26、If you think you’re too shy and want to be a little braver，try the following．You can do it．
Tell people you’re shy：（A）There’s no need to hide it．When they get to know you are a shy kid，they’ll（B） ______you better．This also helps you feel more relaxed when you talk to someone．
（C） ______to smile more．When you smile，people think you are friendly and easy to talk to．Remember that other people have feelings too and（D）people will stay way from an angry-looking face．
Learn to be a good talker．If you find（E）it hard to start a conversation，say something nice about the people round you．Think about how great you feel when someone says something nice to you．Doesn’t it make you want to keep talking to that person?
Put your attention away from yourself．Think more about ways to enjoy the party or the game．Don’t waste time worrying about your looks or whether people like you or not．
Take one small step at a time．Each time after you say“hi”or smile at someone for the first time，say to yourself“I did it”!Or reward yourself with something bigger，like buying yourself an ice cream．
Keep trying and one day（F）你将不再害羞when you talk to other people．
1．将划线部分（A）译成汉语：______________________________
2．在（B）和（C）的空白处填入一个适当的单词：______；______
3．将划线部分（D）改写为：
People don’t want to talk to a person who______ ______
4．划线部分（E）在文中所指代的是：______
5．将划线部分（F）译成英语：________________________
23、An old man lived alone in a town．He wanted to dig up his potato garden ,but it was very hard work．His only son who would have helped him was in prison．So the old man wrote a letter to his son and said:
Dear Son,
I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won’t be able to plant potatoes in my garden this year．I’d hate to miss doing it ,because your mother always loved planting time．I’m just getting too old to dig up a garden．If you were here ,all my troubles would be over．I know you would dig up the garden for me if you weren’t in prison．
Love, Dad
Soon the old man received a letter: Dad don’t dig up the garden! That’s where I buried the guns!”
At 4 a．m． the next morning some policemen showed up and dug up the whole garden without finding any guns．The old man was surprised and wrote another note to his son ．He told him what had happened and asked him what to do next．
His son’s reply was: Go ahead and plant your potatoes, Dad．It’s the best I could do for you from here．”
No matter where you are in the world, if you have decided to do something deep from your heart, you can do it．It is the thought that matters．
1．What was the old’s trouble?
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2．How was the old man’ feeling when he was writing to his son ?
3．Could the old man plant his potatoes at last ?
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4． What do you think of the old man’ son ?
5．What is the title of this passage？
21、Life in the future will be different from life today．Between then and now many changes will happen．But what will the changes be?
The population （人口） is growing fast．There will be many people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now．
Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least （至少） one in every room．And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then．People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travel．Traveling will be much cheaper and easier．And many more people will go to other countries for holidays．
There will be changes in our food, too． More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people．Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive．Maybe no one will eat it every day．Instead they will eat more fruit and vegetables．Maybe people will be healthier．Work in the future will be different, too． Robots will do dangerous and hard work．Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do． This will be a problem．
（ ）1．In the future there will be _______．
A． much more fruit B． more people
C． less vegetables D． less people
（ ） 2．Every family will have at least a _____________ in the future．
A． robot B． cow C． TV set D． computer
（ ） 3．In the future people don’t have to __________________
A． work long hours B． work fast C． walk on foot D． eat meat
（ ） 4．People may not eat _________ as much as they do today．
A． fruit B． fish C． meat D． rice
（ ） 5．One big problem in the future is that ___________．
A many people don’t have to work
B． many people will not be able to find work
C． people have to work fast
D． all the work will be done by robots
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20、判断正误。T表示正确。F表示错误。
Swimming is very popular in summer．People like swimming in summer because water makes them feel cool．If you swim in a wrong place, it may not be safe．These years, more than ten people died in this city while they were enjoying in the water and most of them were students． But some people are still not careful in swimming．They often think they swim so well that nothing can happen to them in water．Summer is here again．If you go swimming, don’t forget that better swimmers have died in water．They died because they were not careful, not because they were not good at swimming．So don’t get into water when you are alone．If there is a “No swimming” sign, don’t get into water, either．If you remember all this, swimming will be safer．
（ ）1． Swimming is a very safe sport．
（ ）2． We shouldn’t swim in some wrong places．
（ ）3． Only students died in water．
（ ）4． If you are good at swimming, you will not died in water．
（ ）5． If we often practice swimming, we will be safe．
18、在下面对话的空白处填入适当的话语（话语可以是句子，短语或词）使对话完整。
A: 1 this weekend?
B: No, nothing．Why?
A: What about 2 for the weekend? I hear it’s a nice place．
B: Oh, I 3 there．It was not that good．Would you like 4 with me? They play good jazz music．
A: That sounds nice．I’d love to． 5 meet?
B: 6 p．m．on Saturday．
A: OK．I can make it．
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