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Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seems d___1____to you? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you will find the whole world ____2___ to you.On a sunny morning, you plan to have a walk to relax y__3____. Just before you go out, it s___4____starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start to complain about the weather. But dear friends, why not sit down and e___5_____ the free concert that the nature brings you? And with the timely rain, crops in the fields will grow better and farmers will have a good harvest.A___6____everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do; life isn’t a bed of roses. It’s very common to meet difficulties on the w____7____to success. In fact, difficulty isn't terrible. The real terrible thing is that we are afraid of it. Difficulty is l___8____a spring (弹簧). If you are w___9____, it will be strong. So when you meet difficulties, don't give up. Instead, you should face them with a smile.Attitude(态度) d___10_____ everything. With an optimistic (乐观的) attitude, life is easy and pleasant.
Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (14分)
You know that eating a sensible diet and getting plenty of exercise help make your body healthy and strong. But do you know that there are ways to make your brain healthier and smarter? Here are seven steps toward a smarter brain.
Limit your TV viewing
Never spend too much time on TV viewing, for it n__1.__ very little brain activities. Your brain will become weak just as your muscles do. If you do watch TV, choose something educational and meaningful.
Travel
Travelling to a____2.__ country forces you to see and do things in a fresh way, bringing stimulation to the brain. Learn a new language
Learning a new language involves different learning methods. Learning a language sharpens your brain and helps prevent memory p___3.___ that you may meet in later years.
Read often
As you read, take the time to look up people or places that aren’t familiar. Reading makes your vocabulary much l___4.__ if you always search for words and definitions that you don’t know. Each week, choose an animal, a bird or fish, and read everything you can about it. Stretch your brain as you become an expert on the subject.
Calculate w_____5.___ you shop
As you put things in your grocery cart, total everything in your head. See how close you get to the actual total.
Use your non-dominant（不占优势的）hand
If you are right-handed, use your left hand for everyday activities, or use your right hand if you are left-handed. Doing familiar things in a different way will make your brain c____6.__ new neural （神经）networks.
Wechat（微信）!
Read messages from people who has different interests. And some say that learning to express y____7.___ in just 100 words is a great brain challenge.
Have a try and do these every day. Little by little you can get into the habit of challenging your brain, and make your brain smarter!
Many people hurt their backs when they try to lift heavy things from the floor. It is easy to hurt your back muscle(肌肉) when you try to pick up a heavy thing. However, there is a correct way to lift things from the floor. If you pick up heavy things correctly, you probably will not hurt your back.
To lift something from the floor correctly, first bend (弯曲) your knees and lower yourself. Keep your back straight. Do not bent over, from your waist (腰) keep your back and hips (臀部) and waist in a line. If you bent over, the muscles in your lower back can became hurt very easily. If you keep your back and hips straight, the muscles are stronger, because they hold up together. The other muscles can then help the lower back muscles.
As you lower yourself, try to get as close to thing as you can, put one knee on each side of the thing. Remember at all times to keep your back straight. Put your hand under the thing that is in front of you, between y our knees.
To lift the thing, you should stand up slowly. Use your leg muscles in order to stand up. In other words, lift with your legs, not with your back.
1.Which part of your body is more easily to be hurt when you lift heavy things?
A．The leg muscles. B．The back muscles
C．The hips D．The knees
2.Many people hurt their backs when they lift something because _______.
A．they are not strong
B．the things are very heavy
C．the way to lift the things is not correct
D．they are very heavy
3.The muscles are stronger if you _______.
A．keep your back, hips and waist in a line
B．bend over from your waist
C．lower yourself
D．get down on your knees
4.To lift heavy things, the most important of all is to _________.
A．stand up slowly
B．keep your back straight
C．bend your knees
D．put one knee on each side
5.What does “In other words” mean? ________
A．总而言之 B．换句话说 C．在其它话中 D．在其它单词中
根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。
When the Great Library of Alexandria burned，the story goes that one book was saved．But nobody thought it was a v__1__ book．A poor man，who could read a little，bought it for a few coins．
The book wasn't very interesting．but between its pages there was something very interesting i__2__．It was a thin strip of vellum（羊皮纸）on which as written the secret of the “Touchstone”!
The touchstone was a small pebble（卵石）that could t__3__ any common metal into pure gold．The writing e__4__ that it was lying among thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it．But the secret was that the real stone would feel w__5__，while ordinary pebbles were cold．
So the man camped on the seashore and began testing pebbles．He knew that if he picked up ordinary pebbles and threw them down again b__6__ they were cold，he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of t__7__．So，when he felt one that was cold，he threw it into the sea．He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone．Y_8__ he went on and on this way．
One day，however，about mid-afternoon，he picked up a pebble and it was warm．He threw it into the sea b__9_ he realized what he had done．He had formed such a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the sea that when the one he wanted came along，he still threw it away．
So it is with opportunity（机会）．U__10__ we are careful，it's easy to fail to recognize an opportunity when it is in hand．
grocery cart, total everything in your head. See how close you get to the
actual total.