Life is made up of success and failure (失败). No one is always successful and also no one is always a failure. So it doesn’t make much difference w_______ you are successful or not. The most
i_______ thing is what you do when you face success or failure. If you lose your heart when you
f_______ or show arrogance (自大) when you succeed (成功), you’ll never succeed.
I_______, you should face it bravely, and then your failure can be
c_______ into success. And you should go on working hard, then you can make greate
p_______.
Why do some people often feel discouraged (气馁的) t_______ they are able to do something? I think there are two main reasons. First, these people don’t have a correct estimate (评估) of themselves. Second, they may take
s_______ difficulties for big ones.
The word “success” itself has hundreds of definitions (定义). For some it means power. For some it means great achievement (成就). For o_______ it is wealth (财富). I think it means achieving in one’s work, making contributions (共享) to the development of our country and bringing
h________ to people.
根据句意和提示写出单词, 完成句子。There are __________ (千) of people by the sea in summer.
They didn’t ____________ (意识到) the mistake they made today．
Shirley will_________(描述) what her hometown is like in her talk tomorrow.
Our ______________ (政府) is taking action to protect the giant pandas.
It must be great to feel the beauty of _________ (自然) on a clear autumn afternoon.
It was Sunday. Jack went to a barber’s shop(理发店) to have (he) hair cut. But he was not happy with the result. While he
(walk) along the street, he met his friend Bob.
“What has happened to your hair?” Bob laughed and said.
“I had bad day today! I didn’t like my old hairstyle
I went to a new barber’s shop. But this one seems even
(bad) than before. You know, I am going to a party tonight.” Jack said
(sad).
“Oh, that’s really a problem. Now I’ll tell you what (do) when you go into a barber’s shop next time: have a look
all the barber’s hair, find out
hair looks worst, and ten go straight to him.”
“Why?” Jack asked.
“Who cut that (man) hair? He couldn’t cut it himself, could he? Another barber cut it. So you know he can’t be the worst barber.” Bob said.
Right now, more and more people are digging into their food with (二) sticks which are called chopsticks. Even people eating with knives and
(餐叉) begin to love them. What’s so special about them? Because they have deep influence in many people’s ways of life.
Simplicity. There’s (几乎不) anything simpler than chopsticks. With new technology developing every day, there is
(仍然) something that has just one use —simply to eat. Also the chopsticks don’t
(花费) much. In real life, we don’t need to keep improving things all the time.
Aim. When using chopsticks, you can not pick up everything in one go. Know what you want and just do it. Sometimes, a little bit of focus makes the difference (在…之间) failure and success.
Practice. Using chopsticks doesn’t come naturally. You have to learn to use them and practice it. Most would (同意) that there’s no better way than to practice. In real life, you may have many things you want to do, but it will just be a
(梦想) if you don’t try doing it.
Slowing down. A healthy way to eat is to eat with chopsticks. It slows you down and it (允许) your stomach to tell your brain you are full before you overeat. In our life, we sometimes need slow down to have time to think, to realize that we’re actually full and don’t have to rush full
(速度) through life.
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式（最多限填三个单词）填空。
Summer was coming and it was getting hotter. Mrs. King gotearly one morning and went to the market after she
（have）breakfast. She knew that everything was cheap there before eight o'clock. She wanted to buy many
（vegetable）for her family. Suddenly she saw there were a
of people around a farmer. She hurried there and found that he was selling some beef.
“How does it cost?”a woman asked.
“Two dollars a kilo.”
“Oh，how cheap it is！”Mrs. King said to herself.“John （like）beef very much. I'd better buy some here．”
When she gotwith five kilos of beef，her son was happy but her husband got angry.
“What a silly woman！”said Mr. King.“How shall we keep it fresh in such hot weather?”
“Your aunt is very rich，”said Mrs. King.“Why not go and borrow some moneyher? Then we'll be able to buy a fridge．”Mr. King agreed and they began to teach their five-year-old son what
（say）when they were at his aunt's house.
“John，”Mr. King said，“how can we keep the beef fresh?”
“That's easy，”the boy said（happy）.“By eating it！”
（A）根据短文内容和括号内所给汉语意思，写出空白处各单词的正确形式（每空一词）。
Jeff Bezos is the founder and CEO of Amazon. com. He was（出生）on January 12，1964，in New Mexico，U．S. As a child，Bezos was very
（感兴趣的）in how things worked. From the time he learned to walls，Jeff was busy trying to change his world. He
（感觉）he was too old to sleep in a baby bed at the
（年龄）of three，so he found a tool and took the bed apart. Instead of getting mad，his family encouraged him. Bezos had a younger sister and brother. They loved going into their brother's room because of all the fascinating
（玩具）when they learned 'to walk.To
（警告）him that the children were coming，Bezos fixed an alarm to his bedroom door that made a loud sound when someone began to
（进入）his room.
As a teenager，his family moved to Miami where he developed a love for computers．Bezos learned wisely and did（好）in school and his class were
（骄傲的）of him. In high school，he also started his first business，the Dream Institute，an educational summer camp for fourth，
（五）and sixth graders．
