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When I was young, I was kind of shy. Fortunately, I changed a lot by junior high. Shyness gets in the way of success, but it doesn't have to hold you back. Here are some tips that may help you overcome it. 1. The excitement of being lost at something that you love can help you forget your nervousness while showing off in public. Next, why not get more chances to speak in public? For me, when I got to high school, I took speech classes. 2. Then, don’t think about what will happen. It’s possible that you might be laughed at when speaking. 3. What really happens is better than what we imagine. Finally, remember past successes. Whether it is making a successful speech, remembering past successes can help inspire you to get future success. 4. If you succeeded in the past, then you can succeed again! It's actually natural to be a little bit nervous about meeting new people, making cold calls, or giving a speech. That nervousness doesn't have to keep you from succeeding, though.
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| 2. 难度：中等 | ||
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It was December 25. Marie, a 13-year-old Australian girl was happy. It was Christmas, and Marie' s mother was making a special cake. She put four small coins into the cake, and then she baked (烤) it. 1. After dinner Marie and her family ate the cake. They found three coins in the cake and put them on the table. 2. It was missing, but Marie's mother didn't notice. After Christmas Marie got sick. She coughed, and she couldn' t speak. After six weeks she felt better, but she still couldn't speak. 3. Doctors at the hospital looked her over, and then said, "We are sorry, but we can't help her. " For 12 years Marie didn't speak. She grew up, she got a job, and she got married. But she never spoke. One day, when Marie was 25 years old, she got a sore throat at work. 4. . She coughed up something small and black. What was it? Marie didn't know. She took it to the hospital. A doctor at the hospital said, "This is a coin!" The doctor told Marie, "I think you can speak again.” Marie went to a special doctor, and soon she could talk
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| 3. 难度：中等 | ||
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When you are learning English, listening, speaking and writing are important, but reading can also be very helpful. Here are some good reading tips. 1. Read something that you can understand. If you need to stop every three words to use a dictionary, it is not interesting. Try to increase the number of your new words. If there are four or five new words on a page, write them in your notebook. 2. Instead, try to guess their meaning as you read: mark them with a pen. Then come back when you have finished reading to look them up in a dictionary and write them in your own vocabulary book. Then try to remember them. Try to read regularly（定期地）. 3. Fifteen minutes every day is better than two hours every Sunday. Fix a time to read and keep to it. You could read for fifteen minutes when you go to bed, or when you get up or at lunchtime. Read what interests you. Choose a book or a magazine about a subject that you like, because you are going to spend time and money reading it. 4. You can also read newspapers. There are many English newspapers in China. It is easy enough to understand and also there is something interesting in it.
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| 4. 难度：中等 | |
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I’m busy every day. 1. I leave my home at seven and walk to the bus stop. The bus stop is in front of a cinema. It is about 2 hundred metres from my home. Usually, I catch the No. 11 bus to work, but sometimes I go by train. I work in a factory about ten kilometers from my home. 2._. I like doing sports after work. 3.. Weekends are my busiest time because I often play basketball. I get home a little later then. I am the shortest man on the team, but I am the fastest. I usually get back home at a quarter past five. I get into the lift(电梯) and go up to 12th floor. 4.. Every day I do the same thing. Do you know why I don’t use the lift for the last three floors?
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| 5. 难度：中等 | ||
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When I looked at the grade on my math paper, my jaw (下巴) almost dropped to the ground: a big “65” in bright red ink. I had never received such a terrible grade before. 1.I told him I got 85 and that the report wouldn’t come until the end of the month. Dad smiled. His daughter would never lie about her grade, so he didn’t doubt the unusual delay (延迟) of my report. A month later, Dad casually (随意地) asked me again about the report at the dinner table. He looked right into my eyes and askd for an answer. 2. I had lied because I didn’t want to let him down. For a moment, he just looked at me. I would have preferred a telling off than that silence. Finally, Dad said, in a hurt voice,“You have already let me down, with your lie. I am not disappointed at your math score. That is no big deal—no one can be perfect all the time. But I am very disappointed in you. 3.It’s much easier to achieve a better grade than rebuild someone else’s trust in you.” Dad’s words touched my heart. I couldn’t forgive myself for having hurt his feelings. I took out the report that I had been hiding for weeks, handed to him and apologized, sincerely. I realized that my honesty is not only important to me personally, but to those around me that trully care about my well-being. In one of Shakespeare’s plays a character says:“No legacy (遗产) is so rich as honesty.” 4.And from then on , I’ve never told a lie to anyone in the world.
