初中三年的学习生活相信大家经历了许多风雨有不少的感想。请你根据以下内容，写一篇短文。（参考词汇以给出）

1 我过去常常成绩不好，现在在老师的帮助下，取得了很大的进步，非常感谢他们。

（be weak in; with the help of, make progress）

2 过去我性格内向，不敢再全班面前发言。现在变得外向了，还取得学校英语演讲比赛一等奖，与同学友好相处。（be afraid to; win the first prize; English speech）

3 原来体质很弱，经常头痛。现在经常跑步，去年还参加了校运动会。

（unhealthy; have a lot of headaches; keep healthy）

4 想给那些面临太多压力的同学、英语成绩较差的同学一些建议。（可自由发挥，多做运动等。）

注意：1 可适当增加细节，要求意思连贯，语句通顺；

      2 词数80左右，短文的开头已给出（不计入总数）

   I have changed a lot in the past three years. I used to______________________________________

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请认真阅读下面短文，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，写出一个合适的英语单词完整、正确的形式，使短文通顺。
There are four people in my family. Every day my parents are very busy trying to make 【小题1】 m  ▲   in order to pay the high tuition (学费) for my brother and me. They hardly say “I love you” or send flowers to each other. Besides, my father has a bad temper (脾气). It is 【小题2】e  ▲   for him to lose his temper 【小题3】w  ▲   he’s very tired from the hard work. I didn’t know whether there was love between them until one spring. At that time, my father 【小题4】s  ▲   got badly sick. My mother had to stay with him in the【小题5】h  ▲   for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked very weak as if both of them had a serious illness.
After they were back, my mother helped my father【小题6】w  ▲   slowly on the country road every day in the morning and dusk. 【小题7】H  ▲   , after two months my father still couldn’t walk by 【小题8】h  ▲   . All of us were worried about him.
　　”Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t【小题9】w  ▲   about me.” he said in a low voice. “I just like walking with your mom. I like this kind of life.” Reading his eyes, I know he loves my mother very much.
Once I thought love meant【小题10】f  ▲   , presents and sweet kisses. But from this experience, I understand that love is inside, making life strong and warm.

The ideal (理想的) teacher may be young or old, tall or short, fat or thin. He should ______ his subject very well and like learning something about other subjects. The ideal teacher must be full of strong feelings of wonder or interest. He must ____ teach anything he himself is not ___ in. He should be like a man who can act and should not be afraid to ____ his feelings and tell other people what he likes and what he doesn't like clearly. He must like his students and respect them, and he must also respect himself and be proud of his work. __ he doesn’t, he cannot respect his students and _ respect from them. The ideal teacher should have an ___ of his students and be able to get on well with them. He needs students’understanding, too. The ideal teacher should be kind and ____ and he should give hope to his students to learn knowledge. The ideal teacher should see his students’ ___ so that he can know how to encourage the growth of ____ of his students. The ideal teacher is one who grows, learns, and makes himself better along with his students.

　　So what about the teacher around you?

1.A. like B. know C .choose D. remember

2.A. never B. ever C. even D. still

3.A. weak B. well C. interested D. strict

4.A. hold B. show C. pass D. keep

5.A. Since B. As C. If D. Because

6.A. give B. lose C. change D. win

7.A. excuse B. idea C. exercise D. understanding

8.A. forgetful B. helpful C. quick D. lucky

9.A. lists B. mistakes C. cards D. differences

10.A. each B. every C. one D. either

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阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

I stood in the doorway, watching my elder brother carefully putting clothes into his bag. I coughed uneasily. Finally 　　36　　 that I was there, Rocky turned towards me with a sad smile.

“I’m 　　37　　 tomorrow,” he said.

“I know.” My __38____ was almost a whisper. I was 　　39　　 at myself for being so weak, but I wasn’t about to cry.

“My 　　40　　 is early, so there is still 　　41　　 time to come to the airport,” he said. Seeing the 　　42　　 look on my face, he quickly added, “I promise I won’t leave without saying goodbye.”

I tried to say 　　43　　 , but didn’t. It’s always 　　44　　 to keep quiet if you’re about to cry. “You promised you wouldn’t cry,” he said to me, thinking that I was close to 　　45　　.

I remember the day he taught me how to ride a bike. 　　46　　 I thought he was always right behind me, holding the seat to keep me from 　　47　　. I was happy with this, but he knew he couldn’t hold me up all my life. He told me that one day he would have to let go.

His coughing stopped my thinking. What was left to say? How could I say 　　48　　 to the person who taught me everything?

The next morning I 　　49　　 , looked at my alarm clock, and realized he had left　50　 ago. We never even said goodbye.

Goodbye, Rocky! Although he may have been many miles away, I knew he heard me, even if it was only an answer in his heart.

1.A. forgetting         B. realizing            C. watching         D. learning

2.A. arriving　         B. living　         C. coming　         D. leaving

3. A. voice             B. sound　          C. noise                D. word

4.A. glad　             B. moved　          C. angry　          D. pleased

5. A. ship　                B. flight　         C. train　              D. bus

6.A. enough　           B. little　         C. no　             D. busy

7. A. surprised　           B. excited　            C. sad              D. happy

8. A. anything　            B. everything　     C. something　      D. nothing

9.A. stranger　         B. better　         C. worse　          D. easier

10.A. tears             B. smiles　         C. words　          D. sadness

11. A. At last　            B. Since　          C. At first　           D. So far

12. A. riding　         B. running          C. walking          D. falling

13.A. goodbye　         B. hello　          C. yes              D. sorry

14. A. gave up　            B. stood up         C. looked up　      D. woke up

15.A. minutes　         B. hours　          C. days　           D. weeks