More than 700 years ago，Scotland （ 苏格兰 ） was fighting with England．The king of England wanted to（16） Scotland．He had a strong army so it was （17） for the Scots to fight．They lost many times，King Robert of Scotland had to run from the English army．
One rainy day，King Robert lay in an old house．He thought that he was not good enough to be king．He was so（18） that he didn't even see a spider（蜘蛛）near him．He （19） when he
saw the spider climbing．It was trying to climb up its web at the top of the house but it fell down．
"How sad"thought King Robert．"The spider is like me．It's not （20） enough．"He watched while the spider climbed up again．It fell down a second time．
"Be careful，little spider，or you might die，"he said．"Life is so hard．You'll never get back to your web．"But the spider （21） again and again．King Robert watched while it （22） climbed back to its web．After an hour，the spider got do the web．
"You are such a great （23） ，"he said．"If you can keep trying．I can too．I must keep on fighting．I won't let the English win．"His （24） grew strong and they （25） the English army．Scotland was free．
Nobody knows if this is a true story．Many parents tell it to their children because the want them to keep trying．
16．A．leave |
B．control |
C．help |
D．visit |
17．A．interesting |
B．difficult |
C．important |
D．necessary |
18．A．surprised |
B．bored |
C．worried |
D．lonely |
19．A．looked ahead |
B．looked out |
C．looked on |
D．looked up |
20．A．old |
B．strong |
C．fast |
D．free |
21．A．tried |
B．fell |
C．practiced |
D．cheered |
22．A．finally |
B．easily |
C．slowly |
D．suddenly |
23．A．player |
B．fighter |
C．soldier |
D．spider |
24．A．army |
B．feeling |
C．opinions |
D．family |
25．A．kept |
B．raised |
C．stopped |
D．joined |
You'll be p if you break the traffic rules．
She'll take her son to the d to have his teeth checked．
I was so c that I made the same mistake again．
Rose was telling her granddaughter Lily stories about how she had written a best﹣selling （1） in her early 30's．
"Did you always know you wanted to be a （2） ，Grandma？"asked Lily．Rose smiled at her granddaughter．"I （3） knew it on my first day of primary school．"
"I felt like that on my first day of primary school too!It was singing．I used to be sure that I would be a singer，"said Lily．"Why'used to'，Lily？"Rose asked．
"Well，"began Lily，"I （4） be the best singer in the class．But there was a new girl coming to my class，and she was better at singing than I was．What was the point（意义）of（5） as she was much better than me？"
"You know，Lily，"Rose said．"Although I was the best at writing in primary and middle school，when I got into high school，I met a girl in my English class．She was always the best writer．I used to（6） because of it，thinking that I was no longer the best writer，I was（7） ．"
"So what did you do？"Lily asked，"I did what any person would do，"said Rose．"I did everything to be better than her．"
"Did you ever write better than her in your class？"Lily asked．"No，But I realized that it wasn't about being the best out of everyone，it was about being the very best that I could be．So I （8） my love for writing，and look where I am now…"Rose （9） ．
"Wow!"said Lily in surprise．"But what's that girl doing now？""Who knows，but there's one thing I am （10） ：she hasn't written a best﹣selling book yet．"
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（1）A．magazine |
B．newspaper |
C．book |
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（2）A．singer |
B．writer |
C．teacher |
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（3）A．hardly |
B．already |
C．once |
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（4）．A．used to |
B．tried to |
C．wanted to |
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（5）A．working |
B．thinking |
C．trying |
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（6）A．change |
B．imagine |
C．cry |
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（7）A．nobody |
B．somebody |
C．anybody |
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（8）A．broke |
B．followed |
C．started |
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（9）A．shouted |
B．smiled |
C．agreed |
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（10）A．sure |
B．worried |
C．satisfied |
A famous symbol in American culture is a cartoon animal﹣﹣Mickey Mouse．Mickey first （1） in a cartoon in New York in 1982．Walt Disney was the father of Mickey．He made lots of cartoons with Mickey．Many people around the world love the mouse with two （2） ears．He was so popular because he was like a common man，but he always tried to face any danger and solve the problems all by himself．In Disney's early films，Mickey was （3） ，he lost his house and girlfriend，Minnie．（4） ，he never gave up his efforts and always won at last．Most people want to be like him．Now Mickey Mouse is still one of the most popular（5） characters in the world．
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（1）A．ran out |
B．hung out |
C．came out |
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（2）A．large and round |
B．small and short |
C．long and white |
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（3）A．rich |
B．happy |
C．unlucky |
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（4）A．Also |
B．However |
C．So |
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（5）A．cartoon |
B．play |
C．novel |
