My best friend Ally and I spare a few hours of our time every week as volunteers for Buddy Ball. We help disabled (残疾的)__________ do sports and make new friends.

So what does a buddy(伙伴) do? At the moment,I am a buddy for __________ eleven-year-old boy Tom. He is in a wheelchair and is a good basketball player, but just like any kid, he is very upset__________ he doesn’t do well in a game. He starts to cry and doesn’t want _________. Sometimes he even gives up playing. So, as his buddy, I encourage him. Now we__________ on our basketball skills together. It’s great to see his improvement and he doesn’t get upset so ___________.

Ally is a buddy for Clara, a kid with very few language skills. She also likes running away. When she is in a game.Ally learns how to work with Clara __________ to get her to join in the games . Now she loves baseball and has ___________ friends than she did before. Next week, she__________ in a team. Her parents are truly happy about Buddy Ball and they say that Clara is more confident (自信的) and sociable.

Buddy Ball is a great chance for everyone! Differences disappear(消失). We think that we’re all just kids.And we all love sports. I love doing Buddy Ball because I know I’m doing__________for the kids!

1.A.boys B.boy C.kids D.kid

2.A.the B./ C.a D.an

3.A.if B.until C.before D.after

4.A.play B.playing C.played D.to play

5.A.worked B.are working C.will work D.works

6.A.easily B.easy C.difficult D.took

7.A.so B.and C.but D.or

8.A.many B.much C.more D.most

9.A.play B.plays C.will play D.played

10.

A.something meaning B.meaning something

C.nothing meaningful D.meaningful nothing

Everybody likes to feel that she or he is special. Sadly, many of us grow up believing that we’re not special at all. We wish that we could be more attractive or better at sports. We wish we had had more money or nicer clothes. Like the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, or the Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz, we think we’re not good enough just as we are. In the film. The Tin Man wishes he had a heart. The Scarecrow wishes that he had a brain, and the Lion want courage. Finally, each of them realizes that he already has what he wants.

Nearly all parents want us to be the best we can be. They sometimes try to encourage us to do better by comparing us to others. They mean well, but the message we usually get is that we’re not good enough. We start to believe that the only way we can be special is by being better than somebody else, but we are often disappointed (失望的). There will always be somebody out there that is better than we are at something. There are a lot of people around who may not be as smart as we are but who are better at sports. Or they may not be as handsome, but they are more successful. It is unthinkable for us to be better than everybody else all the time. Like the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion, we all need what we believe will make us better people.

What we don’t understand is that often we already have the very things inside us that we look for. Our parents often forget to tell us that we are special, that we are good enough just as we are. Perhaps no one told them when they were growing up, or maybe they just forgot. Either way, it’s up to us to remind them sometimes that each of us, in our own way, is special. What we are ... is enough!

1.What is the writer’s main purpose in writing the text?

A.To describe how smart we are. B.To talk about your family problems.

C.To explain the importance of being yourself. D.To suggest how people can change their way of life.

2.This article was most probably written by __________.

A.a teenager B.a youth worker C.a teacher D.a parent

3.What does the writer say about our parents?

A.They never compare us to other children. B.They always tell us that we are good enough.

C.They often forget to tell us that we are special. D.They never forget to tell us that we are special.

4.Which would be the best title for this passage?

A.What Makes You Smart B.What Makes You Happy

C.What Makes You Strong D.What Makes You Special

In recent(近来的)years, many students from China come to the UK to study in schools there. Over 4,000 new students came in 2018. Most of them decide to study in a UK university(大学) after studying in middle schools in the UK. It can help them make their written and spoken English better, find out more about a different culture and to know very different ways of teaching.

Studying in the UK will be a special and interesting thing. Unlike China, the UK isn’t a large country. Its furthest mainland points are only 1,350 km away. We can visit many great cities in a short time, such as London, Cambridge and Oxford.

Life for a student studying in the UK can be very exciting. Children start school at the age of 4. At 11, children go to middle schools where they may study 10 subjects. They are math, science, English, history and one or more languages (语言) such as French and so on. Classes in the UK schools often have between 20 or 30 students. Most schools do not make students sit in the same seat for every lesson.

Children do not just learn from books or a screen, but enjoy various sports as part of their school day, such as soccer, basketball, horse-riding and so on. They can join clubs after school.

So do you want to study in the UK one day?

1.According to the first paragraph, which is not the reason why Chinese students study in the UK?

A.To improve science skills.

B.To study in a university in the UK.

C.To learn more about another culture.

2.The second paragraph mainly(主要地) tells us that ________.

A.the UK is too small to have fun

B.it’s easy to enjoy the beauty of the UK

C.you always feel bored in the UK

3.Students in the UK have to learn at least ________ language lessons.

A.two B.three C.ten

4.The underlined word “various” means ________.

A.不同的 B.相似的 C.无趣的

5.From the passage, we can learn that ________.

A.studying in the UK may be tiring and boring

B.primary school students in the UK have more than ten subjects

C.students in the UK don’t sit in the same seat or classroom all the time

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