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先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。

If you lose 12 times, will you just give up? Dale Carnegie, a pioneer in public speaking and self-development, kept t      1.. And he became famous by showing people how to be successful.

Carnegie was born in 1888 in a poor farming family in the central United States. The boy didn’t see a train u      2.he was 12 years old. In his teens, he had to get up at 4 am. every day to milk the cows in his family.

When Carnegie first entered college, he felt h    3.because of his clothes and common looks. His mother encouraged him: “Why not try to be better in other things i  4.of just dress and good looks?”

Carnegie tried to be more a      5.in college. He joined the debate(辩论) team. But one after a       6., he lost 12 times. The young man was disappointed(失望的) in himself. He said later that he thought of killing himself after so many failures.

But soon Carnegie was s      7. practicing public speaking on the riverside. His hard work brought good r   8. at last. In 1906, Carnegie won a famous speech contest(比赛) and became well-known.

The young man made his own words come true: “Bthat you will succeed, and you will.” In order to s    9. his success, Carnegie opened schools and wrote books. His best-sellers(畅销书) include How to Win Friends and Influence People and How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. More than 50 million c   10.of his books have been printed in 38 languages. They are still helping people on the road to success.

A、请根据句意及所给中文写出单词。B、用所给单词的适当形式填空。

1.---Don’t you think Feng Xiaogang is one of the most famous_______ (导演)?

---Yes, I do.

2.A____ (最新的) national survey tells us that our China is becoming stronger and stronger.

3.We are becoming one of the market leaders in different kinds of _______ (产业).

4.People say that someone died _________ (宁静地), they mean that they had no pain when

they died.

5.___ (考虑) what they like and dislike is important for young people to choose future jobs.

6.---Do you know who is the _______ (wealth) person in China?

---It’s said that Ma Yun is.

7.---I don’t like horror films. They are terrible.    ---_______ (either) do I.

8.The report goes on to make a number of suggestions to improve____ (safe) on daily food.

9.My friend, Lucy, can't understand why with no children my house is always ____ (tidy)!

10.If someone_____ (heavy) says something, they say it in a slow way which shows a feeling such as sadness, tiredness, or annoyance.

阅读短文后回答问题。

Coffee has been a part of people’s lives for thousands of years, and today it is still a favourite drink of millions of people in the world. Coffee is so popular, but do you know the story of coffee and how it was discovered?

There is an old story that says coffee was discovered in Africa long, long time ago. One day, a farmer was watching his goats, and he saw them eat some small berries from a plant. After they ate the berries, the goats became very active. The man often felt tired, so he decided to try the berries too. Surprisingly, he did not feel tired any more. Coffee plants were discovered. Then coffee was taken from Africa to Arabia, and there it was first used as medicine. The Arabs kept coffee a secret for many years. Later, coffee came to Turkey, then Italy, then France. From Europe, the coffee plant was taken to America. People found that coffee plants grew well in many parts of South America, so large coffee farms were started, and many coffee plants were grown. On these farms, coffee beans were picked from the plants by hand. Then the beans were dried and prepared for market to sell. Different coffee beans were mixed together to produce different kinds of coffee. Coffee was sent to all over the world, and soon became very popular.

1.Where did coffee come from?

__________________________________________________________

2.What was coffee first used as in Arabia?

__________________________________________________________

3.Why were large coffee farms started in South America?

__________________________________________________________

4.How did people get coffee beans from the plants?

__________________________________________________________

5.Why did people mix different coffee beans together?

__________________________________________________________

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A good book can teach you things beyond your class. It can open your eyes and clear your minds. If you want to get into a good reading habit, there are a number of ways to develop it.

Plan your time

You should give yourself at least thirty minutes in all for reading every day. When time is set, nothing can change it. For example, make it a habit to read during breakfast or lunch time.

Always carry a book

Wherever you go, take a book with you. When you leave the house, you should always carry a good book as well as your school things. Remember that a book always stays with you.

Find a quiet place

Find a place in your home where you can sit in a comfortable chair. When you read a book, no one will trouble you. There should be no television, computer, music or even noisy family members around you.

Have a library day

Have a library card, and you read as many good books as possible in the library. Make it weekly trip to the library, you can save a lot of money

Blog it

One of the best ways to develop a good reading habit is to put it on your blog．If you don't have one, create one. It's free. Ask your friends and family to go there to share your ideas and offer you suggestions.

Imagine one day, the water taps in your house stop running. You have to buy water from shops. And still there isn’t enough for everyone. Your mother has to save the family’s shower water to do other things. Would you be able to stand that kind of life?

Probably not. But that’s what kids in Yemen are experiencing. Experts said Yemen is going to be the first country in the world to run out of water. According to a report, the capital, Sana, will run out of drinking water as early as 2025.

Because of the shortage, the government often cuts the water supply(供应). Hannan, an 18-year-old from Lahej, told Times: “In a good week we’ll have a water supply all week. But then the following week there will be water only for a day or two.”

Hannan said only rich people have enough water to use. They can buy water from the shops or from the water trucks. Private companies own the trucks. They travel around the city every day to sell water—at very high prices. “A lot of people can’t afford it,” she said.

The average (平均) person in Yemen uses 100 to 200 cubic(立方) meters of water per year. That is far below the international water poverty(贫困) line of 1,000 cubic meters.

The government is thinking of making use of seawater. But it will cost a lot and it may not happen soon enough to help the people of Yemen.

1._____________ is the name of the capital city of Yemen.

A. Sana     B. Lahej       C. Hannan          D. Times

2.A report shows that Sana will have ____________ as early as 2025.

A. enough drinking water to use

B. no drinking water to use

C. no private companies

D. more water pollution

3.What does the word “shortage” in the third paragraph mean in Chinese?

A. 充足      B. 短缺           C. 干旱              D. 需求

4.We can infer(推断) from the passage that _____________.

A. the poor don’t have to worry about the water supply

B. the 18-year-old boy is from a poor family

C. private companies make a lot of money

D. Lahej is a beautiful place

5. Which of the following do you think is the best title for this passage?

A. How to Save Water

B. How to Make Use of Seawater

C. How People Use Water Fully

D. Yemen is Facing Serious Water Shortage