Life is not easy, so I’d like to say “When anything happens, believe in yourself.”

When I was 14, I was ???? nervous to talk to anyone. My classmates often ???? me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later ???? happened. It changed my life. It was an English speech(演讲) contest. My mother asked me to take part in it. What a(n) ???? idea! It meant I had to ???? in front of all the teachers and students of my school!

“Come on, boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to ? ? .” Then, Mother and I talked about many different topics（题目）. At last I ? ?? the topic “Believe in yourself”. I tried my best to ? ?? all the speech and practiced it over 100 times. ?? ?? my mother’s great love, I did well in the contest. I could not ?? ?? my ears when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers(喝彩声)?? ?? the teachers and students. Those ?? ? who once looked down on（瞧不起）me, now all said “Congratulations” to me. My mother hugged me and cried ?? ?? .

Since then, everything has changed for me. When I do anything, I try to tell ? ?? to be sure and I will find myself. This is true not only for a person ? ??? for a country.

1.A. so? ????????????? B. too????????????? C. very????????????? D. quite

2.A. made faces at????????????? B. looked after????????????? C. caught up with????????????? D. laughed at

3.A. something????????????? B. nothing????????????? C. anything????????????? D. everything

4.A. interesting????????????? B. exciting????????????? C. terrible????????????? D. wonderful

5.A. write????????????? B. speak????????????? C. tell????????????? D. say

6.A. win????????????? B. lose????????????? C. beat????????????? D. pass

7.A. reached????????????? B. brought ????????????? C. chose????????????? D. thought

8.A. remember????????????? B. see????????????? C. spell????????????? D. hear

9.A. At????????????? B. To? ????????????? C. With????????????? D. As

10.A. hit????????????? B. hurt????????????? C. say????????????? D.? believe

11.A. about????????????? B. on? ????????????? C. to????????????? D. from

12.A. teachers????????????? B. classmates????????????? C. boys????????????? D. girls

13.A. angrily????????????? B. sadly????????????? C. quietly????????????? D. excitedly

14.A. me????????????? B . my ????????????? C. mine????????????? D. myself

15.A. however????????????? B. but also????????????? C. so that????????????? D. as a result

An English traveler found himself in a northern European country with a little money to buy the ticket for the travel back home. As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he thought that he would be all right without food. So he bought a ticket and went on board. He closed his ears to the lunch bell. When dinner time came, he refused to go to the dining hall, saying that he was not feeling well. The next morning, he didn’t go to breakfast and at lunch time he again stayed in his room. At dinner time he was so hungry that he could not stand it any longer. “I’m going to eat, ” he said, “even if they throw me into the sea. ” At dinner he ate everything in front of him at the table, then he worried about the coming trouble. “Bring me the bill,” he said. “there isn’t any bill. ” Was the answer. “On the ship the money for the ticket includes meals. ” The traveler regretted when he heard this.

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1.The English traveler knew he would ________ in two days.

A. be back home?????????????????? B. buy some food to eat???

C. travel everywhere in Europe????? D. enjoy himself in the ship

2.The first day he _________ to have lunch and dinner.

A. stole????? B. sold???? C. refused??????? D. missed

3.He didn’t go to the dining hall because __________.

A. he was ill??????????? B. he was not feeling well???

C. he was not hungry??? D. he had no money

4.The next day he decided to ________ at last.

A. stay in his room????? B. be thrown into the sea

C. have dinner????????? D. run away

5.The English traveler _________ that he had no meal on the first day.

A. was excited??? B. was sad????? C. was glad??? D. was told

Mr. Robertson was the owner of a large company．One day he went into his office early to get ready to go to the airport and set out for a faraway city．When he was leaving his office．Bill，a night watchman，came in．Bill just came off work．After saying “good morning” to Mr. Robertson，Bill told the owner about his bad dream：last night he dreamed Mr. Robertson’s plane crashed soon after take-off．Hearing this，Mr. Robertson was surprised．He decided to go by land．

Bill's dream came true．That morning the plane really crashed just after it had taken off．Later Mr. Robertson returned to his office and heard the accident．To express his thanks，Mr. Robertson gave Bill 5,000 dollars with a letter．Mr. Robertson told Bill that a man like him should be dismissed（解雇）．Bill was surprised and asked，“For what reason?” Mr. Robertson said．“Go home and read the letter，and you’ll know why．”

Bill went home and opened the letter in a hurry．After reading it，he became very sad．In the letter there was only one sentence．But it was enough to tell the reason for his dismissal．Can you guess why?

1．Did the night watchman work hard?

2．How did Mr. Robertson feel when he was told what Bill had dreamed the night before?

3．How did Mr. Robertson go to the faraway city at last?

4．What did Bill know when he opened the letter?

5．What sentence could be in the letter?

    Life is not easy．so I’d like to say“When anything happens，believe in yourself．”

    When I was 14．I was  1  nervous to talk to anyone．My classmates often  2  me．I was sad but could do nothing．Later， 3   happened．It changed my life．It was an English speech contest．My mother asked me to take part in it．What a(n) terrible idea! It meant I had to  4  in front of all the teachers and students of my school!

   “Come on．boy．Believe in yourself．You are sure to will.”Then，Mother and I talked about many different topics(题目)．At last I  5   the topic“Believe in yourself”．I tried my best to 6  all the speech and practiced it over 100 times. With my mother’s great love，I did well in the contest．I could  7  believe my ears when the news came that I had won the first place．I heard the  8  from the teachers and students．Those  9  who once looked down on(瞧不起)me，all said "Congratulations!" to me．My mother hugged me and cried excitedly．

    10  then．everything has changed for me．When I do anything，I try to tell myself to be confident and I will find myself．This is true not only for a person but also for a country．

1．A．so                                B．too                             C．very

2．A．made faces at                B．caught up with              C．laughed at

3．A．something                     B．nothing                       C．everything

4．A．speak                           B．tell                              C．say

5．A．brought                        B．chose                                C．thought

6．A．remember                     B．see                             C．spell

7．A．almost                          B．nearly                         C．hardly

8．A．cheers                          B．thanks                        C．wishes 

9．A．teachers                       B．classmates                         C．boys

10．A．Since                          B．From                         C．Before