Think of life as a game in which you are playing with five balls in the air. You name them work, family, health, friends and spirit and you keep all of them in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce (弹跳) back.
But the other four balls, family, health, friends and spirit, are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be broken. They will never be the same. You must understand that and try to have balance in your life. How?
Don’t look down on your worth by comparing yourself with others. It’s because we’re different and each of us is special.
Don’t let other people set goals for you. Only you know what is best for yourself.
Don’t give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
Don’t be afraid of difficulties. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible. The quickest way to receive love is to give it; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, but also where you are going.
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is a treasure you can always carry easily.
Don’t use time or words carelessly. You can’t get them back. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift. Life is not a competition, but a trip, step by step.
1.The passage tells us not to _________ because everyone is special.
A. be afraid of difficulties
B. be afraid to learn
C. run through life so fast
D. compare yourself with others to look down on your worth
2.The sentence “Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.” means that _____.
A. Nothing is possible
B. If we don’t give up, there is always hope
C. You should learn to give up
D. Although you try, nothing will change.
3.The best way to keep love is to ___________.
A. say it’s impossible B. give it
C. give it wings D. hold it tightly
4.If you run through life so fast, you will ____________.
A. lose your own treasure that you can always carry easily
B. lose love by holding it too tightly
C. forget not only where you’ve been, but also where you are going.
D. not afraid of the difficulties
5.According to the passage, which is the best title? ___________
A. Nothing is impossible.
B. Glass balls are easy to be broken.
C. Things you can’t do
D. Treat your life in a right way.
One day in the eighth grade, I was taking a Math Test on basic trigonometry (三角学). Now for a middle school student, there was nothing basic at all about it. So I had studied for about two hours the night before. After reviewing it for some time, I had started to understand it, so then I closed the book and ____________. However, it was not until midnight that I fell asleep. The next day, when I got the test, it might as well have been written in Serbian (which I don’t know how to read). I tried my best to work out the hard problems, but the numbers I came up with were strange. I sat back on my chair and looked for any possible answers, but I could not remember anything or think correctly. I started thinking about my dad coming home from work to find that I failed the test …
“How could you have failed the test? I am certain that nobody else in the whole class got as bad a grade as you did!”
Naturally I didn’t want that to happen. My dad was also really busy at work at present, so I was afraid that this might make him mad. When feeling hopeless, I noticed that my table partner was writing fast on his test. I could see how fast he was writing. I wanted to look over at his test, but then the many bad results I had heard about cheating (作弊) came into my mind. I told myself that if I started cheating now, it would be hard to give up that habit during high school. In the end, I decided not to copy his answers, and got a B- on that test. Even though my dad gave me a hard time about it, it would have been a lot worse if he found out that I had given in and cheated.
1.The writer might feel ______ before the Math Test.
A. surprised B. relaxed C. worried D. excited
2.Which is the best expression to fill in the blank in the passage?
A. had breakfast B. went to bed
C. took exercise D. rode to school
3.The writer’s father was ______.
A. proud of him B. tired of him
C. strict with him D. pleased with him
4. From the passage, we know that the writer ______.
A. could read Serbian B. didn’t cheat at last
C. got a good grade at last D. didn’t work hard that night
根据下列提示，写一篇题为My hometown的文章。词数80—100
1．我的家乡位于河边，背靠小山，有许多楼房和宽阔的街道，到处有花和树。
2．1985年以前街道又窄又脏，几乎什么也没有，人们生活艰苦。
3．1985年以来大变样，许多新的学校工厂医院商店都建立起来了，沿河还建立了一个公园，每天人们在公园里玩得很开心。我热爱我的家乡。
My hometown
One day a Chinese student went to study English in England.His family name was Sun,it was the name of the English w 1. “sun”.
England is a country with bad w 2. .It is often cloudy,and it r 3. very often,so the people there don’t get m 4. sunshine in the whole year.
When the Chinese student got to London,a tall p 5. with a long face opened his passport(护照) and l 6. at it.The policeman became very glad to f 7. the Chinese name “Sun” in the passport.He thought it was just l 8. the English word “sun”,so he said to the Chinese student, “See your name is Sun.We n 9. you here!”The Chinese student was greatly s 10. .But after a moment the policeman began to smile, “Mr Sun,you come to England with the sunshine!So we don’t want you to go away.”
Holidays are fun but they also give thieves a lot of chances steal things.
1.
Follow my advice,and you will safe during holidays. Even though you might
2.
be busy shop,always notice what is going on around you. You never know
3.
when someone might be trying to steal something from you pockets.
4.
Don’t forget your bag in your car. It’s also important to take care of
5.
your homes during the holidays.
汉译英
1. 亡羊补牢。
It’s than never.
2.如果每人都为建设和谐社会作一些贡献，我们就一定能实现这一梦想。
If everyone the harmonious society, we are sure that the dream .
3.第十届全运会在江苏举行，这极大地鼓舞了我们积极参加体育活动。
The tenth National Games is being held in Jiangsu. It greatly
us sports.
4. 必须采取措施来阻止禽流感在全世界蔓延。
to stop bird flu spreading all over the world.
5.这领带的颜色一点也不配我的外套。
The colour of the tie my coat .
