I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be but a failure.”
After five years of jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best thing that could have happened to me. I I wanted to do something positive with my life because I wanted to prove to her that what people said about me was . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my and went to college. My first novel _ while I was at college.
After college I taught during the __ in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a degree in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of that job to write full time I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself —here was a working--class boy who’d school early, now teaching at the university.
My writing career took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. what does it mean? I just wish all the people that have put me down had : “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”
A．bright B．useless C．simple D．hopeful
A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing
A．low B．poor C．good D．useful
A．agreed B．decided C．planned D．told
A．wrong B．right C．stupid D．faulty
A．see B．know C．understand D．face
A．experiment B．practice C．writing D．composition
A．came on B．came in C．came out D．came back
A．day B．night C．month D．year
A．giving in B．giving back C．giving out D．giving up
A．while B．if C．when D．or
A．left B．attended C．changed D．graduated
A．tired B．calm C．nervous . D．famous
A．And B．But C．However D．Well
A．praised B．said C．answered D．advised
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Alice lives in the small village. She usually gets up early in the morning, ____ she’s never late for school. After getting up, she often takes a shower and has ___ breakfast. Then she leaves home _ __ school at around 6:30. Although(虽然) her home is very far from school, ___ she likes riding her bike better than taking the bus. It takes her about an hour ___ her bike. On the way, she sings and so she always feels __ . Also she thinks that it’s good for her health __ _ school by bike.
After school she usually goes back __ _ with her friend, Ann. Ann’s home is near. It’s only three miles from her home __ _ school. Ann likes riding, too. And she __ thinks that it is good exercise.
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Last year, four children waited for their school bus every day for ten minutes, on the same dirty street corner. There were old bottles, parts of old bikes, and soda cans（苏打罐） everywhere around the bus stop. The trees were brown and had no leaves, and there wasn’t any flower at all. It was ugly.
One Friday, one of the children looked at the corner and decided to do about it. The next Monday, she brought a bag and some of the old bottles to recycle. On Tuesday, she spent another ten minutes picking up old bottles, while her best friend picked up soda cans and put them in a different for recycling. On Wednesday, all the children joined together. The corner became !
The corner looked better but it was ugly. So the next day the girl brought some flower seeds（种子）. She planted the seeds and watered them, and watered the , too. She only had ten minutes a day but that was enough.
A few months later, this corner had become a beautiful with pretty flowers and healthy trees. It only took ten minutes a day. Do you have ten minutes a day to help your city?
A．full B．empty C．cheap D．expensive
A．nothing B．anything C．something D．everything
A．gave B．offered C．bought D．collected
A．bag B．box C．room D．corner
A．ugly B．clean C．dirty D．green
A．so B．yet C．even D．still
A．trees B．plants C．flowers D．vegetables
A．city B．park C．garden D．street
The picture shows a family visiting their new baby in hospital. I think it’s probably the evening, because the light is ____, so the father must have brought his children __work.
There are two children beside the baby, a boy and a girl. The ____ is a little older than his sister. He’s about six or seven. He ____ proud. The girl looks very ____ to have a new sister.
The father has his arm around ____ children. He looks proud as well. The mother is sitting ___. She looks happy ____a little tired.
The baby is in the middle. I guess it’s a girl, ____she is wearing pink clothes. The baby is ____ despite (尽管，不管) all the noise and excitement.
A.off B. on C. out
A. before B. after C. at
A. girl B. baby C. boy
A. looks B. is looked C. is looking
A. excited B. sad C. angry
A. her B. your C. his
A. on the left B. in the middle C. in the front
A. and B. or C. but
A. because B. so C. if
A. running B. sleeping C. eating
Miss Jane White is English. She is in Beijing now. She has never been to(从未到过) Beijing before. She wants __________to some interesting places. Because she is ___________ there, she__________Beijing well(know…well对……熟悉). She ___________some help. Look! She’s _____________a policeman for help. Miss White: _________Could you tell me how to get to the Forbidden City（故宫）? Policeman: __________Go down this road, and ___________left at the second street. Then you will come to Chang’an Jie. Go along Chang’an Jie, and the Forbidden City is___________the right. You can’t miss it. Miss White: Thank you a lot. Policeman: You’re ______________.
A．going B．to go C．goes D．go
A．new B．old C．quiet D．busy
A．know B．not know C．don’t know D．doesn’t know
A．has B．asks C．needs D．thinks
A．asking B．coming C．taking D．arriving
A．I’m sorry. B．Excuse me. C．Can I help you? D．Please.
A．No. B．Yes? C．Sorry, I don’t know. D．Sure!
A．have B．take C．turn D．pass
A．in B．Across C．for D．on
A．right B．good C．welcome D．well
Have you ever planted a few trees on Tree Planting Day? Each year, millions of people, both , plant a lot of trees. But this may not be the best way to make your home a place.
Last week we visited a park in Hebei. We were to find most of the trees had been burned. The workers told us that the trees soon after they were planted because they weren’t watered well enough. workers burned them and cleaned the place for trees to be planted this year. a card found in one of the dead trees, a student wrote,“I hope this tree will grow up with me to the backbone (栋梁) of our country.” The workers said that the survival(存活) of the trees was really more important than trees were planted.
Some people in Beijing now have a new idea that they can donate (捐赠) some money and let professional (专业人士) plant and the trees.
A．students and teachers B．old and young C．boys and girls D．mother and father
A．smaller B．colder C．greener D．larger
A．pleased B．happy C．interesting D．surprised
A．died B．grew C．bought D．planted
A．few B．old C．new D．dead
A．Over B．From C．On D．About
A．need B．hold C．plant D．be
A．how many B．when C．how soon D．why
A．take out B．take down C．take up D．take care of
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