Have you ever made something that no one else had made before? People who make something new are called _______.

Victor Ochoa was one of those people. He _______ many things and one of them was a flying machine. In 1908, he was thinking about _______ birds used their wings and went into the sky. He hoped to make a machine that _______ like a bird. Soon he took action and began to _______ birds carefully to learn how their wings worked.

Finally, he used what he learned to build a plane. The body of the plane was made of two _______ side by side. The plane had a small motor(发动机)that sat between the two bikes. The back was shaped like a bird’s tail. The wings were _______from a common plane.

They could even be folded(折叠)down like a bird’s wings. Amazing!

Victor wanted to help people with his ideas. His mind was like a motor that never turned _______. He was always trying to make life better and easier. He did not let any _______ stop him from making other things.

However, not all of his ideas worked. No one who tries something new is ________ every time. The most important is to keep trying and never give up.

1.A.dreamers B.inventors C.players D.drivers

2.A.collected B.fixed C.sold D.made

3.A.how B.when C.where D.why

4.A.stood B.ate C.flew D.sang

5.A.look for B.look at C.look after D.look up

6.A.bikes B.chairs C.boxes D.sticks

7.A.absent B.free C.far D.different

8.A.off B.over C.up D.on

9.A.habits B.difficulties C.feelings D.choices

10.A.grateful B.colorful C.successful D.careful

After nearly half a mouth, the Christmas letter finally was here in my hand. Yes, writing letters is how my friend in the US and I exchange our greeting every Christmas. People ask why not send our greetings on Facebook, or on Wechat _____________ , and by the way, it’ll save money. For me, writing letters is more of a _____________habit than a quirk(怪癖) in modem times. I, an experienced letter writer, can tell you what writing letters bring me more emotional(情感的) communication.

In fact, only parts of our emotions can be found. Some professors in California State University found that electronic products, like smart phones, can greatly _____________people in many ways. They probably stop people from shaking their inner. (内心的) feelings._____________modem communication,writing letters has more advantages. When we write our brain is given the chance to discover _____________between things we didn't see before. And we are forced to show our emotions fully.

If I am here to tell you why I love writing letters, one of the reasons would be something of the _____________— feeling of my band running through the pages, feeling of pen moving across the paper, and feeling of the smell of ink in the air.

It is believed that both your words and the letter itself can _____________you to express your feelings. Letters build a bridge between the writer and receiver. People _____________more when they receive messages in the form of a letter rather than any other media.

1.A.completely B.recently C.simply D.exactly

2.A.natural B.boring C.crazy D.national

3.A.control B.improve C.lead D.influence

4.A.Looking through B.Suffering from C.Compared with D.Faced with

5.A.connections B.ways C.sights D.problems

6.A.sound B.touch C.taste D.sight

7.A.make B.keep C.remain D.encourage

8.A.feel B.experience C.expects D.present

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