People are always afraid of making mistakes. But sometimes it’s not bad to make mistakes, and here is why.
At first , mistakes are a clear sign that
you are trying new things. It’s always good to new things, because when you are
trying new things your are growing. If you never try new things , how can you
improve ? How can you create? The simple answer is, “ You can’t .” Look around 
you,
everything you see is the result of someone trying new things.
Another good thing about mistakes is this : when your are making mistakes, you are learning. Consider this： Edison failed 10,000 times before he invented the light bulb. When he was asked how he felt to fail that many times, but rather had learned 10,000 things that didn’t work.
Finally , when you make a mistake, you are that much closer to success. Why? Because you have said what you should say, and you have done what you should do. Every time you make a mistake, you are closer to success. But it doesn’t mean that you can make mistakes without thinking. Instead, when you try new things you have to think them over, so that you can keep away from some unnecessary mistakes.
We shouldn’t spend all our time and money on the only one way , but use them correctly. Because our time and money are limited. (有限的)
There is an old saying, “ If you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough.” So go bravely and make mistakes. And learn. And grow. And succeed.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案，并将其字母代号填人题前括号内。(共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)
1.If you are making a mistake, that means____.
A. you’re careful B. you’re kind
C. you’re
growing
D. you know 
nothing.
2.If you never try new things, you can’t ____.
A. improve B. create C. spend D. A and B
3.After Edison failed 10,000 times, he _____.
A. gave up B. invented the light bulb
C. invented the computer D. invented 10,000 new things
4.When you make a mistake, you are closer to ____.
A. time B. money C. success D. everything
5.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Never make mistakes.
B. You can make mistakes without thinking
C. Sometimes it’s good to make mistakes.
D.
Making mistakes is terrible
When I was about 12 , I had an enemy , a girl who
liked to po
inted
out shortcomings (缺点).Sometimes she said I was thin , Sometimes
she said I was
lazy. Sometimes she said I wasn’t a good student. Sometimes she said I talked
too much, and so on. I tried to put up with(忍受) her as
long as I could . At last , I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears
in my eyes.
He listened to me quietly, and then he asked, “ Are
the things she said true or not ? Mary , didn’t you ever wonder what you’re
really like? Go and make a list of everything she said
and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she
said.”
I did as he told me and to my surprise, 
I
discovered that about half the things were true.
I brought the list back to my father. He refused to take it. “ That’s just for you,” he said. You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. When something said about you is true, you’ll find if will be helpful to you. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all , but hear the truth and do what you think is right.
Many years have passed. The situation often appears in my mind. In our lives we often meet with some trouble and we often go to someone and ask for advice. For some advice you will treasure(珍惜) all your life!
根据短文内容，判断以下句子的正误。你认为正确的句子请在题前括号内写“T，错误的写“F”。(共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)
1.The writer had a real enemy when she was 12.
2.The writer asked her mother for advice.
3.The writer’s father told her to write down all her “enemy” had said about her.
4.The writer didn’t do what her father told her to do.
5.The writer is thankful to her father and her “enemy”.
俗话说“失去了才懂得珍惜”。时间过得很快，你们即将初中毕业。同学，你是否在学习上有一些让你感到遗憾或后悔的事情呢？如果在过去三年中，你某学科弱；你错过了很多机会；假如再给你一次机会，你会尽最大努力学习吗？比如：课前预习、上课听讲、及时复习、认真作业……
请你以“Give Me One More Chance”为题，写一篇80词左右的短文，告诉我们你的想法。开头已给出，不计入单词总数。
温馨提示: 1.短文中请勿使用真实姓名、地点或所在学校名称。
2.这些单词或短语也许对你有帮助：be weak in，regret(后悔)，what if，never too late to learn，preview（预习），practice, go over, as … as possible, try one’s best
Give Me One More Chance
How time flies! We have spent three years living and studying together in the school.
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选词填空。用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、连贯、合理。（每空一词，每词限用一次，其中有两个词是多余的。共8分）
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really |
exercise |
thin |
without |
nothing |
interesting |
fat |
sit |
with |
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Do you know what couch-potato means? Well, in America, the word is now often 1.. You see, in America, many people often spend their free time 2. on a couch (沙发) watching TV. As there are many channels to choose, the TV programs can be quite 3. and very addictive (使人上瘾的). One may sit and watch TV for hours and hours 4. stopping! Well, these people who do 5. all day except watching TV are called couch-potatoes.
In America, while watching TV, most people are always sitting with eyes still looking right into the TV set. Also because these people are addictive to watch TV, they don’t take 6. and usually get very fat. So in many ways, these people look like 7. potatoes! Well, because they look 8., and watch TV on a couch, they are all called couch-potatoes. Now you know what a couch-potato means. The next time if you see someone watching TV too long, just say, “What a couch-potato!”
根据汉语意思完成句子。（每空词数不限，每小题1分，共5分）。
1.经常熬夜不利于我们的健康。
It is not good for our health to ______________________ too often.
2.尽管问题很多，但最终一切得以解决。
Although there were many problems, everything worked out _____________________.
3.吉米这些天看起来很沮丧，咱们去让他高兴起来吧！
Jimmy looks upset these days. Let’s go and ______________________.
4.我爸爸买车后就戒酒了。
My father _____________________ drinking until he bought a car.
5.嫦娥三号成功落月圆了中国人登月梦想。
Landing on the moon of Chang’e III successfully makes Chinese flying dream_____________________.
单词拼写。根据句意及首字母或汉语提示拼写单词。（每空一
词，共5分）
1.Too much ___________ (噪音) can make you deaf.
2.The two friends ___________ (更喜欢) playing chess to playing cards at the weekends.
3.His father’s ____________(死) made him sad for a long time.
4.Who is the o ___________ of the new car?
5.I hope you can p ___________ (提供) me with some information about the meeting.
