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Have you ever had problems in your life and don’t know how to be happy? If 1 , you will find “Being a Happy Teenager” by Australian writer Andrew Matthews 2 .
In his book, Matthews 3 us how to have a happy life and answers the 4 of teenagers.
There are many 5 such as parents and friends, and the book 6 we should stop being angry and forgive. The book tells us of useful skills 7 how to put what you have learned into pictures of your mind to 8 your memory better.
Many teenagers think 9 happiness comes from a good exam result 10 praise from other people. But you can 11 be happy when there are no such “good” things.
Success comes from a(n) 12 attitude. If you 13 from problems, you will have success in the future.
Some school students have 14 such as being too tall or too short. But Matthews tells us that 15 comes from thinking about things in a positive 16 . If you are 17 people notice you and you can get a 18 view at the movie; if you are short, your clothes and shoes 19 less room in your bedroom! This is Matthews’ most important 20 : you choose to be happy!
1. A. so B. not C. it D. do
2. A. wise B. smart C. useful D. simple
3. A. orders B. tells C. asks D. argues
4. A. problems B. questions C. ideas D. comments
5. A. roles B. classes C. courses D. subjects
6. A. says B. writes C. reads D. thinks
7. A. for example B. such as C. so as D. so that
8. A. make B. turn C. let D. change
9. A. what B. how C. that D. whether
10. A. and B. but C. so D. or
11. A. yet B. already C. still D. forever
12. A. bad B. good C. independent D. normal
13. A. learn B. rescue C. struggle D. separate
14. A. experiences B. difficulties C. fears D. problems
15. A. success B. happiness C. failure D. height
16. A. way B. means C. manners D. spirit
17. A. short B. small C. tall D. fat
18. A. lower B. higher C. worse D. better
19. A. take B. spend C. cover D. cost
20. A. work B. lesson C. teaching D. Study
答案:1-5 ACBBD 6-10ABACD 11-15 CBADB 16-20 ACDAB
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A beautiful girl was shopping with her mother in Blue-sky Market. It was 1 hard outside.Many people all stood there under the awning(遮雨篷).They waited,some patiently(耐心的),others impatiently because of the bad weather.
The girl’s 2 was so sweet. "Mom, let’s run through the rain.” she said suddenly.
“What?” Mom asked.
“Let’s run through the rain!”
“No, Honey. We’ll 3 until it slows down a bit,” Mom replied.
The child waited about another 4 and repeated, “Mom,let’s run through the rain.”
“ We’11 get 5 if we do,” Mom said.
“No,we won’t , Mom.That’s not what you said this 6 .”the young girl said as she tugged(拽)at her mom’s arm.
“This morning? 7 did 1 say we could run through the rain and not get wet?”
“Don’t you 8 ? When you were talking to Daddy 9 his cancer, you said, ‘If God can get us through this, he can get us through 10 .’ ”
The people became 11 .Nothing could be 12 but the rain.Mom thought for a moment about what she would say.
“Honey, you are 13 .Let’s run through the rain.” 14 they ran off. People all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they 15 past the cars and through the puddles(水坑).They 16 their shopping bags over their head.They got wet through,but they were 17 by a few who laughed like children all the 18 to their cars.
People can 19 your money and health, but no one can ever take away your memories. So, don’t 20 to make time to make memories every day.
1. A. blowing B.snowing C. raining D. shining
2. A. sound B.voice C. noise D. language
3. A. leave B. go C. run D. wait
4. A. second B. minute C. month D. day
5. A. wet B.hurt C. lost D. bad
6. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. night
7. A. When B. What C. Why D. How
8. A. say B. stop C. ask D. remember
9. A. with B.for C. about D. of
10. A. something B. anything C. other D. another
11. A. surprised B. sad C. silent D. nervous
12. A. seen B.smelled C. heard D. known
13. A. right B. clever C. stupid D. brave
14. A. Because B. While C. Then D. But
15. A.walked B.rushed C.jumped D. stepped
16. A. held B. brought C. threw D. pushed
17. A. watched B.helped C. saved D. followed
18. A. time B. way C. direction D. money
19. A. take away B. take up C. take off D. take back
20. A. try B. hope C. forget D. decide
答案:1-5 BDCDA 6—10 DCBBB 11—15 DDCCC 16—20 ABCAA
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It was dark, cold and wet. On my way home, I could hear someone 1 . The crying was coming from a 2 boy of about 12 years old. He was just wearing a worn-out shirt to 3 himself from the night’s cold. 4 enough, he was holding a hundred-dollar bill. Thinking that he had become lost from his parents, I asked him what was 5 .
