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语法填空。 As a man was passing some elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope 1. (tie) to their front leg. No chains, no cages. 2._was obvious that the elephants could, at any time, break 3.from their bonds but for some reason, they did not. He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and made no attempt 4. (get) away. “Well，”_5. trainer said, “when they are very young and much 6. (small), we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it's enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe the rope 7. still hold them, so they never try to run free.” The man was amazed. These animals could at any time escape from their bonds but _8. they believed they couldn't, they were stuck right where they were. Like the elephants, how many of us go through life 9. (hang) onto a belief that we cannot do something, 10. (simple) because we failed at it once before? Failure is part of learning; we should never give up the struggle in life.
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短文改错 Three years ago I was admitted to an ordinary school. Disappointing as I felt at the poorlyequipped classroom, I found the teachers patient and considerately. What's more, I was very fond in the friendly atmosphere in class. I was determined to make best of it. I worked hard and get along well with my teachers and classmates. Whenever I had difficulties, they were always ready to helping me out. Soon, I became one of the top student in my class, which made me to become confident and motivated. What I experienced in high school tell me that it is not what you are given but how you make use of it which determines who you are.
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完形填空 Whenever Christmas is drawing near, an Iowa radio station has an annual tradition. Listeners send in “wish letters”， and the hosts select some to __________. They've been making Christmas dreams come true for more than 20 years, but they never _________ they would receive a letter from a person who was already dead. Last week, the hosts of the station invited listener David Schmitz to their _______， but the station didn't tell him who had sent in the _______ for his family. They read the letter to him on the _________：“Hello, my name is Brenda Schmitz. When you receive this letter, I will have already _________ my battle to cancer.” The big _________ made David's eyes swim in tears. David heard three wishes from his ________ wife. The first was to his new partner.“Thank you, I love you whoever you are.” And the second: “For my family, a wonderful________， with many scenic spots where they all can enjoy their companionship as a new ________ and make memories that will be with them forever.” ________， she wanted to give a night of food and fun to the hospital ________ that cared for her during her _________ days. The letter was written by Brenda two months before __________. She prepared it and asked a friend to send it to the station once her husband fell in love _________. “I began to know Jayne, my present wife, __________. On a cold afternoon, I took my little son, Marx, to the ________ where a group of seagulls were flying over his head. I didn't ________ it until Marx burst into tears, running to Jayne and asking her to be his ________， who was playing there with her two children. Later, she became Marx's new mom and she ________ him as her own son. Brenda will live in our hearts forever.” 1.A.praise B．send C．discuss D．broadcast 2.A.thought B．found C．remembered D．assumed 3.A.office B．hospital C．show D．home 4.A.expectation B．thanks C．wish D．dream 5.A.scene B．occasion C．vacation D．air 6.A.won B．lost C．accepted D．refused 7.A.news B．disaster C．surprise D．enjoyment 8.A.late B．present C．next D．innocent 9.A.trip B．holiday C．concert D．dinner 10.A.relative B．Christmas C．family D．journey 11.A.Clearly B．Lastly C．Surely D．Sincerely 12.A.staff B．doctor C．colleague D．manager 13.A.special B．final C．tough D．busy 14.A.going away B．falling down C．giving up D．passing away 15.A.twice B．again C．ever D．already 16.A.by chance B．by mistake C．by luck D．by choice 17.A.forest B．seaside C．grassland D．mountain 18.A.predict B．imagine C．insist D．realize 19.A.friend B．teacher C．mother D．playmate 20.A.treats B．accepts C．misses D．controls
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语法填空。 Two weeks before Christmas, two little girls were walking down the street 1. they saw old Harry, who was on his knees pulling weeds around a tree. He wore a pair of worn gloves. His fingers were sticking out 2. the ends, blue from the cold. They stopped to talk to him. Harry told them he 3. (get) the yard in shape as a Christmas gift for his mother, who had died several years before. “My mother was all I had. She loved her yard and trees, so I do this for her every Christmas.” His words touched the girls and soon they _4._ (join) him, pulling weeds. When they finished, Harry pressed a coin into each of their hands. “I wish I could pay you more, but that's all I've got right now，” he said. The girls had often passed his house, and they remembered that it had always been 5. poor condition. No decorations to add cheeriness were anywhere in sight. As they walked on, the coin in one little girl's hand seemed to burn a hole of 6. (guilty). The next day she called her friends 7. they agreed to put their coins in a jar marked “Harry's Christmas Gift”. Then they began to seek out small jobs to earn more. Every coin they earned went into the jar. Finally, they had enough 8. (buy) new gloves. On Christmas Eve they were on Harry's doorstep singing carols. They presented him with the gloves. With 9. (tremble) hands, he held the gloves to his face and wept. No doubt he once again felt _10._ love of others as the girls reached out to him.
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