先通读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后根据短文内容和所给首字母,在空格内填入一个适当的词,使短文意思完整。所填单词在横线上必须完整写出。
Jim is one of Mr Brown’s old f. Mr Brown asked Jim for dinner and he agreed. They were both very
h because they hadn’t s
each other for years. Mrs Brown bought some meat and vegetables from the shop. They were talking in the s
room while Mrs Brown was c
in the kitchen.
Suddenly she called Mr Brown into the kitchen and said something was wrong with the pot(锅) and asked him to buy one. He said sorry to Jim and l. He wanted to borrow one from his neighbor, but they were all
o . He had to go to the shop to buy a new one.
On his way to the shop, he saw a man selling pots by the road. He stopped to ask, ‘Are the pots of high quality(质量)?’ ‘Sure, sir,’ the man said, ‘I can show it to you.’ The man dropped a pot to the ground. Bad l! It was broken into pieces. The man was very c
and said, ‘I have never s
such a pot of low quality like it! I’d rather break it into pieces than sell it to you.
Fill in each blank with a proper word with the help of the first letter.
Why You Should Celebrate Your Mistakes
When you make a mistake, big or small, cherish(珍爱)it like it’s the most expensive thing in the world. Because in some ways, it is.
Most of us feel b____when we make mistakes because we have been taught from a young age that mistakes are bad, that we should try not to make mistakes. We’ve been scolded(责骂) w_
_
We make mistakes---at home, school and work.
Yet w____mistakes, we could not learn or grow.
Think about how we learn: You don’t just read a____painting , or writing, or playing the piano, and know how to do them right away. I__
___, you get information about something, form reading or from another person…then you have a model in your mind… then you test it out by t___
__it in the real world…then you make mistakes… then you revise(修改)the model…and repeat, making mistakes, learning from those mistakes, u___
__you’ve pretty much learned how to do something.
Mistakes are how we learn to do something new----because if you succeed at s_____, it’s probably something you already knew how to do . You haven’t really grown much from that success—at most it’s the last step on you journey, not the w__
___journey. Most of the journey was made up of mistakes, if it’s a good journey.
So if you value(重视)learning, if you value growing and improving, then you should value m___.
Celebrate your mistakes. Cherish them. Smile.
The__________(five) room on the left is a reading room.
He had his computer__________(fix) shortly after it broken down.
_________(luck), we have no enough time to prepare for the exam.
Some old people say the life they are used to________(change) a lot in the past few years.
If there are fewer people driving, there will less air___________(pollute).
根据句子意思,用所给词的适当形式填空。What’s the boy ___________ (大笑)at ? He looks so happy .
You can find more ____________(信息) about the hotel on the internet .
Tomorrow is my grandfather’s ____________(九十) birthday .
Lions are __________(危险的) animals . Don’t go near them .
Most students want to be ___________(工程师)in the future .
Turn left at the second ___________ (cross) .
Giraffes like eating _____________(leaf ) from the trees .
We have to _________(check) our computers now .
My mum __________(raise) cows on the farm .
He can’t remember all his __________ (neighbour) names .
根据汉语意思,用适当形式填单词。(每空一词)His father is one of the best _______________ (厨师) in this restaurant.
Neil lives on the ______________(12) floor
Sandy is a nice girl. She likes________________ (分享) things with her friends.
Beijing, the capital, is in the _________________(北方) of China.
Lily is _______________ (友好的) to the other students.
用单词的正确形式填空。(每空1分,共8分)People like to camp in the mountain to enjoy the ________ of nature. (beautiful)
Three fifths of the population in the USA___________ white people. (be)
I hurried __________911 when I saw a fire in my neighbor’s house. (call)
The Coming Home is one of the greatest films that Zhang Yimou ___________(make).
They are discussing what ____________with the money they made in the yard sale. (do)
It’s really ___________that China has progressed in such a rapid way these years.(believe)
Can you tell me where I can eat the traditional _________ food in Chongqing?(India)
There are many Chinese living in our neighborhood, so we can ________ speak Putonghua. (simple)