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| 6. 难度：中等 | |
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You need to have healthy eating habits. Breakfast gives you enough energy for the morning. 1. Fruit and vegetables are good for your health, but fast food, like potato chips, will make you fat and unhealthy. So eat the right food to keep you healthy. Playing sports can also help you keep fit. 2. You must stay safe when you are playing sports. It’s necessary to learn about first aid. Then you can help yourselves or others if an accident happens. Happiness is important for your health. 3. When you are ill, try to be happy and you’ll feel better. On the other hand, you may feel sick if you are always unhappy. So, be happy to be healthy. 4. Many students think it’s cool to smoke and drink. But they don’t know smoking and drinking can cause many illnesses. You should say no to smoking and drinking.
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| 7. 难度：中等 | ||
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信息匹配。
Carl: Hi. My name’s Carl. Nice to meet you. Mike: Nice to meet you, too. My name is Michael. Carl: What？ Mike: Michael, but all my 1. and family call me Mike. Carl: Okay, Mike. So, tell me about your family? Mike: Well, I 2. seven brothers and six sisters. Carl: Wow. That is a 3. family. So, are you the oldest, Mike？ Mike: No. I’m the second oldest in my family. Carl: So, what do your parents 4.？ Mike: My father is a 5._. It’s a hard job. My 6. is a shop owner. She works with some of my brothers and sisters in our own shop. Carl: What kind of shop? Mike: We 7. food, like bread, eggs, soft drinks, rice, sugar, and so on.
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| 8. 难度：中等 | ||
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M: What are your plans for the weekend, Gina? W: On Saturday morning, I’m going to check my email and then do my 1.. In the afternoon, I need to go to a piano lesson. How about you? M: Well, I plan to buy some 2. for my mom’s birthday on Saturday afternoon. W: There will be a 3. at a friend’s home on Saturday evening. We’re going to 4. to some music. Would you like to come? M: Yes, that’s a 5. idea. W: Are you doing anything special on Sunday? M: No. I just want to stay at home and 6. for my test. And you? W: I’ll meet Linda and Tony at 9:00 am in the park, 7. we’re going to have a picnic there. Join us, will you? M: Sure, I’d love to!
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| 9. 难度：中等 | ||
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A: Hello! What are you going to do this weekend? B: Our family is going to 1. a picnic in the park. A: Fantastic ! Now it’s the right weather for outdoor 2.. B: Yes. What about you.？ A: I will go to see my grandparents with my mum. B: How often do you usually go to 3. them? A: About twice a month. You know, I’m very 4. with my schoolwork and my grandparents live very far 5. my home, about two hours by car. B: But you are lucky. My grandparents live even farther. It takes eight hours to go by 6.. A：7.? Anyway， I hope you can enjoy yourselves. B：Thank you!
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| 10. 难度：中等 | ||
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Lang Lang is only 27 years old, but has already been called “the most popular pianist on the planet” by American television network CNN. Like every successful person, Lang went through years of hard and lonely practice before making his name. 1. With great talent(天赋), he won his first competition at the age of 5. Lang’s father pushed little Lang very hard to succeed. When he was nine, Lang went to learn music in Beijing. 2. But Lang got fired(开除)by the piano teacher six months later. 3. Hearing about his son’s failure, Lang’s father was so angry that he told Lang to jump off a building! 4. His big break came at age 17, when he gained worldwide fame at “Gala of the Century”, a well-known concert in Chicago, US. Lang said it was his true love of music and piano that made him keep working.
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| 11. 难度：简单 | |
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Kenny and Bobbi McCaughey live in Iowa. They have a big family. Mikayla is the oldest child in the family. She is six years old. The other children are Brandon, Joe, Kelsey, Kenney, Natalie, Alexis and Nathan. They are all five years old. Why are they all the same age? 1.. They are septuplets! It is hard work to look after seven babies at the same time. 2.. In the beginning, many people helped them. They helped to feed, clean, and dress the babies. Every week , the septuplets used about 170 diapers(尿布)！3.。 Now the children are older. The septuplets started school this year. But they go to school at home, like their big sister, Mikayla. When Mikayla was ready for school, Kenny and Bobbi decided to teach her at home. 4..Now Bobbi is the teacher for all eight of her children。 A. They drank a lot of milk, too。 B. Because they were born together。 C. Last year, Bobbi was Mikayla’s teacher。 D. Kenny and Bobbi are interested in cooking。 E. But Kenny and Bobbi didn’t look after them alone。
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| 12. 难度：中等 | ||
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When I was about 13, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings (缺点). Sometimes she said I was lazy. Sometimes she said I wasn’t a good student. 1.. I tried to put up with (忍受) her as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. 2.. My father listened to me quietly, and then he asked, “Are the things she said true or not? Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.” I returned to my room and I did as my father told me. To my surprise, I found that about half the things were true. 3.. He refused to take the list. “That’s just for you,” he said. “When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be helpful to you. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you think is right.” Many years have passed. 4.. In our life we often meet with some trouble and we often go to someone and ask for advice. For some advice you will treasure (珍惜) all your life!
