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 ,theframedoesnotshow.Theoutsidelookslikewindowswithoutwalls.Theglasswallsshinei 9 thesunwithnodecoration(装饰).Manypeoplefindt 10 beautifuljustastheyare.