I was selfish as a teenager．I usually spent my time thinking about myself and taking care of my own needs．I let my older brother do most of the work around the house until he left for college．I let my mom and dad worry about our bills and problems while I read books, played, and lost myself in my own imagination．This didn't change even when I went to college either．I studied hard but only to make my own life better． Even when I started to explore my faith, it was only to increase my own happiness．
I married after graduation and decided to start a family．Of course, I had no idea what hard knocks reality had in store for my selfish soul．Soon I found myself unemployed, deeply in debt, and with a new baby on the way．l found out that life has little sympathy for spoiled people．In fact, all of the struggles I was going through were beating the selfishness slowly out of me．
Still,I didn't give up on happiness．I knew that there must be a way to find it．I finally realized, however, that it had to include more than just my own needs, wants, and desires．The answer began to make itself clear one night shortly after my baby boy was born．I got a bottle and held him in my arms．As I was feeding him I looked down and saw his big, innocent, trusting eyes．I smiled and talked to him．Then he smiled and I could feel my heart growing, expanding with love．I felt such peace and joy．At that moment I had a hint of the truth: it is by growing our hearts with love that we find our happiness．
Carolyn Arends wrote："The more people you let into your heart, the bigger your heart gets．The more love you get, the more love you have to give．It just keeps growing." So, keep loving, keep living and keep caring. Keep growing your heart today, tomorrow, and always．
1.What do we know about the author from the first paragraph?
A. He often helped his brother with housework．
B. He studied hard for his family．
C. He was concerned about his family．
D. He put his own needs above others'．
2.What did the author realize after he suffered in life?
A. Spoiled people can't survive the hardship of life.
B. Spoiled people are never happy in life．
C. Life is cruel to spoiled people．
D. Selfishness is helpful．
3.What can be inferred from the passage?
A. The author loved kids．
B. The author often fed his baby．
C. The author realized the importance of happiness．
D. When caring for his baby, the author got inspired．
4.Which can be the best title of the passage?
A. Loving Others, a Way to Happiness
B. The Elder One Grows, the More He Gets
C. Help Others, Help Oneself
D. Keep Growing to Live a Happy Life
Sports can help us a lot. Taking exercises can make us strong. In collective(集体的) sports like basketball, volleyball or football, we will learn the importance of cooperation(合作). And sports can also help us relax after work or study.
However, as the saying goes, “there are two sides of everything.” Sometimes we may hurt other players or ourselves if we are not careful enough when participating(参加) in sports activities. What’s more, too much or hard practice can be bad for our health.
Sports can make us healthy both physically and psychologically(心理地). It is also a good way for people to know each other and can improve friendship between people. So long as we are careful enough, sports can do us nothing but good.
1. can make us strong.
A. Sleeping B. Singing
C. Making friends D. Taking exercise
2.Too much exercise can be for us.
A. good B. enough
C. bad D. helpful
3.Sports can .
A. help people to know each other B. improve friendship between people
C. do us nothing but good if we are careful D. All of the above
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Sports can help us relax after work or study.
B. Sports can only make us healthy physically.
C. Sometimes we may hurt other players or ourselves when participating in sports activities.
D. Basketball and volleyball are both collective sports.
假如你叫李平，你的美国笔友Tom来信询问你十一假期过的怎样。请根据表格中的信息给他回信，说明你在十一假期中的活动和理由。
活动 | 理由 |
休息 | 学习紧张，缺少锻炼和休息 |
看望乡下的祖父母 | 帮助他们做点家务，并给他们谈了身边的新鲜事 |
和朋友进行短途旅游 | 欣赏大自然，呼吸新鲜空气 |
注意：词数100左右。
下文中共有10出语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
注意：1. 每句不超过两个错误； 2. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
I have happy family. My father and mother are old workers. They work on a big factory. They work very hard. They make a lot different machines for the farmers. These machines can help the farmer to do lots of farm work. I have a brother and a sister . My brother lives in Beijing .He studies in a middle school there. He teaches English. My sister and I are all students. But we are in the different grades. she’s in Grade 3 and i’m in Grade 2. i’m very good at English. My sister often help me with it. They study hard for the people.
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Once there lived a rich man1.wanted to do something for the people of his town.2.first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help. In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed3.very large stone. Then he4.(hide ) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.“Who put this stone in the centre of the road? said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way.5.man came along and did the same thing; then another came ,and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove6.. Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone,7.(say) to himself: “The night8.(be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.” Then he began to move the stone.He pushed and pulled with all his9.(strong) to move it. How great was his surprise at last!10.the stone, he found a bag of money.
If failure is like a day without the sunshine, I’ll still smile at it, as clouds may be dancing in the sky. Success does not ___ every person, just like the sun doesn’t shine every day.
Do you give up your plan to go hiking __ because the weather isn’t as good as you had hoped? No, of course not. I would rather go on trying no matter what I __ and enjoy on the way to my destination (目的地).__ , failure is like a naughty boy who plays with us on the way to our goals. Not only does he want to __ us, but he wants to help us become braver. The more we __ , the braver we’ll be.
If failure is the __ without the moon, I’ll still smile at it, as stars may twinkle on us still. __ , we all like the moon, but should we ignore the stars? There is always something more important than __ . In other words, we shouldn’t only __ on whether we succeed or fail. In fact, we learn a lot from failure. It is really helpful. The more we learn from failure, the __ we’ll be.
If failure is a bird without __ , I’ll still smile at it. Flying isn’t the only thing a bird can do. If we can’t be __ by the wide blue sky, why don’t we __ adapting ourselves to the forest through our beautiful singing? Failure __ us that we should believe in ourselves. We may fail in one area, but we may __ in another. Maybe we’ll find that we have a talent for something we never knew about before. Who __ ?
Life is like a box of chocolates, and you __ know what you’re going to get. Just keep on trying. The process of trying is much more valuable than the __ .
Smile at __ and smile at life.
1.A. meet B. know C. favour D. see
2.A. even B. still C. too D. just
3.A. suffer B. hate C. dislike D. fear
4.A. Generally B. Unluckily C. Actually D. Naturally
5.A. beat B. change C. test D. frighten
6.A. laugh B. cry C. play D. smile
7.A. day B. night C. sky D. place
8.A. In fact B. Of course C. In deed D. In turn
9.A. aim B. joy C. success D. work
10.A. live B. focus C. depend D. base
11.A. nicer B. healthier C. wiser D. younger
12.A. legs B. feet C. teeth D. wings
13.A. received B. accepted C. noticed D. covered
14.A. try B. begin C. appreciate D. enjoy
15.A. suggests B. insists C. reminds D. orders
16.A. forget B. start C. stand D. achieve
17.A. sees B. knows C. believes D. does
18.A. never B. already C. usually D. always
19.A. methods B. success C. victories D. results
20.A. defeat B. sorrow C. failure D. loss
