As young students, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize; they can also be small, such as becoming one of the best students in your class.
Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream real?
Follow Your Heart by Andrew Matthews, an Australian writer, tells us that making our dreams real is life’s biggest challenge. You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. Those kinds of ideas stop you from realizing your dream, the book says.
In fact, everyone can realize his dream. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is. Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want every day and then your dream will come true faster. You should know that a big dream is, in fact, made up of many small dreams.
You must also never give up your dream. There will be difficulties on the road to
your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is
the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will help you to get better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book.
As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn something more useful and find new hobbies.
1.Your dreams can be very _______, such as becoming one of the best students in your class.
A．big B．small C．high D．low
2.Follow Your Heart is a _______ .
A．movie B．song C．book D．dream
3.What idea stops you from realizing your dream?
A．I can’t be a writer. B．I am good at some school subjects.
C．I think I am very great. D．I am the best student in our class.
4.Don’t let ____ leave your heart.
A．your idea B．your decision C．your dream D．your book
5.Studying will help you to get better exam results ____ watching TV.
A．with B．instead of C．without D．by
Basketball is still a young game. It’s over a hundred years old. In the winter of 1891, a certain college was having some trouble with its boy students. The weather was bad and the students had to stay indoors. As they couldn’t play outdoors, they were unhappy, and some even got into fights from time to time.
Some of the teachers at the college asked Dr. Naismith to invent（发明）a game so that the students might have something to play with. It was not easy to invent such a game because it had to be played indoors , and the court（球场）was not very large.
Dr. Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast, wonderful game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams. To make a score , the ball had to be thrown into the basket ten feet（英尺）above
the floor on the wall. At each end of the court there was such a basket. At first, Dr.
Naismith wanted to throw the ball into a box. As he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit baskets instead. That is how the game got its name.
1.How long is it since basketball was invented?
A．100 years B．Less than 100 years
C．110 years D．More than 100 years
2.The students felt unhappy because _______.
A．they had little time to study B．they often got into fights
C．they had much homework to do D．they couldn’t play outdoors
3.Who asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game?
A．Some students B．Some teachers
C．Some students’ parents D．Some of his friends
4.When a student ________, he makes a score.
A．receives the ball.
B．throws the ball to another student
C．runs quickly with the ball in his hand
D．throws the ball into the basket
5.Which sentence is right?
A．The students could go outdoors when the weather was bad.
B．It was easy to invent the game.
C．Dr. Naismith had to use fruit baskets to throw the ball.
D．The ball had to be thrown into the basket five feet above the floor.
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A: Wow! Tina, you have changed a lot!
B: Why do you think so?
A: 1. . But you are very thin now.
B: So are you. 2. .
A: Yes, but now I have short hair. We both have changed. How’s your school life?
B: 3. _. School,home,school,home…every day!
A: I agree. By the way, are you still interested in English?
B: Of course. And I’m doing well in it. 4. .
A: I have spent lots of time studying it. But I’m not good at it. 5. .
B: I study by making flashcards, asking the teacher for help, keeping a diary in English
and so on.
A: Oh, I should learn from you.
A.How about you, Donna?
B.How long have you been away?
C.You used to have long hair, didn’t you?
D.It’s boring.
E.You used to be a little heavy.
F.How do you study it?
G.It’s very exciting.
A man was walking along the street when he saw a woman struggle（奋力）with a large box. It was half in and half 1 of her car. He was a helpful man, so he went up to the woman and said, “Let me give you a hand with that box. It looks very 2 . ” “That’s very kind of you,” the woman said. “I’m having a lot of 3 with it. I think it’s stuck（卡住）. ” “Together we’ll soon move it,” the man said. He 4_ into the back seat of the car and took hold of the other end of the box. He said, “I’m ready. ” And he began to_ 5 hard. For several minutes the man and the woman struggled with the box. Soon they were 6 in the face. “Let’s rest for a minute,” the man said. “I’m sorry, but it 7 stuck. ” A few minutes later, the man said, “Let’s try again. Are you ready?” 8 of them took hold of the box again. “One, two, three!” the man said, and they went on with their struggle.
At last, when they were very tired, the man said, “You are 9 . It really is stuck. I don’t think there’s any way we can get it out of the car. ” “Get it out of the car!” The woman cried. “I’m trying to get it 10 !”
1. A．in B．out C．on D．off
2. A．heavy B．strong C．dear D．new
3. A．trouble B．questions C．matter D．accidents
4. A．got B．stepped C．came D．walked
5. A．pull B．carry C．push D．take
6. A．white B．tired C．red D．hurt
7. A．goes B．falls C．grows D．seems
8. A．Every B．All C．Either D．Both
9. A．ready B．right C．clever D．sure
10. A．of B．in C．out D．fro
The time in a bookshop can be enjoyable. If you go to a 1_ bookshop, no assistant will come near to you and say, “Can I help you?” You 2 buy anything you don’t want. You may try to find out 3 the book you want is. But if you can’t find it, the assistant will lead（带领） you there and then he will go away. It seems that he is 4_ selling books at all. A story tells us about a good bookshop. A young student _5 a very useful book in the bookshop. _6 it was too expensive for him. He couldn’t get it from the library, either. So every afternoon, he went there to _ 7 a little at a time. One day, however, he couldn’t find _8 from its usual place and was leaving when he saw an assistant signing(示意) to him. To his surprise, the assistant pointed to the book in the desk , “I put it there _9 I don’t want other people to buy it,” said the assistant. Then he 10 the student go on with his reading.
1. A．good B．bad C．cheap D．rich
2. A．shouldn’t B．needn’t C．mustn’t D．can’t
3. A．what B．which C．where D．when
4. A．surprised at B．not surprised at C．interested in D．not interested in
5. A．bought B．found C．read D．took
6. A．But B．And C．So D．Or
7. A．look B．read C．watch D．buy
8. A．the book B．the shop C．the assistant D．the shopkeeper
9. A．so B．though C．because D．because of
10. A．left B．let C．told D．taught
-- Excuse me, you are ________ of my passing through.
-- I’m sorry, here you go.
A．on the way B．off the way C．out the way D．in the way
