When I was about six years old, my brother David and I visited our aunt, Mary. We stayed in her house for a night. David was only 4 years old, and was still____of the dark., so Mary left the hall light on when we slept.

However, David____the grey moths(蛾) flying around the hall light. He asked Mary to make the moths go away. When she asked____, she simply said, “Because they are ugly and scary, I don’t like them.” Mary laughed and said, “Being ugly outside doesn’t____not being beautiful inside. In fact, moths are one of the most beautiful animals in the animal world.

“Once, the angels (天使) were____They were sad because it was raining heavily. The____little moths hated to see others so sad. They decided to make a rainbow(彩虹) to cheer up the angels. They thought if the butterflies(蝴蝶)____, they could make a beautiful rainbow together.

“Then one of the moths went to ask the butterflies for help. But the butterflies didn’t want to____any of their colors, so the moths decided to make a rainbow themselves. They beat their wings very hard and the colors on them made a rainbow. They kept giving a little more and a little more____the rainbow went across the sky. They had given away all their colors except grey, which didn’t match the beautiful rainbow.

“Then the once-colorful moths became____The angles saw the rainbow and smiled…” My brother went to sleep with that story and hasn’t feared months since then.

1.A. afraid B. sure C. proud D. happy

2.A. liked B. hated C. let D. killed

3.A. how B. what C. when D. why

4.A. mean B. make C. know D. hope

5.A. laughing B. playing C. crying D. talking

6.A. kind B. angry C. ugly D. sad

7.A. refused B. advised C. helped D. left

8.A. give up B. pick up C. turn up D. look up

9.A. unless B. until C. after D. since

10.A. red B. yellow C. green D. grey

Do you speak English?Yes?Well,do you speak e-mail English?Maybe not.E-mail English is a new kind of English that many people use to save time.A lot of e-mail English words come from a computer program called ICQ.It means/seek you.ICQ is an e-mail chatline that people use to send messages quickly.Ian Lancashire,a Canadian teacher,likes ICQ."People can use ICQ to talk with each other with computers."

A message in e-mail English mostly uses two kinds of new words.The first kind is made up of the first letters of other words.These are called acronyms (首字母组合词).The second kind is homophones(同音异义词).

Acronyms in an e-mail save space and time.It takes a long time to write by the way.BTW is much faster.F2F stands for face to face,CSL for can't stop laughing and DBEYR for don't believe everything you read!

Homophones often use letters and numbers that sound like words or parts of words.For example,8sounds like-ea^in great,so to save time,people write gr8.Another example is CU for see you,or sometimes CU18r( see you later).The number 2is used for to or too and the number 4is used instead of/or.*

E-mail English is fun.An e-mail message with lots of e-mail English starts to look like secret code.Your best friend will probably understand it,but your parents and teachers might not.Actually,many teachers don't like e-mail English.It's not just because they can't understand what it means.It's because students start to use e-mail English in their everyday writing.E-mail English is great for writing quickly.But most teachers say that e-mail English should only be used in e-mails to one's friends.

1.From the passage,we know e-mail English is ______ .

A. a computer program

B. a new kind of English

C. for everyday writing

D. made up of two kinds of letters

2.The underlined phrase"secret code"probably means in the passage ______ .

A. words that only some people can understand

B. words that everyone can understand

C. words that no one can understand

D. words that many people can understand

3.Many teachers don't like e-mail English because ______ .

A. students use it in their everyday writing

B. it is difficult for students to understand

C. they can understand what it means

D. students start to write it quickly

4.According to e-mail English,the sentence"Hi,how RU?Let's meet 4dinner and then c a movie 2night."means ______ .

A. Hi,how right you?Let's meet four dinner and then see a movie two night

B. Hi,how are you?Let's meet at dinner and then see a movie at night

C. Hi,how are you?Let's meet for dinner and then see a movie tonight

D. Hi,how do you do?Let's meet for dinner and then see a movie at night

5.What's the passage about? ______

A. Written English. B. E-mail English.

C. Everyday English. D. An e-mail message.

阅读短文,回答问题。

Why are so many people so afraid to fail? Quite simply because no one tells us how to face the failure. In fact, failure can become experience that means growth. We forget that failure is part of the human condition and that every person has the right to fail.

Most parents work hard to prevent failure or protect their children. One way is to lower standards(标准). Nearly 60% of the parents choose this way. When a child finishes making a table,the mother describes it as “perfect” even though it doesn’t stand still. The other way is to blame (责备)others. If John fails in science,his teacher is unfair or stupid.

There’s a problem with the two ways. It makes a child unprepared for the real life if they don’t meet enough failure.The young need to learn that no one can be best at everything, no one can win all the time.The young should be allowed to experience failure.

Failure never gives people pleasure. It hurts both grown-up and children. But it can be really good to your life when you learn to use it.

1.What can failure become in fact?

_________________________________________

2.How many ways do most parents choose to prevent failure and protect their children?

_________________________________________

3.How do 60% of the parents prevent failure or protect their children?

_________________________________________

4.What should young people be allowed to experience?

_________________________________________

5.What should you do when you face the failure?

_________________________________________

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