When I was in Grade 3 in primary school, I was chosen to be the princess in a school play. I could say my lines ____ at home, but as soon as I was on the stage, every word ___ my mind.

Finally, my teacher had to ask me to change my____. I became a narrator.(解说员)

I didn’t tell my mother what had happened when I went home for lunch that day. ____ she sensed my unhappiness and asked ____ I wanted to take a walk in the yard.

It was a lovely spring day. My mother bent down for some dandelions. “ I think I’m going to dig up all these weeds,” she said. “ From now on, we’ll have only roses in the garden.”

“ But I like dandelions,(蒲公英)I said .“ All flowers are beautiful---___ dandelions.”

My mother looked at me seriously. “ Yes, every flower is beautiful, isn’t it?” she asked. I ____. “ And that is true of people too,” she added. “ Not ____ can be a princess, but it’s not a shame.”

She had sensed my pain. I started ____ and told her what had happened. She listened and smiled.

“ But you will be a beautiful narrator,” she said. “ The part of the narrator is as ____ as the part of the princess.”

Over the next few weeks, with her encouragement, I learnt to take ___ in the role and worked hard to read over my lines.

A few minutes _____ the play, I felt very nervous and then my teacher came over to me. “Your mother asked me to give this to you,” she said, _____ me a dandelion, one of the little flowers in my garden. As soon as I saw it, I _____ and became confident. After the play, I took home the flower and pressed it ____ two sheets of paper in a dictionary.

1.A .slowly B. quickly C. easily D.quietly

2.A. went away from B. came into C. went through D. ran to

3.A. mind B. role C. way D. job

4.A. So B. And C. Or D. But

5.A. why B. if C. what D. when

6.A. even B. still C. yet D. also

7.A. answered B. nodded C. agreed D. shook

8.A. anybody B. somebody C. nobody D. everybody

9.A. cry B. crying C. laugh D. laughing

10.A. necessary B. beautiful C. important D. good

11.A. part B. interest C. pride D. chance

12.A. before B. during C. after D. while

13.A. handed B. handing C. hand D. to hand

14.A. came down B. calmed down C. put down D. fell down

15.A. around B. among C. behind D. between

How would we travel without maps? It would be a bit adventurous (冒险的) to set off from Oxford University to go to London Bridge if there was not a map of the London Underground at each station. In fact, a lot of the early map—makers were explorers (探险家), especially in the 15th and 16th centuries.

So what did people do before there were maps? Well, it was quite easy to use natural signs like mountains and rivers if you were travelling on foot or riding a horse. People took small boats down rivers and followed coastlines (海岸线). And people world use time, not distance (距离), to measure(测量)the way they went; the next village was a three—hour ride, for example.

In fact, in the early maps, people did not draw marks. They drew stars. It was very easy to the night sky and use it for navigation (航行). The sky was a lot clearer before the light pollution from cities appeared. When towns and cities were built, people drew road maps which gave distances and directions.

The London Underground was opened in 1863 and it also used a road map style. But a man called Henry Beck realized that travelling by train was not the same as driving your car across London. Passengers only needed to know which stations to change. His new design for the Underground map was not very popular with the train companies at first. But the passengers loved it and 700,000 copies were printed in 1933.

These days, of course, you can ride a bike, drive a car or go through a forest and know where you are exactly with a GPS. It’s really difficult to get lost!

1.When did road maps come out?

A. Around 15th and 16th centuries.

B. When people began to travel by train.

C. When people began to travel by sea.

D. When cities and towns were built.

2.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. GPS helped people to travel long time ago.

B. Ancient (古代的) people could travel on a horse without maps.

C. The sky was polluted by light before cities were built.

D. Henry Beck’s map was not popular with passengers.

3.What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Maps have a long history.

B. We never get lost these days.

C. We can’t travel with maps.

D. Henry Beck designed a new map.

Your schooldays should be the best and happiest days of your life. How can you get the most from them, and be sure you don’t waste (浪费) this great chance to learn?

Be active at school. Don’t say things are difficult. Take interest in school life and your school subjects. Join lots of activities. Put up your hands quickly in class. Go around the school with a big smile. Teachers cannot make everything enjoyable(令人愉快的).

Keep fit. If you don’t eat a good breakfast, you will be thinking about food in class. If you go to bed late and don’t have enough sleep, you will feel tired in class. Play enough sports every day to keep your body strong.

Face the problem. Don’t say you will do things tomorrow. If you get behind the class, it is very difficult to get back in front. You cannot finish the race if you rest all the time. Everyone fails(失败) some exams, loses some matches and has a bad day. Don’t forget to ask for help. You are young, and no one thinks you must do everything quite well!

Spend the weekends. Don’t waste time lying in bed on Saturday or Sunday morning. Go and play sports, get together with friends to relax in the park , learn to play the piano and so on. If you don’t want to go out, you can read a book, practice English or help Mum with housework.

Follow our advice, and have a happy school life!

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1. to have a good school life

Be active at school

Be 2. in school life and school subjects.

Join 3. activities.

Make yourself happy every day.

Keep fit

Have 4. every morning.

Go to bed 5. .

Take a lot of exercise daily.

Face the problem

Don’t put off(推迟) what you can do till 6..

Don’t give up(放弃) if you have bad 7..

8.to ask for help if you can’t solve your problems.

9.the weekends

Go out with friends or read or even help with the 10. at home.

Try to make your weekends colourful.

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