Pride makes failure
| would with real for be surprise he one come but |
Gorelal was a famous sculptor(雕刻家). His sculptures looked like real ______ and many people liked his works very much. One day he had a dream that after fifteen days, the demon(恶魔) of death ___
___ come to take him. Gorelal prepared nine statues of ___
___. On the 15th day he heard the demon of death ___
__, and he stood between the statues. The demon was ___
__ to see ten ones instead of one and he could not pick him out. The demon of death got angry. Gorelal was very smart and stood there ___
__ any move. The demon of death was very confused at first. __
__ he thought for a moment. He said, “Gorelal, these sculptures ___
___ perfect and I like them very much.” Gorelal was very happy with his work. He came out and said and, “thank you __
___your praise.” The demon of death caught him.
The statues were ________ perfect, but Gorelal was caught because of his pride.
| fight never that until he dead against strong difficult take |
In ancient China, the State of Wu made an attack（攻击）on the State of Yue. The king of Wu was badly hurt and soon . His son Fu Chai became the new king. Fu was very sad and angry and he decided
back for his father’s death. He trained his army strictly
it was very strong. Three years later, he led his army against the State of Yue and caught its king Gou Jian, who
to the State of Wu. Gou Jian was put into a small black stone house
was full of terrible smell and was made to keep horses. Gou worked hard and tried to keep
quiet, but he
forgot his pain. Many years later, he was set free. Gou secretly trained his army after he went back to his own state. In order to make himself strong-minded he slept on firewood and ate a gall bladder(苦胆) before having dinner and going to bed every night. After a few years, his country became even
than before. Then Gou took hold of a golden chance to fight
Wu and won the war in the end.
If one voluntarily(自愿地) works very hard and voluntarily stands up to pains and in order to succeed, we might call him a “Gou Jian”, and his story, a “Gou Jian’s story”.
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| choose ; consider ; need; kind; keep; important; like; provide; time; human |
Do you know that pigs are the fourth most intelligent animal on the planet? They are the fourth on the list after , primates(灵长类动物), dolphins and whales. Most of us can’t
a whale or a dolphin as a pet, so if intelligence（聪明的) is rated high on your choice of pet, you really should
pot-bellied(大腹便便的）pigs .
Before getting a pig , you need to consider if you can it with a healthy environment. Of course, they are not a good
if you live in an apartment . If you do not have
to spend with your pig, it may develop a lot of troubles---pigs love rooting and digging. It’s
to provide it with time, attention and encouragement.
Being highly intelligent, pigs can be trained to do tricks just dogs. They can even be house trained in the same way as a dog. You just
a little patience and time and before you know it. Your pig will know not to make a mess indoors. They respond to praise and
, so always praise your pig if it has done well.
从方框中选择动词并用其适当形式填空.
| not smoke |
try |
swim |
rise |
learn |
I will spend as much time as I can ___________ my English well.
We didn’t feel cold because the temperature__________ a lot yesterday.
He advised me _________ a lot because it’s bad for my health.
Mrs Green with her two daughters always _________ different kinds of food on Sundays.
When I am at home, I like watching my goldfish __________ around in the fish tank.
从方框中选择单词并用其适当形式填空.
| support |
tourist |
live |
health |
fast |
There are no ____________ things on the moon.
Eating _________ food is bad for our lives.
—Whose are these bags?
—They’re those ____________ .It’s a pity that Millie didn’t win the prize. She usually ran ___________ of all.
Let’s go on a _________ of Hangzhou, one of the most beautiful cities in our country.
从方框中选择单词，并用其正确形式填空，然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上。每词限用一次。
| a |
great |
see |
knock |
then |
him |
window |
of |
no |
if |
There was a small boy on a farm. He had to get up before the sunrise every morning to start his work on the farm.
At sunrise he could ______ a house with golden windows far away from the farm. He thought how
_____ it would be to live there! He then promised to
______ “Someday I will go there and see that wonderful place.”
______ one morning he got a chance. He took a sandwich and started walking to the house with the golden windows.
He walked ______ long time and in the afternoon he got close to the house. But he saw
______ golden windows. There was a very old house. He went to the door and
_____. A small boy
______ his age opened the door. He asked him
______ he knew where the house with the golden windows was. The boy said “Sure I know!” and invited him to sit in front of the door. As he sat there he looked back where he just came. He saw the sunset (日落) made the
____ of his home golden.
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