If you did, what would there be to look forward to?

Be thankful when you don’t know anything.

For it gives you the chance to learn.

Be thankful for the difficult times.

During those times you grow.

Be thankful for your disadvantages.

Because they give you chances for improvement.

Be thankful for each new challenge.

Because it will build your strength and character.

Be thankful for your mistakes.

They will teach you valuable lessons.

Be thankful when you’re tired and bored.

Because it means you’ve made a difference.

Be thankful for your past relationships.

Someone better suited to you is waiting out there.

Gratitude (感謝) can turn a negative into a positive.

Find a way to be thankful for your troubles, and they can become your blessings.

【1】Why should you be thankful for the mistakes?

A.Because we can make a difference.

B.Because they give us chances for improvement.

C.Because we can never make mistakes in the future.

D.Because we can get valuable lessons from the mistakes.

【2】What can we infer from the poem?

A.The writer lives a hard life.B.The writer is active and positive to life.

C.The writer is afraid of making mistakes.D.The writer is never thankful for what he had.

【3】What’s the poem mainly talking about?

A.Valuable lessonsB.Being thankfulC.Making a differenceD.New challenge

In recent years, playing kite-board seems to become more and more p【1】 in Alaska in America. It is a new and old game. The game has 【2】 (win) the interest of many young people. The game is interesting but a little 【3】 (danger) . One needs to play it very carefully.

A kite-board is in fact a skateboard drawn by a few big flying 【4】 (kite). The old game was 【5】 (play) by some young people in Holland and Spain as early as the last century. Since the board was hard to control, few people dare to play 【6】. With the improvement of the design of kites and skateboards, many people can l【7】 how to play it. A kite board may go as f【8】 as about 50 kilometers an hour. If you haven’t had any practice, you’d better not play it. It is not safe. It is 【9】 (believe) that the game can exercise not【10】 your body, but also your brain.

A.is stolenB.was stolenC.will be stolenD.has been stolen

Know your own good points. You have skills and talents that others will like.

Believe that you are a good person and have something nice to share with others.

Be humorous. Learn to laugh at yourself and your weakness. Remember to smile to others.

Respect the others. Everyone has his own idea. Learn how to listen to others' ideas without trying to make them accept yours.

Be kind. If you are kind to others, they will usually be kind to you. There are hundreds of little things you can do to show kindness. Open the door for someone. Wave to a friend and so on.

Don't complain. Learn to accept what you can't change, and work hard to change what you can. No one is willing to hear you complaining all the time.

Never give up. Even if you are faced with close-minded people, never give up. And try to find someone who will understand you.

【1】What do friends bring you in your lives?（in no more than 5 words）

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【2】What's the first thing we should learn to make friends?（in no more than 5 words）

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【3】How can we be humorous?

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【4】How many pieces of advice does the writer give when we have trouble in making friends?（in no more than 5 words）

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【5】What can you learn from the passage?（in no more than 5 words）

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The Chinese women's volleyball team first lost to Netherlands. But you'd have never known it two days later. The team beat a strong Italy. And they gave a repeat performance against Puerto Rico（波多黎各）. But after a short-time happiness,they had to fight with European champions Serbia and the US.

Facing host Brazil,the Chinese girls tried their best to play each ball. At last they beat Brazil. Facing the Netherlands again in the semi-finals,they won 3-1.

The final was difficult as China and Serbia battled hard in each set of the match which lasted ninety-seven minutes. China lost the opening set at 19-25,but world class coach Lang Ping's girls never gave up,and they took the next three sets at 25-17,25-22,25-23.

For the Chinese,the women's volleyball team has always been a symbol of perseverance. And once again,their perseverance paid off.

【1】This is China's _____________Olympic women's volleyball gold medal.

A.secondB.thirdC.fourthD.fifth

【2】At Rio Olympics，the Chinese women's volleyball team first had a match with_____________.

A.SerbiaB.the USC.NetherlandsD.Puerto Rico

【3】How long did the final match between China and Serbia last?

