“Never give up!” It is my law of my life. It has brought me . I learned the law from my father’s story.
My father was born in a poor village in the north of Jiangsu, China. When he was a young boy, he went to school in the morning, then in the fields till sunset. And then he did his homework during midnight. Life was hard, because they had no money!
At the age of 14, my father heard of . It was the land of gold, the land where people can become rich.
“ don’t I go to America?” he thought to himself, full of hope.
So, my father came to America. “I had thought it was easy to money in America,” he told me. “ when I arrived there, I realized it was not true. They did not like hiring me because I spoke little English. Later, I worked in a small restaurant, cleaning up tables, washing dishes and sweeping the floor. Life was for the first few years. I worked from 10 am to 11 pm. I wanted to go to school to learn English, but it was impossible. I couldn’t the schooling.”
My father kept working hard, and reached his goal!
“Alan,” he often says to me, “if you want something, you have to work for it and never give up. Things do not come in life.” That is what I learned from my father.
1.A. sadness B. loss C. success D. failure
2.A. taught B. worked C. studied D. slept
3.A. China B. France C. America D. the UK
4.A. weak B. poor C. clever D. lazy
5.A. What B. How C. Why D. When
6.A. discover B. make C. collect D. spend
7.A. But B. If C. So D. Because
8.A. comfortable B. strange C. nice D. hard
9.A. borrow B. need C. afford D. pay
10.A. really B. easily C. quietly D. slowly
At present, almost everyone has a mobile phone, but have you ever thought that cell phones be bad for your health? A study shows that heavy mobile phone use may cause hearing loss.
This study shows that people who use cell phones for about an hour a day have a time hearing some similar sounds, especially in their right ears. It is getting harder for to tell the difference between the sounds of “s” and “f”, and “t” and “z”.
Researchers studied 100 people who used cell phones and them with 50 people who did not. The study lasted for 12 months. What the researchers found was that cell phone users had more hearing than those who did not use cell phones.
Besides this, our ears have many little inside them. Too much noise will cause these hairs to get weak and die. When these hairs die, it affects our ability to listen.
However, cell phone users don’t care too much this study. One man said, “I’d be more worried about people who MP3 players. They put those earphones in their ears and listen to very music. I think that is more likely to cause hearing loss than a cell phone.”
1.A. should B. need C. might D. must
2.A. busier B. happier C. harder D. shorter
3.A. us B. you C. it D. them
4.A. compared B. suggested C. showed D. taught
5.A. advantages B. problems C. rules D. experiences
6.A. noises B. pains C. hairs D. pimples
7.A. hardly B. actually C. clearly D. finally
8.A. to B. with C. about D. of
9.A. produce B. use C. discover D. see
10.A. beautiful B. soft C. loud D. Light
—Oh, I’m really sorry to hear that Yang Hao was the last to pass the finishing line.
-- he failed, he tried his best.
A. As if B. In order that
C. Even though D. As long as
The Clarks China for 6 years, and they are very familiar with Chinese culture.
A. have been away from B. have been in
C. have been to D. haven’t lived in
-- I know the people there are doing something useful to protect the environment.
-- I agree with you. I believe that those areas with trees in a few years.
A. are covered B. will cover
C. are covering D. will be covered
The result of the discussion is that one group supported the suggestion while the other groups were it.
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