He told me his sad 6 He said that he had three brothers and four sisters. His father died when he was nine years old. His 7 was poorly educated and worked two part-time jobs. She made very little to 8 her large family; however, she had managed to give 9 hundred dollars to buy her children some Christmas presents. The young boy had been 10 by his mother on the _ 11 to her second job. He was to use the money to buy presents for all his brothers and sisters. He had not even 12 the mall, when an older boy robbed him of one of the two hundred-dollar bills and disappeared into the 13 .
“Why didn’t you shout for help?” I asked. “I did,” replied the boy.“But 14 came to help you?”
The boy 15 shook his head, “No one 16 that I was crying. I was so frightened that I 17 .”
That night , I 18 many hours buying presents for him and his family and I also helped him 19 home. I just wanted to tell him, “Be brave, help will always come.” His eyes were filled with tears, and he gave me a warm hug—the most expensive gift I had ever 20 . I knew he wanted to tell me “he will”.
1. A. sighing B. smiling C. crying D. whispering
2. A. poor B. bad C. kind D. careless
3. A. protect B. prevent C. separate D. benefit
4. A. Interestingly B. Personally C. Strangely D. Seriously
5. A. true B. lost C. broken D. wrong
6. A. news B. story C. result D. history
7. A. mother B. sister C. brother D. aunt
8. A. help B. treat C. support D. offer
9. A. several B. two C. one D. many
10. A. pick up B. dropped off C. taken on D. put off
11. A. trip B. way C. direction D. road
12. A. cleaned B. opened C. entered D. checked
13. A. dark B. room C. eye D. day
14. A. somebody B. anybody C. everybody D. nobody
15. A. sadly B. happily C. nervously D. friendly
16. A. forgot B. cared C. told D. thought
17. A. gave off B. gave away C. gave up D. gave out
18. A. cost B. took C. lost D. spent
19. A. back B. out C. up D. across
20. A. adopted B. received C. chosen D. accepted
答案:1-5 CAACD 6-10BACBB 11-15BCADA 16-20BCDAB
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China is one of the countries with the most serious earthquake disasters. 1 earthquake that had a magnitude of 7.8 2 in Tangshan located in northeast Hebei on July 28, 1976. It was heard 3 in Beijing, one hundred kilometers 4 westwards. A huge crack of 8 kilometers long and thirty metes wide 5 thousands of buildings, roads and canals, 6 an industry urban 7 population of one million a wasteland in seconds. The deaths and the injured totally 8 400,000. It was the most destructive earthquake in the world during the 20th century.
Before the shake, nature had 9 many seismic signs; in the neighboring countryside, the well water kept on rising and falling with deep crack walls, 10 a smelly gas. Domestic animals 11 too nervous to eat 12 rats, snakes, etc, hurriedly 13 . In the city strange events occurred, too. The water pipes in perfectly good condition burst without 14 . All 15 , the warnings from nature, failed to 16 the one million people’s understanding, who did everything 17 . That’s why such heavy loss beyond imagination was caused.
The city seemed to be at the end. However, aid came from every corner of the country. Army troops were 18 to the city’s rescue. Teams of rescue workers were quickly organized. Slowly the city started to 19 to normal.
Now the people of Tangshan have turned their once destroyed homeland into a brand new Tangshan like a bright pearl 20 the Bohai Bay. They pay much attention to the prevention of geologic disasters while developing industry and agriculture.
