—No, he's at home ________ he has a bad cold.
They decided to work harder and after their failure.
—Yes, I did.
Do you each have a great summer camp? I had a great one with my friends last year.
After saying goodbye to our 1 , we got on the bus. 2 the way, we laughed and talked happily. After we 3 the campground, we jumped and ran around the place. This 4 the first time we left home. Some of us felt homesick. However, when the night party and dances started, the homesickness was 5 .
The next day, we went boating. At first, my friends and I worked, but the boat 6 listen to us and wouldn't go to the right places. Then the guide 7 us. After many times, we did it much better.
Swimming is my favorite 8 . It was about the hottest time of a year and the best time to stay in the 9 water. The swimming guide was a funny man, and he often made us 10 to laugh.
What an interesting summer camp it was!
—B-A-N-A-N-A.
right our parents do the housework.
I try to be a good father. Give my kids love. Work nights to pay for their schooling. But1with Michael Hoyt, I am nothing.
This love2began in Winchester, 43 years ago, when Rick was strangled (勒住) by the umbilical cord (脐带) during birth, leaving him brain-damaged and unable to3his limbs (四肢).
"He'll be a vegetable the4of his life," Doctors told Michael and his wife, Judy, when Rick was nine months old.
But the Hoyts weren't5it. Because they noticed that Rick's
6followed them around the room. When Rick was 11 they took him to the engineering department and asked if there was anything to help the boy communicate. But doctors told the parents that there was7going on in their son's brain.
"Tell him a joke," Michael said to the doctors. They did and Rick8. Actually a lot was going on in his brain.
Equipped(装备) with a computer that allowed him to control the cursor (光标)9the side of his head, Rick was10able to communicate. What is his first word? "Run!" And after a high school classmate was paralyzed (瘫痪) in a(n)11and the school organized a charity run (慈善跑) for him, Rick typed, "Dad, I want to do that."
Yeah, right. How was Michael, a man who never ran more than a mile12going to push his son five miles?13he tried. Surprisingly, that day changed Rick's life. "Dad," he typed, "when we were running, it felt like I wasn't14anymore!"
And that sentence also changed Michael 's life. He wanted to give Rick that feeling as15as he could. Eighty-five times he's pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in marathons. Eight times in triathlon (铁人三项).
"No question about it," Rick types. "My dad is the Strongest Dad in the World."
-Which road should we take, Mum?
-We just need to walk_______ on until(直到)we meet your daddy.
In England nobody under eighteen years old is allowed (允许) to drink in a bar (酒吧).
Mr. Thompson often went to a bar near his house.But he never took his son, Tom, because he was too young.Then when Tom had his eighteenth birthday, Mr. Thompson took him to his usual bar for the first time.They drank for an hour.Tom drank a bit.Then Mr. Thompson said to his son, “Now, Tom, I want to teach you a useful(有用的) lesson.How do you know when you’ve had enough(足够的)? Well, I’ll tell you.Do you see those two lights(灯) at the end of the bar? When they seem(好象) to become four, you’ve had enough and should(应该) go home.”
“But, Dad,” said Tom, “I can only see one light at the end of the bar.”
31. Young people ______ allowed to drink in a bar until eighteen.
A. is not B.are not C.many D.must
32. When Tom was a child, his father often went to a nearby bar_____ taking him.
A. by B.for C.with D.without
33. On Tom’s eighteenth birthday, he drank together with his father in that bar
for______.
A.the first time B.once C.many times D.eighteen times
34. Father wanted to tell his son ______.
A. the time to drink B.something about the light
C. when to stop drinking D.something about the bar
35. In fact (事实上), there ______ at the end of the bar.
A. was one light B.were two lights C. were three lights D.were four lights