It's too hard for me to learn it．Can you show me how （throw）the ball？
My uncle Meyer is not a famous person but has done a lot of great things in his life．He is a（1） who has been teaching languages and history at a college in the past 45 years．He has（2） some young people to love languages．He often （3） letters and e﹣mails from students who studied with him years ago．Many of them finished（4） and then had their own jobs and families．They tell him what they have learned from （5） and how much he has influenced them．
A second great thing about my uncle is that he is also a teacher （6） the classroom．When we were children，we used to follow him to the museums on weekends．He always （7） money to support the museums．Many times we wondered（8） he did that．He told us，"The real world is（9） than the classroom．Museums can （10） us with something we cannot learn in the classroom．"
A third great thing about Uncle Meyer is that he never stops（11） ．He's 68 years old now，and he is taking Chinese lessons although he can already speak Russian and Cerman pretty well．Uncle Meyer finds it difficult to learn Chinese（12） ，he never gives up．He thinks learning languages is fun（13） he has made great progress so far．He's hoping to go to China and visit some famous cities next year with the（14） to speak some Chinese．
Some people think Uncle Meyer is old and he should stop working，but he has never thought about that．He loves to teach and learn．He believes that it is （15） to learn and lead other people to learn．Uncle Meyer is always on the way．
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（1）A．pianist |
B．teacher |
C．pilot |
D．waiter |
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（2）A．encouraged |
B．warned |
C．refused |
D．allowed |
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（3）A．describes |
B．sends |
C．receives |
D．divides |
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（4）A．work |
B．homework |
C．race |
D．college |
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（5）A．her |
B．me |
C．him |
D．them |
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（6）A．on |
B．inside |
C．at |
D．outside |
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（7）A．checked out |
B．gave away |
C．picked up |
D．turned down |
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（8）A．why |
B．how |
C．when |
D．where |
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（9）A．thinner |
B．smaller |
C．shorter |
D．bigger |
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（10）A．solve |
B．stop |
C．provide |
D．discover |
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（11）A．exercising |
B．sharing |
C．learning |
D．writing |
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（12）A．However |
B．Again |
C．Besides |
D．Also |
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（13）A．or |
B．and |
C．but |
D．till |
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（14）A．time |
B．money |
C．ability |
D．story |
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（15）A．unfair |
B．boring |
C．polite |
D．meaningful |
（Eric and Lily are talking about the coming book report in the classroom．）
Eric：Hey，what are you doing？
Lily：（1）
Eric：What is it about？
Lily： It's about The Hunchback of Notre Dame（《巴黎圣母院》）．
Eric：Wow，that's a famous book．But did you hear Notre Dame caught fire on April 15th？
Lily：Yes．（2） It's a symbol of culture and has been around for 850 years．
Eric：Don't worry．The French government will rebuild it in five years．
Lily：Anyway，we should learn a lesson from it．
Eric：You're right．（3） We should pay more attention to protecting them．
Lily：So let's come up with some good ideas．
Eric：（4）
Lily：Sounds great．When shall we start？
Eric：（5）
Lily：OK．See you then．
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A．What a pity！ B．I've never heard of it． C．How about this Saturday？ D．I'm working on my book report． E．Why not put up some signs in the neighborhood first？ F．In our country，there are many places of interest，too． |
President Xi Jinping made an important speech on the （four）of May，2019．
Last Sunday，I met two well﹣known （write）at the airport．
I'm sure Jim will succeed as long as he believes in （him）．