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 he 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 compare (比较)us to . By doing this, they try to encourage us to do better. They 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 being better than someone else, but we are often disappointed(失望). There will always be someone out there who is better than we are at . 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 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. , 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．Otherwise D．However
A．other B．others C．another D．the others
A．believe B．work C．mean D．show
A．to B．on C．by D．in
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
A．helpful B．impossible C．necessary D．important
A．inside B．among C．around D．for
A．worse than B．better than C．different from D．the same as
A．friends B．scientists C．parents D．doctors
A．Also B．Anyway C．Although D．After all
Three small fish lived in the sea. When they were very young, their parents died. They had each other day after day. Finally, they grew up and dared to swim deeper and further.
One morning, the three fish were to a shallow(浅) water by a big wave. A small boat was taken there, too. It was hard for the fish back to the sea because the boat was right in front of them. The largest fish realized that they werein danger, and said they had to find a way to leave there as as possible. The second largest fishagreed with his elder brother, the youngest one did not. He said that there was muchwater for their activities, so he would not worry at all and still swam aroundhappily.
At last, the largest fish returned to thesea by over the lowest part of the boat. The second largest fish also 7 injoining his elder brother in side of water. But the youngest one didn’t follow them and still swam joyfully.
Two hours later, when the sun rose up, the water in the small shallow corner . The fish who did not try to the sea died of lack of water.
A．look after B．looked after C．to look after D．to looking after
A．allowed B．given C．invited D．taken
A．go B．to go C．went D．going
A．fast B．fastly C．faster D．fastest
A．and B．but C．so D．thus
A．jump B．jumped C．to jump D．jumping
A．success B．succeed C．successed D．succeeded
A．the other B．other C．another D．each
A．rose up B．washed away C．ran out D．dried up
A．return B．returned C．to return D．returning
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In China, traffic keeps to the right. Cars, trucks, buses bikes must all keep to the right side of the . In most other countries, traffic to the left.
How can you the roads safer?
you cross the road, stop and look each side. left, then right, and then look left again. Don’t cross the road if you are not sure whether the road is clear or not. Don’t across the road. is dangerous.
If you small children, old people, or blind people walking across the road, help cross the road in safety. Helping others is a kind of virtue (美德).
A．or B．and C．but D．while
A．road B．river C．bridge D．city
A．go B．coming C．leave D．keeps
A．make B．know C．guess D．see
A．Often B．Before C．During D．As
A．Look B．Turn C．Walk D．Across
A．run B．jump C．smile D．walk
A．There B．It C．This D．Here
A．watch B．look C．read D．see
A．her B．him C．them D．they
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Do you like bubble gum(泡泡糖)? Do you know when it was ?
In the 1870s, an American discovered bubble gum. name was Thomas Adams. He wanted to find the use for a chicle(一种树胶). Chicle is a Spanish for sticky water that comes from one kind of Mexican tree.
Mr. Adams wanted to make rubber chicle. He worked in his home while he tried to find a way to make the chicle become stronger. He had a son name was Horatio. He also helped his father now and then.
One day, young Horatio began to chew(咀嚼) the chicle while he watched his father work. It did not very good, but Horatio enjoyed chewing it. Then the young boy began to blow bubbles with the new chicle which his father had made. Mr. Adams had discovered bubble gum .
Mr. Adams gave up trying to find a way to make rubber. , he wanted to try to sell the new gum that he had made. He thought people might like the taste, too.
He was . Soon, the new gum became more and more popular.
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A．created B．create C．discovered D．discover
A．Her B．My C．Your D．His
A．word B．meaning C．sentence D．idea
A．of B．from C．with D．to
A．whom B．which C．whose D．who
A．taste B．sound C．look D．smell
A．by mistake B．by accident C．in time D．for example
A．Instead of B．Because of C．Instead D．Because
A．another B．other C．the other D．others
A．good B．true C．right D．fine
“Never give up!” It is my law(法则) of life. It has brought me success. I learned the law from my father's famous story.
My father was in a poor village in the north of Jiangsu，in China. When he was a young boy，he went to school in the morning，then in the fields till sunset. And then he did his homework during midnight. Life was hard，because they had no ！
At the age of 14，my father heard of the United States of America. It was the land of gold，the land where people can become rich.
“ don't I go to America？” he thought to himself，full of hope.
So，my father came to America. “I had thought it was easy to collect money in America，” he told me. “But when I arrived there，I realized it was not true. They did not like to hire(雇佣) me because I spoke English. Later，I worked in a small restaurant，cleaning up tables， dishes and sweeping the floor. Life was for the first few years. I worked from 10 a. m. to 11 p. m. I wanted to go to school to learn English，but it was impossible. I couldn't the schooling(学费). ”
My father working hard，and reached his goal.
“Alan，” he often says to me. “If you want something，you have to work for it and never give up. Things do not come really in life. ” That is what I learned from my father.
A．born B．lucky C．rich D．famil
A．taught B．worked C．studied D．slept
A．experience B．energy C．time D．money
A．kind B．poor C．strong D．lazy
A．What B．How C．Why D．When
A．little B．good C．much D．excellent
A．giving B．running C．washing D．receiving
A．comfortable B．cheerful C．nice D．hard
A．borrow B．need C．afford D．pay
A．kept B．finished C．minded D．stopped