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Courage is the ability to be brave in different situations in our life. Here and there, now and then, everyone needs courage to do something well. Courage may make you confident of your success. If you have courage, you will not show fear in face of anything difficult or dangerous. With courage, you may look at someone in the eye who you have wronged (冤枉) and say “I am sorry”, you may keep smiling even if you are seriously ill and know you are at the end of your life.

How can we build up our courage?

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Courage is the ability to be brave in different situations. It is important to everyone. With courage, you will feel confident of your success; with courage, you won’t be 1. of anything difficult or dangerous; with courage, you may look at someone you have wronged in the eye and say sorry to him or her; with courage, you may keep smiling even if you are seriously ill.

Here are some useful 2. to build up our courage.

First, believe that you’ll 3.. Take chances and know that you have your own talents.

Second, exercise your courage. It’s just like the muscle. The more we use courage, the 4.

we will get.

Third, don’t 5. to give up although it’s much easier to do so, and you need courage to say or do what you think is right, even when others think you are wrong.

Finally, read inspiring stories of brave people. Abraham Lincoln is such a kind of person.

Patricia was born in Michigan and grew up in California. When she was a little girl, she often stayed with her grandparents who lived in Union City, Michigan. One summer day, a meteorite (流星) 1. (fall) from the sky, right into her grandparents’ backyard! Before that, her grandparents had lived a 2. ['kwa?t] life on their farm. Now things were 3. from before. They had so much to do. People came to see the meteorite. The professors from the 4. [ju?n?'v??s?t?] came to study it and analyze (分析) it. Her grandparents had never talked to so many people in 5. (they) lives! Everything changed.

As you can guess, no one in the town had ever 6. (see) a meteorite before! They were confused (困惑) and didn’t know 7. to do. Some people thought it would bring them good 8. (lucky) if they touched it.

Patricia loves to tell the story about her meteorite and even today, she carries a piece of the meteorite with her 9. [we?r'ev?] she goes. When I met her, she let all of us touch it and make a 10.. What might you wish for if you could meet Patricia and see her meteorite?

书面表达

在过去的三年初中生活中，你肯定有很多难忘的事。英语学习俱乐部特邀你写一篇文章介绍你初中三年最难忘的一件事。请你以“An unforgettable thing in middle school ”为题,写一篇英语小短文。

写作要点：1. 这件难忘的事是什么；

2. 当时和谁在一起；

3. 你对这件事的感想。

写作要求：1. 词数80词左右；

2. 必须包括写作要点，可适当拓展细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 不得出现真实人名和校名，否则不得分。

An unforgettable thing in middle school

_____________________________________________________________________________________

—Can you ________ us？

—Yes， I can.

A. join B. join in

C. take part D. take part in

—Can you play ________ guitar?

—Sure. It’s a piece of cake for me.

A. a B. an C. the D. /

Which would you like， tea ________ milk？ (常德)

A. and B. or C. but

—Mike， what club do you want to join？

—Well， I want to join the ________ club. I love painting.(济南)

A. chess B. sports

C. art D. English

He is_________ at Chinese. He can speak Chinese very________.

A. good; good B. well; well

C. good; well D. well; good

—What about ________ to our English teacher？

—Sounds good.

A. talk B. talks

C. talking D. to talk

—Why not go to Lao She Teahouse tonight?

—________．

A. It doesn’t matter

B. Thank you

C. Sorry to hear that

D. Sounds great