Have successful people ever felt sad? Do they have any "secrets" to success? The answers to these questions can be found in US president Barack Obama’s "back to school" speech. Here is a small part of his speech.
I know that sometimes, after watching TV, you may feel that you can be rich and successful without any hard work--that your ticket to success is through rapping (饶舌音乐) or basketball or being a TV star. But when chances come, you may not succeed.
The truth is, being successful is hard. And you may not succeed at everything the first time you try. That’s OK. Some of the most successful people in the world have had the most failures. JK Rowling’s first Harry Potter book was rejected(退稿)12 times before it finally came out. Michael Jordan lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career (职业生涯). But he once said, "I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
These people succeeded because they understand that you can’t let your failures beat you--you have to let them teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently next time.
No one’s born being good at things. You become good at things through hard work. Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it.
And even when you’re struggling(挣扎), even when you’re discouraged(泄气), and you feel like other people have given up on you--don’t ever give up on yourself. Because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your country.
【小题1】Why does Barack Obama talk about JK Rowling and Michael Jordan in the second paragraph?

A.To show that these two famous persons are different.
B.To show that writing and sports are difficult skills.
C.To show that the two persons were treated unfairly.
D.To show that being successful is hard.
【小题2】Barack Obama believes ____________ in his speech.
A.you can be rich and successful without any hard work
B.you may succeed at everything the first time you try
C.you can’t let your failures beat you
D.you shouldn’t ask other people for help
【小题3】What does the underlined sentence mean?
A.If you’re discouraged, you should give up on yourself.
B.You should believe in yourself no matter how difficult it is.
C.When you’re struggling, you’ll feel like other people have given up on you.
D.If you are not struggling or discouraged, you can give up on yourself.
【小题4】What’s the best title of this small part of Mr. Obama’s speech?
A.The way to succeedB.Failures can help you
C.Don’t give up on yourselfD.Barack Obama’s success

A thirsty bee went to a river to drink. As it was drinking, the bee was ? ? away by the running water.

A kind bird saw that the bee was in ? ? . It picked ? ? off a tree and threw ? ? into the water in front of the bee. The bee climbed ? ? the leaf, and it was brought ? ? to the land. The bee thanked the bird a lot and then ? ? .

Not ? ? that, the bird was sitting ? ? the branch of a tree. It did not know that a man was shooting at it. But the bee saw ? ? the man was doing. So it flew into the man’s ? ? and stung() him. The ? ? in the man’s eye was so great that he was not able to ? ? the bird, and the bird flew away.

? the bee, ? ? life had been saved by the bird, was able to save the life of the bird.

1.A. flying????????????? ????????????? B. brought????????????? C. flowing????????????? D. carried

2.A. trouble????????????? ????????????? B. a trouble????????????? C. danger????????????? ????????????? D. dangerous

3.A. a leaf ????????????? ????????????? B. leaves? ????????????? C. leaf?? ????????????? D. the leaf

4.A. them??? ?? B. one? ????????????? ????????????? C. it????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. this

5.A. onto???? ????????????? B. on??? ????????????? C. to????? ????????????? D. at

6.A. safety? ????????????? ????????????? B. safe?? ????????????? C. saved?? ????????????? D. safely

7.A. climbed awayB. ran away????????????? C. flew away????????????? D. got away

8.A. long before ????????????? B. before long????????????? C. after long????????????? D. long after

9.A. in????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. on????????????? ????????????? C. at????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. by

10.A. that?? ????????????? ????????????? B. what?? ????????????? C. which?? ????????????? D. when

11.A. eye?? ????????????? ????????????? B. nose? ????????????? C. mouth ????????????? D. ear

12.A. pain ????????????? ????????????? B. bee ????????????? ????????????? C. bird????????????? ????????????? D. earache

13.A. shoot ????????????? ????????????? B. shoot at????????????? C. shoot to????????????? D. shoot on

14.A. In the way ????????????? B. On the way????????????? C. In a way????????????? D. In this way

15.A. her????????????? ????????????? ??? B. the????????????? ????????????? C. whose????????????? ????????????? D. its

 

 

Do you know who invented tea? It is said that the emperor Shen Nong  discovered   tea when he was boiling drinking water 21 an open fire. Some leaves from a nearby tree fell into the water and the leaves were in the water for   22 . The emperor noticed that the leaves in the water produced a   23   smell. Later he decided  24  the hot water with the leaves. It was quite delicious. And  25 , one of the worl’s favorite drinks was invented.

26 is the home of tea. And tea has more than 4,000 years history. 27  the three drinks—tea, coffee and cocoa, tea is drunk by  28  people in the world. Tea  29 China began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export (出口商品)  30  .

Tea leaves  31  mainly in the south of the Yangtze River, 32 the warm climate (气候)there. Longjing, Wulong, Pu’er and Tieguanyin are all   33   kinds of tea.

Over the past centuries, Chinese people   34   their tea culture(文化), including tea planting, tea-leaf picking, tea making and so on. We know tea is   35   a popular topic(主题) in dances, songs, poems and novels.

1.A. in               B. by                    C. over                  D. to

2. A. sometimes        B. some time         C. some times           D.some days

3.A. pleasant          B. pleased                C. bad                      D.terrible

4.A. not to taste            B. to taste                   C. tasting           D.taste

5.A. by the way     B. on the way              C. on its way            D. in this way

6. A. Japan                   B. China                     C. America               D.England 7.A. In                        B. For                        C. Of                       D. By

8.A. the number of                     B. a number of          

C. a large number of                                   D. the largest number of

9. A. to                   B. from                   C. in                        D. off

10.A. At that time  B. from now on           C. since then             D. since now

11. A. produce              B. are produced           C. make                   D. are made

12. A. becauuse of       B. because                  C. as                        D. for  

13.A. interesting           B. important        C. famous                 D. expensive

14.A. had developed      B. have developed       C. developed          D.are developing

15.A. too               B. as well                   C. either                D. also

 

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