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| Everyone 1 gifts. Some little kids think they don't get enough gifts. Some old people think they get too many gifts. Different people like different kinds 2 gifts. Gift giving is different in different 3 .In Japan,people sometimes give 4 gifts. But they are not opened. Later,the same gift may be given 5 to someone else. Many people have enough things and don't want too many gifts 6 .In the USA,some people ask their 7 and friends to give money to 8 rather than buy them gifts.In Sweden,doing something for someone is the 9 gift. People don't need to spend too much money.Instead, 10 a meal is enough. | |
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| In one way of thinking, failure is part of life. In __1__ way, failure may be a way towards success. The "Spider-story" is often __2__. Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a cave from the English. He watched a spider __3__ a web. The spider tried to reach across a rough __4__ in the rock. He tried six times. On the __5__ time he made it and went on to make his web. Bruce is said to have been encouraged by this and to have gone on to __6__ the English. Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, made __7__ models that failed before he found the right way to make one. Once he was asked __8__ he kept on trying to make a new type of battery when he had failed so often, he replied, "Failure? I have __9__ failure. Now I know 50,000 ways it won't __10__." So what? First, always think about your failure. What caused __11__? Were conditions right? Were you in top from yourself? What can you change? So things will go __12__ next time. Second, is the goal you're trying to reach the right one? Try to do some __13__ about what your real goals may be. Think about this question. "If I do succeed in this, where will it get me?" This may help you prevent failure in things you shouldn't be doing any way. The third thing to keep in __14__ about failure is that it's a part of life. Learn to " live with yourself " even though you may have __15__. | ||||
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| Nobody can be happy all the time. You may become unhappy sometimes.1______, when you fail an exam. Or you may become sad when you lose one of your friends or relatives. It's 2______ to have these feeling. If you don't know how to solve these problems, you may 3______ something from Jeff. Jeff almost went mad when his 4______ was killed in a car accident. He 5______ play soccer or go to the movies with his friends. Instead, he just sat in his bedroom and didn't talk to 6______, even his parents. Jeff felt that the world was unfair. He was quite angry with the driver 7______ his car hit his brother, even though it was an 8______. After a few months, Jeff began to understand it was useless to be angry. Now he still 9______ his brother, but he doesn't hate the driver any longer. He is beginning to talk to his parents and this makes them happy again.He doesn't 10______ in his room by himself any longer. Instead, he goes to the movies or plays sports with his friends and he is feeling better now. | |||
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B. In fact B. normal B. learn B. mother B. decided to B. everybody B. so B. experiment B. misses B. play |
C. Above all C. likely C. protect C. father C. planned to C. anybody C. because C. accident C. likes C. lie |
D. After all D. strange D. hear D. brother D. tried to D. nobody D. while D. instruction D. respects D. stay |