All these clothes must ________ at once. They will need them very soon.

A. wash B. be washing C. be washed D. be to wash

At last, they made their own decision ________ a new bridge over the river.

A. built B. build C. building D. to build

I didn’t do very well in this exam. Unluckily, he did it ______________.

A. worse B. badly C. better D. worst

She really ________ talking back to her mother. She realized her mother loved her very much.

A. supported B. imagined C. regretted D. satisfied

—I think sixteen?year?olds should be allowed to drive.

—________. They aren't serious enough.

A. I agree B. I disagree C. I think so D. That's right

（2016安徽中考）—I think it takes a lot of practice to play the violin well.

—. Practice makes perfect.

A. No way B. My pleasure C. I’m afraid not D. That’s true.

There is only one apple left on the table, so I have no other ________.

A. decisions B. differences C. preparations D. choices

Tourists ________ because of their impolite behavior in our country from now on.

A. will punish B. will be punished

C. is punishing D. is punished

“Problems and worries are normal(正常)in life，” says Laura. “But I think talking to someone helps a lot. If we don't talk to someone, we'll certainly feel ______. ”

Laura once lost her ______， and worried for days. She was afraid to tell her parents about it. She even walked three miles to school each day because she didn't have any money. She just kept ______ of the problem again and again in her mind. “If I tell my parents, they'll be angry！” But in the end, she talked to her parents and they were really ______. Her dad said that he ______ made careless mistakes himself. They got her a new wallet and asked her to be more careful. “I will always remember to ______ my problems in the future！” Laura says.

Robert Hunt advises students about common ______. He feels the same way as Laura. “It is best not to avoid our problems. We should always try to solve them. ” He thinks that you can first find someone to talk to. This person doesn't need to be an expert like himself. Students often forget that their parents have more ______ than them, and are always there to ______ them.

In English, we say that sharing a problem is like cutting it in half. So you're halfway to solving a problem if you talk to ______ about it.

1.A. better B. happier C. worse D. cleverer

2.A. wallet B. bike C. money D. phone

3.A. hoping B. thinking C. wishing D. expecting

4.A. seeing B. knowing C. learning D. understanding

5.A. sometimes B. always C. never D. seldom

6.A. cover B. share C. guess D. stop

7.A. questions B. answers C. ideas D. problems

8.A. friendship B. love C. truth D. experience

9.A. help B. beat C. hurt D. fail

10.A. none B. someone C. each D. no one

When Hill was nine, his father married his stepmother. His father introduced Hill to his stepmother that he was the worst boy. To Hill's surprise, his stepmother looked at him carefully and told her husband, “You're wrong. He is not the worst boy, but the cleverest and creative boy. Only he doesn't find a place to show himself. ”His stepmother's words warmed his heart, his eyes full of tears. With this, he started building friendship with his stepmother. And this became the drive of his life, making him create 28 successful golden rules, which helped tens of thousands of ordinary people walk on the road to success. Before his stepmother came, no one praised him smart, and his father and neighbors considered him as a bad boy. However, his stepmother's words changed his life.

When Hill was 14 years old, his stepmother bought him a used typewriter and said to him, “I believe you will become a writer. ” Hill accepted his stepmother's gift and expectation, and started writing things to a local newspaper. He understood his stepmother's strong feeling of interest in his family while he saw with his own eyes she had changed his family. Therefore, he would do as well as she expected him to. The strength from his stepmother made him a rich man and famous writer in the United States and one of the most important persons in the 20th century.

1.What did people think of Hill before the age of nine?

A. Clever. B. Creative. C. Unfriendly. D. Foolish.

2.Hill started making friends with his stepmother after she ________.

A. smiled at him B. looked at him carefully

C. said good words about him D. said bad words about him

3.Which of the following is wrong about Hill?

A. He accepted his stepmother's typewriter.

B. He failed to do as he was expected.

C. He started writing to a local newspaper.

D. He understood his stepmother.

4.The writer is most probably an expert of ________.

A. house building B. diet

C. news writing D. education

5.The passage was written mainly to tell us that ________.

A. children should be praised

B. Hill's father married again

C. Hill's stepmother was kind to him

D. Hill's father was cruel to him