Life is not easy, so I'd like to say "When anything happens, believe in yourself."
When I was 14, I was ____ nervous to talk to anyone. My classmates often ____ me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later, ____happened, and it changed my life. It was an English speech contest（竞赛）. My mother asked me to take part in it. What a(n) ____ idea! It meant I had to ____ in front of all the teachers and students of my school!
"Come on, boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to win." Finally I decided to have a try and____ the topic "Believe in yourself". I tried my best to ____all the speech and practiced it over 100 times. With my mother's great love, I did well in the contest. I could ____ believe my ears when the news came that I had won the first place. Those ____who once looked down on (瞧不起) me, now all said "Congratulations!" to me. My mother was very happy and cried excitedly.
____ then, everything has changed for me. When I do anything, I try to make the best from it. This is true not only for a person but also for a country.
A．so B．too C．very D．quite
A．made faces at B．looked after C．laughed at D．smiled at
A．something B．nothing C．anything D．everything
A．interesting B．exciting C．perfect D．terrible
A．say B．speak C．tell D．talk
A．reached B．brought C．chose D．thought
A．remember B．see C．spell D．read
A．almost B．nearly C．hard D．hardly
A．girls B．classmates C．boys D．teachers
A．Since B．Except C．Before D．From
As we know, new traffic rules have taken affect in China since the first day of 2013. And all the ____ in China are facing strict punishment for disobey the traffic rules.
The new traffic law is considered to be the strictest ever. Running a ______ light means six points deducted(扣除) from your license. That’s half of the 12-point limit. It used to be ____ three points for the same offense.
There are some strict rules, too. For ___, if the driver doesn’t fasten the seatbelt , he or she will deducted two points from his or her license, For all the drivers who like drinking, there is a new rule especially _____ up for them. If the driver drives the car ____ drinking, he or she will be deducted twelve ____from his or her license.
When you lose all the 12 points, you have to ____ the license test again before you can get back behind the wheel.
Across China, more than 60,000 people ____ in traffic accidents each year. That means every ten minutes, one person gets killed on the road. The government hopes the ____ traffic rules will help to make China’s roads safer. Of course, we hope so.
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A．workers B．teachers C．drivers D．doctors
A．green B．red C．yellow D．blond
A．just B．else C．only D．also
A．exercise B．example C．expert D．traffic
A．set B．get C．put D．send
A．after B．before C．when D．while
A．roads B．accidents C．rules D．points
A．keep B．catch C．bring D．take
A．die B．live C．stay D．help
A．dangerous B．strict C．safe D．most
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When I was young，my father told me that little acts of kindness may give one great happiness. Since then I have always tried to help people in .
One hot summer afternoon, I was down the highway to New York when another car suddenly into my lane(车道). My car was in the far right lane，so it ran onto the roadside. As a(n) driver，I moved my car quickly and skillfully back onto the highway without causing any accident. I was with that driver，but I thought that he just did not pay attention to（注意） the lane change, and he did not do that on purpose(故意).The car ran away after cutting me off. Very soon it disappeared from sight. After a while，I came around a curve(弯道) and found the car. The driver was walking along the roadside. He was an elderly man and looked . As there was no telephone nearby and the nearest services were twenty miles away, I decided to and see what the problem was.
The man’s car had a flat tire(瘪胎). Although he had another tire，he had nothing to work with. I decided to him. I changed the tire for him and allowed him to sit in my air-conditioned car while I did it. Fifteen minutes later，I the work. I was hot and tired，but I really felt after an act of kindness to the man who had earlier my car run off the road.
You can really enjoy great from kindness acts, so always lend your hands to others in trouble.
A．need B．school C．danger D．summer
A．walking B．riding C．running D．driving
A．fell B．jumped C．came D．climbed
A．new B．experienced C．frightened D．cheerful
A．unhappy B．interested C．kind D．friendly
A．even B．certainly C．almost D．simply
A．quickly B．quietly C．politely D．carefully
A．new B．red C．same D．other
A．excited B．relaxed C．surprised D．worried
A．stay B．search C．stop D．hide
A．give B．train C．help D．encourage
A．began B．finished C．took D．continued
A．good B．sorry C．angry D．shy
A．kept B．made C．watched D．heard
A．friendship B．success C．excitement D．happiness
One day Daddy and I went out a walk. On the way we a lot of people. We went up and a look. Oh, dear! did we see? There a donkey(驴) in the middle of the road. It would not move. The cars and buses could not get .
