Be Yourself

We wish that we could be better at sports or more attractive.We wish we had nicer clothes or more money.Everyone likes to feel that he or she is special.__________ , many of us grow up believing that we're not special at all.We believe we are not good enough just as

we are.

Most parents want us to be the best we can be. Very often, they compare us to __________.By doing this, they try to encourage us to do better.They __________ well, but the message we often get is that we're not good enough.We begin to believe that the only way we can be special is __________ being better than someone else, but we are often disappointed (失望).There will always be someone out there who is better than we are at __________ Plenty of people around may not be as smart as we are, but they are better at sports.Or they may not be as good-looking, but they have more money, It is __________ for us to be

better than everyone else all the time.

We all want the things that we believe will make us __________ people.But very often we don't realize that we already have __________ us the very things that we want.These things

make us different from others.When we are growing up, __________ sometimes forget to tell us that we are special, that we are good enough.Maybe no one told them when they were growing up.__________ , it's up to us to remind them from time to time that each of us, in our own way, is special.What we are is enough.

1.A.Again B.Next C.Otherwise D.However

2.A.other B.others C.ourselves D.themselves

3.A.believe B.work C.mean D.show

4.A.to B.on C.by D.in

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

6.A.helpful B.impossible C.necessary D.important

7.A.smarter B.kinder C.better D.happier

8.A.inside B.among C.around D.for

9.A.friends B.scientists C.parents D.doctors

10.A.Also B.Anyway C.Although D.After all

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中,选出能填入短文相应空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A young couple bought a big house from two old sisters. The sisters lived there for 30 years. The house was very nice and the couple bought it at a _______ price. So the couple was very excited.

However, winter was not far away at that time. The couple was _______ worried about how they would keep the old house warm. The house didn’t have any fireplaces or heaters.

At first, they planned to buy some heaters for the long cold winter. But soon, they thought that if the old sisters could stay warm and comfortable in the old house during the winter in the past, so _______ they. At last, they just _______ to wait for winter to come and did not make any preparations.

Winter _______ and temperatures soon dropped _______ zero. The large house became freezing cold. Frost(霜)covered the insides of _______ walls. Life inside the house became miserable(痛苦的).

Finally, the husband couldn’t stand it anymore and called the old sisters to ask them how they _______ to keep the house warm during the winter.

_______ speaking to them on the phone, the husband spoke to his wife, “For the last 30 years, the sisters have spent every winter on ________ in Thailand.”

“Oh, my god!” cried his wife.

1.A.cheap B.small C.low

2.A.little B.a little bit C.a bit of

3.A.could B.did C.had

4.A.refused B.decided C.considered

5.A.arrived B.got C.reached

6.A.into B.behind C.below

7.A.their B.its C.theirs

8.A.managed B.planned C.offered

9.A.Before B.Without C.After

10.A.vacation B.risk C.pity

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