Do you have a friend？ In the modern（1） 　　，friends are an important part of our life． Without friends， life will be（2） 　　． As a matter of fact，a true friend reaches for our hands and touches our hearts． Here，let me（3） 　　my friend Jack to you． Jack is a handsome boy who（4） 　　. When I was in Grade Seven，I took part in an English singing（5） 　　. When the result came out, I learned I failed ! I could hardly hold back my tears. I felt that the world became cold and I was（6） 　　at by everyone. How sad I was! Just at that time，I received a letter in English, saying, "Cheer up! Have confidence in yourself. Keep on practicing and you'll succeed．" I knew it was from my friend Jack.（7） 　　words encouraged me greatly. From then on, I practiced even harder. When I was in Grade（8） 　　，I took part in another contest and won first prize． I' m so lucky to have such a good friend．

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（1）The students in my school 　　knowledge and are very hard﹣working．

（2）I believe if we 　　， our table tennis team can do much better next time．

（3）Eric bought his father 　　black shoes with his pocket money on Father's Day．

（4）Giant pandas are one of our national treasures． They are seen by 　　people every year．

（5）Exercise 　　playing sports is fun． We can spend time with friends as we play together．

（1）Scientists 　　are working together to find a cure for AIDS．

（2）Everyone 　　 something， but some people are truly talented．

（3）It's very hard for the climbers to 　　air as they get near the top of Qomolangma．

（4）The dragon plays an important part in Chinese festivals． It is 　　 the Chinese nation．

（5） 　　．many countries hope to build trade relations with China because of the"Belt and Road".

Few people like changing their habits， good or bad Whether it is smoking， drinking or overeating， they （1） 　　" enjoying" them to the end．

On every packet of cigarettes（香烟）， people are warned against the （2） 　　of smoking： "Warming： Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health．"（3） 　　， millions of them start smoking or go on smoking． Why？

Facts show that families and surroundings（环境） play a very important part in（4） 　　smokers．All those smokers come from smoking families or have smoking（5） 　　or relatives． Films and TV plays also play a part． People（6） 　　their "heroes" on TV drinking alcohol （酒） or（7） 　　cigarettes．

"Heroes seem to fear（8） 　　， neither killing themselves nor killing others with alcohol and cigarettes．（9） 　　they are not afraid of the harm of smoking and drinking， why（10） 　　common people be afraid？

The simple warning on the cigarette packet does not influence（11） 　　habits． Even stronger warnings， like showing pictures of smokers who have died of cancer， don't seem to（12） 　　．

Knowing and believing seem to be two（13） 　　things．

If smoking is really as（14） 　　as doctors say， it is time for smokers to think about it and try to give it（15） 　　!

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Mark was a clever pupil． After he （1） 　　his eighth birthday， his teacher announced a school spelling competition． He wanted to win the first prize． In order to get good luck before the competition， Mark made a （2） 　　to go to the barber's（理发店）． The barber Jimmy was friendly young man． He asked Mark， "Do you have confidence in the competition？" "Maybe．" Mark answered． "Can you spell the word 'confidence'？ The barber（3） 　　asking Mark． "C﹣O﹣N﹣F﹣I﹣D﹣E﹣N﹣C﹣E． Confidence．" Mark answered． "Oh， you're great! A lot of people spell the word wrong， but you can spell it （4） 　　，" the barber said， "Remember that confidence is a winner's secret weapon（武器）．" "A winner's secret weapon？" Mark held his （5） 　　and stared at the barber's face in the mirror． "Oh， I'll remember what you said．" In the end， Mark won the competition． How （6） 　　Mark felt!

（7） 　　 years later， Mark founded his own company and made a lot of money． Once a reporter asked him． "How did you become so successful？ Mark answered． "To tell the（8） 　　 ， confidence is my secret weapon．"