Life is full of chances and challenges. For students, we don’t study hard，we will fall other students. At first, I didn’t know the word “exam” meant. Later, I knew an exam was a of competition. In competitions, there were always and losers. As I grew up, I got to know competitions well. In one’s life, there must be competitions, so people could . Each time I saw children games, and heard their laughter, I I were that age again. However, I remembered my parents’ words--You must work very hard have a good future. So I up my pen and began to study hard again.
I was still not what competitions really meant. One day, I was an English-speaking competition. When I went to the stage, I saw other students looking at me kindly. I suddenly knew what the competition was. It was not as cruel my teacher and parents told me. In fact, competitions were important and necessary.
I learned a lot what I experienced. Now I understand15 about the world. Competitions are important for us all.
A．because of B．though C．when D．if
A．behind B．after C．over D．before
A．how B．where C．what D．who
A．few B．kind C．number D．little
A．winners B．athletes C．soldiers D．runners
A．appreciate B．improve C．combine D．progress
A．to play B．playing C．plays D．played
A．donated B．hoped C．washed D．wished
A．so that B．in order to C．as for D．in order that
A．picked B．dropped C．took D．put
A．agree B．sure C．believe D．think
A．joining B．entered C．joined D．taking part in
A．as B．than C．though D．unless
A．above B．under C．from D．over
A．less B．more C．special D．better
The back door of the ambulance（救护车）was suddenly shut and the driver ran to the front, jumped into his seat, and started the engine. Inside were the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Green, the mother holding their baby daughter Ally. The little girl had food stuck in her throat and could hardly breathe.
The driver, Mr. White, his siren（报警器）and flashing light, and started speeding towards the nearest hospital, fighting against . The cars ahead of him pulled out of the way as he drove through the . From the back of the the parents were shouting at him to , since Ally had almost stopped breathing. In front of him he saw some traffic lights, with the red “STOP” light shining. Mr. White knew that he had time to lose, so he drove straight past the traffic lights, looking to his left and right as he did so.
Coming towards him from his right was a taxi. The driver had the windows , since the car was air-conditioned, and he was playing his radio. He did not notice the ambulance. The lights were green, so he drove straight on into the path of the ambulance.
Mr. White tried to stop his ambulance but it was too late. It hit the taxi. Everybody was shaken but was hurt. Mr. White turned around to see little Ally was. He was surprised to see relief instead of on the faces of the parents.
“Look!” cried Mrs. Green. “She is again.”
“It have been the crash（碰撞）.” said her husband. “It made the food out of her throat.” The baby’s color was turning to , and she was crying loudly but healthily. They were all joyful, and quite forgot about the accident, the taxi, and the lines of cars all around them.
A．worried B．angry C．happy D．surprised
A．little B．some C．no D．few
A．opened on B．turned on C．turned off D．sped up
A．police B．life C．lights D．time
A．empty street B．busy traffic C．large crowds D．deserted place
A．street B．cars C．traffic D．ambulance
A．hurry B．slow C．stop D．drive
A．some B．not C．no D．any
A．open B．clean C．up D．down
A．everyone B．someone C．anyone D．no one
A．who B．where C．how D．what
A．pleasure B．anger C．fear D．surprise
A．crying B．breathing C．smiling D．speaking
A．must B．should C．need D．can’t
A．usual B．common C．ordinary D．normal
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
When I was in college, I remember hearing about a book titled “Looking Out for Number One”. I never read the book, but the title has always stuck with me. I hadn’t been taught to be so selfish that I should be focused on only . I thought I needed to be others and, along the way, I would also be helping myself. Now, I realized I have at least considered learning more about looking out for number one.
Jeffrey Gitomer asks the question, “Who is the most person in the world?” Most people answer, the customer. He then asks, if there were only two people left in the world, the and you, who would you want to survive (生存)? Now the answer is me.
It makes me sense that if we can’t help ourselves first, we will never be to help others. We all need to learn to control our lives and make the best for ourselves. That will put us in the position to help others in the . But many of us are to understand this.
It has been said that happiness will bring success, but success doesn’t bring happiness. We all want to be happy and . For some of us can be very happy when our basic needs are and our family are safe. Others will high levels of success thinking that will bring happiness. I’m sure we can think of a person who is very successful, according to the world’s standards (标准), but they don’t appear to be happy . This is they have been so busy working for somebody’s goals that they haven’t considered their own needs.
A．him B．her C．me D．you
A．helping B．teaching C．considering D．beating
A．could B．would C．should D．might
A．important B．interesting C．kind D．helpful
A．teacher B．customer C．doctor D．leader
A．suggested B．dared C．answered D．prepared
A．decisions B．ideas C．aims D．results
A．past B．future C．first D．last
A．easy B．possible C．slow D．fast
A．hardly B．once C．often D．always
A．rich B．successful C．smart D．famous
A．met B．realized C．arrived D．accepted
A．look after B．think out C．talk about D．seek for
A．at all B．at least C．at most D．at first
A．so B．because C．as D．certainly
If you are lazy and weak, you will never taste success. But if you are , success and happiness will be more likely to come to you.
