When I was nine years old, I used to go to the post office with my mother, to send greeting cards to my aunt in Singapore. To me, these trips were really        memories. And receiving mail through a mailbox outside our gate was just as exciting.

My small hands could       get the mail without using a key! I could never        to see how much I was getting. Oh, a letter! From Singapore! I would run back home and show it to my       . When there was a letter for me, I wouldn’t run—I would open it right there.

After my family moved back to Singapore, I         going to the post office. Years later, my company sent me to Shanghai, and the post office found me again. Two years ago I celebrated my       with five friends on top of the mountain in Longsheng, China. At sunrise we        up to enjoy a beautiful view from the mountain top. Later in the afternoon, as we were going        the mountain and returning from the sunrise viewing place, a small      caught our attention. It only sold noodles, coffee and had a China        sign.

We asked the owner if she could really send mail. She happily said yes. It seemed hard to believe        we were at the highest point of the mountain. I picked one postcard out and asked my friends to write         a birthday note. We bought a stamp, wrote some notes and gave the shop owner the postcard. Three weeks later, I arrived home and       my mailbox. Hello, postcard! I broke into a big smile.

That birthday postcard attracted me again to the post office. I had       the post office all these years. Today I       send postcards to friends. And every time I am at the post office buying stamps, I cannot help but smile—how one postcard will make its way across the world and brighten up someone’s day.

1.A. bad                B. poor               C. good             D. short

2.A. easily                B. simply        C. hardly                D. specially

3.A. weigh           B. wait              C. get                    D. plan

4.A. friend            B. aunt            C. mother            D. owner

5.A. enjoyed         B. stopped          C. hated                D. considered

6.A. wedding        B. return          C. success                D. birthday

7.A. broke           B. woke                     C. grew                D. stood

8.A. around          B. over             C. up                           D. down

9.A. bank            B. hospital             C. shop               D. river

10.A.Traffic     B.Life            C.Police         D. Post

11.A.because    B.though          C.while         D. when

12.A.him       B.me             C.her           D. them

13.A.bought     B.repaired         C.painted       D. opened

14.A.missed     B.influenced       C.studied       D. visited

15.A.just       B.seldom          C.still          D. never

When I was nine years old, I used to go to the post office with my mother, sending greeting cards to my aunt in Singapore. To me, these trips were really    memories. And receiving mail through a mailbox outside our gate was just as exciting.

     My small hands could    get the mail without using a key! I always could never    to see how much I was getting. Oh, a letter! From Singapore! I would run back home and show it to my      . When there was a letter for me, I wouldn’t run—I would open it right there.

   After my family moved back to Singapore, I      going to the post office. Years later, my company sent me to Shanghai, and the post office found me again. Two years ago I celebrated my     with five friends on top of the mountain in Longsheng, China. At sunrise we    up to a beautiful view from the mountain top. Later in the afternoon, as we were going     the mountain and returning from the sunrise viewing place, a small   caught our attention. It only sold noodles, coffee and had a China       sign.

   We asked the owner if she could really send mail. She happily said yes. It seemed hard to believe,     we were at the highest top of the mountain. I picked one postcard out and asked my friends to write     a birthday note. We bought a stamp, wrote some notes and gave the shop owner the postcard.

   Three weeks later, I arrived home and      my mailbox: Hello, postcard! I broke into a big smile.

    That birthday postcard attracted me again to the post office and all its delights. I had    the post office all these years. Today I     send postcards to friends. And every time I am at the post office buying stamps, I cannot help but smile—how one postcard will make its way across the world and brighten up someone’s day.

1.A. bad                       B. poor                          C. good                           D. short

2.A. easily                       B. simply               C. hardly                          D. specially

3.A. weigh                B. wait                             C. get                                   D. plan

4.A. friend                      B. aunt                          C. mother                        D. owner

5.A. enjoyed                    B. stopped               C. hated                                   D. considered

6.A. wedding                     B. return                        C. success                         D. birthday

7.A. broke                      B. woke                         C. grew                           D. stood

8.A. around                      B. over                         C. up                           D. down

9.A. bank                       B. hospital                       C. shop                           D. river

10.A. Traffic                               B. Life                          C. Police                          D. Post

11.A. because                            B. though                        C. while                D. when

12.A. him                     B. me                           C. her                          D. them

13.A. bought                             B. repaired             C. painted              D. opened

14.A. missed                              B. influenced             C. studied                       D. visited

15.A. just                                B. seldom                        C. still                           D. Never

A six-year-old British girl, Mollie Price, is opening up her third candy store. She is said to be one of Britain’s youngest bosses. Her stores are called “Mollie’s.” She sells both British and American candy. The girl would like to open more candy stores. “It might sound crazy, but believe me,” Mollie says.

“It was Mollie’s idea to open up the shop. It is Mollie who runs the candy stores,” her mother Becky, her “business partner” says.

Her mother says all the stores are put together and stocked(进货)by Mollie. Mollie works in one of the stores every Saturday, then gets up early Sunday to go to the company’s product supplier(供应商). She asks her friends to test the sweets to decide which ones are good. She’s good at smart marketing. For example, if the weather is really cold, she sells the Mr Whippy ice cream cheaper than when it’s hot outside.

“Children have the best ideas. I tell my mum what I think and she always says I have good ideas. It’s just because I know what other children like,” Mollie says.

1.What’s Mollie’s plan for the future?

A．Become Britain’s youngest boss.           B．Open more candy stores.

C．Work as a product supplier.                D．Make the best ice cream products.

2.How does Mollie know which kinds of candy are good?

A．Her mother decides it

B．She has her friends test the candy.

C．She goes to the market to research

D．She asks the company’s product supplier.

3.The prices of some ice cream products in Mollie’s stores change according to _______.

A．the number of the products               B．her friend’s idea

C．the weather                           D．the dates

4.According to the passage, what’s the key(关键)to Mollie’s success?

A．She works hard and she is good at smart marketing.

B．The company’s supplier makes good products.

C．She would like to open more candy stores.

D．Her mother always has good ideas.

5. According to the passage, Mollie is a/an________ girl.

A．kind             B．honest            C．smart             D．polite

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Secrets of top students

Example One: “If I don’t understand what my teacher is explaining in the science,                        

I ask him to say it again,” says Anna Lee. “also asking more helped a lot.”   

1.____________

Example Two: “When a teacher asks us to do a lot of homework，”says Dave Roman “ I             

will draw up a timetable and plan to do it little by little, so it isn’t so tiring.

2.__________

Example Three: One student put a vocabulary list on the wall of the bathroom. He

learned a new word every day while brushing his teeth. Another student used the time

to remember biology terms while practicing running.                     

3.____________

Example Four: In high school, Mike played football, painted and was in the band.

“I was so busy that I couldn’t waste time looking for a pencil or missing paper. I kept everything in order.” He says.                                                4.__________

Example Five: Christi is an excellent student at the university. If her math teacher

asks her to do five problems, she does ten. If the history teacher asks her to read

five pages, she reads ten. “Part of learning is practicing,” she says, “and the

more you practice, the more you learn.”                              

5.___________