King Midas used to love gold. One day he met a fairy who allowed him to make a w for something. The king replied at o
, ‘‘I love gold. I want everything I touch to change into gold”. ‘‘Very well, tomorrow morning, everything you touch will turn into gold.” Saying this, the fairy d
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The king waited e till the next morning. To his joy, everything he touched changed immediately into gold. ‘‘I’m the r
man in the world now.” He shouted.
Soon Midas became h . He sat down at his table. All the foods and drinks turned into gold in his hand. ‘‘I’m d
of hunger.” He cried.
Just then his daughter came running in. ‘‘Why are you so sad, dad?” she asked, putting her arms a him. There and then she became a golden statue. The king loved his daughter very much. Seeing this, he began to cry. He looked up and s
saw the fairy before him. ‘‘Don’t you like the golden touch?” asked the fairy. ‘‘Please take it away,” begged the king, ‘‘give me back my d
.” ‘‘Well, you have learned your lesson. Go and wash in the river. Then the golden touch will be gone.” The king ran quickly to the nearby river.
One of the main problems that a teenager faces is a lack(缺乏) of self-pride. A person with high self-pride can be c____ and happy with their personality and their physical appearance . A person with low self-pride might be s_____
, anxious(焦虑) or unhappy with the way that they look. People who feel this way often w____
that other people do not like them, or might even be afraid that their old friends do not like them! For example, perhaps a friend did not call when he said he w____
because he forgot that he had to visit his grandmother. A person with high self-pride might think that something had h____
to their friend to stop them from c___
. However, a person with low self-pride might think their friend did not call because they did not like them. Feeling this way often makes them look at things d___
from how they are in reality(现实) .
A teenager’s physical appearance is often the focus(焦点) of low self-pride and most people experience these f ____ at least once in their life time. During their teenage years, their body will go t____
a lot of changes. It is natural to be anxious about these changes and it is important for friends to try and s____
one another during these times.
动词填空（共8分，每小题1分）More than 2,000,000 US dollars ________ (raise) every year by the charity to help children in Africa.
The master often says that he can make everyone who tries his best ______ (get) good grades.
The Green family ___________ (hold) a party at home when the earthquake began
Jim _________ (shake) the bottle twice before he took the medicine.
Mary _________ (fall) asleep until her parents came back last night, so she looks rather tired.
Alice learnt to ride last year, and since then she _____________ (ride) to school.
Could you tell me whether the paintings he devoted all his life to __________ (show) successfully in a month?
The radio said the temperature _________ (not rise) until the next week.
根据句意，在答卷标有题号的横线上，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。The letter failed to be posted because he wrote the address _____________ (correct).
Did his parents buy _____________ (they) a big cake for their twenty years of marriage?
The old man couldn’t be __________ (glad) to know that he finally passed the driving test.”
Though I have read about three _____________ (four) of the novel, I still can’t guess the ending of it.
根据句意和汉语注释，在答卷标有题号的横线上，写出单词的正确形式。Computers are one of the greatest _____________ (创意) of the 20th century.
The two girls looked _____________ (类似的), though they aren’t sisters or cousins.
“Do you need more milk?” “No, thanks. There is _____________ (充足) in the fridge.”
The light was red but the ambulance (救护车) drove straight _____________ (穿过).
Life gets noisier every day and very f people can be free from noise of some kind or another. W
you live in the centre of a modern city or a village far away, the chances that you will be disturbed by planes, cars, radios are almost everywhere. We seem to be used to noise, too. Some people feel quite lonely w
background music while they are working.
Tests have s that total silence can be very frightening experiences. However, some people enjoy listening to pop music which is very l
, and this can do harm to their ears. The noise level in some places is far above the usual s
level for heavy industrial（工业） areas.
One recent report about noise said that a a lot of people say that any noise disturbs their attention, only a sudden c
in the level of noise really affects people’s attention. It goes on to say that a background noise, which doesn’t change too much, may even help people to pay attention.
People are testing w to make less noise. There are even laws controlling noise. We can’t r
to the “good old days” of peace and quiet, but we can make less noise if we shout loudly enough about it.
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