I used to be an introverted（内向的） kid who would just got away from others for a whole day. For me, my books were my ______ world. Even during breaks, I used to just sit in a corner of the ______ and see others play games. It was not as if I wasn’t interested in ______ others or making new friends, but I always felt lacking in energy when ______ my peers. I always had an opinion that my advances towards new ______ would be limited. And I just didn’t want to ______ a rejection.
Once during my English class, my teacher shared a(n)______ with us. It was about King Bruce and a spider. It revolved around a lost battle and talked about how King Bruce, despite losing the battle, ______ in the end. He was ______ by a little spider. The little ______ of the spider and the way it was taking rejections impressed me a lot. I was so surprised that I myself started ______ the movements of spiders at home. Once, a spider took around an hour to reach the top of a wall and I ______ knocked it down. To my ______, within seconds it started making its ______ up again.
For me, this incident was a game changer. I ______ that rejections are ______ a failure. The world may mistreat me, ______ I can stand up and start working again. There would be time when people would like and ______ me. At present, I ______ mixing with people, learning new things and making new friends. I think, there are just no such ______ as rejections or failures as everything can change at any moment.
1.A. new B. next C. real D. only
2.A. street B. station C. playground D. office
3.A. visiting B. joining C. yielding D. watching
4.A. related to B. turned to C. divided into D. compared with
5.A. friendships B. teachers C. programs D. courses
6.A. cause B. suffer C. avoid D. fear
7.A. story B. experience C. song D. task
8.A. refused B. won C. left D. failed
9.A. confused B. persuaded C. hurt D. inspired
10.A. advantages B. changes C. movements D. improvements
11.A. showing B. observing C. adjusting D. guiding
12.A. cruelly B. angrily C. bravely D. luckily
13.A. delight B. surprise C. amusement D. disappointment
14.A. mistake B. progress C. web D. way
15.A. realized B. researched C. matured D. embraced
16.A. often B. ultimately C. never D. ever
17.A. or B. so C. though D. but
18.A. train B. meet C. appreciate D. remember
19.A. enjoy B. suggest C. risk D. imagine
20.A. values B. approaches C. things D. solutions
假设你是新华中学的学生李华，不久前在学校举办的英语竞赛中获得一等奖。校报请你写一篇稿件刊登在英文版面上，介绍你课外学习英语的经验。请根据以下提示用英语写一篇短文：
1.参加英语角的益处；
2.坚持写英语日记的作用；
3.英文阅读网站（EnjoyReading）对你的帮助。
注意：1. 词数：100-120；
2. 可适当增加细节， 以使行文连贯。
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Dear Dad,
On this date of your 50th birthday, Mom gave me the letter you wrote me when I was born 18 years ago. In your letter, you 1.(wish) me to be strong-minded and successful. You were looking forward to 2.(see) me fight for my future bravely and do well for 3. and others.
After reading this letter, I feel quite 4.(shock) at your5.(expect) on me. I also feel shamed 6.not having performed well to meet your demand. I still remember when I was in primary school, I failed to apply myself to studying. I was addicted to computer games. As a consequence, I soon became the last one in my class. You didn’t abuse me at all. 7.the contrary, you taught me that studying was the most important object at the moment and encouraged me to study hard. Only 8.I read your letter did I realize that I behaved so badly at that time and you were so sad to see I didn’t do well for myself.
I can’t help expressing my gratitude and sending my best wishes to you. Wish you9.(health) and happy. I promise that I will spare no effort to satisfy your demand of being10.brave and successful person.
单词拼写
1.________（好奇）kills cats.
2.There are 40________(申请者) for the job.
3.He left home,________(决定) never to come back again.
4.They are ________(强迫) to leave their houses
5.Who would you rather have d________(设计) the magazine?
6.He is an e___________(有活力的) boy.
7.Our class c__________(由……组成) of 60 students is a big class.
8.The crowd________(惊慌) at the sound of the gunfire just now.
9.He was o_________(显然) annoyed for being late.
10.I found him _______(隐藏) in the room.
On the very first day, God created the cow. He______ to the cow, “Today I have created you!______ a cow, you must go to the field with the______all day long. You will work all _____ under the sun! I will give you a life_____ of 50 years.”
