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Malala Yousafzai Brave, a 19-year-old girl, has been thought to be clever and determined（坚定的）since October 9, 2012 when Taliban gunmen entered her school bus and shot (枪击) her head.

Before this      day, Malala had been speaking out for girls’ education in her country of Pakistan. The doctors, who treated Malala after she was shot, didn’t      that she would live but she did so much more than just live－she      .

Malala has recently      a book named “I am Malala”. She has joined talk shows and has had the chance to meet with the US President Barack Obama.

On July 12th, her sixteenth birthday, Malala made her first public appearance after she was shot. She spoke in the United Nations      students, teachers, and some important guests.

In her speech, Malala made it      that the Taliban did not reach their goal of stopping her strong     . Nothing changed in her life, Malala said－except that: weakness,     and hopelessness died; strength, power and courage were born. Malala told her listeners that she would continue to fight for      education in her country and all over the world.

Through her speech, Malala is trying to help us    that a gun may hit her body but not her heart. She won Nobel Peace Prize in 2014.

1.A. sad            B. happy       C. rainy      D. snowy

2.A. know           B. expect      C. find        D. wish

3.A. died            B. lived        C. improved  D. lost

4.A. read            B. borrowed     C. found       D. written

5.A. across from    B. in front of  C. next to   D. behind

6.A. happy           B. lucky        C. clear       D. right

7.A. voice          B. health       C. sound      D. words

8.A. happiness      B. care         C. interest   D. fear

9.A. better          B. worse       C. harder     D. easier

10.A. wonder         B. guess        C. know        D. understand

— I heard you have a chance to enter that top university in the world?

—                                     .

A. Don’t mention it.      B. That’s not the case.

C. What’s up?              D. Is that so?

Our teachers often tell us we can’t be       because no mistake is too small for us.

A. very careful      B. careful

C. so careful       D. too careless

     my family       his       been to Hainan, so all of us dream of a visit there.

A. both; and; has       B. not only; but also; has

C. either; or; have    D. neither; nor; have

There is so much noise around his flat that he feels       mad.

A. as much as        B. as many as

C. as good as        D. as soon as

After reading the texts, the students were asked to go on       .

A. to practise to listen      B. practising to listen

C. to practise listening      D. practising listening

Jeremy Lin’s excellent behaviour in that match       more attention. As a result, he was chosen to play for Charlotte Hornets.

A. brought him to                        B. took notice of

C. paid attention to                     D. cared about

Nothing is better as a gift for someone you love than a book of       .

A. great valuable   B. little valuable

C. great value      D. little value

I wonder whether       wrong with my flowers. They don’t grow so well.

A. there is something        B. is there something

C. there is anything          D. is there anything

I wouldn’t devote my free time to       .

A. play such bored games     B. playing so boring games

C. play so bored games     D. playing such boring games