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| 13. 难度：中等 | ||
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Before the invention of the postage stamp, it was difficult to send a letter to another country. The sender paid for the letter to travel in his or her own country. 1. If a letter crossed several countries, the problem was worse. Rowland Hill, a British teacher, had the idea of postage stamp with glue on the back. The British post office made the first stamps in 1840. There were the Penny Black and the Two Pence Blue. A person bought a stamp and put it on a letter. 2.When people received letters, they didn’t have to pay anything. The postage was prepaid. Postage stamps became popular in Great Britain immediately. Other countries started making their own postage stamps very quickly. But some countries didn’t want to accept letters with stamps from others. 3. Each country in the UPU agreed to accept letters with prepaid postage from other members. And now almost every country in the world is a member of this organization. 4. Today post offices in every country sell beautiful stamps. Collecting stamps is one of the most popular hobbies in the world, and every stamp collector knows about the Penny Black and the Two pence Blue.
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| 14. 难度：中等 | ||
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Planet Earth Welcome to Planet Earth Museum, a museum where you can learn some interesting facts about the world we live in. “1.. Who knows, maybe you’ll see them all one day! Where shall we go first, children? “Forests!” Forests are home to over half of the world’s animals and plants. Trees clean the air and produce oxygen (O2) for us to breathe. Every day we throw away hundreds of trees in paper and card and we destroy more than 36 football fields of forests. 2.. They transfer (传递) the sun’s heat into the air and move it around the world. A lot of the rubbish we produce on land pollutes the oceans. Turtles mistake plastic bags for jellyfish and die when they eat them. At opposite ends of the world, the Arctic and Antarctic are freezing cold lands. 3.. The fuel we use for energy makes the earth warmer. As it gets warmer, the ice melts (融化) and the sea rises. The land disappears. Rivers collect rain water and carry it to the oceans. 4., so it is safe for us to drink. Farms and factories pollute the rivers with pesticides (杀虫剂) and chemicals. Every day we flush (冲掉) 50L of dirty water down the toilet. This is a green world, where people respect nature and live a long and healthy life. Wouldn’t you like to live here?
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| 15. 难度：中等 | ||
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A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep hole. When the other frogs saw how deep the hole was, they told the two frogs that they were hopeless to be alive. But the two frogs didn’t believe it. 1. . The other frogs kept telling them to stop and wait for their death. Finally, one of the two frogs gave up and fell down. Soon he died. The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the crowd of frogs shouted at him and told him to stop and just wait to die. 2. . When he got out, the other frogs said: “Didn’t you hear us?” The frog explained to them that he was deaf. 3. . The story teaches us two lessons. 4. . An encouraging word to someone who is down can cheer him up and help him make it through difficulties. Secondly, a destructive (消极的) word to someone who is down can make him give up and die. So be careful of what you say. Speak life to those who cross your path. It is sometimes hard to understand that an encouraging word can go such a long way. It is great for a person to take the time to encourage another.
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| 16. 难度：中等 | ||
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What do Napoleon, Clinton and Wang Nan have in common? They are all left-handed. Today about 15% of the number of people is left-handed. 1.? The answer is the way the brain works. The brain has two halves----the left half and the right half. The right half controls the left side of the body, and the left controls the right side of the body. 2. and left-handed people have a strong right brain. The two halves of the brain are about the same size. 3.. The left side controls language, maths and logic. When you remember new words, or when put things in order, you use your left side. The right side of the brain controls your love of art, colour and music. It is also good at recognizing face. 4., and all accountants(会计师) are right-handed. Some right-handers have a strong right brain, and some left-handers have a strong left brain.
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It is learnt from the experiences that kids get much more than just keeping fit when they play sports. Many people think that sports will waste time, and kids will not concentrate on their studies. 1. . Exercise improves memory, learning and concentration, which can give active kids an advantage in classrooms. Children who play sports learn more about team work. They start learning the importance of working together. 2. , and how much one should struggle (努力) to reach that goal. Playing sports builds confidence and a positive attitude within kids. 3., and help them to be more social. This practice makes them mentally and physically strong, which keeps their mind healthy. Martial arts (武术) can teach kids patience. 4., and it makes them stronger mentally.
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