You are unique (独特的) ! There’s n____1.___ in the world exactly like you. Everybody is d__2.____ from everyone else. That’s good because it makes the world an i___3.___ place. There are people t__4._ than you, and shorter than you. Maybe your hair is the s_5.__ colour as your friend’s, but maybe it is longer t__6._ his. Another d___7.___ is that your hair may be straight and hers may be curly(弯曲).
I am sure you have some friends who are m___8.____ hard-working than you. And you also have some friends who are as g__9.__ at sports as you. But there are also people around you who are not good at anything.
Do you have anything in common with your best friend? Do you both like to f__10.__ your homework in the classroom after school? Are you both outgoing(外向的)? I think in some ways
you’re the same, but in many other ways you are different.
1.My buddy Tonny often listens carefully to my problems and _________(offer) me help.
2.Near the end of each class, we often spend 10 minutes __________(discuss) the books with our classmates.
1.My father always tells me ____________(humour) jokes to make me laugh when I am sad.
2.The _________(high) of the Mount Tai is about 1,532 metres.
3.If you don’t see the doctor at once, you will get even __________(bad) later on.
1.I want to be a _______(社会的) worker and help people in need.
2.The girl with long hair is the ___________(苗条) of all her classmates.
3.I have never been to any ______________(外国)counties before, so this summer I plan to go abroad for a vacation.
4.Although my grandfather knows little about France, he stills keep learning ___________. (法语)
5. He tries his best to make his dream come ____________.(真实的)
HAVE you noticed that the moon is becoming rounder and brighter day after day? That’s because Sept 8 is the Mid-Autumn Festival.
For Chinese people, a full moon means that family members can get together on that day. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, people get together and enjoy the round moon . They also send wishes for family members not with them.
There are many stories about the moon to make the tradition more interesting. In China, Chang’e flying to the moon is a well-known legend(传说). Hou Yi and Chang’e were husband and wife in old times. At the time, there were 10 suns in the sky. Hou yi, a brave man, shot (射) down nine suns. People see Hou Yi as a great hero.
Besides China, many other countries have beautiful stories about the moon. In Greek legend (希腊传说), Artemis is the goddess of the moon. She takes care of the hunt (狩猎) and wild animals. Artemis also looks after young children and women in childbirth (分娩).
In India, the god of the moon is Soma. He has four hands and rides through the sky in a chariot (战车). If a baby is born on a full moon day, Indian people believe he or she is lucky.
1. Paragraph 2 tells us that _____.
A. the Mid-Autumn Festival is a day for family members to get together.
B. the Mid-Autumn Festival has a short history
C. Chinese people like to look at the moon
D. family members are not that important for Chinese people
2. From the Chang’e story, we can learn the following EXCEPT _____.
A. Hou Yi and Chang’e were husband and wife
B. there were 10 suns in the sky at that time
C. Hou Yi shot down nine suns
D. Hou Yi and Chang’e both flew to the moon
3. According to the article, Artemis _____.
A. is the goddess of the moon in Greek myth
B. is the goddess of the moon in Indian myth
C. has four hands and rides through the sky on a chariot
D. had a baby who was born on a full moon day
4. What does the article mainly talk about?
A. How Chinese people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.
B. The story about Hou Yi and Chang’e.
C. Stories about the moon in different countries.
D. Who the god or goddess of the moon is in different countries.
Many teenagers（青少年） feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members don’t know them as well as their friends do. In large families, it’s quite often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for some ideas.
It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or a group of friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among them on the phone. The talk between friends is very important in children’s growing up, because friends can discuss something. These things are difficult to say to their family members.
However, parents often try to choose their children’s friends for them. Some parents even stop (阻止)their children from meeting their good friends. Do you think of the following questions?
Who chooses your friends? Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you? Have you got a good friend your parents don’t like? Your answers are welcome.
1. When teenagers have something difficult to say to their parents, they usually _______
A. stay alone at home
B. fight with their parents
C. discuss it with their friends
D. go to their brothers and sisters for help
2. The sentence “Your answers are welcome.” means“ ____ ”.
A. You are welcome to discuss the questions with us.
B. We’ve got no idea, so your answers are welcome.
C. Your answers are always right.
D. You can give us all the right answers.
3. Which of the following is the writer’s attitude（态度）?
A. Parents should choose friends for their children.
B. Children should choose everything they like.
C. Parents should understand their children better.
D. Teenagers should go to their friends for help.