1. A. An B. A C. The D. /
2. A. was happened B. broke out C. was hit D. struck
3.A. just B. only C. ever D. even
4. A. away B. far away C. off D. far
5. A. broke through B. swept across C. tore open D. cut across
6. A. leading B. putting C. destroying D. leaving
7. A. with a B. with the C. with D. having
8. A. arrived B. came to C. rose D. got
9. A. sent out B. sent off C. sent for D. sent up
10. A. giving down B. giving up C. giving off D. giving in
11. A. came B. grew C. turned D. went
12. A. while B. when C. as D. since
13. A. jumped B. came C. moved D. ran
14. A. appearance B. excuse C. explanation D. cause
15. A. these B. those C. this D. that
16. A. reach B. make C. have D. lead
17. A. usually B. commonly C. as usual D. like that
18. A. gathered up B. called in C. called on D. sent in
19. A. return B. come C. leave D. bring
20. A. to B. off C. on D. Along
答案:1-5 ABDAD 6-10 DABAC 11-15 DACDC 16-20ACBAC
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My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other 1 , including her “sixth sense”, that she rarely gives the impression that she’s 2 anything.
Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us, 3 that she doesn’t push too hard on them, 4 really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house; she moves around so fast that often 5 don’t find out she’s blind.
I 6 this the first time my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very 7 about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was 8 excited about her finger painting project.
“Mom, guess what?” said Kayla, all smiles. “I learned how to 9 colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle 10 with us. To my great 11 , my child had learnt about color from a blind friend!
The Kayla continued, “Michelle told me my 12 showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really 13 what I was doing!” Kayla said she had never felt how interesting finger paints were 14 Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper. I realized Kayla didn’t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never 15 in conversation.
1. A. ways B. means C. methods D. senses
2. A. enjoy B. found C. missed D. lost
3. A. and B. except C. even D. But
4. A. who B. that C. what D. which
5. A. guests B. family C. relatives D. friends
6. A. realized B. witnessed C. guessed D. heard
7. A. excited B. sad C. satisfied D. enjoyed
8. A. especially B. not so C. a little D. not at all
9. A. paint B. draw C. create D. mix
10. A. sang B. painted C. talked D. played
11.A.excitement B.encouragement C. delight D. surprise
12. A. attitude B. color C. picture D. paper
13.A.touched B. distinguished C. saw D. understood
14. A. after B. since C. until D. when
15. A. referred B. given away C. come up D. taken place
答案:1-5 DCBAA 6-10 AAADB 11-15 DCDCC
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Jack Baines is a self-made millionaire, but his beginnings were very lowly. He was the youngest of eight children. His father had a 1 in a cotton mill (纱厂), but he was often 2 to work because of poor health. The family couldn’t 3 to pay the rent or bills, and the children often went 4 . After leaving school at the age of 14, Jack was 5 what to do when Mr. Walker, his old teacher, offered to lend him £100 to start his own 6 .
It was just after the war. Raw materials were not enough, and Jack saw a 7 in scrap metal(废弃金属). He bought bits of metal and stored it in an old garage. When he had built up a large amount, he sold it and 8 plenty of money.Jack 9 working hard. After one year he succeeded in 10 the £100.
By the time Jack was 30 years old he had 11 his first million, and he wanted to 12 this achievement by doing something “ 33 ”. With all his money it was 14 to build a beautiful home for himself and his parents. In 1959, “Baines Castle” was built in the 15 of the Lancashire countryside. It was one of the finest buildings in the country.
Jack has recently sold “Baines Castle” for £500 million, 16 Jack still can’t get used to 17 the good life. He can 18 be found drinking with the locals at the local pub(酒吧).
“I remember being very 19 as a child, but never 20 as a child,” says Jack, “and I will never forget where I came from and who I am.”
1. A. house B. work C. company D. job
2. A. able B. unable C. glad D. eager
3. A. offer B. like C. afford D. expect
4. A. hungry B. wrong C. ill D. bad
5. A. wondering B. seeing C. doubting D. preparing
6. A. school B. business C. farm D. store
7. A. problem B. purpose
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