Life is not easy, so I’d like to say,“When anything happens, believe in yourself.”When I was 14, I was__1__ nervous to talk to anyone. My classmates often laughed at me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later__2_ happened. It affected my life. It was an English speech contest. My mother asked me to take part in it. What a/an__3 idea! It meant I had to___4__ in front of all the teachers and students of my school!
“Come on, boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to win.” Then mother and I talked about many different topics. At last I chose the topic” Believe in yourself”. I tried my best to _5_ all the speech and practised it over 100 times. __6__my mother’s great help, I did well in the contest. I could hardly (几乎不) believe my _7_ when the news came —— I won the first place. I heard the 8 from the teachers and students. Those__9__looked down on (瞧不起)me before, but they now all said congratulations to me. My mother hugged (拥抱)me and cried excitedly.
Since then, everything changed for me. When I do anything, I try to tell 10 to be sure and I will find myself. This is true not only for a person but also for a country.A. so B. too C. very
A. something B. nothing C. anything
A. interesting B. exciting C. terrible
A. say B. speak C. tell
A. remember B. see C. hear
A. At B. To C. With
A. ears B. eyes C. result(结果)
A. cheers B. wishes C. thanks
A. boys B. girls C. classmates
A. my mother B. him C. myself
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It seems that the cities in the future will have to change. Because the world’s population
1 , there will be 2 people in the cities tomorrow.
It may be 3 for any family to live in a house with land around it. There 4 enough space for them. 5 to solve this problem may be the skyscraper city(摩天城). The highest building in the world today is in Taipei. It’s about 509 metres high. The skyscraper cities in the future will be many times 6 .
In a skyscraper city about 250,000 people will live. Nearly a million people can 7 in four of these great buildings. Each skyscraper city will have four towns in it and each town will have ten villages. They will live, work and8 their free time in them. They won’t need to leave the city9 they want to. They will be able to move about in the city by transport controlled 10 computers. Let’s imagine how the life will be then!
A.has grown B.is growing C.are growing D.have grown
A.many B.much C.more D.larger
A.impossible B.possible C.important D.necessary
A.aren’t B.won’t be C.won’t have D.haven’t
A.A way B.A road C.An answer D.An idea
A.lower B.shorter C.taller D.higher
A.live B.study C.work D.be
A.spend B.cost C.pay D.take
A.until B.when C.while D.unless
A.by B.at C.with D.in
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In America, on school and work days, breakfast in most homes is often a hurried meal. Some people even don’t have it in order to 1 work or school on time. Others just stop at coffee shops for coffee. But on weekends, 2 are quite different. People usually get up late, so they have enough time to have a large breakfast.
Lunch is just a 3 break from the day’s work rather than a large, long meal. It usually lasts4 half an hour or an hour, so family members do not have time to 5 home. Most people have a sandwich or a hamburger, and fruit or ice-cream for lunch. 6 people either take their lunches to work in the brown paper “lunch bag”, 7 eat a sandwich at a fast food restaurant. Children 8 to bring the “lunch box”.
Dinner is the most 9 meal of the day in the USA. At this meal, most American families can sit down together. It is usually a hot, large meal and it is quite different from lunch. 10 usually cooked dinner for their families in the past. Nowadays, however, with more women working and as a result, men are doing more in the kitchen.
A.reach to B.get to C.goes to D.reaches to
A.things B.prices C.reports D.life
A.long B.boring C.short D.happy
A.almost B.nearly C.only D.less than
A.drive B.leave C.return D.walk
A.Famous B.Clever C.Working D.Poor
A.or B.but C.and D.nor
A.forget B.decide C.prefer D.have
A.important B.common C.serious D.hurried
A.Men B.Women C.Children D.Cooks
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Maybe you don’t know Walt Disney, but you must know Disneyland. 1 you don’t know Disneyland, you must know Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.
Walt Disney was American. He 2 on December 5, 1901. And he died on December 15, 1966. He died of illness.
Walt Disney had three brothers and one sister. He enjoyed 3 when he was very young. He was good at drawing. When he sold his first drawing 4 his neighbours, he was only seven years old! He got 5 in 1925. And he had two daughters. Disney was very rich, 6 he was frugal(朴素的). He spent most of his money 7 his work. In 1928, he created the famous character—Mickey Mouse, which made him famous to the world.
Walt Disney is a great person. 8 he died, people all over the world will remember him for ever. He is deeply 9 by worldwide people. He was a clever, imaginative and creative man. He 10 enjoyment and happiness to the people of every country. He is a hero of the 20th century.
A.What B.Whether C.If D.How
A.is born B.was born C.was famous D.was out
A.to draw B.drew C.drawing D.was drawn
A.in B.from C.to D.at
A.to marry B.marry C.marryed D.married
A.and B.so C.or D.but
A.in B.on C.with D.of
A.So B.Although C.But D.In spite of
A.hated B.loving C.loved D.hating
A.shows B.lends C.borrows D.brings
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Stop and listen! What do you __1__? You may hear many different sounds. Some of the sound __2__ noise. Noise is a loud or unwanted sound. Noise can be caused by many kinds of machines, __3__, cars, planes, farm tractors (拖拉机) and so on. And, to some people, rock music is __4__ a noise. What happens __5__ people who live near noisy machines or use them over a period of time? Doctors have found that these people have trouble __6__. But, more importantly, constant loud noise can cause a loss of __7__.
Scientists use a unit of measure __8__ a decibel to check the loudness of a sound. The sound of a quiet room, for example, measures 35 decibels. Talking measures __9__ 40 and 65 decibels. Sounds from traffic and from some rock bands can measure over 120 decibels. Noise at this high level __10__ the greatest hearing loss.
A.look B.listen C.hear D.see
A.may be B.maybe C.may D.be
A.such B.for example C.such like D.some examples
A.not B.as well C.too D.also
A.with B.to C.on D.about
A.in sleeping B.to sleep C.slept D.sleep
A.hear B.ears C.heard D.hearing
A.called B.is named C.calling D.names
A.from B.between C.both D.among
A.reaches B.does C.causes D.is
I used to watch a little girl playing basketball every day. One day I asked her why she practiced so 1. She said, “I like basketball and I want to be the 2player. My dad told me, ‘If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.’”
She never changed her mind. She practiced basketball every day. 3one day before she graduated from high school, I saw her sitting on the grass 4. I asked her what was wrong. She told me that her coach said she was 5short to be a good basketball player. She was heartbroken. Then her father said to her, “If you 6want to be a good basketball player, nothing but you 7can stop your dream.” He told her 8 , “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.”
The next year, she and her team went to a big match. She was 9by a coach of a famous team and was given a chance to the 10basketball team.
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