The cow objected, “What? This kind of a _____life you want me to live for 50 years? Let me have 20 years, and the 30 years I’ll give back to you.” So God agreed.
On the second day, God created the dog. God said to the dog, “What you are____ to do is to sit all day by the door of your house. Any people that come in, you will have to______ at them! I’ll give you a life span of 20 years.”
The dog objected, “What? All day long to______by the door? No way! I’ll give you _____ my other 10 years of life!” So God agreed.
On the third day, God created the monkey. He said to the monkey, “Monkeys have to______people. You’ve got to make them laugh and do monkey _____ I’ll give you 20 years life span.”
The monkey objected. “What? Make them laugh? Do monkey faces and tricks? Ten years will______, and the other 10 years I’ll give you back.” So God agreed.
On the fourth day, God created______ and said to him, “Your job is to sleep, eat, and play. You will enjoy very much in your life. All you need to do is to enjoy and do nothing. This kind of life, I’ll give you a 20 year life span.”
The man objected. “What? ______ a good life! Eat, play, sleep, do nothing? Enjoy the best and you______me to live only for 20 years? No way, man! Why don’t we make a(n) _____? Since the cow gave you back 30 years, and the dog gave you back 10 years and the monkey gave you back 10 years, I will _____them from you! That makes my life span 70 years, right?” So God agreed.
AND THAT’S WHY...
In our first 20 years, we eat, sleep, play, enjoy the best and do nothing much. For the next 30 years, we______all day long, suffer and get to ____ the family. For the next 10 years, we entertain our grandchildren by making monkey faces and monkey tricks. And for the last 10 years, we stay at home, sit by the front door and bark at people!
1.A. spoke B. said C. told D. talked
2.A. Be B. With C. Like D. As
3.A. doctor B. worker C. farmer D. teacher
4.A. year B. time C. day D. night
5.A. span B. length C. width D. distance
6.A. rough B. tough C. hardly D. easy
7.A. accustomed B. devoted C. supposed D. admitted
8.A. bark B. knock C. laugh D. look
9.A. stand B. seat C. lie D. sit
10.A. back B. away C. off D. up
11.A. enrich B. establish C. entertain D. encourage
12.A. job B. tricks C. work D. move
13.A. make B. enough C. do D. rich
14.A. woman B. child C. man D. baby
15.A. So B. Such C. Much D. Many
16.A. expect B. face C. think D. hope
17.A. bargain B. mistake C. act D. deal
18.A. take B. bring C. hold D. set
19.A. rest B. stay C. work D. enjoy
20.A. hold B. provide C. protect D. support
No one likes to fail. Whether it’s at work, at home, or in another area of your life, failure is painful and it can also be costly in terms of time, money, or both.1. If you never suffer a failure, then you’re probably not pushing yourself to your full potential. The following are some tips on how to pick yourself up after you’ve failed.
Remember that other people fail too. 2. They’ll tell you about that great new contract(合同) they signed, not the deal that failed eventually though they worked on it for months. But failure is normal, and lots of people fail time and time again before meeting with success.
Remind yourself of your past successes. Failing doesn’t mean that you’re worthless, or that you’ll never achieve the things you want.3. Maybe you had high marks last term, or you lost weight, or you learned to play a musical instrument. You might want to write down a list of successes---things that you’ve accomplished over the past few years, whether big or small. If you ever lack confidence, you can go back and read over that list.
4. Your past successes are important, but so are your past failures. You’ve made mistakes before, and you’ve survived them. Perhaps you did badly in an exam, or lost your temper and had to apologize. It’s not fun to think about the times when things went wrong, but by acknowledging your failures, you can remind yourself that today is no different. Just as you recovered in the past, you can recover from your recent failure too.
5. Whatever goes wrong, you’re probably facing some sort of decision. Don’t rush into making a hasty decision, but do look for a forward path. That might require some deep thinking.
A. Make a decision.
B. Limit the damage caused.
C. Remind yourself of your past failures.
D. However, failure is a normal part of life.
E. Get some advice and support from others.
F. Most people don’t talk openly about their failures.
G. Think of all the times in the past when you’ve succeeded.
