Life is full of chances and challenges. For students, if 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 understand _15_ about the world. Competitions are important for us all.
A．because of B．sooner or later C．at the same time D．as soon as
A．behind B．off C．over D．after
A．how B．when C．what D．where
A．few B．member C．kind D．number
A．winners B．students C．soldiers D．athletes
A．appreciate B．improve C．combine D．important
A．to play B．playing C．played D．plays
A．donated B．hope C．remember D．wished
A．so that B．in order to C．for D．as for
A．picked B．dropped C．threw D．took
A．agree B．sure C．know D．believe
A．joining B．entered C．come D．taking part in
A．as B．than C．between D．though
A．above B．under C．among D．from
A．less B．more C．special D．good
Yesterday evening, when I went to town with my ____, we met a strange old man. It was raining ____ and we had no umbrella. We were trying to get into a taxi when he came up to us. He was carrying a nice ____ and he said he would give it to ____ for only one pound. He said he had ____ his wallet and he needed taxi fare(费用) to go back home. My mother didn’t believe ____ he said at first, and asked him a lot questions. but she finally believed the man and gave him a pound. She was ____ to buy a good umbrella for so little. but the old man didn’t get into a taxi. We followed him and found he went into a pub(酒吧) and bought ____ a glass of whiskey(威士忌) with a pound. ____ he drank it, he put on his hat and took one of the many wet umbrellas there and went off with the new one. Soon after that, he ____ it again.
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One day, a poor man was travelling on horseback. At noon, he tied his ____ to a tree and then sat down to eat something.
A few minutes later, a rich man came along and tied his horse to the ____ tree. “Please ____ your horse to another tree,” said the poor man.” My horse is wild. It will kill ____.” But the rich man said, “I shall tie my horse as I like!” He tied up his horse and had his lunchnearby.
After a moment they heard a terrible noise, the two horse were ____. They went up to them, but it was too late. The rich man’s horse was killed. “See what your horse has done!” cried the rich man. “You will have to ____ it.” And he brought the poor man before the judge(法官).
The judge asked the poor man some questions. But he made no ____. At last the judge said, “This man is dumb(哑的). He cannot speak.” “Oh.” the rich man shouted ____, “He can! He spoke to me when I met him.” “Are you sure?” asked the judge. “What did he say?”
“He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree ____ his horse was wild and would kill my horse.” “Oh.” said the judge. “So he warned you. And can you expect to get money from him?” The rich man said ____ and left silently.
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Last Monday, a strong man growing a beard(胡须) arrived at Mr. Li’s gold shop by taxi. He told the driver to ____. He went into the shop and said, “Hand over your money!”
Mr. Li was busy putting some goods(货物) on the shelf and he didn’t hear him clearly. He turned and asked, “____ can I do for you, Sir?”
“I told you to give me your money. I have got a gun in my handbag!”
Mr. Li gave him all his money. While the strong man was putting the money into his handbag, Mr. Li took out his own gun from behind. Seeing this, the strong man ran out of the shop with Mr. Li ____ him.
The strong man jumped into the waiting taxi as Mr. Li shouted, “It’s a robbery(抢劫)! Stop!” The taxi driver thoug ht Mr. Li wanted to ___ him. So he jumped out of his taxi with his hands ____. Then the strong man ____ with his gun in his hand and pointed it at Mr. Li. Mr. Li pointed his gun at the strong man, too. For almost a minute, they stood face to face and gun to gun, but ____ of them fired, because they had toy guns.
Suddenly the strong man ____ his gun and ran down the street away. He stopped a passing car and asked for a ride. The two men in the car were ____ to take him along. They were policemen. They gave him a ride straight to ____.
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Robert is a thirty-five-year-old American. He becomes a man in science. Once, he was interviewed by a newspaper reporter who asked him why he could be so much more creative than other people. He said that, in his opinion, it all came from an experience with his when he was about two years old.
That day, when he was trying to a bottle of milk out of the fridge, but he dropped the milk bottle. The milk spilled all over the _ floor, which turned out to be a sea of milk. He was afraid.
When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of him, she smiled. She said, “Robert, what a great and wonderful mess you have made! I have __ seen such a huge puddle of milk before. Well, since it has already been done, would you like to get down and play in the milk for a moment before we clean it up?” Robert did his mother told him.
After a few minutes, his mother said, “You know, Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, you have to clean it up at last and put to its right place. So, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge, a towel or a mop(抹布). Which do you prefer?” He the sponge and together they cleaned up he milk.
His mother then said, “You’d better learn to carry a big milk bottle with two small hands, OK? Let’s go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can find a way to carry it without it.”
The little boy that if he held the bottle at the top near the lip(瓶口) with both hands, he could make it. What a wonderful lesson!
It was at that moment that Robert knew he didn’t need to be _ to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just to learn something new, and that is what scientific experiments are all about. sometimes the experiment “doesn’t work”, we usually can learn something meaningful from it. Wouldn’t it be great if all parents would do the same as Robert’s mother does?
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Everyone wants to have healthy teeth. When you laugh, you will your mouth and show your teeth. The healthier your teeth are, the happier you feel. Why is that? It's your teeth are important in many ways. Take care of them, and they'll help to take care of you. Strong, teeth help you grow. They also help you speak clearly. You can take care of your teeth by doing like these:
Brush your teeth a day, after getting up and before bedtime. And you brush all of your teeth, not just the front ones. Spend some time the teeth along the sides and in the back. Take your time while brushing. Spend at three minutes each time you brush. Be sure your toothbrush is soft. Ask your parents to help you get a new toothbrush three months. Clean between your teeth with dental floss(牙线). It feels strange when you do it at first, but soon you'll get used to it. Brushing your teeth healthy. You also need to care about what you eat and drink. Eat fruits and vegetables and drink water instead of drinks.
Do you want to have white and healthy teeth? Please brush your teeth!
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