhomeworkr 5 afterschool,orifsheshouldhavesometimetorestandplayf  6 WhenMariaatlastsitsdowntodoherhomework,sheseemstowantmetherehelpingallthetime.Idowanttohelpher,butI'ms 7 thatsheisgoingtoneedtobeabletodoitonhero 8  Andinf 9 ,mostofthetime,IhaveotherthingsIneedtobedoing.Itseemsthatchildrenthesedayshavemuchmorehomeworkthanwedid,andsomeofitisreallybeyond(超越)theira 10  .Asyoucansee,I'mreallyworriedabouthomeworkandIreallydon’tknowwhatIshoulddo.Anyideas?14.Whenyoufinishhighschooloruniversity,islearningdone?Theansweris“no”.Inmanycountries,peoplecontinuelearningalltheirlives.Whyislifelong(终身的)learningimportant?Howcanithelpyou?Let’slookatonee 1  oflifelonglearninginJapan.Yougotoschoolandlearn.Youstudy.YoutaketestsB 2  learningdoesn’tonlyhappeninschool.Learningdoesn’ts 3  whenyougraduatefromhighschoolorcollege.Youarelearningallthetime.Forexample,learningcanh 4  whenyougotoamuseum.Itcana 5  happenwhenyougetajob.Youlearnwhenyoup 6  asportorwhenyoutakeatrip.Learningisl 7 !Weneverstoplearning.Everydayyoucanimproveyourselfbylearningsomethingn 8 .InJapan,lifelonglearningisveryimportant.PeopleinJapanliketotrynewlearninga 9 .Music,calligraphy(书法)andforeignlanguagesaresomeoftheirf 10  classes.Japanesetakeclassestoimprovetheirskillsandlearnnewthings.Whenwegraduatefromschool,wecancontinuetolearn.Makelifelonglearningbecomeoneofyourgoals!15.Themobilephoneisausefulthing,butmaybeIdon'tknowh 1  touseit.Sometimesitmakesthingsdifficultforme.OnedayIwantedtoseemyfriendnearby.Icoulda 2  athishouseinfiveminutes,butIlookedatmymobilephoneandthoughti 3  wouldbebettertoringhimup.Ir 4 himforthefirsttime,butthelinewasbusy.Fiveminuteslater,therewasananswer,butitwasthewrongnumber.ThenItrieda 5  andthistimeIgotananswerfromhim.Iaskedhimifhewasathomeintheafternoon.Andhesaid--at1 6  Ithoughthesaid--hewouldbeathomeallafternoon.SoIwenttohishouse,butthenIfoundn 7 in.Icalledhimforthefourthtime.ThistimeIgotsoangrythatIs 8 ,"Youarenotathome?Butyoujusttoldmeoverthetelephonethatyouwouldbeathomeallafternoon!"Herew 9  hisanswer,"No,Isaid:'IwillNOTbeathomeallafternoon.'"Iwentbacktomyroom,satdowninfrontofthemobilephoneandlookedatit.Whate 10  couldIdo?Nothing!16.Weweresinging,“Happybirthdaytoyou…”Mymotherwassmiling,surroundedbymyfather,mylittlesisterandme.Itwastimetosendwishes.Myfathersaid,“You’vedonem  1  thingsforus.Onthisspecialday,letmed 2  allthehouseworkforyou.”Afterkissingmymother,mysistersaid,“Mum,you’reag 3  muminmyeyes.”Il 4  atmymother’seyesandsaid,“Dearmum,IamalwayswaitingforonedaywhenyouandDadgetold.”Myparentsseemedpuzzled(困惑),andIexplained,“Whenyou’reold,Iwilltakecareofyoujustlikeyoutakecareofme.”Thereweretearsintheireyes…Yes,w 5  theygetold,Iwilltakecareofthem.Thesewordswereinmymindf 6  alongtime,andatlastIsaidthemtomydearparents.Ifeltv 7  happy.Myparentsarejustcommonpeople,b 8  they’regreat.Likeotherparents,theybringusupwithlove,andgiveusfoodandc 9 .Theyteachushowtoberealpeople.MyparentshavedonealotofthingsformeandIamverythankfultothem.However,theywillnotalwaysbeabletotakecareofme.Oneday,theywillgetold.Theymaynotevenbeabletotakecareoft 10 .Butthatdoesn’tmatter.I,theirchild,willtakecharge.17.Tomwasapoorboy．Hemadealivingbycleaningleather(皮革)s 1  forothersinthestreet．Tomwasalsoab  2 boy．Oneday，arichmann 3  Miserappearedinfront of Tom．Hewatchedhisd  4 shoesforawhile，andthen，lookedatTom．Tomknewthiskindofpeoplewell．Theylovemoneybuthatetospend it．Tomsaid，“Letmeb 5 yourshoes，sir．Onlytwopence(便土)，sir．Mr．Misershookhisheadandwalkedaway．Tomthoughtforasecondandthencalledout，‘‘I’dliketocleanitfornothing．”ThistimeMr．Miseragreed．Andsoononeof hisshoes wasshiningbrightly．Whentherichmanputhisothershoeonthestool(凳子)，Tomsaidhewouldn’tcleanitforhimu 6 hewaspaidtwopenceforhiswork．Mr．Miserwasverya 7 .Herefusedtopayanythingandwentaway．Buttohiss 8 ,thewell－cleanedshoewassobrightthatitmadetheotheronelookevendirtier．Mr．Miserlookedround．Peopleinthestreetwerel 9 athim．Finallytherichmana 10 andgaveTomtwopence．Inaveryshorttimehistwoshoesshonebrightly．18.Doyouknowthedifferencesbetweenthenewbuildingandtheoldones?Oldbuildingsh 1 brick(砖)andstonewalls.Thewallsholduptheb 2 .Incities,manymodernbuildingl 3 asiftheyaremadejustofwindows.Wallsofdarkglassreachhighintotheair.Manybuildingsarem 4 than50stories(层)tall.Arewallsofglassstronge  5  toholdupthenewbuildings?No,Thenewglasswallsdonotholdupthebuildings,b 6 theyonlycoveruptheframe(框架)madeofsteel.Haveyoueverwatchedanewbuildinggoingup?Thesteelframeisbuiltf 7 .Thentheglasswallsarehungontheframe.Whenthebuildingisf  8 ,theframedoesnotsh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