摘要:通读全文.掌握其大意.然后从短文后各题所给的四个选项中选择能填入空白处的最佳选项. Have you ever had problems in your life and don’t know how to be happy? If 21 .you will find “Being a Happy Teenager written 22 an Australian writer Andrew Matthews useful. In his book. Matthews tells us how to have a happy life and 23 the questions of teenagers. There are many subjects. such as parents and friends. and the book says we should stop 24 and forgive.The book 25 us some useful skills. such as how to put what you have learned into pictures of your mind to 26 your memory better. Many teenagers think that 27 comes from a good exam result or praise from other people. But you can 28 be happy when there are no 29 “good things. Success comes from a good attitude.If you 30 problems.you will have success in the future. Some school students have problems.such as being too tall or too 31 . But Matthews tells us that happiness comes from thinking about things 32 a positive(积极的) way. If you are tall.people notice you and you can get a 33 view at the movie,if you are short.your clothes and shoes take less 34 in your bedroom! This is Matthews’ most important 35 : you choose to be happy! 21.A.so B. not C. do D. does 22.A. with B. to C. by D. for 23.A.answered B. answers C. answering D. to answer 24.A.to be angry B. be angry C. been angry D. being angry 25 A. told B. tells C. said D. says 26.A.make B. let C. change D. have 27A. happiness B. happy C. unhappy D. unhappiness 28.A.yet B. already C. still D. ever 29.A.such B. so C. such a D. a such 30.A.hear from B. study from C. come from D. learn from 31 A. fat B. thin C. short D. young 32.A.at B. in C. on D. with 33.A.lower B. worse C. better D. bigger 34.A.room B. rooms C. place D. land 35A. class B. lesson C. word D. saying
When Pat Jones finished college, she decided to travel around the world and see as many foreign places as she could.Pat wanted to visit Latin America 1 , so she got a job 2 an English teacher in a school in Bolivia(玻利维亚).Pat spoke a little Spanish, 3 she was able to communicate with her students when they didn't know much English.
She had remembered a sentence: If you dream 4 a foreign language, you have really mastered it.Pat repeated this sentence to her students and 5 that some day she would dream in Spanish and they would dream in 6 .
One day, one of her 7 students came up and explained in Spanish that he had not done his homework.He had gone to bed early and he had slept 8 .
“What does this have to do with your homework?” Pat asked.
“I dreamed all night, Miss Jones, and my dream was in English.”
“In English?” Pat was very 9 , since he was such a bad student.She was also secretly jealous(嫉妒的).Her 10 was still not in Spanish.But she encouraged her young student.“Well, 11 me about your dream.”
“All the people in my dream 12 English.” The student said.“And all the signs were in English.All the newspapers and magazines and all the TV programs were in English.”
“Oh, that's 13 !” said Pat.“What did all the people say to you?”
“I'm sorry, Miss Jones.That is 14 I slept so badly.I didn't 15 a word they said.It was a nightmare(噩梦)!”