A.About two and a half hours.B.One hour and twenty minutes.

C.About one hour and thirty minutes.D.One hour and thirty-seven minutes.

【4】Which is the right order according to the passage?

①The Chinese women's volleyball team beat Puerto Rico.

②Netherlands lost to the Chinese women's volleyball team.

③The Chinese women's volleyball team beat the host Brazil.

④The Chinese women's volleyball team beat Serbia with the result3-1.

A.①②③④B.④③①②C.①③②④D.③①④②

【5】Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A.In 1984and 2008, the Chinese women's volleyball team got the Olympics gold medal.

B.The world class coach Lang Ping and the girls never give up in the face of difficulties.

C.It is believed that Serbia's women's volleyball team is the Asian champions.

D.The Chinese women's volleyball team has always been a symbol of friendship.

"Why are you in college at such a young age?" I asked jokingly.

"I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting one!" she replied.

Rose became a college symbol this year and she easily made friends with other students.

At the end of the semester, we invited Rose to speak at our football party. I'll never forget what she taught us.

"We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are only two secrets of staying young, being happy and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humour every day. You've got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die!" she said.

"There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't do anything, you will turn 20 years older. If I am 87 years old, and stay in bed for a year, and never do anything, I will turn 88. Anybody can grow older. But every minute counts for young men," she added.

She ended her speech by singing The Song of Rose. She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives.

At the year's end,Rose finished the college education she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep.

【1】Why did Rose go to college? Because she _____________.

A.wanted to live longerB.love to stay with the young

C.wanted to realize her dreamD.planned to enjoy her life there

【2】From the story we can see that Rose was _____________during her stay in college.

A.outgoing and popularB.brave and hard-working

C.honest and athleticD.calm and creative

【3】Which of the following is included in Rose's speech?

A.People won't grow old if they stop playing.

B.The more you laugh,the younger you will be.

C.People easily become old if they do more things.

D.Time is especially important for young people.

【4】What's the Chinese meaning of underlined word“l(fā)yrics”?

A.詩歌B.句子C.文章D.歌詞

【5】Which of the following is the main idea of the story?

A.Live with your dream.B.Find the secrets of staying young.

C.Learn wherever you are.D.Be happy every day.

Climbing a mountain is hard work. But one step after another finally brings a person to the t________. Along the way,he can stop and look a________. And the higher he climbs,the more w________his view is. If he keeps climbing,he will have a new world before him. He will have a new way of s________everything.

Now learning a________language is something like climbing a mountain. This new language can give you a new view of life. And it is m________than a look at the surface（表面）of things. It can open the way into people's minds and hearts,into a culture very d________from the one of your own. This will m________you richer in things that money can't buy. Even though you never set foot on a ship or a plane,you can be an armchair t________through books.

Like the mountain climber who stops now and then to e_________the scenery around him,everyone who is interested in reading will find pleasure in books as he fights on to learn more and more of that new language.

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【2】__________

【3】__________

【4】__________

【5】__________

【6】__________

【7】__________

【8】__________

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【10】__________

【1】It's his __________________（twenty）year in China. And now he likes living here very much.

【2】Smoking is not __________________（allow）in public places.

【3】The house__________________（it）is not particularly to my mind, but I like its environment.

【4】My brother had so many __________________（choose）, but he picked the worst one.

【5】Miss Li moved into a big house and she can live there __________________（comfortable）enough.

【1】We all think it comfortable to stay in this hotel. They provide a high level of__________________（服務(wù)）.

【2】It was brave of him to go to a place that was__________________（未知的）to humans at that time.

【3】The robot caught a virus and no longer worked__________________（正確地）.

【4】The best moment in his career was in 2004-he scored 41 points in a game __________________（對抗）the Atlanta Hawks.

【5】I immediately__________________（后悔）having said this. I could have kicked myself.

—He's fine. He used to watch TV at home. But now he is used to ___________out far a walk.

A.to goB.goC.goingD.goes