People use their mouths for many things. In the English language, there are many meanings using the word “mouth”. But some of them are not so nice. For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest(抗议)and say “Do not bad mouth me.”

Sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts(伤害) person’s feelings, Or they tell the person something they didn’t mean to tell. The speaker might say, “I really put my foot in my mouth this time.” In other words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing.

Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend is going to say. When this happens, the friend might say, “You took the words right out of my mouth!”

Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this, too. You might say such a person “was born with a silver spoon in his mouth”.

This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives “from hand to mouth”. This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.

1.The underlined word “regret” in paragraph 2 means _________.

A. feel sorry B. feel excited

C. feel proud D. feel worried

2.When your friend took the words right out of your mouth, you can say “_________”.

A. You are clever B. I am very lucky

C. We have the same idea D. I am very angry

3.The passage mainly tells us _________.

A. English people say hurtful things more often

B. people use their mouths do to lots of things

C. the rich have different mouths from the poor

D. the word “mouth” has different meanings in English

Cooperation (合作) and competition are both important. They are both necessary for a person to achieve _______in his life.

Learn to be cooperative. No one likes a selfish (自私的)or greedy(贪婪的) person.________, everyone likes a cooperative and friendly person. Everything we do today, _______in doing business or making friends, depends on our ability to get on with one another. In our society, most tasks need the cooperation of many people so that they can ________ efficiently(有效率). So we must try to be cooperative. Each person is like a small part of a machine. If only one part is out of order, the machine can’t be running well_________, transportation and communication systems are fast ______and people all over the world can keep in touch with each other________. It’s hard for a person who is always from the society to have a deep understanding of the world he lives in and to finish a feat(功绩) in his career (生涯). Cooperation is becoming more and more important for a person ________a good life.

Being competitive also has a place in life. If you want to get more success and be better than others, you must work harder and study more carefully. The desire to succeed and do better than others _______us to work harder. If there were no competitions, a sports meeting would never be exciting and successful, and we could never have champions.

We cooperate with others to be more competitive, we ________ to earn a better environment for cooperation leads us to realize our goals and meet our needs.

1.A. success B. successful C. succeed

2.A. But B. However C. So

3.A. which B. if C. whether

4.A. finish B. being finished C. be finished

5.A. Except B. Beside C. Besides

6.A. develop B. developing C. developed

7.A. easier B. more easily C. more difficultly

8.A. getting B. to get C. got

9.A. encourage B. encourages C. to encourage

10.A. complete B. compare C. compete

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