I'm the type of guy who believes you can achieve anything you set your mind to, if you give it your all and don't give up. , when I decided to write a novel, it didn't matter to me that I had never done anything like that before. What did matter to me was that I had a great story in my head, a story that needed to be .
What I thought would take a couple of months or a couple of years. After five months of writing, I at last the "finish line" - that magical day when you type "THE END". Okay, so I wrote a manuscript（手稿）.The first thing I did was to copy it, followed by sending it out to all of my friends who a lot, to get creative criticism（批评）．And then it was back to rewriting the story. Next, I hired a professional（专业人员），who gave me great ，which meant more rewriting. I soon learned a lesson in writing - writing is rewriting. There would always be for improvement.
I had rewritten the manuscript time and time again for two years, and in the process, I learned to write. Looking back, I had no idea how long it was going to take or how hard it was going to be. Writing the manuscript was the easy part, while going on the way to write a book was the hard part.
Pursuing（追求）my dreams has made all the difference. Life is a journey. I can't see what ahead, but I know one thing for sure: when I look I see the things that I've achieved and I smile with pride.
A．However B．Therefore C．Anyway D．Otherwise
A．made B．organized C．printed D．born
A．reached B．got C．tried D．ran
A．discussed B．understood C．read D．praised
A．confidence B．energy C．comfort D．advice
A．room B．time C．pleasure D．experience
A．who B．when C．how D．why
A．whole B．successful C．thick D．right
A．lies B．lays C．matches D．follows
A．round B．up C．behind D．forward
My life is always full of sadness and little joy. However, no matter(无论) what happens, I can always face it bravely.
Last year, I couldn’t believe the 1 that I could enter the only key high school in my hometown. Then I rushed to my home and told my parents. But my father didn’t seem as 2 as I was. He just kept smoking without saying a word and my mother put her head down and couldn’t help 3 .
I knew very well what my family was 4___ . My mum had been ill in bed for 2 years. We lived a hard life and I couldn’t continue my schooling. I felt so upset(心烦意乱) but I could say 5 to my parents. I decided to help my father with his work 6 my family.
To my surprise, things completely changed 7 the beginning of the new term. My head teacher came to my family with some money, which was 8 by my schoolmates. He encouraged me, “Always have a dream.” With tears in my eyes, I stepped into the key high school.
I have been studying hard since I entered the high school. No matter when I meet difficulties, I always 9 my teacher and schoolmates. I have a college dream and I must work hard for it, no matter how 10 life is. Just as a great man says, “When one door shuts, another opens in life.”
A．idea B．story C．news D．thought
A．nervous B．excited C．interested D．worried
A．crying B．laughing C．saying D．shouting
A．about B．before C．against D．like
A．nothing B．something C．anything D．everything
A．support B．to support C．supporting D．supported
A．after B．since C．before D．on
A．raised B．spent C．planned D．saved
A．dream of B．think of C．hear of D．talk of
A．happy B．sad C．interesting D．hard
Mr. Smith is a good teacher. He teaches English very well. He is _1__ to his students , so they like him a lot . There are (有) fifty students in __2__class. Mr. Smith always _ 3___ English in class. He and his students are _ 4__ friends, too.
Now some of the students __5__on the playground. Bill and Mike __6 _. Tom and John are jumping. Mary and Lucy are__7__ a kite. Are Lily and Maria flying a kite, __8__? No, they are playing_ 9 __. What’s Mr. Smith doing? Look! He is also playing_ 10____them. How happy they are!
A．friendly B．interesting C．beautiful D．happy
A．their B．his C．her D．its
A．talk B．say C．speaks D．speak
A．nice B．fine C．new D．good
A．are playing B．play C．plays D．is playing
A．playing B．flying C．doing D．sitting
A．also B．or C．too D．and
A．the football B．a football C．the game D．games
A．and B．with C．for D．to
For years I wanted a flower garden. I would spend hours_ _1___ of different things I could plant that would look nice together.
But then we had children, five children! I was too busy _2____ care of them to grow a garden.
Money was always_3____ . When my children were _4____, one of them would want something that cost too much, and I’d get annoyed and say, “ Do you see a money tree outside? Money doesn’t grow on__5___, you know.”
Finally, all five got through college and were off on their own. I started thinking again about having a __6_____.
I wasn’t sure, though. I mean, gardens do cost money.
Then, one spring morning, _7____ Mother’s Day, I was working in my kitchen. __8____, I heard a car come. I looked out of the window and there was a new tree, planted right _9____ the yard.
There was a money tree in my yard! There were dollar bills, one hundred of them, all over that tree.
That was three years ago. My garden is now very pretty, just the way I wanted. I __10___ what my children did for me, and then I get tears in my eyes every time.
A．to think B．think C．thought D．thinking
A．taking B．to take C．taken D．took
A．short B．long C．enough D．large
A．few B．a few C．little D．a little
A．houses B．trees C．lands D．fields
A．tree B．garden C．window D．kitchen
A．in B．for C．on D．at
A．Luckily B．Unluckily C．Certainly D．Suddenly
A．in B．in front of C．behind D．near
A．think of B．think about C．think up D．think over
Happiness is for everyone. In fact, happiness is always around you if you care about it. When you are in 1 at school, your classmates will help you; when you study hard at your 2 , your parents are always taking good 3 of you; when you get success(成功), your friends will say congratulations 4 you; when you do something 5 , people around you will help you correct it; and when you do something good to 6 , you will feel happy, too. All these things are 7 . If you pay attention to them, you can see happiness is always 8 you. Happiness is not the same as money. When you are poor, you can say you are very happy, because people can’t buy happiness 9 money. When you meet problems, you can also say loudly you are very happy, because you have many friends to help you. So you can’t always say you are poor and you have bad luck. If you agree with me, you can be a happy and 10 person.
A．pupils B．trouble C．room D．office
A．newspapers B．cards C．lessons D．books
A．friendship B．knowledge C．our D．care
A．to B．for C．on D．by
A．wrong B．right C．badly D．worse
A．us B．them C．others D．yourself
A．teachers B．happiness C．friends D．parents
A．within B．between C．around D．among
A．without B．on C．of D．with
A．lucky B．bad C．able D．unable
Peter is thirteen. He is 1 Grade Two this year. He likes to play football and watch football matches. And he often 2 newspapers. He does his best to know where and when a football match will be.
Now Peter is having lunch. He is 3 the radio, too. He is very happy 4 there will be a nice football match on TV at four 5 this afternoon. He wants 6 it very much. But he is going to have English and Chinese lessons. It’s 7 for him to find a way.
“Hello, Mrs. Black,” Peter says to his teacher 8 the phone. “Peter is ill in bed. He wants to ask for half a day’s leave(请假).”
“Oh, I’m 9 to hear that,” says Mrs. Black. “But 10 is that?”
“It’s my father, Mrs. Black.”
A．on B．at C．in D．from
A．sees B．look C．watches D．reads
A．hearing B．listen to C．listening D．listening to
A．so B．because C．and D．but
A．in B．on C．at D．/
A．sees B．to look C．watches D．to watch
A．hard B．easy C．good D．interesting
A．in B．by C．on D．with
A．happy B．glad C．afraid D．sorry
A．where B．who C．what D．how