Then a policeman came." donkey is this?" he asked. "It' s ," said a farmer, "but I move it." The policeman and the farmer did best to move the donkey, but it would not move. We laughed, but the of the cars and the buses were . "We can't move the donkey," the farmer and the policeman said. "What shall we do?"
"Give him a carrot," my father said. " a good idea!" said the farmer.
Soon he found a and showed it to the donkey. When the donkey saw a carrot, it jumped up and walked after the farmer. the cars and buses could get past at last.
A．for B．from C．at D．on
A．saw B．looked C．looked for D．watched
A．enjoyed B．had C．played D．gave
A．When B．Where C．What D．Which
A．is B．was C．has D．had
A．past B．to C．on D．up
A．Who B．Who's C．Which's D．Whose
A．mine B．me C．you D．my
A．can B．can't C．could D．couldn't
A．his B．her C．their D．its
A．drivers B．workers C．riders D．teachers
A．worried B．happy C．glad D．pleased
A．He's B．She's C．Which is D．That's
A．carrot B．cat C．dog D．camel
A．Some of B．Little of C．All D．Few of
It was the first day of school. I had a new classmate, a little old lady with a warm smile.
She said, “ Hi, young man! I’m Rose. I’m 87 years old. Can I give you a hug(拥抱)?”
I said , “ Of course!”
“Why are you in college at an age?” I asked.
She joked, “ I’m here to meet a husband, get married, have children, and then travel around the world.”
“No, seriously,” I asked.
“ I always of having a college education. Now I’m getting one!” she told me .
After a year, Rose became popular. She easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the attention from .
At the end of the semester(学期) we invited Rose to at our party. I’ll never foget what she
taught .
“We do not stop playing becasuse we are old; we grow because we stop playing. Here are the of staying young. You have to laugh and find humour every_______. You’ve got to have a dream. When you your dreams, you die!”she said.
“There is a big between growing old and growing up. Anybody can grow old. That doesn’t take any talent or ability,” she added. “But to , you have to find the chance in change. Have no regrets(遗憾). We usually don’t have regrets for what we did, rather for things we did not do.”
Finally we graduated from the college with Rose. One week graduation(毕业), she died peacefully in her sleep. She taught us by example that it’s never too late to be all you can possibly be.
A．slowly B．happily C．heavily D．badly
A．so B．this C．such D．that
A．rich B．bad C．poor D．short
A．hoped B．wished C．wanted D．dreamed
A．another B．the other C．the others D．others
A．say B．speak C．talk D．discuss
A．us B．her C．him D．them
A．young B．old C．tall D．thin
A．stories B．secrets C．seasons D．surveys
A．week B．month C．year D．day
A．lose B．have C．keep D．like
A．chance B．change C．difference D．problem
A．stand up B．grow up C．grow old D．keep healthy
A．because B．so C．though D．but
A．in B．after C．during D．before
The best gift I’ve received was from two young boys. At that time, I didn’t have a lot of money or a huge home. As a single mom with three young children of my own, life is so .
They were boys with dirty faces a bit older than my children, but they always my yard. I must feed my children who were thirsty and hungry, so I a lot of time baking so many healthy muffins（松饼）.These two boys almost grew up in our yard, and they were glad to pray with us before they would have a with my family.
We would also food, laughter, books and games with them. And a while later, they . I didn’t know where they had gone and I often wondered what had in their lives, and meanwhile I hoped for the best.
During one of the darkest times in my personal life, no one came to visit me. I felt really lonely these days. I even wondered if God had me. On Mother’s Day, my children home from school. We were sitting together talking when I heard a on the door.
I went to answer it, and there stood two clean-faced, tall, smiling boys holding two bundles of beautiful flowers I had ever seen. They said to me “Do you us? You used to feed us muffins! They were so . We wanted to come back and thank you and say Happy Mother’s Day you were really like a to us!” I was so moved that I couldn’t help crying, and thankedthem again and again.
A．boring B．exciting C．interesting D．hard
A．visited B．repaired C．cleaned D．destroyed
A．always B．never C．seldom D．hardly
A．spared B．saved C．spent D．wasted
A．meal B．rest C．drink D．bath
A．buy B．share C．collect D．pack
A．changed B．agreed C．refused D．disappeared
A．happened B．lost C．gone D．changed
A．punished B．forgotten C．blamed D．doubted
A．drove B．flew C．called D．arrived
A．shock B．voice C．noise D．knock
A．affect B．remember C．influence D．greet
A．bad B．expensive C．delicious D．salty
A．before B．if C．though D．because
A．teacher B．mom C．friend D．sister