I love eating persimmons（柿子）. But you can’t get them until autumn. If you try them before the right time, they probably bad.
In Grade Six, because of my poor grades, my parents were that I wouldn’t be able to get into an excellent middle school. They me to study harder, but I didn’t really understand why they were so anxious.
Summer came. The hot weather made me sleepy and I couldn’t my textbooks. But every time I wanted to stop , Mom would shout, “Hey! Think about your . If you don’t work hard, you’ll regret it!” I had to sit back down again and return to my textbooks. But all I was playing with my friends and eating persimmons.
My mom would say to me, with a serious look on face, “If a persimmon tree doesn’t grow in summer, it can’t bear（结出） fruit in autumn! Only by hard work you get good results.”
I didn’t understand it at that time, I gradually came to see the truth of her words. A few months later, I succeeded in getting into the key middle school. It was . Walking in my new school, I could see quite a few persimmon trees. The fruit was so red that it looked as if it was on fire. Suddenly, I that working hard may be bitter but its fruit is sweet.
My mom was right. If a persimmon tree doesn’t grow summer, it can’t bear fruit in autumn. I smiled. I had grown through the summer now it was autumn.
I tasted my success and enjoyed the fruit of my labor!
A．busy B．clever C．hard-working D．free
A．look B．taste C．turn D．smell
A．embarrassed B．worried C．excited D．scared
A．afforded B．allowed C．pushed D．made
A．concentrate on B．depend on C．decide on D．look on
A．thinking B．talking C．playing D．studying
A．future B．hobby C．health D．work
A．talked about B．heard about C．worried about D．thought about
A．her B．your C．my D．his
A．should B．can C．need D．must
A．But B．Because C．Although D．So
A．spring B．summer C．autumn D．winter
A．realized B．saw C．noticed D．reminded
A．before B．during C．after D．until
A．and B．but C．or D．then
One Sunday afternoon, Marion sat at his desk and looked at his bills when his young son rushed in and said happily, “Happy birthday, Daddy. You’re 40 years old today, I’m going to give you 40 kisses, one for !” When the boy started making good in his words, the father ,“ Michael, don’t do it now, I can’t come up with any ways to solve my . I’m too busy!”
The boy soon fell silent as tears from his big blue eyes slowly. Feeling , the father said, “You can finish later. Daddy is busy with business now. ” He hugged the boy hurriedly as well.
The boy said nothing but quietly walked . That evening the father said: “Michael, Come and your work now!” But the boy didn’t.
Unluckily, a few days later after the father’s birthday, the boy had a terrible and died. His sad father wrote, “If only I could tell him how sorry I am for my thoughtless words, and how much my is hurting.”
Do remember: Love is a two-way street. We must warmly accept any loving act, or others will it take it as a “No” and it can a scar(伤痕). If we don’t receive , our life will lose true meaning. is more important than accepting love from those are near and dear to us.
A．because B．so C．then D．though.
A．each B．every C．other D．anther
A．spoke B．told C．shouted D．said
A．business B．problems C．questions D．things
A．came B．felt C．were D．ran
A．unhappy B．sorry C．tired D．angry
A．off B．away C．down D．in
A．catch B．begin C．finish D．do
A．homework B．father C．luck D．accident
A．heart B．ears C．eyes D．hands
A．have B．cut C．give D．leave
A．present B．love C．money D．kiss
A．it B．itself C．its D．it’s
A．Nothing B．Everything C．Something D．Anything
A．whom B．whose C．what D．who
"The grass looks greener on the other side of the fence." That's an old in English. It means other places often look better, more interesting than the place you live. Some people worry young Chinese are beginning to feel that way. They see young Chinese ignoring 忽视Chinese culture and, instead, Japanese cartoon books, watching Korean soap operas and even celebrating western holidays.
Foreign books and soap operas are good, Chinese writers and actors are just as good. As for holidays, Christmas is nice, but it can have the meaning for Chinese that Spring Festival has, and the West has nothing to compare with Mid-autumn Festival. And let's not forget the part of Chinese culture I like best: friendliness. Not all countries are as as China.
It's good to enjoy other cultures and to learn them, but they cannot replace your own culture. It's good to look on the other side of the fence, but you take a good long look. You will find that the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence.
A．saying B．words C．voice D．talk
A．why B．when C．where D．how
A．if B．that C．what D．whether
A．buy B．refusing C．refused D．buying
A．but B．so C．or D．because
A．always B．ever C．still D．never
A．it B．they C．its D．their
A．warmer B．warm C．co1d D．colder
A．from B．with C．to D．over
A．make up B．make sure C．make up of D．be sure to
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