I often imagine what my life will be like in the future. I thought my life will become very differently in ten years. I will be twenty-eight year old by then and I will have my own family, probable with a lovely child. I hope I’ll work in a computer company a program designer. I’ll enjoy my work or get along well with my workmates. I’ll do the good job in whatever I do. In my free time, I’ll continue taken regular exercise, such as swimming, running and different ball games. During my holidays, I’ll travel around the world. In a word, our life will be much more richer and more colorful.
Do you feel 1.difficult to be happy all the time? Now I’ll give you some Tips 2.how to make yourself happy. One way is being 3.(self) because unselfishness is the key factor 4. (require) if you want to get along well with others. By 5.(say) being unselfish we mean we 6.not want everything our own way or demand the best share of everything. Another way is to look for good points in 7.people. You will find most people pleasant to go with and it will surely make you happy. Third, you can’t expect to be too perfect, 8.don’t be too unhappy when you make mistake. Everything will be Ok if you try to make things right. Finally, it is important to remember that while you are no 9.(bad) than others, chances you have may not be much better in this case, 10. best way to be happy is to think yourself above other people.
Dear Seth,
You are only three years old, and at this point in your life you are not able to understand this letter. But some day when you______, I hope you will find something _____in what I am going to share with you.
Life can be ____. There will be people in your life who won’t be very nice. They’ll______you because you are different, ______ for no good reason. You will also face heartbreak and might be ______ by those you love. I hope you don’t have to face these too much. But such things ______.
Be open to life anyway. You’ll find cruelty(残忍) and ____ in your journey through life , but don’t let that______ you from finding new things . Don’t retreat （退却）from life , and don’t ______ or wall yourself off . Be open to new things, new experiences and new people. You will ______ many times, but if you allow that to stop you from trying, you will ____ many chances, Do remember failure is a stepping stone to ______.
You will meet many people who will try to do ______than you, in school, in college, and at work. They’ll try to have nicer cars, bigger houses, nicer clothes, and so on. . To ____, life is a competition. However, I believe life is a ____. If you always try your best to _____others, you are wasting your life. Learn to enjoy your life_____ and you will make it a journey of ____ of learning and of love.
Finally, know that I love you and always will. You are ____a really wonderful journey, and I will always be there for you.
Love, Dad
1.A. grow up B. show up C. cheer up D. give up
2.A. familiar B. valuable C. normal D. interesting
3.A. unkind B. peaceful C. equal D. simple
4.A. look at B. run after C. laugh at D. look after
5.A. if B. but C. so D. or
6.A. hurt B. found C. accepted D. impressed
7.A. matter B. work C. disappear D. happen
8.A. luck B. pain C. difference D. hope
9.A. protect B. encourage C. stop D. choose
10.A. forgive B. struggle C. compete D. hide
11.A. leave B. prepare C. escape D. fail
12.A. enjoy B. try C. miss D. meet
13.A. success B. life C. action D. sorrow
14.A. earlier B. better C. less D. faster
15.A. you B. me C. him D. them
16.A. challenge B. drama C. journey D. dream
17.A. change B. pardon C. follow D. beat
18.A. somewhere B. instead C. afterwards D. though
19.A. cruelty B. danger C. happiness D. quietness
20.A. starting B. destroying C. finishing D. replacing
As we know, everyone can make mistakes, but don’t worry about it. The fol-lowing is what we should do when we make mistakes.
Just admit (承认）it. Don’t think that our mistakes are caused by other 1.Don’t blame other people, and don’t cheat ourselves, either 2. In order to stop the problem from getting worse, we should act quickly to solve it. If we don’t act and deal with the problem quickly, it’ll only make u feel more stressed. Also it is necessary to make a plan of action and correct the mistake according to it. 3. .
4.Those who have made the most mistakes can get an A, for they are the ones who have learned the most. The more we learn from our mistakes, the cleverer we are.
5. What caused us to make the mistake? How can we avoid making the same mistake in the future? When we act with a method to get a good result, do it that way next time. If we don’t, we should stop, think about it, change it and try again.
A. Realize that making mistakes is the best way to learn.
B. Don’t be afraid of failure.
C. Be brave and face the fact that we have made the mistakes.
D. Solve it at once.
E. So be away from stress.
F. So decide quickly and act.
G. Think about what we can learn from our mistakes.
Tonight, my piano recital(钢琴演奏会) was the most important thing in my family. My grandparents were coming by plane to hear me play. Even my busy Aunt Dianne, who is on TV every night reading the news, was coming.
But one thing was for sure. I would never win an award for my piano playing. And that’s just because the more I practiced, the more nervous I got. So there I was，on the stage， in my beautiful dress，and I sat down at the piano. But when I started to play，I hit a wrong note. I told myself to start over. But then I hit the wrong note again. It was as if I hadn’t practiced at all.
Finally the disaster was over. I ran off the stage. I couldn’t understand why audience(观众) were clapping. But they were. My mom and dad had flowers for me and we were all supposed to go out for a nice dinner, but I couldn’t. I just wanted to go home and cry and never go anywhere again. After we went back home, Aunt Dianne just came in and sat down on the side of my bed.
“It was my first night on the air,” she said. “I had never been on television before and I made a mistake. I mispronounced my name and the name of the news show. And you know what? No one even noticed but me. Just like tonight, no one noticed—just you.” Aunt Dianne was right. I think we are harder on ourselves than anyone else is. Maybe I will leave my room. And maybe I’ll play the piano again.
1.From the passage we can know Aunt Dianne__________.
A. worked as an actress B. worked as a news broadcaster on TV
C. worked as a hostess on TV D. hosted the piano recital
2.What did the author learn from her piano performance?
A. Don’t be too hard on yourself.
B. Things seldom go as well as people expect.
C. No one will care what others have done.
D. Never rely on yourself.
3.What would be the best title for the text?
A. A wonderful Piano recital performance B. Support from my Family
C. A lesson from Piano Recital Disaster D. Encouragement from the audience
When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺点). Week by week her list grew: I was very thin, I wasn’t a good student,I talked too much, I was too proud, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.
He listened to me quietly, then he asked. “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. 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 did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could—and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I go to fairly clear picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it. “That’s just for you,” he said. “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When some thing said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.” Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.
1.What did the father do after he had heard his daughter’s complaint?
A. He told her not to pay any attention to what her “enemy” had said.
B. He criticized (批评) her and told her to overcome her shortcomings.
C. He told her to write down all that her “enemy” had said about her and pay attention only to the things that were true.
D. He refused to take the list and have a look at it.
2.What does “Week by week her list grew” mean?
A. Week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine and pointed them out to me.
B. She had made a list of my shortcomings and she kept on adding new ones to it so that it was growing longer and longer.
C. I was having more and more shortcomings as time went on.
D. Week by week, my shortcomings grew more serious.
3.Why did her father listen to her quietly?
A. Because he believed that what her daughter’s “enemy” said was mostly true.
B. Because he had been so angry with his daughter’s shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping silent for a while.
C. Because he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment.
D. Because he wasn’t quite sure which girl was telling the truth.
