Be yourself
We wish that we could be better at sports or more attractive. We wish we had nicer clothes or more money. Everyone likes to feel that lie or she is special.____ ____ , many of us grow up believing that we’re not special at all. We believe we are not good enough just as we are.
Most parents want us to be the best we can be. Very often, they________us to others. By doing this, they try to encourage us to do better. They mean well, but the message we often get is that we’re not good enough. We begin to believe that the only way we can be special is by being better than someone else, but we are often_______.There will always be someone out there who is better than we are at something. Plenty of people around may not be as smart as we are, but they are better at sports. Or they may not be as good-looking, but they have more money. It is ______ for us to be better than everyone else all the time.
We all want the things that we believe will make us better people. But very often we don’t realize that we already have________us the very things that we want. These things make us different from others. When we are growing up, ______sometimes forget to tell us that we are special, that we are good enough. Maybe no one told them when they were growing up. Anyway, it’s up to us to remind them from time to time that each of us, in our own way, is special. What we are is enough.
A．Again B．Next C．Besides D．However
A．describe B．compare C．introduce D．prefer
A．lonely B．forgetful C．disappointed D．nervous
A．helpful B．impossible C．necessary D．unfair
A．inside B．among C．around D．for
A．friends B．scientists C．parents D．doctors
Do your parents make you do lots of after-school activities? My parents did. I used to listen to them. But now, I decide to think for .
My parents made me do a lot of after-school activities: taking guitar lessons, taking class, playing tennis and doing different kinds of other things.
I didn’t like many of them. I often asked my parents to stop me.
This year, I will stop some activities. I decide to the guitar because I don’t like to play it at all. I think I can learn English by myself at home I won’t go to the English class any more
My mother doesn’t think that I get enough . But I don’t think so.I walk two miles to school every day. I think that is for me. So I don’t want to play tennis.
One day, my mother me to go to a swimming club, but I refused.She was and said,“The more you study, the more skills you will have, and then the more independent you will be.” she’s right, but I really don’t want to go.
Dear friends, am I right? What will you do if you meet the situation?
A．herself B．themselves C．myself D．ourselves
A．Chinese B．English C．math D．science
A．dropping B．offering C．beating D．pushing
A．give up B．make up C．take up D．set up
A．and B．so C．but D．or
A．exercise B．food C．sleep D．study
A．bad B．easy C．important D．enough
A．allowed B．hated C．asked D．helped
A．nervous B．excited C．angry D．glad
A．Instead B．Maybe C．However D．Anyway
Not only adults but also teenagers have problems in their life. Here is a survey showing the main problems of .
They feel stressed because they have homework to do both at school and at home. They have lots of exams . And parents usually send them different classes at weekends. As a result, so many of them almost become bookworms(书虫). On holidays, they could hardly have time to do what they are interested in. Now more and more teenagers short-sighted. They often read in bed or keep for a long time without having a rest. Some of them are crazy about playing computer games. Some too much watching TV. serious problem among teenagers is that many of them are becoming fat. They eat too much junk food, but they take little exercise.
I think teenagers should think of ways on how to the problem. They should make a plan for study and hobbies and find time to relax as much as possible.
A．adult B．adults C．teenager D．teenagers
A．too many B．too much C．much too D．many too
A．join B．to be taken C．to take D．to join
A．to B．for C．of D．in
A．our own B．their own C．his own D．they own
A．are getting B．are getting C．got D．are become
A．red B．read C．to read D．reading
A．pay B．cost C．spend D．take
A．Another B．Other C．Others D．Some
A．doing with B．do with C．dealing with D．deal with
Each nation has many volunteers(志愿者) who help to take care of others. They books to the people in hospitals or homes for the aged. Sometimes they just visit them and play games with them or listen to their .
Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or . They paint, clean up, their houses or do their shopping.
For boys who no longer have , there is an organization called Big Brothers. College students and other men take these boys to baseball games or fishing places and help them to get to know things that boys learn from their fathers.
Each city has a number of clubs boys and girls can go to play games or learn crafts (工艺). Some of these clubs organize short trips to the mountains, beaches, or other places of interest . Most of these clubs use high school and college students as volunteers because they are young enough to the names of boys and girls.
Volunteers believe that the happiest people in the world are those who help to i happiness to others.
A．sell B．read C．throw D．show
A．voices B．speeches C．songs D．problems
A．young B．happy C．old D．hungry
A．pollute B．repair C．build D．remove
A．brothers B．sisters C．fathers D．mothers
A．usually B．never C．only D．seldom
A．which B．who C．when D．where
A．nearby B．faraway C．abroad D．home
A．report B．forget C．remember D．choose
A．cause B．bring C．take D．lend
The Vietnam (越南) War broke out. The young husband the army and died in the war. His wife and son began to have a life after that. Even though their life was very hard and sometimes they didn’t have enough food to eat, the still decided to raise her son by herself.
Several years later her son immigrated (移民) to America finally became an engineer. He often sent letters to his mother with much money. However, with many excuses, the son to come back home to visit his mother.
his mother died, the son returned. But he didn’t cry. His mother left a box behind. During the funeral (葬礼), the son opened the box and cried and shouted, “Mom! Mom!” looked at each other and then looked at the box. It was full of $100 bills and a piece of paper.
It read, “Son, I don’t spend too much money. I miss you a lot. Every time I heard a motorcycle , I ran out of the door but it wasn’t you. I saved money you in case (以防) you get sick.”
A．joined B．moved C．found D．sent
A．comfortable B．easy C．hard D．happy
A．son B．father C．husband D．wife
A．but B．and C．so D．or
A．refused B．agreed C．asked D．offered
A．Before B．When C．While D．As
A．slowly B．hardly C．quickly D．suddenly
A．Nobody B．Anyone C．Everyone D．Somebody
A．passing by B．going away C．showing up D．running off
A．with B．on C．to D．for
The sky was clear and the sun was shining brightly before the deadly disaster of the typhoon. Bernadette Tenegra, a 44-year-old high school teacher, was in her which was on the bank of a river. The Tenegra family together in their shelter to keep away from the storm. They thought that the powerful storm would die out soon as it did .So they were just hanging on there.
But things didn’t happen they had thought, the water rose with a frightening speed and their house fell down, sweeping away the occupants (居住者)，including Tenegra’s husband and her other daughter. They were able to struggle to , but the 6-year-old Tenegra was against the strong wind and water, along with sharp deadly debris(残骸). Bernadette made her way to the child and was holding her and kept her to keep on.
“I crawled(爬) over to her, and I tried to pull her up. But she was too and wasn’t able to make it. It seemed she had already , ” Tenegra said, crying. “I screamed but it didn’t work."
The mother said that she would never forget the last words of her daughter before , “Ma, just let go, just let go. Save . I love you forever.
“Yolanda” , the super typhoon destroyed a great number of houses and buildings. The 6-year- old Tenegra her life. She has just seen a small part of this wonderful world that short lifetime, while the whole world witnessed all the beauty of her.
A．family B．school C．building D．home
A．marched B．stayed C．arranged D．collected
A．in the past B．in the day C．in the end D．in the future
A．while B．before C．as D．since
A．wooden B．golden C．hidden D．modem
A．strength B．warmth C．safety D．difficulty
A．fighting B．beating C．touching D．preventing
A．inviting B．ordering C．training D．telling
A．sleepy B．weak C．impatient D．careless
A．given hack B．given away C．given up D．given off
A．excitedly B．sadly C．angrily D．confidently
A．arrival B．break C．choice D．death
A．myself B．yourself C．himself D．herself
A．lost B．saved C．spent D．changed
A．above B．below C．during D．beyond